With the annihilation of the Kunisaki detachment, the Japanese army did not attack from the north of the Yangtze River.

And Yang Jing took advantage of this rare time to continue to temper the recruits in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Regiment.

I have to say that after the actual battle of the Battle of Luoma Mountain.

All the recruits of the Tiger Regiment have experienced the cruelty of war, and they have worked harder in training.

However, although there was no war in the Jiangbei area, Yang Jing had been paying attention to the war situation south of the Yangtze River.

When he learned that Danyang and Jintan were in a hurry one after another, and Commander Tang Mengxiao ordered the defenders to abandon and withdraw to the second-line defensive front, Yang Jing's brows couldn't help frowning.

If this continues, in less than two days, the Japanese army will be able to attack the city of Nanjing.

Memorial!

Even if his strength is weak, he must do his best to stop it.

Immediately, Yang Jing immediately called the garrison headquarters, on the one hand, suggesting that Tang Mengxiao, commander of the garrison, speed up the evacuation of the people in the city, and at the same time, he also asked the garrison about the specific deployment of troops and the next strategic plan.

In view of Yang Jing's immortal military exploits again and again, his words still have a certain weight in the garrison headquarters.

On the garrison side, the information on the deployment of troops and the next strategic plan was completely shared with Yang Jing.

However, for Yang Jing's first suggestion, the attitude of Tang Mengxiao, the commander of the garrison, was a little ambiguous.

There was no explicit indication of adoption, nor was there an explicit indication of rejection.

Instead, he told Yang Jing that if the people in the city evacuated in advance, he might shake the morale of the garrison.

Yang Jing had no choice but to send a telegram to his old boss Chen Cixiu, who was far away in Wuhan, asking him to persuade the chairman of the committee to give Tang Mengxiao an order to evacuate the people.

Subsequently, Yang Jing marked the deployment of the garrison troops on the map.

After just one glance, his brows tightened together, turning into a big 'Chuan' character.

The leaders and brains of these garrisons are all good at fighting, but their thinking is too rigid, and they have always used the same old-fashioned tactics.

Ma Haifeng, the chief of staff next to him, saw the change in Yang Jing's expression and asked, "Tuanzao, what's wrong?" Is there anything wrong with the garrison almost always defending the danger and deploying the defensive line according to the geographical advantage? ”

Yang Jing said: "Not only is it wrong, but it is also a big mistake!" ”

Seeing that Ma Haifeng, Rake Ear and the others were all confused, Yang Jing said again: "You all know the battle of Shanxi, right?" ”

Everyone nodded.

Yang Jing continued: "In terms of topography, do you think Jiangnan or Shanxi, which is more dangerous? Where is it easier to defend? ”

"Shanxi!"

The crowd responded almost without thinking.

This is also the case, Shanxi is mountainous.

In the south of the Yangtze River, although there are many mountains, they are relatively gentle on the whole. At the same time, due to its proximity to the sea and the Yangtze River waterway, the Japanese could receive air fire support from the naval fleet and carrier-based air groups.

Therefore, the Japanese army's attack on Jiangnan was obviously much easier than Shanxi.

"Not bad! Shanxi's terrain is more dangerous and easier to defend! ”

Yang Jing nodded heavily in disapproval, and then said: "But the final result, you have all seen, hundreds of thousands of Jin Sui Army and Central Army are completely defeated by tens of thousands of Japanese troops.

Even in just two or three months, even Taiyuan City was lost.

And what the second theater of operations adopted is this set of strategic deployment that is based on danger! ”

After a pause, Yang Jing seemed to be a little thirsty, took a sip of the water cup in front of him, and then continued: "Soldier, treacherous!"

When the strength is far inferior to the other party, we must learn to win by surprise!

The reason why the Battle of Shanxi ended in a crushing defeat for our army was, in the final analysis, that the thinking of our army commanders was too rigid.

In particular, some generals during the Northern Expedition still used the same old tactics.

These tactics were useful for the old warlords of the past, but they were somewhat outdated for an enemy like the Japanese army, which had modern armored forces and aviation units. ”

Saying that, Yang Jing came to the sand table next to him and said to Ma Haifeng: "Let's have a sand table military flag deduction, I will attack the Japanese army, and you will defend the garrison!" ”

"Yes!"

Ma Haifeng nodded.

Yang Jing said to the rake ear, Fan Tietou and others on the side: "You have all watched the next war game deduction carefully!" ”

"Yes!"

