Now the brigade commander can't go.

The devils of the eight divisions are about to hit the door, how dare the brigade commander leave?

The brigade commander immediately returned to the headquarters with Li Yunlong and Wang Ye, and sent guards to gather Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, and other deputy brigade-level cadres.

The big war is imminent, and of course there must be an emergency operational meeting.

As the so-called three stinkers, Zhuge Liang, decision-making needs to be concentrated, but it is necessary to develop more ideas and discuss more before making decisions.

Hearing that the Japanese army was going to mobilize eight divisions to sweep up, Kong Jie and the others reacted exactly the same as Li Yunlong, they were all extremely shocked and extremely unbelievable.

"Damn, this old devil Okamura Ninji took the wrong medicine."

"Holy, eight divisions? The old devil is so big. ”

"Is this old devil crazy? Isn't this a cannon to fight mosquitoes? ”

"Lao Guan, what are you talking nonsense about your shit? Who is the cannon and who is the mosquito? ”

"Harm, I'm just making an analogy, and it's not that our Northwest Column of Jin is a mosquito."

Seeing that a few people were about to go off topic while talking, the brigade commander could only knock on the table and say: "Let's get down to business, don't go far, the main topic of this meeting is how to deal with it?" ”

Li Yunlong said: "Brigade commander, there is actually nothing to say about this, the soldiers are coming, the water is flooding, no matter how many devils come to him, how we should fight and how to fight." ”

Kong Jie also said: "That's it, how to fight or how to fight?" ”

"Fuck." The brigade commander said angrily, "What Lao Tzu is asking now is how to fight, I don't know how to fight, where did I come from?" Huh? ”

Li Yunlong said: "Brigade commander, how should I know." ”

Kong Jie also said: "Yes, it's the same way we used to fight the Guards Division and the 69th Division. ”

Li Yunlong continued: "Brigade commander, we were able to inflict heavy damage on the Guards Division and annihilate the 69th Division, which shows that our previous tactics were effective, so we only need to follow the previous tactics and rely on the favorable terrain, especially the tunnel network, to fight a war of attrition with the devils, and in the end, it will definitely be the devils who can't hold on." ”

Xing Zhiguo, Guan Dashan, and Li Xiaoxian nodded one after another.

Only Zhao Gang, Ding Wei and Wang Ye were silent.

The brigade commander asked Zhao Gang, "Zhao Gang, do you have anything to say?" ”

Zhao Gang hurriedly said: "Brigade commander, my military experience is relatively lacking, so I won't express my opinion." ”

The brigade commander snorted, and asked Ding Wei again: "Ding Wei, what is your opinion?" Or according to the previous tactics, relying on favorable terrain and tunnels to deal with devils? ”

Ding Wei shook his head and said, "Brigade commander, I have a different opinion. ”

"Lao Ding, why are you cowardly?" Li Yunlong said hurriedly, "At this time, we can't admit it." ”

"Lao Li, it's not a question of cowardice." Ding Wei said solemnly, "From the defeat of the Jizhong Military Region, we can basically conclude that tunnel warfare is not omnipotent. ”

"Before I was transferred to the new regiment, I worked in the third division of the Jizhong Military Region."

"I am very familiar with the tunnels of the Jizhong Military Region, before I left, the total length of the tunnel network of the Jizhong Military Region had exceeded 6,000 kilometers, and by the beginning of this year, its length must have exceeded 10,000 kilometers."

"The tunnel network of our Shanxi Northwest Military Region is nothing special compared to the Jizhong Military Region."

"The Japanese army can destroy the tunnel network of the Jizhong Military Region, and it can also crack us."

