Anhua County, the headquarters of the Northwest Column of Shanxi Province.

It took Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli two days to finally build the sand table.

By the way, Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli have been transferred from the headquarters to work in the headquarters of the Northwest Column in Shanxi, and have been appointed by the brigade commander as the section chief and deputy section chief of the column operations section respectively.

As for Wang Ye, he has been promoted to chief of staff.

However, Wang Ye, the chief of staff of the column, is a typical low allocation.

Generally speaking, the chief of staff of the column headquarters is at the brigade level, at least at the deputy brigade level, but Wang Ye, the chief of staff, is still only at the regimental level, at the same level as Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli.

But then again, at this time, the ranks and positions of the Eighth Route Army have not yet been regularized, for example, whether the column belongs to the division level or is it between the division level and the brigade level? And is the detachment at the brigade level or somewhere between the brigade and the regimental level? There is not a single clear rule.

In a word, it's all messy.

And the cadres of our party do not pay much attention to this.

"Pony, Xiao Chen, the sand table is doing a good job." The brigade commander said.

"Commander, this is our job." Ma Yuan said, "If we can't even build a sand table, then we should go home and plant sweet potatoes as soon as possible." ”

"Hey, you're really gasping for fat?" The brigade commander scolded with a smile.

"That's it." Ma Yuan grinned, "Don't you look at who the commander of our Northwest Jin Column is?" ”

"Don't fuck me on the back." The brigade commander scolded with a smile, "Lao Tzu is not Li Yunlong, it's not good for this." ”

"Brigade commander, what you say is not objective." Li Yunlong said with a resentful face, "I don't like other people's sycophants either." ”

"Okay, I don't know you yet?" The brigade commander scolded with a smile, turned his gaze to Wang Ye again, and said, "Xiao Wang, let's start, talk about your consideration for the next stage of work." ”

After a few days of recuperation and celebration, it is finally time to move on to the next stage.

"Yes." Wang Ye said, "The next stage of work should be defensive deployment. ”

"Huh, how is it defense?" Li Yunlong was anxious when he heard this, "Shouldn't it be to continue the attack?" ”

After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "Attack is the best defense, since we can defeat Anhua and annihilate the 69th Division of the Japanese Army, then we can continue to defeat Taiyuan and annihilate the Taiyuan defenders!" ”

"I support another attack on Taiyuan." Kong Jie said, "Anyway, there is only one wing in Taiyuan at this time. ”

"Attack Taiyuan again?" The brigade commander said angrily, "You guys are talking lightly, what do you use to hit Taiyuan?" ”

"Then you can fight as much as you want, and you can fight as much as you want." Li Yunlong said, "How do we fight Anhua, just follow this method to fight Taiyuan again." ”

The brigade commander asked rhetorically: "Are the troops enough?" ”

"Troops?" Li Yunlong said, "Although our Northwest Column suffered more than 7,000 casualties in this battle, isn't there still more than 22,000 people?" It's enough to fight Taiyuan, Lao Kong said just now, the little devils in Taiyuan only have one wing, and we have more than 22,000 people to fight Taiyuan, with a seven-fold advantage in troops, and I'm afraid that we won't be able to take it? ”

The brigade commander said: "Even if the troops are sufficient, then is the ammunition sufficient?" ”

"Ammunition?" Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Is there not enough ammunition?" ”

The brigade commander turned his gaze to Xing Zhiguo: "Xing Zhiguo, tell everyone how many supplies are left in the logistics department now?" ”

Xing Zhiguo, who is also the logistics director of the column, nodded and said: "Although our Northwest Column of Jin Province has achieved an unprecedented victory in this battle, it has even annihilated a division of the Japanese army in a unified manner......

Li Yunlong became impatient and interrupted: "Don't talk nonsense, you just say how much ammunition is left?" ”

Although Xing Zhiguo felt a little embarrassed, he was a rare good temper and did not have a seizure.

At the moment, Xing Zhiguo said: "Up to now, there is probably one base of ammunition left in the United States and equipment, and there is a little more ammunition in Japan, but it will not exceed two bases, and the number may vary depending on various types of ammunition, but in general, there are only one or two bases of ammunition left, by the way, there will be slightly more shells." ”

"What? Only one or two bases of ammunition left? Li Yunlong was stunned.