Everyone nodded and immediately gathered around.

The sand table military chess deduction begins.

In less than 8 minutes, Ma Haifeng was defeated.

No matter what, he is also from a serious academic background, even if he knows that he is not defeated by Yang Jing, he should not be defeated so quickly.

So, Ma Haifeng, who was unwilling to fail, had a second duel with Yang Jing.

6 minutes.

This time, it only took Yang Jing 6 minutes to completely tear through his defense.

Ma Haifeng's forehead began to sweat.

The third game ended in his defeat.

In 5 minutes, he was killed by Yang Jing without leaving a piece of armor.

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Come, this time you will lead the Japanese army to attack, and I will defend!" ”

"Good!"

Ma Haifeng sorted out his thoughts and vowed to defeat Yang Jing in the attack to regain the face he had just lost.

It's a pity that his wishful thinking was wrong.

Fail!

Fail!

Or failed......

"Why?"

Ma Haifeng looked confused, and the defense failed because the Japanese army had stronger combat effectiveness.

However, when attacking, it is clear that his strength is stronger, why does it end in failure?

Yang Jing's gaze swept over everyone present: "Have you all watched the wargame just now?" ”

"Hmm!"

Everyone nodded.

Yang Jing said: "Then we will conduct another review now, and you all have to listen carefully." ”

"As a weak side, we can't blindly pursue dangerous terrain when choosing where to deploy the defensive line.

Unless this terrain is enough to smooth out the difference in strength between the enemy and us, otherwise, the losing side will definitely be you!

Because, as an attacker, they can also know where the terrain is dangerous, where it is suitable to be deployed, and how to deploy it.

Then, the attacker can formulate an appropriate offensive strategy according to local conditions.

In this way, it means that the initiative is completely in the hands of the attacker!

Due to the limited terrain, the defender cannot make flexible and effective changes, and can only be torn apart by the attacker little by little, and then the whole army will be defeated! ”

After a pause, Yang Jing continued: "As the defender, we should indeed defend against the danger. However, it is not necessary to defend against the most dangerous terrain, but on the unexpectedly dangerous ground of the enemy.

If necessary, you can even give up the dangerous terrain in exchange for the initiative to attack, and win by surprise! ”

"This is the reason why Ma Haifeng, whether as a defender or an attacker, is not against me!"

Everyone nodded approvingly.

And the reason why Yang Jing said so much was to cultivate their military command ability, so that after leaving him in the future, they could also become independent military commanders.

After a few minutes, it was almost enough for everyone to digest.

Yang Jing came to the huge battle map hanging on the wall and continued to speak: "Come, now according to the current situation, analyze where the garrison should be deployed. ”

Everyone you say, I start to give my own opinions.

Yang Jing nodded with satisfaction, according to the previous war game deduction, Ma Haifeng, Rake Ear, and Fan Tietou and others' military command ability to arrange troops have been significantly improved.

Hearing the dissatisfaction, Yang Jing reminded him at the right time and gave appropriate explanations and suggestions.

……

Seven o'clock in the evening.

Yang Jing redrew a defense map according to the arrangement of the troops, and after decorating it with the elements in the defensive warfare.

Subsequently, he made a detailed explanation of this defense map.

Finally, he put away the map and said to the rake ear: "Rake ear, you have to work hard tonight, be sure to send this defense map to the garrison headquarters overnight as soon as possible."

And inform the commanders of the headquarters that they must arrange troops according to this deployment map!

Later, I will send a telegram to the headquarters to report the situation. ”

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the mission! ”

Rake the ears and put away the defense map handed over by Yang Jing, 'snapped' and straightened his feet, and raised his hand to salute.

Yang Jing nodded, and patted the shoulder of the rake ear again, "Thank you for your hard work!" ”

……

After raking his ears and leaving the regiment headquarters, he immediately took a few guards and took a military car out of the West Gate, walked down to Luoma Mountain, and went straight to Pukou.

As soon as Yang Jing left, he sent a telegram to the garrison headquarters in his name.

Yangzhou City is 200 miles from Nanjing, and it is necessary to cross the Yangtze River from Pukou.

Therefore, by the time the rake ears arrived at the headquarters of the Nanjing garrison, it was already two o'clock in the morning of the next day.

At that time, Tang Mengxiao, Luo Youqing, Liu Tiefu and other high-level leaders of the headquarters had already fallen asleep.

