Coming out of Kamegawa Kiyoshi's office, Pan Ren asked Arai Hengxiong in a low voice, "Arai Taijun, there is a question I don't know whether to ask or not?" ”

Arai Tsuneo said: "What's the problem? ”

Pan Ren said: "Since the six blockade ditches against the Fuliang Mountain bandit area have become a sieve, what is the point of maintaining the more than 100 strongholds along the blockade ditch? ”

"Since you are worried that the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army in these more than 100 strongholds will be attacked and wiped out like more than a thousand pillboxes around the village, why don't you simply withdraw them directly, or concentrate them in a few large strongholds?"

"More than 100 strongholds, on average, each stronghold is stationed about a small team of imperial troops plus a company of imperial troops, adding up to more than 5,000 imperial troops and more than 10,000 imperial troops, even if they are stationed in ten large strongholds, each large stronghold can have at least more than 500 imperial troops and more than 1,000 imperial troops."

"In this case, what kind of dirt attack are you afraid of?"

Speaking of this, Pan Ren said again: "So I really can't figure it out." ”

Hearing this, Arai Tsuneo was immediately stunned, yes, why can't you concentrate your troops and station?

After being stunned for a moment, Arai Tsuneo turned around and walked back, and said, "Pan Sang, you wait for me here for a while, and then I will go back and tell His Excellency the Chief of Staff." ”

Pan Ren waited at the entrance of the division department.

After waiting for a while, Arai Tsuneo came back with a black face.

Pan Ren asked, "Arai Taijun, did Kamegawa Taijun agree?" ”

"Your Excellency the Chief of Staff agreed, but it was useless." Arai Tsuneo sighed and said, "Because His Excellency the division commander disagrees, he insists on implementing a division and blockade of the Fuliang Mountain bandit area. ”

Pan Ren said: "The problem is that it can't be divided and blocked at all now. ”

"At least we can put an end to the back and forth dispatch of the large troops of the Eighth Route Army." Arai Tsuneo sighed and said, "But if the six blockade ditches are abandoned, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army will be able to deploy troops and materials at will, and even launch endless attacks on the main force of the division in Fuliang Mountain unscrupulously. ”

After a pause, he said: "In that case, even if the Imperial Army has a division of troops, it will not be able to gain a foothold in the Fuliang Mountain bandit area, then the D battle plan will be a complete failure." ”

Hearing this, Pan Ren immediately understood.

Speaking of which, it's actually a matter of face.

If even the six blockade ditches are abandoned, then the so-called blockhouse encirclement tactics will exist in name only, and it will become a sweeping operation without any new ideas, so even if it is for a name, Miyano Michiichi must maintain the six blockade ditches, even if he takes some risks for this, after all, the risk is still controllable.

……

Outside the fortress of Fuliang Mountain, the forward command of the Japanese army.

Miyano Michi's face sank like water, looking at the night sky outside the tent in a daze.

Before the sweep began, he had thought of many possibilities, but he didn't expect that there would be such a situation.

Amid the sound of footsteps, Onoda Jiro walked in slowly and said with a pause: "Division commander." ”

"Oh, Onoda-kun, you're here." Miyano Michichi sighed softly, and the whole person's thinking instantly returned to reality, "I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late." ”

"Nothing." Onoda Jiro said, "Besides, it's still early." ”

Miyano Michichi said quietly: "Onoda-kun, do you think I should insist?" ”

"What does the division commander refer to?" Onoda Jiro asked rhetorically, "Is it an attack on the fortress of Furyo Mountain, or is it the insistence on the six blockades?" ”

Miyano said, "Let's talk about it." ”

"Hello." Onoda Jiro paused, "Then let's talk about the attack on the fortress of Furyo Mountain, I think it is necessary to persevere." ”

"The reason is very simple, the imperial army has spent so much manpower and material resources to launch this combat operation, and so far it has not achieved decent results, not to mention the heavy damage or elimination of the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and even the Tubalu or Diao people in the Fuliang Mountain bandit area have not killed a few."

"The only result is the destruction of three towns?"

"But with all due respect, that's probably not a good result at all."

"But on the contrary, we ourselves have lost more than 3,000 imperial soldiers and more than 5,000 imperial troops, which means that until now, we are all losers."

