After thinking about it for a long time, Ikegami Kenkichi decided that moving the train station into the city was the best solution.
In fact, this should not be said to be the "best way", but the "only way".
Tomie Asakawa analyzed the matter one by one:
"Your Excellency, Major General! If we want to prevent the enemy from firing spray bombs at the train station, we must clear the six-kilometer radius of the train station and build a defense line. Although Yuncheng has sufficient troops, it is not enough to build another line of defense outside the city!
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"Besides, it is not safe to build a defensive line. The Eighth Route Army guerrillas can still concentrate their forces to break through from one point or carry out a sneak attack."
"But if we moved the train station into the city... I think it would be much better!"
"We don't need to add additional troops and fortifications. The bunkers outside the city and the Yuncheng city wall can become natural and solid protection!"
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Ikegami Kenji thought for a while and then asked: "Is there enough space in the city?"
"Of course!" Asakawa replied: "After the Jinsui Army retreated, they left behind a weapons manufacturing plant, and they have emptied the equipment. It is a very good train station, and we even have many empty warehouses! As for the labor force,
We can mobilize the people of Yuncheng, and it will only take a few days to transport supplies into the city and build a new railway!"
Kenkichi Ikegami was finally convinced because it sounded like it would be beneficial without any harm.
After all, it was a strategic material for the army stationed in Nakajo. If something went wrong, the Ninth Mixed Brigade, which had been neglected by its superiors, would never be able to turn around. He, the brigade commander, might even be asked to perform a caesarean section to apologize.
Therefore, Ikegami Kenkichi did not dare to neglect. He immediately ordered: "Asakawa-kun, you are fully responsible for this matter. Start building a railway to transport supplies immediately!"
"Yes!" Tomie Asakawa stood up and responded, feeling secretly relieved.
Asakawa is an old subordinate of Kenkichi Ikegami. Asakawa knows Ikegami well and knows that this brigade leader has always treated an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and would not show weakness to the enemy easily.
In the past, Kenkichi Ikegami not only would not have relocated the train station, but would also have sent out troops to carry out a large-scale raid on the outskirts.
In Ikegami's words, "the best defense is offense." Therefore, he will consider turning the area around the train station into a no-man's land and burning down all the houses and vegetation that can block the view, so that it can be found more easily.
sneak attack enemy.
But now Ikegami accepted Asakawa's suggestion.
Asakawa thought, maybe this was the reason why he was carrying the shame. Even Ikegami had to deal with it cautiously!
Asakawa moves very quickly. He worked in construction before joining the army. These are just trivial matters to him.
The railway line enters the city through the small north gate... The north gate originally had two gates, one was the north gate and the other was the small north gate.
(Note: After the liberation of Yuncheng, the small north gate was renamed "Guangfu Gate". The soldiers are not sure whether this gate still exists)
In this way, there is no need to dig holes in the city wall, which saves time and does not damage the strength of the wall.
The problem of house demolition along the city is not big either.
The Jinsui Army took many civilians with them when they fled, leaving at least half of the houses in the city empty. All the people along the route needed to do was to move to the vacant houses.
The problem is the railway lines outside the city.
The railway line outside the city will pass through many anti-tank trenches, three bunkers and a gun tower.
However, Asakawa had the same idea as Ikegami Kenkichi. He believed that the possibility that the Eighth Route Army would attack Yuncheng, which was well-fortified, was almost zero.
If that's the case, then what's the point of bunkers and gun towers?
Especially the anti-tank trenches... The Eighth Route Army doesn't even have tanks. The anti-tank trenches will only cause trouble for their own army!
So Asakawa didn't think much and used a ruler and pencil to draw a new railway line on the map. As long as the defense facilities passed by, they would either be filled in or destroyed.
The Independent Regiment had already arranged intelligence personnel to keep an eye on it, and the Independent Regiment received the news as soon as the construction of the Yuncheng railway line started.
Li Yunlong took a pen and drew on the map along the construction direction, and said happily: "It's done, the Japanese are going to build the railway from the small north gate into the city! Good guy, I finally got fooled!"
Zhao Gang traced a line on both sides of the railway line and looked at Wang Xuexin worriedly: "If we fill in 20 meters on each side of the left and right sides, this passage will be more than 40 meters wide. Is it enough for tanks to fight?"
Wang Xuexin looked at it and replied: "Almost!"
Zhao Gang was still a little worried and asked, "What if the Japanese block this passage with artillery fire?"
Li Yunlong replied without thinking: "Don't the Jinsui Army also have artillery fire? Leave the Japanese artillery fire to them!"
"This is not possible!" Zhao Gang stood up straight and tapped the map with a pen and said: "Destroying Yuncheng is no joke. For such an important task, we cannot place our hopes on others. What if the Jinsui Army is at a critical moment?
Where's the chain?"
Later, I found out that Zhao Gang had really confirmed this. The Shanxi-Sui Army entered the war with ulterior motives... Who was Yan Laoxi? How could he make things easier for the Eighth Route Army?
Li Yunlong thought about it and thought it was right. After thinking about it, he replied nonchalantly: "Don't we still have rocket launchers? There are probably hundreds of rockets now! If the Jinsui Army doesn't work, we will fight on our own!"
"The rocket launcher can't be used!" Wang Xuexin said: "At least it can't hit the city!"
"That's right!" Zhao Gang immediately reacted: "In this case, the Japanese artillery is probably deployed in the city, and our rocket launchers are not accurate. They hit a large area. If the shells hit this area, they may be killed."
How many people in Yuncheng have been injured? So we can’t attack inside the city, we can only attack targets outside the city!"
Li Yunlong said "this" and said helplessly: "This won't work, and that won't work either. What do you think we should do?"
"Maybe there is another way!" Wang Xuexin said.
"What method?" Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang asked at the same time.
When Wang Xuexin told them this, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang nodded in agreement.
News that Yuncheng was going to build a railway into the city soon reached the headquarters.
When the leader got the news, he laughed happily: "The Japanese have fallen into Xiaobei's trap again this time! This opens a way for our tanks to attack!"
The chief of staff who stared at the map also said happily: "Yes! Once this road is opened, there won't be many problems with the bunkers and gun towers outside Yuncheng. You see, the bunkers, gun towers, barbed wire fences and anti-tank trenches outside Yuncheng were originally
They are interconnected and cover each other to form a strongly connected defense system. Once the railway line enters, it is like a knife hitting the defense system, forming a wide and straight gap,
The interlocking relationship ends here!"
The chief agreed: "You are right. We can use this gap as a breakthrough to quickly expand our results and capture Yuncheng!"
After thinking about it, the chief unanimously mentioned the issue that Zhao Gang was worried about: "That is... can the Japanese artillery be able to suppress it? We don't have many tanks, and they are all precious! If the loss is too great, we won't be able to follow up."