After Hong Yuanshu brought the prototype vehicle to the regiment headquarters for instructions, he built twenty armed vehicles in one go, and then the armored company reached its current size.
Just after receiving the order, the armor company and all the equipment secretly rushed to Pingshui Town to hide and wait.
Wushanao is a small basin surrounded by five hills, more than five kilometers deep and two kilometers wide. The only way for the Japanese army to withdraw from the base area happened to cross here.
Li Hao, Commander Zhou, and Hong Linfeng took the lead and arrived here a whole day faster than the main force.
Captain Zhou became excited after observing the terrain. He looked at Li Hao and said happily: "Captain Li, the terrain here is so good. It is a natural ambush battlefield."
"It's like a big pot. As long as the Japanese and puppet troops enter this big pot, they will be unable to escape."
Hong Linfeng agreed: "Captain, I completely agree with Commander Zhou. This is indeed a natural ambush battlefield."
"To conduct an ambush here, we only need to divide our troops and lurk near a few hills, and mount mortars and mountain artillery on a few hilltops to attack the enemy from a high position."
"After the Japanese and puppet troops came in, they sent special troops to stop them from beginning to end and block them in this cauldron. The latent troops then launched attacks from all directions at the same time to narrow the encirclement. With the artillery we prepared in advance, they will be defeated.
undoubtedly."
Li Hao pointed to two small highlands not far away in the cauldron and reminded: "Have you seen them?"
"With the Japs' fighting style, they will definitely send troops to occupy them as soon as possible after being besieged. They can advance, attack, retreat or defend. Therefore, the key to whether we can encircle and annihilate them is these two highlands."
Commander Zhou's mind immediately flashed to the scene of more than 80 artillery pieces firing together the night before yesterday.
His eyes lit up and he replied: "We can use cannons."
"Same as the night before, the shooters who will bombard the high ground have been calculated in advance."
"If there are enemy soldiers occupying these two highlands, immediately deploy artillery to blow them up."
"We have enough artillery shells to use them with the Japanese. If five hundred rounds are not enough, we will use one thousand rounds. If not, we will use two thousand rounds. Let's see who can outlast the other!"
"You can indeed do this!" Li Hao did not deny it.
Changing the topic: "But the effect is definitely not as good as the night before."
"In order to stabilize the Japs and let them sweep up the troops from the middle and march quickly to kill them, we certainly can't hit them so hard at the beginning."
"If we kill the Japanese and puppet troops in the pocket formation in two or three hours, the Japanese and puppet troops coming from Guangling will stop reinforcing here and evacuate our base area along the same route."
Captain Zhou reacted immediately, stared at his big eyes, and asked with disbelief on his face: "Captain Li, do you mean that we are going to deliberately give the Japanese and puppet troops time to establish defense lines on two highlands?"
Li Hao immediately agreed: "That's what it means."
"Let the Japanese and puppet troops see hope of survival, then they will call for reinforcements continuously and force the Japanese and puppet troops in the direction of Guangling to march over and kill them. Only our heavy artillery battalion, armored company and cavalry battalion lurking in Pingshui Town can
Destroy their chances."
Captain Zhou looked at Li Hao with eyes full of admiration.
He thought too comprehensively and took into account all possible accidents.
If you were a Japanese commander, you would have a 90% chance of being fooled.
But in this way, the pressure on the troops to capture the two hills will increase greatly.
Maybe the Japanese and puppet troops will rely on the two hills to gather heavy troops to break through and break out of the pocket formation.
If this is the case, everyone's hard work these days will be in vain.
His brows furrowed deeper and deeper, racking his brains to think of a solution.
Li Hao suddenly said: "Chief of Staff, there is a way to instantly severely damage the Japanese and puppet troops on the two highlands, even if they dig trenches on the highlands."
"After the troops are in place, you personally arrange for the engineering company to bury explosive packets on two highlands, at least three meters deep."
"Just bury one spot and bury all the explosives we brought."
"After the troops began to counterattack, they assembled all mountain field artillery and heavy mortars to bombard the two highlands."
"With the caliber of these artillery pieces, continuous shelling should easily blast a large crater of two to three meters on the high ground."
"After successfully detonating the explosive package, even if the Japanese are hiding in the trenches, they will not escape death."
"If you are lucky, you will be injured and temporarily lose your combat effectiveness."
"As for the breakout you were worried about just now, I'm not worried at all."
"Before the ambush begins, all heavy machine gun units will accompany the team in the attack. Each company will be equipped with at least three 81mm caliber mortars, three heavy machine guns, and ten light machine guns."
"If the Japanese dare to break through, they will use artillery shells and bullets to greet them. We will see who is more powerful, their flesh and blood, or our bullets and artillery shells."
"Large-caliber mortars and mountain field artillery were all set up on high ground to attack the Japanese from a high position."
"But without my order, these artillerymen cannot participate in the battle. I am afraid that I will scare the Japanese in the pocket formation and affect the reinforcements coming from Guangling."
The Lieutenant General of the Japanese Army Headquarters in Taiyuan did not know that his old opponent had begun to prepare for the next counterattack.
At this moment, he had not even received the news that the logistics base had been captured by the garrison.
Although the main force of the garrison regiment and the independent regiment left the county, the local troops and guerrillas operating in Huaiyuan did not withdraw.
The four words "sharp gun for cannon" can definitely be used to describe their current strength.
A few days ago, every guerrilla unit would have been thankful to have a machine gun.
The rifles are all old-fashioned single-shot ones, with old slides with smooth rifling...
Even so, half of the guerrillas were not equipped and had to use shotguns, broadswords, and red-tasseled guns to fight the Japanese.
Now not only is each person equipped with an 80% new 38-inch cap, one hundred rounds of ammunition, and three grenades, each infantry squad is also equipped with a light machine gun, and each guerrilla team is also equipped with a fire platoon equipped with two mortars.
and two heavy machine guns.
The military strength also took the opportunity to expand to twice its original size.
They are all locals in Huaiyuan. They are familiar with each other and are familiar with each other. They can be identified by strangers at a glance.
Most of the intelligence officers and scouts sent by the Japanese army to Huaiyuan were targeted by the guerrillas within half a day of entering Huaiyuan, and were either killed or captured. Only a handful of Japanese soldiers could reach the vicinity of the county seat.
It wasn't until six o'clock in the afternoon the next day that a scout sent out the information he saw and heard out of Huaiyuan.
In the telecommunications room of the headquarters, the deputy chief of staff panicked after taking a look at the contents of the telegram. He quickly walked into the headquarters and reported in a serious tone: "Commander, there is news from the logistics base."
"We were deceived. All the imperial troops in Huaiyuan City were dead. The gunfire heard by the aviation troops was all fake. It was staged by the Eighth Route Army to confuse us."
The commander had long expected this result, his face sank, he stared at the deputy chief of staff and asked.
"Where are the reinforcements from Zhangjiakou?"
"They have more than 2,000 people and a cavalry force of 500 people. Can they break through even if they are attacked?"
"How could the Eighth Route Army in Huaiyuan attack the county town and send reinforcements with such little strength? I don't believe that the reinforcements of more than 2,000 people were also eaten up."
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