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Zaoqiang County, Wang Qiushan.

Wang Qiushan, as one of the few small hills in Zaoqiang, has been operated by bandits for many generations, and is located in the central part of Zaoqiang County, so it is natural that it was set up as a temporary headquarters by the Zaoqiang Front Army of the Central Plains Military Division.

Three days have passed, the Black Dragon Army has basically completed the clearance in Zaoqiang, the so-called basic nature is the main and necessary place, and those remote corners, naturally there is no need, in fact, not only has the clearance been completed, but the towns and people on both sides of the official road in Zaoqiang have also chosen to temporarily avoid the edge under the threat of their incarnation of "bandits and bullies".

In this way, the battlefield is basically cleared, and no matter how fierce the battle is, it will not accidentally injure the people, and there is another advantage, that is, the German army wants to supply on the spot here, I am afraid it will not be easy.

However, in this limited time, the Black Dragon Army spent most of its energy on clearing the field and on "persuading" the people to leave, so that the Black Dragon Army on Zaoqiang's side could not spend too much time and energy to build positions, to build ambush circles, etc., after all, Zaoqiang's Black Dragon Army has limited manpower, unlike Fucheng, which has two regiments of 3,000 troops, while Zaoqiang's side only has 201 regiments and directly subordinate troops of the Central Plains Army Division, such as reconnaissance companies and guard companies.

Fortunately, just as the German army was leaving the old city of Dezhou, the Su Third Artillery Station of the Heavy Artillery Regiment escorted by Yue Weihua from Jinzhou Mansion came to Zaoqiang County first after crossing the Bohai Bay, and Chen Jinjiang, the former deputy captain of the special combat team, who arrived with him, took a small detachment of special combat members from Dezhou to Fucheng in the north.

"Commander-in-chief, Commander Su, you are here."

For the arrival of Yue Weiyun and Su Sancang, Yue Weiyun, commander of the Central Plains Army Division, took the commander of the 201st Regiment, Meng Tuula and others, to the foot of Wang Qiushan Mountain to greet each other.

Although it was a combat period, the heavy artillery regiment was transferred from the Wolf Domain Headquarters to the Central Plains Army Division, as the commander of the Central Plains Army Division, the first time they met, Yue Weiyun had to set up a banquet to entertain him anyway, after all, the heavy artillery regiment only had such a regiment in the Black Dragon Army, and all the heavy artillery pieces above 150 mm, a total of 34, were all brought over by Yue Weihua, and even the four 250 mm caliber super coastal defense guns that had been modified were also brought over, which shows that Yue Weihua attaches great importance to this battle and the Central Plains Army Division.

Of course, after all, the battle is about to break out, the wine must not be drunk, the big fish and meat, the hot soup and hot dishes have been eaten enough, that is for sure, but, even so, the effort of a meal is only ten minutes, after all, everyone is a soldier, what is important is efficiency, and after the meal, there is a military meeting to be held.

"Commander-in-Chief, shall I introduce the basic situation first?"

After the dishes and chopsticks were cleaned up, the Juyi Hall also changed from a dining room to a military conference room, and as the landlord, Yue Weiyun, the commander of the Central Plains Army Division, took the lead in asking for instructions, and Yue Weihua only nodded to signal him to continue.

"I'll start with the situation with the German army." Yue Weihua said: "On the morning of the 19th, the German army marched from Jinan Mansion in just one day and one night, marching 110 kilometers, and arrived at Dezhou Mansion on the morning of the 20th. ”

"As we all know, Dezhou belongs to the boundaries of Shandong, and the German army in Shandong was warmly received by Yuan Shikai and gave strong support during the march, so the German army did not do anything in the Shandong territory, and this is why the German army, which traveled more than 100 kilometers overnight and was extremely tired, did not choose to spend the night in Dezhou."

"As soon as the German army left the boundary of Shandong and entered the confines of the old city, its brutal, greedy and shameless nature was exposed." Yue Weiyun said this, paused, and then continued: "According to our intelligence, after the German army entered the old city, they began to loot, kill people and set fires along the official road, and did everything, and arrived at the old city and county at about three o'clock in the night,......。 ”

Although all this was expected, hearing this, it still made Yue Weiyun feel very angry, this is the behavior of the great powers, the beasts in the cloak of Western civilization, and, in later generations, most of this history has been covered up, and few people know about it, even Yue Weihua himself, who was also on a website by chance, saw a few words of this history at the time, and was a little incredulous at the time, however, when he came here and saw it with his own eyes, there would be no mistake.

"The Germans, now they are like a group of mad dogs that have just taken off the reins, they bite every person they meet, and they rob them when they see property, even our intelligence officers lurking in the old city, hiding in the shadows of the old city, have not been able to escape the looting of the German army, fortunately, the intelligence officers have hidden the telegraph machine, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"The madness of the German army, even far more than that, last night's carnival until dawn today, after the entire ancient city and county were sacked, the German army marched west again at noon, all the way to the old city and Zaoqiang handover of the town of Wumen, tonight should be in the town of Wumen to recuperate, after all, they have not had a good rest for three days and two nights."

