After Jiang Zhen read the entire telegram, he turned his head away, faced Li Yan and asked, "When was Ito's telegram sent?" He put the telegram in his hand on the table.
"After the Japanese troops were wiped out and before Takehiko Ito committed suicide, I guess that at that time he had realized that he could not escape, so he sent this telegram, but I think what is before us now is not
It was not a telegram sent by Takehiko Ito, but a reply from Xiangma Shan.
Under such a situation, it is impossible for Takehiko Ito to focus on analyzing the Xishan front, but the Japanese soldiers at Xiangma Mountain do not need to take this into account, and judging from the current situation, only the Japanese soldiers at Xiangma Mountain
You can mobilize troops to attack our base in Xishan." Li Yan replied.
After Li Yan finished talking about his guess about the telegram, he turned back to the map of Xishan, pointed at the southwest base area of Xishan with his finger, looked back at Jiang Zhen, and at the same time expressed his judgment. From the overall situation of Xishan
You see, the Xishan Southwest Base Area is the weakest part of the Xishan Front, and it is close to Xishan County and the Xishan East Base Area. If the Xishan Southwest Base Area is broken, the two adjacent base areas will also be greatly affected.
Jiang Zhen followed Li Yan and stared at the map for a while, then asked tentatively: "If we deploy troops to the base area in the southwest of Xishan, will the siege be solved this time?"
"Brigadier Jiang, the reason why he said that the Xishan Southwest Base Area is weak is not because of his strength, but because of the harsh terrain around the base area. If they attack southward, the troops can rush out directly along the Xishan Southwest Road to fight the enemy.
But it can't be defended because everything that can be used as a bunker is far away from the gate of the southwest base of Xishan.
To the south, 1,500 meters away, if they are defending or retreating, the Eighth Route Army troops in the southwest of Xishan will not be able to find any bunkers. Therefore, if the Japanese do not invade this range, then there will be no bunkers in this base area for the time being.
What danger is there, if the Japanese invade this place..." Li Yan paused here and continued to explain:
"Even if we put this aside, the distribution of troops in our four bases in Xishan is now very even. If we deploy troops at this time, although one side can be relieved of the siege, the side responsible for sending troops to assist will be in danger, so we
The focus now is not on the deployment of troops, but on the deployment of troops before the Japanese troops take action.
First find out their marching route and the time to start their march." After Li Yan said this, he turned his head to the map of Xishan, stretched out his right hand and pointed to the intersection of Xishan and Xiangma Mountain on the map, and drew three lines from this intersection. Jiang
Zhen stepped forward and carefully followed the route drawn by Li Yan, and found that these three roads were normal marching routes on flat ground.
"Brigadier Jiang, the railway from Xiangma Mountain to the northern part of Xishan has been blown up by us, so it is impossible for the Japanese troops to penetrate into Xishan through the railway tracks. Instead, they will take the land route that we are very familiar with and march to the base area in the southwest of Xishan. But the Japanese troops
I don't know exactly which route they will take now, and this operation is extremely secretive for them, so it is not easy to directly find out their marching route." Li Yan looked at Jiang
Zhen said.
Jiang Zhen lowered his head and pondered for a while, then slowly walked to the transmitter, put the earphone on his right ear, and stretched out his right hand to adjust the knob left and right, listening carefully. In less than two minutes, Jiang Zhen quickly raised the
He waved his right hand to Li Yan and called Li Yan to his side. Li Yan walked closer and sat in front of the telegraph and listened for a while. Seeing that there was indeed an article in it, he quickly took out his pen and translated the entire telegram.
Go to the white paper next to you, then take it in your hand and read it carefully.
"The Japs troops are taking Xishan Southwest Road, and the time is 10:30 tomorrow morning." Jiang Zhen said slowly.
When Li Yan heard this, he lowered his head and thought about it carefully. The Japs telegram that he had just intercepted only stated the route of the Japs troops and the time when the operation would start. However, Li Yan didn't know anything about the size of the troops, so
At this time, Li Yan was not in a hurry.
He suggested to Jiang Zhen that he deploy troops to ambush, because if he miscalculates, the troops who go to ambush will be ambushed by the Japanese troops who rise up to attack. This will not only fail to save the Xishan Southwest Base Area, but also cause harm to other base areas.
A big loss.
Judging from the current situation, there are only two ways to block this group of Japanese soldiers on Xishan Southwest Road before they march to the Xishan Southwest Base. One is to cover them with artillery fire, and the other is to lay mines. However, the first method of attack is Li
Yan is not prepared to use it because the heavy gun body is not conducive to retreat and the hiding place is easily exposed. However, the second method can be deployed before the Japanese troops arrive.
When the Japanese troops arrive at Xishan Southwest Road, the mines planted on Xishan Southwest Road will be detonated. In this way, even if the Japanese troops are clearing mines and marching at the same time, they will inevitably be restrained for a period of time, and this period of time is enough to make Xishan Southwest
The Eighth Route Army troops in the base area advanced to 1,500 meters south of the base area for strategic defense. As long as these Eighth Route Army troops could withstand the retreat of the Japanese troops, the crisis in the base area in the southwest of Xishan would be resolved.
When Li Yan thought of this, he returned to the transmitter and sent his thoughts to Qin Yan, who was in the southwest base area of Xishan. After receiving the telegram, Qin Yan immediately came to the command room and followed several Eighth Route Army soldiers to place the munitions on the
The dozen or so boxes of mines in the library were moved to the open space, and then they took them with them
A small team left the Xishan Southwest Base Area and came to Xishan Southwest Road to place the mines at designated locations according to Li Yan's ideas. After doing all this, Qin Yan led the team back to the Xishan Southwest Base Area and reported back the news that the plan had been completed.
It was sent to Li Yan who was in the western Shandong base area.
But it happened to be such a coincidence. Just when Li Yan received the telegram reply from Qin Yan who was in the Xishan Southwest Base, the Japanese had also intercepted the telegram that Li Yan had sent to the Xishan Southwest Base and deciphered it.
Seeing that his march plan had been exposed, the Japanese soldier responsible for deciphering the telegram handed over the telegram in his hand.
The Japanese commander who arrived at the Xiangmashan stronghold took it and looked at it up and down, then gave a bad smile, then tore the telegram in his hand into pieces, and finally walked out of the door quickly to pick up the other telegrams.
The officers convened into the combat conference room and made slight changes to the plan to attack the base area in the southwest of Xishan.
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