Rise from eight hundred.

Although there are hidden worries, there is really no suitable location in this area, so after struggling for a while, Yoshio Laigu still uses Changle Village as the location of his frontline headquarters.

Of course, Changle Village has a permanent population of 600 people, and the size of the village is not small. Not to mention mortars, even if it is bombed with mountain artillery clusters, it does not necessarily mean that the small courtyard in the east of the village will be used as a temporary headquarters. How about it.

What's more, the small courtyard with a screen is regarded as a wealthy household in the village. The courtyard walls and houses are built of blue bricks. film, unless one is particularly unlucky, the people in the house are still extremely safe.

For this point, after Yamashita arrived, he still greatly appreciated Yoshio Lai Gu.

Changle Village is no longer the headquarters of the First Infantry Brigade of the Second Mixed Brigade, but the frontline headquarters of the entire Second Mixed Brigade.

Because, the second mixed brigade has gradually reached the strength of the Zhuozhang River area, which has reached more than 4000 people, consisting of two infantry brigades, one engineering squadron, one supply brigade, one chariot squadron, and two cavalry squadrons.

Of course, apart from these conventional arms, it is the artillery brigade directly under the brigade that gives Yamashita the confidence to break through the current Chinese defense line.

The artillery brigade of the Second Mixed Brigade is not an ordinary artillery brigade. An artillery brigade has 24 75 mountain cannons, which are twice as many as ordinary artillery brigades.

Yamashita didn't believe that what kind of Chinese could block the impact of his 24 mountain cannons and more than 14 Type 94 armored vehicles.

Theoretically speaking, if there is no strong city and strong walls, and there are not enough anti-armor weapons, the Chinese army will definitely not be able to stop it.

This point has been proved by facts for more than 20 troops on the battlefield in North China.

The Japanese army on the North China battlefield even used an infantry brigade to attack the hastily deployed defense line of a Chinese infantry regiment, but this infantry regiment was defeated in less than half an hour.

And that, when the Japanese army did not dispatch armored vehicles and aircraft, they had already destroyed all the heavy firepower points of the Chinese with mountain artillery and infantry artillery.

Therefore, even if it was the imperial infantry who knew that the Chinese used mortars to hang and dig trenches extravagantly, Shan Xiawen still swaggered into Changle Village under the guard of the cavalry, and in that small courtyard, he began to issue a message military order.

Yamashita made full preparations, using the two most elite infantry brigades as his sharpest spears, gathered 18 of the 94 14 armored vehicles carried by his subordinates, and assisted by a large brigade of nearly 1000 people. The barrels of 24 75 mountain guns have been raised high, aiming at the opposite bank of the Zhuozhang River.

For the security of the artillery brigade, Yamashita also took great pains. One of the two cavalry squadrons dismounted. Not only did he serve as the guard of the artillery brigade, he even sent the most trusted and elite guard squadron around him.

As the last line of defense of the brigade and regiment headquarters, the escort squadron has more than 350 people, and is equipped with 7 heavy machine guns alone. It is one of the few Japanese troops equipped with heavy machine guns to the squad level.

It is this 450-man line of defense. If the Chinese do not have more than one infantry regiment attacking them, they will basically have no worries.

Moreover, on the rear wing of the entire forward army, there are still three infantry brigades and half a supply brigade. The straight-line distance between the forward and the rear wing is about 4 kilometers, which also ensures that 24 75 mountain guns can attack two soldiers at any time. The friendly forces in the direction provide fire support.

Shan Xiaxia was very shrewd. Before he arrived, he also made preparations in case he could not defeat the Chinese defense line on the Zhuozhang River in the shortest time. After all, it was already 9:7 pm after the 4-hour march from [-]:[-] am.

At the end of May, although it was dark, there was still not much time left for him.

Therefore, although he put on an attitude of desperately attacking, Yamashita still left himself a huge tactical space for maneuvering. The position surrounded by the two armies on the forward and rear wings was as high as more than ten square kilometers.

