After looking at He Sanliang and listening to his thoughts, with a thoughtful expression, Li Ziyuan smiled and said, "Of course, this kind of tactics also has a great challenge to our own command. However, even if the troops can be turned into a slap and slapped, they can also be turned into fists and then withdrawn at any time, and this is not necessarily a flexible and mobile tactic. ”

"Our troops have a strict organizational system, and we don't have to worry about not being able to get them back. The only thing that worries me is actually the ability of our commanders. But Lao He, the house flowers are more beautiful than the wild flowers. But those well-cared for domestic flowers, those wildflowers that grow in the wild and have suffered from wind and snow, can they resist the cruelty of the outside world? ”

"The greater the range of activities of the troops we send, not only can our troops be fully trained. Moreover, they can attract the attention of the Japanese puppet army to their own territory and reduce the burden and pressure on the entire Ludong base area, so as to speed up the speed and intensity of the recovery of vitality in the base areas of natural and man-made disasters for many years. ”

Li Ziyuan's suggestion made He Sanliang fall into deep thought. After being silent for a long time, He Sanliang slowly spoke: "Regiment Commander, your idea is indeed good, but the troops must carry out the necessary training before they disperse their activities. After all, the Japanese puppet army is not muddy, they also have fangs. ”

"In addition, it is necessary to see how deep the foundation of the reconnaissance company can be laid in the western part of Hubei and how quickly the local organization in the western part of Hubei can be restored. Otherwise, once our troops are dispersed, they will become deaf and blind, and on the contrary, they will become fat meat for the enemy. ”

"Especially the so-called independent security guard, who just can't find us. Our troops lack training for dispersed activities, and they are deaf and blind. It's not just that once it's spilled, it's hard to connect with each other. The most important thing is that it happened to be a target for the pseudo-independent division to ask the Japanese army for merit and reward. ”

"Also, the regimental commander pushed the entire defense area of the three battalions forward, and if the other troops did not move, then the three battalions would be alone in the semi-encirclement of the enemy forces on three sides before they fell off their horses and were recovered by our troops. In this way, it is quite dangerous for the third battalion. But if the whole regiment moves forward, whether it is appropriate in the current situation is something we should consider. ”

"The most important thing is that if the whole regiment advances, the defense area of our regiment in the entire Hubei territory will form a salient situation. Will be too much to the west compared to the defense zone of the two friendly forces. In this way, will it put our regiment in danger? Of course, which of the three puppet armies is pulled out separately, we have nothing to fear. ”

"But as you said before, although these three puppet armies are full of internal contradictions, there is still a master standing behind them. If the Japanese coordinate in the center, it is possible for the three puppet armies to maintain a unified combat posture at least on the surface, after all, these people do not dare to risk offending the Japanese. ”

"If the three puppet armies, under the coordination of the Japanese army, join forces to gradually squeeze us from the west, south, and north respectively, then it will be difficult to guarantee our room for maneuver. The most important thing is that I am afraid that once the Japanese troops stationed in Jinnan force their back* with a force, then we will be surrounded on all sides. ”

He Sanliang is He Sanliang in the end, and he has considered it quite far-reaching. His premise just hit the biggest shortcoming of Li Ziyuan's plan. If the reconnaissance company had been operating in the western part of Hubei, it would not have been able to open up the situation by a large margin. The troops sent out not only have their survival become a problem, but they may even become meat for people to deliver to their homes.

After all, these units are not reconnaissance companies, such specially trained troops. Routine training is still based on regular combat training. Although it is not uncommon for companies to be used as a form to fight battles, the problem is that when you operate completely alone in enemy-occupied areas, some problems will arise that are difficult to avoid.

After all, the current situation on the battlefield in North China is no longer the situation in which the Eighth Route Army marched east behind enemy lines. Not only was the entire puppet army system completely established, but the density of the puppet regime was also quite large. The Japanese puppet army is no longer blind and deaf at the beginning, and it is deaf and clear-sighted in the enemy-occupied areas.

Li Ziyuan's idea, if it is operated well, will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. But if it is not done well, it is likely to turn into a disaster. He Sanliang, who is old and serious, still put forward some ideas of his own. There is a great deal of knowledge involved in the dispersed activities of the troops, and it is not simply dismantled and disassembled, which requires a fairly strong ability to survive independently.

And He Sanliang also seemed a little worried about the entire deployment moving forward. For He Sanliang, who has never been targeted, today's statement, Li Ziyuan thought for a while and said: "Old He, I know that you must have other thoughts in your heart now. I see that you are just tucking and hiding, and you will say everything, so let's study the countermeasures together. ”

After Li Ziyuan's words, He Sanliang thought about it and did not answer Li Ziyuan immediately, but picked up a branch from his side, drew a simple situation map around Qiaokou on the ground, and then pointed at Qiaokou with a branch and said: "Regiment commander, although the Qiaokou stronghold is important, the Japanese puppet army has never stationed more than a squadron here. ”

"Their overall intention has always been to take Qiaokou and the fall of the horse as the starting point for their advance, and as a nail to insert into the heart of our base area, the real deployment of troops is still mainly in Pingchuan. That is to say, in the entire eastern mountainous area of Hubei, only Pingchuan is the strategic support point of the Japanese puppet army. ”

