On paper, it is shallow.

If you want to build a real fortress in Shuixiao Mountain, you must not rely on maps alone, because whether it is a map drawn during the Beiyang period or a map drawn by the Japanese travel staff, it is impossible to draw the terrain around Shuiwaist Mountain accurately enough, so they must also accurately map and map Shuiwaist Mountain.

"You two, just stay down the mountain and do surveying."

Wang Ye asked Chen Mingli and Ma Yuan to stay at the bottom of the mountain to survey,

He himself went to a nearby villager's house and asked for a bag of ashes.

Wang Ye planned to climb to the top of Shuiyin Mountain to observe the whole surrounding terrain.

It is best to use talcum powder for freehand climbing, but Wang Ye can't find talcum powder at all, so he can only use furnace ash instead, but fortunately, the difficulty of climbing the cliff of Shuiyin Mountain is not very high.

Taking a small cloth bag and filling the ashes, Wang Ye picked up the hemp rope and walked towards the cliff.

Seeing Wang Ye walking straight to the cliff, Chen Mingli and Ma Yuan were a little stunned at first, not knowing what Wang Ye wanted to do, until Wang Ye reached out and climbed the rock crack on the cliff to climb up, and then woke up.

"No, Captain Wang, what are you doing?" Chen Mingli shouted loudly.

Ma Yuan also asked in disbelief: "You don't plan to climb up with your bare hands, do you?" ”

"yes, I'm going to climb it with my bare hands." Wang Ye looked at the two of them with idiotic eyes and asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

"No, are you crazy?"

Ma Yuan said: "You dare to climb such a high cliff?" ”

"yes, what if you fall?" Chen Mingli also said, "You don't want to die? ”

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Wang Ye didn't bother to say anything, so he just picked at the rock crack and climbed up.

"Eh, eh, are you really going to climb up? Come down, come down quickly. Chen Mingli and Ma Yuan jumped to their feet in a hurry, "Even if you want to prove yourself, you don't have to look like this, right?" ”

The two co-authored and thought that Wang Ye wanted to prove his ability.

Just as the two of them were shouting, Wang Ye had already climbed up.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Ye had already climbed to a height of forty or fifty meters, and now Chen Mingli and Ma Yuan did not dare to shout, for fear of frightening Wang Ye, and then fell down and died.

However, Chen Mingli's worries about the two of them were purely superfluous.

Although the cliffs of Mt. Suiyu are steep and even slope outwards in some places, the mountain has been highly weathered, so there are a large number of rock crevices and footholds.

This kind of cliff is not at all difficult for professional climbers.

It only took more than an hour for Wang Ye to climb to the top of the cliff more than 100 meters high, and then from the top of the cliff to the gentle slope, only to see that the slope was overgrown with pine trees.

These pine trees are thick, but short.

This is the magic of nature.

I continued to climb up the gentle slope for almost 100 meters, and finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

Shuijiao Mountain is the highest peak within a radius of dozens of miles, so the view from the top of the mountain is very good, and you can clearly see Daxia Bay, the headquarters hospital and even Chenjiayu in the distance.

Wang Ye took out a notebook and pencil and prepared to draw a map.

Standing on the main peak of Shuixiao Mountain and looking down, I found that Shuijiao Mountain is actually very similar to the crater on the moon, but the crater on the moon is a neat circle, but the Shuiyin Mountain has been weathered unevenly, especially in the southeast, that is, on the side near Daxia Bay, which has been weathered, and there is a large gap of nearly 100 meters wide.

There are two mountains on both sides of the gap, which are the two mountains that Wang Ye planned to hollow out the fortress.

In addition, in the northwest of the waterwaist mountain, that is, on the side of the main peak at the foot of Wang Ye, there is also a gap, this gap is only more than ten meters wide, and there are cliffs on both sides that are nearly 100 meters high, which is a line of sky.

This ray of heaven is like being slashed by the gods with a knife on the crater, cutting a small crack, and the magic of nature is so good.

The Water Kidneys Arsenal is hidden under the cliff face on the southwest side of this crater.

