A tense and solemn atmosphere enveloped the front-line headquarters in Chencun, where people hurried in and out to report the situation and convey orders, and staff officers asked loudly about the enemy's situation and the situation of the battle from the telephone. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yang Tianfeng and several staff officers and officers were discussing countermeasures.

"The goal of attacking the enemy head-on has basically been achieved, and the enemy has been rushing for a while, and it seems to have stopped." Yang Tianfeng looked at the information that came, touched his chin and thought about it.

"Or something else, maybe it's adjusting the arrangement." Staff officer Guo Liang guessed.

"The enemy's large-scale attack has shown their determination to occupy the base areas and achieve what they call a 'consolidated occupation' by virtue of their military victory." Yang Tianfeng groaned and said, "The enemy situation this time is more serious than we expected, but we have enough contingency means. So, don't get overly nervous and step up reconnaissance. ”

If you want to say that the biggest difference between Yang Tianfeng and the people at that time, that is, the difference in mentality and thinking. For Japanese devils, he is neither afraid of enemies like a tiger, nor arrogant. Even in this menacing sweep, he was not very nervous, which was a sign of confidence.

"It's impossible for a devil to keep so many troops in one place for a long time, which determines that the sweep is just a gust of wind. We are not afraid that the devil will come to sweep, but we are afraid that he will not leave, of course, this is quite difficult for the devil. The huge pressure on the logistics of the devils determined that the time for their sweep would not last. ”

Yang Tianfeng deliberately made a relaxed appearance and explained: "Although the number of people who came this time was more than we expected, the daily consumption of materials has also increased accordingly, even if we have been retreating and not fighting, the Japanese must always send troops to garrison every place they occupy, and they must always build roads and ditches, their troops are getting smaller and smaller, the supply lines are getting longer and longer, and more and more weaknesses are exposed." So, as long as the nature of his sweep remains the same, we have a way to deal with him. ”

"The essence? How do you talk about this? Commander. A new staff officer asked, puzzled.

"Hehe, speaking of this essence, it is the purpose of the Japanese army's sweep, which can be judged from its degree of mobilization and preparation." Yang Tianfeng laughed helplessly twice, and said to everyone: "For example, in this sweep, the enemy did not prepare a lot of grain and grass materials, and there was no idea and plan to recruit the population to completely fill in the base area. Just imagine, in an empty base area, without a grain of food, and even difficult to drink water, it will be difficult for the Japanese devils to last long. This is the essence, a gust of wind like a quick sweep we are not afraid, if ...... Hehe, on the contrary, it should be paid enough attention to us. ”

Afraid of a long time and not afraid of being fast, not afraid of a quick attack and afraid of encroachment, Yang Tianfeng and several other senior officers have discussed this issue in depth, and they have also reached a consensus. The mobilization capability of the base areas, as well as the relatively complete ditches and sufficient mines, were enough to make the Japanese army pay a heavy price for the sweep.

For the encroachment of the Japanese army, it will be a very difficult tug-of-war. Judging from the movements of the Japanese army this time, this worry can be relieved, and although there is no favorable time for the implementation of the flanging tactics for the time being, even if they persist in the base area, it is enough to make the Japanese army suffer.

In the core area of the base area, many villages have built covered ditches leading to the outside, and the village fortifications have also been equipped with actual combat capabilities. After the villagers, the elderly, weak, women and children were evacuated, and the empty village was even more thundery in three steps, and one thunder in five steps. A large number of troops were deployed in depth and supported by complete field fortifications, and were ready to teach the aggressors a bloody lesson.

Of course, the most ideal situation is that the enemy will be entangled with the three columns in the mountains of Suixi, or they will divide their forces to expose their flaws and be annihilated by the three columns. After such a delay for a while, the enemy ran out of supplies and could only retreat gloomily.

The last thing Yang Tianfeng wants to see is that the enemy gathers in a group, making it difficult for the three verticals to speak. But the information soon came, and the enemy adjusted to such an arrangement.

With the superiority in firepower and the ability to fight in the field, the enemy will crash into the base area like a hedgehog. Crushing of strength? Something like that. Do you have to sacrifice your strengths and weaknesses to carry out a frontal attack and fight a tough battle with the enemy?

Historically, the Eighth Route Army's means of dealing with such sweeps of the enemy were mainly to drag and attrition, clear the wilderness and evacuate the people, small units to attack and harass, and large troops to jump to the outside line to seek opportunities to fight. When the supplies carried by the enemy are exhausted, they will naturally retreat. This is why the Japanese army often used the brigade as a unit to rampage in the base area, annoying Peng DH, and there was a bloody battle at Guanjiayuan.

"Adjust according to the contingency plan, the enemy will come hard, but we are not afraid. Buried mines, a lot of mines, don't worry about being picked up by the enemy. Yang Tianfeng said with confidence, but he was very uncomfortable in his heart.

It is impossible to allow the enemy to run into the base areas. The Third Vertical is not as poor as the Eighth Route Army, but it does not have too many burdens. However, the three verticals already have things that must be defended, such as arsenals, ironworks, and coal chemical plants, which are the foundation of the development of the three verticals, and cannot be lost.

