Chapter 239 Yan Laoxi asks for advice to support the Eighth Route War

Yamazaki Jihei came from a samurai family and received a series of training since childhood.

After graduating from the Military Academy and Lu Jun, Yamazaki Jihei changed his normal attitude and directly took the path of staff officer.

Are there two ways to go in the Lunar Army, one is to directly command the troops in combat, and the other is to be promoted through the staff.

Up to now, Yamazaki Jihei has developed well and has become the lieutenant and staff officer of the Infantry Regiment Headquarters.

He also managed the relationship very well in the 36th Division, so he got the opportunity to command the troops in combat.

Now he has commanded the troops to go deep into the base area and has made some gains.

Yamazaki Jihei knew very well that if he could command the troops to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army when he came to the east, then he would not be able to accomplish a great feat.

"Judging from the scale of the Eighth Route Army's attack, their main force has already begun to dispatch."

"If they destroy their rear hospitals, they will definitely mobilize all their troops to annihilate them."

"Lijiapo is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Since they have such an advantage, they just want to hold on there. Naturally, they can block their attacks."

"Report quickly to the division headquarters, where they can attract all their main forces to attack."

"The division and regiment headquarters can contact the army headquarters to mobilize their main forces for rapid reinforcements, so that they can cooperate internally and externally."

"Hehehe, just ask for reinforcements to come, then their center will blossom and give them a fatal blow."

"I want to know whether it is very difficult to capture the main force of the Eighth Route Army and annihilate it, and whether it is a rare opportunity."

Yamazaki Jihei immediately established his own headquarters, called in the communications troops, and immediately gave the order to Higashikata.

Is he prepared to use his troops to defend Lijiapo and attract the main force of the Eighth Route Army to attack?

After attracting the main force of the Eighth Route Army to Li Jiapo, the First Army could dispatch reinforcements and rush over quickly.

In this way, they will cooperate internally and externally to completely annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

"Hi!" Xiaojiazi communications soldier quickly agreed to Donglai.

The Moon Army troops stationed in Lijiapo with all their strength for defense, and they set up complete defensive positions.

The artillery troops and heavy machine gun troops were all deployed towards the highest point of Lijiapo.

Lijiapo is a highland with cliffs on three sides. There is a slope on the south that can pass through the highest point.

The 7th and 12th Squadron of the Little Devils assisted the engineering troops in the east and built defensive positions directly on the slopes.

The troops of the 36th Division that participated in the mopping up that time were all selected with strong combat effectiveness.

As for the troops commanded by Yamazaki Jihei, the most elite troops were drawn from those troops with stronger combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the more than a thousand Japs can hardly reach the level of the elite troops of the Japs Permanent Division.

Regardless of whether the 36th Division is organized as a security garrison division, according to the assumption of the base camp, they are mainly required to undertake the defense and garrison tasks of the occupied area.

Could it be that after following them to Jin Province, they could not simply defend the occupied areas?

So far, they have participated in several offensive operations, and many troops have strong field capabilities.

Now Yamazaki Jihei commands more than a thousand people to stay in Lijiapo, and they have launched effective defense arrangements.

The multi-arms force used Lijiapo to begin building a complete defensive position.

Yamazaki Jihei, who was a staff officer, gave guidance several times.

Even the construction of some core positions was not personally responsible for Yamazaki Jihei.

At three o'clock in the morning, Brigadier Chen came to the front line to take command.

When he saw the Yue Army stationed at Lijiapo, Brigadier Chen showed a solemn expression on his face.

Before he had time to think about it, a call came from the headquarters.

The deputy commander-in-chief spoke directly to Brigadier Chen, begging them to annihilate the Yamazaki Brigade in the shortest possible time!

After Brigadier Chen hangs up the phone, he can start organizing his troops to launch an attack.

However, Lijiapo had to attack from the south. Although Brigadier Chen brought three regiments of troops, only one regiment had been put into battle before.

A regiment began to attack from the south, and the soldiers began to attack from above, gradually advancing towards Lijiapo.

It didn't take long for the Japs' firepower to begin.

Seventh, the 12th Squadron concentrated its light machine guns and grenade launchers to attack.

Intense machine gun fire completely blocked the soldiers' advancement path.