"If you abandon the assault on Fuliang Mountain Fortress now, you will admit defeat."

"In other words, this D battle plan has completely failed, which is unacceptable to you, the division commander, the 2nd Guards Division, and even the Imperial Japanese Army."

Speaking of this, Onoda Jiro said again: "It is precisely because of this that Your Excellency the General will give you the last chance to the division commander, so you must not give up easily until the end." ”

"Shuffle!" Michiichi Miyano felt better.

Then he said, "Onoda-kun, keep talking." ”

"Hello." Onoda Jiro said again, "Let's talk about the insistence of the blockade ditch. ”

After a pause, Onoda Jiro said again: "Actually, I know what you're worried about, division commander?" ”

"Oh, really?" Michichi Miyano's face moved slightly, and he asked, "What am I worried about?" ”

Onoda Jiro said solemnly: "Are you worried that the retreat route will be cut off by the Eighth Route Army, and the main force of the division and regiment that is fighting on the front line of Fuliang Mountain will encounter danger, am I right?" ”

Michiichi Miyano stared at Onoda Jiro and didn't make a sound for a long time.

Onoda Jiro said again: "If it is replaced by another Eighth Route Army, such a worry will be very ridiculous, but if it is replaced by an independent regiment, such a worry is very necessary, because for the independent regiment or the entire 386th Brigade, no matter how overestimated, this Eighth Route Army not only has amazing ambitions, but also has a strong combat effectiveness to match, they are really likely to threaten the safety of the main force of our Second Guards Division!" ”

After a pause, he said: "Therefore, the division commander must try his best to prevent or delay the process of gathering troops of the independent regiment. ”

"If the six blockade ditches are maintained, then the Fuliang Mountain bandit area will be fragmented and incomplete, and the troops of the independent regiment will be scattered in the vast villages of the bandit area, and there will be no way to form a joint force."

"If a joint force is not formed, it will not be enough to threaten the safety of the main force of the division and regiment."

"The more than 100 strongholds where the troops are stationed may be threatened, but so what?"

"Li Yunlong's independent regiment lacked heavy weapons to attack fortified positions, so it could only use soil work and other local methods to attack fortified positions, which was bound to be inefficient and time-consuming."

"Even if they can conquer one or two strongholds a day, so what?"

"It will take at least two months for them to uproot the more than 100 strongholds along the blockade ditch one by one, and by that time, the Fuliang Mountain Fortress has already been destroyed by us."

"Even Li Yunlong himself was killed by us."

"Once Li Yunlong is killed, once the special forces are eliminated, the independent regiment will basically be defeated, and there will be no worries about the Fuliang Mountain bandit area from now on."

Speaking of this, Onoda Jiro said again: "Therefore, it is also necessary to insist on blocking the ditch." ”

"Yo Xi!" Michiichi Miyano nodded happily, and his heart, which had begun to waver, became firm again.

……

Zhaojiayu, underground shelter.

Li Yunlong smiled and said: "I know what kind of calculation this old devil Miyano Michiichi is playing, he just thinks that our independent regiment lacks heavy weapons to attack fortifications, so he can only use the stupid methods of earth work to dig his strongholds one by one, so that we can pull out two strongholds in an average of one night." ”

"If you want to uproot all the more than 100 strongholds, it will take two months to say the least."

"By that time, the daylilies are cold, the Fuliang Mountain Fortress has already been killed by the devils, the political commissar and Xiao Wang have already sacrificed, and our independent regiment has also been disabled."

"So we have to speed up the process."

"How to speed up? Heavy weapons, of course. ”

"With heavy weapons, we can pull out ten strongholds, or even twenty, in one night!"

"Speaking of which, I have to thank the brigade commander, originally I just wanted to borrow a few cannons from Lao Ding and Lao Kong, but I didn't expect the brigade commander to directly ask Commander Cao to send us twelve cannons!"

"Now we have a total of twenty-four cannons!"

"Sixteen of them were ninety-two infantry guns, eight mortars."

"So I decided to divide the whole regiment of soldiers and militia into eighteen storming teams."

"Each assault team is evenly divided between a hundred regular troops and three hundred militiamen, plus an infantry gun."

"Oh yes, this time, the Sky Wolf Squadron of the New First Regiment and the Storm Wolf Squadron of the New Second Regiment will also cooperate with our independent regiment, so I will equip each attack team with an additional special forces detachment."

