Whether or not the reinforced battalion can successfully take this coal mine called Bald Neck plays a crucial role in whether Wang Ping can successfully set up an arsenal.

Therefore, after determining the target, Wang Ping directly took Yang Xiong and a few scouts to personally touch the bald head ridge to investigate.

"Factory director, according to the intelligence provided by our reconnaissance and military region, there are a total of 135 people in the Japanese puppet army and the mine protection team defending the coal mine, half of which are the Imperial Cooperative Army, responsible for guarding and supervising the coal mine with more than 2,000 absenteeism and mining, the real Japanese army has only one combat detachment, and the remaining mine protection team composed of all ronins and veterans, the number is about one team!"

"Although there were not many Japanese puppet soldiers, they were very well equipped, especially the mine protection team, which was equipped with two heavy machine guns, all of which were set up behind two bunkers at the entrance of the coal mine. As long as two heavy machine guns are fired, the gate of the coal mine will be blocked directly, and not a single fly will fly in! ”

"The Imperial Allied Army and the Japanese army were mostly rifles, the Japanese combat detachment was equipped with a Type 96 light machine gun, and the Imperial Allied Army was equipped with a Czech-made one.

"During the day, it is the Imperial Association Army that guards and supervises absenteeism, and at night it is the mine protection team formed by devils who patrol at night. As for the little devils, they usually do one thing, eat, drink and have fun in the mines, and then from time to time prevent the mine protection team and the Imperial Association Army from sweeping the surrounding villages, doing some extra money, eating, drinking and having fun! ”

"Leave the mine to go outside and sweep? Is this news true! Wang Ping saw the crux of the problem at a glance, stared at Yang Xiong and asked rhetorically.

"Sure! Protect the mines, although the mine owners will give them some benefits from time to time. But staying in a mine without a fight every day will definitely be annoying after a long time

According to the intelligence, the devil will organize troops to sweep a village every ten days, reap benefits, grab things, and improve life! ”

"If nothing happens, the devils will organize troops to go out to sweep the day after tomorrow, and according to the order of the devils' sweeps, they should go to Zhangling Village in the north of the coal mine the day after tomorrow."

"Isn't that right?" Wang Ping frowned and analyzed.

"More than 100 Japanese puppet troops, excluding the Japanese puppet army who stayed behind and went out to sweep 70 or 80 people. With this amount of troops, the military region can kill them with only one battalion, but why ignore them and let them sweep through the surrounding villages, kill the people, and do whatever they want! ”

"The military region wants to manage it, and it can't wait to eat them in one bite, but the military region simply doesn't have this ability, and there are too many things involved."

"There is one of our main regiments around the activities, but because this main regiment is in the hinterland of the base area, the equipment cannot be compared with ours at all, not to mention the equipment of heavy machine guns, there is only one light machine gun, and it is also a crooked handle that our independent regiment does not want to eliminate."

"On the devil's side, although there are not many people, they are well-equipped, there are six light machine guns alone, and two heavy machine guns, and the firepower is very powerful, even if this regiment is pulled over, it is impossible to wipe out the Japanese puppet army in a short period of time."

And the battlefield is close to the county town where the Japanese army is stationed, if the battle cannot be quickly resolved, and it is dragged by the devil's sweeping troops until the reinforcements arrive, in the face of hundreds of days of puppet army front and rear attacks, this main force will definitely be devastated!

"Therefore, every time the Japanese puppet army came out to sweep, our people just used guerrilla warfare to sneak attack them, and did not fight a decisive battle as soon as they went up."

An infantry company of the Independent Regiment dared to fight an infantry squad of the Japanese Army, and that was because the Independent Regiment was well equipped and was an exception.

When it comes to the other main forces of the Eighth Route Army, no battalion will never dare to fight hard with an infantry squad of devils, not to mention that every time the Japanese army comes out, it is still a reinforced infantry squad, not only two more light machine guns, but sometimes a heavy machine gun.

With such firepower and combat effectiveness, a main force regiment that has just been expanded by the military region is indeed not capable of resolving the battle in a short period of time.

But the reinforced battalion in his own hands is different, and the firepower is completely in accordance with the firepower configuration of the independent regiment. Although it had the strength of only one battalion, it had the firepower of one regiment of other units of the Eighth Route Army.

But even so, the Japanese reinforcements from the county town were a big problem.

More than 100 Japanese puppet troops, no, even if they only dealt with the seventy or eighty Japanese puppet troops who came out to sweep up, it was impossible to kill them without firing their guns in order to strengthen the current strength of the battalion.

And as long as the gun goes off on the battlefield, the devils in the city will know, and they will send troops to reinforce the coal mine, and if they want to take the coal mine, they will fall short.

Yang Xiong was very smart and could see Wang Ping's worries at a glance.

"Factory director, are you worried about the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army out of the city!"

"That's right!" Wang Ping did not hide it.

"From ambushing the Japanese puppet army to sweeping the troops to taking the coal mine, plus the transfer, even if we have strong firepower, it will take at least three hours, that is, we will delay the Japanese troops out of the city for at least three hours!"

"It can't be done!" Yang Xiong directly retorted with an expression that it was impossible to do.

"Mines!" Wang Ping replied in surprise.

Yang Xiong's brows, which were still tightly locked just now, stretched out, and he replied with a face in front of him: "It's really possible to use mines, it's best to use the ceramic mines we used in Laiyuan, the devil's mine detector can't detect it, so you can only grope forward!" When the time comes, it will not be a problem to drag them for half a day on a five-kilometer road! ”

To Yang Xiong's surprise, Wang Ping shook his head at this time.

"Landmines alone are not enough!"

"A very important reason why we were able to use mines to hold back the devils in Laiyuan was that the devils could not leave the road and march in order not to separate from the artillery baggage. However, the devils who reinforced the Bald Ridge coal mine were different, they brought heavy machine guns and mortars at most, and they could still march when they left the road! ”

"Then let's do it!" Yang Xiong was anxious, stared at Wang Ping and asked.

"Help, please!" Wang Ping replied confidently.

"Isn't there a regiment here, ask them to borrow a battalion, if they don't have a company. As long as they want to come, I will replenish as much ammunition and weapons as they use up after the battle, and the other company will pay them two more machine guns and twenty rifles! ”

"The guerrillas are okay, the platoon-level guerrillas come to help, and give them five rifles as a reward after the battle."

"We also want the local troops, one platoon for five rifles, and one company for fifteen rifles."

"In addition, when I borrow troops, I can assure them that I want them to help and definitely not fight a positional war with the devils, and the casualties will definitely not be too big!"

As a cadre, especially a cadre of the Eighth Route Army, Yang Xiong was well aware of the importance of weapons to them.

Because the troops lacked guns and ammunition, many times, some troops even sacrificed the lives of several soldiers for a machine gun and a rifle.

Now, the arsenal has sent so many weapons and ammunition at one time, not to mention controlling the casualties for them, even if the casualties are larger, they will rush over to help.

Without saying a word, he replied directly to Wang Ping: "Factory director, there is still one day of preparation time tomorrow, I will set off now and contact all the troops that can be contacted nearby!" ”

"Be careful with secrecy!" Wang Ping nodded in agreement.

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