"I also know that I should send troops to outflank the enemy's rear road, but the strength of this division in front of me is much stronger than I expected, even if the artillery battle is won now, the devil's heavy artillery still has no loss, most of their strength is still there, and as Lao Su you just said, there is a division behind the enemy, if we send troops to cut off the connection between the two, this army is bound to face the attack of the devil's two divisions, how huge is the pressure? If there are fewer troops, we will definitely not be able to stop it, but if we send too many troops, our frontal forces will be insufficient, so now we can only take one step at a time, first kill and injure as many enemies as possible, and then decide whether we will fight a rout or annihilate according to the changes in the situation", Hu Weidong smiled helplessly, and added a sentence after speaking, "And now we still need to wait for the scouts to send back more accurate information, we don't even know how many heavy artillery the enemy has, and we can't even fully confirm whether the enemy is the 12th Division or not, It's just blind with your eyes closed! ”

Although the 12th Division is known for its artillery, it also has a cavalry wing of more than 900 people (Note 1), and its combat effectiveness is certainly stronger than that of the former puppet Mongolian cavalry that the Red 15th Army has just been recruited, but the difference between the two sides is at least ten times in terms of numbers, and as more and more puppet Mongolian prisoners of war anyway, this gap is still growing. Under this situation, the cavalry wing of the devils was soon killed and wounded, and the open area between the two armies was almost completely controlled by the powerful reconnaissance of the Red Army cavalry, which naturally provided great convenience for the Red Army's scouts to infiltrate the devil's position. Even making the most of the cover of the night is by no means an easy task. But even so. It took two days and dozens of commanders and fighters to finally get accurate information about the enemy

"The devil really looks up to us, and the firepower of a division and regiment is only afraid that it can be compared with a later front army", Hu Weidong frowned slightly, but he couldn't help but faintly feel a sense of pride, "It turns out that our troops are already so powerful"

Not only Hu Weidong, but also Su Yu and even Zhang Hao, who is still a military layman, also feel the same way, but after knowing that the enemy still has a full 72 long-range heavy artillery, everyone is still inevitably afraid of three points. Zhang Hao, the political commissar of the legion, thought that if this threat could not be solved, it would be better to take the initiative to withdraw from the battle. Lest the 4th Division of the Japanese Army also rush to the battlefield at any time. At that time, it was not easy to withdraw, but the two military commanders, Hu Weidong and Su Yu, still wanted to try it.

But the Japanese were no more stupid than the Chinese, they were also able to learn from the war, and although the 12th Division lost most of its field artillery, the mountain artillery and infantry artillery belonging to the infantry wing were basically still there. Under the sharp artillery fire of the 15 th Red Army, the devils also learned the "artillery guerrilla tactic" of firing a few artillery shots and then transferring them within a few days, which greatly reduced the artillery effect of the Red 15 th Army. In addition, after the 72 heavy guns were transferred to a safe position, they also began to frequently shell the positions of the Red 15th Army and the larger cavalry groups, which soon forced Hu Weidong to stop the large-scale cavalry "power reconnaissance"

"Without dealing with these 72 heavy guns, we will not be able to launch a general attack, and we will not dare to send troops to cut off the enemy's rear. In the state of the target troops without protection and shelter, their power is really too great", Hu Weidong thought for a while, and finally made a decision, "Since the artillery can't solve them, then only rely on the infantry"

"No, I can't. How can the devil's artillery be so easy to end? You yourself said that the proportion of infantry in the artillery of the devil is very large, and even if our small troops successfully infiltrate it, it will be difficult to deal with it. And if you send too much, I'm afraid that the devils will be found on the road, and the devils have a tradition of destroying weapons, once they blow up the cannons, it must be the jade and the stones are burned, the more people we go, the greater the loss, I'm afraid it won't be able to come! Even Su Yu, who is also adventurous, shook his head again and again when he heard this, and Zhang Hao naturally voted against. …,

Hu Weidong seemed confident, "The artillery positions laid out by this devil army are very far apart, even if some shells are detonated by devils, it will not lead to a series of martyrdoms, as long as we are quick to see and move, this problem is not so serious." And for this battle, I have an idea for the political commissar and Lao Su, you have all watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", right? I don't know if there's a plot in it or not, it's the part of Cao Cao Tongguan who fought Ma Chao, Cao Cao was the first soldier in the Three Kingdoms, but Ma Chao, a guy who everyone thinks is brave and unscrupulous, successfully robbed the village"

Zhang Hao and Su Yu have naturally watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but they haven't paid attention to that detail, and now Hu Weidong only remembered it when he mentioned it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, thinking that maybe this battle could really be imitated, and dividing the raiding force into two can also reduce the target and increase the possibility of infiltrating the rear of the enemy army. It's just that this jihua is extremely difficult to execute, and the two troops are attacking separately, and it is in the night when there is only dim starlight, and it is not easy to cooperate perfectly.

"So this time I'm going to lead the team myself, so I'll leave it to the two of you here." , Hu Weidong smiled indifferently and said confidently.

Note 1: According to the establishment of the Japanese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the cavalry wings under the permanent divisions were actually mostly mechanized reconnaissance wings, generally equipped with a squadron of light tanks or armored vehicles (10-24 tanks or armored vehicles, generally 15 vehicles. and a cavalry squadron of 130 men, two motorized squadrons of 160 men, and a trucking squadron of 100 men (to transport those two motorized squadrons). However, because the 12th Division brought its own chariot wing, its cavalry wing did not need to use mechanized troops, so it was just an ordinary cavalry wing with a regular full strength of 950 people. This would have been no problem, but the chariot wing of the 12th Division was withdrawn before this battle, so that the 12th Division now does not even have a tank and armored vehicle, otherwise the Mongolian cavalry of the Red 15th Army would not dare to be so arrogant (your support is my greatest motivation. )