The monkey hurriedly held his head high: "Yes, please rest assured, my monkey's life is Tuanza's, and I will definitely live up to Tuanza's expectations, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and repay Tuanza's life-saving grace!" ”

Qiao Youhua said with a smile: "Don't say that, your life is your own, we resist Japan to save the devil and kill the traitors, not for anyone, but for the entire Chinese nation and our country!" ”

After speaking, Qiao Youhua took the lead and walked towards the camp headquarters, and the monkey left on its own.

Jiang Haidong followed in, Qiao Youhua picked up the teapot and drank it coldly, lit a cigarette and smoked it, Jiang Haidong saw him frowning, so he asked, "What's wrong?" Lose sleep over something? ”

"It's false to say that I'm not worried, the Japanese army who came this time is more difficult to deal with than the previous devils, and almost all of our surprise attack methods have been used before.

With the shrewdness of Seishiro Itagaki this person, he will not be fooled again, which means that he will not eat the losses suffered by the Japanese army before. This battle will be the most difficult battle since we started to resist Japan! Qiao Youhua said meaningfully while smoking.

Jiang Haidong nodded undeniably, and asked suspiciously: "There is a question, I have never figured it out, why don't you let the first and second battalions set up minefields in front of the position?" You know, in a defensive battle where the enemy is strong and we are weak, mines can play a great role!

Aren't the previous battles the best proof of this? ”

Jiang Haidong really didn't understand this, but out of absolute obedience and trust in Qiao Youhua, he didn't ask, and he couldn't help but ask today.

Let's not talk about it far away, let's just say that if a minefield can be set up in front of the position in the defensive battle of the company north of the town today, then the devil's tentative attack may not even be able to detect the forward trenches of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force, and they will return home!

Qiao Youhua turned around and came to the map, pointed to the map and tilted his head to look at Jiang Haidong and said: "You look at the terrain of Luquan, there are two ditches in the north and Magou Town in the east, we have defenses in both directions, but there is no suitable stronghold to defend in the west." Once the Japanese attack in the northeast and two directions is frustrated, it is bound to attack from the west in a roundabout way, so what can we do to block the devil's roundabout attack? ”

Jiang Haidong seemed to have a sense of understanding, and said, "You mean, the mines are all used in the western defense line?" ”

Qiao Youhua nodded and said, "That's right, the reason why I didn't equip the first and second battalions with mines and arrange minefields was to concentrate on the use of mines." Erdaogouzi and Magou Town have perfect ground fortifications and intricately sturdy underground fortifications, and the addition of minefields is just icing on the cake, and sooner or later they will be cleared by the Japanese army by a frontal breakthrough.

It is different on the western front, from the northwest of the county to the southwest of the remaining veins of the Feiyunling Mountains, within a few kilometers, I asked the guard company to quietly arrange a large echelon-type minefield, and the angle of the mine planting range was carefully designed by me.

In cooperation with the cavalry reconnaissance company and part of the infantry patrol of the third battalion, it was enough to resist the roundabout attack of the Japanese army, and at least before the frontal defense line was broken through by the Japanese army, it was necessary to ensure that the western front was safe!

Let the Japanese attack from the north and east as much as possible, and we will resist in echelons, only in this way will the superiority of the Japanese army be offset by a certain number of steps.

As for the division and encirclement of Feiyunling, Luquan, Erdaogouzi and Magou Town by the Japanese army, we must not sit idly by and watch this happen until the last moment when we have no choice but to do so. ”

After listening to this, Jiang Haidong nodded thoughtfully: "It makes sense, then what is the key factor for our victory in this defense battle?" “

Qiao Youhua shook his head and said: "With my original strategic idea, as long as we rely on the fortifications that we have been operating for a long time, resist the Japanese army one by one, wear down the Japanese army's sharpness, strength and ammunition, and finally persist until the counterattack arrives, but at present, the fighter planes are changing rapidly, and the decisive factor that can really turn us around has not yet appeared."

I can only take one step at a time, and I believe that as long as we can withstand the attack of the Japanese army, the fighters will definitely appear. ”

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Shimen County, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

Takagi Tanji's face was a little ugly, completely lost his previous spirit, unruly, and walked into the conference room with a saber under the gaze of Seishiro Itagaki, Nishimura Riwin and other command officers.

When he came to Itagaki Seishiro, he bowed his head sharply and said, "Your Excellency the division commander, you are incompetent in your duties, and your tentative attack ended in a fiasco, please punish you." ”

Seishiro Itagaki waved his hand and said disapprerovitically: "I know the results of the battle, let's talk about your thoughts, or do you have any new opinions on our opponent after this short fight?" ”

Takagi Duanji didn't expect the division commander to be so magnanimous, and while he was grateful, he hurriedly said: "Your Excellency General Hui, I haven't fought with this enemy army before, and I humbly admit that I am a little light on the enemy, but I won't in the future!" In this tentative attack, we knew that our opponents were well prepared and had reasonable firepower, and that they were a cunning opponent that would be more difficult to deal with than any army we had ever encountered. ”

When Takaki Tanji said this, the other Japanese officers present changed color slightly, and the little disdain in their hearts couldn't help but put it away.

You must know that Takaki Duanji is the new major general brigade commander of the 9th Brigade, he said so, the opponent is definitely not simple, and the next may be a vicious battle!

And the reaction of the crowd is exactly what Seishiro Itagaki wants to see, which is the real reason why he asked Takaki Tanji to personally lead the team to launch a tentative attack.

He knew that his subordinates had won many battles in Shanxi and Xuzhou, especially in Shanxi, where they had once again inflicted heavy losses on Wei Lihuang's Central Army and Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army, so that the 5th Division had regained their sense of honor as an invincible steel army.

And behind this sense of honor, is arrogance, especially some middle and low-level officers, is even more arrogant, arrogant and unstoppable, familiar with the Chinese military books and history Itagaki Seishiro keeps in mind a truth, that is, arrogant soldiers will be defeated!

The famous generals of the Japanese army are definitely not boasted indiscriminately, and several cronies under Wei Lihuang and Yan Xishan, such as Fu Zuoyi, Shang Zhen and others, are all considered famous generals of the Republic of China, but they are all defeated in the hands of Itagaki Seishiro.

What is even more ironic is that at that time, Itagaki Seishiro only had the strength of most of the divisions, but he was defeated by the Jin Sui Army in a row, and the elite troops of dozens of divisions of the Central Army swept most of Shanxi with their own strength.

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Itagaki Seishiro said to Takagi Tanji: "Takagi-kun, the people of China often say that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and you don't have to worry too much about today's failure, as long as you put away your contempt and be cautious, the next victory will still belong to us!" ”