Before Li Yan could stretch out his hand, Jiang Zhen had already arrived in front of the door and opened it. When he saw that the person in front of him was Li Yan, Jiang Zhen reached out and patted him on the shoulder and took him to the combat conference room. When Li Yan
After Yan sat on the chair, Jiang Zhen spread out the map of Xishan on the table, stretched out his right index finger, and pointed at the Xishan East Base Area, Xishan County and Xishan Southwest Base Area respectively, but he did not say a single word.
The scene was like a pantomime performance. Li Yan didn't say much when he saw this. Instead, he carefully observed the three places on Jiang Zhen's fingers. Soon Li Yan understood what Jiang Zhen meant. Li Yan
Without waiting for Jiang Zhen to explain, he looked up at Jiang Zhen and said:
"Brigadier Jiang, you want me to lead the reinforced regiment from Xishan County to attack the Xishan Southwest Base Area first. At the same time, you will dispatch your troops to the gate of the Xishan East Base Area to stand by until I lead the troops to the gate of the Xishan Southwest Base Area.
Then send troops to reinforce when the time comes, and take advantage of these Japanese soldiers to take their retreat when they are not paying attention, right?"
After Jiang Zhen heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, but soon Jiang Zhen returned to his serious look. He first pointed to the Xishan Southwest Base near Xishan Southwest Road with his finger, and then slowly explained
: "Li Yan, that's what I had in mind just now, but if you want to achieve the effect I want, you must start the second round of attack before I lead my troops..."
"I must lead the troops to a place 1,500 meters south of the Xishan Southwest Base before you lead the troops to attack the Xishan Southwest Base. Before, you once said that this is the only place in the Xishan Southwest Base where active operations can be carried out.
Defensively, as long as the troops guarding the inside get out of this circle, they are basically not far from death." Li Yan said first.
"You are right, but this operation is more dangerous for you. Your troops in Xishan County are now less than 6,000. You must not only ensure the smooth operation, but also prevent other Japanese troops from sending troops to Xishan while you are here.
When you attack Xishan County in the southwest base area, you will have to leave half of your troops to guard Xishan County. In this case, your force can only be as strong as half of the Japs' troops. So this time, you are planned to assist us in the west Shandong base area.
If the troops attack, if there is a frontal assault..." Jiang Zhen stopped here.
Li Yan leaned forward, tapped the table with his hand and replied: "I understand, what I want to do this time is to assist your troops in attacking. If there is no emergency, I will never attack Xishan directly.
Southwest Base Area, but when the Southwest Base Area of Xishan is returned to the hands of our Eighth Route Army troops, I will definitely kill that damn Japanese captain with my own hands!" After speaking, Li Yan pounded the table hard.
Seeing that the entire plan had been formed, Jiang Zhen went out and gathered his three regiments in the open space and explained all the important matters of the operation. At this time, the Japanese were on a reconnaissance mission on the back slope of the southwest base area of Xishan Mountain.
The soldier also saw all this, and saw a large number of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly appeared in the open space of the West Shandong Base Area. The Japanese soldier quickly ran back to the combat conference room: "Report to the captain, a large number of troops have gathered in the direction of the West Shandong Base Area!"
The captain of the Japanese column was shocked at first when he heard this information. Then he quickly walked out of the combat conference room and came to the hillside behind the Xishan Southwest Base. He looked in the direction of the Xishandong Base, but he did not see what the Japanese soldier just said.
Three regiments, and at this time, the Japanese soldier also followed the Japanese captain to the back hillside. Seeing that he could no longer see these three regiments, the Japanese soldier began to wonder in his heart. The Japanese captain glanced at Xishandong
At the base, he turned back and guessed: "This is just a daily drill of the Eighth Route Army. There should be no intention of sending troops to attack us. Continue to observe." After that, he left the Japanese soldier and walked back to the combat conference room.
After resting for a while, the leader of the Japanese column took out a map of Xishan he was wearing and spread it on the table. He took out a magnifying glass and carefully observed the terrain of the southwest base area of Xishan. After some research, the captain of the Japanese column discovered that
, if you want to invade the Xishan Southwest Base Area, you must lead a team to advance to 1,500 meters south of the Xishan Southwest Base Area, and then you can use this to launch an attack inside the base area.
If you don't lead troops to occupy this position, no matter which route you choose to march, the final battle will be very difficult. After discovering this situation, the Japanese captain immediately came to the gate of the southwest base area of Xishan and saw that it was indeed 1,500 meters in front of him.
Since there were no troops to guard the place, a thousand Japanese troops were hurriedly drawn out from the large army to guard this place first.
Seeing that the defense plan was completed, the captain of the Japanese column returned to the Xishan Southwest Base with satisfaction. However, the moment he came, he was clearly seen by the brothers of the reinforcement group who were in charge of observation in Xishulin, Xishan County. This reinforcement
When the regiment brothers saw that the Japanese captain had returned to the base, they turned around and ran towards Xishan County. When they arrived at the county, they conveyed the whole story to Liu Guangyao.
After hearing this, Liu Guangyao immediately turned around, ran all the way to the Xishandong Base Area along the north gate of Xishan County, and reported the situation to Li Yan. Before Liu Guangyao came to the Xishandong Base Area, Li Yan had already decided to immediately
He returned to Xishan County and began to implement the plan, but after Liu Guangyao finished talking about the matter, Li Yan immediately gave up the idea and frowned.
At this time, the captain of the Japanese column seemed very leisurely. He first led the Japanese soldiers to the hillside behind the Xishan Southwest Base, fired a few shots into the sky, and then pointed the gun at the man on duty at the gate of the Xishandong Base.
Several Eighth Route Army soldiers wounded them on the ground. While other Eighth Route Army troops had not arrived at the gate of the West Shandong base area, they led the Japanese soldiers behind them back to the base area. Half an hour later, the captain of the Japanese column saw Li
When Li Yan didn't move, he called two Japanese soldiers to lift Qin Yan's body and hang it in front of the gate of the southwest base of Xishan, preparing to stimulate Li Yan's troops who would come to attack in the future.
But just when the Japs captain was overjoyed, several dense bursts of gunshots suddenly rang out from Xishan Southwest Road. Seeing this, the Japs column leader immediately became nervous. At the same time, he integrated the team together and advanced behind the front troops, preparing to assist the front troops.
Launched a counterattack against the incoming enemy troops, Li Yan, who was in the Xishandong base area, also heard the burst of gunfire. At first, he thought that Jiang Zhen had already led the troops out first, or that it was the reinforced regiment of Xishan County.
They were attacked by Japanese troops, but when Li Yan walked to the gate of the Xishan East Base, he saw that Jiang Zhen's three regiments were still in place, and there was nothing strange about Xishan County.
"It sounds like the gunshots are coming from the south to the Xishan Southwest Base Area, but... we are the only ones who know about the Japs attacking the Xishan Southwest Base Area. What is going on?" Jiang Zhen asked doubtfully. At this time,
Li Yan had no idea who was the one who sent troops to attack the Xishan Southwest base area first. He could only lead his troops to check it out first. When Li Yan thought of this, he immediately came to Jiang Zhen and told Jiang Zhen what he thought.
Conveyed to him, after receiving Jiang Zhen's approval, Li Yan quickly rushed back to Xishan County with Liu Guangyao. After a while, he brought a reinforced regiment of 3,000 people to the woods in the west of Xishan County.