Although the 36th Division built thickened reinforced concrete pillboxes and turrets.

But Jing Guan Cheng knows very well that there is no fortress in this world that cannot be attacked.

The Eighth Route Army had been fighting against the Japanese blockade line for a long time, and its combat experience in pillboxes and artillery towers was unique.

As the trump card unit of the Eighth Route Army, the new regiment is equipped with mountain artillery and howitzers, and its ability to attack fortified positions is even stronger.

If the new regiment spared no expense of shells and soldiers' lives, it would have been able to break through such a turret.

Ishikawa Zhishui's tone was quite confident: "There are more than 10,000 people in the new regiment, and even if all the shells are used up and all the soldiers are exhausted, they will not be able to pull out all the pillboxes and turrets." ”

Jing Guan Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart finally fell.

Li Yunlong and Xinyituan put a lot of pressure on him.

It had only been more than a month in the northwest of Shanxi, and the 36th Division had lost more than 3,000 soldiers.

The 36th Division fought against the Central Army in Jinnan for two years without losing so many soldiers.

In Jing Guancheng's view, in the case of frontal combat, the combat effectiveness of the 36th Division will not be inferior to that of the new regiment.

However, the new regiment did not fight the 36th Division head-on at all, and Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu strictly ordered the 36th Division to take the initiative to attack, which is why it was so passive.

In addition, the new regiment was well equipped, and if they were not careful, they lost more than 2,100 people.

If there is another wave, he, the commander of the division, will have to come to an end.

Fortunately, however, Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu persuaded Commander Okamura Ninji to allocate a large amount of steel and cement to build stronger pillboxes and turrets.

Ishiki-kun asked, "Ishikawa-kun, when the fortifications were being built recently, did the new regiment send a small force to attack and disturb?" ”

"Report to the division commander, the new regiment did not send a small unit to attack and harass!"

Ishikawa Zhishui guessed: "I guess Li Yunlong is thinking that after the imperial army repairs the turret and pillbox, he will send troops to destroy the turret and pillbox of the imperial army." ”

"Humph!" Jing Guan Yan snorted coldly and said, "This is the best, after these bunkers and turrets are repaired, so that Li Yunlong and his new regiment can taste the power of the imperial army!" ”

If the new regiment still has the tactics of the previous two times, it will inevitably suffer.

Dozens or hundreds of companies launched attacks on hundreds of pillboxes and artillery towers at the same time, but they could not be defeated for a long time.

But it is obviously unrealistic to rely on these pillboxes and turrets to rebuild a new mess.

Because Li Yunlong was not a fool, after attacking some artillery towers and pillboxes, the soldiers of the Eighth Route realized that these blockhouses and blockhouses were difficult bones to gnaw, and they would definitely give up the attack at that time.

However, Jing Guan didn't want to rely on these pillboxes and turrets to rebuild the mess.

Now the task of the 36th Division is how to hold out until the start of the sweep under the attack of the new regiment, and save more troops to cooperate with other divisions and regiments in the sweep.

"It's a pity!" Ishikawa Zhishuidao, "The new regiment is too tightly defended to the base area, and our intelligence officers are like stones sinking into the sea after entering the base area, and it is difficult to send intelligence, so we don't know how many troops the new regiment has and when they will start to move..."

"Ishikawa-kun, you reminded me."

Jing Guan Yan said in a deep voice: "Last time my fishing plan failed, it is likely that the information was leaked. ”

"Your Excellency, Division Commander." Osamu Ishikawa, "You doubt... There are intelligence officers of the Eighth Route hidden in the county seat, and the movement of the imperial army was known to Li Yunlong in advance? ”

"That's right!" Jing Guan Qian nodded, "The new regiment just occupied Heyuan, Ping'an and Anhua counties not long ago, and it must have left intelligence personnel behind when retreating, and it is likely that there is a radio station." ”

The main roads and highways from the county seat to the base area of the new regiment have been blocked.

As for the movement of the Japanese troops, if the intelligence personnel of the new regiment did not have a radio station, the intelligence would certainly not be able to send it out.

Jing Guan Yan said: "Also, the last time we arrived in the northwest of Jin, when we attacked Dagu Town, the new regiment seemed to know in advance that the 222nd Wing and the 36th Mountain Artillery Wing were going to attack Dagu Town, and made defensive preparations in advance, isn't this suspicious?" ”

"Division commander, it's really suspicious!" Ishikawa said, "It seems that Li Yunlong has indeed installed intelligence officers in the county. ”

"Ishikawa-kun!" Jing Guancheng's eyes froze: "After returning to the county seat, I immediately applied to the intelligence department of the headquarters to dispatch a radio station reconnaissance vehicle to monitor the radio signal of the Eighth Route Army, and we must dig out the underground party lurking in the county seat." ”

"Hey!" Ishikawa is the first to control the water.

……

"According to intelligence."

"The 222nd Wing of the 36th Division of the Devils is stationed in Anhua County, the 223rd Wing is stationed in Ping'an County, and the 224th Wing and the Mountain Artillery Wing are stationed in Heyuan County."

In Zhaojiayu, the headquarters of the new regiment, Wang Dehou pointed to the map and said.

Regiment Commander Li Yunlong, Political Commissar Zhao Gang, and Deputy Regiment Commander Xing Zhiguo were also present to discuss the battle plan.

