Chapter 312: The defense system of Yamawang Mountain
It was close to eleven o'clock when the head of the headquarters arrived at Yamawang Mountain.
After everyone briefly exchanged greetings at the bottom of the mountain, Zhou Weihan invited everyone to go up the mountain first.
On Yama Mountain, Zhao Gang was not idle all morning. As the host, the Independent Detachment must show full sincerity to entertain comrades from afar.
It's early September now, the lingering influence of summer is still there, and the weather is muggy.
Early this morning, Zhao Gang asked Ding Abacus to send people to the county town to buy a cart of watermelons, plus fresh cucumbers and tomatoes picked from the back mountain farm.
Zhao Gang also specifically asked to put the things in a few wells to chill them, and he thought very carefully.
On the way up the mountain, the boss saw the fortifications arranged along both sides of the mountain road, and couldn't help but said: "Zhou Weihan, your Yamawang Mountain is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if you gather a heavy army to attack, you will have to break two teeth!"
"There is still something missing. If we can get some anti-aircraft guns, it will be even more foolproof. If the Japanese plane comes, I can shoot it down!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
After Zhou Weihan occupied Yamawang Mountain, he never relaxed about the entire fortification.
The mountain road was originally narrow, but later it was artificially widened to facilitate the passage of trucks, and the entire mountain road formed a zigzag shape.
Set up fortifications and firepower points in the relatively gentle areas on both sides of the mountain road, and trenches are connected between the connected fortifications.
Once a fortification is destroyed or occupied, the surviving warriors in the fortification can evacuate to the next fortification.
As a result, the entire hillside was densely covered with firepower points, and the shooting area was wide with almost no blind spots.
"It's really good. The fortifications are closely connected with each other, and the soldiers can move easily. It's quite similar to the tunnel warfare in Central Hebei. Ding Wei, you have been in the Central Hebei Military Region, tell me what you think!" the deputy chief of staff said with a smile.
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"The most important thing about the tunnels excavated in Jizhong is concealment. Secondly, the tunnels extend in all directions. Even if a kid finds an entrance to the tunnel, he may wander around in the tunnel in all kinds of ways!"
After Ding Wei finished speaking, he raised his head and observed the entire fortification.
"The fortifications on Yama Mountain are slightly less concealed. In the current summer, the vegetation is lush, and the enemy cannot be found even if they use telescopes to observe at the bottom of the mountain. But in winter, it is not necessarily possible!"
"Actually, these are two different strategic intentions. The key to tunnel warfare is to fight flexibly, take the enemy by surprise, and inflict casualties on the enemy. The layout of Yamawang Mountain relies on the firepower points arranged on the fortifications to inflict frontal damage on the enemy, and then fight back step by step."
"But there are similarities between the two, which is the connectivity between the fortifications!"
Ding Wei made several points in succession and also commented on the shortcomings.
Everyone present also started discussing in twos and threes.
Mr. Liu on the side suddenly jumped into the fortification to observe, pinched a handful of soil on the ground, and then turned it over to the mountain road.
"It took a lot of time to dig out this fortification. It was quite large, didn't it?" Master Liu asked.
"It took less than half a year, and the time was mainly used on the expansion of the mountain road!" Zhou Weihan replied.
"I just took a closer look. The mountain structure of Yamawang Mountain has less rocks and soft soil. It is indeed suitable for large-scale structural fortifications!"
"But the little devil's artillery is not a vegetarian, especially the grenade. If it can block the damage of the grenade, then Yamawang Mountain will be the enemy's tomb!"
After Zhou Weihan heard this, he immediately said: "I have thought about this. After a while, we will build a bunker on the fortifications with a masonry structure. Large-caliber artillery cannot withstand it, but it can defend against mortars and grenade attacks.
No problem!”
Zhou Weihan even thought about building reinforced concrete fortifications so that even if the Japanese army dispatched aircraft and heavy artillery, they would be helpless, but these have yet to be implemented.
Everyone present nodded and felt that they had benefited a lot. If this were to be the case, the defense system based on Yamawang Mountain would have to destroy the Japanese army.
"Zhou Weihan, I think your purpose in building fortifications is to fight the Japanese army to the end, but I want to remind you that you have to leave yourself a way out!" Political Commissar Deng reminded at this time.
Zhou Weihan really never thought about this, because the independent detachment has four counties as its base area, and the strategic depth is sufficient. If one day the Japanese army attacks the base camp of Yamawang Mountain, it will be time to show off.
Does it matter whether you die or not?
The fortifications of Yanwang Mountain have reference significance for various units of the Eighth Route Army, but they do not have universal significance.
Although the various units of the Eighth Route Army mostly operate in mountainous areas, their bases are rarely located on specific hills. Secondly, their bases always change irregularly. They may change places every three or two months, so there is no talk of building permanent fortifications.
After a short stay, the group went directly up the mountain.
Entering the headquarters, Zhao Gang had already packed it out.
There are more than twenty tables connected together. Chilled watermelons, tomatoes, and cucumbers are placed on the tables, making it look refreshing. There are also a few buckets of water freshly drawn from the well on the table.
The boss stepped forward and touched his hand and said: "Hey, Bing Liang, Zhou Weihan, it seems that your independent detachment is living a very luxurious life!"
As the host, Zhou Weihan quickly called on the soldiers from the headquarters to cut the watermelon.
Black skin, red soil, pulp full of juice.
Everyone present had been traveling all morning, and now they were extremely hungry and thirsty. When they saw the fruit on the table, they swallowed a mouthful of spit in their dry mouths.
"You're welcome, everyone. These tomatoes and cucumbers are grown on the farm on the mountain. They are very fresh!"
As soon as Zhou Weihan finished speaking, everyone was not polite and half of the cut watermelon was eaten in the blink of an eye.
"Can these vegetables meet the daily needs of your independent detachment?" Political Commissar Deng took a bite of a tomato, the juice splashed on his face, and rubbed it with his right hand.
"The vegetables off the shelves from the farms on the mountain are enough to supply the troops around Yanwang Mountain. However, the people in Wuyi and Wu'an counties have a bumper harvest this year, so under the guidance of local comrades, they also plant a lot of seasonal vegetables.
The army paid for it, which is enough for the entire Tainan army!" Zhao Gang replied.
Political Commissar Deng nodded after hearing this and said with emotion: "It is still necessary to have a stable base area, so that agriculture and sideline industries can develop stably, and it is also good for the economic circulation of the base area. When the economy circulates, the base area will survive!"
"Tainan's current military strength has been greatly developed. The next step is to carry out economic construction of the entire Tainan base area. Military power is hard power, and economic power is soft power. Both hands must be grasped, and both hands must be hard.
If there is a lack of talents in economic construction, I can apply to the Northern Bureau to transfer a few comrades to help you with it!"
Although Political Commissar Deng is now in the army, he is also a good hand in the economic construction of the base area.
Zhou Weihan was overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately said: "Chief, it would be great to have a few comrades come to support me. To be honest, I am a second-hand person in this area, and Comrade Wang Ying doesn't know much about it. Most of the current results are