If the Chinese want to encircle them, they have to have a longer attack line. It is inevitable that the troops will be weak in one place or even in many places.

"Shanxia, ​​it's amazing!" Brigadier Cheng, who was lying in a bunker in the mountain, watched the mobilization of the Japanese army with a telescope, and sighed solemnly.

"Brigade Commander, the Japanese army doesn't seem to pay much attention to the protection of the flanks! They concentrated a large number of troops on the front line of the Zhuozhang River. Isn't it afraid that we will rush out of the mountains and steal their way?" Followed by Brigadier Cheng A young staff officer behind him asked subconsciously.

But the expression of an old and prudent major beside him changed slightly, but soon returned to normal.

Brigadier Cheng did not answer, but turned his head and glanced at the young staff officers following behind him, handed the telescope to the major, and said in a calm tone: "Xiao Zhou, take a look, and then tell me your opinion."

After all, Wang Xiaoqiang of the 772nd Regiment was thick-skinned and grabbed the task of the Zhuozhang River Defense Line, which was regarded as the main attack. In order to ensure that the Japanese army fled north, the brigade headquarters even assigned most of the guard battalion to them;
The 771st Regiment set up defenses on the high grounds on the flanks of Changle Village. Firstly, it was ready to attack the Japanese army from the flanks at any time, and secondly, it was also to prevent the Japanese army from jumping over the wall and entering the mountains from here; The idea of ​​threatening the rear of the Japanese army at any time.

In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of each regiment and better coordinate heavy fire support, the deputy brigade commander, chief of staff, and director of the political training department of the 683 brigade all went down to the three regiment headquarters to cooperate with the three regiment leaders in commanding operations.

As the supreme commander of the 683 brigade, Brigadier Cheng seems to be the most idle person on the entire battlefield. In one way, Brigadier Cheng is very similar to Tang Dao. Sitting in the rear field headquarters, he relied on the telephone and radio to command operations. He had to go to the front line to observe the deployment of the Japanese army in person.

Wherever the highest officer is, there is the brigade headquarters, and the several staff officers in the headquarters naturally followed Brigadier Cheng with the radio.

Don't think that the staff officer is an idle job. He is in the 683 brigade, but he knows the temper of the brigade chief. Only officers he likes are qualified to be members of his staff department. Once the time is right, they will be delegated to important positions.

Letting them express their opinions according to the battlefield situation is basically an assessment of them again and again.

In other words, these young officers who followed Brigadier Cheng were the reserve cadres of the 683 Brigade.

However, Brigadier Cheng asked the major officer to speak first, and the others were not too surprised.

On the one hand, this man himself was the chief of the combat department of the staff department, and on the other hand, they all knew that the brigade chief appreciated him.

"Brigade Commander, the Japanese don't seem to have a tight defense on the flanks. You see, here, and here, there is a 4-kilometer-long defense line. They have only deployed a defense line of a few hundred people. It seems that we only need to fight from the flanks. It can block its main force, and no matter how bad it is, it can cut hundreds of people on their flank defense line into several sections and eat them in one bite." Colonel Zhou stared at the vague figure of the Japanese army hundreds of meters or even kilometers away , but the eyes are somewhat dignified.

"However, I have reason to suspect that this is deliberately done by Shanxia."

"Oh? How do you say it?" Brigadier Cheng asked with a faint smile.

"If our brigade and our friendly troops encircled an infantry regiment with a force ratio of 10 to 1, then the Japanese army would undoubtedly stab our necks with bayonets in doing so.

Unfortunately, not now.In the Changle Village area, the Japanese army has thousands of troops. If we use the infantry battalion as a unit to rush out of the mountains and try to cut off the Japanese army, the Japanese army in the Changle Village area is likely to counterattack our troops with superior forces, or even, The Japanese troops who are still in the rear to guard against our friendly forces will also gather their forces.

The troops that I travel out of the mountains are very likely to evolve into fighting more with less. At that time, will the 772 regiment on the defense line of the Zhuozhang River watch their friendly troops besieged while they can only stay in the trenches, or go through the battle? How about the Zhuozhang River saving the friendly army?

