Since the incorporation of a group of puppet army troops, tens of thousands of mouths have been added to the base area in southern Jiangsu, and of course it has also strengthened its strength, so Tuesday Dog decided to regain the lost territory and recapture Danyang, Changzhou, Baohuashan, and Zhenjiang, but was strongly opposed by Zeng Qi.

At the council, everyone expressed their opinions on Tuesday's dog's proposal.

Zhao Dahu reminded Tuesday Dog: Years of fighting, the consumption of troops is huge, mainly because of the problem of soldiers, the proportion of veterans in the army is getting lower and lower, especially the grassroots officers, the promotion and casualties are very serious, and most of the squad and platoon leaders have less than 1 year of military experience; Moreover, after the occupation of the devils around Nanjing and along the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, a complete garrison system was quickly deployed, and strongholds, turrets, trenches, and patrols were successively connected, and the firepower was perfect, so it was necessary to be cautious in taking large-scale actions, so it was necessary to carefully plan every step of the action.

Xiang Qingyun and Zhao Dahu have diametrically opposite views: although the Wu Mu Army has suffered losses in all aspects after years of campaigning, the growth rate of equipment, tactics, soldier quality and other aspects is higher than the consumption, and the morale is unprecedentedly strong; Although the continuous operation of the troops in the early stage consumed a large number of soldiers, and the loss of veterans and grass-roots officers was extremely great, the popularization of tactics of the Wumu Military Academy and the Teaching Brigade was in place in a very timely manner, coupled with frequent combat training, so that the recruits grew rapidly, and a large number of militia members were used as reserve soldiers. Fortunately, a large number of puppet troops have been incorporated recently, most of these surrendered troops were forced to surrender devils, not hardcore Han annihilation, after all, they are all Chinese, many surrendered troops have outstanding performance in the early operations, by fighting side by side with the Wumu army, these people saw the Wumu army's sophisticated equipment, flexible tactics, they also felt the joy of victory, and the war built up confidence, after returning to the base area, these surrendered soldiers are full of envy and admiration for the Wumu army, so it can be used in the same way as the [***] that was incorporated back then, In this way, the Wumu army will have more than enough troops.

After listening to Xiang Qingyun's statement, the commanders of the surrendered brigades and regiments who attended the meeting couldn't help but stand up and speak: Yes, we have surrendered to the devil, but we have also been forced to be helpless, if it were not for the lack of equipment and supplies, the low combat quality, and the lack of timely reinforcements, until the mountains and rivers were exhausted, who would be willing to surrender the devil to be a Han annihilation? If you followed Wu Mujun at the beginning, why did you end up like this? Therefore, since we have followed Wu Mujun, Wu Mujun not only wants to give us food, drink, food and salary, but also gives us the opportunity to make meritorious atonement and regain face! As long as Wu Mujun gives an order, the brothers are willing to go to the soup to fight the front and pave the way for Wu Mujun with blood!

Receiving the encouragement of the surrender of troops and generals, Zeng Qi reversed his slow and logical speaking style, and arrogantly threw his hat on the table: "Okay! The Heart of the Army is available! The newly incorporated brothers used to follow the wrong people, suffered defeats, and became Han annihilation, shame! However, Lao Tzu was also captured in Nanjing when he was a dignified [***] major general, and he had no face to see his ancestors like you! However, since Lao Tzu followed Wu Mujun, from the Huotou Army to the Chief of Staff, he killed the devil and bled like a river, and he regained face! Brethren, we have lost face, but we can save it with blood! ”

The officers who surrendered to the army were boiling with enthusiasm, rolling up their arms and sleeves and shouting, slapping the table and stools, and the venue was messed up, and it would be impossible to open!

When the meal was held at noon, many officers were stimulated, and they poured yellow soup on the big fish and meat, smashed the dishes and bowls, and got drunk, so the staff committee had to postpone it until the next day.

After yesterday's venting, everyone at the staff meeting on the second day became disciplined today, and Zhao Dahu continued to preside over the meeting.

Xiang Qingyun has already come up with a rough operational plan: The plan for the recovery of the northern front of the southern Jiangsu base area is divided into four phases, and the first phase of the operation is mainly small-scale raids and looting by special operations brigades, and special operations elites and grassroots officers are trained for the newly formed troops; In the second phase, small units at the battalion company and platoon level mainly cleared the strongholds of the devil's transportation line, and the old troops led the new troops to carry out small-scale offensive and defensive operations. The third phase focused on the occupation, defense, and garrison of key towns and cities with brigade-level troops, and the fourth phase launched a full-scale offensive to recover all the lost territory.

