Chapter 31: One Loss and One Gain
For the commander of the 115th Division, Lin and Deputy Division Commander Nie Rongzhen, they both believed that they should insist on fighting a big battle, an ambush war, and completely hit the arrogance of the Japanese army, while the Yan and An commands insisted on fighting guerrilla warfare, and the two sides had differences. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On September 16, the 115th Division telegraphed the battle order to the Yan and An Commands and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
There is a question before the 115th Division and the Yan and An Commands, that is, how to use troops, whether to concentrate troops to fight mobile warfare and regular warfare, or to disperse troops and fight guerrilla warfare.
There was a big difference in the opinions of the commander of the 115th Division and Chairman Mao.
Division Commander Lin believed that the 344th Brigade and the division headquarters should be dispatched to concentrate troops, and prepare to wait for the enemy to feint on the friendly positions of the enemy in the east of Daying and Pingxingguan, and our army would attack the enemy's left rear and annihilate the enemy in order to expand the results of the battle.
Chairman Mao pointed out: Our army should adhere to the established strategic principle and use guerrilla warfare to coordinate with friendly forces, and basically should not waver in this policy.
It can be seen from this that Chairman Mao did not agree with Master Lin's idea,
On September 17, Chairman Mao sent a telegram to Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin Moulin, and others, pointing out: The Eighth Route Army, at this time, is a detachment and does not play a decisive role in a decisive battle, but if it is properly deployed, it can play a decisive role in supporting guerrilla warfare in North China, mainly in SX.
However, Chairman Mao's two telegrams failed to convince Division Commander Lin, who replied to Chairman Mao, insisting on his own opinion, and now it is necessary to fight wars, capture prisoners, and capture prisoners to improve the confidence of the army and the people in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and enhance the prestige of the Party and the Eighth Route Army.
Chairman Mao did not advocate fighting such a war, believing that the Japanese army had extremely strong combat capabilities, and with the regular army of the National Revolutionary Army at that time, it was no longer able to resist the Japanese attack.
Chairman Mao stressed: "The Eighth Route Army should go deep behind enemy lines as soon as possible and carry out extensive guerrilla warfare, and only through this kind of guerrilla warfare can it finally win the victory of the entire War of Resistance Against Japan." ”
On September 18 and 19, Lin Mou, the commander of the 115th Division, continued to send reports to the Yan and An Commands, insisting on fighting a big battle.
Due to the repeated insistence of the front-line command of the 115th Division, Chairman Mao conducted repeated studies on the combat plan.
On September 21, Chairman Mao sent a telegram to Zhu De, expressing his agreement that Division Commander Lin would temporarily concentrate a brigade to fight, but still adhere to his established strategic policy.
Chairman Mao also sent a telegram to Vice Chairman Zhou and Liu Shaoqi and Zhu Rui, responsible persons of the Northern Bureau, and clearly stated: "The entire work in North China should take guerrilla warfare as the only direction, and tell the whole party that there will be no other work in the future, and the only thing is guerrilla warfare." ”
Ouyang carefully recalled this famous historical fact, and kept thinking in his mind whether it was necessary to fight a big battle in this Pingxingguan Battle, and even to dispatch a brigade or even a division of troops.
In fact, strictly speaking, this battle of Pingxingguan was the first confrontation between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army in the formal sense.
Although the 129th Division Independent Regiment where Ouyang was before had fought with the Japanese army and even achieved certain results, the 129th Division Independent Regiment was also a "black army", which did not exist in the battle sequence of the National Revolutionary Army and was not recognized by the state.
Therefore, this battle of Pingxingguan was the first battle between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army recorded in history!
In the history of our army, landmark battles.
At the moment, Ouyang also believes that a big war must be fought, even if it is worth the sacrifice, this battle will surely inspire the determination of all the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army to resist Japan and break the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army.
