After inspecting all the eighteen bunker groups, Yue Weihan asked Mao Yisheng again: "Mr. Mao, have the anti-blasting measures I told you last time been built?" ”

Historically, the Songshan fortress of the army was not broken by [***] head-on, but was dug by [***] to the bottom of the mountain, and then a large number of explosives were planted to blow it up.

Mao Yisheng smiled slightly, pointed his finger in front and said, "Commander-in-Chief Yue, please take a look." ”

Following the direction of Mao Yisheng's finger, Yue Weihan saw the three trenches on the periphery.

These three trenches were built on the plains on the periphery of Conch Mountain and Baoqi Mountain, stretching for four or five miles, and the Zhengtai Railway and Shitai Highway that originally passed through here were all cut off by these three trenches, and these three trenches were all reinforced with cement, and if the army launched an attack from the plain, it would definitely not be able to bypass these three trenches.

Yue Weihan visually inspected it, the outermost trench was about 1,000 meters away from the main position, which was exactly within the effective range of the heavy machine gun, and these three trenches were built very distinctively, and their cross-sectional shape was an inverted irregular trapezoid, the outer wall was vertical, about 1.8 meters high, 4 meters wide at the bottom, and the inner wall was a long inclined plane with an inclination angle of about 30 degrees.

In addition, there are tunnel exits every twenty meters, which are obviously used to project troops and firepower into the trenches.

Liu Yi said proudly: "Boss, this trench is good, right?" ”

Next to Mao Yisheng explained: "Commander-in-Chief Yue, this trench was personally designed by Chief of Staff Liu, and the advantage of this design is that our army can rely on the trench to effectively block the enemy, but the enemy cannot use this trench to cover himself at all, because for the group of Zimu bunkers on the mountain, these three trenches do not have any shooting dead ends at all."

Yue Weihan nodded, and said unrelentingly: "But, what does this have to do with blasting?" ”

"Of course it does." Mao Yisheng said, "If the army wants to dig tunnels and blast the Tumen fortress, they can only dig from the plain in front of them, so their tunnels must pass through these three trenches, I have designed more than 100 listening deep holes in these three trenches, if the army really digs tunnels, it will definitely not be able to hide our monitoring." ”

"So, what about countermeasures?" Yue Weihan said again, light energy monitoring is not possible.

"Flooding." Mao Yisheng pointed to the Weishui River (now Taiping River) that meandered from the foot of Hailuo Mountain not far away, and said, "If we hear that the Yue army is really digging tunnels, we can dig out the interception channel first, and after the Yue army tunnels are dug through, we will introduce river water to back up, and the tunnel tactics of the Yue army will be self-defeating." ”

"Okay." Yue Weihan said happily, "Now it's really solid." ”

When Yue Weihan was about to go down the mountain to experience these three trenches on the spot, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Xin, the commander of the communications battalion, climbed Conch Mountain out of breath, and immediately reported immediately: "General, the Military Commission has reported on the emergency battle situation, the New Fifth Army has achieved an unprecedented victory in Hengyang, severely damaged the Nakamura Brigade in the vanguard of the 5th Division of the Chinese Army, and killed and wounded more than 6,000 people!" ”

"Oh, Hengyang's victory?" Yue Weihan's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.

Since the fall of Wuhan, Yue Weihan's heart has been hanging in his throat, he is worried that [***] will be defeated like a mountain, and lose Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and even Sichuan in one go! If this were to happen, China would never have been able to hold out on to the outbreak of the Pacific War.

Now, however, that will never happen again.

The New Fifth Army inflicted heavy losses on the 5th Division of the Forward of the Yue Army in Hengyang, which immediately stopped the rapid offensive momentum of the Yue Army, and also won time for the [***] rout of more than 100 divisions to regroup.

In fact, the army is already at the end of its strong crossbows.

Due to China's resolute resistance, the battle line of the Chinese army has been stretched very long, from Mengsui in the north to Lianghu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi in the south, and the two armies of China and China have fought to the death on a front thousands of kilometers long.

Therefore, if nothing else, the frontal offensive of the Japanese army will be over in half a month.

In the future, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression will enter a stage of protracted stalemate, just like in history.

"Let's go, go back to headquarters!" Yue Weihan immediately returned to the headquarters with Liu Yi.

The battle on the frontal battlefield is over for the time being, but the war on the battlefield behind the enemy is about to kick off, and the 39th Group Army must also prepare to deal with the sweep of the army as soon as possible.

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Yucheng, General Staff.

Chairman Chiang, who had just attended the news conference, walked into the war room with a red face.

The great victory in Hengyang and the heavy damage to the 5th Division of the New Fifth Army finally made Chairman Chiang's face, which had been gloomy for more than two months, disperse again and become warm, and he was infected by Chairman Chiang, and the dozen or so senior generals who followed him into the war room also looked excited.

He Yingqin, chief of the General Staff, briefed Chairman Chiang: "Commission, Du Yuming has just sent an urgent telegram that the New Fifth Army, with the 200th Division as the vanguard, is attacking northward along the Changheng Highway, and the Ninth and Nineteenth Group Armies of the Third Theater have also recovered Pingxiang, and the main force of the Fifth Division of the Third Army has been frightened by the New Fifth Army to retreat back to Xiangtan. ”

Chairman Jiang nodded happily, and then turned back to Chen Cheng and said: "Resignation, immediately telegraph to Du Yuming, and the poor will not chase after him, so as not to fall into the encirclement of the army alone." ”

"Yes." Chen Cheng snapped upright, then turned around and entered the telecommunications room next door.