Everyone immediately actively engaged in the detailed discussion of perfecting the battle plan, especially the newly recruited officers, who deliberately used the tactics and strategies they had learned from the Wumu Military Academy into the plan.

Everyone's speeches, quarrels, and appreciations were made by chickens and ducks, and the staff committee was once again chaotic.

Zhao Dahu couldn't help but want to stop this chaotic scene, but was stopped by Zeng Qi's eyes, and then leaned into Zhao Dahu's ear and muttered: "Let's take a look at the depth of the Taoism of these people!" ”

Zhao Dahu smiled knowingly and gave Zeng Qi a thumbs up. The two of them watched Xiang Qingyun being surrounded by all the officers in a hurry, and they watched the words and expressions on the sidelines, evaluating the performance of the newcomers.

Lu Yaohan, 51 years old, born in the Beiyang Army and the Northwest Army, former brigade commander of the puppet army, sleek and steady, rarely speaks, but every time he speaks, he points to his own weak links, which shows that he is thoughtful, but lacks fierce and enterprising spirit, and is suitable for self-protection in the territory.

Zhang Tielong, 37 years old, former brigade commander of the puppet army, born in the Northeast Army, has been a beard, domineering but righteous and bold, has good popularity, the troops are also united, have combat effectiveness, are biased towards the offensive in combat ideas, and have field experience.

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The new officers are generally older than those of the Wu Mu Army, mainly because they have accumulated meritorious service and been promoted in their respective units, and they all have their own experience in leading troops and combat, and they all have more or less bad habits in the old units.

In the end, Zhao Dahu partially vetoed Xiang Qingyun's battle plan, mainly on the issue of recovering the original base area. Zhao Dahu believes that although the Wu Mu army has the strength to recapture the original base area, it will cost too many troops and other resources to defend the base area, so it is better to leave it to the devil as a transportation line, so as not to force the devil and the Wu Mu army to fight to the death, and the Wu Mu army only needs to draw blood from the devil's transportation line to replenish the Wu Mu army's supplies, and the devil's transportation line is the supply line of the Wu Mu army.

Xiang Qingyun suddenly opened his mouth, but the other officers of the Wumu Army, including the new officers, all held their own opinions, and the number of people who advocated the recovery of the base area was the majority. Who doesn't want to conquer the city and make a vigorous contribution?

Zhang Tielong jumped up first: "We have surrendered to the devil and served as the Han Dynasty, and the recovery of the land is an opportunity for our people to make meritorious contributions and atone for their crimes, Commander Zhao, you can't deprive us of the opportunity to turn the book!" Besides, attacking is more labor-intensive than defending, and losing troops and losing troops will not be able to occupy territory, isn't it too much of a loss? ”

Li Jinshan also objected: "If we do not recover the lost territory, the pressure on the grain problem in our base areas will be great, and if the Central Military Commission reinforces us again, the base areas will starve to death!" ”

As soon as Li Jinshan took the lead, the entire mobile corps made an uproar and advocated recovering the lost territory, and most of the officers of the newly reorganized unit were also making an uproar to regain the lost territory.

At this time, Wang Yilang slapped the table, "Rebellion!?" Shut up Lao Tzu! It's been arguing for days, is it over? Now, raise your hand in support of Commander-in-Chief Zhao's opinion! ”

As a result, only a few people such as Tuesday Dog, Zhao Dahu, Zeng Qi, Xiang Qingyun, Duanmu Changyan, and Lu Yaohan raised their hands, and even Wang Yilang, Liu Chenghai and others did not raise their hands, so they naturally advocated recovering the lost territory.

Wang Yilang came out to preside over the scene again: "Let's listen to Commander Zhao's thoughts, it's not too late to make any more noise!" Commander-in-Chief Zhao must have his reasons! ”

Zhao Dahu smiled slightly, "Brothers have not forgotten that soldiers are responsible for defending the land, very good!" But when it comes to combat, you have to be calculated, and you can't be brave, Lao Lu, what do you think? Zhao Dahu asked Lu Yaohan, who had been silent but supported Zhao Dahu, first.

