Chapter 0059 - Preparing for an Ambush (Three Watches!) )
"Of course there is a place for the industry and commerce I want. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info and wait for the Qing army to repel this attack, Mengshan Army is not suitable to stay only in Mengyin, he must go out and open up a new base area. ”
Xu Lie's goal is naturally focused on the Laiwu Iron and Steel Base and the outlet to the sea to the south, but there is no need to tell Dad about this, Dad is essentially an old literati who likes to educate this society with culture.
"Where do you like this Shandong boundary?" Xu De asked a little half-jokingly.
"Shandong boundary? It's just a base for our early development. The place I really like is 20,000 miles away! Xu Lie still fooled this cheap dad.
"Twenty thousand miles away? If I can wait until that day, you must take me to see it! Xu De said.
"Dad, you're only in your early forties, and the days are still long, what do you mean if you can wait until that day? In a few years, I will be able to arrange for people to travel around the world, and at that time, you will personally lead the team, and hundreds of people will follow you and hug you, and the scene will surprise the foreigners. Xu Lie drew a big pie for his father.
On June 3, as soon as the imperial army was dispatched, Xu Lie got the news. I don't know where Wang Qinian got the carrier pigeon, this guy is really very spiritual, and he was able to fly back to Mengyin from Jinan on the same day.
The imperial army was only 10,000 people, including auxiliaries, not 30,000 as legendary.
The operation of the army in this era is very troublesome. The most troublesome thing is the baggage, which depends on people to carry the horses. For example, if you go out to fight for three months, even if you only eat food, you have to eat more than 100 catties, and you basically have to carry this.
Legend has it that if the ancient grain delivery team was sent to a region 3,000 miles away, half of the grain delivered at the time of departure would be eaten by the food deliverer, and these people would have a return trip? Therefore, most of these ancient battles had to be eaten locally, and the so-called military discipline was difficult to maintain.
The army led by Zhang Rumei, although it is not so exaggerated, Jinan to Mengyin is fast and slow for seven or eight days and half a month, but the place where Zhang Rumei wants to go belongs to the mountainous area, sparsely populated, and the mountain people are poor, and it is quite difficult to eat directly in the local area. Therefore, all its supplies are carried by themselves, and it is naturally better to replenish them along the way, and it does not particularly matter if they are not replenished.
In this way, Zhang Rumei's army dragged a large number of supplies all the way to the direction of Mengyin.
Zhang Rumei wanted to fight under Mengyin City, but how could Xu Lie let the Qing army come to Mengyin City? Although Xu Lie believed that even if the Qing army came to Mengyin City, its artillery fire would not be able to hit the newly repaired Mengyin City, Xu Lie was unwilling to take that risk.
Therefore, after getting the exact date of the dispatch of Zhang Rumei's army, Xu Lie took the guard company and the reconnaissance company and went directly to the north of Mengyin.
After two days of reconnaissance, Xu Lie chose the decisive battle site in a valley near Changlu, twenty miles north of Mengyin City.
At first glance, the valley is not particularly suitable for ambushes. It is relatively wide, relatively gentle, not dangerous, and can be attacked and retreated in case of attack. Even the mountains on both sides were not very steep, and the Qing army could take refuge in the mountains.
When the ambush location was finally discussed, Xu De and Yuan Yong were opposed, and several battalion commanders unconditionally supported Xu Lie.
"Everyone understands the meaning of my father's and Chief of Staff Yuan's opposition, this place is not easy to annihilate the enemy; Why do you support my decision, and why do you support it? Xu Lie asked rhetorically.
"We believe that the commander's decision is correct!" Hu Wenhui, commander of the first battalion, said.
"What about you?" Xu Lie asked again.
"We share the same opinion as Camp Commander Hu." Other battalion commanders said.
"I hope that in future operations, you will use your brains more, especially in combat discussions, and you must have your own ideas, even if such ideas are wrong. Of course, once a battle plan is formed, it must be firmly implemented. "Xu Lie is always improving the military literacy of his subordinates.
"That'...... Commander, do you insist on ambushing here for Mao? The fourth battalion commander Ren Hang asked.
"There are several advantages to ambushing in this Pig Kidney Valley: first, because the terrain is not dangerous, the vigilance of the Qing army will inevitably be poor; second, because the advance can be attacked and retreated, the Qing army will not fight to the death; Third, because the terrain is wider, the deterrence of our artillery fire is greater, and the Qing soldiers who are directly annihilated will be relatively reduced; Fourth, because the territory is wider, the contact area between the two sides will be wider, and it will be more able to test the ability of our army to engage with the enemy in a short manner! ”
"You want to train the army?" Yuan Yong asked in surprise.
"Hehe, I don't think that the 3,000 people of the Mengshan Army are not the opponent of the 10,000 people of the Qing army, so I decided to treat this battle against the Qing army as a battle of training! Now, a few of you, knowing my plan, when you come down to organize the company and platoon commander to discuss, do you know how to fight? ”
"Yes, we promise to take more prisoners!" After everyone finished speaking, they glanced at Ren Hang meaningfully.
"What do you want me to do? Lao Tzu is a captive, but Lao Tzu is now on an equal footing with you, isn't he? In this way, you are not even as good as a captive! Ren Hang retorted.
"Hehe, Ren Hang is right. At that time, you were still officers and soldiers, but they were bandits who did not enter the stream. Xu Lie quipped. Regarding his experience of being a bandit, Xu Lie did not feel embarrassed at all.
"It's a bandit, but it's a bandit!" Yuan Yong did not forget the majesty of Xu Lie at that time in the county government.
After a round of jokes, everyone began to discuss the details of the battle and the arrangement of troops.
According to Xu Lie's overall concept of this operation and the actual combat strength of the Qing army. This operation is roughly divided into blockade, ambush, artillery bombardment, assault, annihilation, capture of prisoners, and cleaning the battlefield.
Blocking: It is to send a battalion to establish a blocking position, so that the Qing army must not take a step, and the Qing army must be blocked in the valley;
Ambush: When the large Qing army and the Chinese army reached the valley, the other battalions suddenly launched an attack on the Qing army;
Shelling: After the arrival of the Qing artillery, under the command of the artillery observer, the combat steps of the Qing army to give priority to the Qing artillery positions;
Assault: It is the combat steps of Xu Lie leading the guard company and reconnaissance company to assault the Qing army and disrupt the enemy's command system;
Annihilation: It is to encircle and annihilate other enemies gathered in various places while destroying the enemy's command organization, and eliminate all enemies who dare to resist;
Capture: that is, the capture of scattered Qing soldiers;
Cleaning up the battlefield means self-evident, and collecting the war is clear.
Of course, these basic steps may be possible, but not necessarily necessarily occur. When fighting, all units must be good at grasping the fighters, attack decisively, and bravely annihilate the enemy! ”
......When everyone listened to Xu Lie's explanation of the key points of the operation, they immediately burst into warm applause. Mao, as a warrior, whoever hears such an arrangement is afraid that the blood of the beast will boil.