Ishii Haraichi's question was very modest, but in fact, Yamamoto Kazuki did not consider the question of how Ishii United would attack Ushiguchi Village from the beginning.

His eyes were initially fixed on the map line between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

In his mind, he had already sketched out how he led the special team to take advantage of the large-scale attack of the Ishii Wing, quickly crossed the mountainous area in the middle of Xicun and Zhangjia Village, attacked the station of the Independent Regiment in one fell swoop, terminated the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, and eliminated Kong Jie, the head of the Independent Regiment.

As for Ishii Haraichi's inquiry, Yamamoto replied directly:

"How the Ishii Wing deploys troops to attack Niukou Village, I think Ishii-kun is already confident in his heart.

What I was responsible for was to take the lead in destroying the regimental headquarters command organ of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army before Ishii-kun's team attacked Niukou Village.

Taking advantage of the paralysis of the command of the independent regiment, Ishii-kun will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort if he attacks again. ”

Ishii Haraichi smiled and said: "Senior, I think I understand what you mean, this time the attack of my Ishii Wing will definitely be carried out with great fanfare, attracting the attention of the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and indirectly covering the decapitation of the special team led by the senior." ”

"In order to achieve this goal, I think that this time the two routes of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang cannot be let go."

"I plan to march the troops at the same time in two directions, so as to form an oppressive momentum, and at the same time advance to the base area of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

"At that time, if the Eighth Route Army wants to avoid the two villages of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang and the villagers from suffering from the flames of war, it will definitely find a way to engage our army on the periphery of these two villages, or with the help of two villages as defense."

"At this time, once the battle starts, the attention of the Eighth Route Army will be all on the two routes of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and Niukou Village will be their base camp, because the back is surrounded by mountains, and there are new regiments and new second regiments on both sides, and there are Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang in front."

"Eighth Road will not worry about the safety of the base camp in Niukou Village."

"But how could they have thought that our army's large-scale attack in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang was just a foreshadowing for the beheading operation of your special team."

"In order to meet the imperial forces of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, this independent regiment can only send heavy troops to it, and at that time, Niukou Village will be empty, and the senior will lead the special team to sneak attack the past, and it will definitely be able to destroy the independent regiment headquarters in one fell swoop."

Kazuki Yamamoto nodded, and victory seemed to be in sight.

At this time, a staff officer suggested: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, since the troops are divided into two routes, it is better to choose one as the focus and the other as a feint. ”

Ishii Hara smiled and said: "Yes, this is exactly what I plan, this time we will feint to attack Xicun and attack Zhangjiazhuang." ”

"Our troops are nearly 3,500 troops this time, of which 500 are feigning to attack Xicun, and the other 3,000 troops are advancing directly from Zhangjiazhuang."

"According to the intelligence investigation, the strength of the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army is also about 3,000 people, if we divide the troops into two and divide the troops into two routes, once the Eighth Route Army receives the news, it will definitely meet Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang at the same time. At this time, no matter which line of the front, we will not be able to achieve absolute superiority in elite forces. ”

"If the Eighth Route Army relies on its familiarity with the surrounding terrain and terrain and uses villages as a defense to resist desperately, our troops will definitely fall into a battle to the death, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"Therefore, choosing one of the two offensive routes as the concentrated breakthrough point is undoubtedly the best tactic."

"In addition, there is also an Imperial Association Army that will accompany our troops to fight this time, with a strength of about 2,000 people, and this Imperial Association Army can also come in handy."

"Before this attack, I will prepare the uniforms of the Imperial soldiers for this Imperial Army in advance, and on the day the attack begins, all the Imperial Army will change into the uniforms of the Imperial Soldiers, and they will advance to Xicun with the 500-strong Imperial Combat Force."

"On the other side, in Zhangjiazhuang, where we are the key offensive route, there were originally 3,000 imperial warriors, of which about 2,000 soldiers were changed into the uniforms of the Imperial Army."

The devil's chief of staff admired: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, is wise, In this way, the team attacking Xicun Road has about 2,500 imperial troops in the Eighth Route Army, while the Imperial Army attacking Zhangjiazhuang Road is only about 1,000 imperial troops, plus about 2,000 Imperial Cooperative Army. ”

"The Imperial Allied Army has little combat effectiveness, and the Eighth Route Army is also very aware of this situation, so in peacetime fighting with our Imperial Japanese Army, the Eighth Route Army gives priority to the elite troops of our Imperial Japanese Army."

"In this way, the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army will definitely think that our army has put an important point of attack in the direction of Xicun."