Kong Jie and the others were also stunned, they really didn't expect this, why was there only this ammunition left, before the war they had five to ten base ammunition.

After a long time, Li Yunlong said: "Old criminal, you can't be mistaken, right?" ”

"No, it won't." Xing Zhiguo shook his head and said, "I've counted it many times. ”

"No, I must be mistaken." Kong Jie also said, "How can it be so expensive? ”

The brigade commander said: "Isn't it strange to consume a lot? This is an offensive operation, and we should not use the previous sparrow warfare and guerrilla warfare to measure the consumption of such a large-scale offensive operation as the Northwest Shanxi Campaign; if the ammunition consumption of the offensive operation is not so large, little Japan will not be able to fight it in less than two years? ”

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie immediately fell down like deflated balls.

If there are only one or two bases of ammunition left, then it really won't be able to fight Taiyuan.

The brigade commander said: "Even if we still have enough ammunition, we won't be able to fight Taiyuan, because the Taiyue Military Region and the Taihang Military Region are no longer capable of fighting for us again." ”

Li Yunlong said awe-inspiringly: "Brigade commander, is the Taihang Military Region and the Taiyue Military Region very expensive?" ”

"What do you say?" The brigade commander asked rhetorically, "The Taiyue Military Region and the Taihang Military Region have dragged the two main divisions of the Japanese army for three days and nights, and the pressure will not be much less than that of our Northwest Column of Shanxi." ”

"If it weren't for the desperate resistance of the Taiyue Military Region and the Taihang Military Region, there would have been no victory this time."

Speaking of this, the brigade commander said again: "Li Yunlong, now do you fucking oppose handing over part of the captured weapons and equipment to the Taihang Military Region?" ”

"Brigadier Commander, I was wrong." Li Yunlong hurriedly said, "It's because I'm small." ”

After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "In order to express my gratitude to the brother troops of the Taihang Military Region and the Taiyue Military Region, I have no opinion on handing over our American weapons and equipment. ”

"Really?" The brigade commander asked, "Are you really willing to turn in U.S. equipment?" ”

"Really, really, I'm really okay." Li Yunlong said, "The old saying is not often said, gold can shine anywhere, and our Northwest Jin Column is holding a burning stick, and it will also fight devils, and it will definitely not be cowardly." ”

"Well, that's what you said, don't regret it." After speaking, the brigade commander turned his head and glanced at Wang Ye.

Li Yunlong's heart jumped violently when he heard this, didn't he? No way? The brigade commander won't really hand in the U.S. weapons and equipment, right? Brigadier Commander, I'll just say casually, why are you still serious?

Li Yunlong was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, but he was embarrassed to regret it.

The brigade commander ignored Li Yunlong anymore and said to Wang Ye, "Xiao Wang, you go on." ”

"Yes." Wang Ye responded, and said, "The main work in the next stage is defensive deployment, and this defensive deployment is fundamentally different from the previous defensive deployment. ”

"Essential differences?" Kong Jie asked, "What's the difference?" ”

Wang Ye said: "The previous defense deployment was to protect the people and preserve the living force as much as possible, but this time the defense deployment, the first place is still to protect the people, but the second place is no longer to preserve the living force, but to ensure the safety of Wanmadu Industrial Zone!" ”

"Huh?" Kong Jiedao, "Isn't that a passive defense?" ”

"yes, passive defense doesn't work." Li Yunlong said, "The chairman said, the land is lost, the land is lost, the land is lost, the land is lost, the land is saved, and the preservation of living forces is much more important than defending a city and a place, Xiao Wang, we are the Eighth Route Army, we can't make the mistakes of the Kuomintang army, that's stupid, we can't do stupid things." ”

"Shut up." The brigade commander said, "Can you let Xiao Wang finish his words?" ”

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie stopped talking and waited for Wang Ye to explain the reason.

