Just as everyone was about to ask questions, Zhao Gang had already walked in with Chu Yunfei.
Li Yunlong then introduced Chu Yunfei to several group leaders.
None of the regiment leaders were too surprised. It was no secret to them that the Shanxi-Sui Army observation group came to the 129th Division to learn and observe.
Out of courtesy between friendly forces, both sides greeted each other.
After sitting down, Chu Yunfei was a little surprised. There was a combat meeting with five regiment commanders but no brigade commander...
What does the Eighth Route Army want to do?
We don’t really want to fight the Japanese 9th Brigade, just with these five regiments?
It's a bit too whimsical.
Li Yunlong rushed outside and shouted: "Huzi!"
Huang Erhu ran in and gave a military salute: "Arrived!"
Li Yunlong said: "Go to the logistics production base and notify Lu Yingjun and ask him to carry the prepared sand table to the regiment headquarters."
"Yes!" Huang Erhu turned around and walked out.
Not long after, Lu Yingjun and Wei Dayong walked in from the door carrying the small sand table they had made.
Making a sand table is a basic military skill necessary for special forces.
After the two men brought the sand table in, they left again.
Li Yunlong said: "This is a sand table made by the soldiers below. Let's just take a look."
Everyone then turned their attention to the sand table. The Eighth Route Army used a simulated sand table to hold combat meetings. Although it was not common, it was available, so no one was too surprised.
Because the sand table is more intuitive than the map, the real mountains and rivers can be seen clearly at a glance.
Then, Li Yunlong pointed to a bunch of small buildings and said: "Everyone, please see, this is the Huting stronghold, the current location of the 9th Brigade."
"This is Hanjia Village, and this is Chenjiayu."
"According to intelligence, there will be a group of Japs passing through each of these two places tomorrow."
"The Japs in Chenjiayu are here for the headquarters. Our new group will deal with them."
"Preliminary information about the group of Japs passing through Hanjia Village is that they are a group of high-ranking Japs, and their intentions are temporarily unknown."
Li Yunlong was going to send the 3rd Battalion to the Japs who came to Chenjiayu, not only to ensure the safety of the headquarters, but also to ensure the complete annihilation of the Japs.
Otherwise, escaping a few Japs is not a big problem. If at least half of the Japs escape, it would not be called total annihilation.
The 3rd Battalion now has nearly 600 men, and its firepower is dozens of times stronger than the original 3rd Battalion. Most of the soldiers are elite veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles.
With the 3rd Battalion setting up a dragnet in advance, even if it was the Yamamoto special agent team that came, they would not be able to escape the result of destruction.
"Lao Li, what do you mean?"
Ding Wei stared at the sand table and said thoughtfully: "Let's set up a camp for the Japanese 9th Brigade to provide reinforcements?"
Encircling a point for reinforcements is a classic tactic of the Eighth Route Army. This tactic of the Eighth Route Army has been tried and tested time and time again, because once a Japs are attacked, other Japs troops will never wait to save them.
"Old Ding is right!"
"We, Mr. Li, have never underestimated the Japanese."
Li Yunlong usually looks carefree, but in fact he is both rough and subtle.
The equipment of the new regiment is much better than that of other Eighth Route troops, and the firepower is also very powerful. The morale of the troops is high because they have fought many victorious battles and were awarded the title of Hero Regiment. Li Yunlong's own personality charm and other reasons have strong morale and strong combat effectiveness.
The New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are already the main regiments, each of them has a gun, there are relatively sufficient bullets, and there is also a mountain artillery battery.
The brigade artillery regiment and the division artillery regiment are each equipped with about 20 American mountain guns and a dozen mortars.
But the devils are not bad either.
As the elite of the Japanese First Army, the 9th Brigade is the ace in the hands of Yoshio Shinozuka, and its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
In terms of equipment, the Japanese's crooked light machine gun is equipped to the squad, and the number of grenade launchers and mortars is not a small number. The Japanese's grenade launchers have a reputation for being tricky and ruthless.
The quality of the Japanese artillery is extremely good, and the marksmanship of the elite Japanese infantry can almost kill everyone within 300 meters.
If these five regiments get into a position to fight the 6,000 Japs face to face.
Even if they defeated the 9th Brigade with air support and powerful artillery, it would still be a miserable victory.
There were six thousand Japs. With the Japs' character of being brave and not afraid of death, even if they died, they would die with the enemy. The price the Eighth Route Army had to pay would probably be huge.
The most important thing is that they cannot be wiped out in frontal combat.
Li Yunlong continued: "I will use the big fish in Hanjiacun to lure out the 9th Brigade, and we will eat the 9th Brigade on the way."
Kong Jie glanced at Chu Yunfei without any trace, and said in an excited tone:
"Ambush the Japanese?"
"This is our Eighth Route Army's specialty."
As an old comrade, Kong Jie did not ask whether there was any terrain suitable for ambushing more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers between the Huting stronghold and Hanjiacun.
Seeing Li Yunlong's confident expression, Kong Jie knew that this guy must have planned everything out.
Chu Yunfei's face showed curiosity.
Although he was born in the fifth period of Huangpu, in terms of strategy and tactics, the National Army and the Eighth Route Army were not the same.
The generals of the national army are keen on fighting positional warfare and like to arrange their troops in formations. When the Japanese attack, they will spread out their troops and rarely leave any reserve troops.
This resulted in countless battles in which the Japanese broke through a little and the national army's position was shaken across the board.
The Eighth Route Army often avoided the enemy's edge in combat and launched fatal blows at places and times that the Japanese did not expect.