"The firepower and strength of the Japanese puppet army far surpass ours. However, they have always only used the fallen horses and Qiaokou as nails that go deep into our hinterland, and have never regarded them as real strategic support points. So why do we deploy the main forces around Qiaokou? ”

"Regiment commander, in this way, our army will be restrained by the Japanese puppet army, and it seems very important to use Qiaokou, but in fact, before the fall of the horse in the north is taken down, it can only be barely contained at most a small support point. As long as the Japanese puppet army occupies Luoma and Pingchuan, it will always form a two-sided attack on us. ”

"For our part, we have lost the strategic flexibility not to stick to one city and one place. The whole regiment was bolted to the perimeter of Qiaokou, and was in a situation where it could not advance or retreat. The most important thing is that all our deployments can only be carried out around Qiaokou, so that we are always in a passive situation, and we have given up our original flexible and mobile tactics. ”

"Commander, it is beneficial for us to go out of the mountain by sticking to Qiaokou. But Pingchuan was still in the hands of the Japanese puppet army, which means that we took Qiaokou and only opened the first gate to the western plain area of Hubei. The real door key Pingchuan is still in the hands of Wang Tieshi. In other words, in fact, it is a good thing that Qiaokou is now recovered by us. ”

"But if we hold back most of our forces because of Qiaokou, then I am afraid that a good thing will become a bad thing. At the beginning, Wang Tieshi pretended to be generous and let go of this Qiaokou, which was actually already in our hands, not necessarily without the intention of using Qiaokou to contain our main force. ”

As for himself, as long as he holds the two strongholds of Luoma and Pingchuan, then he will succeed in luring Jun into the urn, and our army will always be surrounded by the Japanese puppet army. Although Wang Tieshi is not afraid, but the head of the regiment, we are indeed not afraid of him. But this guy's biggest ability is probably to do it behind his back. ”

"And the little devil behind him is the most difficult. This guy is far from good at dealing with us. But the question is, if the Japanese army directly sends troops? When the time comes, we will be attacked on three sides, and the deployment of troops will revolve around Qiaokou, how will we fight this battle? ”

"So, I mean, if we concentrate our forces too much on one point in Qiaokou, we will be giving up our own advantages. If we take Qiaokou as a nail, it is enough to put only a few troops here, and only one platoon or even a squad of troops. ”

"Then we can free up our hands and hit them wherever we want. On a nearly 100-kilometer front from Qiaokou to Ludong, if you still want to attack from there, you will attack from there. Captain, if you ask me what I mean. I'm just saying, we can't be tied up by a small mouth, or we should look farther. ”

"Give up Qiaokou, which seems to be important, but is actually like chicken ribs, and it is a pity to abandon it and eat tastelessly. Free up our hands to concentrate the forces in our hands, and give full play to the advantages of our own tactical flexibility and mobility as much as possible. ”

He Sanliang's words fell, and Li Ziyuan fell into deep thought. He pointed his finger at the simple map drawn by He Sanliang, and thought for a long time before he said firmly: "Lao He, what you said is very reasonable, but some things are still too one-sided. We put a certain amount of troops here at Qiaokou, although we are in a situation of semi-encirclement by the Japanese puppet army. ”

"But the terrain here is bordered by Huguan in the south and the western plain in the west. We're going to put a troop here, at least a sword right next to that king's pillow. It is true that our strategic situation is not very good, but if we put a force in Qiaokou, the Japanese puppet army will also feel a lot of pressure. ”

"Don't forget, Qiaokou is only twenty or thirty miles away from Pingchuan. And Pingchuan is Wang Tieshi's lair, let's put a troop here, which is equivalent to putting a sharp sword on his chest. In terms of heavy weapons, we are not as good as him for the time being. But our troops are much stronger than him in terms of combat effectiveness and tactical use. ”

"Especially with the experience of the last time, I don't believe that Wang Tieshi dares to be so indifferent to the nail we put under his nose? If he still wants to keep his lair from being cleaned up and cleaned up by us again. Then, in the case of the inability to take the initiative to attack, he can only increase the defensive strength of Pingchuan. ”

"Lao He, don't forget, the soldiers, establishment, and weapons of the puppet army are not up to them. Without the nod of the Japanese, their number of soldiers could not have been expanded at all. And the Japanese army transferred the so-called independent security division from the Jinzhong area to the Ludong area, I am afraid that a big reason is that it does not plan to expand the strength of Wang Tieshi. ”

"Because if his strength expands too quickly, it will be difficult for the Japanese army to grasp. In the case of the Japanese army's own shrinkage of troops, it can only use the puppet army to make up the number. Although the combat effectiveness of the puppet army is not strong, it is used to garrison important strongholds to contain the strength of our army. and some work such as collecting grain, which can still be basically completed. ”

"It stands to reason that Wang Tieshi is the head snake in the Ludong area, and he knows the terrain and people of the entire Ludong area well. And he has dealt with us for many years, and he can be regarded as the first batch of hardcore traitors who went into the water. If the Japanese army chooses to continue to support him, it cannot be said to be an accident. But another puppet army was transferred, I'm afraid I'm worried that this guy's tail will not fall. ”