Chapter 67: Persimmon should be pinched softly

Mount Hades. Brigade Headquarters of the Seventh Brigade.

After receiving the notice of the meeting, the responsible persons of all units quickly rushed to the brigade headquarters, and soon the people were gathered.

Seeing that the people had basically arrived, Ma Zheng said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I just got the news that the little devils around the base area are about to move, and it seems that they are going to attack my base area on a large scale, so I summoned you here this time to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy!" ”

After speaking, Ma Zheng said to Xu Xiaolin again: "Staff Officer Xu is the intelligence person in charge of our brigade headquarters, and now he will tell you about the current enemy situation!" ”

Xu Xiaolin got up and walked to the map hanging on the wall and said, "According to the Japanese intelligence we intercepted, it was sent by the commander of the Japanese North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, to the commander of the army stationed in Mongolia, Hasunuma Pan. In view of the threat of our 7th Brigade to the Japanese army, Terauchi Shouichi asked Hasunuma's garrison army to join forces with the puppet Mongolian army to encircle and suppress our department. Knowing that the troops stationed in Mongolia were now insufficient, in order to support this battle plan, Terauchi Shouichi specially transferred an elite wing from the Chinese Garrison Brigade to defend Zhangjiakou and placed it under the command of the headquarters of the Mongolian army. ”

"Later, the headquarters of the Mongolian army called back to the North China Front Headquarters, agreeing with Terauchi Shouichi's suggestion, and planning to use the first part of the independent mixed second brigade of Abe Norihide and the Chinese garrison brigade as the main force, supplemented by the four cavalry divisions of the puppet Mongolian army, to carry out a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of our independent seventh brigade, and this operation was called the "No. 2" battle plan within the Japanese army! ”

After Xu Xiaolin finished speaking, Ma Zheng got up and said: "The situation is roughly like this, two infantry wings, four puppet army cavalry divisions, the strength is about 13,000 to 15,000 people, what do you think about this?" ”

Yun Jian got up and said: "My opinion is to avoid the edge for the time being, don't look at our strength has doubled compared to before, but whether the combat effectiveness has also increased correspondingly is not necessarily." Our 7th Brigade has just been established for more than a month, and more than 60% of the soldiers are new recruits, but the enemy is different, no matter which independent mixed second brigade or the Chinese garrison brigade are all elite units of the Japanese army, this battle is not easy to fight! ”

"What about the elite, our 7th Brigade is the elite, and I can't look down on it if it's not the elite! If this battle is fought well, we will be able to completely open up the situation in Chanan, and the little devils will not want to encircle and suppress us so frequently! Ma Zheng said.

Huang Sicheng said: "The brigade commander and the political commissar have all made sense, the enemy dispatched two wings and 4 divisions this time, which is a formidable opponent that we have never encountered before." So I think it's better to send a telegram to the headquarters and ask them to support us on the side, so as to relieve our pressure? ”

Ma Zheng thought for a while and said, "Well, the telegram is going to be sent, but the support will be forgotten." We can solve this battle, the devil is not as exaggerated as you say. They didn't even know that we had intercepted their telegrams, so we were able to arrange them in stride. Besides, we still have a geographical advantage in defending the territory and fighting, so there is no need to be afraid of little devils! ”

Lu Ming, the commander of the supplementary regiment, frowned and said: "Although the enemy has a lot of numbers, the actual strength is limited. I have dealt with this puppet Mongolian army a lot before, this army is half Han and half Mongolian, and its combat effectiveness is still very good, and it is by no means the puppet army Kobe in the Guannei, so we must not take this battle lightly. ”

Wu Xiuda, who had just been promoted to the commander of the Second Supplementary Regiment, smiled and said: "You think too highly of those two devils, even their own father and big devil are not the opponents of our brigade commander, let alone them, in my opinion, how to fight this battle depends on the brigade commander's meaning." The brigade commander said that he wanted to annihilate them all, so none of them could escape, and the brigade commander said that he would only beat Lao Tzu and not his son, and those two devils might still have a way to live. ”

Yun Jian glanced at Wu Xiuda, and said dissatisfiedly: "Old Wu, you are the oldest here, you can't talk about it." ”

