Bright Sword: Infinite Logistics

Chapter 121 Anti-mopping up plan

Just as Li Yunlong was fighting the Japanese and puppet troops in Tan Village, news of the Japanese raids also reached Wangjiazhuang.

Since Li Yunlong left Wangjiazhuang, the two battalion commanders Zhang Dabiao and Geng Jingshan, as well as the instructors of the first and third battalions, have been responsible for handling emergency matters.As soon as they learned that the Japanese were out of the city for raids, the four people rushed to the headquarters and began to formulate a battle plan.

"Did the leader say when he would be back?" Geng Jingshan asked.

Zhang Dabiao: "When else, I guess it will be today and tomorrow, it won't be later. But now we must give the order first, otherwise it will definitely be too late."

"The old rule is that one battalion is divided into villages to strengthen the militia, and the other battalion concentrates its forces and fights into enemy-occupied areas." Geng Jingshan immediately expressed his thoughts - this was also the thought of most Eighth Route Army commanders and fighters.

Before the May Day raids in [-], the Eighth Route Army held an optimistic and relaxed attitude towards the Japanese raids.As long as the Japanese go out of the city to conduct sweeps, the Eighth Route Army will concentrate their main forces to fight on the outside and fight into enemy-occupied areas.Because of the raids, the Japanese had to mobilize troops from various places, which resulted in weak troops in the rear and easy attack by the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, this is not a tactical change of ownership. Neither party intends to change positions.The Eighth Route Army will not give up on the common people. They will deliberately insert teams of 20 people between squads and platoons into the militiamen in various places to temporarily increase the combat effectiveness of the militia teams, help transfer, and persist in guerrilla warfare.

This resulted in the enemy's raids often turning into jokes - not only did they not achieve any major results, but their original strongholds were wiped out.Repeatedly two or three times, the enemy-occupied areas turned into guerrilla areas, and the guerrilla areas turned into base areas. The more we raided the Eighth Route Army, the stronger they became.

It wasn't until the May Day raids that the Japanese changed their tactics: If the Eighth Route Army wanted to change their homes, they could change their homes. I didn't believe in this evil, so I just stayed put and refused to leave this time.So the Japanese gathered their troops in advance, prepared supplies and food, and squatted in the raid area for more than a month.

At that time, the Eighth Route Army suffered great losses because they had always taken advantage, looked down upon the Japanese army, and relied on old tactics for a long time.The troops mistakenly thought that the Japanese had withdrawn and began to restore their base areas. As a result, they bumped into the Japanese who were squatting in ambush.After this sweep, the Eighth Route Army quickly summed up its experience and lessons, reversed the thought of underestimating the enemy, and finally regained its footing.

"No, this time is different from the past." Zhang Dabiao immediately objected.

"If it is a normal mopping up, it is still feasible to attack enemy-occupied areas. Because the Japanese mopping up, troops must be mobilized from various strongholds in various counties, and the number of defenders will be greatly reduced. But this is not possible in Yushe County, and the Japs only support one thousand There are hundreds of people, and they will definitely be the main force in this raid. The Japs' strength in Yushe County and nearby strongholds will not necessarily decrease."

"I didn't see it, but you are quite attentive." Geng Jingshan glanced at Zhang Dabiao: "What you said makes sense. So what should we do now?"

"Change the target. We won't go to enemy-occupied areas. We will look for opportunities to attack the enemy's mopping up troops. Concentrate our forces, use more to attack less, and hit them in more directions. We will beat them until they hurt, and we can relieve the siege."

Geng Jingshan nodded: "That's good. Then I will take the third battalion into action now and give the Japanese a head-on blow first!"

With that said, Geng Jingshan turned around and walked out.However, before he took the second step, his arm was grabbed by Zhang Dabiao: "Old Geng, are you being a little unkind? You have to take credit for my perfect plan!"

A bitter look appeared on Geng Jingshan's face: "Da Biao, there's nothing we can do about it. You are the popular person next to the regiment leader, but we are not favored by the regiment leader. Look, here is a new weapon, one for you. The battalion is equipped first; the new recruits assigned by the brigade will be replenished first for your first battalion. Look at our third battalion, the weapons are the last to be popularized, the men are also the last to be full, and the combat effectiveness is basically the lowest in the whole regiment. If I don't fight for the opportunity , If you can’t win a war, how can you have the nerve to take care of the soldiers under your command..."

Zhang Dabiao opened his mouth and suddenly realized that what Geng Jingshan said made sense. "Geng Jingshan, why didn't I notice that you were so eloquent before? Wasn't it the seventh company of your third battalion that was the first to go to Meng Meng's shooting range for training?" Li Yunlong walked into the headquarters, took off the gun case from his body, and put it on the table Throw it on.

"Captain." The four people in the headquarters immediately saluted Li Yunlong.

Geng Jingshan shook his head: "Commander, you will tear me down when you come back..."

"What? Are you not convinced? Hold it in!" Li Yunlong cursed, took off his hat and threw it on the table: "Tell me about the current situation. I fought with the Japanese in Tan Village on the way back. The Japanese There was a detachment leading a company of puppet troops over there, and their combat effectiveness was average. I made a surprise attack and the battle was resolved in 10 minutes."

Li Yunlong said that the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Association Army was average, which was actually a bit of a compliment to the Imperial Association Army.With a platoon of troops, he destroyed a Japanese detachment at the beginning, and then suppressed them throughout the whole process without any resistance.In the end, Li Yunlong sacrificed four people and injured 11 people, eliminating a Japanese detachment and more than 50 people from the Imperial Association Army; he captured more than 20 prisoners, and the rest quickly found opportunities to escape.

Although this platoon is all elite and equipped with a large number of automatic firearms and [-]-meter snipers with optical sights, these are not big killers.It's too great to be able to achieve that kind of virtue on the battlefield.As long as there are more veterans, this performance will not be achieved, at least it can be delayed for a long time.

"Based on the summary of the situation, although the Japs divided their forces, they mainly advanced along two roads. One part went east, straight to Wangjiazhuang, and they should have gone half way by now. The other part went south, along the north of Zhuozhang. Source, disperse along the river valley. The Japanese you met, Captain, should be part of this journey."

Li Yunlong had been inspecting the terrain for several days. He didn't even look at the map at the moment. He just recalled it for two seconds and made a judgment: "The Japanese have figured out our general position and want to attack from both sides."

"We have been moving a lot recently. It is not surprising that the Japanese know our approximate location. At present, Lao Geng and I have the idea to split up one battalion and strengthen the village soldiers; the other battalion takes the initiative to attack. Since the Japanese have divided their troops first , then just break them one by one."

Li Yunlong nodded: "Okay, then follow your plan."

Geng Jingshan immediately came forward: "Captain, let me take the third battalion. The soldiers are ready and their fighting spirit is high. It's hard for us to stop them..."

Zhang Dabiao on the side said "Hey", but did not stop Geng Jingshan's movement at all.

"Okay, thanks to your cleverness, I will lead the third battalion for the proactive attack this time." Li Yunlong smiled and looked at Zhang Dabiao: "Zhang Dabiao, spread out your first battalion and protect the people. Remember this. , your task is more difficult and heavier!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao responded.

"Cheer up. Your boy will fight the next battles. Our regiment is now the most elite and most combat-effective unit in the entire army. If there are any hard bones in the future, we will be our first priority! As for whether you care about this once or twice? "Li Yunlong patted Zhang Dabiao on the shoulder.

(End of this chapter)