Chapter 80: Dead End (4)
"Division, the humble position thinks that it is very unwise to fight with the Japanese army city by city and place, now the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the difference in strength is extremely large, and it is unwise for our army and the Japanese army to fight hard, so the humble position thinks that our army should jump out of the periphery and deal with the Japanese army." Chief of Staff Yang Yi said.
"But the order of the Commander's Department of the Second War Zone is to let us hold Datong, at least for more than 20 days, this is a dead order, if we fail to complete the task, the consequences are very serious." Chen Feng said with a frown.
"The order of the Governor's Department of the Second War Zone is only for us to hold Datong, and it does not say to hold the north of Jin and hold Suinan, so we can leave an elite army in Datong to defend Datong, and the main force is to jump to the periphery of the Japanese puppet encirclement, and then seek an opportunity to annihilate one of them, so that the encirclement of the Japanese puppet army will become a sieve leaking everywhere, and maybe you can get other surprises." Yang Yi continued.
"This is also a good way, but the one who stays in Datong must be an elite army, otherwise it will be difficult to hold on for more than 20 days, you must know that once the road is surrounded by the Japanese army, then don't think about breaking through, you can only be rescued by the peripheral troops, and the number of people can not be too much, otherwise the food in the city can not withstand consumption. In addition, we have to bring it to life in this battle, and we must defend Datong, but we can't defend it to the death, and it is not our style to be beaten all the time, so we have a combination of offense and defense, offense and defense. Chen Feng said in a deep voice.
"Military seat, although the Japanese army is powerful, but there is a fatal shortcoming, that is, they have few people, this is more than 10,000 people have already transferred the little devil's troops in the north, we can play a game of hide and seek with the Japanese army, they came to Datong Jining to encircle and annihilate us, why don't we go the opposite way and attack their rear nest." Li Yifeng, commander of the 223rd Brigade, said.
"This is a good idea, the Pingjin area is not good, although it is the nest of the North China Front, but the fortifications there are very strong, and they don't need many troops, only one infantry brigade can hold it for half a month, and it doesn't make sense for us to attack there. The 26th Division, the 15th Brigade and the 4th Cavalry Brigade under the command of the Mongolian Army have all been dispatched, which means that the nest of the Mongolian Army is only five infantry brigades at most, and it is also scattered in more than a dozen banner counties. After analyzing these, Chen Feng continued: "Okay, let's fight this battle like this, send a force to defend Datong, attract the main force of the Japanese army, the main force jumps out of the encirclement of the Japanese army and waits for help, looking for an opportunity to destroy the enemy, the cavalry group and the special combat team run long distance to Kulen, the headquarters of the Mongolian army, now tell me which of you wants to be a bait?" ”
Before Chen Feng's words fell, Li Wensheng, commander of the 101st Division, got up and said: "Military seat, I think that it is enough to defend Datong with a brigade at most, but it needs to be equipped with air defense and artillery and other related combat units, so I am willing to take the 222nd Brigade to stay in Datong." ”
"Commander, the 223rd Brigade is willing to fight!"
"Military seat, 224 Brigade please fight!"
"Military seat, the Duqi Brigade is invited to fight!"
"Okay, okay, you two brigades don't blindly participate, the 224 Brigade is a newly formed brigade, and there is still a big gap between your combat effectiveness and the elite, so there is no difference between letting you guard Datong and sending food to the little devils. The main task of the Duqi Brigade is to defend Daqingshan, so the task of defending the city is to be undertaken by the 101st Division. In addition, defending Datong is not only a technical work but also a strength work, Wensheng, you take the 309th, 401st, and machine artillery regiments of the 222nd Brigade to defend Datong, and I will also transfer the original artillery regiment and air defense regiment of our 222nd Division to you, a total of five regimental processing troops, baggage, and guard battalions, with a total strength of 16,000 people. I'll give you another fortress after the end, my requirement is to hold on to Datong for two months, can you do it? Chen Feng said.
"If there is enough food and ammunition, the mission will be completed!" Although Li Wensheng didn't know what the fortress Chen Feng was talking about, he believed Chen Feng.
"Okay, then let's arrange it like this, and let Li Wensheng guard Datong. In addition, I ordered that the defense area should immediately enter a state of special combat readiness, that all counties should immediately organize the masses to clear the fortified walls, and that all troops in Huiren, Yingxian, Tianzhen, Xinghe, and Shangdu should be evacuated. At the same time, the 7th Brigade of the Independent Seventh Brigade was withdrawn to Daqing Mountain to be on covert standby, the 223rd Brigade and the 224th Brigade were withdrawn to Dashan Mountain to be on covert standby, the 200th Brigade and the military headquarters were withdrawn to Xiaolama Mountain to be on covert standby, and the cavalry group, the 222nd Brigade Cavalry Regiment, and the Special Operations Brigade immediately went north to attack the headquarters of the Mongolian army. Chen Feng ordered loudly.
