"Lishi County? Tell me why you chose this place." Master He asked.
In the past half month, Commander He has also been studying which county occupied by the Japs to attack, but he has never thought about Lishi County occupied by the Japs. In Lishi County, the Japs deployed a brigade of troops to defend.
Compared with other counties occupied by the Japanese, the Japanese deployed too many troops in Lishi County.
What's more, Commander He also knew that the 120th Division could not mobilize many troops. If he really wanted to attack Lishi County occupied by the Japanese, the possibility of success would be too low. In addition, there was a brigade stationed by the Japanese in Lishi County.
If we really want to launch an attack on Lishi County, the casualties of the troops will definitely not be small.
"Commander He, deputy commander, everyone from the division headquarters, please take a look."
"Lishi has always been an important county town in western Shanxi. It has been built and renovated in the past dynasties. It can be said that it is a relatively developed county town in western Shanxi economically and culturally. In addition, Lishi has Taiyuan Highway running from east to west, Li (Shi), Zhong (
Yang) Li (Shi), Fang (Mountain) Highway runs through the north and south, is the hub for communication between counties in western Shanxi, and has an extremely important strategic position."
"After the Japanese occupied Lishi on February 24, 1938, they worked hard to strengthen defense. Judging from the layout of the Japanese troops, we can see that Lishi County played an extremely important role in the many counties occupied by the Japanese.
It plays a role in the distribution and transportation of materials between the counties occupied by the Japanese in western Shanxi."
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Liu Gen kept telling what he knew about the situation in Lishi County. He had already had a lot of ideas about Lishi County, which was occupied by the Japanese, but he never had the idea of taking action against Lishi County. After all, according to the situation of the Japanese in Lishi County,
With the troops deployed by Shi County, if you want to successfully capture this county, you will definitely have to pay a high price.
In addition, once an attack is launched on Lishi County, the Japs from the surrounding counties will definitely provide support. It is even said that the Japs in the entire northwestern Shanxi will rush towards Lishi County for reinforcements. Unless all Lishi County can be eliminated in a short period of time.
Defensive Japanese, otherwise it will be very difficult to achieve certain results.
"Genzi, according to my estimation, the entire 120th Division can mobilize less than 3,000 troops. More troops will affect the protection of Yan'an."
"With the strength of the Japs' defense in Lishi County, it would be too difficult for less than 3,000 people to break into Lishi County. The Japs' reinforcements are very fast. Even if we can kill the defending Japs, we don't have many."
Time to transfer supplies." Mr. He said seriously.
The deputy commander and others nodded. Commander He was right. It would be too unrealistic to attack Lishi County. The strategic position of Lishi County is too important. Unless the Japanese forces are too tight, it is impossible for the Japanese to attack them.
Giving up on Lishi County easily.
"Lishi County is very important to the Japanese, but we may not be able to capture this county," Liu Gen said again.
Mr. He laughed. He looked at Liu Gen, as if he had seen him when he was young. At that time, he seemed to be so motivated. Mr. He wanted to know what Liu Gen would do. He could see that Liu Gen was very capable.
Confidence, I wonder what kind of support Liu Gen has.
"Lishi County is an important transportation thoroughfare, which means there are many people circulating every day. In my opinion, this is our opportunity."
"As far as I know, the Japanese garrison in Lishi County, except for the Japanese squad that patrols every day, the rest of the Japanese will stay in the camp for training. As long as we can take advantage of the Japanese concentrated training, we will keep the Japanese in the camp
Once the Japs are killed, the patrolling Japs team will not pose much of a threat at all." Liu Gen said again.
Master He shook his head. What Liu Gen said was correct, but that's not how battles are fought. Everything in Liu Gen's plan is based on the condition that no problems will arise. And in battle, accidents happen from time to time, even if Liu Gen
No matter how well you plan, things will go wrong sometimes.
"Comrade Liu Gen, your plan is right. If we really implement it according to this plan, then we have a high chance of taking over Lishi County. But in battle, accidents are most likely to happen, and no one can guarantee that we will win the battle."
There won’t be any problems.”
"For our Eighth Route Army and our 120th Division, this kind of battle is the most important thing to avoid. We cannot afford any big losses," the deputy division commander said.
