Zhao Zhiguo looked at the person blocking him in front of him and smiled gently: "I'm sorry, I'm really late."

"If you're late, stay in the back. Don't you see that the front is crowded with people and there's no room?" the officer said.

"I didn't expect there were so many people today. Is Zhao Zhiguo so popular?"

Zhao Zhiguo also wanted to hear the compliments given to him by these officers in secret.

"I was invited by the deputy commander-in-chief, so I have a big air. I've been up three poles that day and I haven't seen anyone yet."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhiguo felt instantly ashamed. This was not only embarrassing for himself, but also embarrassing for the deputy commander-in-chief.

Zhao Zhiguo smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I'm late."

"I know you're late, why don't you just wait here?"

"I...I am Zhao Zhiguo. I have been a little tired these days and overslept this morning." Zhao Zhiguo smiled apologetically.

"Are you Commander Zhao?"

The people around him all looked in this direction.

"Commanders, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Zhao Zhiguo bowed and apologized to them.

In an instant, the crowd gave way to a path, and Zhao Zhiguo walked cautiously, as if there were landmines buried on this road.

Zhao Zhiguo bowed as he walked.

"Commander Zhao, we are not the chief. Most of the people here have lower positions than you!" said an officer.

In the end, Zhao Zhiguo slowly walked to the front of the stage and looked at everyone: "Liang Qichao once mentioned in "Xin Min Shuo" that those who are good at serving the group must appoint a chief to represent the entire group."

"Commander Zhao, what do you mean by this?"

"The whole group! It means all the people. You have all led soldiers and fought in battles. Although you cannot represent all of them, you can represent some of the officers. There is no problem in calling the leader." Zhao Zhiguo said, "To be honest, I will do it.

Giving you lectures is just like showing off a machete in front of Guan Gong, or doing carpentry work in front of Lu Ban."

Sitting below, a considerable number of people have climbed snow-capped mountains, walked across grasslands, and faced hundreds of thousands of troops chasing and intercepting them.

"I, Zhao Zhiguo, am here today not to teach you, but to exchange experiences with you. When it comes to guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, you are all my teachers. I should ask you for advice, but today we are going to talk about urban offensive warfare!" Zhao Zhiguo

explain.

"Our troops are now based in the countryside, but what about the cities? If we don't attack the cities, how can we regain the lost ground from the Japs?" Zhao Zhiguo said, "You don't think that the Japs will give up the occupied Chinese cities to us, right?

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Everyone in the audience looked at Zhao Zhiguo in silence.

If you want to drive away the Japs, it is inevitable to launch a counterattack. Since you want to launch a counterattack, you must attack the city where the Japanese army is heavily entrenched.

Most of the officers sitting here are from guerrilla and mobile warfare backgrounds. Where have they ever fought in urban offensives?

"The most important condition for urban assault is artillery! We all know that the Japs have many artillery pieces, from grenades to howitzers, each with its own characteristics and advantages!" Zhao Zhiguo said, "As for the issue of artillery, I will give you some advice.

You have brought a more professional person with you, and he will come to give you a lecture the day after tomorrow. We will now talk about the Japanese defense issues in Jinyang City."

Zhao Zhiguo took out the chalk and started drawing on the blackboard behind him.

Zhao Zhiguo clearly marked the troop deployment and firepower of the Japs.

"The Japanese army's city defense is divided into three layers. The first layer is the trenches, gun towers and bunkers outside the city. The second layer is the city wall defense. The third layer is street fighting. There is artillery support in the city. This time we took advantage of the Japanese army.

The planes were all contained in Jiangcheng, so we were not attacked by the Japanese air force."

"After the war, I re-summarized the battle of Jinyang City. The first stage was to encircle Jinyang City for reinforcements. The Japanese reinforcements would inevitably converge on Jinyang City from all directions. Then they would concentrate their superior forces and lay an ambush.

Drop all the Japanese reinforcements."

Zhao Zhiguo marked all the favorable and unfavorable conditions for both the enemy and ourselves on the blackboard.

Judging from the darkness, there are no major problems with the Japanese army's deployment in Jinyang City.

The only shortcoming was that the ammunition was placed on the city wall, and Zhao Zhiguo and the others seized this opportunity.

What shocked every officer present was that Zhao Zhiguo dared to attack Jinyang with a force almost equivalent to the Japanese army in Jinyang City.

Based on this alone, every officer sitting in the courtyard did not dare to do this.

"Commander Zhao, did you lie about your troop strength? Your troop strength is less than twice that of the Japanese army. How is that possible?"

Finally, someone stood up boldly and raised the question in his mind.

If this battle were left to other units of the Eighth Route Army, even five times the force might not be able to capture Jinyang.

"The Japanese commanders in Jinyang City also believe that we have no strength, but I believe that every commander and every soldier under me has also proven themselves on the battlefield."

In addition to exerting the combat effectiveness of commanders and soldiers, Zhao Zhiguo also listed the weapons and equipment owned by their troops.

At this time, everyone discovered that at a distance of 200 meters, the firepower possessed by Zhao Zhiguo and the others was overwhelming the Japanese army.

"In the Battle of Jinyang, thunder cannons and grenade launchers played a key role."

Zhao Zhiguo also admitted that within 200 meters, they had their own thunder cannons with shocking firepower, as well as extremely accurate 40-gun fire, coupled with captured Japanese grenades.

As long as they reach a distance of 200 meters, they can use these heavy weapons to knock down the little devil in one go.

"Such a fierce bombardment, even if the King of Heaven comes, I won't be able to withstand it, right?" an officer sighed.

"Although we can maximize the firepower within 200 meters, this can only allow us to quickly advance to the city wall."

This firepower was enough for Zhao Zhiguo and the others to turn a blind eye to the Japs' artillery towers and bunkers.

Bunkers and gun towers were fixed targets for them to practice aiming.

However, the upper part of the city wall of Jinyang City is large enough for trucks to drive. With such a thick wall, mortar shells falling on it will not have the slightest effect.

"There is no good way, dig tunnels! When we lack siege firepower, digging tunnels is our simplest and most effective way."

Compared with longer-range fire strikes, the Eighth Route Army, including Zhao Zhiguo's troops, were much inferior to the Japs.

If you want to invade the city, the best way is to use the most crude method to blow a hole in the solid city wall.

"After the city wall is broken, there will be street fighting. Street fighting and beach landing are the most casualty battles among all battles. In street fighting in big cities in Western countries, the average distance between the front lines of the two armies is between ten and twenty meters. At the peak of the fighting, the soldiers'

The survival time is no more than nine minutes, and the officer's survival time is only three days."
Chapter completed!