Zhou Wen walked out of the 19th Route Army headquarters with a depressed look on his face. Although he had a strong hunch that his judgment was correct, he could not produce definite evidence and could not explain the contradiction in the strength of the Japanese army.
But he still decided to act according to his own judgment. He couldn't be careless about this matter. If it was the butterfly effect caused by his own time travel, he couldn't take it lightly.
Zhou Wen, who returned to Temple Walk, finally heard good news. Zhou Yongbin's monitoring equipment was indeed powerful. A suspected Japanese military radio signal was found in the nearby area. The distance was not very far. Zhou Yongbin judged that it should be within 3 kilometers, and the direction was towards Temple Walk.
The southeast side of.
This is consistent with Zhou Wen's and others' previous judgment. The location of the 156 Brigade Headquarters is a village called Lijiazhai to the east.
At this time, Chen Wanli and others also came back, and marked on the map two riverbanks where the Japanese troops were most likely to land. One was in the wild, the riverbank was not very wide, and they had to pass through a reed swamp after landing.
There is another place next to a small village called Zhaojiaqiao, but the river beach is wide enough.
Zhou Wen and Meng Yuting looked at the map analysis carefully. Meng Yuting pointed to the location of Zhaojiaqiao on the map and said: "Based on the analysis of the situation on the Yunzaobang River, it is impossible for Japanese warships to come in, not even gunboats, so we can only
They were assault boats and rubber boats. In this case, the Japanese army would not have heavy firepower support and could only carry mortars and grenade launchers, and of course heavy machine guns.
If I were the Japanese army, I would choose the river beach of Zhaojiaqiao to go ashore. Not to mention the width of the river beach here, I could quickly occupy Zhaojiaqiao and establish artillery and heavy machine gun positions in the village.
Moreover, it is the closest to the second line of defense position of the 156th Brigade, and it is also the closest to the 156th Brigade's headquarters. While they can attack the front and back of our defense line, they can also divide their troops to support the Japanese squad that sneaked into the 156th Brigade's headquarters.
After landing from the river beach on the reed marsh, you still need to cross the reed marsh. As Wan Li said just now, the terrain there is complex, there are more wetlands, and the soil is soft. It is not convenient for the Japanese army to quickly set up mortars and heavy machine guns, and the attack distance is
If it is too long, the concealment and suddenness of the attack will not be achieved.
So I concluded that the landing place of the Japanese troops was probably Zhaojiaqiao.
In addition, if the enemy lands from the reed swamp, their attack direction will always be eastward, and we can also block them at Zhaojiaqiao."
Zhou Wen smiled and said to Meng Yuting: "Yuting is now the tactician of our mercenary group. His analysis is very reasonable. If the enemy lands in Zhaojiaqiao, we will find a way to set up a pocket and strive to eat up the enemy who lands in one bite.
Drop. You must know that the enemy is planning a sneak attack and does not have the support of heavy weapons. Such a good opportunity is rare.
If it's over there in the reed swamp, turn the ambush into a blocking battle. I believe that with so many artillery and machine guns, it's very possible to defeat or even annihilate the enemy, but casualties are unavoidable. Field hospitals must do
Be prepared, the logistics team needs to make more stretchers."
Chen Wanli said: "Scholar, you have to believe in our artillery. Whether it is an ambush or a blockade, our artillery can fully play its role. I have specifically asked Lao Zhu and the others before that the location of the artillery position has been calculated.
No matter where the enemy lands, our artillery can deliver a devastating blow to the enemy. With their cover, our casualties will not be very large."
Seeing that no one had any other opinions, Zhou Wen made the final decision: "Okay, let's deploy according to this idea. My opinion is to divide the troops into two groups. Yuting will command all the troops of the second detachment except the logistics team to set up an ambush in Zhaojiaqiao.
You have full control over the battle over there.
I will lead a detachment to meet with the infiltrated Japanese reinforcements to see whether our special forces are better or the elite of small Japan."
Miaohua and Gao Xiaoshan were shocked when they heard this. To deal with the elite of Little Japan, we have to have brothers from our first team.
Meng Yuting said with a bit of embarrassment: "Scholar, I still think it is better for you to take overall command. The second team can be commanded by Xiaoshan and Miaohua. Besides, we only know the approximate location of the enemy's lurking unit now. We need to
It's not easy to find out. Moreover, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. The terrain here is dozens of miles around and the enemy may find us before we find it."
Zhou Wen said with a smile: "I said on the train that you are the frontline commander, I believe you, and all the old brothers in our mercenary group believe in you, so just go ahead and do it.
As for how to find the enemy, haha, there is a saying that goes, wherever you go, there will be traces. Mountain people have their own clever tricks."
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Captain Heitano Kazuo is the intelligence staff officer of the 24th Mixed Brigade Headquarters. In the Japanese army, the intelligence staff officer is actually the reconnaissance staff officer, who is responsible for collecting combat intelligence, organizing and implementing the former enemy's reconnaissance plan, forming reconnaissance team personnel, etc.
Due to his strong tactical ability, Hitono Aoi usually won the trust of the brigade commander Shimomoto Kumiya. This time, he came up with the idea of sending an elite squad to sneak into the enemy's rear and sneak attack the enemy's headquarters in front of the Chinese army after the battle started, and he also came up with the idea.
Actively request to be the chief officer of this latent operation.
When he led a reinforced team of 80 people, mostly composed of Japanese veterans, secretly sneaked into the rear of the Chinese army's defense line late at night two days ago, he was indeed unaware of the ghosts and was quite worried in his heart.
contented.
In his mind, as long as he could successfully lurk behind the enemy's rear, the plan would have been mostly completed. On the contrary, he thought that the upcoming sneak attack battle would be a very easy task.
It's not that he is too arrogant, but that he has full confidence in himself and the 80 elite Japanese troops he leads.
Among the eighty members, except for a health soldier and a radio operator who were considered new recruits in his eyes (in fact, these two people had served for two years), the other 78 members were all veterans who had served for more than four years.
There are the best grenade launchers, the best machine gunners, and of course the best sharpshooters in the whole brigade.
This is a force carefully selected from more than 4,000 people in the entire brigade and composed entirely of elites from all branches of the military. In front of such a force, Hitanogo really can't think of a Chinese army that he usually looks down on.
What can we use to resist their swift and fierce attack, the dirty bodies of the Chinese people?
Now, Utano Aoi is raising his wrist and looking at his watch. This is a Seiko watch that can only be bought in Japan for a lot of yen. It was given to him by his fiancée before he boarded the ship to Shanghai.
As he looked at his watch, Hidanogo felt warm in his heart. After the war was over, he would be able to marry his beloved Miss Oriko after returning home. It was really exciting!