The Chen detachment, directly under the guard regiment, plus the Mongolian regiment, has a total strength of more than 6,000 troops, and it is still certain that it will carry the enemy hard. Yang Tianfeng reestimated the strength of the enemy and us in his heart, narrowed his eyes, and gave another order, "Order, transfer a brigade from the Chen detachment, organize it with the second special operations team, find an opportunity to enter Xiao County, and harass the enemy's rear with the Gongshan brigade, especially the strongholds along the Jinpu Road. ”

If you attack me, you will save, and I will fight you and defend it. Yang Tianfeng is not a person who suffers losses, and he peeks into the enemy's weakness to fight back. If the enemy wants to force the decisive battle of the three columns, he will force the enemy to retreat and withdraw his troops.

"Send a telegram to the chief of staff-" Yang Tianfeng whispered to a confidential staff officer, "support some weapons, ask the New Fourth Army to coordinate operations, attack and harass along the railway, and reduce the pressure on our army." When it comes to fighting guerrillas, the New Fourth Army is still quite powerful. ”

"Understood, Commander." The confidential staff officer knew Yang Tianfeng's temper very well, and knew that this counter-sweep was going to be bigger, so Yang Tianfeng began to mobilize all the forces that could be used again. This was the case in the last battle of Sucheng, and it was the same after the battle of Luyi, and now it is the same old trick again.

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"Boom!" With a bang, a black mine bounced off the ground, bursting into a dazzling light in the air more than a meter high, and in the smoke, stones and broken iron flew in all directions, sweeping through the surrounding enemies.

stepped forward and exploded, and the devil tasted the insidiousness of the opponent. A crude thunderbolt brought down more than a dozen devils.

In fact, landmines are not too new to the Japanese army. 28. "During the Songhu War of Resistance and the Battle of Rehe, he learned about the mines laid by the Chinese defenders.

The Japanese troops, who had been hit by accident, became cautious, and the sappers came into the field, holding in their hands "high-tech" mine-detection equipment, mine detection sticks. Well, this thing sounds quite mysterious, quite powerful, but it's actually a long wooden handle with a metal probe on the front.

When used, the soldier bends down and inserts the mine probe rod into the ground at an angle of 45 degrees to find the mine through contact. The advantage of this method of mine detection is that it is relatively simple, and the soldier can learn it as soon as he learns it. But the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, low efficiency, poor accuracy, even if a large number of soldiers line up in a dense formation to sweep the minefield, there is no guarantee that all mines will be found.

So, do the Japanese devils have a higher-tech mine detection device? The answer is yes, yes! The working principle of the metal detection minesweeper is not complicated, and Japan developed the Type 98 mine detection machine in 1935. But this thing is of poor quality, very unreliable, and too big.

Although it is claimed that a single person can carry it, the officers and soldiers who participated in the test thought that this thing was too heavy to carry on a horse, and the small physique of the "Imperial Army" soldiers really couldn't bear it. Therefore, that big guy is still "losing weight and reducing burden" in the institute at this time!

It was not until after 1942 that Japan finally developed a portable and easy-to-carry mine detection machine, which was named the "Type 2 Mine Detection Machine" according to the year of development. It should be said that the Type 2 mine detection aircraft equipped with Japanese engineers enabled the devil's anti-mine capability to catch up with the level of the United States, Germany, and other countries, and since then, in the face of the regular mine-laying tactics of the United States, Britain, and the National X Army, the well-prepared Japanese Army has rarely suffered losses.

Now it is still said that the mine detection stick, as a simple mine detection equipment, this thing looks simple and easy, but it is not easy to use. Ideally, as long as the insertion points are dense enough and the mine probe rods completely cover the swept area, the minefield will become a smooth road.

However, in actual combat, people always make mistakes, especially non-professional ordinary soldiers, who are not skilled enough to use, and still have the fear of mines in their hearts.

By the way, I want to sigh at the devil's brain, you see that the US and British troops also have "mine detection sticks", people put rifles with bayonets and stick them in the ground at an angle of 45 degrees, isn't this the best mine detection stick? In order to deal with the sea of mines laid by the Germans, American and British soldiers did not use rifle bayonets to poke blindly on the ground.

Moreover, Yang Tianfeng's "Essence of Mine Warfare" contains many tricks for burying mines, and some of the roads are not at all the regular army mine formation burial methods. One in the east and one in the west, you may not be able to find a few mines if you poke and poke in the ground for an hour or two, but if you dare to make a big stride, maybe the mines will find you.

As a result, the sweeping devils fell into such a dilemma: if they don't clear mines, they will be blown up by mines; Slow minesweeping, white circles one after another, jumping circles like a meter of progress, who can be caught by the speed of the turtle crawling?

"Smack!" With a bang, the devil sapper's lightning detection rod triggered the clamp under the soil, and before he could react, five successive series of thunderbolts exploded under his feet and behind him. (To be continued.) )