Zhao Gang's doubts are also Xu Lianzhong's worries.

After asking, Zhao Gang and Xu Lianzhong's eyes converged on Kong Jie.

Kong Jie smiled: "Lao Zhao, Lao Xu, don't worry, I have also considered this in advance." ”

"In the battle in the mountainous area, the side that takes the initiative to attack is often more damaged, and the side that defends in advance is less damaged, which is an advantage in the use of terrain and features."

"For example, in the current battle situation around our independent regiment, it is impossible for the devil to fight from Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang to Niukou Village."

"But in the same way, with the remaining strength of our independent regiment, it will be very difficult to eat the 4th Mixed Brigade and Ishii Wing besieged in one bite."

"But if you choose the key points in advance and fight the blocking battle, it will be much simpler."

"Whether it is in Xicun or Zhangjiazhuang, the route nodes that the Japanese army can evacuate and march are limited, I only need to send people to hold all these nodes, and then send troops to make a feint, camouflage the purpose of gradually shrinking the encirclement and trying to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army, the devil will definitely be fooled."

"In addition, local troops and even militia comrades will help in the siege of the 4th Mixed Brigade and Ishii Wing of the Japanese Army, so that in the eyes of the Japanese army, the strength of our independent regiment will suddenly be much larger."

"When the time comes, I will use part of the main force of the operation, cooperate with the local troops and militia comrades, and besiege the Japanese troops in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."

"Buy enough time for both of us to help."

As soon as Kong Jie explained this, Zhao Gang and Xu Lianzhong dispelled their doubts, and the two nodded.

Then, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang, and Xu Lianzhong discussed the specific operational arrangements and arrangements for this joint operation and the encirclement and reinforcement of the points, and discussed for nearly an hour.

Considering that the garrison still needed someone to be responsible for and command, Zhao Gang and Xu Lianzhong returned to their respective stations through the secret transportation channel at night, and Kong Jie sent comrades from the guard company to escort them all the way.

After Zhao Gang and Xu Lianzhong left, Kong Jie held a military meeting overnight, and the fourth and fifth battalions, as well as all the units directly under the regiment, and all the cadres at the battalion and company levels were all present.

At the beginning of the meeting, Kong Jie got straight to the point:

"This time, our independent regiment cooperated with the new first regiment and the new second regiment to implement the tactics of encirclement and reinforcement against the Japanese army, and our independent regiment was mainly responsible for two tasks, the first point, the fourth mixed brigade of the Japanese army besieging Xicun, and the Shijing Wing in Zhangjiazhuang; The second point is to divide part of the main force and cooperate with the new 1st and 2nd regiments to encircle and annihilate the Japanese reinforcements. ”

"Considering that we have insufficient troops to stay in the base area this time, this time the local troops and militia comrades will assist us in the battle."

"The general operational arrangement is as follows: This time, we will gather the remaining forces in the base area, and on the premise of ensuring the internal stability of the base area, we will probably be able to transfer more than 1,500 troops, including more than 300 people, to cooperate with local comrades and militia comrades to besiege the Shijing Wing in Zhangjiazhuang."

"More than 300 other people, with the cooperation of local comrades and militia comrades, besieged the 4th mixed brigade of the Japanese army in Xicun."

"The nearly 1,000 troops that have been vacated will be divided into two parts, and they will unite with the New Second Regiment and the New Second Regiment respectively to ambush the reinforcements supporting Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie asked: "How are the four battalion commanders, the county brigade, the district squad, and the comrades of the militia in each village all coordinated?" ”

Lei Dasheng said with a smile: "The regiment commander, local comrades, and militia comrades have all made it clear that they will carry out the orders of the regiment headquarters at any time. ”

"Comrades, I have all said that since the Battle of Zhengtai, as long as you fight with our independent regiment, you will definitely have meat to eat."

"Let's not talk about it far away, let's just say that among the county brigades, the county brigades of our independent regiment are the most generous, and the weapons and equipment are almost on top of some of the main regiments."

"Comrades are waiting for this battle, and then follow our independent regiment to eat meat!"

Kong Jie nodded with a smile and continued: "The people of our villages and towns have been evacuated, and the local comrades and militia comrades can free up their hands, so that the number of troops is quite a lot. ”

"Speaking of Zhangjiazhuang all the way, there are more than 300 troops of ours, county brigades, district teams, and militias from various villages, almost 500 people, this is more than 800 troops, set up fortifications at key points, block the Japanese army, and besiege Zhangjiazhuang's Shijing Wing, as long as the tactics are appropriate, it may not be impossible."

