Chapter 220: Looking at North China, the main force is assembled
August 17, 1940.
The reconnaissance company and the Wang Yigong Fourth Regiment sent small groups of troops to investigate the situation around the Ping-Han Railway and returned one after another. At the same time, local comrades also passed on a lot of information.
Zhou Weihan realized that the time had come and immediately ordered the military chiefs of each regiment to hold a meeting at Yamawang Mountain.
At noon that day, the military officers of each regiment of the independent detachment and the departments directly under the headquarters, Li Yunlong of the new regiment, and Ding Wei of the 28th regiment arrived one after another, as well as Comrade Wang Ying, director of Tainan District
As soon as Li Yunlong arrived, he shouted with a loud voice: "Old Zhou, Zhou Daziling, hurry up and issue combat missions. Kong Jie's new second regiment set off two days ago!"
Li Yunlong has been extremely anxious these past two days. The surrounding troops have received combat missions and set off one after another, but Zhou Weihan has not given any orders yet.
"Old Li, why are you in a hurry? If you want to eat well, you will never be late. If a soldier wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his weapon. Zhou Jiling, all the commanders and soldiers of our 28th Regiment are ready for battle!" said Ding Wei on the side.
Zhou Weihan waved his hands to signal the two of them not to worry. Seeing everyone gathered, he said, "I can understand your eagerness to fight, but the situation of the Japanese army has not been investigated clearly. How can I easily order an attack?"
"So is the situation clear now?" Li Yunlong asked.
"It's almost like ten!" Zhou Weihan replied vaguely.
"Let me ask first, how many troops do your new regiment and the 28th regiment have now?"
"Our 28th Regiment currently has more than 2,200 people and sufficient ammunition to support a big battle!" Ding Wei said.
"Hey, my new regiment now has 2,600 people. We used the weapons and equipment seized from the 97th Army to expand another battalion from the county brigade and militia!" Li Yunlong said excitedly.
"Lao Li, you have such a big appetite and you're not afraid of choking?" Ding Wei said with a smile.
Zhou Weihan glanced at Wang Ying, who nodded to indicate that he knew the situation.
The Eighth Route Army's armed forces are generally divided into main force, local military division cadre troops, and county brigade and district squad militia, based on the trinity of armed construction ideas.
The New Regiment and the 28th Regiment are undercover in the national army, but they are directly under the control of the 386 Brigade. They are part of the main force. They generally do not have long-term fixed defense areas and fight everywhere.
For the newly formed brigade mentioned above, most of its brigade commanders and deputy brigade commanders also serve as commanders of military divisions, but the military divisions where they are located also have many local armed cadre regiments and local regiments.
The county brigade and district squad are generally mobilized by the local district government.
The county brigade and other armed forces are a unique organizational system of the people's army. They are different from the field forces of the Eighth Route Army or the People's Liberation Army. Their main body is the "released militia" from the counties and districts in the base area. They are gathered together to form a team with certain combat effectiveness. They are mainly responsible for defending the township.
, suppressing non-anti-special forces, consolidating local political power in Zhou Dynasty and other low-intensity combat tasks.
County brigades and district brigades are representative structures of the local armed forces led by our party. Their particularity is that they are under the command of the county committee and district committee in peacetime. In large-scale battles, they may be assigned to the main force to perform tasks, and they will still be returned to the local area after the battle.
Government establishment.
This is also the reason why Zhou Weihan looked at Wang Ying first after hearing that Li Yunlong had expanded the strength of another battalion.
Although the independent detachment, as the main force, has a large number of people, the Tainan Commissioner where it is located has a problem, which is the lack of intermediate-level local cadre troops. This is also the reason why the headquarters transferred the new regiment and the 28th regiment to the command of Zhou Weihan.
"Looking at the whole of North China, the Japanese army has three major transportation arteries from north to south, namely the Tongpu Railway on the west side, which separates our Eighth Route Army's northwest Shanxi and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area, and the Ping-Han Railway in the middle, which separates our Taihang base area and southern Hebei.
Military Region, the Jinpu Railway on the east side crosses our Shandong base area.
The east-west Zhengtai Road strictly blocks the connection between the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area and the Taihang Mountain base area in the north. The Deshi Road separates the connection between central Hebei and southern Hebei."
"In our Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, the Baijin Railway built by the Japanese army a few years ago is trying to separate our connection between Taihang and Taiyue. In the south of Taiyue, there is the Lintun Highway built by the Japanese army."
