"If Lao Kong dares to say this, he must have seen something in advance, a quite large-scale sweep!"
"Monk, what else did Lao Kong say to you about the large-scale raids that the Japanese might launch against our Jizhong Military Region?"
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Captain Lu asked.
The monk recalled the words that Captain Kong Jie told him before leaving. He looked at Captain Lu and spoke slowly:
"Captain Lu, our commander said."
"Because the terrain of the Jizhong base area is relatively flat, unlike the Taihang base area, which has vast mountainous areas as depth, the front can be stretched at any time to drag the Japanese to collapse."
"So considering that most of the Jizhong base areas are plain terrain, the Japanese army is likely to launch a large-scale raid in an attempt to destroy our base area at once."
"Therefore, Jizhong must find a way to deal with the surprise raids launched by the Japanese army at any time."
"However, there is actually a solution now."
The monk smiled calmly.
"Monk, the method you mentioned is tunnel combat, right?"
The monk nodded.
Captain Lu also believed it and said, "That's right. Ever since we started the tunnel war in central Hebei."
"Before the Japanese did not dispatch large numbers of tanks and armored vehicles, the war situation in the central Hebei area had indeed been greatly reversed."
"With tunnels for transfer, transportation, hiding troops, and ambushes, we can transform the originally unfavorable plain terrain in central Hebei into a favorable terrain for tunnel operations."
Speaking of this, Captain Lu was quite emotional.
"Lao Kong still had the foresight. The widespread application of tunnel tactics in central Hebei will be of far-reaching significance.
It can be said to have fundamentally changed the passive situation in which our army is always at a disadvantage when fighting the Japanese army on plain terrain."
The monk smiled and said: "The leader said that everything has advantages and disadvantages. This is actually a further use of the terrain in central Hebei.
The development of tunnel warfare is far more suitable in the central Hebei region than in the Taihang base area.
The Taihang base area is mostly mountainous, and the application of tunnel tactics mostly exists in some villages, which is not as convenient as in Jizhong."
"That's right. Speaking of which, your Taihang base area will envy our Jizhong Military Region, haha!"
Captain Lu said with a bright smile on his face.
Then, the two talked about the independent regiment starting to streamline its troops and streamline its administration. Captain Lu clearly stated to the monk:
"Lao Kong is right. We have to find ways to deal with the increasingly serious disasters. In the Jizhong area, I have received a lot of news from various places these days. Many areas around our base have been affected by drought." p>
"If this continues, once the disaster spreads, the consequences will be really unimaginable."
"According to Lao Kong's proposal, our 28th Regiment will no longer expand in the future, and the army will maintain its current size. In addition, the organization of the army will be reduced, and the troops will be streamlined and the administration will be streamlined."
The monk was impressed by Captain Lu's judgment of the situation and decisiveness of his style.
When Commander Lu asked about the specific actions of the independent regiment after it streamlined its troops and streamlined its administration.
The monk said: "The two core points of having better troops and simpler administration are to reduce the consumption of the troops. By reducing the size of the troops and reducing the proportion of the unemployed population, we can reduce the burden on the people near the base area."
"The other is to compress the troops, strengthen training, and allocate limited equipment to elite troops with reduced numbers, but with richer combat experience and more solid military skills, so as to improve the equipment level and firepower intensity of elite combat troops, thereby
Improve the overall effective combat effectiveness of the army, reduce the bloat of the army, and reduce the inefficiency of combat command."
"The cadres who came out after the reduction of the army."
"What our regiment leader does is to transfer to the local militia forces, participate in the daily production and training of the militia forces, and guide the militia forces in combat. At the same time, we will enhance the command capabilities of the militia forces to coordinate with the main force in all aspects of combat tasks."<
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"Local troops can also dispatch cadres."
"Distribute the survival pressure of the troops in the base area to the surrounding areas."
After the monk's words, Captain Lu fell into silence, his brows furrowed in thought.
Duan Peng on the side remained silent.
In terms of strategic level and battle situation analysis, Duan Peng is inferior to Monk.
