Li Yan guessed that the reason why the Japs divided their troops into three marches was to prevent the troops in the West Shandong Base Area from making large-scale transfers along possible march routes, but at the same time he was forcing himself and Jiang Zhen to leave the important strategic location of the West Shandong Base Area.
, as for whether this group of Japs will continue to pursue or directly occupy the western Shandong base area, it is their business. However, the telegram said that the marching routes of the Japs in the other two regiments were unknown. Li Yan thought that this must be the back-up plan left by the Japs.
, the last two regiments may lie in ambush behind the West Shandong base area.
In this case, if Jiang Zhen and himself lead the troops to defend, the Japs from the last two regiments will secretly come from behind to bite the butt of the Western Shandong base area. If Jiang Zhen and Jiang Zhen don't want to fight with the three regiments in front of them,
If the Japanese retreat temporarily due to a head-on confrontation, the Japanese from the two following regiments can take advantage of the chaos to make a sudden attack. Then the three Japanese regiments that were responsible for attacking the base area will be the ones that attack the Xishandu base area. Although the telegram stated that
It has been mentioned that the superiors will provide reinforcements at the appropriate time, but it is still unknown when the reinforcements will come. If the reinforcements happen to come when one's own side is fighting the Japanese troops or one's own side is already at a disadvantage, it may not be possible.
The absolute safety of the West Shandong garrison was completely guaranteed, so Li Yan had now given up the idea of relying on reinforcements to escape the crisis, and instead focused on how to deploy his own troops before the Japanese launched a general attack.
After thinking for a while, Li Yan decided to first divide the troops in the West Shandong garrison into two groups. One group would be led by himself to ambush on the mountainside on both sides of Xishan North Road, and the other group would be led by Jiang Zhen to ambush behind the Xishandong base area.
On the hillside, there is a very dense forest at these two locations. By distributing the troops in these two places, one can be condescending and punch the enemy hard when they are not prepared. Second, they can rely on the dense trees for defense.
Under this environment, it is impossible for the Japanese to fully understand the personnel configuration and specific locations of their own side, so they only speed up the advance rather than stopping to fight back.
At this time, due to the joint sneak attack by Li Yan and Jiang Zhen, the Japanese side will inevitably lose part of their troops. The most important thing is that their arrogant morale will inevitably be suppressed. When the Japanese troops from the two regiments in the north and south are about to advance to
When he was stationed in western Shandong, Li Yan would combine his troops with Jiang Zhen's troops and focus on suppressing the Japanese army coming from the north. He would make full use of the advantages of the mountains and forests, the condescending favorable terrain and the numerical advantage to eradicate the enemy troops in the north first.
The Japs Brigade, if this plan succeeds, then the Western Shandong base area will be less threatened by the Japs regiment, and this will also lay a good foundation for the arrival of reinforcements.
After the Japanese regiment in the northern part of Xishan was completely suppressed by Li Yan and Jiang Zhen, the two groups left the woods in the northern part of Xishan and turned to the south. The two Japanese regiments combined only had 8,000 people. Under this situation, it was completely possible.
Separate the two groups of troops and annihilate the two groups of Japanese troops respectively. Although this counter-encirclement and suppression plan seems very simple, it is also difficult to estimate because the true locations of the remaining two Japanese groups are still unknown. If
If the two Japanese regiments did not appear behind the West Shandong base area, but appeared in any of the three roads of Xishan County, the intersection in the north of Xishan, and the circuitous route in the south of Xishan, they would bring unpredictable dangers to their own side.
, so although Li Yan wanted to express his thoughts immediately, he still did not say a word in the end.
Jiang Zhen on the side saw Li Yan's expression and immediately realized that Li Yan must have already thought of a way to defeat the enemy, but he was surprisingly calm this time. Jiang Zhen guessed that Li Yan might not be very sure this time.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but add: "Li Yan, just do it your way. If it succeeds, you may be able to survive this crisis. If it doesn't, you will die at worst." After that, he sat down on the chair.
On top, my mind was blank. If I didn't know where the other two Japanese regiments were, then no matter what tactics they used, they would inevitably end up being flanked by the Japanese army.
Li Yan calmed down a little and sat back on the chair. He pointed at the map of Xishan with his hand and silently analyzed it. After a period of hard thinking, Li Yan finally found a breakthrough. But this breakthrough was not a recent discovery, but a breakthrough.
There was a relatively inconspicuous thing that Li Yan had just ignored in his pre-war analysis. Li Yan quickly marked a position on the map near the backyard of the West Shandong base area with his hand and looked up and down carefully. He found that the mountains behind the base area were
The other mountains are very different, because there is a gap in the middle of the mountain in the Xishan East Base. Counting the south county seat of Xishan, the roundabout route in the south of Xishan, and the northern part of Xishan, it is the fourth road in the entire eastern part of Xishan. Li Yan guessed
The reason why the Japs Alliance put the forces of these three alliances on the first three roads is probably to place the last road in front of Li Yan and Jiang Zhen's team, and to intentionally lead them to this road.
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If this is the case, then Li Yan can completely conclude that the Japs of these two brigades are on the hillside behind the West Shandong base area, and Li Yan judges from past experience that they should be equipped with artillery and heavy machine guns, so
On the one hand, you can relax and wait for the two big fat pieces of yourself and Jiang Zhen to enter your mouth on the mountains on both sides. On the other hand, you can also restrain your own side from charging directly to the mountains. In addition, the attack range of the artillery
It can also be expanded to the middle of Xishan Road, so that it can effectively and suddenly suppress the counterattack actions of oneself and Jiang Zhen.
When Li Yan thought about this, he felt more and more that he was right in preparing to ambush all his troops in the woods in the mountains. If they were to fight a large number of Japanese troops directly on the flat ground, they would definitely have no time to worry about ambush behind the western Shandong base area.
The good two teams of Japanese troops with heavy weapons will make our side a living target of the Japanese artillery. Maybe we will have lost more than half of our side before the Japanese cannons rush over. If the battle continues
At this point, no matter how much reinforcements come, they can only help the Eighth Route Army soldiers under him to collect the bodies of his brothers. Li Yan simulated the entire plan of the battle up and down, and finally
Then he raised his head and looked at Jiang Zhen, who was sitting beside him with a frown on his face.
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