While Wang Xuexin was working hard to form a rocket launcher battery, Chu Yunfei also got the taste of war.
The Japs have at least one division concentrated in front of the Jinsui Army, and trains and military vehicles are transporting ammunition here day and night. They have even built a road to the junction of the two armies, and there is a strong momentum to continue building it forward.
Chu Yunfei felt a little strange.
If the Japanese wanted to attack the Jinsui Army, shouldn't they have exposed their strategic goals in such a big way?
But if the Japanese didn't intend to attack, this doesn't seem like it.
Chu Yunfei could not guess the Japanese's intentions, so he could only order his subordinates to actively prepare for war.
At this time, a call came to the regiment headquarters, asking Chu Yunfei to go to the headquarters.
Chu Yunfei did not hesitate and led a group of guards on horseback to the headquarters in the rear.
The Second Theater Command was never in a definite location.
The reason is that Yan Laoxi often changed his position for fear of being assassinated by the Japs.
This is not an unfounded worry. This is what the Japanese's mainland advance team does. They disguise themselves as civilians and infiltrate into the defense zone. They usually collect intelligence in a scattered manner. Once they discover the enemy's headquarters, they will concentrate their efforts on a surprise attack.
Therefore, it is not a special case that the Eighth Route Army headquarters was attacked repeatedly by Japanese soldiers.
Yan Laoxi also had some troubles, and he frequently changed his headquarters.
During this time, Yan Laoxi set up his headquarters in a village called Pingshui Village.
In order to conceal his whereabouts, Yan Laoxi immediately sealed off the village. All villagers were only allowed in but not out. The villagers dared not speak out under the threat of his gunpoint.
Although Chu Yunfei was not used to the commander's behavior, he could only sigh helplessly.
In the headquarters, when Yan Laoxi saw Chu Yunfei, he opened the door and entered the mountain before he could sit down and asked: "Some time ago, did you hear about the Japanese sneak attack on the Eighth Route Army through a detour from our defense area?"
"Yes, Commander!" Chu Yunfei stood up and replied: "I heard that. My subordinates also heard that the Japanese suffered a loss. Their elite force of more than 500 people unexpectedly lost troops in a sneak attack on Lujiagou. It seems that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger.
Got it!"
Yan Laoxi nodded and said, "The Japanese sent people to contact me and said they would use the road to attack the Eighth Route Army from the flank. Do you think it is credible?"
No wonder Chu Yunfei was called to the headquarters. It was not convenient to talk about this kind of thing on the phone.
Chu Yunfei was shocked: "Commander, you must not do this! In this case, what is the difference between our army and the traitors and lackeys..."
"I'm just asking you if you can trust me!" Yan Laoxi interrupted Chu Yunfei impatiently.
Everything else about this subordinate is good, but he tends to get hot-headed and think about national justice.
At present, the Jinsui Army is besieged on all sides... On one side are the Eighth Route Army, on the other side are the Japanese, and behind them are the Chongqing troops. The land under their feet will be divided and eaten by others, so what national interests are there to consider!
Chu Yunfei thought for a moment and then replied: "Commander, my subordinates think that the Japanese are using the tunnel to escape, which is only half true!"
Yan Laoxi frowned: "True is true, false is false, what's the half-truth?"
Chu Yunfei actually captured Yan Laoxi's psychology.
He knew that the commander had always been dissatisfied with his attitude of ignoring party strife and only talking about the nation.
If you answer "False" bluntly at this time, then the commander will probably think that he has selfish motives, and the result will be bad.
So he answered "half truth and half false" to whet the commander's appetite.
"Commander!" Chu Yunfei explained: "It's half true, because the Japs do have the intention to attack the Eighth Route Army from the flanks. I have visited the anti-slope fortifications of the Eighth Route Army. It is indeed difficult for the Japs to break through from the front. They can only seek to attack from the flanks."
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Yan Laoxi nodded, this was what he was thinking.
After a pause, Yan Laoxi asked again: "What about the half-truth?"
"Commander!" Chu Yunfei replied: "How can the devils be easy-going people? Have they ever spit out the land they seized? Although this borrowing is a 'borrowing', I'm afraid it will never be returned. What's more,
If you can't defeat the Eighth Route Army after borrowing it this time, will you have to borrow it again next time, and then the next time...Why would the Japanese do this? Wouldn't it be nice to just take it as your own?"
Yan Laoxi was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
He was still hesitating just now whether to "borrow a passage" to the Japs, but now that Chu Yunfei had pointed it out, he understood that this was clearly a hole dug by the Japs for him to jump into!
Although Yan Laoxi was already in peace at this time, if he wanted to snatch Shanxi from him, he would have to step on his painful feet and stroke his tiger whiskers.
So Yan Laoxi did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "This road cannot be borrowed. If the Japanese want to force their way through, they must be blocked from the defense line!"
"Yes!" Chu Yunfei responded.
This result was as he wished, but Chu Yunfei knew very well that with his 358th regiment, it was powerless to stop the Japanese.
unless……
Then Chu Yunfei knew what to do.
After he returned to the army, he immediately ordered the construction of anti-slope fortifications.
Sun Ming was a little strange and asked: "Commander, didn't you say that this kind of fortification is not suitable for our army? Why..."
"It is indeed not suitable for our army!" Chu Yunfei replied: "But if life and death are at stake, it is better to have fortifications than no fortifications. What's more..."
Chu Yunfei sighed, and then said: "We can't wait for the Japanese to be ready before attacking. This will be even more detrimental to our army."
Sun Ming said "Oh": "Are you going to force the Japanese to take action in advance?"
Chu Yunfei nodded: "If they just use the road, there won't be much reaction, but if they want to seize our army's land, they have to attack before our army builds the anti-slope fortifications!"
Chu Yunfei's guess was correct.
Okamura Neiji has been waiting for Yan Laoxi's reply.
Okamura even took advantage of his close relationship as Yan Laoxi's teacher and successfully gained Yan Laoxi's trust.
Okamura Neiji originally thought that this matter was close to the truth, so he waited for the Jinsui Army to open the defense zone to allow the imperial army to pass.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time without receiving a reply, I received news that the Jinsui Army was building anti-slope fortifications.
"Asshole!" Neji Okamura cursed.
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "They are learning the tactics of the Eighth Route Army. Lieutenant General, if they are allowed to build anti-slope fortifications, it will be very detrimental to our army!"
"In addition!" Shinozuka Yoshio continued: "The 358th Regiment is the main force of the Shanxi-Sui Army. Its equipment is much better than that of the Eighth Route Army, and its ammunition is more abundant. If there are anti-slope fortifications to assist..."
If we just analyze it from a conditional perspective, what Yoshio Shinozuka said is indeed correct.
The problem is the morale of the Jinsui Army at this time... Even the 358th Regiment, known as the elite, has many surrenderers, and they no longer have the courage to fight head-on with the Japanese with bayonets.
The core of the anti-slope fortification is to fight the Japanese in close combat and fight with bayonets to save lives.
If you dare not do this... all fortifications will be empty.
Okamura Neiji vaguely knew this, but he did not dare to take the risk, so he was silent for a while and then ordered: "All-out attack!"