Zhou Wen analyzed that if a Japanese division came to reinforce the direction of Lengkou, his mercenary group would not be able to stand on the outside at all. Although it would not be surrounded and destroyed by the Japanese, it would definitely be forced to flee into the distant mountains.
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In this case, the mercenary group's containment effect on the outside is almost negligible. At best, it can only carry out some insignificant sneak attacks in border areas, which will have no effect on the overall situation.
Zhou Wen was still a little unwilling, so he thought about whether he could create a fighter plane that would impress both General Shang Zheng of the 32nd Army and General Song of the 29th Army before the Japanese reinforcements arrived.
The current situation is that the Japanese 6th Division is divided into three attack groups.
One is the 24th Regiment of Baili Mountain and Cherry Orchard, the other is the 23rd Regiment and the troops directly under the 12th Brigade in front of Lengkou Pass, and the other is the 13th Brigade of Xifengkou.
However, the Japanese troops in any direction suffered varying degrees of losses, and the heavy artillery was basically lost. Even the model brigade at Lengkou Pass formed an artillery suppression on the Japanese troops.
Under such a good situation, as long as General Shang Zheng and General Song Mingyuan can make up their minds and concentrate the main forces of the two armies to attack one of the routes, with the support of the external mercenary group, it is entirely possible to eat up the Japanese troops on one of the routes, thus establishing a strong defense line on the Great Wall.
Open a breakthrough on the east side and gain the initiative in the battle.
It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to injure ten of them. Zhou Wen did not believe that the two battle-hardened veterans did not understand that what they were worried about was nothing more than the casualties of their men and the pressure from the top.
Casualties can be reduced by using more advantageous fighter aircraft, but how binding can the conservative instructions from the Peking Military Commission be on these rebellious warlords of the Republic of China?
Therefore, the root cause is conservatism and the idea of not seeking merit but seeking no faults.
Zhou Wen knew that with the current transportation and supply capabilities of the Japanese army, it would definitely not be an easy task to mobilize one or two divisions for reinforcements, and it would definitely take a lot of time.
But when the Japanese reinforcements arrive, it is basically certain that the Great Wall defense line cannot be defended, because now the Chinese army has mobilized almost all the most capable troops from the north, and the support force from the rear is very limited.
Therefore, it is actually beneficial to the Japanese army to just waste it with the Japanese army. The final outcome will inevitably be the same as the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, and the entire army will have to retreat.
Rather than sit back and wait for death, it is better to take a risk and strike.
This is what Zhou Wen is thinking now.
He is actually unwilling to do so. Can he just accept the ending of history?
If there was no chance of victory, Zhou Wen would not have much hope for the final victory.
But now it is clear that the opportunity to win has appeared. If he still gives up in vain because he is too conservative, Zhou Wen is indeed a little unwilling.
No matter how difficult it was to convince these two generals who wanted to preserve their strength, Zhou Wen always wanted to give it a try. If a heavy weight could be added to the balance of victory, would it make them change their minds?
In the face of the Japanese army's defense-based tactics, a hard fight would definitely not work, so special tactics could only be used.
On this battlefield where the two sides are in a stalemate, the only special tactics used are decapitation, cutting off enemy supplies, destroying enemy grain, grass and ammunition, etc.
But judging from the current situation, no matter which strategy is used, there are great risks, making it difficult to choose.
At this critical moment, Zhou Yongbin sent a telegram to Zhou Wen, which gave Zhou Wen a glimmer of hope.
Ever since Zhou Yongbin got the code book of the Japanese battalion and regiment level (which was captured during the Songhu Anti-Japanese War), he has turned a deaf ear to the outside world and focused on deciphering work.
Although the code has not been completely deciphered so far, the radio signals and transmission rhythms of the Japanese brigade and regiment levels have been basically mastered. At least it has been possible to identify the radio signals of the Japanese regiment and below.
The content of his message to Zhou Wen was that he had been tracking and receiving signals from a strange but more powerful Japanese radio station, but because the radio station was constantly moving, it was not easy to locate.
However, in the past few days, this radio station has been staying in one place and continuously sending reports, and at the same location, there are several low-power radio stations also working.
What does this mean? Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this must be the headquarters of the Japanese army, and it is at least a brigade-level headquarters.
Although Zhou Yongbin could not accurately locate it, the approximate distance and direction were reported to Zhou Wen for his reference and judgment.
Generally speaking, the Japanese army's brigade-level headquarters is usually not set up in the wild unless it is an emergency or marching situation.
Why is this?
There are two reasons: one is that the brigade headquarters has quite a few members, including a communications squadron, a logistics squadron, a guard squadron, plus the staff of the regiment headquarters and various logistics personnel, there are at least seven or eight hundred people, and there are also
There are varying numbers of cars, carriages, pack horses, war horses, etc. If they are set up in the wild, a large number of tents and wooden sheds need to be built, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Another reason is from a security perspective.
The headquarters is set up in the wild. At least it needs to dig trenches and set up warning positions around the entire camp, and more than one. At the same time, it also needs to control the nearby commanding heights and traffic arteries. The number of troops required is not a small number, and it is also easy.
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If you are attacked by enemy artillery, you may not be safe even if you are hiding in a bunker.
For example, in a plot at the beginning of the later film and television drama "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong, the leader of the new regiment, through the antenna on the Japanese tent
I judged that this was the headquarters of the Japanese Sakata Regiment.
As a result, the gunner Zhuzi of the New Regiment only used two artillery shells to send Captain Sakata to the west, allowing the New Regiment, which was still surrounded by the Japanese army, to stage a gorgeous reversal and break out from the front of the Japanese in one fell swoop.
Although there are some exaggerations and exaggerations in film and television dramas, such battles actually happened in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.
Therefore, generally, headquarters at the level of a regiment or above will be set up in villages and towns. There are countless sheltered houses, which are both concealed and easy to defend. There are also ready-made barracks and stables, which are very convenient in all aspects.
Since it was a village and town, and they knew the approximate direction and distance, Zhou Wen and Chen Wanli quickly identified a target on the map, which was a Dazhuangzi called Liujiaji located between Shahe and Dushan, about 50 meters away from Lengkou Pass.
13 kilometers, just outside the range of the 105mm howitzer.
Moreover, this village has a geographical advantage, that is, it is nearly one kilometer away from the nearest mountain forest. It is surrounded by abandoned fields abandoned by the fleeing villagers. On the fields that have just gone through the cold winter, only some ankle-high weeds grow.
There is no cover, so it is very difficult to get close without being noticed.