Whether the reinforcement battalion can successfully capture this coal mine called Guangtou Ridge will play a vital role in Wang Ping's ability to successfully establish an arsenal.
Therefore, after determining the target, Wang Ping took Yang Xiong and a few scouts to Guangtou Ridge to investigate in person.
"Director, according to the intelligence provided by our reconnaissance and the military region, there are a total of 135 Japanese and puppet troops guarding the coal mine plus the mine protection team, half of whom are Imperial Army soldiers, who are responsible for guarding and supervising the mining of more than 2,000 workers in the coal mine. The real
The Japanese army only has one combat detachment, and the remaining mine protection team composed of all Ronin and veterans is about a small squad in number!"
"Although there are not many Japanese and puppet soldiers, their equipment is very good, especially the mine protection team, which is equipped with two heavy machine guns, both of which are set up behind two bunkers at the entrance of the coal mine. As long as the two heavy machine guns fire, the coal mine gate will be directly
It will be blocked and not a fly can fly in!"
"The Imperial Alliance Army and the Japanese Army mostly use rifles. The Japanese combat unit is equipped with a Type 96 light machine gun, and the Imperial Alliance Army is equipped with a Czech-made.
"The ones who guard and supervise absenteeism during the day are the Imperial Association Army, and those who patrol at night are the mine protection teams formed by the Japs. As for the little Japs, they usually do one thing, eat, drink and have fun in the mine, and then stop the Mine Protection Team and the Imperial Association from time to time.
The army went to the surrounding villages to raid, make some extra money, eat, drink and have fun!"
"Leave the mine and go outside to clean up? Is this news true?" Wang Ping saw the key to the problem at a glance and stared at Yang Xiong and asked.
"OK! Protect the mine. Although the mine owner will give them some benefits from time to time. But staying in the mine without fighting every day will definitely get annoying after a long time.
According to intelligence, the Japanese will organize troops to raid a village every ten days to gain benefits, steal things and improve life!"
"If nothing else happens, the day after tomorrow the Japanese will organize troops to go out for a sweep. According to the order of the Japanese's sweep, the day after tomorrow they should go to Zhangling Village, north of the coal mine."
"Wrong?" Wang Ping analyzed with a frown.
"There are more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops. Excluding those who stay behind, there are 70 or 80 Japanese puppet troops who go out to clean up. With this small force, the military region only needs to dispatch a battalion to kill them, but why don't you ignore them and let them roam around the surrounding villages?
Sweep up, kill people, do whatever you want!"
"The military region wants to take control of them and would like to eat them in one bite. However, the military region does not have the ability at all. There are too many things involved."
"There is a main force group of ours that is active around, but because this main force group is in the hinterland of the base area, its equipment is incomparable with ours. Not only is it equipped with a heavy machine gun, but it only has one light machine gun, and it is our independent group that is eliminated.
It’s crooked.”
"Although there are not many people on the Japanese side, they are well-equipped. They have six light machine guns and two heavy machine guns. The firepower is very powerful. Even if the entire regiment is pulled over, it is impossible to annihilate them all in a short time.
The Japanese and puppet troops came out to mop up."
The battlefield was close to the county town where heavy Japanese troops were stationed. If the battle could not be resolved quickly and the Japanese mopping up troops were dragged away until reinforcements arrived, this main group would definitely suffer a devastating blow in the face of hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops attacking from both front and back.
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"So, every time the Japanese and puppet troops came out to raid, our people only used guerrilla warfare to sneak attack on them, and did not engage in a decisive battle as soon as they went up."
If an infantry company of the Independent Regiment dares to compete with an infantry squad of the Japanese army, that is because the Independent Regiment is well equipped and is an exception.
Looking at the other main forces of the Eighth Route Army, no battalion would dare to fight head-on with an infantry squad. What's more, every time the Japanese army comes out, it is still a reinforced infantry squad. Not only do they have two more light machine guns, they sometimes also bring a
Quite a heavy machine gun.
With such firepower and combat effectiveness, a newly expanded main regiment in the military region does not have the ability to resolve the battle in a short period of time.
But the reinforced battalion in his hand is different. The firepower is completely configured according to the firepower of the independent regiment. Although it only has the strength of one battalion, it has the firepower of a regiment of other units of the Eighth Route Army.
But even so, the Japanese reinforcements from the county were still a big problem.
There are more than one hundred Japanese and puppet troops, no, even if we only deal with the seventy or eighty Japanese and puppet troops who came out to sweep them, with the current strength of the reinforced battalion, it is impossible to kill them without firing a gun.
As soon as shots are fired on the battlefield, the Japs in the city will know about it and will send troops to reinforce the coal mines. Then, if they want to capture the coal mines, they will fall short.
Yang Xiong was very smart and could see Wang Ping's worries at a glance.
"Director, are you worried about the Japanese and puppet reinforcements leaving the city?"
"That's right!" Wang Ping didn't hide anything.
"From ambushing the Japanese and puppet troops to mopping up the troops to seizing the coal mine, plus the transfer, even if we have strong firepower, it will take at least three hours. In other words, we have to delay the Japanese troops leaving the city for at least three hours!"
"This is impossible!" Yang Xiong retorted with an expression that said it was impossible.
"Landmines!" Wang Ping replied in a surprising way.
Yang Xiong's brows, which were frowning just now, suddenly relaxed, and he replied with a face in front of him: "It is really possible to use land mines. It is best to use the ceramic land mines we used in Laiyuan. The Japanese mine detectors cannot detect them, so we can only move forward groping!"
By then, it won’t be a problem to take them half a day on the five-kilometer road!”
What surprised Yang Xiong was that Wang Ping shook his head at this time.
"Landmines alone are not enough!"
"One of the important reasons why we were able to use landmines to hold back the Japs in Laiyuan was that the Japs could not march off the road in order not to be separated from the artillery baggage. However, the Japs who were reinforcing the Guangtouling Coal Mine were different. They brought at most heavy machine guns.
With mortars, you can still march off the road!"
"Then let's do this!" Yang Xiong asked anxiously, staring at Wang Ping.
"Ask someone for help!" Wang Ping answered confidently.
"Isn't there a regiment here? Ask them to borrow a battalion. If not, a company is fine. As long as they are willing to come, after the battle, I will replenish them with as much ammunition and weapons as they have used up, and I will give them two more from another company.
Machine gun, twenty rifles as reward!"
"Guerillas are also fine. Platoon-level guerrillas are here to help. After the battle, we will give them five rifles as a reward."
"We also want local troops, five rifles for each platoon, and fifteen rifles for each company."
"In addition, when you borrow troops, you can assure them that if I ask them to help me, they will never engage in positional warfare with the Japanese, and the casualties will definitely not be too great!"
As a cadre, especially a cadre of the Eighth Route Army, Yang Xiong knew very well the importance of weapons to them.
Because the troops are short of guns and ammunition, many times, some troops even sacrifice the lives of several soldiers for a machine gun or a rifle.
Now, the arsenal has sent out so many weapons and ammunition at one time, not only to control the casualties, but even if the casualties are larger, they will rush over to help.
Without saying anything, he directly replied to Wang Ping: "Director, there is still one day of preparation time tomorrow. I will set off now and contact all the nearby troops that can be contacted!"
"Please keep it secret!" Wang Ping nodded in agreement.
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