Chapter 54: Operational Deployment

"Reincarnation Zhuge is a bit exaggerated, but Chief of Staff Yang's analysis is very reasonable. Although the little devils are menacing, whether it is in terms of troops, firepower or morale, the little devils are at a disadvantage, and the most important thing is that the enemy is clear and we are secret. We know how many pounds and taels the little devil has, and we are still a mystery to the little devil. Whether it's Hideki Tojo or Norihide Abe, they definitely don't know that we had more than 10,000 soldiers a few months ago. It has been more than 10 days since the expansion order was issued to all units, and they all talked about it, how are your three brigades doing, are they all full? Chen Feng said.

Li Wensheng got up and replied: "Division, the three infantry regiments under the jurisdiction of our 222 Brigade, one cavalry regiment and one machine gun regiment, two infantry regiments are basically full, and the cavalry regiment is ready-made and full. There are still 600 vacancies in the machine gun regiment, and another infantry regiment is still more than 1,000 men short. The remaining four battalions directly under the brigade headquarters are also full, and our 222 Brigade now has a total of more than 8,800 soldiers, and there are still more than 2,400 vacancies. ”

"Our 223 Brigade is basically full, after the bastard in Jining was suppressed, the people in the city were extremely happy, the troops quickly established their prestige in the local area, and many of the villagers who heard the news actively participated in our troops, in addition to the more than 1,500 security regiments, we also recruited nearly 3,000 young adults, in addition, Jining gathered a large number of refugees who fled some time ago, the number is quite a lot, and we selected more than 3,000 people from these refugees, At present, there are more than 11,380 troops in total, and they have basically reached full strength. Li Yifeng, commander of the 223 Brigade, said proudly.

Li Yifeng does have the capital to be proud, the predecessor of the 223 Brigade was the Third Security Regiment, and the predecessor of the Third Security Regiment was a group of bandits, including Li Yifeng, who were captured by Li Wensheng, Xu Hu and others. In just a few months, the former prisoners have been transformed into regular troops of the National Revolutionary Army, not to mention the only full-fledged brigade of the 222nd Independent Division.

"Division, the situation of our garrison brigade is a little worse, and the Shangdu Security Regiment is similar to our Xinghe Security Regiment before, and there are only less than 800 people in the whole regiment, including those old, weak, sick and disabled. In addition, the population of Shangdu County is not large, and we have recruited less than 3,000 people in the past ten days, plus the more than 600 people who can be used in the security regiment, the total strength is only more than 7,600 people, and there is still a gap of more than 3,400 people. Xu Bao said depressedly.

I think that the Second Security Regiment was the most elite unit under Chen Feng, but after the expansion, it became the infantry brigade with the least number of soldiers under Chen Feng, which really made Xu Hu a little depressed.

"Well, it's not bad, it's a lot better than I thought. The units directly under the division headquarters are basically full, and the total strength of the units directly under the division has reached more than 9,600 people. Counting your three brigades, our 222nd Division has a total strength of more than 36,000 people, although more than two-thirds of the recruits are eggs, but they have the capital to set up a dragon gate formation with the little devils. Then Chen Feng continued: "The little devil is here to take revenge this time, and we really hurt this group of dogs last time." But we are not vegetarians, isn't it just more than 20,000 horses, Lao Tzu ate all 20,000 people this time, and look at Tojo Hideki's old dog day and a bird. ”

"Shiza, we can't take it lightly, the Japanese are still very strong in combat? We once fought a battle in Suidong with a cavalry of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and in that battle we had an absolute superiority in numbers, with our four cavalry detachments totaling more than 4,800 men, while the Japanese had only more than 1,800 men. But in that battle, we were not able to completely annihilate the Japanese cavalry wing, although we eliminated more than 1,000 of them, but we still let those bastards escape in the end, and we lost nearly 2,000 people in the end. So we can't underestimate those short ones, they are not as weak as we think. Andrei, deputy commander of the 222 Brigade, got up and said.

Andrei was Yeherina's own uncle, a former regimental commander of the Russian Guards Cavalry Division, and after the October Revolution, he fled to China with Yeherina's father, until he was taken over by Chen Feng some time ago.

"Chen, you have to be cautious, what Uncle Andre said is very reasonable. The Japanese army fought like crazy, we had never encountered such a crazy army, and it was a disaster for a new recruit to meet an army like that. Yeherina also interjected.

"Hehehe, the Japanese army is indeed not weak in battle, but when they encounter our 222nd Division, they have to lie on their stomachs. Besides, we're not going to fight with them, see this? Chen Feng pointed to a dot on the map and said.

"Zhang Bei?"