Wang Dehou continued to introduce the current enemy situation: "In addition, according to the number of enemies destroyed, the 222nd Wing suffered the most serious losses, first we ate a brigade in Dagu Town, and we killed hundreds of people in two night attacks, and the 222nd Wing is estimated to be only half of the men and horses left. ”

"The 223rd and 224th Wings each lost about 700 men or so."

"Now the strength of the combat unit of the 36th Division is about 7,000."

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "You only counted the combat troops, and they are all infantry, as well as the service troops, artillery units and puppet troops of the Hou Devils?" ”

Wang Dehou said: "The 36th Division is a three-unit B-level division, the combat troops of the three wings are about 10,000, the strength of the engineer wing, the baggage wing, the artillery wing and the logistics unit add up to 5,000 people, plus the logistics troops and artillery, the 36th Division still has 12,000 people, plus the seventh mixed brigade of the puppet army, the total strength is 15,000 people. ”

A total of 15,000 troops?

Hearing this data, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo's faces showed a solemnity.

If it is a field battle, the new regiment has an advantage in strength and firepower.

But this time, the devil's puppet army retreated in the county town, fighting tough battles and street battles, and most of the troops of the new regiment were recruits who had just joined the army for more than a month, and they had never fought a major battle.

The art of war is cloudy, ten times surround it, five times attack it, and twice it fights.

Although the new regiment has advantages, it is not big.

If the new regiment loses too much because of the 36th division, it will fall into weakness.

Then once the devils attack the base area, there will be a big problem.

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "So, the problem we have to consider now is how to eat the 36th Division at the least cost of casualties." ”

Wang Dehou analyzed: "The enemy's strength seems to be a lot, but the combat force is only 7,000 people, and the next time in the attack on the turret and pillbox, the conservative can kill 2,000 devils, then the devil's combat force will only be 5,000 people, and there are also logistics troops and puppet troops combined with 8,000 people." ”

"These 13,000 people seem to have a lot of troops, but they are actually distributed in the three counties of Heyuan, Ping'an and Anhua, and most of the troops are puppet troops and logistics personnel, and their combat effectiveness is not strong."

"I think that if we adopt the tactics of dividing and encircling and breaking down one by one, we will have a chance to eat the 36th Division."

Li Yunlong nodded slightly.

During this time, Li Yunlong thought of a total of three battle plans.

The first battle plan was the tactic of dividing and encircling and breaking one by one, that is, after ending all the devil's bunkers and artillery towers outside the county, the three county towns would be surrounded.

Then concentrate the superior forces, and gnaw down one county after another.

The advantage of this tactic is that it can give full play to the superiority of the new regiment in strength and firepower.

The disadvantage is that it concentrates forces and firepower to attack one of the counties, and the devil puppet army in the other two counties is easy to break through and escape.

And the combat time span is large, and it is likely to last until the arrival of devil reinforcements.

The second battle plan was for the new regiment to engage in friction with the 358th regiment of the Jin Sui Army, and then develop into a war between the two sides.

Send the devil a praying mantis to catch the cicada and the yellow finch in the back of the opportunity to attract the devil to be fooled and gather the main force of the devil in the wild.

However, the devil may not be fooled, and Li Yunlong does not want to cooperate with Chu Yunfei, this kid is always worried about his American-style equipment.

Li Yunlong has another helper, Ding Wei's new second regiment and Kong Jie's independent regiment are not stronger than Chu Yunfei's 358th regiment?

The third battle plan was to encircle the points and send reinforcements.

Li Yunlong told Wang Dehou about the shortcomings of dividing and encircling and breaking through one by one, and put forward a plan to encircle and send reinforcements.

The core of the plan was for the new regiment to concentrate superior forces and firepower to storm Heyuan County.

Heyuan County is where the 36th Division is located, and once Heyuan County is violently attacked, the devils in Ping'an County and Anhua County will definitely desperately reinforce it.

This gave the Eighth Route Army an opportunity to gather and annihilate the main forces of the devils in the other two counties in the field.

Once the main force of the devils is annihilated in the wild, there are not many garrisons of the devil's puppet army in Ping'an County and Anhua County, and these two counties will be at your fingertips.

In the end, as long as you concentrate your forces and firepower to take Heyuan County.

Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, and Wang Dehou all agreed with this battle plan.

Zhao Gang raised a question and said: "We still have to consider the reinforcements of the Japanese army, the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan, the 37th Division in Yangquan, the 3rd Brigade in Datong, and the Army Corps in Mongolia may be reinforced, these factors must be taken into account, and corresponding emergency plans must be formulated." ”

Li Yunlong had already taken these problems into consideration, and said: "We can apply for the headquarters to transfer troops from the southeast of Shanxi to the north and make a posture of attacking the 37th Division and Taiyuan." ”

"In this way, the devil will not dare to send all the troops to reinforce it."

"The 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army, according to intelligence, has not been replenished after the loss of 3,000 people in Baozi Mountain, and at most one wing of troops will be dispatched."

"As for the garrison army further north, as long as we move fast enough, when the devils arrive, the battle is over."

Zhao Gang said: "Therefore, we must solve this battle quickly!" ”

Li Yunlong nodded and said: "According to the information from the county seat, in addition to building thickened and reinforced pillboxes and turrets outside the county seat, the devils are also reinforcing the city wall, building barricades and other thickened fortifications in the county seat, clearly preparing for the defense of the city and street battles. ”

Xing Zhiguo asked, "Regiment Commander, when are you going to launch a campaign?" ”

Li Yunlong's tone was indomitable: "When the devils build more than 100 thickened pillboxes and turrets, it will be the time when the campaign is launched!" ”

(End of chapter)