"When they hurriedly divided their troops to block the attack in two ways and put the key defensive direction in Xicun, the main force of our attack on Niukou Village suddenly broke out, and we could directly tear through the defense of Zhangjiazhuang, and then directly attack Niukou Village, the base camp where the independent regiment is located, then the independent regiment could be destroyed."

Ishii Haraichi said confidently: "It's a very simple tactic, but once this independent regiment is fooled, it will definitely not be far from destruction."

At that time, after the breakthrough of Zhangjiazhuang, the forces can be divided into two parts, one to destroy the Niukou Village base where the independent regiment is located, and the other is to make a detour from the back of the West Village, and arrange the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army in the West Village, and attack from the front and rear to eliminate it in one fell swoop. ”

Speaking of this, the corners of Ishii Haraichi's mouth crossed a touch of pride, "After you go back, you captains will convey the content of this combat meeting, as for the Imperial Alliance Army, don't be too public, just tell some officers." ”

The chief of staff of the Japanese army was worried: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, if you are not of my own clan, your heart will be different, tell the officers of the Imperial Allied Army in advance, if the news is revealed......

"What I want is for the Imperial Association to reveal the news from within the Imperial Army." Ishii Haraichi said with a smile.

“？？？”

Ishii Haraichi explained: "Imagine it, this time we will move on the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the area of Niukou Village, and we need to transfer our troops to the interior of Yangquan in advance, and then send troops to the area around Niukou Village.

There is a lot of movement in this, and it is impossible to hide it from the eyes and ears of the Eighth Route Army.

As for the troops of the Imperial Cooperative Army, I understand very well that they are not united internally, and there will even be spies lurking in the Eighth Route Army.

Isn't this a problem that has always existed in the Imperial Army?

But this is not necessarily a bad thing, and sometimes it can be used in reverse as well.

For example, when you return this time and convey the news to the officers of the Imperial Allied Army, the general content of the military meeting remains unchanged, and what needs to be changed is the direction of the key attack.

It's no longer Zhangjiazhuang, it's Xicun.

The rest is a step-by-step plan, and the military intelligence transmitted to the Imperial Allied Army must be like this:

There were 500 imperial troops, with about 2,000 people wearing imperial military uniforms, disguised as the imperial army of the imperial troops, and attacking Zhangjiazhuang all the way.

The focus is on the direction of the West Village, where 3,000 Imperial troops are responsible for advancing, of which 2,000 Imperial soldiers are dressed as Imperial Cooperative Army soldiers.

In this way, the military information obtained by the Imperial Allied Army is very clear:

We used their Imperial Cooperative Army troops as a camouflage to attack Xicun and feint Zhangjiazhuang.

But on the day of the actual attack, it was at the moment when our attacking troops left Yangquan County and prepared to divide into two routes.

I will give the order again, and the two teams will switch routes without warning.

In this way, we will return to the plan we formulated, attack Zhangjiazhuang, and feint to attack Xicun.

And I believe that at this time, the Eighth Route Army has already gotten the news that we are going to attack Xicun and feint Zhangjiazhuang through the eyes of the Imperial Cooperative Army.

At the same time, the two thousand Imperial soldiers wearing the puppet army uniforms, as well as the puppet army soldiers wearing the imperial army uniforms, will change their clothes again.

Because the Eighth Route Army will definitely get the news through the Imperial Army, knowing that we have made a large number of Imperial Army soldiers change into imperial military uniforms and act as elite intelligence.

In this way, when the two lines of troops march, the Eighth Route Army will perceive the situation in advance:

There were about 2,500 troops attacking Nishimura, of which about 2,000 were Imperial Army.

On the other hand, the team attacking Zhangjiacun was an imperial force of nearly 3,000 troops.

On the surface, our focus is on Zhangjiazhuang.

But the Eighth Route Army, which had already received the information, would definitely think that those soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Allied Army were actually imperial soldiers.

Then it will be concluded that our main offensive force will be in the direction of Nishimura.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army believed that they would not be deceived by our appearances, and they would focus on the direction of defense in Xicun, not in Zhangjiazhuang.

In this way, it happened to fall for us.

The focus of our army's offensive this time was still on Zhangjiazhuang.

It was only at that point that we changed our route and changed the uniforms worn by the soldiers, and even if there was still the eyeliner of the Eighth Route Army in the ranks, they did not have a chance to pass on the news along the way.

By the time the Eighth Route Army came to its senses, it was too late.

In addition, the special team led by the senior belongs to the absolute military secrets of this time, and the Imperial Association Army knows nothing.

