I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 540 Mr. He's Decision
"Lishi County? Tell me why you chose this place." Master He asked.

In the past half month, Mr. He has also been studying which county to take action against the devils, but he has never thought about Lishi County occupied by the devils.In Lishi County, the devil deployed a brigade of troops to defend. Compared with other counties occupied by the devil, the devil deployed too many troops in Lishi County.

What's more, Master He also knew that the 120th Division could not mobilize many troops. If they really wanted to attack Lishi County, which was occupied by the devils, the possibility of success would be too low.Coupled with the fact that the devils stationed a large force in Lishi County, if they really wanted to attack Lishi County, the casualties of the troops would definitely not be small.

"Mr. He, Deputy Commander, everyone in the division, please take a look."

"Lishi has always been an important county in the west of Shanxi. It has been built and repaired in the past dynasties. It can be said that it is a county with a relatively developed economy and culture in the west of Shanxi. In addition, Lishi has the Taiyuan Highway running from east to west. Li (Shi), Zhong ( The Yang) Li (Stone) and Fang (Shan) Highway runs through the north and south, and is the hub of exchanges between counties in western Shanxi, and has an extremely important strategic position.”

"After the devils occupied Lishi on February 38, 2, they worked hard to strengthen the defense. From the layout of the devil's troops, we can see that Lishi County played an extremely important role in the many counties occupied by the devils. It plays a role in the distribution and transportation of materials between the counties occupied by the Jinxi devils."

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Liu Gen kept talking about the situation in Lishi County that he knew. He had already had a lot of thoughts about Lishi County, which was occupied by devils, but he had never thought of doing anything about Lishi County.After all, according to the troops deployed by the devils in Lishi County, it would definitely cost a lot to successfully take down this county.

In addition, once an attack is launched on Lishi County, the devils in the surrounding counties will definitely provide support, and it is even said that the devils in the entire northwest of Shanxi will frantically move towards Lishi County for reinforcements.Unless it is the devil who can completely eliminate the defense of Lishi County in a short period of time, it will be very difficult to achieve certain results.

"Genzi, according to my estimation, the entire 120th Division can mobilize less than 3000 troops, and more will affect the protection of Yan'an."

"Based on the strength of the devil's defense in Lishi County, it would be too difficult for less than 3000 people to attack Lishi County. The devil's reinforcements are fast, and even if we can kill the defending devil, we don't have much diversion The time for supplies." Mr. He said seriously.

The deputy division commander and the others nodded. Mr. He was right. It would be too unrealistic to attack Lishi County.The strategic position of Lishi County is too important. Unless the devil's troops are too tense, it is impossible for the devil to give up Lishi County easily.

"Lishi County is very important to the devils, but we may not be unable to take this county." Liu Gen said again.

Master He laughed. He looked at Liu Gen, as if he saw him when he was young. At that time, he seemed to be so aggressive.Mr. He wants to know what Liu Gen will do. He can see that Liu Gen is very confident, but he doesn't know what kind of support Liu Gen has.

"Lishi County is an important traffic route, which means that there are a lot of people in circulation every day. In my opinion, this is our opportunity."

"As far as I know, the devils garrison in Lishi County, except for one devil squad that patrols every day, the rest of the devils will stay in the camp for training. As long as we can take advantage of the concentrated training of the devils, we will stay in the camp. If the devils are killed, then the patrolling devil squad will not pose much threat at all." Liu Gen said again.

Master He shook his head. What Liu Gen said was correct, but the battle is not fought like this. Everything in Liu Gen's plan is based on the fact that there will be no problems.And in the battle, accidents happen from time to time, no matter how well Liu Gen's plan is, there will be times when things go wrong.

"Comrade Liu Gen, your plan is correct. If we really follow this plan, then we have a high chance of taking down Lishi County. But in battle, accidents are the most likely to happen, and no one can guarantee that we will be able to win in battle." There are no problems in it."

"For our Eighth Route Army, for our 120th Division, this kind of battle is the most necessary to avoid. We can't afford any big losses." The deputy division commander said.

The condition of the Eighth Route Army is not very good, any unit is very important, knowing that launching an attack on Lishi County will cause a lot of casualties, but still choose to do so, this is the most undesirable.If it is true that the casualties are used to seize the counties occupied by the devils, then the troops of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be able to take many counties from the devils.