After thinking about it, Ouyang immediately stood up, and in front of many battalion and regiment-level officers, regardless of everyone's stunned expressions, he slowly walked towards everyone and said with a smile: "Division Commander Lin, Deputy Division Commander Nie, I have a sentence, I don't know if to say it or not?" ”
Suddenly, the air in the combat conference room seemed to drop several degrees, and the faces of the battalion and regiment-level cadres of the 115th Division, even the division commander and deputy division commander, were all gloomy.
"It's not good, it's bad."
I lack organizational discipline!
Ouyang's face immediately changed, knowing that he had done something extremely stupid, and now it was not a tea party.
It's a high-profile combat meeting!
He is an outsider of the 129th Division, and he is also a clerk with the rank of second lieutenant, and now he is only a so-called guerrilla "commander", where is he qualified to speak.
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
"Ding Dong!"
System prompt: Due to the host's impolite words and deeds at the high-level meeting of the 115th Division, the high-level leaders of the 115th Division are collectively dissatisfied with the host, so the following tasks are generated.
Mission content: The host must eliminate the 115th Division Commander Lin, Deputy Division Commander Nie Rongzhen, and 343 Brigade Commander Chen Guang's antipathy to the host within three days.
Reward for mission success: One weapon card draw!
Mission Failure Penalty: The Fierce Summoning System is closed for one year!
"Humph!"
Lin Mou, the commander of the 115th Division, snorted coldly, and no one in the other high-level officials paid attention to him, but continued to arrange the next combat deployment.
Time is running out!
Seeing this, Ouyang had no choice but to swallow the words in his heart, returned to the corner of the war room, and continued to sit down.
I'm very depressed!
It's all my fault for this broken mouth, what I thought of and what I said, I forgot what place this was, and now it's not in the university before I crossed over, and I can say whatever I want as a teacher.
However, after thinking about it, it may not be possible to obtain the joy points of the high-level leaders of the 115th Division now, but if the mission is successful, there is even a chance to win a weapon card lottery.
In the previous Mid-Autumn Festival lottery, Ouyang drew the weapon card of the special first battalion in the TV series "My Special One Battalion", the White River Resistance Battle, if it weren't for the timely help of the special one battalion, he might have revolutionized to the end.
A crisis is an opportunity!
After the meeting, Deputy Division Commander Nie Rongzhen met with Ouyang, agreed to the request of the White Tiger guerrillas to participate in the operation, and demarcated the location of the White Tiger guerrillas' operation.
Old Man Temple!
The 5-kilometer range between Guangou and Donghn Town is the ambush site of the 115th Division, in which both sides are high ground, only the middle is a narrow ditch, and Lao Ye Temple is located on the north high ground of the ditch.
The 115th Division adopted the tactics of one-sided ambush instead of the ambush tactic of cross-firepower, which caused many speculations in later generations.
First, this is mainly based on the terrain at that time, the terrain of Pingxingguan at that time was in the mouth of four kilometers, when the ambush was imposed, the north was a steep hillside, and there was no need to ambush many soldiers, and the southeast area, the terrain was relatively gentle, which was easy to conceal.
Second, after the battle starts, in order to save ammunition, after the battle has started for a while, you can rush down and start hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
And the location of Ouyang's ambush is the steep high ground in the north, the Lao Ye Temple.
Hearing this, Ouyang was really overjoyed.
Why is Ouyang overjoyed, because it is recorded in the history books that after the ambush began, the Japanese army seized the high ground of Lao Ye Temple, causing great casualties to our army, and now the ambush site of the White Tiger guerrillas is Lao Ye Temple.
How could this not make Ouyang happy, in fact, what Ouyang wanted to say to Senior Commander Lin was a combat request to fight in the Old Master Temple.
Intentionally planting flowers does not bloom, and unintentionally planting willows and willows into the shade!
Ouyang believes that as long as the White Tiger guerrillas led by him can play a huge role on the battlefield, they will definitely be able to eliminate the high-level of the 115th Division, and they will be disgusted with themselves, and they may even have joy points!
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