However, because he received Yang Jing's telegram in advance, Tang Mengxiao specially told the staff officers on duty that they needed to wake them up immediately once they arrived at the headquarters.

So, the rake ears had just sat down in the war room for a few minutes.

Tang Mengxiao, Luo Youqing and others rushed over from outside one after another.

Rake Ear stood up and saluted, and after briefly introducing himself, he held talks with the officers about the defense map given by Yang Jing.

Many of the high-ranking officers of the garrison headquarters were old officers, and their tactical thinking was quite conservative and backward, and they advocated defending against danger, believing that Yang Jing's set of defenses was quite risky, so they took a negative attitude.

Tang Mengxiao, commander of the garrison, is one of the representative figures.

He believes that it is necessary to follow the previous combat system, take advantage of the favorable terrain to defend the city.

When the controversy among the officers was almost over, Rake Ear helped his glasses and said: "Commanders, now I will analyze for you, what are the advantages of this defense map of our regiment......"

Because the rake ear is the identity of the Song family, his father and many elders hold important positions in the government of the Republic of China.

In addition, the rake ear is a representative sent by Yang Jing.

Therefore, although Rake Ear was only a small major officer, Tang Mengxiao and others still gave him the opportunity to speak.

Ten minutes later, after the rake had finished speaking, the war room fell into a brief silence.

Some opposition parties also seem to feel that Yang Jing's defense set has a lot of merit.

The supporters, on the other hand, have already begun to deduce in their minds whether they can really defeat the Japanese army by surprise if they are deployed according to Yang Jing's plan.

After a while, Deputy Commander Luo Youqing took the lead in speaking: "I think that although Commander Yang's battle plan seems a bit risky, it is a feasible plan. ”

"Hmmm! It does! ”

Some senior officers and the operational staff officers of the headquarters nodded their heads one after another.

Tang Mengxiao still hesitated a little and said: "Everyone, have you ever considered that if we follow Yang Jing's battle plan, we will give up the most favorable terrain."

Once the Japanese attack, it will be even more unstoppable! ”

Luo Youqing said: "Sir, judging from yesterday's battle situation, the battle plan based on the danger is undoubtedly a failure.

First of all, as Yang Jing said, times have changed, and in the era of cold weapons, it is indeed the safest way for the weak side to defend against the danger.

But now it is different, the Japanese army has air supremacy, it can attack from the air, and the Japanese artillery power is far superior to our army. Therefore, no matter how strong the fortifications and the favorable terrain were, they were not enough to block the attack of Japanese aircraft and artillery.

On the contrary, it will make our army's tactics become single and unchanging, and we can only be beaten passively. ”

"Soldier, treacherous!"

"Therefore, I think we should break the convention, follow Yang Jing's combat plan, and take the Japanese army by surprise!"

Another deputy commander, Liu Tiefu, also spoke: "Yes, sir, I also think what Brother You Qing said makes sense!"

The reason why Yang Jing was able to make immortal feats again and again was not because he didn't play cards according to the routine? ”

"Speaking of which, the tactics of the Japanese army are also very simple, which is nothing more than aircraft and artillery bombardment, and the triangular infantry tank coordination follows closely and advances!

However, it must be admitted that the overall level of artillery, machine gunners, and infantry of the Japanese army is far superior to that of our army!

In addition, the Japanese army had an advantage in firepower.

Therefore, it will be difficult for our army to take advantage of a positional war with our army! ”

After saying this, Liu Tiefu continued: "Just like Commander Yang pointed out, the Japanese army has become accustomed to the combat deployment of our army, and if our army suddenly breaks the routine at this time, will it be able to achieve miraculous results like the Tiger Regiment?" ”

"Of course, if the chief feels that there is still something to worry about.

We can do a test on the periphery of the second line of defense.

The defense zone in the back will remain unchanged for the time being, and we will continue to follow the previous operational policy of defending against danger and responding to all changes with the same! ”

"Hmm!"

Tang Mengxiao pondered for a moment, and finally accepted Liu Tiefu's proposal.

Therefore, he immediately telegraphed the front-line defenders in the Jurong and Lishui areas to deploy and prepare for war in accordance with the battle plan provided by Yang Jing.

After receiving the order, the front-line defenders were a little puzzled and did not understand why the headquarters suddenly changed their battle plan at this time. But they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and they got busy.

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