Master He and the others felt that Liu Gen's battle plan was good, but such a plan was too risky, and success was good, but if it failed, the 120th Division would suffer considerable losses.For the division commander and the others, they would rather streamline the troops and streamline administration of the 120th Division than allow too many soldiers to die on the battlefield.

"But attacking Lishi County is the only chance for the 120th Division to obtain enough supplies. I have carefully investigated. In Lishi County, the devils store a large amount of supplies. This is completely sent to the lips of the 120th Division. It is our The best chance." Liu Gen said again.

Only by taking Lishi County occupied by the devils can the 120th Division obtain enough supplies at one time. In the following time, the 120th Division will be able to recruit more troops and strengthen its own strength.Once the materials of the devils in Lishi County are obtained, the strength of the 120th Division will definitely increase significantly.

"Comrade Liu Gen, forget it, I'll just call you Genzi, it's more convenient." Master He looked at Liu Gen and said.

Liu Gen looked at Mr. He with some doubts. He didn't know what Mr. He was going to say. He really thought that if he attacked Lishi County, there was a good chance that he could directly take Lishi County down.Although there is a possibility of failure, Liu Gen feels that sometimes it is necessary to take risks when using troops, and the use of two to three thousand troops is not to hurt the 120th Division.

Of course, Liu Gen also knew that what the deputy division commander said was right, there would be many accidents in the battle, no one knew what accidents would happen at the moment of the battle, no matter how perfect Liu Gen's battle plan was, accidents could not be avoided happened.

"Genzi, I can understand your thoughts. If you are an officer of the national army, then I will definitely not stop you, but I will be very happy for you to do this."

"But our Eighth Route Army is not feasible for this kind of thing to happen. You must know that our Eighth Route Army's conditions are difficult. Even if we succeed in taking Lishi County, with the strength in our hands, it is impossible to defend Lishi County. Sometimes we will be trapped in Lishi County by the Devils instead."

"Don't think that the chance of this kind of thing happening is very small. In fact, the possibility of this kind of thing happening is very high, unless we are willing to give up the materials in Lishi County. It's just that we shot Lishi County, not for the sake of Lishi County. Supplies? How could we give up so easily?" Mr. He's face was a little serious, which made Liu Gen's spirit concentrate.

The scene Mr. He said emerged in Liu Gen's mind. It was indeed true. If Lishi County was successfully captured, it would definitely attract crazy attacks from the devil troops. With the marching speed of the devil troops, the first batch of reinforcements would definitely arrive Arrive within three hours.If the situation in Lishi County is stalemate, then the devil will definitely have more troops to come to support.

In just three hours, is it really enough to transfer the supplies in Lishi County?Liu Gen had the answer in his heart.

"Genzi, if we can't take the Lishi County occupied by the devils, will we not be able to get enough supplies? Probably not, we can think of other ways, we can't just focus on a small Lishi County Come on." Master He said again with a smile.

Liu Gen nodded, Master He's words let him know that attacking Lishi County is impossible, at least at this stage.With the fighting power of the 120th Division, if they really want to take action against Lishi County, they can still take down Lishi County, but doing so will also cost the 120th Division too much.

The strategic location of Lishi County is too important, and it is impossible for the devils to allow Lishi County to be occupied by the Eighth Route Army. The 120th Division needs to take too much risk, and it is not worth targeting Lishi County.

Liu Gen looked at the military map on the wall, not only the Lishi County occupied by the devils, but also the other counties occupied by the devils, with the strength of the 120th Division, they could easily capture them.Just capturing a county seat can only temporarily alleviate the shortage of supplies of the 120th Division, but cannot completely solve it.

"Genzi, what do you think of Liao County?" Mr. He asked.

Liu Gen shook his head directly. He had fought in the Liao County area, so he had some understanding of the situation in Liao County.The city walls of Liao County are still relatively strong. If you want to take Liao County easily, you must dispatch heavy artillery. Only in this way can you take Liao County in the shortest time and with the least casualties.

