"If we launch an attack, the two machine guns deployed by the devils in the two dark bunkers in the north and south will be too damaging to us." Zhang Yunfei sighed.

Sometimes it's so helpless, the bunker is such a nonsense thing, and it is effective against the Chinese army in the eastern battlefield, and there are many ways to restrain the bunker, what is the fire, machinery, cement pouring, or direct bombardment, but unfortunately these things are not available.

The cost of the bunker is very low, and the masonry and cement are built on the ground, which is a solid and difficult fortification for the Eighth Route Army, and many times it has to be filled with human lives.

Although it is said that the dark fort is quite hidden, no matter how painstaking it is to build it, as long as you look closely, you can still find that at least the shooting boundary will definitely be cleared.

Moreover, the concealment of the bunker is not the concealment of the line of sight, but the firing range, of course, if the concealment of the line of sight is achieved before the war, the effect of sudden strikes will naturally be better.

"It's too difficult to attack here, why don't we give up? Choosing a different location? Zhu Shanglang asked.

Although this place is now a small stronghold of the Japanese puppet army, the devils were built according to the large garrison fortress before, and it is normal that the fortifications are more complete.

Regarding Zhu Shanglang's suggestion, Zhang Yunfei pondered for a while and said: "Don't be in a hurry to make a decision first, let's carefully find out the situation here first, and then tell the troops, do a good job of concealment, no one is allowed to smoke, no fire, no loud talk." ”

After listening to Zhang Yunfei's order, Zhu Shanglang turned around and called the correspondent who came with him, asking him to immediately return to the army station to convey Zhang Yunfei's order.

"Lao Zhu, let's observe carefully, mark the enemy's fortifications and firing points, and when we go back, we will have a meeting and study it carefully." Zhang Yunfei reminded.

Regarding Zhang Yunfei's order, Zhu Xianglang nodded, constantly observing Yuan Zhuang's fortifications and defense posture.

Watching Zhu Xianglang observe, he also took out a pen and paper to record, and also drew a sketch of the enemy's fortifications, Zhang Yunfei was quite satisfied with this.

Although he has been slandering him and being led crooked by Qi Dajiu, in fact, among all the partners Zhang Yunfei has dealt with, he is a good one.

Zhu Xianglang is a person, probably because of his experience, it goes without saying that he is more easy-going, and he has a strong ability to accept and loves to study.

He is not only suitable to be his own political commissar, but also suitable to be his chief of staff, not to mention that at present, the detachment headquarters of his grass platform team (relative to the staff headquarters of later generations) has no staff officers, even the chief of staff has not assigned himself, of course, most of the Eighth Route Army does not have any special staff officers, at least at the regimental level.

In most cases, it is the regiment commander and political commissar who discuss, and some regiments are relatively evenly disposed, and there are only multiple deputy regiment commanders and chiefs of staff.

In the Eighth Route Army, where there is a shortage of talents, if a regiment commander encounters a political commissar who does not understand military affairs, it is actually very difficult to compare, and there is no one to discuss.

Zhang Yunfei prefers to have someone give him more references, but the conditions do not allow it, and it is difficult to hear constructive opinions.

Everything has to be decided by oneself, this is a matter of life and death, the Eighth Route Army is more independent most of the time, everything has to rely on oneself to decide, the pressure can be imagined.

At this time, the two began to silently observe the situation of Yuan Zhuang's stronghold, they observed very carefully, and the equipment conditions of the Eighth Route Army were limited.

Every battle is on the underdog, so every detail must be perfect, because their margin for error is too low, and if they are not careful, they can pay huge casualties and even lead to the defeat of the entire battle.

When the two of them withdrew to the troop station, their hearts were still heavy, and Zhang Yunfei looked at the sketch drawn by Zhu Shanglang, and his brows were about to be twisted together.

It's not that the picture drawn by Zhu Xianglang is ugly, although Zhu Xianglang has not studied professional drawing, but after all, he is a person who has traveled from south to north, and the picture drawn is barely understandable.

After introducing the situation of Yuan Zhuang's stronghold, the two of them were worried, but now everyone is starting to worry, how to fight this, if you attack from the front, this casualty will be great.

It is estimated that the attacking troops did not touch the enemy's side, and almost half of the casualties were killed and wounded by the machine guns in the bunker, and this battle was difficult.

Seeing that everyone's faces were ugly, as if they had lost a battle, Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but sigh, there was still no staff officer to conduct professional analysis, and they didn't say a word one by one, and the war meeting was about to turn into a mourning meeting.

A stronghold of forty or fifty people, look at the embarrassment of everyone, damn it, if you have a cannon in your hand, even if it is the kind of 92 infantry cannon, you can plow it with a bang, and then you can take it with a charge, what are so many things.

Well, without that condition, fantasy is useless, let's consider some practical issues, how this battle should be fought is the key.

"Lao Zhang, why don't we bypass the stronghold of Yuanzhuang and continue to the east, there are always strongholds on the Xinqing Highway, there are always weak defenses." Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhu Shanglang fell into an awkward atmosphere for a while, so he took the lead in speaking to break the solemn atmosphere.

His idea is very simple, since it is to lure the snake out, whether it is to fight or not, why hang himself on the tree of Yuan Zhuang.

Their Eighth Route Army has always been like this, guerrilla warfare, not all of them are a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, and the enemy who fights is dizzy and cannot find the north.

Now if they attack the stronghold of Yuanzhuang, not only will they have to prevent the support of the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold of Fudian, but also the connection between Yuanzhuang and the Xinqing Highway, the Japanese puppet army can quickly come to the aid along the Xinqing Highway.

Once the attack is frustrated and the battle is deadlocked, the situation will be quite unfavorable to their own side, and at present, their unit has a complex composition and has not yet completed the run-in period.

It is more suitable for fighting a tailwind battle, and it is really not reassuring to fight this kind of tough battle, so it is better to avoid entanglement with the Japanese puppet army as much as possible.

For his idea, it cannot be said that it is unreasonable, guerrilla warfare is originally a persimmon to pick a soft pinch first, Yuan Zhuang's defensive strength far exceeds expectations, and the terrain is narrow, not very suitable for a frontal attack.

It is likely to pay a huge number of casualties, and even if it is defeated, it will be a deal that does not outweigh the losses.

From the perspective of guerrilla warfare, Zhang Yunfei also quite agrees with his viewpoint: There is nothing wrong with the idea that guerrilla warfare is not fighting.

However, the ultimate goal of their operation this time was not to fight guerrillas, but to counter-sweep, whether it was to take the initiative to attack or passively defend and evade, the premise was to break the Japanese puppet army's sweeping plan.

The entire Xinnan region, Xinqing Highway, Yuanzhuang, Fenghe, and the county seat, the four places are connected by highways and roads, and the artillery towers at the major crossings are guarded by each other, forming a circular area, of course, the same is true for Xinbei, forming another defensive circle.

This is also the core theory of the devil's blockade network, which extends in all directions like a spider's web, and if a place is attacked, it can come to the aid from all directions.

This area is also the core control area of the devils, and outside this circle, it is the main area of their guerrilla activities.

Now their combat idea is that in order to stop the enemy from sweeping, they take the initiative to attack the core control area of the devils, so that they have to return to help.

However, when they jump into the enemy's circle, the danger is also very great, and once they are blocked by the enemy, they can't escape if they want to.

Zhang Yunfei's idea was that it was okay to take the initiative to drill into the enemy's circle and make a fuss, at least it should be left to the back hand to make a hole in this circle.