After a pause, Li Ziyuan picked up a few stoneware bowls and the belt on his body, and after putting out some more things under the simple sand table that had been laid out, he nodded with his hand and said: "The Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan, plus the Japanese puppet army in the eastern mountains now, is indeed surpassing us in terms of strength. ”

"But the Japanese puppet army also has one of the biggest problems, that is, they are still sweeping in the east with a large force, and they have to fortify everywhere, it is impossible to concentrate too many troops in one direction. From Pingchuan to Luoma and Qiaokou, these three strongholds that the Japanese puppet army could not give up contained a large number of troops of the Japanese puppet army. ”

"If we let Liu Lianming's spy company go deep into the western plains of Hubei and operate along the Baijin Railway, the general trend will create the momentum that we have gone out of the mountain. Even if we launched an attack in the eastern mountains, the Japanese puppet army would not be able to transfer all the troops. ”

"Of course, we didn't kick Liu Lianming out alone, let alone let him achieve many results. My request to him is to make a move, and he doesn't need to kill or injure many Japanese puppet soldiers. It is enough to only attack the Japanese puppet grassroots regime, destroy their grassroots puppet organizations, and make the people in the western plains of Hubei panic. ”

"In a word, it is enough for the Japanese puppet army not to focus all their attention on us. Although Liang De's rebellion is a great threat to us, this guy doesn't know about our secret passage to avoid the Qiaokou stronghold. This is by far the luckiest thing for us. ”

"For the troops besieging Wangjiagou, I want to use our troops to transfer a platoon to strengthen a machine gun, and the strength assigned to the Hubei County Brigade is enough. In this way, we can free up our hands and concentrate the greatest number of mobile forces to set up ambushes in the west and north directions of Wangjiagou. The most important thing is that you can also take advantage of the current situation of the incomplete equipment of the county brigade to confuse the Japanese puppet army in Wangjiagou. ”

"Let them think that the strength of our troops surrounding Wangjiagou is not strong, and lower their vigilance, which can reduce the pressure on us to block reinforcements. My plan is to use the strength of one company, plus all the mines in our hands at the moment, to stop the Japanese puppet army reinforced from Qiaokou. ”

"The main living force is still in the direction of Hejiayu north of Wangjiagou. If Hejiayu's Japanese puppet army sends reinforcements, then after I concentrate my forces and firepower to eat them, I will go straight to the Donglinkou stronghold or directly take Hejiayu. Whether or not all my deployments can be finally realized is a quick word. ”

"I don't have much interest in Wangjiagou. But the two strongholds of Hejiayu or Donglinkou must be pulled out. Otherwise, we will be trapped in this deep mountainous area. This year's drought has already begun to emerge and is likely to continue next year. The older generation also used to say that after the great drought there would be a plague of locusts. Now that winter has arrived, we can't help but make some preparations in advance. ”

"First pull out one of the two strongholds of Hejiayu or Donglinkou, as for Wangjiagou and the others, after this battle, he will be trapped if he can't do it. As long as one of these three cornered strongholds is resolved, the rest will be much easier. Lao He, we can't help but fight this battle. Only by completely muddying the water in the eastern mountainous area of the northern part of the pot can we fish in troubled waters. ”

After Li Ziyuan finished speaking, He Sanliang pondered for a while and said, "Detachment leader, I see if this is the case." Since you are determined to fight, let's avoid the real and make it false. The troops besieging Wangjiagou were dominated by Lao Zeng's troops first. Their weapons are tattered, and they are even more effective. If it doesn't work, make a few pine cannons to strengthen the effect. ”

"If the Japanese puppet army in Wangjiagou comes out, then we will adopt the tactics of mobile ambush and find a way to eat the Japanese puppet army in Wangjiagou first. In this way, we have much more room to manoeuvre. The Wangjiagou stronghold is here, and Hejiayu's Japanese puppet army will definitely not sit idly by. ”

"I think that when the time comes, we will not fight the Japanese puppet army in Hejiayu, but go straight to the direction of Donglinkou. As long as Hejiayu's Japanese puppet army is dispatched, all the siege will be withdrawn from Wangjiagou. In addition to penetrating Donglinkou and seizing the Donglinkou stronghold with one force, most of our troops set up an ambush along the line from Hejiayu to Wangjiagou, looking for fighters to eat the enemy in Hejiayu in the field. ”

"Judging from the deployment of the Japanese puppet army in the three strongholds, the Hejiayu stronghold obviously plays a backbone role. Now for us, the most difficult thing is not the Qiaokou stronghold, but whether Hejiayu, the most prominent stronghold of the Japanese army in the eastern mountains, will be dispatched in this battle. After all, in terms of the road, the Qiaokou stronghold is closer to Wangjiagou. ”

"And relatively speaking, the number of Japanese puppet troops in the Qiaokou stronghold is also more than that of the Hejiayu stronghold. Judging from the consistent follow-up reaction of the Japanese puppet army, the Japanese puppet army in the Hejiayu stronghold will not necessarily be dispatched. As a result, your entire battle plan may not be realized. ”

"So my suggestion is to bluff in the direction of Wangjiagou, and the focus is still on the Donglinkou line. Hejiayu is the only support point of the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold of Donglinkou, if we bluff in both directions at the same time, I think the enemy of Hejiayu will definitely rescue Donglinkou. As for the stronghold of falling horses, I think it is better to ask the military sub-district to cooperate and contain it from the north. ”

He Sanliang's view is quite accurate from the point of view. This suggestion is also quite important. Regarding He Sanliang's thoughts, Li Ziyuan did not answer him immediately. Instead, he pondered for a long time, repeatedly weighing the advantages and disadvantages between the two combat plans.

