In the end, several group leaders had to agree to this plan.
Among them, Li Yunlong made another effort. He said: "Can we temporarily issue an order before the war to inform the soldiers not to protect the artillery detection radar and air defense system? This can reduce some casualties, at least no one will be responsible for rescuing these things.
And sacrifice, at the same time, even if the Japanese agents knew it, they would not have time to spread the information!"
What Li Yunlong said sounded reasonable, but how could Wang Xuexin not think about this problem?
He replied helplessly: "Captain, the point is that we don't know when this 'pre-war' will be!"
Li Yunlong was stunned when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he squatted on the ground with his hands in a muffled voice, unwilling to sit on any chair.
Wang Xuexin hit the nail on the head.
Li Yunlong's imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
Artillery reconnaissance radar and air defense systems are the key targets of the Japanese. If the Japanese knew their location...how would they attack them?
Send infantry to attack?
Or send special forces?
Impossible!
For something like this that can determine the outcome of a war, especially if the air defense system threatens the Japanese air supremacy, the Japanese will definitely attack it in the fastest and most effective way in order to paralyze it as soon as possible.
So there is no need to think about it, it must be bombed by fighter planes.
Or add artillery bombing to the fighter plane bombing.
When fighter planes bomb this thing, it is difficult for the ground troops to know when they are coming. They usually know that the bombs have already dropped from the sky at that moment.
In this situation, how could Li Yunlong give "short notice" when he arrived?
How do you have time to notify?
Even if he intentionally waited by the air defense system, there would be an explosion when he was bombed, so it would be useless for him to shout!
In the end, it could only be implemented according to Wang Xuexin's original plan.
Sometimes Wang Xuexin couldn't figure out why, even though he had developed such equipment and had a "huge" advantage over the Japanese, Minyi already had a clear advantage, such a dilemma would still arise.
On the way back, Wang Xuexin thought about it, and he felt that this was not a problem with the equipment, nor a problem with the Japanese, but Wang Xuexin's self-comparison within the Eighth Route Army.
To put it simply, in this battle, even if Wang Xuexin did not use any strategy to fight head-on, he would still be able to defeat the Japanese because of his superior equipment, but he would suffer greater losses and casualties.
Wang Xuexin was unwilling to suffer such heavy casualties. He hoped to save some of the people, so he fell into a dilemma... If he wanted to save some of the people, he had to choose to sacrifice the artillery detection radar and air defense system.
Radar soldiers, this is the most troublesome part of the plan.
After returning to the headquarters, Wang Xuexin decided to abandon his guilt and put down all burdens to implement the plan.
This is the basic requirement for a commander on the battlefield: once a decision is made, one cannot hesitate or look forward or backward, otherwise it is likely to affect the combat plan and ultimately cost the frontline soldiers their lives.
Wang Xuexin looked at the map and thought for a while, then drew a circle around Shagou Town and ordered: "Make arrangements here!"
"Yes!" Chen Songyong responded and went to make arrangements.
The "deployment" Wang Xuexin referred to was nothing more than preparations for a counterattack in Shagou Town.
The reason why Shagou Town was chosen is that it is 17 kilometers away from Jiulian Town.
Wang Xuexin's strategic goal is very clear, which is to wipe out the enemy's "Tiger" troops to gain the greatest advantage for the Eighth Route Army's tank troops, so as to capture Duolun County in one fell swoop.
No, not just Duolun County!
Wang Xuexin set his sights on Chifeng.
If we can capture Duolun County, we should also recover Chifeng in one go, right?
After all, the Japanese were defenseless there. They thought that this battle would be their main attack, and they could not deploy too many troops in Chifeng.
Since this is the case, then...
Wang Xuexin moved his gaze eastward from Chifeng, and then said: "Order the logistics troops to seize the time to transport ammunition and materials to Zhangjiakou, at least to ensure that ten regiments have enough supplies for a month!"
Chen Songyong couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this. The army's supplies and food only accounted for a small part, the bulk of which was ammunition. If it was a mechanized army and a tank army, fuel and replacement parts would have to be added. These were not small sums.
When Wang Xuexin opened his mouth, he asked for supplies for ten regiments to fight for a month... This was an astronomical figure for the Eighth Route Army. This was something Wang Xuexin had never asked for since he came out of Luliang Mountain, including the previous attack on Taiyuan.
"Captain!" Chen Songyong said: "Are we going to fight a big battle?"
Wang Xuexin nodded and replied: "It depends on the situation. If you can, fight if you can. If you can't, then stop!"
Wang Xuexin said this as if he didn't say it, but it actually coincided with the core of the "Blitzkrieg".
"Blitzkrieg" depends on the situation. It is a flexible tactic without a fixed plan.
Because the enemy's deployment and mobilization will change before the war, what changes will be known only before the war, and then a more appropriate battle plan can be made.
If plans are made prematurely now, and the enemy's troop deployment turns out to be completely different, will all these plans be overthrown?
Therefore, what Wang Xuexin said at this time to "depend on the situation", that is, to plan a step-by-step strategic approach, is actually correct.
The preparation for Shagou Town is to first mobilize a regiment as reinforcements.
Transferring a regiment will not attract too much attention from the Japanese. After all, as the Japanese continue to increase their troops in the direction of Jiulian Town, the strength of the Eighth Route Army's three regiments in Jiulian Town is already slightly insufficient. It is normal to add an additional regiment for reinforcements.
thing.
However, what the Japanese didn't know was that as soon as the Eighth Route Army regiment arrived at Shagou Town, they sealed off the entire town. All people were only allowed in but not allowed out. At the same time, the external telephone lines were cut off and a radio blockade was implemented.
This was to block the news and prevent the Eighth Route Army's deployment in Shagou Town from being known to the Japanese.
After that, the T44 tank logistics troops were sent up to establish a maintenance base in Shagou Town.
At the same time, more than 20 tank bunkers were dug in Shagou Town.
An ordinary tank bunker is an inverted trapezoidal pit dug in the ground, so that tanks can drive in and hide without being discovered by the enemy, and it is difficult to bombard it with fighter planes.
The tank bunkers in Shagou Town are a little different. Not only did they dig an inverted trapezoidal pit, but they also built a wooden house outside... In this way, the people who looked closely did not know what was hidden inside.
Needless to say why this is: as soon as the T44 tank comes off the line, it will immediately drive to Shagou Town to ambush.
This is what Wang Xuexin said to Chen Songyong: "If the Japanese win a great victory in Jiulian Town and seize air superiority, they will pursue the victory in the hope of forcing our army back to Zhangjiakou! By then, more than a dozen soldiers from Shagou Town to Jiulian Town will
Kilometers is the battlefield where we will completely annihilate the enemy's Tigers!"