"That's right, it's Zhang Bei. This was originally the location of the headquarters of the Chahar Dispatch Corps, and later with the rapid advance of the Japanese army, the headquarters also continued to move forward, moving from Zhangbei to Zhangjiakou, and from Zhangjiakou to Huailai. Although the headquarters of the Chahar Dispatch Corps has been relocated from Zhangbei, it is still a very important supply base for the Chahar Dispatch Corps, where a large number of weapons and equipment and fuel are hoarded, so Tojo Hideki will station an elite here. Now that this elite has gone south, we can give the little devil a surprise here! Chen Feng said.

Hearing Chen Feng say this, the eyes of all the officers in the conference room suddenly lit up. As long as the Japanese army's logistics supply base is ended, Chahar will definitely be able to force the mixed detachment of the corps to return to Zhangbei.

"In addition, the little devil definitely doesn't know the Daqingshan base, the little devil wants to give us a four-sided encirclement, and we can give them a center to bloom. Therefore, I think that this battle can be divided into two stages, the first stage is to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army to move south, send cavalry troops to take Zhangbei first, force the mixed detachment of the Japanese army to return to Zhangbei, and then send elite infantry to set up an ambush halfway, and strive to completely annihilate the Japanese army on this road. ”

"The second stage is to take advantage of the Japanese army's full siege of Xinghe County, the army quickly formed an encirclement behind the Japanese army, and then suddenly launched an attack, and the defenders in the city should be combined with the outside, giving the little devil a center to blossom." Chen Feng spoke his mind.

"Master, the solution is good, but there is a loophole. That is, it was necessary to have a particularly defensive force stationed in the county town to attract Japanese firepower until the troops outside the city completed the encirclement. Otherwise, the little devil will not be fooled. Xu Hu said with a frown.

"Well, what Xu Hu said makes sense, not only that, but also an officer with enough weight to stay in the city to confuse the eyes of the Japanese army." Chen Feng said.

"Division, the task of staying in the county seat belongs to our 222 Brigade, so let our brigade regiment carry out this task!" Li Wensheng said loudly.

"What are you flying, to carry out such a task is our 223 Brigade, a full brigade, your 222 Brigade is not full now, how can you carry out such an important task, Shizuo, you give an order, as long as you give an order, I, Li Yifeng, will immediately take a regiment into Xinghe County." Li Yifeng said loudly.

"Look at the one who makes you stunted, isn't it full, Lao Tzu will recruit people when he goes back"

"Alright, okay, stop messing around here. Your three brigades have their own tasks, so you don't need to worry about the affairs of staying in the county seat, and I will personally take the guard regiment and the air defense regiment to stay in the county seat. On the one hand, you are not familiar with the situation in the city, and on the other hand, your level is too low, and the main target of the little devil this time is me, if I am not in the city, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the little devil. ”

Seeing that several brigade commanders were about to open their mouths to object, Chen Feng immediately said: "Don't persuade me, I have made up my mind." Now I'm going to arrange a battle plan. The 222nd Brigade Cavalry Regiment and the 223rd Brigade Cavalry Regiment were intensively used, led by Andrei, and began a long-distance attack on Zhangbei County after the Japanese army arrived at Xinghe City. Remember, you have to put a lot of pressure on the Japanese troops in Zhangbei City, but don't wipe them all out for the time being, let them ask for help from the little devils on the Xinghe front, and force the dog to return to Zhangbei. ”

"After the Japanese army returned to Zhangbei, the first regiment, the second regiment, and the machine artillery regiment of the 222 Brigade will set up an ambush in Daqinggou, this time don't bring earth dogs, I will equip each of your brigade machine gun regiments with 32 anti-aircraft machine guns to deal with the little devil's aircraft and combat vehicles, this thing is much stronger than the earth dog. Li Wensheng, this mission can only succeed and not fail, 1,800 little devils, not a single one can be spared, do you know the way? ”。

"Yes, Master. But I think the Iron King Eight is still our earth dog to deal with the little devil, can the anti-aircraft machine gun you said really work? Li Wensheng whispered.

"Hehehe, don't think that the anti-aircraft machine gun is used to fight planes, let me tell you, the anti-aircraft machine gun can be used as a heavy machine gun, and the power is far more powerful than the heavy machine gun, 14 mm bullets can directly break people into two, very terrifying. In addition, our new anti-aircraft machine guns can not only hit targets in the sky, even the little devil's tank can also be hit, as far as the little devil's Type 94, Type 95 and even Type 97 tanks have the thin iron sheet, which can not resist our anti-aircraft machine gun flat fire at all, you can rest assured, you will be satisfied when the time comes. Chen Feng said with a smile.