"Our Tainan area is the site of the Fourth War. It borders the Ping-Han Railway to the east and Handan, which is heavily defended by the Japanese 104th Brigade. The Handan-Changchang Highway runs diagonally through our base area to the north. The 35th Division is located farther to the southwest.
The Japanese troops are stationed in Changzhi. As long as the Japanese army sends troops along the highway, it will be very fast!" Zhou Weihan pointed to the map on the wall and analyzed step by step.
On the map hanging on the wall, the strongholds and important towns of the Japanese army are clearly marked. Anyone with some military knowledge can see the tight blockade of our base area by the Japanese army.
"This is only in the general direction. The Japanese army built many strongholds along the highway and its branches, some of which were even like a wedge inserted into our base area!" Ding Wei obviously also did some work during this period.
"The main force currently has six infantry regiments, one cavalry battalion, and one artillery battalion, with a total number of nearly 12,000 people! However, the basic troops at the base are seriously insufficient, and there is only one garrison regiment!" Zhou Weihan said with a solemn face.
"I have ordered the county brigade and district brigade of Zhoujiiling and Tainan District to assemble to cooperate with the main force in fighting. There are about 1,800 people in total. At the same time, 3,000 young people have also been mobilized to help transport supplies and coordinate to destroy the highway.
Railway!" Wang Ying said in time.
"Okay, the situation analysis is over. The first step of the battle plan is that the New Regiment and the 28th Regiment will let go of the Wu'an section and specifically attack the Shexian, Licheng, and Lucheng sections of the Handan-Changchun Highway!"
"Don't attack blindly, but selectively remove the strongholds inside the base area first, and induce the Japanese troops in the surrounding strongholds to send troops to rescue. One force will conduct an ambush, and the other force will make a detour to destroy the empty strongholds and roads!"
"In this battle on the Handan-Changchang Highway, the two regiments are fighting together, with Ding Wei as the leader. The louder the noise, the better, so as to attract the Japanese troops from Changzhi!"
"Li Da's garrison group restrained the Japanese troops in Wu'an and Wuyi, preventing them from reinforcing the Handan-Chang Highway. The other group pretended to attack the strongholds around Yongping. The offensive must be sufficient. I want the Japanese troops in Handan to not be able to tell where our troops are.
The focus of the attack is not to engage in fierce battles with the Japanese troops, but to retreat immediately!"
"Yes!" Li Daben stood up and said.
Everyone present raised their spirits, knowing that the highlight was coming next.
Zhou Weihan then pointed to a point on the map and continued: "This is Fengle Station, located south of Ci County, north of Zhang River, and across the river from Anyang on the south bank of Zhang River!"
"The attack on the Ping-Han Railway was thus used as a breakthrough. The Second Regiment cooperated with the First Artillery Battalion as the vanguard to attack the surrounding strongholds. The Third Regiment waited for the Second Regiment to open the hole and directly attacked Fengle Station. At the same time, it divided its troops to blow up the crossing to the south.
The railway bridge over the Zhang River!”
"A group of enemies blocking Handan's reinforcements from the Japanese army!" Zhou Weihan paused.
"Lingyuan, what about our fourth regiment?" Wang Yigong became anxious when he saw that each regiment had combat missions, but the fourth regiment was not mentioned.
"Your fourth regiment has another important task. Your troops will march westward along the Zhang River and secretly arrive north of Pingshun. After the defenders of Changzhi reinforce the Handan-Changchang Highway, they will wait for an opportunity to seize the Changzhi Airport in the northeast direction outside Changzhi!"
"The cavalry battalion, reconnaissance company, guard company, and supply battalion directly under the headquarters serve as the reserve team for this battle!"
"Everyone, are the combat missions clear? Are there any difficulties?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"No!"
"Lao Zhou, don't worry, this time my new group is going to make a big noise on the Handan-Changzhi Highway! The kid's plane in Changzhi has been hanging over his head for a long time, and I have long been dissatisfied with it!" Li Yunlong said.
Zhou Weihan had a straight face and said seriously: "You remember that this operation is to destroy first, and then to attack. What we have to do now is to expand the depth of the base area and reversely compress the living space of the Japanese army. When the Japanese army attacks our army next time,
There will be more room for maneuver during the sweep, and when the time comes, the Japanese troops in the sweep will be exhausted even if they are exhausted!"