As soon as Li Yan stepped through the gate of the base, he immediately came to Jiang Zhen's combat conference room and knocked on the door several times. Jiang Zhen walked to the door and opened it. Before he could see who it was, Li Yan had lost his patience.
He broke into the combat conference room directly, turned the map on the table and observed it carefully. At this time, Jiang Zhen saw Li Yan's anxious look and hurriedly stepped forward and followed the direction of Li Yan's finger to analyze it.
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Li Yan's idea was this. Inoue Ichiro originally wanted to use these five regiments of 15,000 Japanese soldiers to completely remove the thorn in Li Yan's side and destroy the Western Shandong base area. Due to the urgency of the matter, Li Yan
Iwa guessed that Inoue Ichiro must not have reported the situation directly to the military headquarters, or he had simply handed over some unnecessary information and then immediately transferred the five Japanese regiments to Xishan to fight with his own troops.
But now these Japs were either eliminated by his own troops or taken away by reinforcements. During the entire battle, he did not hear about the interception of Japs secret codes in the Xishandong Base Area, so Li Yan judged that Inoue must not know the real situation.
, even now he still thinks that his five regiments are still in Xishan at this time, besieging Li Yan and Jiang Zhen's troops, so Inoue has not ordered to send troops to support the five Japanese regiments in Xishan or transfer the remaining troops back.
Command's orders.
And Li Yan's article was written on Inoue Ichiro's headquarters. Now that the siege of Nishiyama has been resolved, Inoue Ichiro's headquarters only has one regiment plus one brigade of Japanese soldiers left. Under this situation, no matter whether it is from
Judging from the timing of the attack and the number of troops, the situation was always in favor of the Eighth Route Army. Li Yan wanted to take this opportunity to lead his troops to directly attack Inoue Ichiro's lair and completely eliminate this group of Japanese forces that had been wandering around Xishan for a long time.
Jiang Zhen had just finished listening to Li Yan's explanation and was about to walk out of the combat conference room to implement the plan. However, just as he was about to walk out the door, he was grabbed by Li Yan behind him. Li Yan believed that the reinforcements had not yet been completely withdrawn.
Xishan, if we immediately lead troops to besiege Inoue Ichiro's headquarters at this time, they will definitely pass through Xishan North Road on the way. In this case, they will encounter the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army escorting Japanese prisoners.
With the temper of this team of reinforcements, they will definitely follow his troops into Ichiro Inoue's lair. On the surface, these Eighth Route reinforcements help him increase the intensity of his attack, but from Li Yan's point of view, this is nothing.
It's a good thing, because the supporting army troops have to escort the newly captured Japanese soldiers. In this case, the marching speed will inevitably slow down, and it is not suitable for large-scale military operations.
If they are allowed to join the battle at this time, it will definitely hinder their own troops. On the other hand, the delay in the reinforcements returning to their base may also be discovered by the Japanese intelligence department. If things reach this point,
Even if no one in Nishiyama can give Inoue Ichiro
Send a telegram to explain the situation, and people from the Japanese intelligence department will also report this abnormal situation to the headquarters. In this way, Ichiro Inoue will definitely not sit in the headquarters and wait for death, but will find other Japanese troops to defend.
This brought immeasurable trouble to Li Yan's troops.
Although Jiang Zhen agreed with this statement, he was still quite anxious about attacking Ichiro Inoue's headquarters. Based on Jiang Zhen's understanding of Ichiro Inoue, if the five regiments did not return after noon the next day, he would
The troops will definitely be summoned again to investigate. Although they can wait for them to arrive at Xishan before annihilating them, in the end it is not better than directly annihilating the dangerous person Inoue Ichiro. After thinking for a long time, Jiang Zhen decided to send troops to attack Inoue Ichiro.
The time is set before noon the next day, after the reinforcements have withdrawn.
Li Yan followed Jiang Zhen's idea and roughly estimated that while escorting the Japanese prisoners, it would take about an hour and a half from the time the reinforcements left the Xishandong base area to the final withdrawal from Xishan. The time on the pocket watch showed
It was half past nine in the evening. Li Yan added the two times together and guessed the best time to march: At eleven o'clock tonight, Li Yan thought of this and focused his attention carefully on the location marked with Ichiro Inoue's headquarters on the map.
After looking at it, I drew an optimal marching route using my eyes instead of my fingers.
Li Yan is going to lead his troops out of the West Shandong base area at 11 o'clock tonight, and advance along the back of the Xishan mountain stronghold towards Inoue Ichiro's headquarters. However, this march is not an easy task, because the headquarters of Inoue Ichiro is shown on the map.
It is not in a conspicuous place such as flat land or barren mountains, but in a forest on the west side of the northern part of Xishan Mountain. In this case, it is impossible for Li Yan to lead thousands of troops directly to the woods where Inshang is as before.
If we march inside, even if no shots are fired, the steps of the reinforcement brothers will make a loud noise. If Ichiro Inoue discovers him at this juncture, even if he cannot call for reinforcements, he will escape in advance to save his life. This is not only
This will make Li Yan's plan fall short, and will also be a threat to the future West Shandong base area.
After thinking for a long time, Li Yan decided to divide the entire reinforcement regiment into three groups when the troops marched to the northern part of Xishan Mountain. One group quietly moved around the headquarters and was responsible for surrounding all exits and placing explosives. The other two groups guarded the roads leading to the northwest plain of Xishan Mountain.
Road and a roundabout route in the northwest of Xishan to prevent these Japanese soldiers from taking advantage of the chaos to escape from the Inoue headquarters or counterattack Jiang Zhen's Xishandong base area.
After Li Yan made all preparations, he reported his plan to Jiang Zhen, then walked to the barracks of the reinforcement group and gave an emergency gathering order. When all the brothers of the reinforcement group gathered in the open space, the time on the pocket watch
It was also eleven o'clock sharp. Upon seeing this, Li Yan put his pocket watch in his pocket and led the team quickly out of the West Shandong base area, heading towards the direction of Inoue Ichiro's headquarters.
At this time, Inoue Ichiro was standing in front of the sand table with a frown, thinking hard. He still couldn't figure out why the five regiments he sent had not returned yet. Inoue Ichiro also thought that this unit might encounter Li
Yan and Jiang Zhen encountered trouble due to the sudden attack, but now he has not received any intelligence from Xishan, so it is impossible to know what happened in Xishan. After thinking about this, Inoue Ichiro could only sit back
He went to the chair and waited for the five armies to return with a great victory, but he would never have imagined that at this time, the army of 15,000 people had turned into an army with less than 1,000 people left.
team of prisoners.
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