Perhaps that was what Yamashita wanted most. It would take time for him to conquer the defense line composed of large rivers and trenches and he would suffer a lot of casualties, but the Japanese army was extremely confident in this kind of field battle away from fortifications.

What's even more frightening is that if the flanking troops are missing this trap due to stepping on it by mistake, I'm sure that Shanxia will organize its main force and no longer take the Zhuozhang River as the main target. Wing forces supplemented the Japanese forces attacking our Zhuozhang River, so that even if we could not break through our line of defense, we could still form a stalemate on the battlefield within a few days. "Although Major Zhou was young, he answered the brigade commander's question with great confidence.

The young staff officer who just asked the question blushed slightly. He had been following the heads of the headquarters before. He was dispatched from the headquarters two months ago. The head of the brigade and regiment is still in the eye, and the rest are not.

Especially the young chief of the combat unit, who is not two years older than him, but already holds the rank of major, and is usually valued by the brigade commander.

As a result, after this analysis, anyone with a little brain will know that what he said may be the truth.

They were playing with the idea of ​​the Japanese, but the Japanese were not easy to mess with, and they also dug a hole for them to jump into.

This is the battlefield. It doesn't mean that the formation of an encirclement circle will guarantee victory. It depends on whether you are surrounded by sheep or wolves.

There is no doubt that the Japanese are more vicious than wolves, tigers and leopards, and they must not be ignored until the last moment.

"Okay! Xiao Zhou, you've said it very well. Although it's not all about Zhong Shanxia's thoughts, it shouldn't be far away! It seems that our small combat unit can no longer hold a big Buddha like you!" Cheng Lv The chief laughed, patted the young and seasoned chief of the combat unit, and joked while encouraging him. "Fortunately, I refused Tang Dao's call for your name, otherwise I would regret it to death?"

'Even that Tang Tuanzuo knew him (himself)? 'Including the staff officer surnamed Zhou, all the staff officers looked at each other in dismay when they were told a joke by their brigade commander.

Although the staff officers are the cronies of the chiefs at the brigade and regiment levels, they follow them anytime and anywhere. To put it bluntly, they are probably the wives of the chiefs, and they probably don't meet them as much as they do.

But they are not as brilliant as the front-line chiefs. What is the most important thing for soldiers, apart from military exploits, what the hell is military exploits!

These are not what the chiefs at all levels can give them. After all, they are only the assistants of the chiefs at all levels. After the battle is won, it is also the chiefs who command well and the frontline soldiers are brave. They really don't have much to do with them.

Unexpectedly, Tang Dao, who digs the corner of the 683 brigade openly and aboveboard by sending weapons, also knows this little staff officer, which is really strange!

Brigadier Cheng looked at the reaction of the staff officers, laughed and didn't go into details, he was mainly afraid of frightening the young people.

You know, Tang Dao had to use 2 anti-aircraft guns and 6 heavy machine guns to poach corners at that time, which was higher than the price of the main battalion commanders, and promised to let him be the deputy chief of staff of his four-element regiment , He was almost tempted at the time, anyway, he even gave away a head of the main regiment, why would a small combat unit leader be dissatisfied with so much firepower?
Besides, when the Four Elements Regiment completely changed its banner to the Eighty Army in the future, wouldn't it be enough for him to find a way to transfer it back?

However, Brigadier Cheng Da, who had a lot of fun, finally resisted such a huge temptation. Tang Dao has always had a very poisonous eye. The higher the price paid, the greater the later profit.

What's more, he had always been very optimistic about the chief of the combat unit beside him, and he had long wanted to reuse him. Tang Dao said so, maybe he hasn't tapped his full potential yet.

Now it seems that he was right to keep an eye out. Major Zhou has said almost everything he wanted to say, even Shan Xiaxia's final plan. What kind of battlefield insight is this?

The analysis of the brigade commander Cheng Da and the major's staff was accurate. After arriving at Changle Village, Shan Wenwen observed the battlefield and decisively revised his previous combat plan.