"The other two siege teams may not be able to divide the infantry artillery, so they will replace them with four mortars, and the firepower is barely enough, I don't believe that with this strength and firepower, I will not be able to take the stronghold!"

Hearing this, the battalion and company-level cadres present immediately came to their senses.

Because it means that they have the opportunity to fight a tough battle with a cannon.

This is a new challenge for most of them, but they like this challenge, because it not only makes their resumes richer and more fruitful, but also because they can capture a large amount of loot after taking the stronghold heavily guarded by the devil puppet army, which is a large stronghold!

Only Xing Zhiguo put forward a different opinion: "Lao Li, if the soldiers and militia of the whole regiment are divided into eighteen siege teams, will the troops be too scattered?" After all, each stronghold has a squad of devils plus a company of puppet troops, and although the strength of each attacking team occupies a certain advantage, the advantage is not obvious. ”

After a pause, he said: "After all, this is a tough battle, and our troops lack experience in attacking fortifications, so I think it is necessary to ensure at least ten times the superiority of troops, so I think it is more appropriate to divide into three to five attack teams." ”

"Don't take it lightly, divide into three to five storming teams, how long will it take?" Li Yunlong snorted.

"What is more than ten times the strength advantage, that's all nonsense, our independent regiment is not only strong now, but also has enough heavy weapons, three times the strength advantage is enough."

Xing Zhiguo didn't say anything more, because his responsibility had been fulfilled.

As the deputy head of the regiment, his responsibility is to provide Li Yunlong with his own opinions when making decisions, and it is not up to him to decide whether Li Yunlong adopts it or not.

Li Yunlong said again: "Now I order." ”

The cadres at the battalion and company level who attended the meeting got up in unison.

"Zhang Dabiao!"

"Yes!"

"Lead the second platoon and third platoon of the first battalion and one company, plus the squad of Qingyun District, to form the first attack team, and your first attack target is the devil's stronghold near Qingyun Town."

"Remember, if you have time, you might as well pull out a few more strongholds."

"If you can pull out one more stronghold, Lao Tzu will reward you with a bottle of soju!"

"Commander, then it's decided." Zhang Dabiao said, "But I said in advance, it can't be the sweet potato roast brewed by our own distillery, it has to be Fenjiu or Xinghua Village." ”

"Okay, Lao Tzu agreed." Li Yunlong agreed.

Zhang Dabiao didn't talk nonsense anymore, turned around and walked out.

When they got outside, the artillery platoon assigned to Zhang Dabiao was already waiting.

With the artillery platoon and a special forces squad, Zhang Dabiao went straight to Qingyun Town.

Turning around, he said Li Yunlong again, and said, "Shen Quan." ”

Shen Quan responded: "Yes! ”

Li Yunlong said: "You won't arrange a regular army for you, you will select three of the ten squadrons of your county brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness and form the second attack team." ”

Shen Quan asked with a smile, "Leader, do I have any reward for this?" ”

"Yes." Li Yunlong said, "As long as you take the stronghold, you will be rewarded with Fenjiu or Xinghua Village." ”

"And what if I take three strongholds?" Shen Quan smiled, "You will reward three bottles of Xinghua Village or Fenjiu?" ”

"Take three strongholds?" Li Yunlong laughed and said, "If you can really take down the three strongholds of the devil, Lao Tzu's reward will be doubled, four bottles of Fenjiu!" ”

"Commander, that's what you said."

Shen Quan came to his senses as soon as he heard this.

Li Yunlong turned his gaze to the other battalion company commanders and said, "You are the same, if you take down a stronghold, you will be rewarded with a bottle of Fenjiu, two strongholds will be rewarded with two bottles of Fenjiu, and if you take three strongholds, you will be rewarded with four bottles!" But then again, if anyone can't take a stronghold, then I'm going to curse. ”

The battalion and company commanders present didn't care at all, and they didn't think that they couldn't get a stronghold.

Ge Erdan counted with his fingers, and asked Li Yunlong again: "Regiment leader, what if you take four strongholds?" Is it a reward for eight bottles of Fenjiu? ”

"I'll reward you with an egg."

Li Yunlong kicked Ge Erdan's ass.

