The independent regiment urgently built fortifications under Li Yunlong's order.
In the past, because there was no time to dig trenches, the soldiers just hid in the woods and grass. Fortunately, the Japanese chariot troops came instead of field troops.
Chariot troops are actually not suitable for fighting on roads in such mountainous areas, because tanks cannot run and fire and it is difficult to exert their power.
The reason why the Japanese dared to drive tanks into such terrain was because they were bullying the Eighth Route Army for not having anti-tank equipment.
To be precise, the Japanese knew that the Eighth Route Army had rocket launchers for anti-tank use, but they upgraded the tanks and hung sandbags on them, thinking that they would not have to worry about it. However, they did not expect that the Eighth Route Army also upgraded the rocket launchers into incendiary bombs, so the Japanese war
The vehicle troops became targets.
Otherwise, if fighting on open ground...
The Japanese tank relies on its own mobility to always keep a certain distance from the Eighth Route Army, such as two hundred meters or three hundred meters. At this distance, the rocket launcher cannot hit the tank, but the tank's machine gun and artillery can hit the Eighth Route Army. Then the Eighth Route Army will
There was no choice but to be beaten passively.
Therefore, sometimes tactics and environment can play a decisive role in the outcome of a battle.
If advanced equipment is used in the wrong place and with the wrong tactics, it will also be defeated by the enemy with a huge score.
As the trenches were being built, Wang Xuexin felt more and more something was wrong.
The Japanese's chariot troops are usually followed by infantry, and they are motorized infantry transported by cars.
The purpose is to quickly rush to the battlefield for reinforcements if there is a war ahead.
Logically speaking, the Japanese should have arrived here long ago, but why there is still no movement at all.
I secretly glanced at Zhu Ziming, who was looking around in a panic.
Wang Xuexin thought, this guy might be worried about being "accidentally injured" by the Japs... Since he has rebelled, he belongs to the Japs. Since he belongs to the Japs, how can we ensure that Japs' bullets will not hit him on the battlefield?
This is the trouble of traitors. Bullets don't have eyes, so they are half-hearted and have no intention of fighting.
However, one thing Wang Xuexin can rest assured for the time being is that it would be difficult for Zhu Ziming to pass information to the Japanese in this state. This is not the information age where everyone has a mobile phone and can send information with just one text message.
Wang Xuexin ignored him. If he looked at him a few more times, he might be alerted.
After looking towards the highway, Wang Xuexin put away his engineering shovel and walked up the hillside.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were lying in the grass on the hillside looking at the road on the other side.
Wang Xuexin stepped forward and lay beside him and asked: "Captain, are there any movement from the Japanese?"
Li Yunlong replied without turning his head: "There's not even a ghost figure. I wonder why this devil has changed to a vegetarian diet and moves so slowly?"
"There's something wrong with this!" Wang Xuexin said: "If the Japanese had surrounded the main force of our army, they would have come up long ago. If they haven't come yet, it's probably too late to close the encirclement!"
Li Yunlong put away the telescope and nodded thoughtfully: "The reaction of the Japanese is indeed wrong, but if they are not the main force of our army, what are they doing?"
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin reminded: "Will the enemy's target be our independent group? The enemy has even offered you a reward of five thousand oceans!"
"What are you talking about?" Li Yunlong raised his head: "My head is worth five thousand, your head is worth ten thousand!"
As he spoke, he picked up the telescope and planned to continue observing the road. Then he suddenly thought of something and was startled. He turned around and looked at Wang Xuexin blankly without saying anything for a long time.
Then Wang Xuexin knew that Li Yunlong wanted to understand the key points of the problem.
Sure enough, Li Yunlong then turned to Zhao Gang on the other side and said, "Old Zhao, do you think the enemy's target is us?"
Zhao Gang laughed: "This is impossible! There are only a few of us! There are at least four to five thousand people in the two main groups!"
Li Yunlong replied calmly: "What if the enemy's target is not troops, but people?"
"What do you mean?" Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong in confusion.
Seeing that Zhao Gang still didn't understand, Li Yunlong simply made it clear: "The enemy's target is probably Xiaobei Northeast!"
"What?" Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong in surprise, then looked at Wang Xuexin, his confused expression quickly turned into caution.
"It makes sense!" Zhao Gang nodded slightly: "We have never thought of this. Since the Japanese can offer a bounty of 10,000 yuan to Comrade Wang Xuexin, it means that they realize the importance of Comrade Wang Xuexin. If another spy among us reveals our army
location... then our mission is to deliver ourselves to the door!"
Li Yunlong glared at Wang Xuexin and cursed: "Have you already guessed that this is what happened?"
"Guessed something..." Wang Xuexin told the truth.
"Guess why you didn't tell me earlier?" Li Yunlong said angrily: "You have to wait until now to hold back a little bit of it!"
"Commander!" Wang Xuexin replied with a wry smile: "I told you before that the enemy 'gives up what is easy and takes what is difficult', but you still said it was nonsense. Now I am going to say it, can you believe it?"
After saying this, Li Yunlong was speechless.
Zhao Gang anxiously interrupted the two of them: "Don't talk about these useless things. If we are the target of the Japs, then the Japs must be surrounding us now! I will report to my superiors immediately and request a change of mission..."
"It's too late!" Li Yunlong interrupted Zhao Gang, turned around and ordered to the correspondent: "Order the troops to retreat to Dongjing immediately!"
"Yes!" the correspondent responded and passed on the order.
Zhao Gang wanted to say something else, but after thinking about it, he swallowed it.
What Li Yunlong did was actually another unauthorized assertion that violated the orders of his superiors.
This approach has the following risks:
What if Li Yunlong guesses wrong?
What if the enemy's target is not the independent regiment but the main force?
What if the superiors have a bigger strategic plan?
But Zhao Gang also thought at the same time that time was waiting for no one at this time. If he really had to report to his superiors strictly and then wait for his superiors to change the mission, he was afraid that the Japanese would have already closed the circle around the independent group.
Taking into account the rationality of Li Yunlong and Wang Xuexin's analysis of the war situation, Zhao Gang decided to acquiesce in Li Yunlong's self-assertive behavior.
When Li Yunlong retreated, he cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, there are really spies in our army!"
Li Yunlong is a smart man. He certainly knows that if there were no spies in the army, it would be impossible for the Japanese to grasp the location of the Independent Regiment so accurately.
But like before, Li Yunlong's first thought was Sun Ming's Jinsui Army, so his eyes glanced in the direction of Jinsui Army from time to time.
Wang Xuexin felt helpless when he saw him like that, it was probably just the so-called darkness under the lamp!