The cliff wall here has an outward inclination, which is just right to block the wind and rain, and at the same time can also block the bombing of Japanese bombers, this terrain is really unique.

Therefore, Wang Ye really admires the vision of the deputy chief of general staff.

Such a hidden and dangerous place can be found by him.

If there are enough building materials such as cement and steel bars, and build a fortress in the northwest and in the southeast respectively, only one battalion of troops can block tens of thousands of devils!

Unless the devil brings in a cannon of caliber above 150mm, don't want to hit it.

Unfortunately, Wang Ye had neither cement nor enough building materials such as steel bars and wood.

Therefore, it is still necessary to use your brains and make use of the existing conditions to build relatively strong fortifications as much as possible.

Wang Ye raised his binoculars and slowly scanned the entire crater, and suddenly found that there was a cave on the top of the head halfway up the mountain in the southwest, that is, the area where the arsenal was located.

Although this hole is not deep, the area is really not small.

In an instant, an idea came to Wang Ye's mind.

……

Taiyuan, headquarters of the 1st Army.

Kazuki Yamamoto strode into Yoshio Shinozuka's office, snapped his feet and said, "Your Excellency Commander!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka put down the brush in his hand, rubbed his temples and said a little tiredly: "When Your Excellency the General and Miyano-kun left in the morning, why didn't you come to see them off?" ”

Kazuki Yamamoto frowned and said, "Your Excellency, my position is the captain of the special forces team, not the captain of the honor guard, so it is not my job to welcome and send them off. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned when he heard this, but he couldn't find anything wrong.

"Let's not talk about that yet." Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said, "Yamamoto-kun, your chance has come." ”

Yamamoto Kazuki stared at him and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency the Commander is saying that Your Excellency the General has recognized my tactics and is ready to vigorously promote them in the North China Battlefield?" ”

"I'm afraid it won't be promoted for the time being." Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head and said.

"Why?" Kazuki Yamamoto said, "Is there any omission in my special operations method?" ”

"Not really." Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said, "Actually, you should also know very well that the Imperial Army has always been stubbornly conservative and often slow to respond to new military theories or tactics. ”

"Facts to back it up?"

Kazuki Yamamoto frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Miyano-kun proposed to select a group of elites from various divisions and brigades of the North China Front Army to come to the Shanxi battlefield to observe the special combat methods you advocated. ”

"Nani? On-site observation? Yamamoto Kazuki was stunned and said, "How do you observe?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said helplessly: "It is to send the observation group to the front line of the battlefield, and then your special team will fight a special operation under the noses of hundreds of army elites in the observation group, and it is best to severely damage or even destroy the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, so as to prove that the special operations method you advocate is effective." ”

Kazuki Yamamoto's face immediately collapsed, and he said, "Your Excellency, Commander, with all due respect, this is not a battle, but a performance!" Only the geisha of Tokyo will perform, and our special forces are combat troops, and they can only fight and not perform! Those so-called army elites who want to see a show can go to Yoshinoya to watch the comfort women show! ”

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily, "Yamamoto-kun, watch your words. ”

"Hello!" Yamamoto Kazuki slammed his head and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I have no intention of offending your dignity, but ......"

"No, but." Yoshio Shinozuka coldly interrupted Yamamoto Kazuki, "Yamamoto-kun, this is your only chance, if you really want special operations to become the mainstream combat method in the North China battlefield, why bother with this is a performance or a real battle?" As long as you don't have a show in mind, it's a real fight and not a show. ”

Yamamoto Kazuki was a little moved when he heard this, and said, "However, we can't guarantee the safety of the observation group. ”

"You are not responsible for the safety of the observation group." Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said, "The 9th Brigade will be responsible for the safety of all members of the observation group, and your special forces only need to focus on doing your own thing." ”

Kazuki Yamamoto said: "Is it only the 9th Brigade to cooperate in the battle?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "In addition to the 9th Brigade, there is also the 4th Brigade. ”

"In that case, I have one more request." Kazuki Yamamoto, "The actions of the 4th Brigade and the 9th Brigade must revolve around the actions of our special forces, which means that they must be under my direct command. ”

"Of course." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "You are the expert in special operations. ”

Kazuki Yamamoto said, "In that case, I might be able to give it a try." ”

"No, you can't give it a try." Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice, "You must succeed. ”

"Hello!" Yamamoto snapped his feet and slammed his head, "The special team will never live up to the high expectations of His Excellency the commander, and will definitely fight this battle!" ”

"Yo Si."