After being trained by the devil instructors Ye Min, Wang Xikui, Mu Mu and Cao Zhengsi, Duan Peng, whose comprehensive strength in all aspects is quite strong, can be said to be the well-deserved number one in the Eighth Route Army's special operations.
Just compared with monks.
Duan Peng is far behind in large-level strategic thinking.
There's nothing you can do about it, the environments the two of you live in are completely different.
Duan Peng is rarely exposed to strategic things.
But as the commander of Kong Jie's security company, the monk also serves as a security guard.
Kong Jie also intends to train the monk's tactical and strategic thinking, so he usually makes some overall combat deployments at the regiment headquarters, even when it comes to the future strategic development of the entire first detachment.
Kong Jie will ask the monks to participate and learn from it.
No, seeing Captain Lu lost in thought, the monk proudly glanced at Duan Peng beside him.
Duan Peng pretended not to see it and secretly made up his mind:
The action of turning back and seizing the material flow and cash flow in the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas must be carried out with greater intensity.
I, Duan Peng, can't analyze the battle situation, and I lack some strategic thinking.
But I’m good at special operations!
The leader said that a man named Chicken Mead once said that if you give him a fulcrum, he can move the entire earth.
The group leader said that the earth here can refer to the Japanese army. If you want to pry up the earth, that is, defeat the Japanese army, you need two parts, one is the pole, and the other is the fulcrum.
The support is naturally the entire Eighth Route Army.
"However, our commando team may not be able to become that equally important fulcrum. A small unit can change the situation of the war, and a small person can also change big history."
"If I put all my energy into special warfare, I still won't be worse than that monk!"
"Monk, I understand what Lao Kong means. Next, I will reorganize the 28th Regiment, reduce the size of the troops, streamline the command structure, and stockpile food and supplies in advance to cope with the increasingly serious disaster."
Captain Lu suddenly spoke, interrupting Duan Peng's thoughts.
Captain Lu was also deeply touched by the size and organization of the army.
"The leader of our 28th regiment was still Lao Ding."
"We actually made a mistake at that time, thinking that the larger the size of the army, the better, so the expansion was relatively large. As a result, although the size of the army grew rapidly, neither combat effectiveness nor equipment level could keep up." p>
"At its peak, our 28th Regiment even had close to 3,500 troops, which was already far larger than a regiment should have."
"But what happened next? It was said that there were more than 3,500 troops, but the Japanese only launched a few large-scale raids. As a team like ours was bloated and did not have the combat effectiveness to keep up, the disadvantages were immediately apparent."
"After several counter-mops, our 28th Regiment suffered heavy casualties."
"Now that I think about it, if we had not hastily expanded the army but had strengthened the training of the troops to cope with the Japanese counter-mopping up, the situation might have been much better than it is now."
These words obviously touched the sad point of the brigade leader.
The monk changed the subject very discerningly and said.
"The regiment leader said that the true warriors are those who are poured out with blood."
"Although it is tragic, only veterans who have experienced elimination from war after war and survived time and time again will become the absolute elite of our army."
"The current size of the 28th Regiment is much smaller than at its peak, but through counter-mops again and again and confrontations with the Japanese army again and again, the surviving soldiers will not be worse off.
They have rich combat experience and strong will to fight. With this foundation, as long as they are trained further, they will soon transform into an elite division with strong combat effectiveness and capable of fighting tough battles."
"Captain Lu, on this point, the 28th Regiment is not comparable to other troops!"
Hahahaha——
Captain Lu laughed loudly and said, "Monk, monk, no wonder Lao Kong likes you. You have such a mouth, you are quite good at comforting people."
"But you are right. I am still very confident about the remaining soldiers of our 28th Regiment."
Having said this, Captain Lu also had some thoughts, and suddenly looked at the monk and Duan Peng, his expression became solemn.
"Monk, Duan Peng, now that we have said this, I have a merciless request for you two comrades."
"Captain Lu, please speak!"
"Next, while fighting against Japan, I want to strengthen the overall training of our 28th Regiment and conduct a large-scale training within the regiment, so as to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of our 28th Regiment.
I would like to invite two of you to be the chief instructors for this training."