The conditions of the Eighth Route Army are not very good, and any unit is very important. Knowing that launching an attack on Lishi County will cause a lot of casualties, but still choosing to do so is the most undesirable. If you really fight for casualties
If we want to seize the county towns occupied by the Japs, then the Eighth Route Army units will definitely be able to seize quite a few county towns from the Japs.
Commander He and others felt that the battle plan drawn up by Liu Gen was good, but such a plan was too risky. Even if it succeeded, if it failed, the 120 Division would suffer a lot of losses. For the Division Commander and others, they would rather the 120 Division
Each unit has refined its troops and streamlined its administration, and is unwilling to let too many soldiers die on the battlefield.
"But attacking Lishi County is the only chance for the 120th Division to obtain enough supplies. I have carefully investigated and found that in Lishi County, the Japanese have stored a large amount of supplies. This is completely delivered to the 120th Division. It is us.
The best opportunity." Liu Gen said again.
Only by capturing Lishi County occupied by the Japanese can the 120th Division obtain enough supplies at once. In the following time, the 120th Division can recruit more troops and enhance its own strength. Once the Japanese are captured in Lishi County
With the supplies obtained, the strength of the 120th Division will definitely increase significantly.
"Comrade Liu Gen, forget it, I'll just call you Genzi, it's more convenient." Mr. He looked at Liu Gen and said.
Liu Gen looked at Mr. He with some doubts. He didn't know what Mr. He was going to say. He really believed that attacking Lishi County had a high chance of directly capturing Lishi County. Although there was a possibility of failure, Liu Gen
Gen feels that sometimes the use of troops requires some risks, not to mention that using two to three thousand troops does not mean that the 120th Division will be exhausted.
Of course, Liu Gen also knew that what the deputy division commander said was right. There would be many accidents in the battle. No one knew what accidents would happen at the moment of the battle. No matter how perfect the battle plan Liu Gen made, accidents could not be avoided.
happened.
"Genzi, I can understand your thinking. If you are an officer of the national army, then I will definitely not stop you. On the contrary, I will be very happy for you to do this."
"But it is not feasible for our Eighth Route Army to have such a thing happen. You have to know the difficult conditions of our Eighth Route Army. Even if we successfully capture Lishi County, with the strength of our hands, we will not be able to defend Lishi County at all.
At that time, we will be trapped in Lishi County by the Japanese troops."
"Don't think that the chance of this happening is very small. In fact, the possibility of this happening is very high unless we are willing to give up the materials in Lishi County. It's just that we are taking action against Lishi County, not just for the sake of Lishi County.
Supplies? How could we give up so easily?" Mr. He's face was a little serious, which made Liu Gen's energy become concentrated.
The scene that Commander He said appeared in Liu Gen's mind. It was indeed true. If Lishi County was successfully captured, it would definitely attract a crazy attack by the Japanese troops. With the marching speed of the Japanese troops, the first batch of reinforcements would definitely be there.
Arrive within three hours. If the situation in Lishi County is at a stalemate, then the Japanese will definitely have more troops coming to support.
Is just three hours really enough to transfer the supplies in Lishi County? Liu Gen had the answer in his mind.
"Genzi, if we can't take Lishi County occupied by the Japs, won't we be able to get enough supplies? Probably not. We can think of other ways. We can't just focus on a small Lishi County.
Come on." Mr. He said again with a smile.
Liu Gen nodded. Commander He's words let him know that it was impossible to attack Lishi County, at least at this stage. With the combat power of the 120th Division, if they really wanted to attack Lishi County, they could still defeat Lishi.
The county seat was captured, but doing so would also cost the 120th Division too much.
The strategic location of Lishi County is too important, and the Japanese cannot allow Lishi County to be occupied by the Eighth Route Army troops. The risks that the 120th Division needs to take are too great, and it is not worth targeting Lishi County.
Liu Gen looked at the military map on the wall. If the Lishi County was not occupied by the Japanese, it could easily be captured by the 120th Division. If only one county was captured, the 120th Division could only temporarily let the Japanese occupy the other counties.
The shortage of materials has been partially alleviated but cannot be completely resolved.
"Genzi, what do you think of Liao County?" Master He asked.
Liu Gen shook his head directly. He had fought in the Liao County area and had some understanding of the situation in Liao County. The city wall in Liao County was relatively strong. If he wanted to easily capture Liao County, he would have to use heavy artillery.
, only in this way can we capture the county seat of Liao County in the shortest time and with the fewest casualties.