"In addition, after the battle begins, disguise these 500 local comrades and militia comrades as our main force, so that the devil thinks that we are using the main force to besiege his Ishii Wing."

Du Aiguo said: "Regiment commander, this is easy, we have captured some puppet troops, and the puppet soldiers said that since the rise of our independent regiment, the main combat force of our independent regiment and other Eighth Route Army units also have many characteristics that are different, and the devil relies on these characteristics to judge whether it is the team of our independent regiment." ”

"Oh, what does that mean?" Kong Jie became curious.

Du Aiguo said: "The little devil said, the team of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, in addition to the extremely strong firepower configuration, also has several obvious characteristics, one is the neatness of the military uniform, and the other is the most important judgment point, their soldiers are not like the regular Eighth Route Army troops, wearing cloth shoes, even straw sandals.

What are you wearing? Wearing military boots made of cowhide, a large number of captured Showa military boots, and with a slight transformation, they became the military boots of the soldiers of the independent regiment.

This is the biggest characteristic of the devil to identify our independent regiment team. ”

Kong Jie laughed, it turned out that this was the case.

While developing weapons and equipment in the independent regiment and vigorously engaging in economic construction in the base areas, Regiment Commander Kong often communicated with Dong San of the Logistics Department and always paid attention to the clothing, food, housing, and transportation of the soldiers.

In Kongjie's standard:

To wear, at least warmly, and then to pursue comfort, the warriors must have cotton clothes in winter, and light shirts in summer, at least to change and wash.

Eating, not to mention eating enough for every meal, at least let the soldiers get the nutrients from food to supply the consumption of combat and training.

Housing, the living environment should be suitable, not too humid or too dry, and frequent ventilation to avoid the soldiers from gathering together and causing many diseases.

In addition to the bicycles, motorcycles, wheelbarrows and war horses provided by the troops' logistics, Kong Jie attributed the "travel" more to the shoes worn by the soldiers.

During the difficult period of the army, the straw sandals worn by the soldiers had to be replaced.

The straw sandals were not durable, not strong, and often broke down on the way, and the soldiers even had to find new grass on the spot to weave straw sandals while marching.

Straw sandals made of straw and hemp are hardly comfortable, and the barbs of the straw sandals themselves often inadvertently scratch the soles of the feet, and even lead to repeated infections during the march.

Coupled with poor warmth, many fighters suffered from frostbite because they wore straw sandals barefoot.

What's more, wearing straw sandals for a long time to carry heavy burdens can easily lead to flat feet, so that soldiers lose the ability to march long distances.

Therefore, after the logistics of the independent regiment became rich, Kong Jie immediately told Dong San that he wanted to completely solve the problem of the soldiers wearing shoes first.

This infantry fights by a pair of feet, shoes that fit comfortably and comfortably, and the combat effectiveness can even be increased by half, which is a crucial factor. Guer

Kong Jie's request is that not to mention a pair of military boots per person, at least a pair of cloth shoes.

This condition was quickly achieved, and later the independent regiment had a number of business roads, plus the money obtained from the cash flow from the armed seizure of the county seat of the devil, Kong Jie used part of it and bought a lot of cloth and soles from the county seat of the Japanese-occupied area.

Then I asked some ladies in the village to make a lot of military shoes.

Therefore, as early as half a year ago, the soldiers of the independent regiment had two pairs of cloth shoes per capita, and during the winter, they would even be issued a pair of cotton shoes with animal hair in the soles.

That's it, Captain Kong is still not very satisfied.

Later, Kong Jie came up with the idea of the devil Showa five-style military boots.

This kind of military boots of the devil is made of cowhide, strong and durable, and waterproof, the whole boot can wrap the calf all at once, the sole of the boot is supported by the heel and arch part, and most importantly, there are anti-slip steel nails at the bottom, which has a strong grip.

Wearing this thing, you can even run in the mountains.

In addition, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army never regarded them as barefoot.

It's just like a tiger with wings.

So Commander Kong didn't say a word, and began to think of a way to make the soldiers of the independent regiment wear this kind of military boots.

Kong Jie's ambition at that time was: Our independent regiment has one number one, that is, the comrades of the cooking class, we must at least get a pair of such military boots to wear, everyone's military boots are worn, I will be the last to wear them, when will even I be able to wear this kind of military boots, and the problem of our independent regiment soldiers wearing shoes can be completely solved.

Later, every time he won a battle, the devil's military boots were to be captured, and the devil's turret stronghold, all kinds of cowhide raw materials in the devil's material warehouse, as well as military boots, were all accepted.

