Wang Xuexin immediately went to Li Yunlong to ask for troops.
When it comes to building an army, people are the foundation. If there are no people, don't say anything.
As soon as Li Yunlong heard that Wang Xuexin was here to ask for help, he agreed: "No problem, just rely on you Xiaodongbei to capture Yuncheng. You can choose the soldiers of our independent regiment as you please!"
This is Li Yunlong's style. Although he claims to treat all battalions equally, he will favor whoever can win the battle.
If others were not convinced, he would retort with one sentence: "If you are jealous, why don't you win a few battles and let me see? Don't just keep yelling!"
The army is actually like this. Discipline is discipline, but there are unwritten rules under the discipline. Especially in the war years, all matters, big and small, are aligned with the war, and winning the battle is the only criterion.
There is a saying that "No matter whether it is a white cat or a black cat, the one that can catch mice is a good cat."
In the same way, if the cat can't catch mice, it won't matter what color it grows...except as a pet.
But Wang Xuexin was a little embarrassed. He said: "Captain, I'm afraid this independent group is not enough for me to choose from!"
"What?" Li Yunlong was confused when he heard this: "How many people do you want?"
"At least a hundred people!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Form a company!"
Li Yunlong got angry when he heard this. He stared with clenched teeth, shook his hands and said, "I said Xiaodongbei, it's almost done! It's true that you made great contributions to Yuncheng, and it's true that you won aid for our Eighth Route Army.
, but you can’t tear our independent group apart!”
Although the independent regiment had been supplemented by more than 2,000 troops at this time...a considerable part of the troops were the large establishment of Wang Xuexin's fifth battalion.
Wang Xuexin's fifth battalion itself is equipped with both tanks and elite soldiers. It has much more troops than other battalions. But now they are asking for soldiers, and they ask for a hundred soldiers. They are simply bandits!
Zhao Gang, who was sorting out the documents, felt a little strange when he heard this. He stopped what he was doing and looked up and asked: "Xiao Dongbei, why do you want so many soldiers? If you continue to do this, the soldiers of your fifth battalion will be worse than those of the Independent Regiment.
More to come!”
Wang Xuexin replied: "Political Commissar, isn't there nothing I can do? We... just heard that the Japs in the Yellow River area are making some moves, so we want to make some preparations in advance!"
Zhao Gang said "Oh".
But Li Yunlong still frowned: "You have to prepare in advance. Can't you just use the soldiers of the fifth battalion to prepare?"
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin explained: "The soldiers of my fifth battalion are all trained to cooperate with tanks, and then we train them for mountain operations... Do you think it is appropriate?"
Before Li Yunlong could answer, Zhao Gang pointed his fingers and replied: "It's not appropriate, it's definitely not appropriate! For example, we need tanks and mountains for a certain battle. Should we let them be divided into two halves alone? For another example, if they are in the mountains
He was injured or even died during the battle, which directly caused the tank to have no one to coordinate..."
"Oh, Old Zhao!" Li Yunlong interrupted Zhao Gang: "I know this is inappropriate, but we have to understand what this mountain battle is about, right?"
Then Li Yunlong turned to Wang Xuexin and asked: "Xiao Dongbei, are you bluffing me? Which of our Eighth Route Army soldiers didn't run all over the mountains with guns in hand? Do we still need to train for this mountain battle?"
"Commander, we don't call this mountain warfare..."
"What else can we call it if we don't call it mountain fighting?" Li Yunlong became more and more unconvinced: "We are fighting in the mountains again, with puppet soldiers and devils. How can we call it street fighting or plain fighting?"
Wang Xuexin was a little dumbfounded. After thinking about it, he could only explain: "Captain, the situation is a little different now. Have we been using the mountains to deal with the Japanese and fight guerrillas against the Japanese? Even after we established a defense line,
, is that also based on taking advantage of the geographical advantages of the highlands to control and block the Japs’ traffic routes so that the Japs cannot penetrate deep into our army’s hinterland?”
Li Yunlong thought about it for a moment and replied: "Yes, is there any problem?"
"That can be called guerrilla warfare, or positional warfare!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Serious mountain warfare involves both the enemy and ourselves maneuvering in the mountainous areas to defend, attack, and defend each other! Commander, think about it.
, how long and wide is the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line?”
"No need to ask!" Li Yunlong replied: "More than a hundred kilometers long and fifteen kilometers wide!"
"How many troops do we have stationed in such a long defense line?" Wang Xuexin asked again.
Then Li Yunlong understood.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army's defense line was too long...the Luliang Mountain defense line plus the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line were slightly insufficient.
Among them, the Luliang Mountain defense line is the foundation of the Eighth Route Army, so it cannot be abandoned no matter what, because the focus of the force is on Luliang Mountain.
As for the newly captured Zhongtiao Mountain, the Eighth Route Army only sent more than 30,000 troops to garrison the key areas. With the addition of the stubborn troops stranded on Zhongtiao Mountain, the strength barely reached 50,000... In fact, it can only do this.
, if we really want to defend the entire Zhongtiao Mountain, then the troops will be too scattered, which is equivalent to not defending at all.
You must know that the stubborn army used 200,000 troops to garrison Zhongtiao Mountain, and before they could hold it, they were overrun by three Japanese divisions.
So now the Eighth Route Army only has 50,000 troops to defend it... In principle, if it weren't for the fact that the Japanese were seriously short of troops and resources because the overseas battle started at this time, there would be little hope of being able to defend it.
Wang Xuexin finally concluded: "Therefore, once this battle starts, I think it must be that we are among us and the enemy knows that we are among us. The enemy and we are intertwined and distributed in the Zhongtiao Mountains. It is very likely that there will not be a clear line of defense by then."
, there will be a large number of small-scale battles with small units fighting for key locations!”
Zhao Gang nodded repeatedly as he listened: "Xiao Dongbei is right. Mountainous areas are inconvenient to supply and are not suitable for large armies. If the Japanese plan to enter the mountainous areas to fight with our army, and our army does not collapse and flee like the stubborn army, it will inevitably develop into
It’s a case of fighting over the tops of hills or highlands one by one!”
Wang Xuexin continued: "I was thinking that at this time, some special maneuvering methods are particularly important in the mountains. For example, the Japanese spy brigade can climb rocks and mountains. With this ability, they can suddenly appear behind our army regardless of the geographical environment...
...Although this scale is small, the battle after battle will be quite astonishing over time! More importantly, if our army does not have a way to counter them, the morale of our army will be severely damaged!"
Li Yunlong's expression gradually relaxed after listening to it. He was stunned for a while, and then he said "Oh": "Why do I need more than a hundred people? It turns out it's for this matter. No problem! I'll be there for you.
The chief needs someone to go!"
This is what Wang Xuexin wants to say.
He originally wanted to ask the leader directly for help, but as the battalion commander of an independent regiment, it seemed inappropriate to bypass Li Yunlong and ask for help from the leader...