Wang Ye continued: "Because after the completion of the Wanmadu Industrial Zone, it will be possible to continuously produce 7.92mm caliber and 7.62mm caliber Mauser rifle cartridges, as well as 11.4mm caliber Thomson submachine gun cartridges, then the US weapons and equipment of our Shanxi Northwest Column will not become an ornament." ”

"And as long as the technicians are in place,"

"It is possible to expand the production line of two more 6.5mm caliber and 7.7mm caliber Arisaka rifle cartridges."

"In the later stage, we can even expand several artillery production lines for 50mm caliber grenades, 70mm caliber grenades and 75mm caliber grenades, so that not only our Northwest Column, but also the entire 129th Division and even the entire Eighth Route Army in North China will no longer have to worry about running out of ammunition."

Hearing this, everyone's spirits immediately lifted.

Wang Ye actually said this a long time ago, but no one cared.

Because Li Yunlong felt that it was too far away, but today they suddenly discovered that the arsenal seemed to be within reach, and they could really start building the arsenal.

If this arsenal is completed, the end of the devil is almost here.

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, if such a large arsenal is really built, then our base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province will really become a thorn in the flesh of the Japanese army in North China." ”

"That's for sure." Wang Ye said, "But in order to build an arsenal that can turn the entire situation of the Anti-Japanese War around, the appropriate sacrifice is also worth it." ”

Hearing this, the brigade commander's brows furrowed.

Appropriate sacrifices? The question is, how much sacrifice is appropriate?

Wang Ye quickly revealed the mystery: "At least you must be able to withstand the attack of the four divisions of the Japanese army for a month!" ”

"What? A month-long offensive of four divisions? Not only the brigade commander, but also Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie all had their hearts sink suddenly when they heard this, this task is really not ordinarily arduous.

Wang Ye pointed to the sand table and said, "Everyone, please look here, this is Wanmadu." ”

"If the Japanese army wants to destroy the industrial park of Wanmadu, there are only two choices, either send a small force to cross Wohu Mountain or Jiugong Mountain into the northwest of Shanxi, but if the Japanese army does this, it is purely looking for death, so it is still possible for them to send a small force to harass it, and it is extremely impossible as a real offensive tactic, unless they go crazy."

"The second option for the Japanese army is to move forward along the road, so there are four routes."

"The Japanese army can launch a centripetal attack on our base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province from Taiyuan in the south, Datong in the north, Shuiquan in the northeast, and Yangquan in the southeast."

"Considering the limitations of the terrain, as well as the strength of troops in North China, and the current international situation, I think that the Japanese army will mobilize four divisions at most to attack us, and the time will probably not exceed a month."

"If more troops are mobilized, or if it lasts longer than a month, the whole of North China will be shaken."

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "So our defensive deployment must ensure that it can withstand the attack of the four divisions of the Japanese army for a month. ”

The brigade commander said: "But the problem is that the Japanese top brass may once again increase troops to the Shanxi battlefield. ”

On this point, the head of the headquarters had a very clear judgment, and the brigade commander also mentioned it again.

Wang Ye said: "In this way, it will inevitably have a great impact on the entire strategic planning of the Japanese army, and then affect the situation in the Pacific Theater and even the entire Asian theater. ”

"Well, that's the truth." The brigade commander agreed.

After a pause, the brigade commander said, "Then tell me about your defense deployment concept." ”

Wang Ye said: "Considering that the Japanese army has a large amount of heavy equipment and must use the road to maneuver, we only need to firmly hold the road." ”

"I chose four key nodes."

"They are the pig killing mouth, the wild boar ditch, the wild wolf valley and the Xiji stronghold."

"I plan to build a medium-sized fortress at each of these four key locations to block the Japanese troops coming from the direction of Taiyuan, Datong, Shuiquan and Yangquan respectively."

"As long as these four fortresses are not lost, the Japanese army will not be able to enter the northwest of Shanxi at all."

Speaking of this, Wang Ye couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "It's a pity that I didn't grab the equipment of the ash factory from Taiyuan last time, if I can build an ash factory and produce ash, I am confident that I will build a strong defense line in the periphery of the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province that is no less solid than the Maginot Line." ”

"Needless to say, there is no need to talk about the shadows." The brigade commander waved his hand and said, "If you build a fortress with the existing conditions, how long will it be able to stop the Japanese army?" ”

"It depends on how many troops the Japanese army has mobilized and how many heavy artillery pieces they have."