In the county seat of Liao County, there are not many Japanese troops stationed there, which also means that the supplies in Liao County are limited and it is difficult to meet the excessive needs of the 120th Division.
"Commander He, Liao County is good, but the supplies there are limited. It is difficult for a mere Liao County town to meet the needs of our 120th Division. For a county town like Liao County, we have to win at least two or three to get enough supplies.
Supplies." Liu Gen said with a wry smile.
It is not easy to capture the counties occupied by the Japanese. At least Liu Gen does not have the confidence to capture two or three Japanese counties in a short period of time. Once an attack is launched on the Japanese counties, other Japanese counties will inevitably be wary. Unless there are enough
Only with artillery support can we capture two or three Japanese-occupied county towns in the shortest possible time.
"If one is not enough, then we will win a few more! With the situation of the Japanese, we may find an opportunity to win two or three to make relatively remote county towns. There may not be no chance." Commander He's eyes flashed, as long as the 120th Division can continue
If it continues to develop, he won't mind taking over a few more counties occupied by the Japanese.
The deputy division commander and others looked at Master He with surprise, but they did not expect that Master He would say this. When did it become so easy to capture the Japs' county? If the Japs were really so easy to deal with, then all the troops would have attacked long ago.
The Japanese would never let the Japanese occupy so many counties.
"How many more seats can you win? Mr. He, are you serious?" Liu Gen also asked in surprise.
Commander He smiled and nodded. He was not joking. He had thought carefully about making such a decision. The training of the units of the 120th Division has never stopped. When the 120th Division was active in the Jinzhong area, there were many
An existence that the Japanese troops are afraid of.
The 120th Division has not had a large-scale battle with the Japanese for a while, which made the Japanese think that the combat effectiveness of the 120th Division has faded a lot. This time, Commander He is ready to let the Japanese know how powerful the 120th Division is again! It was because the Japanese did not take action before.
The division did not take the initiative to attack. When the 120th Division really wanted to attack, no one could resist the 120th Division!
"Well, I am preparing to mobilize all available troops of the 120th Division to capture the three counties occupied by the Japanese in the shortest possible time and further expand the anti-Japanese base area." Commander He said with a very serious look. For Commander He, he
I wanted to lead my troops to capture the county seat occupied by the Japs, but there was never a good chance.
And now? Due to the material needs of the 120th Division, the 120th Division urgently needs to capture several Japanese counties in order to obtain enough supplies. Commander He also thought about re-simplifying troops and administration, but that was based on the premise that it was impossible to obtain supplies.
, if we say that before Liu Gen came, the 120th Division's chance of capturing two or three Japanese counties in a short period of time was less than 30%.
So after Liu Gen's arrival, the 120th Division has a 50% to 60% chance of capturing two or three Japanese counties in a short period of time. First, Liu Gen has extremely superb artillery skills, which can play a big role when the soldiers attack.
The second reason is that Liu Gen has never suffered any defeat in his battles with the Japanese.
Maybe Liu Gen himself has not realized this, but if you carefully understand Liu Gen's related achievements, you will find that Liu Gen has never failed in the battles he participated in. Especially when the independent regiment attacked Liao County before.
At the county seat, a mere independent regiment easily captured the county seat of Liao County.
You must know that at that time, there was a squadron of Japanese soldiers in Liao County for defense. Were the combat effectiveness of those Japanese soldiers too poor? Obviously not, even if the Japanese soldiers were leaving the security forces, their combat effectiveness would not be that bad. In addition, there were
With the existence of the city wall, it would not be that simple for ordinary troops to easily capture the county seat of Liao County.
But why was an independent regiment able to successfully capture the county seat of Liao County with few casualties? It was obviously because of Liu Gen that the independent regiment was able to attack the county seat of Liao County so easily without suffering many casualties.
During the Battle of Liao County, all units of the Eighth Route Army realized how important a powerful artilleryman was, and how important it was to minimize the casualties of the troops.
With Liu Gen in the 120th Division, and with his full support, Master He believed that it would not be too difficult to capture the Japanese county seat. He had enough confidence in Liu Gen!
"Commander He, I think this is good. As long as we can remove a few counties occupied by the Japs, we can completely compare with the supplies in Lishi County, and we can successfully solve the problem of the shortage of supplies in the 120th Division." Liu Gen said excitedly.