Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 970
The failure of devils in other directions can be said to be a good thing or a bad thing.

It is a good thing, that is, "High Fire" and X1 did not fall into the hands of the devils, and the Eighth Route Army did not suffer much loss due to the devil's attack.

It's a bad thing, but once the devils confirm that the mission in this direction has failed, they will immediately shift their forces to another target... This is also the essence of "blitzkrieg".

For example, the three squadrons that attacked Sanjiadian immediately turned to the Eighth Route Army's granary in Niujia Village.

The three squadrons attacking the "High Fire" silo quickly transformed into a second wave of attacking troops and headed for Wangxing Airport.

As a result, the devils in the direction of Wangxing Airport increased to a brigade.

Obviously, the undefended Wangxing Airport is the key target of the devils.

Kono Shinta analyzed it with Neiji Okamura in this way: "Most of the Wanxian Airport are Yingjiang pilots and new students of the Eighth Route Army. They are not popular, and they may not even be equipped with X1. Wangxing Airport is the Eighth Route Army Air Corps. And there is no danger to defend, easy to attack and difficult to defend, so it is only natural to take him as the main target!"

Neiji Okamura has no objection to this.

Because he considered that it is almost impossible to destroy the Eighth Route Army Air Force by shooting down enemy planes, because Ying Jiang will replenish enough fighter planes for the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, he should consider eliminating the Eighth Route Army pilots.

The best way to eliminate the pilots of the Eighth Route Army is to attack Wangxing Airport.

But Ningji Okamura still has concerns. He said: "Is the target too obvious when we do this? Wangxing Airport is nearly [-] kilometers (road miles) away from the Yuncheng defense line. If the Eighth Route Army knows our army's target in advance, it is very likely Will move the pilot to a safe location in time!"

Kono replied confidently: "No, Your Excellency, they don't have time to transfer the pilots!"

At this time, Wang Xuexin was in command of Wangxing Airport, because he also knew that Wangxing Airport was the most important thing in this battle.

Once the Wangxing Airport is breached by the devils, it will not only be a matter of dozens of "Hawk 81" being blown up, but also a matter of the Eighth Route Army Air Force's collapse.

Wang Xuexin also considered whether the pilot should be transferred to a safe place, but after thinking about it, he finally decided not to do so.

First of all, transfer the pilots out. If the planes at the airport are ready to take off for combat but there are no pilots, will they lose the plane?

Secondly, Wangxing Airport is empty for tens of miles, and the sky is full of fighter planes and reconnaissance planes circling by devils. At this time, the pilots are transferred rashly...does it put them in danger instead?

Therefore, Wang Xuexin believes that it may be safer to leave them at the airport, and it is also more in line with the needs of the battlefield.

"Battalion Commander!" At this time, Chen Songyong reported: "The devil's vanguard troops built a pontoon bridge ten miles north of Kuyang Township to cross the river!"

Wang Xuexin gave a "hmm" and watched Chen Songyong mark the corresponding position on the map.

If we talk about intercepting devils, there is no doubt that it is most suitable to intercept devils in the Yellow River.

But fighting this thing is often far from imagination.

The Eighth Route Army also faced a serious problem at this time, that is, insufficient troops.

To be precise, it is not that there is a shortage of troops, but that most of the troops are deployed on the front lines, such as the Luliang Mountain, Yuncheng Defense Line, and Zhongtiao Mountain Defense Line.

The three stores in the rear, the "high fire" base, the granary and other important places were urgently dispatched as reinforcements.

The hinterland troops behind the defense line are very empty... This is actually a problem that all sides facing the "blitzkrieg" must face.

The reason is that the enemy is penetrated into the weak depth, and it is also a mechanized force with super fast maneuvering speed, so there are many dangerous places in the hinterland that are obviously good places to intercept and block, but there is no way to distinguish the deployment of troops.

For example along the Yellow River.

A long time ago, Wang Xuexin knew that the devil had to cross the Yellow River to reach Wangxing Airport.

But the Yellow River is so long, how do you know at which point the devil will cross the river?
If you want to stop the devils along the Yellow River, does it mean that at least a few divisions need to be deployed along the Yellow River?

Even the strength of several divisions is only a drop in the bucket for Huang He, and such a defense line is full of loopholes, not to mention that the Eighth Route Army does not have so many troops at all.

The Eighth Route Army used only one regiment to reinforce Wangxing Airport, a regiment of 500 people in the main division.

Wang Xuexin could only deploy the regiment to the defense line of Wangxing Airport.

It is obviously inappropriate to put it too far.

Otherwise, when the devil's mechanized troops made a detour and went straight to Wangxing Airport, the infantry might not even be able to come back in time.

This is the advantage brought by speed, which can enable the army to exert several times its combat effectiveness and grasp the initiative on the battlefield, and these are the keys to victory on the battlefield.

Therefore, Wang Xuexin could only watch helplessly as the devil's mechanized troops crossed the river, unable to send a single soldier.

It was only later that Wang Xuexin found out that the devil still encountered some difficulties when crossing the river.

This difficulty came from a guerrilla team of only 50 people, the captain of which was an old Red Army soldier named Guo Lian.

Guo Lian was injured while crossing the snow-capped mountains. His foot was frozen and lost four toes, leaving only the little toe. He still can't walk easily, so his superiors sent him to the local area to organize guerrillas.

Guo Lian has never been idle. He does farm work and production when the farming is busy, and trains soldiers and tactics when the farming is slack.

Opposite the point where Guizi crossed the river happened to be Huatou Village where Guo Lian lived.

Guo Lian immediately summoned the guerrillas and said, "Comrades, I have received information that the devils plan to cross the river in our village. There are at least a few hundred troops, as well as tanks and planes!"

The guerrillas didn't feel anything at all. They thought that the captain's next step would be to let them organize the villagers to retreat and hide in the mountains.

Unexpectedly, Guo Lian was silent for a while, and said: "Comrades, the devils are not kind! Although we don't know what the situation is, looking at this direction, I'm afraid they are heading for our airport. And it's a mechanized army. That is to say, a surprise attack, I am worried that the airport is not prepared!"

Of course, the guerrillas like Guo Lian couldn't know more military secrets, so they didn't even know the name of the airport.

But the fighter planes at Wangxing Airport took off frequently to fight, so naturally they couldn't hide it from those who could see it with their own eyes under the plane.

The guerrillas discussed for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong with Guo Lian's analysis, so they asked, "Captain, tell me, what should we do?"

Guo Lian replied with a heavy heart: "Since the devil is making a surprise attack, we have to buy time for the airport, so..."

Needless to say, the team members immediately understood that the captain planned to use only 50 guerrillas to stop the devil's mechanized troops from crossing the river.

(End of this chapter)