After a pause, Ding Wei said again: "So, I don't think that the devil can be driven away by tunnel warfare alone." ”

Li Yunlong hurriedly said: "Lao Ding, in addition to the tunnels, don't we also have four fortresses on the periphery?" Our defense system is more complete than that of the Jizhong Military Region, and the terrain is also more favorable, so the fact that the Jizhong Military Region is not good does not mean that our Shanxi Northwest Military Region is not good, and I think that our Shanxi Northwest Military Region is fully capable of winning the victory against the sweep. ”

"Not really." Ding Wei shook his head and said, "The Japanese army's sweep of the Jizhong Military Region only mobilized two divisions, two brigades and a part of the puppet army, but this time the sweep of our Northwest Shanxi Military Region mobilized a full eight divisions, including the 1st Division, the 27th Division and the 28th Division!" ”

"Elite? Bullshit elite. Li Yunlong said, "Lao Tzu is the elite." ”

Ding Wei said: "Lao Li, I know that your independent regiment fought well in the past and annihilated many elite Japanese troops, but this time it is really a huge disparity between us and the enemy, we should still be careful." ”

Li Yunlong was about to say more, but was interrupted by the brigade commander.

"Alright, stop arguing." The brigade commander stopped Li Yunlong and asked Wang Yedao, "Xiao Wang, can you tell me?" ”

Wang Ye was silent for a few seconds, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Brigade commander, let's organize the villagers to transfer first." ”

"Organize the transfer of the villagers?" Even the brigade commander didn't understand this, and frowned and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Yunlong also said with a blank face: "Xiao Wang, the devils haven't hit the door yet, why are you in a hurry to organize the transfer of the villagers?" Didn't we dig a tunnel? Even if the devil really knocks on the door, as long as the villagers drill into the tunnel, what can the devil do with them? There are thousands of villages in our entire northwestern base area of Shanxi Province, and the devils can still be fenced one by one? If this is the case, it will be a repeat of the mistakes of the Guards Division, then we can't ask for it. ”

"Commander, this time is different." Wang Ye said, "I have a hunch that the devil will be ruthless this time." ”

"Ruthless?" The brigade commander looked stunned and asked, "Xiao Wang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Wang Ye said solemnly: "Brigade commander, in fact, when sweeping the Jizhong Military Region, there were already signs, for the people on the periphery of the Jizhong Military Region, the devils were only driven to the big villages, but for the people in the core area of the Jizhong Military Region, the devils adopted a cruel three-light policy, and where they passed, the chickens and dogs were not left!" ”

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "So I'm worried that when the devils sweep our Shanxi Northwest Military Region, they will increase the size on the basis of the Jizhong Military Region, and implement the three-light policy from the moment they enter the base area!" ”

Kong Jie said: "But the villagers have authentic protection, what are you afraid of? ”

"Captain Kong, the tunnel is useless." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "If the devil is willing to spend the money, he only needs to dig a shaft dozens of meters deep in the center of each village, and then bury a large amount of explosives to detonate it, which is enough to collapse the tunnel within a radius of several hundred meters or even several thousand meters, then all the villagers hiding in the tunnel will be buried alive!" ”

"Xiao Wang is right." The brigade commander said in a deep voice, "In the later period, in the Jizhong Military Region, the devils did just that, and the people of many villages and the militia suffered. ”

Li Yunlong said: "How much explosives do you need?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Okamura Ningji has even transferred eight divisions, and he still cares about this bit of explosives?" ”

Li Yunlong was silent, because what he said was true, and the eight divisions and regiments were all transferred to fight them, and it seemed that it was nothing to get hundreds or even thousands of tons of explosives.

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "Even if only half of the villages are destroyed, it will be a great loss for our base area in the northwest of Shanxi, we would rather do more preparations before the war, and even pay some price for it, it is better than letting the fathers and villagers take their lives after the war." ”

"Agreed." Ding Wei said, "If the villagers are transferred, we don't have to worry about this and that, we can let go of our hands and feet to do with the devils, in case the base is really unable to hold, we can also directly break through separately, without having to have a large number of casualties in order to cover the transfer of the people." ”

"Well, that makes sense." The brigade commander immediately said to Zhao Gang, "Zhao Gang, this task will be handed over to your Political Department, immediately mobilize the people to move to Hetao, and be sure to make it clear to the villagers, and meet the requirements put forward by the villagers, such as bringing food and livestock from home, as much as possible." ”

"Yes." Zhao Gang agreed, and immediately got up to leave.

