Chapter 13 Self-inflicted

Spread out a layer of felt cloth, spread out the map on it, and the head of Chu and the political commissar and instructors gathered around to discuss.

"Of course, it is right to choose the enemy's weak position to intersperse." Chen Ye first expressed his opinion: "But we have been separated from the military headquarters for some days, and the enemy's troop deployment is completely unknown, how to choose this position?" ”

"Can you get in touch with the military department?" Head Chu asked with a frown.

"Still can't be contacted." Chen Ye shook his head: "Maybe it's because I want to intersperse behind enemy lines, so I am afraid that the radio will be detected by the enemy and be detected, so I keep the radio silent!" ”

It turns out that this regiment is now in a state of no one to command, and when I heard this, I understood the current situation, if Regiment Commander Chu had been temporarily incorporated into the 39th Army according to the orders of his superiors, he would not have lost his goal like now. But now, like a blind man, who knows neither the condition of the enemy nor the condition of his own troops, is like a fly without a head, scurrying around this battlefield.

"Commissar, what do you think is going on?" Regiment Commander Chu couldn't help but point to the map anxiously and said: "The other armies are all fighting in a hurry, and we don't know what to do, and we don't have any tasks and can't find troops!" Do you really want me to lead the troops to be the king of the mountain! ”

"Lao Chu, don't worry!" Chen Ye was a slow man, he lit a cigarette unhurriedly and took a long breath, then pointed to the map and said: "The military headquarters is in this position, or we will find a few People's Army comrades who are familiar with the terrain to lead the way, and choose the shortest road to the military headquarters." ”

"I think that's the only way to do it." Head Chu nodded helplessly.

"No, Captain!" Seeing that Commander Chu agreed, I couldn't hold back my objection anymore: "Commander, that road can't be taken!" ”

"Why can't you go?" The crowd around the map all looked at me in confusion.

"Captain!" My old face was red, and I stepped forward like a duck on the shelf, pointed a few points on the map and said: "Commander, this is the 1st Southern Division, this is the 24th US Division, this is the US 25th Division, and this is the 1st US Cavalry Division. ”

"How do you know the enemy's troop deployment?" Chen Ye couldn't help but ask strangely.

In fact, not only Chen Ye, but all the people present, including Head Chu, looked at me with half-believing eyes.

"It's still ...... It's not the radio! "I have a bad problem that I stutter when I lie, but when it comes to this lie, I have to keep talking.

"That's that...... The radio, all day and night, was shouting about the victory of the US 24th Division into Bochuan or something, I wrote it down when I listened to it, and I forgot it...... Forget about it, this and this...... If you look at this map this time, you ...... I remembered. ”

It's so hard, I can't help but scream in my heart, fortunately, Head Chu and others don't know my bad habit...... Body polygraph!

"Oh." Because he told Commander Chu last time, he was the first to react and explain: "There is such a radio, which was captured in the Battle of Yunshan last time. ”

As soon as Captain Chu said this, the others quickly became suspicious. I made up my mind that as soon as they asked where the radio was, I would say that it was too heavy to make money, and I lost it halfway, and there was no proof of it.

"Okay! You ......" Chen Ye was happy when he heard this: "Come on, come on...... Platoon Commander Cui, let's talk about the enemy's other positions. ”

"Done!" As soon as I heard this, I knew that I had passed the test, and I couldn't speak calmly in my heart, and I gestured to the map and said: "The British 27th Brigade is in this position, in the direction of Dingzhou, here is the US 1st Army, here is the US 9th Army, what about the right flank of the enemy?" It was the pseudo-7th, pseudo-8th and pseudo-6th divisions that were heavily damaged by us in the first battle, in the direction of Tokugawa and Ningyuan. ”

I thought about it for a moment and then said, "According to the radio, this is ...... The combined strength of these three divisions was less than 20,000 men. ”

Hearing me add this, everyone looked at each other and nodded, and invariably chose the right flank of the enemy army as the interspersing point.

"Just!" Chen Ye spat out a puff of smoke and drew a route on the map with his finger and said: "Although it is ideal to intersperse from here, but Lao Chu, this route can be more than doubled!" ”

Hehe, I laughed in my heart, this is exactly where my plot lies, if I follow this path, the length will be twice as long as the original, then even if I go to the enemy's rear without danger, it will take four or five days! I know very well from modern sources that the offensive launched by the Volunteers can generally only last for about seven days, and this is due to the fact that the logistical supply is not available, and the Volunteers are faced with a situation of running out of food and ammunition seven days after the offensive is launched, so they must find a way to end the battle in one to seven days, regardless of whether they win or lose.

It is precisely because of this that the US military called our offensive a worship offensive, which was later used by Li Qiwei and caused the volunteers to suffer a lot.

What now? The calculation in my heart is that if I take this road this time, even if I am not hindered by any obstacles to the rear of the enemy, then the battle is almost over, and we will go and clean up the mess and clean up the battlefield...... I'm so awesome! I smiled proudly in my heart, secretly admiring myself, Mingzhe's ability to protect myself is getting higher and higher.

"No problem!" After being silent for a long time, Head Chu made a decision: "Just take this road!" ”

Hearing this, I was so happy in my heart, this time I can finally get through this battle in peace!

"As long as we are on the road day and night." Unexpectedly, Regiment Commander Chu continued: "We will march forcibly for two or three days in these four or five days, and it should be in time!" ”

"What? Forced march? Day or night? The next sentence of Head Chu was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and I was stunned on the spot.

"Looks like there's only one way!" Chen Ye nodded and said: "It's just that the comrades have to suffer more, and they may not have time to sleep on the road, and they march day and night for two or three days, can the comrades do it?" ”

"Yes!"

"Resolutely complete the task!"

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The warriors gathered around the map all expressed their approval, but I was the only one who couldn't stop complaining in my heart, and once again I took it upon myself.

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I would like to devote most of the chapters of this volume to Fan Tianen, commander of the 335th Regiment of the 112th Division of the 38th Army, who played a pivotal role in the subsequent campaign to block the enemy's southward escape after completing the task of luring the enemy deep into the second campaign.