The grenades landed accurately on the team, which greatly hindered the soldiers.

Even though the Eighth Route Army concentrated mortars, mountain artillery, and field artillery to cover the bombardment.

Can the little devil use a light machine gun with a crooked handle and a grenade? It is very light and can be carried by a little devil and moved quickly.

The Eighth Route Army was very short of artillery shells and could not form effective artillery suppression.

The sound of guns and artillery continued, and the 386th Brigade continued to attack, but they were unable to make much progress.

Even if the Japs set up defensive positions on slopes, they could not break through.

The heavy weapons of the Moon Army deployed at the highest point did not fire at all.

For a little devil, it is not very easy to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Brigadier Chen raised his telescope to check, with a solemn expression on his face.

The battle continued. The three regiments took turns attacking, but they never gained anything. Instead, their casualties continued to increase.

The battle lasted until around seven o'clock in the afternoon. When the sky turned dark, Brigadier Chen temporarily suspended the attack.

He called the cadres together and began to summarize and discuss the night attack plan.

At the same time, in the area west of Xin County, the new regiment was stationed.

Li Yunlong stood in front of the map and cursed, complaining all the time about Zhao Gang, the official.

"Old Zhao, are they bullying me into being honest and not daring to shut up?"

"I'm going to find out who in our brigade dares to compete with me, Lao Li, for the main attack mission."

"It's better now. Let alone the main attack mission, there are no reserve missions."

"He said why am I, Old Zhao, so timid? Why don't I dare to fight with the brigade commander!"

"Please tell me, Lao Li, if you don't give me the main attack mission, he won't be polite."

"He just said, if there is a raging army, there will be a raging group of generals."

Li Yunlong may have been exhausted during that period. The new regiment has been rested and replenished, and it can be said that the troops are strong.

At the front end, the Yue puppet troops in Xin County were building positions. He asked for instructions, hoping to get an order to attack.

But Brigadier Chen didn't approve it, so Lao Li spent a lot of time to directly get in touch with the brigade headquarters.

He personally called Brigadier Chen, hoping to get an order to attack.

It turned out that Brigadier Chen's criticism made Lao Li a little doubtful about life.

Li Yunlong also thought about attacking without permission. Did he remember that Brigadier Chen said that he would be dismissed from his post and investigated for violating orders? He came here honestly.

Now that there is a rare opportunity to fight, Li Yunlong naturally hopes to get the main attack mission.

It turns out that when Zhao Gang came back, not to mention the main attack mission, even the reserve mission was not given to the new regiment.

Li Yunlong must not be able to accept it and has been scolding her all the time.

Zhao Gang was very tolerant at first, but in the end Li Yunlong's words became more and more unpleasant, so he opened his mouth to refute.

Whether the two were at war with each other, fortunately Kong Jie, the leader of the independent regiment, came and took Zhao Gang away from the regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong cursed for a while inside the regiment headquarters. When he saw that no one came here honestly, he just got sulky while walking at the head of the pit.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Yangcun area, where the 48th Independent Brigade is stationed.

During that time, could the 48th Independent Brigade be very busy? The officers and soldiers in the east had no time to rest at all.

They train all day long and study all kinds of things in the morning.

Chu Yunfei organized a teaching team in the 48th Independent Brigade, with himself as the captain, Chen Ziyun as the deputy captain, and Fang Ligong as the instructor.

They gradually incorporated some platoon commanders and company commanders into the training team to learn, thereby enhancing their command capabilities.

In addition, each regiment followed suit and organized a teaching company directly under each regiment.

The leader of the teaching company asked if the squad leaders and veterans of each class could be gathered together for training.

The squad leader of each class wants to learn squad platoon command, while the veterans want to learn squad attack and defense tactics.

The 48th Independent Brigade not only seeks to enhance the combat effectiveness of the entire brigade, but also continuously improves the command capabilities of its officers.

Chu Yunfei also purchased a lot of relevant books at his own expense and studied and discussed with Chen Ziyun and others to improve his commanding ability.

And every week, the brigade headquarters organizes battalions for officers to conduct combat simulations at the brigade headquarters.

They were sitting on the map sandbox, constantly inferring various combat situations.
To be continued...