Li Yunlong laughed and said: "It's okay if the people are gone, just like Lao Ding said just now, now we can let go of our hands and feet and do it with the devil, haha." ”

"Commander, you're thinking too much." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "There are more than one million people in our northwest base area in Shanxi, and we still have to bring grain and even domestic livestock, how long will it take to transfer all of them across the river?" Especially for the people in the Fuliang mountainous area, it takes ten days and half a month to drag their families to the bank of the Yellow River. ”

After a pause, he said: "Considering the ferry capacity of the only few ferries, and the devil's aviation will definitely come to make trouble, so there is a high probability that there will be no way to cross the river during the day, and can only be ferried at night, so if you want to transport more than a million people, food and livestock across the river, it will take two months to say the least!" ”

"What, two months?" Li Yunlong was stunned for a few moments.

Wang Ye said in a deep voice: "Two months, it will only be more, not less." ”

The brigade commander said awe-inspiringly: "That is, we have to hold the base for at least two months?" ”

"Yes, at least for two months." Wang Ye nodded, and then said with a smile, "However, if you think about it the other way around, this is a good thing, because it means that the arsenal can be reloaded with two more months of bullets, and we can have more than three million rounds of bullets and more than 100,000 shells, and we can kill a lot of devils." ”

The brigade commander nodded and said in a deep voice: "Then the combat goal can basically be determined." ”

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "The goal is to hold on to the northwest of Jin for at least two months, and at the same time cover the transfer of the common people to the Hetao, and try to kill and injure the devil's living force as much as possible!" ”

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie nodded one after another.

At this time, Cheng Yue hurried in with a telegram.

After reading the telegram, the brigade commander said with a smile: "The requirements of the headquarters can be said to coincide with our opinions, and the head of the headquarters also asks us to stick to the base area for a period of time, cover the transfer of the people to the Hetao and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area, and at the same time kill and injure a large number of Japanese troops, and contribute to the national war of resistance!" ”

Ding Wei snuffed out the cigarette butt with all his might, and said in a deep voice: "We won't say how much contribution we can make, but at least we must cripple the eight divisions that participated in the sweep of our base area in the northwest of Shanxi!" ”

Wang Ye shook his head and said, "Head Ding, I have a different opinion on this point. ”

Although Li Yunlong and Ding Wei have been promoted to detachment commanders, the original battalion-level cadres like Wang Ye, Guan Dashan, and Li Xiaoxian still habitually call Li Yunlong and them regiment commanders, just as Wei Dayong, Duan Peng, and Wei Xilai also habitually call Wang Ye the captain, because it is more cordial.

"Really?" Ding Wei smiled, "Then you can talk about it." ”

Wang Ye said: "The chairman said that it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers, so my opinion, use a small number of troops to contain the main force of the Japanese army, and then concentrate the main force of the column to fight a war of annihilation, and strive to annihilate one or two divisions of the Japanese army. ”

"What, annihilate three or four divisions?" Kong Jie was happy at once, "You really dare to think about it." ”

"People, you have to have a dream." Wang Ye smiled, "If you can't think about it, where does the motivation come from?" ”

"Xiao Wang is right, to be a man you should have a dream." The brigade commander now looks at Wang Ye really and pleasing to the eye, and immediately expressed his support, "As a field army, it should have an ambitious combat goal!" In my opinion, the annihilation of three or four divisions of the Japanese army is the highest combat goal! ”

This is not only Kong Jie, but even Ding Wei feels that the brigade commander is too accustomed to Wang Ye.

Li Yunlong felt even more uncomfortable, Brigade Commander, your most precious person used to be our old Li, but now you have changed, and now your most precious person has become Xiao Wang.

But Wang Yezhen lived up to the trust of the brigade commander.

"Old Ma, Old Chen." Wang Ye turned his head and shouted, "Bring the map we drawn." ”

Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli's promises sounded outside the conference room, and the two of them walked in with a roll of maps, and then spread them out on the long conference table.

This is a complete map of the northwest of Shanxi.

I saw that a lot of markings had been made on the map.

"Brigadier Commander, and Chiefs." Ma Yuan pointed to the map and said, "This is the all-terrain map of northwest Shanxi that our operations department spent seven days and nights drawing, and every small dirt bag, every ravine, and every cliff on the map has been surveyed by the members of the Wolf Warrior Brigade on the spot, and it is correct!" The mistakes that were made have been corrected. ”

The brigade commander said: "Pony, let the logistics department print and distribute it as soon as possible." ”

Xing Zhiguo smiled and said, "Brigade commander, the printing house is already printing. ”

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others had already gathered around the map.