"Therefore, it should be said that the German army should be a tired army now, and the small town of Wumen is only more than 50 miles away from Wang Qiushan, and less than 20 miles away from the station of the 3rd Battalion of the 201st Regiment."

Yue Weiyun stopped when he said this, picked up the water glass, and looked at everyone, there is no doubt that the German army is now a tired division, this is a rare opportunity, but Yue Weihua has not spoken, and the others have not taken the lead in expressing their opinions.

Yue Weihua saw that everyone was looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, so he smiled and said: "Yue Weiyun, you only said about the situation of the German army, but you didn't say anything about Zaoqiang and your own situation, how can you let me express my opinion?" ”

"Ahem, I'm just drinking saliva and taking a break." Yue Weiyun hurriedly put down the water cup before continuing: "The situation of our army is that the three battalions of the 201st Regiment are stationed in the three directions of the old city into Zaoqiang, one of which is near the Luan River in the northeast, the second battalion is near the Black Temple in the middle, and the third battalion is in the direction of Qianli Town opposite the town of Wumen, as for the other troops directly under the headquarters, they are all in Wang Qiushan, and of course, there is also the heavy artillery regiment that has just arrived here. ”

As soon as Yue Weiyun said this, Yue Weihua understood what was going on, because he had proposed that the German army should sweep all the way through, and not as the current 10,000 army was not separated, but marched collectively.

At the beginning, Zaoqiang was chosen as the battlefield, but this factor was not taken into account, after all, the German army had just entered the territory of Zhili, and it was indeed possible that the troops would not be divided so quickly, but Zaoqiang was definitely Jizhou, the most suitable place for the battlefield.

Because Zaoqiang is located in the middle of Jinan Mansion and Zhengding Mansion, the distance between both sides is about 1120 kilometers, once the battle is lost, the German army will inevitably invite the Qing army to come to support, or rescue, and there are Qing troops in Jinan Mansion and Zhengding Mansion, and they will come to help for a relatively long time, which is conducive to the Black Dragon Army to annihilate the German army, and then go away.

However, if the German army does not divide its troops, then this battle may be difficult to fight, because even if the German army is tired, he will have 10,000 people, and on the Black Dragon Army, the 201st Regiment plus the heavy artillery regiment, plus the troops directly under the Central Plains Army Division, plus the Zaoqiang Land Head Snake that has been incorporated in the past few days, is about 4,000 when it is full.

4,000 against 10,000, if it is a hard resistance, even if Yue Weihua is conceited and can kill the army known as the world's first, but the price is definitely not what Yue Weiyun is willing to pay, after all, this is a plain area, and it is difficult to set up an ambush, let alone 4,000 ambushes and 10,000, how to set up an ambush?

Yue Weihua also put forward what he thought in his heart, and then let everyone express their opinions, most of them also thought that although tonight was the most tired time for the German army, it was indeed not the time to launch a decisive battle, after all, the German army was 10,000 people, and our side only had 4,000, and they were still scattered in several directions, and when they gathered and marched to the door of the house, I am afraid it will be midnight, and they will be tired. And the heavy artillery regiment that has just arrived, not to mention, they are probably even more tired than the Germans, because they have been on the road for ten days in a row.

"Can we just wait and see?" Montauula frowned and asked, "What if the German army still doesn't divide its troops after entering Zaoqiang?" ”

"Of course it can't be, at least we know that the German army will inevitably enter Zaoqiang from the town of Wumen and enter the town of Qianli, and the German army, at least for now, does not know our existence, that is, the German army is in the light, and we are in the dark." Yue Weihua continued: "Therefore, in the first battle, where to fight, how to fight, we can choose, but this advantage can only be maximized in the first battle, therefore, we must carefully choose the battlefield of the first battle, choose how to fight, it is possible to destroy the German army's living force to the greatest extent." ”

"The Commander-in-Chief is right." Yue Weiyun also stood up, came to a hand-drawn simple map, picked up a bamboo stick, pointed directly in the direction of Qianli Town, and said: "Before the German army enters Qianli Town, it must cross this river, that is, the Qianli River, the river surface is about ten meters wide, in this dry season, the river is generally shallow, more than the waist, and within five or six miles of the Qianli River, only one bridge can cross the river, and the weather is acceptable these days, I think, if this bridge is demolished, then the German army should choose to cross the river directly,......。 ”

Yue Weiyun's strategy is very simple, that is, to ambush around the Qianli River and carry out a half-crossing attack, of course, this kind of half-crossing attack, the effect will not be too good, after all, the German army is tens of thousands, and the number of people crossing the river at one time should not be too much, but Yue Weiyun did not think about destroying the German army at one time, for example, when the German army crosses the river and comes over three or four thousand people, and then attack, then it should not be difficult to eliminate three or four thousand German troops who have not established a stable foothold, besides, it is still a sneak attack, and the German army is unprepared.

"It's a workable idea."

"But there is still ,......。 room for improvement"

…… (To be continued.) )