He Yingqin said again: "Commission, after the victory in Hengyang, the frontal offensive of the Yue army is estimated to be over, and it is impossible to launch a large-scale offensive at least two years, and then the energy of the Yue army will definitely be turned to the battlefield behind the enemy. ”

Chairman Jiang nodded, and suddenly asked, "Jingzhi, have the two hundred cadets who graduated from the Central Military Academy ahead of schedule and sent to the 39th Group Army arrived safely?" ”

He Yingqin said: "The 39th Group Army has not yet replied, it is estimated that it has not yet arrived." ”

"It's been almost two months, haven't you arrived yet?" Chairman Jiang frowned, and said, "What about the second batch of 2,000 experts, professors, and skilled workers sent to the Taihang Base Area?" ”

"That's already here." He Yingqin hurriedly said, "I arrived with the military salary of 500,000 fiat currency." ”

"That's weird, Yue Weihan wouldn't be deliberately pretending to be confused, right?" Chairman Jiang's brows became more and more frowned, and he said, "In this way, you immediately send another telegram to Yue Weihan, if this group of students has not yet arrived, let him quickly send troops to Yan Xishan to pick up people, if he has already arrived, let him be properly settled!" ”

"Yes." Admiral He snapped to the ground and turned around.

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Jingcheng County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.

Yue Weihan is discussing the battle situation with Liu Yi and Lu Xiufeng.

In the past two months, Yue Weihan has been busy with the construction of the base area, especially the planning and construction of the Cangyanshan Industrial Zone, Yue Weihan is even more hands-on, and never dares to have the slightest negligence, Liu Yi is also busy supervising the progress of the Tumen Fortress project, as for the regular training of the Baoshan Division, it has always been in charge of the deputy division commander Lu Xiufeng.

In these two months, the Baoshan Division was not idle, but carried out high-intensity military training.

Although Yue Weihan was not responsible for specific training affairs, the training subjects were all formulated by him, such as shooting, physical fitness, wilderness survival and other basic infantry training subjects, Yue Weihan copied the tutorials and standards of later generations, but compared with later generations, the Baoshan Division had more stabbing techniques, but it was the knife technique of the 29th Army Broadsword Team that was imitated.

After two months of high-intensity training, the combat effectiveness of the Baoshan Division has been greatly enhanced.

Lu Xiufeng confidently said to Yue Weihan: "Boss, let me tell you this, we don't know how the combat effectiveness of the little devil's Guards Division is, the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Kwantung Army are the real trump cards, we will definitely not be able to do it, but except for these three divisions, the other field divisions are not necessarily stronger than our Baoshan Division." ”

Yue Weihan didn't splash Lu Xiufeng with cold water, but he knew in his heart that it was impossible.

As far as the allocation of firepower is concerned, it is true that the Baoshan Division is no longer under the permanent divisions and regiments of the Chinese army, and the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the officers and men are absolutely not under the old devil soldiers of the permanent divisions and regiments, but the quality of the grassroots officers of the grassroots units cannot be compared; all the grassroots officers of the Baoshan Division have graduated from the noncommissioned officer school, while most of the grassroots officers of the Baoshan Division are illiterate.

However, the question of the quality of officers at the grassroots level cannot be solved in a short period of time.

As early as the breakthrough of Xuzhou, Yue Weihan was already thinking about this problem, if you want to improve the quality of grassroots officers, the most effective way is to set up a crash course for officers, and conduct rotation training for all grassroots officers, but at present, the base area has just been created, and things are complicated, and Yue Weihan can't take care of these things for the time being.

Liu Yi guessed Yue Weihan's thoughts, and suddenly said, "Boss, or ...... Enrich the 200 graduates of the Central Military Academy sent by Yucheng to the front line? "These two hundred cadets are graduates of the Central Military Academy, and they are still Yue Weihan's juniors, and they are only three years later than Yue Weihan.

"Nope." Yue Weihan flatly rejected this proposal.

Yue Weihan was not afraid that these two hundred students would override him.

Yue Weihan's military exploits are impressive, and he is even more god-like in the hearts of all the soldiers of the Baoshan Division, how can his status be shaken by these two hundred student dolls?

Yue Weihan was worried that these students would not be able to lead the soldiers, and enriching to the front line would weaken the combat effectiveness of the Baoshan Division!

One of the most basic facts is that before these cadets were admitted to the Central Military Academy, they had never even touched a gun, and they lacked a basic understanding of the cruelty of war.

The reason why the officers of the army are strong is that they have served in the army for several years before they are admitted to the non-commissioned officer school.

In fact, the graduates of the Whampoa Military Academy are really powerful in the first five phases, the reason is very simple, the first five cadets are basically fighting while studying, they all grew up in blood and fire, so they have a very high quality, and they have enough understanding of the cruelty of war, but after the fifth phase, the level of the cadets began to plummet.

(To be continued)