Wu Xiuda smiled and said: "Political commissar, this is not my Wu Laosan's mouth, although the Japanese puppet army has a lot of troops, but our three camps are built on the mountain, and a large number of fortifications have been built, if the Japanese army does not have large-caliber heavy artillery, don't even think about going up the mountain." ”

Huang Sicheng said: "There is a certain truth in what Lao Wu said about this, whether it is or Daqingshan, the terrain is absolutely not said, what a husband is talking about is such a terrain." Don't say that there are more than 10,000 people coming, even if 100,000 people come, it will be in vain, and the offensive field we left for them is so big, they can barely set up a reinforcement team. As long as we stick to those light and dark bunkers, even if the devil comes to 100,000 people, he can't beat us anyway. ”

Ma Zheng looked at Huang Sicheng and Wu Xiuda with satisfaction, and said: "Chief of Staff Huang and Commander Wu are right, we are defending the territory in this battle, occupying the time, place, and people, plus we also got the information in advance and took the lead, so the little devil is destined to return this time, how to fight really depends on us." ”

"Then how is the brigade commander going to fight?" Yun Jian asked in a deep voice.

"Since you're here, don't go back, it just so happens that we still lack a strong cavalry, and the ones sent to the door can be pushed out!" Ma Zheng said.

Yun Jian looked at Ma Zheng in horror and asked, "Brigade commander, you don't plan to swallow all the puppet troops for more than 10,000 days, right?" ”

"Why, can't you?"

Yun Jian thought for a while and said: "We don't have any problems holding the base area, and it is not a big problem to defeat these four wings, but it is a little difficult to completely annihilate these four wings. ”

"Difficulty? What's the difficulty? Ma Zheng said.

"We are now scattered in the army, and even if we have the advantage of terrain, the troops that can really be drawn out to fight will not exceed 6,000 people."

Before Yun Jian finished speaking, Ma Zheng interrupted him and said, "Why can't we concentrate our forces, why can we only draw out six thousand people?" ”

Yun Jian looked at Ma Zheng and said: "We are now a big business, Nuo has a big base area to defend, if we concentrate all the troops, it is equivalent to giving up the two garrisons to the enemy, it is not cost-effective!" ”

Ma Zheng shook his head and said, "That's a mistake! Your vision is too narrow, those who do big things are not informal, don't be bound by those altars and jars, aren't they just three mountains, let them be given to the little devils, what's there? ”

Then, Ma Zheng continued: "Don't think that these mountains are our old nests, you look at these mountains, the area is not small, and the terrain can be regarded as dangerous. But there aren't many villages here, and there's not a lot of land to cultivate. Since it is a base area, it must at least have a population and land, so that there can be a steady stream of troops to replenish it. ”

"In the past, we had few people and little strength, so we could settle here. But now that we have tens of thousands of troops, do you think we can still keep guarding the mountain? ”

"Does the brigade commander mean to abandon these mountains, then concentrate the main forces, and then jump to the outside line to fight, just like the last time he fought the 26th Division?" Yun Jian asked in a deep voice.

"No, the little devil wouldn't be guarding against us. What Lao Wu said just now is right, the enemy is in the light, I am in the dark, how to fight, the initiative is in our hands. As far as I know, the puppet Mongolian military defense area spans Suiyuan, Chahar and part of Rehe, and the troops are very scattered, and if they receive orders, they will inevitably converge from all directions to the periphery of the base area, and we can do something about it! Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

"What does the brigade commander mean to hit those two devils first?" Huang Sicheng asked in a deep voice.

"Persimmons still have to be pinched softly, I mean there are only a small number of people left on the mountain, and this part of the people is not used to guard the mountain, but to confuse the little devils. If you can withstand it, you will fight, and if you can't withstand it, you will withdraw. Anyway, now the weapons and equipment, food and ammunition on the mountain are almost consumed, and it is easy to relocate. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "As for our main forces, they are all hidden, and at the same time pay close attention to the movements of the puppet Mongolian army, as long as you know the direction and strength of their come, you will take these guys first." As long as these four puppet cavalry divisions are completely annihilated, the remaining two devil wings are afraid that they will slip away with their tails between their legs without us doing anything. ”

"And what if they don't run away?"

"That's better, it's just a pot of stew!" Ma Zheng said proudly.