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded happily.

"Yamamoto-kun, you go down and prepare."

"Hello!" Kazuki Yamamoto paused again, and walked away with his sword.

Seeing Yamamoto Kazuki's figure go away, Yoshio Shinozuka sat down again, opened the manuscript paper in front of him again, and began to write, only to see Huo Ran looking up and writing: Battle Plan A.

……

In the blink of an eye, three days have passed.

The boss still went out and did not come back, only the division commander and the deputy chief of general staff listened to Wang Ye's report.

"Triple insurance?" The division commander said, "Xiao Wang, tell me carefully, what is the triple insurance." ”

Wang Ye wrenched his fingers and said: "The first insurance is the three fortresses of Chai Mountain, Mishan and Yilintian; The second insurance is the hanging wall road leading to Huangyang Cave; The third layer of insurance is tactical deception. ”

The deputy chief of general staff exchanged glances with the division commander, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about the first insurance first." ”

Wang Ye turned around and beckoned and said, "Staff Officer Chen, Staff Officer Ma, bring the sand table we set up." ”

Chen Mingli and Ma Yuan responded, and immediately lifted out a sand table from the studio next door, the sand table was not big, almost the size of a bed board, and it was also very rough.

Obviously, this was rushed out in a hurry.

The deputy chief of the general staff and the division commander immediately got up and gathered around.

I saw that in the middle of the sand table were two mountains, one of which also made a section, and from the profile, the back half of the mountain was almost hollowed out from the back of the mountain.

"This is Shibayama and Yoneyama?"

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff asked uncertainly.

Mt. Shiba and Mt. Yoneyama are the two small hills on either side of the gap in the southeast direction of Mt. Crater (Mt. Suiki).

The names of these two hills contain the longing of the villagers of Daxiawan for a better life, and unfortunately, for thousands of years, the villagers of Daxiawan have never lived a fairy-like life without worrying about firewood and rice.

"Yes, this is Shibayama and Yoneyama." Wang Ye said, "After our investigation, we found that Chai Mountain and Mi Mountain belong to the mud slate in the sedimentary rock, and the hardness is relatively low, and it can still be excavated. ”

"Three months is enough time to hollow out the second half of the mountain."

"The first half of the mountain is five layers, and shooting holes are dug layer by layer."

"The bottom two layers are artillery firing holes, and the upper three layers are machine gun holes."

"We have calculated that leaving a wall thickness of two meters is enough to resist the direct fire of the Japanese 75mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, and leaving a wall thickness of three meters can block the direct fire of the 105mm caliber cannon."

"However, the front walls of the Shibayama and Yoneyama fortresses are more than five meters thick."

"So, even if the devil uses 120mm caliber heavy artillery, I have no choice but to do it."

"If the devil wants to destroy two fortresses, I'm afraid there is only one way for sappers to blast them."

The deputy chief of general staff frowned slightly, and asked: "If the devil finally chooses the method of sapper blasting to deal with us, how long will it take to dig under the Chai Mountain and the Mi Mountain?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Then it depends on how far the devil's work surface is from Chai Mountain and Mi Mountain?" ”

The division commander looked moved, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Wang, what do you mean, clear the shooting boundary before Chai Mountain and Mi Mountain, and push away the operation surface of the devil sappers?" ”

"Yes." "You can push it at least 300 meters away." ”

The deputy chief of the general staff said: "According to the calculation of 300 meters, how long will it take to dig through?" ”

Wang Ye said: "We adopt a multi-line excavation method, and it takes three months to hollow out half of the mountains of Chai Mountain and Mi Mountain, and the average excavation distance of each working face is more than 100 meters. ”

"At this rate of operation, it will take at least nine months for the devil."

