"Political Commissar, don't worry. I, Wang Ping, will definitely not do anything that I am not sure about." Wang Ping was as confident as ever, without any worries.
"Don't look at the total of more than 6,000 Japanese and puppet troops in the two sweeps. However, the Japanese and puppet troops we really need to eliminate are only about 3,000. As for the rest, I have other ways to deal with them.
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"With the current strength of our independent regiment, it will definitely be no problem to eat three thousand Japanese puppet troops in one night!"
Cheng Xiao's face looked much better: "Three thousand Japanese puppet troops sound like a lot, but the real devils only have a thousand soldiers. As long as there is enough time, there will definitely be no problem in eating them!"
"In that case, it's no problem!" Wang Ping answered confidently.
Although the political commissar no longer struggled with this issue, he still couldn't let go of the Japanese raiding the troops on the other side, and asked: "What about the Japanese and puppet troops on the other side?"
"They have more than 3,000 people, well-equipped, and a large group of field artillery. For such a powerful opponent, Commander, please don't tell me that they will annihilate their entire army!"
"Of course they themselves will not be completely destroyed, but I have a way to destroy their entire army!" Wang Ping was still more confident than ever.
"Hongqiao is a big village. The place is big enough for more than 3,000 Japanese and puppet troops to live in without any problem. Our sneak attacks ended in failure for three consecutive nights. The Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Hongqiao will definitely do more than patrol.
The rest of the troops and security posts will be stationed in the village! As long as they live in, I will be sure to kill them. However, the price will be a bit high!"
Seeing that Wang Ping was so confident, political commissar Cheng Xiao also relaxed. While staring at the map and thinking, he stared at Wang Ping and asked: "Captain, how to kill them. With more than 3,000 days of puppet troops, if we can really kill them, the price will be higher."
It doesn’t matter!”
"It's very simple!" Wang Ping sneered, drew a cross on the location of Hongqiao Village with a pen, and then said with a sneer.
"I plan to wipe Hongqiao Village and the more than 3,000 puppet troops stationed in Hongqiao Village from the face of the earth, and let them disappear into ashes!"
Cheng Xiao seemed to understand, and analyzed with a look of enlightenment: "Captain, are you planning to use artillery? The total number of artillery in the whole regiment exceeds forty, plus we have enough ammunition. If we concentrate on bombarding Hongqiao Village, it is really possible to bombard Hongqiao Village."
Hongqiao Village was razed to the ground!”
But soon the surprise on Cheng Xiao's face was replaced by solemnity.
"No, let's not say that the Japanese have artillery that is more powerful than us. Even if their artillery unit is killed by us at the beginning, the remaining infantry has long legs. How could they not run away and stick to the village to be bombed?
!Captain, this method won’t work!”
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "You can't use cannons. Our artillery is no match for the Japs. If you use cannons to blow up Hongqiao Village, you are giving military exploits to the Japs' artillery!"
"Then how could Hongqiao Village and more than 3,000 puppet troops be razed to the ground?" Cheng Xiao once again stared at Wang Ping and asked.
Wang Ping did not answer, but showed a very mysterious smile.
Then he ordered the guard at the door of the war room: "Inform Director Jiang of the Logistics Department and Company Commander Xu of the Engineer Company to come to the war room immediately. The sooner the better!"
The entire independent regiment was in a state of combat readiness, and Xu Ke and Jiang Hongchun were no exception. In less than half an hour, the two men appeared in front of Wang Ping one after another.
Wang Ping was not polite and pointed directly at Hongqiao Village and asked: "Company Commander Xu, this is Hongqiao Village, a large village with a population of 500 people. There is a large threshing floor in the middle of the village. The entire village combined,
It is five hundred meters long and about two hundred meters wide. You are an engineer, so you should be very good at blasting. I want to know how much explosives are needed to level such a village and wipe it from the face of the earth!"
"At least 10,000 kilograms of explosives. As long as you give me 10,000 kilograms of explosives, commander, I can raze Hongqiao Village to the ground. By then, you won't even be able to see the shadow of the village!" Wang Ping replied after thinking about it.
"Too many!" Although Wang Ping didn't know the specific wealth of the Independent Regiment, his basic common sense was still very clear. Not to mention the Independent Regiment, even if he collected all the yellow explosives in the entire military region, it might not be 10,000 kilograms!
Xu Ke did not come back immediately, but frowned and thought, calculated, and analyzed.
Wang Ping was not in a hurry and looked at Xu Ke quietly.
After a full five minutes, Xu Ke raised his lowered head and replied with a firm face: "Captain, if the explosion is not worth it, you can save two thousand kilograms. The minimum is eight thousand kilograms of explosives, no more."
And the explosives I mentioned were high explosives used to capture the Japanese, not black powder. If black powder was used, the amount of gunpowder I would need would have to be increased at least five times, and there is no guarantee that the mission will be completed."
Xu Ke was a professional engineer after all, although the amount of eight thousand kilograms was still an astronomical figure for him. But Cheng Xiao chose to believe it, and then frowned and asked Jiang Hongchun beside him: "Director Jiang, can you give Company Commander Xu
How much dynamite can you gather!"
"Before we made mines, we could collect 5,000 jins, but now we can only collect 3,000 jins at most. This is because we have captured a lot from the Japanese during this period, otherwise we would not be able to collect even 1,000 jins!"
At this time, Cheng Xiao already understood the method Wang Ping said.
I have to admit that burying gunpowder underground in Hongqiao Village and then suddenly detonating the gunpowder after the Japanese move in is the best way to raze Hongqiao Village to the ground.
More importantly, by doing this, the independent regiment would not suffer any casualties except consuming a large amount of gunpowder.
However, gunpowder does not come by the wind, especially powerful high explosives. Because the Eighth Route Army has no production capacity, it becomes even more important for various units of the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, some people may say that it can be seized from the Japanese.
The Japs did have plenty of ammunition, but they were all ammunition, not explosives.
For the well-equipped Japanese army, they used artillery and aircraft to solve problems they encountered. They rarely used explosive packs to blow up gun towers like the Eighth Route Army did.
Therefore, the Japanese field troops rarely fought with explosives. Unless the Eighth Route Army attacked the county and captured the Japanese arsenal, it would be difficult to capture the explosives.
The reason why the Independent Regiment captured so many explosives was because the Independent Regiment was lucky. The Japanese army happened to be replenishing supplies to the Laiyuan City Arsenal, and then the Independent Regiment took advantage.
Therefore, seeing Wang Ping's brows wrinkled into a big "Sichuan" sign because he was worried about explosives, political commissar Cheng Xiao's brows also wrinkled.
Another five minutes passed, and no one in the war room had the intention to speak.
Cheng Xiao could only stand up and persuade: "Commander, if it doesn't work, we will change the battle plan and see if it is possible to kill the troops sweeping up all the way!"
"What you did just now gave me an inspiration. We buried all the explosives that the logistics office could collect in Huangtuling Village. If so many explosives exploded together, even if Huangtuling could not be leveled, it could still inflict heavy damage on the Japanese in the village!
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"Then the whole group takes the opportunity to launch an attack. If you can eat them within two hours, you will eat them. If you can't eat them, you will take the initiative to retreat. What do you think?"
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