Kong Jie even used the strength of the enemy's Ministry of Industry to find a way to buy some materials for making military boots in the enemy-occupied counties.

Up to now, Kong Jie, who is the head of the regiment, although he is still wearing a pair of single cloth shoes, is only because of the head of Kong spitting a nail, as long as there is one soldier in the regiment who has not yet put on military boots, he will not wear this military boots.

But in fact, so far, almost all the fighters of the main combat units of the independent regiment have been issued with such combat boots.

This is a highlight that distinguishes the soldiers of the Independent Regiment from other soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and it is no wonder that the devils will use this to distinguish whether they are independent regiment troops or not.

"Interesting, that's easy to say, the local comrades who assisted in the battle, as well as the militia comrades, were issued with such military boots."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie joked: "Just say okay, don't be stingy, military boots were issued to local comrades and militia comrades, after the battle, don't ask people to come back, our independent regiment can't afford to lose this face." ”

The cadres all laughed, and Lei Dasheng said with a smile: "Regiment leader, don't worry, our independent regiment has always been generous to the outside world, or why do the surrounding local comrades like to fight with our independent regiment?" ”

After laughing for a while, Kong Jie put on the combat sand table and marked all the nodes with a small red flag.

Overlooking down, these nodes are connected into a line, and then connected to the mountains and cliffs between the nodes, just forming two large encirclements, which encircle the Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang areas respectively.

"If you count carefully, there are fifteen of these nodes."

"The Japanese troops besieging Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang this time, as long as they can take down and hold all these nodes, an encirclement will be formed."

Lei Dasheng said: "Regiment commander, the troops we used to besiege the Japanese troops on the two roads of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, even if we add local comrades and militia troops, there are only more than 1,600 people, fifteen nodes, and we divide each node equally, and the strength is only about 100 people." ”

"There are still some large-scale nodes, the Japanese army can launch an attack, and when we have insufficient troops, it is not easy to hold these nodes."

Kong Jie said: "If it is not fully prepared under the premise, it is naturally not easy, but if we use the terrain around these nodes to make full preparations in advance, we may not be able to hold it." ”

The cadres looked at each other expectantly.

Kong Jie said: "You won't forget the defensive means we used when we attacked the Yangquan stronghold last year, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lei Dasheng was the first to react and said, "Yes, head of the regiment, how did I forget this stubble?" ”

"The devils have always used bunker tactics to hold fortifications, and we can also use concrete fortifications and bunkers to hold the nodes."

"The large amount of lime, sediment, and gravel that our independent regiment has stockpiled to build concrete buildings is not for use."

"As long as we can take the opportunity to control these nodes, and build a sufficient number of concrete bunker fortifications in advance at these node locations, relying on the fortifications to hold on to the danger, it is not so easy for the devils to break through."

Kong Jie said: "This is the advantage of waiting for work at ease, taking advantage of the terrain and features, fighting defensive warfare, and fortifications that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, which can give us the possibility of fighting more with less." ”

"Some of these nodes are controlled by the Japanese army, but the devil probably didn't think that we would dare to besiege them in turn, plus these nodes are some distance away from the Japanese army's troop gathering area, so the Japanese army does not have many troops left at these nodes."

"Before tonight, take all the nodes controlled by the Japanese army, and build concrete fortifications overnight."

"It takes time for the concrete building to solidify and improve its strength, so we must hurry."

"Yes!" The cadres responded in unison.

Kong Jie said: "In this way, we have a strong bunker fortification, which is enough to hold on to the danger, but this is not enough, no matter how strong the bunker fortifications are, they can't stop the powerful attacking artillery." ”

"Once the battle starts, in order to remove the threat of the Japanese artillery to our pillbox fortifications, we must find a way to knock out the devil's artillery units in advance."

"This is going to use the tactic of luring the snake out of the hole, the devil's artillery unit is staying in the large stronghold of this point at the moment, we need to ambush in the middle of the way, and eat this artillery unit in one bite."

"In addition, there are some accompanying infantry artillery squads in the Japanese army, and we must find a way to knock them out, otherwise it will also pose a certain threat to our fortifications."

"And as long as the large-caliber artillery in the hands of the Japanese army is knocked out, there will only be some grenadiers left under the devil's men, and with the power of the grenadier shells, they want to blast through our concrete bunker fortifications, dreaming!"

What Captain Kong said was domineering side leakage, and he was so confident.

The cadres were infected by this self-confidence, and for a while, they felt that victory was within reach.

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