Isn't there a weakness in this anti-slope tactic? ”

I don't know when, Chen Lie, the commander of the 14th Division, came to everyone and expressed the doubts in his heart.

Chen Lie is actually not a descendant of the civil engineering department, because he joined the civil engineering department after the 918 incident.

Before this, Chen Lie was not even a general of the Kuomintang, he was on the wanted list of the Ninghan confluence and the Qing Party during the April 12 period, and later participated in the Guangzhou Uprising.

Later, he was arrested in the Shanghai Concession for opposing Chiang, and then imprisoned in Nanjing Prison.

It was not until after the 918 Incident that he was introduced to Chen Cheng's subordinates as the head of the regiment with the help of a group of old classmates, taking advantage of the general trend of releasing political prisoners and uniting to resist Japan at that time.

In the Battle of Songhu, the performance was good.

It's just that in history, this general from the first phase of Huangpu ended up a little tragic, not killed in battle, but died of tooth extraction and infection, and it was a pity to die.

For Chen Lie, Leng Jie didn't actually know him, but he saw that the other party was a major general, and roughly guessed the identity of the other party.

"Back to sir, no tactics are perfect, and anti-slope tactics also have weaknesses." Leng Jie replied without being humble or arrogant.

"What is the weakness?" Huo Yuzhang asked.

"Ridges! The weakness of the anticline is the ridge! Leng Jie replied.

"What is a ridge?" Chen Lie was also curious.

"It is a ridge line that takes the top of the mountain as the fixed point, and the outline of the summit that can be seen from both inclined planes is called the ridge line. Whoever occupies the ridge line will have the initiative, and if the Japanese army occupies the ridge line, the Japanese army can knock out our army's firepower point by point through mortars, and then our army will have no power to fight back.

The Japanese could even bring up a few flat-fire guns or large-caliber machine guns, seal you up in bunker, cover their demomen, and take out our defenders in the anti-slope fortifications.

Therefore, the defending troops must find a way to control the ridged position, so that they can seize the initiative. In the humble view, this kind of anti-slope defensive warfare is more suitable for mountain defensive warfare. ”

"How are you so sure it works? Have you experimented before? Huo Yuzhang asked.

"I did experiment before, but the effect was not obvious, because the Songhu battlefield and the defense of Nanjing were more mainly street battles, so there were not many opportunities for lowly experiments in mountain defensive warfare." Leng Jie explained.

"Your tunnel defense tactics are good with anti-slope defense, I'm more optimistic, and I'll report to my resignation." Huo Yuzhang affirmed.

Later, Huo Yuzhang, Chen Lie, and other generals and staff officers of the military department all asked some questions about this so-called tunnel defense plan, and Leng Jie answered them, but these people still had some doubts about this plan.

Obviously, it is difficult to convince a junior who has graduated from military school less than a year ago with a tactic that has not been fully tested on the battlefield.

"Commander Leng, I know you have studied street fighting, I don't know what you think of the 14th Division's defense in Wharf Town?" Chen Lie didn't know if it was because of the test or for what reason, but he actually asked the other party how to defend Dock Town.

Leng Jie hesitated for a moment, "Chief Chen, if you are lowly in your position, you may not like to hear it. ”

"Let's say, this doesn't matter, what you did in Nanjing before was so big, but now you're afraid." Huo Yuzhang smiled and said.

Obviously, these senior Huangpu generals had heard of what Leng Jie had done in Nanjing before. After all, Sun Yuanliang's life is not easy now, and there are also reasons for Leng Jie.

"In fact, it seems that the dock town can't hold it no matter how much it defends." Leng Jie hesitated for a moment and said.

"Can't hold it? Captain Leng's words are a bit too much. Someone next to him immediately became dissatisfied.

Leng Jie naturally expected this result, so he didn't panic, and continued to explain, "Actually, the chiefs also know the topography of Wharf Town, which is located on the Yangtze River, opposite Guangji (Wuxue Town).

Wuxue Town and Wharf Town, as long as one side is lost, the Japanese army can set up heavy artillery to bombard the positions on the opposite bank. Moreover, the dock town is located on the Yangtze River, which is easily bombarded by Japanese naval guns, and with the artillery situation of our 54th Army, we are basically at a disadvantage. ”

"That's true, but Captain Leng, you don't need to be so unconfident, right? Is it because of this? Chen Lie shook his head.

"Chief Chen, don't worry, please listen to what the general has to say." Leng Jie continued, "Wharf Town is the gateway to the Fuchikou Fortress, so it naturally has to be guarded, but I think that we should not focus on the town of this Wharf Town, but on the high ground next to it.

As long as the high ground next to it is defended, the dock town will naturally be under the control of our army. ”

"You're going to sell your tunnel defense plus anticline tactics?" As soon as he heard Leng Jie's mountain defense, Chen Lie couldn't help but feel funny.

Seeing that Leng Jie finally turned the topic back to mountain defense tactics, many people thought that Leng Jie was belittled for the defense of the 14th Division in Wharf Town for the sake of his mountain defense tactics.

Thinking of this, these people didn't pay so much attention to Leng Jie's words.

In the next two days, Leng Jie has been staying at the military headquarters, as for the mountain defense tactics, according to Huo Yuzhang, he has already reported to the top, but he has not been taken seriously.

The reason is that this tactic has not been tested in actual combat, and now that the big war is approaching, those staff officers and generals above are unwilling to change the existing tactics.

Including Chen Cheng, he just knew that there was such a thing, but because the people below thought it was undesirable, they didn't take it to heart.

The above didn't pay attention to it, Leng Jie was naturally a little disappointed, and went back to the station.

However, not long after returning to the station, he received a telegram from Wang Lin from Wuhan, saying that Han Bin had been wounded in a previous air battle.

Originally, this telegram had been sent before, but because of the inconvenience of communication, Leng Jie was already several days late when he found out.

Knowing that Han Bin was injured, Leng Jie was naturally a little worried, so he asked his superiors for half a month's leave to visit Wuhan.

At this time, it is indeed inappropriate to take leave to go to Wuhan. But thinking that there would be at least two months before the Japanese army reached Fuchikou, Leng Jie felt that it would not affect the defense.

And the tunnels are still being built, and there is nothing too urgent in the short term, so he doesn't have to keep an eye on it.

"Lao Wang, Lao Liu, I may have to go to Wuhan for half a month, you can watch the affairs of the regiment first, and the fortifications will do what I said before, don't be tired." Before Leng Jie left, he called Wang Yanqing and Liu Xin over and gave them a lecture.

"Commander, don't worry about this." Liu Xin nodded.

"Commander, are you going to report this defense plan to Chief Chen? After all, this plan has not been tested in actual combat, and it is possible that those staff officers do not want to believe it, so... Wang Yanqing said curiously.

Leng Jie shook his head, "It's not about this, there is a private matter to deal with." I can rush back in half a month, and I have already completed the leave procedures, so don't worry. ”

"I understand, you can go to Wuhan with confidence, we will be optimistic about this side of the group."

Wang Yanqing nodded, although he had not worked with Leng Jie for a long time, he also knew that the other party would not lie about these things.