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Li Yunlong's command mistake was to disperse the independent regiment's troops in three directions for defense.
Dispersion is a mistake. They should "concentrate and fight dispersion" and use their absolute superiority in military strength and combat effectiveness to attack the enemy and achieve a rapid breakthrough.
Defense is another mistake. The independent regiment should make full use of the advantages of its half-track vehicles and repeating rifles, instead of being limited to defense within the city... Defense almost means that half-track vehicles cannot play their role.
If they were used for anything, they were used by Li Yunlong as a means of transporting ammunition.
This is not to say that Li Yunlong is not smart enough and lacks combat experience. On the contrary, he has too much combat experience, and the equipment now owned by the independent regiment requires him to fight in a battle that is completely inconsistent with his combat experience.
All combat experience was overturned.
It's like a person who has been writing calligraphy according to his own habits for decades, and suddenly one day he is asked to practice calligraphy and asked to change... This change cannot be completed overnight.
Perhaps, this can also be said to be the gap of time.
The equipment that Wang Xuexin equipped the independent regiment should not have appeared in this era. It is understandable that Li Yunlong, a commander in the old era, would make mistakes when using these equipment.
Then Li Yunlong immediately knew how to fight. He immediately summoned several battalion commanders of the independent regiment to hold a short meeting, including Ning Jie, the commander of the sixth battalion.
"Here's the plan!" Li Yunlong kept the story short because the war situation was urgent: "The Sixth Battalion will disperse the troops for defense. There will be about 500 people in each direction in the four directions, and there will be an additional 2,000 militiamen. Is there any problem?"
After saying that, Li Yunlong turned his attention to Ning Jie.
Li Yunlong actually didn't have to say that. He could have told Ning Jie the entire battle plan, the cause and effect, and then asked his Sixth Battalion to defend with the militiamen.
But Li Yunlong didn't explain anything when he came up. He just said that the Sixth Battalion and the militiamen were guarding Datong.
This might frighten Ning Jie. Not only Ning Jie, but the other battalion commanders were also frightened by Li Yunlong's words. They all looked at Li Yunlong in confusion, and then looked at Ning Jie to hear what he would answer.
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According to normal thinking, Ning Jie should think like this at this time: "Isn't the Eighth Route Army trying to abandon Datong and escape alone? They have an independent group with more than 3,000 people coming in, and now more than 3,000 people are leaving... It's very refreshing.
Now, just leave our Sixth Battalion, the former 23rd Regiment, and the militiamen to defend together. Isn’t this a waste of money and leaving us here to wait for death?”
If Ning Jie thought so, he would definitely hesitate and then make excuses: "Commander, those militiamen can't even hold their guns steady, can't they fight like this? The Japanese have artillery and planes, let's resist
Can’t stop!」
But Ning Jie nodded without thinking: "No problem, I promise to complete the mission!"
Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction.
This was actually a test for Ning Jie. He wanted to know whether Ning Jie could become a qualified commander of the Eighth Route Army and whether he still regarded himself as an "outsider"... If Ning Jie still regarded himself as an "outsider" in his heart, then...
If you are on guard, you will think about all kinds of things.
If this is the case, it is really not suitable to be stationed in Datong, because Li Yunlong is worried that he will choose to surrender to the Japanese at the most critical moment.
Now Li Yunlong was relieved. He knew that Ning Jie was determined to follow the Eighth Route Army and had no intention of turning back.
Ning Jie did what Li Yunlong thought. He never thought that the Eighth Route Army would abandon Datong and them and escape alone, because the Eighth Route Army was not such a force.
To take a step back, if the Eighth Route Army really did this, he, Ning Jie, would also lead his troops to fight the Japanese to the death...for no reason, just to live and die together with the fellow citizens of Datong!
It was precisely because he felt Ning Jie's determination that Li Yunlong dared to hand over Datong to him with confidence.
Then Li Yunlong drew a rectangle on the ground to represent Datong, and said unhurriedly: "Other troops, concentrate on the West City to break out!"
As a result, other battalion commanders stopped working:
"Captain!"
"Captain, I oppose the breakout!"
"I object too, we can't just leave Datong behind!"
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This was Li Yunlong's test on other battalion commanders, and he was very satisfied with the result. As expected of the soldiers led by him, Li Yunlong, none of them were cowards.
At the same time, Ning Jie also received a lot of sincerity from these battalion commanders. They regarded Datong and the people as one of their own, so they were unwilling to break through and leave alone at this time, even if they were disobeying orders.
No matter what.
Ning Jie glanced gratefully at the battalion commanders of the Eighth Route Army, breathed a long sigh of relief, and nodded slightly to express his greetings.
"Don't worry, everyone!" Ning Jie said, "I understand your difficulties. You are the future of China, and there are more important things to accomplish. Let me, Ning, live and die with Datong here!"
"How can this work? I'm the first one not to do it!" Zhang Dabiao said in a sullen voice.
"I won't do it either!" Sun Ming turned to persuade Li Yunlong: "Captain, let's keep fighting like this. We don't know who will win in the end!"
"Really?" Li Yunlong asked back, "How do you plan to fight? What if the Japanese send planes to drop a few more batches of incendiary bombs?"
These words stopped Sun Ming from questioning.
Indeed, Datong may not be afraid of enemy force attacks, but it is afraid of fire attacks.
This batch of Japanese soldiers only dropped more than a hundred incendiary bombs without causing much fire, but Datong was still in chaos.
So what if the Japanese drop more incendiary bombs in the next batch?
What troops and what equipment can withstand such a fire here?
"Then... we can't just withdraw like this!" Zhang Dabiao spoke more bluntly. He contradicted Li Yunlong: "Captain, if we admit defeat like this, can we still call it an independent regiment? We have left so many people behind, how can you let us?
Where can we put the face of our independent group..."
"Hey, you Zhang Dabiao! I rebelled against you!" Li Yunlong pointed his finger in the air with a vicious face, but he was secretly amused in his heart.
Then Li Yunlong saw that the time was almost here and stopped pretending. He continued to draw a few lines on the ground and said: "The second and third battalions, after breaking through, immediately detoured back to Datong via Highway No. 7 and attacked the Japanese side in the south. The fourth and fifth battalions,
After breaking through, quickly go north along the 10th kilometer, then push east along the 12th kilometer and circle back to Datong to attack the rear of the Japanese. Pay attention, the Japanese have an artillery regiment lurking here, destroy it resolutely!"
"First Battalion..." As he spoke, Li Yunlong paused intentionally, then glanced at the stunned Zhang Dabiao and asked, "Don't you want to stay in Datong?"
"No, no, no...what the hell!" Zhang Dabiao raised his head and pretended to lecture the other battalion commanders: "Who...who said you want to stay in Datong? I just said that you must obey the regimental commander's arrangements.
, you just don’t listen! Can the leader lead us into the ditch? Is the leader that kind of person? Why are you so worried..."
Damn it, there are just as many soldiers as there are regiment leaders!