The battalion company commander present burst into laughter, and only Ge Erdan would say such a thing.

Take down the devil's four strongholds in one night? Is it really a devil's stronghold that is papier-mâché?

After sending Shen Quan away, Li Yunlong said loudly again: "Wang Huaibao! ”

Wang Huaibao hurriedly stepped forward and said loudly: "Yes! ”

……

The assignment was quickly completed.

There were a total of 16 battalion company commanders, plus Xing Zhiguo and Li Yunlong each led a storming team, exactly 18 teams.

Xing Zhiguo and the 16 battalion company commanders hurriedly returned to their own defense area with their respective artillery platoons and special forces squads, but Cao Sanlian stayed in Zhaojiayu Village.

Cao Sanlian said: "Lao Li, should you send a telegram to the brigade headquarters to explain?" ”

"What does it mean?" Li Yunlong said angrily, "The battle is not over yet, what is there to say?" ”

Cao Sanlian said angrily: "Li Yunlong, you kid really has no conscience, because your independent regiment, the brigade commander and the chief of staff can't eat well, can't sleep well, and the whole thing is about to lose weight and lose shape, they think that you are like a mouse now, being chased around by devils, how do you know that you kid has no, don't live too comfortably." ”

"That's it, shouldn't you say a word to the brigade commander and chief of staff?"

"Our regiment commanders, the most precious thing for the brigade commander is you kid."

"Hehe, that's just as well." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "Okay, then send a telegram to the brigade headquarters, so that the brigade commander and chief of staff don't worry about us." ”

After speaking, he called Cheng Yue over.

Let Cheng Yue send a telegram to the brigade headquarters to briefly explain the situation.

……

Taiyue Mountain, 386th Brigade Headquarters.

The brigade commander stood outside the gate of the brigade headquarters with his hands behind his back, looking at the night sky in the northwest in a daze.

Footsteps sounded, and the chief of staff came behind the brigade commander and said, "Brigade commander, are you worried about the independent regiment again?" ”

"yes." The brigade commander nodded, and said, "Calculate the time, Cao Sanlian and they should go to the northwest of Jinxi, right?" ”

The chief of staff said: "If nothing happens halfway, Cao Sanlian and their meeting will definitely have reached the base of Wohu Mountain." ”

"Something? What could happen. The brigade commander said, "The blockade line of the devils in the southeast of Jin and in Jinzhong has been beaten into a sieve by us, and our men and horses can come and go at will, and what can happen." ”

The chief of staff smiled: "That's what I said, brigade commander, what are you anxious about." ”

The brigade commander sighed and said: "With the help of Cao San's artillery, the new 1st and 2nd regiments should be able to break through the northern section of Tongpu Road and enter the Fuliang Mountain base area, and the independent regiment will not have to fight alone." ”

The chief of staff also said: "In this way, the situation in Fuliang Mountain can be greatly eased. ”

The brigade commander said: "But I'm afraid that the devils will also make adjustments to their troops." ”

The chief of staff said: "Brigade commander, are you saying that the devil will also put the 3rd Brigade and the 41st Division into the sweeping operation in the Fuliang Mountain base area?" ”

The brigade commander said: "The 41st Division wants to be vigilant against the 1st Brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army, I'm afraid that we won't be able to pull away, but the 3rd Brigade is not easy to say, if the 3rd Brigade also enters Fuliang Mountain, in that case, even with the addition of the new 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment, the situation is still not optimistic." ”

The chief of staff sighed: "This is also a matter of no choice, at this stage, compared with the Japanese army, the overall combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army is too different, so even if it is an internal battle, it is difficult to ensure an advantage." ”

The brigade commander also sighed: "I just hope that the losses of their three regiments are not too big." ”

The bottom line of the brigade commander is that as long as the backbone can be preserved, it will be a victory.

While the two were talking, a signal soldier hurriedly walked over: "Brigade commander, the independent regiment is in an emergency!" ”

"Independent Regiment Emergency?" The brigade commander's heart jumped, and he said, "Oops, it must be that this kid Li Yunlong can't stand it so he asked me for help, it seems that the situation in Fuliang Mountain has reached the most critical juncture!" ”

"Brigadier, don't worry." The chief of staff hurriedly said, "I'll see what's going on." ”

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