Especially Miaohua, who has always been the top master of the mercenary group, now has a senior brother Zhao Xiaojin who is not weaker than him as a sparring opponent, and he is not only good at martial arts, accurate with guns, but also proficient in medical skills.
It will also make Miaohua's always aloof and arrogant mentality restrained.
An hour later, under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and based on the distance and number of enemy torches, Li Hu's team quickly investigated the enemy's situation. More than a thousand Japanese troops, with horses and artillery, were properly organized into a brigade.
,
"found it!"
Li Hu was certain that this was the prey that the mercenary group had been waiting for for a long time.
The rest of the matter was simple. Li Hu used the intercom to notify the other nearest groups. After 2 minutes, through the relay call, all the groups began to gather in this direction and then moved back at high speed, with the purpose of using the intercom in the mountains.
The limit call distance of 15 kilometers forms call nodes one by one.
This time, the 5 teams took away 5 communicators, and one was left at the headquarters. If each communicator is arranged vertically 12-15 kilometers apart, the communication distance can reach 60 kilometers, and Dushan is far away from Lengkou.
It is only over 50 kilometers away. It can be said that once the Japanese troops are discovered by the reconnaissance team, the advance detachment headquarters will know the movements of the Japanese troops at all times.
An hour later, Gao Xiaoshan, who was on duty at the headquarters, heard Ergazi’s hurried conversation and gasping voice coming from the intercom: “Report... Found the Japanese, a reorganized brigade, marching from Dushan to Lengkou.
Avenue, specific quantities and weapons configuration will be reported later."
After receiving the news, the advance detachment immediately mobilized, and officers at all levels began to order soldiers to check various weapons and equipment. The logistics team immediately lit a fire to cook, trying to give the soldiers another hot meal before the battle.
In the headquarters, Zhou Wen, Chen Wanli, Gao Xiaoshan, Miaohua and other senior officers gathered around a well-made sand table to study the enemy's situation.
If someone who is familiar with the terrain of this area sees this sand table, they will definitely be full of praise for such an accurate and exquisite sand table. Every mountain and every path within a 50-kilometer radius of Lengkou is presented very realistically.
Who made the sand table?
No one believed it, but this sandbox was actually made by a mentally retarded young man.
This boy is of course Wang Xiaohu, who has developed a pair of dexterous hands by playing in the mud since childhood.
As early as Zhou Wen came back from Lengkou to survey the terrain, he asked Xu Dacheng to go to Lishi with the enemy's survey and detailed map to assist Xiaohu in making a combat sandbox.
For Xiaohu, this was a fun game. Xu Dacheng marked the distance and height with reference to the map, and Xiaohu made mountains and roads with mud. It took a whole day, and the two of them made a large and a small
Two sand tables.
The large sand table was left at the Model Brigade Headquarters, and this smaller sand table was brought here by Zhou Wen.
At this time, Chen Wanli confidently pointed to a trail on the sand table and said: "The Japanese army has only two official roads to choose from from Dushan, one leading to Xifengkou and the other leading to Lengkou. Now according to the investigation team
The news that keeps coming out is that this Japanese army is coming straight to Lengkou, and they are taking the official route, which shows that the Japanese army has no idea that our army is ready to attack."
"Although this road is an official road, it has experienced years of warlord fighting and lack of maintenance. It is now in dilapidated condition. Not to mention trucks, even carriages have poor passability. And it is snowy now, so even if the Japanese army marches in a hurry,
It can't be very fast either. Based on their current speed, they won't be able to reach Lengkou until the afternoon."
"If I were the Japanese army, after nearly ten hours of rapid march, I would have to rest and deploy before launching an attack, and this place must be convenient for hiding and sheltered from the wind."
He pointed to two places on the sand table and said: "Outside Lengkou Pass, only our current small village and Wazikou meet this condition, and Wazikou is the place where the Japanese army must pass, so I conclude that the Japanese army will reach Wazikou.
We will rest and eat for a period of time after entering Zikou, and our ambush circle will be deployed at Wazikou."
Zhou Wen had no objection to Chen Wanli's deployment. He had discussed it with the officers many times before, and some people also suggested that they could ambush the Japanese army on the last stretch of their march. At that time, the Japanese army had walked dozens of kilometers of mountain roads in the snow, and they were exhausted.
At that time, it was a good time to ambush.
However, Zhou Wen and Chen Wanli's repeated deductions showed that it was difficult to completely annihilate the enemy.
We must know that the Japanese army has more than 1,000 people, and the advance detachment only has more than 1,000 people. To attack the Japanese army's two-kilometer-long formation simultaneously will inevitably lead to the deployment of the advance detachment's troops across a width of two kilometers, and the forces will be dispersed.
The result is that the firepower is also dispersed. It is not difficult to defeat the enemy, but the difficulty of total annihilation increases.
According to the consistent tactical thinking of the mercenary group, the more concentrated the troops and the denser the firepower, the more fatal the blow to the enemy. The ferocious firepower strike can not only eliminate a large number of the enemy's effective forces in a short period of time, but also give the enemy morale and psychological benefits.
A heavy blow, destroying and weakening their will to resist.
Although the Japanese army has always been strong and their will has always been firm, as long as they are human beings, they will still waver and despair when faced with ferocious firepower and overwhelming artillery attacks that make people lose hope.
The shake of confidence and inner despair will lead to abnormal behavior. The usual accurate shooting skills are gone, and the mind is not as clear as usual. Desperation leads to impulsive actions, fear leads to trembling and panic, and such enemies will no longer exist.
There is a threat.
Therefore, it is the best choice to launch an attack when the Japanese army is concentrated and resting. After all, what Zhou Wen needs is a hearty battle of annihilation.
He just wanted to give the Japanese army a blow in the head when they easily captured Rehe and when their arrogance was at its peak, and kill the Japanese arrogant momentum with a perfect battle of annihilation. Once the news of victory spreads to the rear, it will inevitably cause the Japanese army to lose its grip on Rehe.
The anxious and disappointed people once again cheered up and strengthened the confidence of senior officials of the Peiping Branch of the Military Commission and other anti-Japanese war forces.
At this time, Zhou Wen did not interrupt. After the big tactical framework was determined, he completely obeyed Chen Wanli's deployment and dispatch. After all, after being trained in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the officers of the second detachment, including Meng Yuting and Chen Wanli,
They have matured quickly, and they have a deep and clear understanding of the tactics and combat capabilities of a unit.
Now the enemy is overt and we are covert. Fighting an ambush battle where the enemy is not alert is not difficult for them officers at all. On the contrary, they are not as thorough as they are in the specific tactical deployment.