"Good." Kong Jie said, "With this thing, it will be much easier to fight a war. ”

"yes." Li Yunlong said with deep understanding, "An accurate map can save the commander how much trouble, and how much less wrong the troops can take." ”

Ding Wei said: "The most important thing is that with this map, we no longer need to send scouts to reconnoiter the terrain before the battle, as long as we look at the map, we can choose where to ambush the enemy, and even where the artillery fire and heavy machine gun fire should be placed, we can make a decision directly through the map." ”

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "It's like real mountains and real waters." ”

The brigade commander asked Wang Yedao: "Xiao Wang, can the accuracy of the map really be guaranteed?" ”

Wang Ye said solemnly: "Brigade commander, Lao Ma and Lao Chen didn't do anything during this time, they only did one thing, that is, they followed the wolf warrior brigade to run all over the mountains and rivers in the northwest of Shanxi, so there is no problem with the accuracy of the map." ”

Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli also said solemnly: "Commander, we dare to guarantee with party spirit. ”

"Okay, the map is accurate." The brigade commander said, "Then I have the bottom in my heart." ”

"Oh, that's not right." Speaking of this, Li Yunlong finally reacted and said, "No, no, isn't the devil blocked out by our fortress?" We can't enter the base area at all, so if we want to annihilate the devils, shouldn't we take the initiative to attack and go to the guerrilla areas or even the Japanese-occupied areas to fight the little devils? How can you fight in a base area? ”

Wang Ye said: "Regiment commander, our fortress is only stuck on the road, but it can't block the mountain road at all, the devil's heavy troops must rely on the road to maneuver, but their mountain troops can maneuver through the mountain road, just like the Yamazaki brigade that drilled into the hinterland of our Taihang base area slipped in from the mountain road." ”

The brigade commander said: "So, it is possible that the Japanese army will divide its troops to enter our base area from the mountain road?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Brigade commander, it's not possible, but sure, the Japanese army will definitely divide its troops to enter our base area from the mountain road, and the scale will not be small." ”

"This sweep of the Japanese army put eight divisions,"

"I reckon that four divisions will storm our fortress along the road,"

"The remaining four divisions are very likely to be changed to mountain divisions, in fact, there is no need to change, because the combat divisions and regiments formed by the Japanese army in the later period are rarely equipped with field artillery, and most of them are equipped with mountain artillery, infantry artillery and mortars, and these artillery pieces can follow the infantry through mountain roads to maneuver."

After a pause, he said: "The first thing we have to fight is these mountain combat divisions, and these mountain combat divisions and regiments have no heavy artillery, let alone tanks, and they can't even get the protection of aviation at night, so we are fully capable of eating them!" Of course, the premise is that in the face of one division, two divisions will not be able to gnaw. ”

Xing Zhiguo was still a little unconfident, and said with a frown: "Xiao Wang, are you sure that with the strength and ammunition reserves of our northwest column in Jin, we can eat a division of the Japanese army?" ”

"I'm sure." Wang Ye said firmly, "Because with the four fortress fortifications built in Killing Pig's Mouth, Xijikou, Wild Boar Ditch and Wild Wolf Valley, there is no need for the main force at all, and the local armed forces of the three military subdivisions can hold on for at least half a month, so during this time, our main force can be concentrated to fight a big battle!" ”

"Not long ago, the main force of our Northwest Column in Shanxi carried out a downsizing,"

"But there are still ten infantry regiments, an artillery regiment and a cavalry regiment."

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "Our Northwest Column of Shanxi Province now has a total of more than 25,000 combat troops, compared to 15,000 people in a mountain division of the Japanese army, the advantage in strength is indeed not very obvious, but we are more familiar with the terrain, and if necessary, we can use the Wolf Warrior Brigade to behead the Japanese army and destroy their command system, and if the terrain is suitable, we can even use tank companies to penetrate from the front, so the grasp is still very large." ”

(End of chapter)