"Considering that the devil's tools are more professional and advanced than ours,"

"So the devil's work time will be shortened considerably."

"But no matter how short it is, it will never be less than three months!"

The deputy chief of the General Staff asked: "Is it possible that the ground beyond Shibayama and Yoneyama is not sedimentary rock, but loose soil?" In this case, how long will it take to dig under the two mountains? ”

Wang Ye said: "If it's not sedimentary rock but soil, a month at most." ”

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "However, this possibility can basically be ruled out. ”

The division commander said: "Okay, we already know the first insurance, but what is the second insurance?" ”

Wang Ye said: "The division commander, and the deputy chief of the general staff, there is a cave called Huangyang Cave on the top of our arsenal, do you know?" ”

"Of course I do."

The deputy chief of staff said: "When I chose to build an arsenal here, I just took a fancy to Huangyang Cave, but then I found that it was too difficult to enter Huangyang Cave, so I could only build the arsenal under the cliff. ”

Speaking of this, the deputy chief of the general staff suddenly said: "Xiao Wang, you don't want to hoist the equipment of the arsenal to the Huangyang Cave, right?" It's too difficult. ”

The division commander also echoed: "Yes, if you want to lift the equipment into the Yellow Sheep Cave, you have to send someone up to the top of the cliff first, hang down the rope and hang the equipment and then pull it up, and someone has to approach at the entrance of the cave. ”

Wang Ye smiled slightly, and suddenly said, "What if you build a wall road?" ”

"Huh? Hanging on the wall? The division commander and the deputy chief of the general staff were stunned when they heard this.

Wang Ye waved his hand, and Chen Mingli and Ma Yuan took out the second sand table.

The volume of this sand table is even smaller, which is the size of the door panel, and it is made of a cliff.

In the middle of this cliff, there is a road that hangs like a pipe hanging from the cliff wall.

The division commander and the deputy general staff noticed that most of the wall-hung road was exposed, but there were also a few sections hidden in the cliff wall, and there were also guardrails more than half a person high on the outside of the exposed road.

There is also a row of holes under the guardrail, which looks like shooting holes.

What puzzled the two was that this wall-hanging road was not a straight line, but a stepped one.

That is, after a few hundred meters of flat forward section, the road surface suddenly rises at an angle of 60 degrees, lifts dozens of meters and then gently forward, and then slopes upwards after a few hundred meters.

The division commander said thoughtfully: "Xiao Wang, your wall road looks like a fortification?" ”

"In the words of the division commander." Wang Ye smiled slightly and said, "This is the fortification. ”

After speaking, Wang Ye pointed to the hanging wall road and said: "The division commander and the deputy chief of general staff, you see, this hanging wall road hangs lonely on the cliff, unless special forces are dispatched to descend from the top of the cliff, the devil can only push up from the entrance." ”

"As a defensive side, our troops were able to easily block several ramps with machine-gun fire."

"But because of the ramp, the devil's flat-fire guns can't hit our firing points."

"Therefore, with a small number of troops, our army can hold the hanging wall road leading to Huangyang Cave."

"Such a wall-hanging road is almost an insurmountable moat, and our equipment can easily retreat to the Huangyang Cave to hide through the wall-hanging road, but it is almost impossible for the devil to hit it."

"The only thing to note is that there must be enough fresh water and food in the Yellow Sheep Cave."

The division commander asked, "Xiao Wang, how long will it take to dig up such a wall-hanging road?" ”

"Three months is definitely enough." Wang Ye said, "Because we can first lift the engineers from the top of the cliff to the Huangyang Cave, and excavate from both ends at the same time, the speed will be multiplied." ”

"If necessary, you can even open a skylight in the middle."

"This way, you can go on four or even eight at the same time, and the speed will be faster."

The deputy chief of the general staff praised: "Xiao Wang, your idea of hanging on the wall road is really good, I can't help but want to relocate the arsenal to the Huangyang Cave." ”

Wang Ye said: "The arsenal must be moved, but it can't really be moved." ”

(End of chapter)