Lu Yaohan immediately stood up in a proper manner, saluted Tuesday Dog, Zhao Dahu and everyone, and then expressed his thoughts: "Conquering the city is the glory of the soldiers, and the battle is also enjoyable, but it is not necessarily the best choice, I heard that our Wumu Army's special operations brigade and guerrillas have another set of guerrilla operations in small units, if the large army attacks the city and pulls out the village, and then fights with the devils, it is very enjoyable, and our Wumu Army will not fall behind, but in this case, the two sides will fight for attrition, and our Wumu Army does not have the support of the rear of the political axe, can only be self-reliant, and it is not cost-effective to fight for consumption, so I think Commander Zhao wants the devils to see the pile, and Wu Mujun can go to get the materials at any time to avoid fighting with the devils, so it is not enjoyable to watch, but it is affordable! ”

Zhao Dahu slapped the table: "It's really an old fox, it's in my heart!" ”

Lu Yaohan was very modest: "I also realized this truth after taking classes at Wumu Military Academy!" ”

Zeng Qi haha: "It seems that Lao Lu will rob me of my job sooner or later!" ”

Lu Yaohan also responded with a smile: "It's not good in a short time, I have to practice with the masters a few more times, fight a few times, and then grab the masters' jobs!" ”

In the end, everyone reached a consensus that the occupation area of the south of the Yangtze River should be mainly attacked and harassed, looted.

Xiang Qingyun revised the battle plan again: In the first phase, the non-commissioned officers and officers at the squad and platoon level of the newly organized units were assigned to the special operations brigade, and after technical and tactical training, they launched raids, harassments, and plundering battles on the front lines of Jurong, Baohuashan, Danyang, and Changzhou; Officers at the battalion and company level of the newly reorganized units were assigned to the guerrilla corps and participated in local guerrilla warfare, and officers at or above the regimental commander level were assigned to the corps and detachments for internship. The reason for this arrangement is that squad and platoon commanders mainly charge into battle, and as long as they improve their operational command, officers at the battalion and company level can take into account the comprehensive command of learning to establish base areas, organize logistics, allocate equipment, ensure transportation, and organize the people, and officers at and above the regimental level can practice a more macroscopic layout at the senior command post.

When Duanmu Changyan received the task, he deployed the task to each battalion, company and platoon step by step, and then took his guard platoon to patrol the entire line.

Since the devil occupied Jurong, Danyang, Changzhou line, Hata Junliu suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, fortunately, the Nanjing-Shanghai railway through, and Nanjing, Jurong, Danyang, Changzhou line of highways repaired, after conquering Zhenjiang, the Yangtze River waterway is also unblocked, highway, railway, waterway three lines unblocked, Shanghai, Nanjing, and the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River connected, East China, Central China into a mutual support of the corner, this is the great achievement of Hata Junroku, for which the domestic base camp praised Hata Junroku, As a high-ranking general of the devil, Shunroku Hata did not get carried away, and ordered the troops to strengthen the vigilance between them and the Wumu army, built a large number of pillboxes, turrets, and strongholds on the south side of the highway, and dug trenches for more than 300 miles along the highway.

At dawn, a platoon of the special operations brigade came to the south side of the trench, and several soldiers threw rope anchors across the trench and put them on the barbed wire.

Cans on barbed wire rang out, devils' searchlights shone through, and machine guns began to fire.

The soldiers of the Wu Mu Army had already taken refuge in the individual bunkers dug in advance, and the snipers in charge of covering in the distance began to shoot the devil's shooting holes.

At dawn, the machine gunners of the special combat team used a Type 96 light machine gun with sniper scopes to sweep away the wooden stakes hanging the barbed wire, and dragged the barbed wire to the south of the trench. This is the capture of this operation, although the mosquito legs are small, they are still meat!

The next day they began to dig a trench parallel to the trench at a distance of 2,000 meters from the trench, and then dug out branches extending to the trench, so that they could easily approach the trench, pillboxes, and artillery towers, and could approach the trenches at any time to attack the artillery towers and fortifications.

The devils tried to rush over several times to stop the Wu Mu army from building fortifications, but the small force could not defeat the special combat team with light machine guns, grenades, and Qiguang rifles. Moreover, the special combat team used the front bunker to monitor the devil's stronghold in turn, and as long as the devil showed his head, he would shoot and kill him, so that the devil's wounded could not be sent back, and the supplies could not be transported, so they could only secretly transport the wounded and supplies at night.

From Jurong to Danyang, all the strongholds of the devils were monitored by the special operations brigade in this way, each platoon was responsible for 2 kilometers, and 3 battalions and 9 platoons took turns to fight.

After holding each other for 5 or 6 days, Shunroku Hata felt that something was really wrong, and every stronghold seemed to be unsafe, and it could become meat in Wu Mujun's mouth at any time. So he sent planes to bomb the position of the Wu Mu army on the south side of the trench to stop the attack of the Wu Mu army and ensure the smooth traffic on the line between Nanjing and Shanghai.

