At this time, Li Yan had just followed the team into the West Shandong base area. After briefly chatting with Qin Mo, who was also in the base area, about the situation of the Xishan Railway, he turned and walked towards Jiang Zhen, who was not far from him. Jiang Zhen saw Li Yan.
Yan had already walked towards him, so he turned around and approached the combat conference room. Li Yan followed suit, preparing to follow Jiang Zhen into the combat conference room to discuss the next countermeasures.
But just when Li Yan took the first step, several loud noises were heard from the southwest of Xishan Mountain. Li Yan stopped walking forward after seeing this. At this time, after Jiang Zhen heard the noise, he first looked carefully
After a while of judgment, I saw that the sound came from the direction of the Xishan Railway, so I did not go directly into the combat conference room, but turned to look at Li Yan, wanting to hear Li Yan's opinion.
But before Jiang Zhen had time to speak, Li Yan had already said: "Commander Jiang, these mines were deliberately left on the central section of the Xishan Railway before our troops retreated, in order to contain those who might come for reconnaissance.
The Japs troops, these mines have been detonated now, so if nothing else happens, the Japs troops should have reached the Xishan Railway by now."
Jiang Zhen suddenly became anxious after listening to Li Yan's analysis. He first turned his head and focused his attention on the troops who had just returned to the base area. Judging from the current situation, the three troops who had just returned to the base area at this time
The regiment could no longer participate in the battle. Seeing this, Jiang Zhen stopped tormenting them. Instead, he came to Qin Mo and together with him brought the troops of the other three regiments who did not participate in the battle to the central open space.
Li Yan saw that something was not quite right, so before Jiang Zhen issued the next order, he quickly came to Jiang Zhen and asked: "Commander Jiang, you have gathered so many troops, are you going to take them with you?"
Go back to the Xishan Railway to fight the Japanese soldiers who just came from the direction of Xiangma Mountain?" Seeing Jiang Zhen nodding in confirmation, Li Yan leaned in front of Jiang Zhen and continued: "Commander Jiang, I suggest you the best
Don’t send troops immediately.”
After hearing this, Jiang Zhen took back the marching order that he was about to say, then looked back at Li Yan and asked: "Li Yan, now the Japanese troops from the Xiangma Mountain area have entered the Xishan area, and they must have almost advanced to the west mountain area now."
The northern part of Xishan Mountain, if I don’t lead my troops there now
If stopped in time, these Japanese soldiers will directly enter the northern area of Xishan, and our army's defense force there is very weak, so if the area in the north of Xishan is lost, the good situation of the Xishan front may be reversed again.
, so I must send troops to intercept them now."
"Brigadier Jiang, you don't seem to understand what I mean. I don't want you to cancel this march plan, but I hope you can take a moment to think about the next action plan and the best time to take action.
...." At this point, Li Yan changed the subject and continued:
"Now the mines in the direction of the Xishan Railway have just been stepped on, and since I added some materials to these mines before, I judge that the explosion should have dealt a heavy blow to these Japanese soldiers. If I guessed correctly,
If so, these Japs should be clearing mines and their march should be at a standstill. Now we have enough time to control them.
We have made the entire plan. When these Japanese soldiers start marching again, our troops may have already reached them. But if we attack directly now, we will only alarm these Japanese soldiers prematurely and force them to retreat directly.
Echoing Mashan, if this happens, we may not be able to grasp their true movements."
At first, Jiang Zhen didn't fully listen to Li Yan's suggestion, but after Li Yan fully expressed his entire idea, Jiang Zhen immediately retracted his previous thoughts. He first put his half-raised right hand back to his waist.
, but Jiang Zhen did not move the man who was already waiting in the open space.
The three regiments pulled Li Yan back to the barracks and brought Li Yan to the combat conference room. Then they spread the map of Xishan on the table and stretched out their fingers to trace along the middle road of Xishan to the north of the map. When they reached the end, they drew again.
He turned his finger to the southwest and explained:
"My original idea was to lead the troops to block the way of the Japanese troops before they reached the northern part of Xishan Mountain. If conditions are sufficient, I would prepare to annihilate them all." After Jiang Zhen finished speaking his thoughts,
Then he looked back at Li Yan,
Li Yan understood immediately when he saw this, but he did not reply directly. He just put his hand on the map and drew three virtual lines, pointing respectively to the center of the northwest of Xishan Railway, the central section of Xishan Railway and the section of southwest Xishan near Xiangma Mountain.
railway.
Li Yan's idea was to distribute the three regiments that Jiang Zhen was about to dispatch equally among the three marching routes, and to place the first regiment on the route from the Xishandong base area to the center of the northwest road of the Xishan Railway, ahead of the other two groups.
Marching to prevent the Japanese troops from advancing rapidly and eventually penetrating into the northern part of Xishan and causing unnecessary damage, the second regiment took the middle route and targeted the middle section of the Xishan Railway. However, Li Yan did not intend for the second regiment to confront the Japanese troops head-on.
Responsible for artillery support.
But on the last road, Li Yan was a little bit in trouble, because the Xishandong base area is far away from the southwest of Xishan near the north exit of Xiangma Mountain, so the march time will be longer than that of the other two groups of troops. But if the third group of troops is allowed
If we march first, there will be a risk of being exposed in advance. After thinking for a while, Li Yan decided to cancel the action plan of the third regiment in the West Shandong Base Area.
Jiang Zhen felt that Li Yan's plan of leaving the third regiment idle was inappropriate, so he raised his head and interrupted: "Li Yan, if you don't fight the third regiment, who are you going to let do it? If you don't use soldiers from our base area, you have to use soldiers from other troops."
Soldier, if this happens, we must send a telegram. At this time, the Xishan Railway has just been blown up by us, and the Japanese side is still in a sensitive period. If we send such a telegram, if it is intercepted, wouldn't the whole plan be
Lost?"
"Brigadier Jiang, I am going to use my reinforcement regiment from Xishan County to replace the third regiment to ambush in the southwest area of Xishan. Now I ask for instructions from the troops from the first and second routes to act according to my plan immediately. In this case,
By the time I return to Xishan County, your team should also be in the process of marching, and our troops in Xishan County are closer to the southwest of Xishan, so we can ensure that they reach the designated location without delaying the march."