Attacking and destroying the enemy is still the first choice of tactics, but in order to ensure absolute safety, he focused his attention on the high ground on the flanks of the battlefield.

A strong attack is definitely not enough. The battle of pulling out the nails two days ago has already made him feel miserable, so it is better to show the enemy's weakness and lure the snake out of the hole, so that he can have the opportunity to conquer the high ground on the flanks with the least cost.

With those high grounds as cover, even if he can't break through the Zhuozhang River defense line in a short time, causing more and more Chinese troops to surround him, he can guarantee that the position will not be broken within a few days.

There are still 108 people in the 2th Division in Liao County and Licheng. He doesn't believe that those idiots can't arrive here to rescue him in a few days. When the 2 troops arrive, I'm afraid the Chinese are not thinking about besieging and killing him. The Second Mixed Brigade I was in a group, but I was thinking about how to escape.

It has to be said that Yamashita is indeed a very good general of the army. He never insists on his own opinion, but responds to the situation on the battlefield at any time. This is actually the best plan he can make when he is in trouble.

It is very dangerous to put all hope on one road.

It's a pity that what he met was one of the best students trained in China's highest military academy, and beside him, there was a young soldier who would be very eye-catching among the bright stars of China in the future.

Yes, others don't know, but Tang Dao knows that this seemingly ordinary major and small unit leader will be sent by Brigadier Cheng to the supplementary regiment as the deputy chief of staff in a short time. After the space to flex his muscles, the deputy chief of staff, who in the eyes of outsiders is just gold-plated, has won consecutive battles. In just half a year, he was directly transferred back to the brigade headquarters by Brigadier Cheng to serve as the deputy staff officer of the 683 brigade with a convincing record. Long, only one step away from the head of the brigade.

In half a year, he was directly promoted from the small unit chief to the deputy chief of staff, which can be called a rocket-like promotion, but this one rewarded the old chief who promoted him with one victory after another. Even the listener far away in the northwest Speaking of this is also a compliment to Brigadier Cheng, saying that he knows talents with his eyes.

In the future, his military position will be shoulder to shoulder with the current head of the two main regiments of the 683 brigade.

However, Tang Dao's failure to poach corners was a 'bad thing'. Chief Zhou, who was supposed to be released two months ago, was retained by Brigadier Cheng for another two months until the Battle of Southeast Shanxi After the end, the combat troops will be sent out.

Of course, the release this time is not the deputy chief of staff of the supplementary regiment, but the chief of staff of the newly established independent regiment that has not yet formed combat effectiveness.

It's just that he doesn't know what kind of brilliance this Chief of Staff Zhou can burst out after gaining a wider space in this time and space. This is beyond Tang Dao's knowledge.

Destiny is a swipe of the Creator, no one can guess, the only certainty is that it is gold, and it will shine everywhere.

On the battlefield, the cannons are already rumbling!

The Japanese army's first tentative attack on the Zhuozhang River defense line officially started at 5:40.

It was still an hour and a half before dark.

The forward of the Four Elements Regiment was already less than 4 kilometers away from the rear wing of the Japanese army.

Tang Dao had successfully joined the regiment headquarters four hours ago.

"Don't give the Japanese army time to breathe, order the artillery battalion, speed up the march, and find a suitable position. I want to make Yamashita desperate at this dusk. If you want to sleep well at night, don't even think about it!" Tang Dao received a message from the 683 Brigade Headquarters After the incoming Japanese army began to attack and sent a telegram, their eyes were like lightning, and they issued combat orders firmly and ruthlessly.

The Artillery Battalion of the Four Elements Regiment now has heavy mortars and no less than 20 mountain artillery pieces of the Japanese army.

This time, Tang Dao didn't play any surprises to win. He came up with a simple and rude big stick to serve, and left the little flowers at the foot of the mountain to block the enemy.

This group of Japanese soldiers, who had been laid down in a simple trench less than 70 cm deep, was so unreasonably stabbed by Tang Tuanzuo.