The sparse bombs did not cause much damage to the positions of the Wumu army, and two planes were shot down. But Duanmu Changyan was furious because of the casualties of more than 10 brothers, and decided to tighten the button on the devil, so that the devil knew that he knew the three eyes of Ma Wangye.

As soon as it was dark, a battalion of the special operations brigade blew up a section of the trench with explosives, threw straw bales into it, easily crossed the trench, and then launched a fierce attack on the strongholds on both sides.

The devil thought that the trench was enough to hold off Wu Mujun, so there were no other obstacles around the fortifications. Therefore, the special operations team easily approached the devil's fortifications and bombarded the devil's fortifications with mortars, high-explosive grenades, and stun bombs. Pulled out 6 strongholds of devils overnight, and captured more than 30 devils, and they were all bearded and tailed, and the wounded and disabled prisoners were solved on the spot, who is impatient and burdensome?

Duanmu Changyan occupied the devil's stronghold and cut off the road, but the devils in Jurong and Danyang did not dare to reinforce, because they knew that the Wumu army artillery was waiting for them to send reinforcements, so the devils could only send two brigades from the direction of Baohua Mountain to reinforce.

The special operations brigade was not alone, Jin Manlou sent 1 veteran battalion and 1 newly formed regiment of the Wumu Army, and they had already rushed through the trench to meet the attack in the direction of Baohua Mountain.

The veteran battalion has 60 7-person combat squads, with light machine guns, Qiguang rifles, and gun grenades, as well as 9 heavy machine guns, 6 mortars, and a large number of flying mines as the backing, and the combat effectiveness is no longer inferior to the 3 brigades of devils; In addition, there are more than 2,000 people in the new regiment, although there are only 6 heavy machine guns, 3 mortars, and rifles made in Hanyang, but they are equipped with enough guns and grenades, which can be regarded as a bird gun for artillery, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced; The devil doesn't have a reading power, and he wants to take advantage of the mixed brigade.

The two sides fought fiercely at the southern foot of Baohua Mountain, killing the sky dark: mortars and the devil's infantry artillery fired, easily suppressed the devil's artillery fire, flying thunder, light and heavy machine guns, strange light submachine guns, strange light rifles and devils in close combat did not fall behind, even if there was spare strength and did not fight back, just wait for the devil to send to the door to be beaten, see who can afford it?

Xiang Qingyun took the opportunity to organize the militia and the common people to fill in all the trenches from Jurong to Danyang.

Xiang Qingyun saw that the goal of breaking the blockade line had been achieved, and ordered Jin Manlou to collect troops and return to defense, leaving one battalion of the special operations brigade and one battalion of the newly formed regiment at the southern foot of Baohua Mountain, to fight guerrilla attacks with squads and platoons.

Other troops immediately followed the example and attacked the highway and railway blockade lines from Danyang to Changzhou and Changzhou to Wuxi.

In order to avoid greater losses, he ordered the officers and men of each stronghold not to take the initiative to fight, as long as they controlled the strategic points.

After more than 20 days of hard work, Wu Mujun cleaned up the blockade line of the devils and announced to Qingyun: The first phase of the operation has come to an end.

In this phase of the operation, more than 400 casualties, more than 700 devils were killed and wounded, more than 200 people were captured, and the seizure of materials and ammunition was less than the consumption, but it didn't matter, because it was said that Fang Chang would rely on the road and railway to eat in the future! Moreover, all the officers and many soldiers of the newly formed unit have been trained, and their morale has been greatly boosted, and the soldiers with Hanyang-made guns and grenades actually claim to be artillerymen!

In addition, the officers of the newly formed units who participated in the guerrilla training also returned with a full load of high spirits, and they regarded themselves as experts in guerrilla warfare. As a result, officers at the brigade and regimental levels also asked to go to the guerrilla areas to observe and train, and they all understood that a single outdated mode of combat was not suitable for fighting devils at all, and according to the reactions of the middle- and lower-ranking officers, the number of roads in the Wumu army was many and good, and it was more and more enjoyable. So I couldn't help but apply to go to the front line to practice in person.

Xiang Qingyun did not object, and ordered the teaching brigade to escort senior officers to various guerrilla areas in batches, and by the way, they practiced various tactics such as marching, camping, attacking fortified positions, defensive battles, attacking, blocking, transferring, sabotage, surprise attacks, and night battles along the way. (To be continued.) )