This time when I came to observe the Eighth Route Army, Chu Yunfei also came with a mission.
Li Yunlong pointed his finger in the direction of Dagou Bay and continued: "God help me, Old Li. Between the Huting stronghold and Hanjiacun, there is a terrain suitable for ambushing a large number of enemies. Dawangou is surrounded by canyons on both sides, and the road passes through the canyon.
, we will ambush in the canyons on both sides of the road."
Sun Tzu's Art of War made an incisive discussion thousands of years ago. Terrain is very important and can play a leading role in combat.
Most places in southeastern Shanxi are mountainous, and there are many terrains like Dagou Bay.
"The terrain here has five bends, and it must be 5 miles long in total. After the Japanese army enters the canyon, we will tie up the holes on both sides."
"The next step is to close the door and beat the dog."
"It is worth noting that the commanding heights and hills at each bend must be heavily guarded and must not be seized by the Japanese."
"When the battle starts, don't rush in and fight hand-to-hand. Use grenades, machine guns, and artillery to inflict maximum damage on the Japanese."
"If we go to hand-to-hand combat too early, even if we can eat 6,000 Japanese, we will have a mouth full of teeth broken. After this battle, several of our infantry regiments will be disabled."
Captain Li's tone was murderous:
"The terrain advantage is great, the troops advantage is great, the firepower advantage is great, and the Japanese are attacked by surprise. I like to fight this kind of battle the most."
Chu Yunfei probably understood Li Yunlong's approach.
To put it simply, if there are no conditions to completely annihilate the Japanese 9th Brigade, then create the conditions.
Take advantage of the location and take advantage of surprise.
The right time, right place and right people are equally good.
At the right time, an attack is launched when the enemy is not expecting it.
Geographical advantage means terrain advantage, canyon ambush, seal the hole, and use firepower to harvest the enemy.
Harmony means unity and unity, and everyone is determined to die.
Now Chu Yunfei finally understood how Li Yunlong, a weakling who had never been to a military academy, could lead his troops to win battles repeatedly. Li Yunlong did have some advantages in tactics. As for how many, it was hard to say.
If we can really capture the Japanese 9th Brigade this time.
Chu’s trip was not in vain.
The next time will be Commander Li’s deployment details.
For example, deploy the artillery positions of the division artillery regiment, the artillery positions of the brigade artillery regiment, and the combined artillery positions of the three infantry regiments.
How many troops and firepower should be deployed on which hilltop? How can we make the firepower cross and maximize its effectiveness?
How many reserves are left in each regiment?
A total of three sets of emergency preparedness plans have been formulated, including how to remedy emergencies, etc.
This was an opportunity given to Li Yunlong by God. In his previous military career, he had only commanded one infantry regiment and two artillery regiments in combat.
It's different now. Being able to command tens of thousands of people to fight is already on another level. This is called fighting with a large corps.
Although it was his first time to command so many people in battle, Li Yunlong seemed to be able to do so with ease.
He considered all the questions that the group leaders could think of and answered them one by one. They were clear and convincing.
This meeting lasted until dark, and then the group leaders dispersed.
After the commanders of each regiment returned, they held a combat meeting.
Li Yunlong also called the battalion commanders and direct regimental commanders of the new regiment to the regiment headquarters to deploy combat orders.
The mission of the Third Battalion is to set up a dragnet in Chenjiayu and annihilate all the Japanese who sneak up on the headquarters.
The mission of the First Battalion, the First Company and the Sharp Sword Squadron is to ambush the Japanese giant fish in Hanjiacun.
The group of Japs surrounding Hanjiacun will not be completely wiped out for the time being, but they will put a lot of pressure on the Japs to call for support.
All the remaining commanders and fighters of the New Regiment participated in the battle of Dawangou.
Early the next morning, Third Battalion Commander Xu Yonghai took the commanders and fighters of the Third Battalion to Chenjiayu to take over the defense of the special agent group.
The remaining battalions and directly affiliated companies of the new regiment began to distribute dry food and ammunition, and the soldiers slept during the day to recharge their batteries.
After dark, the New Regiment, the New Regiment, the Independent Regiment, the Division Artillery Regiment, and the Brigade Artillery Regiment marched in batches towards Dawangou.
The straight-line distance between Dawangou and Yangcun is about 20 kilometers, but it takes 30 kilometers to walk through the mountains.
After walking for five or six hours, three infantry regiments arrived at Dawangou first.
Li Yunlong ordered the guard company to build a headquarters 800 meters away from Dawangou.
Headquarters.
Kong Jie walked in quickly and asked: "Old Li, why don't you let the troops enter the ambush position overnight?"
Behind Kong Jie, Ding Wei also walked in.
The two of them had just received a notice from Li Yunlong to let the troops rest where they were.
In Li Yunlong's headquarters, Chu Yunfei and Sun Ming were also present.
"Let the troops rest first." Li Yunlong said, "There is no rush to enter the ambush position."
Hearing that Li Yunlong was unwilling to say the reason, Kong Jie didn't hesitate to ask more questions. According to his idea, entering the ambush position at night would be both hidden and safe.
Ding Wei and Chu Yunfei were thoughtful.
In the second half of the night, the direction of Dawangou suddenly became lively. Hundreds of Japanese soldiers coming out of the Huting stronghold held flashlights and shined them on the canyons on both sides of Dawangou, searching for something.
More than 100 flashlights dangled in the dark night.
"Damn it, luckily we didn't enter the ambush position early." Uncle Kong was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.