In the county seat of Liao County, the number of troops stationed by the devils is not large, which also means that the supplies in Liao County are limited, and it is difficult to meet the too many needs of the 120th Division.

"Mr. He, Liao County is good, but the supplies are limited. It is difficult for a mere county town of Liao County to meet the needs of our 120th Division. In a county like Liao County, we have to win at least two or three to get enough Supplies." Liu Gen said with a wry smile.

It was not easy to take down the county towns occupied by the devils, at least Liu Gen did not have the confidence to take down two or three county towns occupied by the devils in a short period of time. Once an attack was launched on the devils' county towns, the other devils' counties would inevitably be vigilant.Unless there is enough artillery support, two or three counties occupied by devils can be taken in the shortest possible time.

"One is not enough, then we will take a few more! In the case of the devils, if we find a chance to take two or three to make relatively remote county towns, there may not be no chance." Mr. He's eyes are shining brightly, as long as the 120th Division can continue If it continues to develop, then he doesn't mind taking down a few more counties occupied by devils.

The deputy division commander and others looked at Mr. He in surprise, but they didn't expect Mr. He to say this, when will it be so easy to take down the devil's county?If the devils were really so easy to deal with, then all the troops would have attacked the counties occupied by the devils long ago, and they would never let the devils occupy so many counties.

"How many more? Mr. He, are you serious?" Liu Gen also asked in surprise.

Master He nodded with a smile. He was not joking. He had seriously thought about making such a decision. The training of the units of the 120th Division has not stopped. When the 120th Division was active in the Jinzhong area, it was the presence of many devil troops.

The 120th Division hasn't fought a large-scale battle with the devils for a while, which made the devils think that the combat effectiveness of the 120th Division has faded a lot. This time, Master He is going to let the devils know how powerful the 120th Division is again!There was no action before, that was because the 120th Division did not take the initiative to attack. When the 120th Division really wanted to attack, then no one could resist the 120th Division's edge!

"Well, I am going to mobilize all the troops that can be used by the 120th Division to take down the three counties occupied by the devils in the shortest possible time and further expand the anti-Japanese base areas." Master He said with a particularly serious expression.As far as Master He is concerned, he just wants to lead his troops to take down the county town occupied by the devils, but there has never been a good chance.

And now?Due to the material needs of the 120th Division, the 120th Division urgently needs to take down several counties of the devils in order to obtain enough materials.Master He also thought about streamlining the army and simplifying the administration again, but that was based on the premise that supplies could not be obtained. Before Liu Gen came, the chance of the 120th Division taking down two or three counties of the devils in a short period of time was less than [-]%.

Well, after Liu Gen's arrival, the probability that the 120th Division will be able to take down two or three county towns of the devils in a short period of time is [-] to [-]%. First of all, Liu Gen has extremely superb artillery skills, which can play a big role in the soldiers' attack. The second reason is that Liu Gen has not had any defeats in the battle with the devils so far.

Maybe Liu Gen hasn't realized this yet, but if he has a serious understanding of Liu Gen's related achievements, he will find that Liu Gen has never lost in the battles he participated in.Especially when the independent regiment attacked the county seat of Liao County, a mere independent regiment easily took down the county seat of Liao County.

We must know that there was a squadron of devils defending in the county seat of Liao County at that time. Are those devils' combat effectiveness too bad?Obviously not, even if the devils let go of the guard troops, their combat effectiveness would not be that bad. In addition to the existence of the city wall, it would not be so easy for ordinary troops to take Liaoxian County easily.

But why was an independent regiment able to successfully take down the county seat of Liao County, with few casualties?Obviously it was because of Liu Gen that the Independence Regiment was able to attack Liao County so easily and without many casualties.

In the First Battle of Liao County, all the troops of the Eighth Route Army realized how important a sufficiently powerful artilleryman is, and it can also minimize the casualties of the troops.

With Liu Gen in the 120th Division and with his own full support, Mr. He believes that it will not be too difficult to take down the devil's county seat. He has enough confidence in Liu Gen!

"Mr. He, I think this is good. As long as we can get a few counties occupied by the devils, we can completely match the supplies in Lishi County, and we can successfully solve the problem of the 120th Division's shortage of supplies." Liu Gen said excitedly.

(End of this chapter)