Li Ziyuan admitted that He Sanliang's considerations were more delicate than his own. I also somewhat ignored the comparison of the surrounding forces between the three Japanese strongholds. It's just that the habitual thinking is still looking at people with old eyes, thinking that after hitting the stronghold of Wangjiagou, Hejiayu's Japanese puppet army will also be quickly reinforced.

I somewhat ignored Wangjiagou, and the distance between him and the Japanese puppet army in Qiaokou was far closer than that of Hejiayu, and the strength of Qiaokou was also greater than that of Hejiayu. I fought Wangjiagou by myself, and the Japanese puppet army in Qiaokou stronghold will definitely come out to reinforce, but the Japanese puppet army in Hejiayu stronghold may not.

Among the three strongholds, Hejiayu and Donglinkou complement each other, and they still have to surpass Wangjiagou, which is supported by the Qiaokou stronghold behind them. In this combat idea, he still has some incomplete considerations, and he is still worse than He Sanliang in terms of delicacy. After thinking about it, Li Ziyuan said: "Lao He, just follow your idea and come up with a battle plan." ”

Seeing that Li Ziyuan accepted his opinion, He Sanliang did not delay in the slightest, and came up with a battle plan in the shortest possible time. After the completion of the battle plan, Li Ziyuan immediately rushed to the military sub-district with this battle plan to report and strive for the cooperation of the troops of the military sub-district.

Regarding Li Ziyuan's line of thought, battle plan, and all his ideas, several leaders of the military sub-division held a meeting for a whole day. In the end, under certain conditions, the battle plan was approved and agreed. It was agreed that a separate regiment and a battalion would be divided into divisions to coordinate Li Ziyuan's actions from north to south.

In addition to the fact that Liang De had to be resolved, the military sub-district had received an order from its superiors to prepare for the next step of a sabotage attack on the Baijin railway line to block the Japanese army's plan to transport grain from the guns. The military sub-district demanded that Li Ziyuan never allow too many casualties in this battle, so as not to affect the next step of the military sub-district's plan.

After receiving the approval of the military sub-district, Li Ziyuan did not delay much in the military sub-district and immediately returned to the station. Liu Yanlai and Zeng Sheng were found and the specific combat plan was studied. Li Ziyuan has never been a dragger, and since it has been settled, there is nothing to say.

Although Zeng Sheng had some opinions, he believed that his county brigade had not yet formed combat effectiveness, and it was still somewhat inappropriate to take the initiative to attack. But under the temptation of the military division order brought by Li Ziyuan, and the weapons captured in the battle of Wangjiagou were all owned by them, they finally agreed to nod and join the war.

However, Zeng Sheng still had some worries, always a little worried that he had just completed the formation, and the county brigade of less than 200 people had not yet formed its vitality, and it was defeated at one time. Although Li Ziyuan gave him a machine gun when he was separating, he also took great care of him in the allocation of weapons.

But Zeng Sheng still thinks that his county brigade is too poorly armed and has too little ammunition. He also knew the terrain of Wangjiagou's stronghold, and even if his county brigade was exhausted, he might not be able to capture it. Although Li Ziyuan promised that he would never let his county brigade attack the fortifications, who could guarantee what happened on the battlefield.

Regarding Zeng Sheng's attitude, Li Ziyuan was somewhat dissatisfied. He thought that Zeng Sheng was not suitable to be in charge alone, but the problem was He Sanliang, and Li Ziyuan didn't want to let go. And Zhang Zijian is a foreign cadre, and he is not familiar with the territory of Hubei.

Besides, the appointment of the military commander of a county brigade is not something that he can have the final say, and that is the right of a military sub-district. For Zeng Sheng, Li Ziyuan has no right to remove him, but Li Ziyuan can't leave some back-ups. He left He Sanliang on the periphery of Wangjiagou and asked Liu Yanlai to leave Chang Juan in that direction.

Before the entire combat operation began, Li Ziyuan specially asked He Sanliang to talk to Chang Juan for a long time. If Zeng Sheng hesitated on the battlefield and was timid in dealing with problems, He Sanliang forcibly took over his command. Li Ziyuan also asked Chang Juan to cooperate with He Sanliang's actions when needed when in charge of logistics work.

For Li Ziyuan, there is no way out of this battle. For him, this battle means that he can only win, and he must not lose. If he loses, his troops will not be able to recover for several years. The chain reaction will not only be devastating for the situation in Hubei, but also implicate the situation in Ludong as a whole.

Although the Wangjiagou battlefield is only an auxiliary battlefield, it only plays a role as a starting point in the overall situation. But the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and who can guarantee that all problems will be the same? There are some things Li Ziyuan, and I can't help but do some foreshadowing in advance. If it weren't for Zhang Zijian, this guy was too slippery, and he was not the original old man of the Hubei Independent Battalion after all.

It's somewhat inappropriate to do this. Zhang Zijian is actually a more suitable candidate in terms of position. It's a pity that the impression left by this guy on Li Ziyuan is still the previous slippery move. If this guy is afraid of any political risks and does not dare to forcibly take over the command, it will definitely delay the big thing.

And in terms of fighting the blocking war, He Sanliang is also more suitable than Zhang Zijian. So Li Ziyuan hesitated, but decided to take the political risk himself, and He Sanliang coordinated the two battlefields of Wangjiagou as a whole. As for He Sanliang himself, although he also has some concerns, for him, an order is an order, and there is nothing to bargain about.