Wang Ye said: "If it is the four divisions as mentioned before, and they are all mountain divisions, then it is completely possible to hold back the Japanese army for a month with these four fortresses." ”

The brigade commander said: "Can you really hold it for a month?" ”

"Really." Wang Ye nodded and said, "We have already calculated it repeatedly. ”

In any case, the Northwest Column of Jin Province had three detachments and 30,000 elites.

Even if the Japanese army mobilized four divisions, it would only be 60,000 or 70,000, which was only twice the strength advantage.

If it weren't for the serious shortage of ammunition reserves, Wang Ye would even have the confidence to hold on.

Wang Ye said: "However, in order to prevent accidents, it is still necessary for us to build a second line of defense, and the second line of defense is the three county towns of Lao County, Anhua County, and Ping'an County. ”

"Because these three county towns are like three locks, firmly locking the highway in all directions."

"As long as our troops hold on to these three county seats, the Japanese army will not be able to reach Wanmadu, and it will not be able to threaten the safety of our industrial zone."

After a pause, he added: "Brigade commander, this is the concept of defensive deployment. ”

"Okay." The brigade commander nodded and asked the crowd, "Who has any additional opinions?" ”

The cadres present shook their heads one after another, among these people, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie would only lead troops to fight, Zhao Gang was good at political and ideological work, Xing Zhiguo was an assistant, and Ding Wei knew a little bit about everything, but he couldn't put forward any different opinions on Wang Ye's defense deployment concept.

"Since there are no different opinions, let's do what Xiao Wang says." The brigade commander nodded, and then said, "Then now I will assign each person's tasks specifically." ”

"Li Yunlong is in charge of the construction of the Wild Wolf Valley Fortress."

"Zhao Gang is in charge of the Xiji Fortress, Ding Wei is in charge of the Wild Boar Ditch Fortress, and Kong Jie is in charge of the Piggy Fortress."

Speaking of this, the brigade commander said again: "Xiao Wang, your task is heavier, you are responsible for the construction of the industrial zone, and you must strive to build the arsenal in the shortest possible time." ”

Wang Ye stood upright and replied solemnly: "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

At this time, Li Yunlong said with a bitter face: "Brigade commander, our old Li can't repair the fortress." ”

"You can't learn if you can't cultivate?" The brigade commander said angrily, "Who is born to build a fortress?" ”

Wang Ye said with a smile: "Several chiefs, please rest assured, I have asked the Wolf Warrior Brigade to survey the topographic parameters of the pig killing mouth, the wild wolf ditch, the Xiji stronghold and the wild wolf valley, and when the survey results come out, I will help you design the main body of the fortress, and you only need to supervise the devil prisoners of war to build according to the drawings." ”

Devils are the best quality free laborers.

Not only good obedience, but also high quality.

At least there is no problem in understanding Wang Ye's drawings.

"Great, that's fine." Li Yunlong breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, Li Yunlong salivated and asked the brigade commander, "Brigade commander, what are you doing?" ”

"Yo drink, what do you mean?" The brigade commander said, "Listening to your tone, you still want to arrange something for me to do?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, where do I dare to arrange a job for you, brigade commander." Li Yunlong hurriedly said, "I'm just a little curious." ”

"Curious?" The brigade commander snorted and said, "What you're curious about is not what Lao Tzu is doing, but you want to know when Lao Tzu will get out, right?" ”

"Brigadier Commander, you've really wronged me." Li Yunlong flatly denied it, "I didn't mean that. ”

"You know what you mean." The brigade commander said, "Since that's the case, then Lao Tzu will give you a few real things, that's right, I will leave for the Taiyue Military Region soon." ”

"However, you guys don't want to rush to pick up Lao Tzu's class."

"The post of commander of the Northwest Column of Jin is still in my position for the time being."

"Also, you can solve the little things by yourself, don't always think about bothering Lao Tzu."

"If you encounter a major incident that you really can't solve, it's not too late to send a telegram to me for instructions."

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "As for the matter of military command, Xiao Wang will temporarily replace me in command, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie, you must not give Lao Tzu a." ”

7017k