In a very short period of time, government officials from all districts and counties under the 61st Army received orders to immediately organize the transfer of the masses, not only to transfer personnel, but also to transfer grain, livestock, and other materials, and even the wells in the city were all covered up with earth and stones.
At the same time, Chen Feng ordered the troops to recruit nearly 30,000 miners from hundreds of coal kilns outside Datong City, and put all these people into two supplementary teams. Even if it is a horse leather shroud that died on the battlefield, it is a well-deserved death.
Although these people were very dissatisfied with being forcibly recruited, many people couldn't help but be moved when they saw the soldiers of the 61st Army wearing powerful military uniforms and bright steel guns.
On the evening of November 9, Chen Feng ordered all the troops in Datong to withdraw to the city tonight, and no one was allowed to stay within two kilometers of the city wall.
In the middle of the night, Chen Feng rode alone to the outside of Datong City, and after taking out the fortress construction order he had obtained before, he chose to use it. With Chen Feng's order, under the simulation of the system, a large screen suddenly appeared in front of Chen Feng's eyes, on which was a huge map of the Republic of China, the accuracy of which far exceeded Chen Feng's expectations.
"The host uses the fortress construction order, please confirm the location of use!" The system intelligent elf voice prompts.
"Datong" Chen Feng found Datong on the map, and then confirmed.
"The place of use is China. Shanxi. Datong, please reconfirm the host! ”
"Confirm, Datong!"
"The Fortress Construction Order has been confirmed, and the system is being generated, so please wait!"
After about five minutes, the system intelligence sprite prompted again: "Stronghold generating"
As the construction of the fortress turned into a transparent point of light, and then disappeared into the night, a fortress that was not very majestic appeared in front of Chen Feng's eyes like smoke and fog, and then solidified and solidified until it was completely formed.
Chen Feng already knew about this fortress, this is a third-level fortress, although it is only a third-level fortress, but it is no less than the first fortress in East Asia, Lushun Fortress. Moreover, this fortress was remodeled according to the original city wall gate and tower of Datong, so on the surface, it does not look like it has changed much from before.
But the actual change is not a little bit, I saw that the original more than ten meters high city tower suddenly increased more than ten meters, and became a composite building with four floors underground and six floors above ground, especially the city wall and the material of the entire city fortifications have all become reinforced concrete, which can directly resist the direct attack of 1000 kg of aerial bombs, and the largest 105 or 150 caliber heavy artillery that the Japanese army is now equipped with cannot shake the defense of this fortress at all. In particular, the underground fortifications not only had places for soldiers to rest, but also places to store ammunition and food and water, and there was a water circulation system to prevent the enemy from digging tunnels to infiltrate the city.
In addition, the fortifications around the city that are fortresses are far beyond Chen Feng's expectations, the original dilapidated city wall was replaced overnight with a tall city wall of 6 meters high and 8 meters wide, although it looks really not very different from the outside, but people who often live in Datong will find that the height of the city wall has not only become about a meter higher, but also wider, there are a large number of pillboxes and shooting ports on it, the most important thing is that such city fortifications cover the entire Datong, Overnight, Datong turned from a small city in northern Jin Province with a fairly good defense capability into a super-grade fortress.
Chen Feng is very satisfied with the effect of the use of the fortress construction order, although it will definitely make many people have all kinds of conjectures or doubts after that, but Chen Feng doesn't care at all, on the one hand, the changes in Datong City are on the inside rather than on the surface, and the changes on the surface are very limited, even if there is an idea, it is just that Chen Feng organized the soldiers to completely overhaul the city fortifications of Datong. On the other hand, Chen Feng doesn't care what others think, what others think is someone else's business, he is still pinched on this bullshit system now, how can he care what others think.
Besides, with his current strength, no matter who wants to move him, he has to think about the consequences, the army of more than 100,000 is not vegetarian, although the vast majority of recruits are recruited, but who makes Chen Feng's troops well equipped, even the Japanese army's field troops can not be compared with Chen Feng's troops, the rifle is all 98k, the light machine gun machine gun is Czech, the heavy machine gun is Makqin and 75 type, in addition to artillery, there is still a certain deficiency, and the Japanese army cannot be compared with Chen Feng's department in other aspects.