Wang Ping hesitated and replied: "Old Cheng, to tell you the truth, I was the first to come up with the idea of attacking Taiyuan!"
"Unexpectedly, the boss became interested at that time. After studying it, he reported it to Yan'an. Finally, Yan'an agreed and also involved you, Lao Cheng!"
Cheng Xiao looked suddenly enlightened and replied: "I wonder who is so bold that he even dares to attack Taiyuan City. It turns out it's really you!"
"If it were you, I wouldn't worry!"
"Without a 70% to 80% certainty, you would never come up with the idea of attacking Taiyuan!"
"Old commander, please give the order on how to fight!"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "There's no rush... You first tell me about the current situation of the independent division. The more detailed the better!"
Cheng Xiao did not hesitate and blurted out directly: "The independent division now has two main brigades and an independent regiment. In addition to the artillery battalion, guard battalion, team directly under the division headquarters and other units, the total strength is nearly 13,000 people!"
"The independent regiment has the strongest combat effectiveness. It is a reinforced regiment with a total strength of 2,000 people. It is basically composed of veterans who have been injured on the battlefield, accounting for 50%. It is the fist force of the independent division!"
"The two main brigades each have three infantry regiments, a mountain artillery company, a medium mortar company, and a guard company...the total strength is 4,500 people!"
"The infantry regiment has three main battalions, a mortar company, an infantry artillery platoon, and a guard company, with a total strength of about 1,300 people!"
"The infantry platoon is equipped with a light machine gun, the infantry company is equipped with two small cannons, which are grenades equipped by the Japanese, and the infantry battalion is equipped with three heavy machine guns..."
"The brigade's mountain artillery battery is equipped with six mountain guns, and the medium mortar battery is equipped with nine mortars. They are all made by our arsenal!"
"The division's artillery battalion is equipped with 12 field guns and 6 large-caliber mountain guns that you, the old regiment commander, snatched from the Japanese in person!"
There is a difference between the situation of the independent division reported by the headquarters and the situation stated by the division commander Cheng Xiao, and is obviously more realistic.
As soon as Cheng Xiao finished speaking, Wang Ping laughed.
According to the current strength of the independent division, plus the brigade directly under the military region and the new regiment, Wang Ping is more confident in taking Taiyuan City.
"Lao Cheng, the idea of the headquarters is that Taiyuan must be caught off guard and catch the Japanese army in Taiyuan City by surprise!"
"To achieve this goal, the headquarters will launch two local counterattacks in other base areas to attract the attention of the Japanese army in North China! Then we will take the opportunity to launch an attack and capture Taiyuan City in the shortest possible time!"
"Taiyuan City is large, and the city defenses are very strong and numerous."
"By storming and occupying one by one, it will take several days to take down the fortifications outside Taiyuan City. Moreover, the Japanese have planes, so our casualties will definitely be very high!"
"So I decided to take several steps together to try to minimize the casualties and time involved in attacking Taiyuan!"
"Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. My first step is to find out about Taiyuan City. The intelligence reported to us by the headquarters is too little. I decided to ask the special operations brigade you brought, the team directly under the new regiment, and the head of the headquarters to bring
The special operations squadron entered Taiyuan City in batches to investigate the situation, and then lurked in Taiyuan City!"
"The total strength of the three armies exceeds 500 people, and they are all elites. I will give them a month to figure out all the city defense fortifications and troop deployments of the Japanese and puppet troops in Taiyuan!"
No one could have imagined that the Eighth Route Army would attack Taiyuan City.
Although this is the seat of the Japanese military headquarters in Shanxi, the security of the entire Taiyuan City is not as tight as imagined.
Of course, this is also thanks to the large number of Japanese in Taiyuan City.
Although they are all businessmen who came to China to do business, in fact they all have certain military backgrounds.
On the surface, they do business, but secretly use various methods to plunder the wealth of the Chinese people, and then send this wealth back to the country, manufacture more guns and ammunition, and in turn continue to invade China.
The last thing these Japanese businessmen and chaebols want to see is for Taiyuan to be heavily guarded for the frontline war!
In this case, they will lose a lot of opportunities to make money every day.
In order not to offend these businessmen with deep backgrounds in the country, the gates of Taiyuan City are always open unless there is an extreme emergency, and a steady stream of caravans and convoys enter and leave Taiyuan City every day...
More than 500 special forces members easily sneaked into Taiyuan City.
"Captain, the fortifications outside Taiyuan City are all heavily guarded. We can't get close at all. We can only use telescopes to observe from a distance!" A squadron leader looked at Li Wen and reported sheepishly.
"This is definitely not possible!" Li Wen retorted with a frown.
"What the regiment leader wants is not only the location of those firepower points and bunkers, but also the specific strength and firepower of those firepower points, and whether there are any hidden firepower points!"
"These things cannot be seen from a distance!"
Another squadron leader frowned and replied: "This is too difficult!"
"Unless you go directly into the firepower point and bunker, it's impossible to figure it out so clearly!"
A hint of disappointment flashed across the faces of several people. Although they were all carefully selected elites of the Eighth Route Army and could complete many tasks that other Eighth Route Army could not complete. But they were not gods. They entered the heavily guarded compound under the noses of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Bunkers and firepower points are absolutely impossible.
At this moment, Li Wen spoke!
"There is another way!"
"The Japanese and puppet army headquarters must have a Taiyuan city defense layout plan!"
"The commanders of the Japanese and puppet troops must know how many troops and firepower points are contained in each telegram. Otherwise, when a battle breaks out, they will not be able to direct the battle at all!"
A squadron leader's eyes lit up and he replied: "Yes... we can steal the city defense map!"
Another squadron leader poured cold water on it and said: "The Japanese and puppet army headquarters are more heavily guarded than those bunkers, how do you get in!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops are not fools. If they lose the city defense map, they will definitely adjust their deployment. By then, the map we spent so much effort to steal will become a piece of waste paper!"
"It would be great if there was a way to quietly enter the Japanese and puppet army headquarters and copy the city defense map!" the last squadron leader suggested.
"Impossible!" the two squadron leaders denied in unison.
Li Wen suddenly said: "Isn't it impossible?"
"The Japanese headquarters is heavily guarded and we can't get in. But we definitely have a way to get in to the puppet army's headquarters!"
"Isn't there a brigade of puppet troops in the city? Let's go to their brigade headquarters. Their brigade headquarters must have a city defense map!"
"However, such an important document as the city defense map is definitely not accessible to ordinary people. Even if you enter their brigade headquarters, if you can't find the right person, you will be blind!"
"In this case, we go directly to their brigade commander!"
"I will give you two days to find out the situation of the commander of the puppet army garrison brigade in Taiyuan City. The more detailed the better!"
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