The two of us cooperated in the attack, and the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army was definitely in danger. ”

After Ishii Haraichi finished speaking, the conference room was quiet for a while, and all the Japanese staff officers and officers were all impressed by Ishii Haraichi's resourcefulness.

The Japanese officers who had dealt with the Eighth Route Army many times were well aware of the cunning of the Eighth Route Army.

It is definitely not easy to fool the Eighth Route Army, but the wing captain just thought of such an ingenious method.

used the combination of fiction and reality on the bright side, and combined with the error of the intelligence information transmitted by the Imperial Cooperative Army, and finally fooled the Eighth Route Army.

This combination of the virtual and real attack on Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, not to mention the enemy, even these devil staff officers and officers were almost stunned.

Plus the decapitation operation of Yamamoto's special forces.

It is difficult for this independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army not to be destroyed.

In the end, even Kazuki Yamamoto had nothing to say about the subtlety of Ishii Haraichi's tactics.

Ishiwara immediately reconfirmed the implementation process of the specific tactics with the officers.

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In this way, time passed quickly, and at the end of March, the enemy engineering department of the Eighth Route Army really quickly got the news that it was Taiyuan City, and there had been a large increase in Japanese troops recently.

Separate regiments.

Regiment headquarters.

Wang An returned to the regiment headquarters with the information to report, and the battalion commander and instructors also gathered under Kong Jie's order to hold a military meeting at the regiment headquarters.

At the beginning of the meeting, Kong Jie took the lead in pointing out the theme: "The Japanese army began to increase a large number of troops in the direction of Taiyuan City, and Zhu Wenliang also came with news not long ago, and the Japanese army asked him about the situation of our independent regiment base area. ”

"From this, it can basically be concluded that this little devil is preparing to do something to our independent group!"

Wang Leihu, the commander of the first battalion, said: "Regiment commander, I'm afraid that the little devil won't come, how long have we been waiting for this day?" My battalion is still thinking that after winning the battle again this time, I will pull up the machine gun company in the battalion! ”

Shen Quan, the commander of the second battalion, looked at Wang An and asked, "Wang An, have the comrades of the enemy's engineering department found out the specific situation, how is the Japanese army going to march to our base area?" ”

Wang An replied: "The information sent back by the comrades lurking in the puppet army camp in Yangquan County said that it was through one of his drunken battalion commanders.

The specific strength that the devil is going to use to deal with our independent regiment this time is a wing of the Japanese army, about 3,500 troops, plus a regiment of the puppet army, about 2,000 people.

It seems that they are preparing to attack our base in two ways.

In addition, we also heard a very important piece of information, in order to confuse our judgment, this little devil is ready to let a considerable number of puppet soldiers change into the uniforms of Japanese soldiers and disguise themselves as the elite of Japanese soldiers.

He also asked a considerable number of Japanese soldiers to change into the uniforms of the puppet army and disguise themselves as puppet soldiers.

Our enemy engineering department judged that the devils wanted to choose Xicun or Zhangjiazhuang all the way as the focus of this attack.

I want to use this method to interfere with our judgment.

As for the devil's two-way attack this time, which one is a feint attack and which one is a real attack, we have not yet received accurate information. ”

Shen Quan nodded, and said with a headache: "Commander, this little devil is cunning enough, and he is ready to play some virtual and real tactics with us!" ”

"But if the little devil really attacks like this, it is also very important for us to determine the key offensive line of the devil, whether it is in Xicun or Zhangjiazhuang."

Wang Leihu said: "But at the moment, how to determine which direction the devil is going to focus on attacking?" ”

The generals were silent, the question was really unanswerable.

Kong Jie said: "We must know the answer to this question, but there is no need to be too anxious, as long as the two lines of Japanese troops arrive in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, even if it is an hour in advance to figure out the specific deployment of the devil, it is not too late." ”

"In this way, Wang An, on the side of the enemy's Ministry of Works, the comrades still continue to monitor every move of the Japanese puppet army in Yangquan County, so as to finally determine the key offensive line of the devils."

"Yes!" Wang An responded.

"The first battalion commander, the second battalion commander, this section of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, the two of you are each responsible for the exploration of one place.

Send me all the most elite scouts in the battalion, so that as long as the devil's troops step out of Yangquan County, the Japanese army will be divided into two routes, and the ratio of troops, firepower allocation, and specific military appearance must be conveyed to the command headquarters in time. ”

"Yes!" Wang Leihu and Shen Quan responded in unison......

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