Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

In this major attack, the 129th Division was responsible for the section from Yuci to Yangquan of Zhengtai Road. There are a total of thirteen strongholds in this area, which is the most important transportation hub in Shanxi Province.

For the Eighth Route Army, the biggest threat is naturally the headquarters of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Yangquan, where there are a total of 1,500 Japanese.

Since the fall of Jin Province three years ago, there has been almost no attack there. The only time it happened was because of the decision-making "the pride of workers behind enemy lines."

Followed by Shouyang and Yuci, these two strongholds were defended by two brigades respectively. In addition, the Japanese can rely on the county town for defense, each of which is a difficult nut to crack.

With the above information, it is naturally impossible for the 129th Division to go head-to-head. These three points are not the main goals of this attack.

After all, the Eighth Route Army's siege capabilities are inherently weak compared to other aspects. Without heavy weapons such as cannons, it would be difficult to just break through the city gates.

Even the idiot generals like Guo Preserved know how to use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and our teacher naturally has his own arrangements.

The 129th Division will attack eight stations and enemy strongholds including Mashou Village, Shanghu, and Lujiazhuang. These stations and strongholds are closely connected together, and each stronghold forms a line to protect the railway.

However, this is because for many years, no enemy has taken the initiative to attack. The strength of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade in these transportation points has been reduced again and again, from the initial brigade to the size of a squadron.

Among them, Lujiazhuang, which has the largest number of troops, only has 200 people, while Ma Shou Village, which has the smallest number, only has two teams of about 100 people.

After careful discussion, the division decided to attack these ten points at the same time.

And before the attack, all the stations and bridges within ten miles of the stronghold were destroyed with the basic regiment. Try to divide the western section of the Zhengtai-Taiwan Railway into points that cannot support each other, and use one move to retaliate against the other.

So they sent troops to attack the three large counties at the same time. Although the big strongholds were difficult to attack, what was the use if no one came to attack them.

Once the enemy leaves the city and loses its defensive advantage, they immediately rely on favorable terrain to block the attack. In this way, the enemy can only shrink back to the three counties and act like a coward.

This is just like Tian Ji's horse racing. The 129th Division used high-grade horses to comfortably eat the enemy's medium-grade and low-grade horses. But there was no chance of using the Japanese's superior horses.

The tactics of attacking ten small strongholds are also very simple. They also use force to overwhelm others.

There is a saying in the art of war: if you are five, you can surround it, if you are ten, you can attack it.

This means that if the attacker has five times the strength of the defender, they can surround them and wait for the enemy's supplies to be exhausted.

But if one's own troops are far greater than the opponent's, even ten times the number, then the enemy can be completely eaten.

Therefore, the 129th Division sent ten regiments to the ten strongholds between Yuci and Yangquan. After all, the Eighth Route Army currently lacks heavy weapons, and there are many things to consider when attacking a stronghold.

According to the teacher's words at the time, if you want to hit him, you have to hit him like a walnut! Use a heavy hammer to smash the enemy's shell and flesh together.

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Let's switch the perspective to the new second group that hasn't appeared for a while.

It was now 9:30 in the evening on August 20th, and Commander Li and all the soldiers in the regiment had been marching for an hour and a half.

I have to say that Li Yunlong is indeed an all-rounder. He is quick to master combat and logistics. Now he is even proficient in destroying railways and removing wires.

You must know that he originally thought that the New Second Regiment could join the war and attack various Japanese strongholds. In Li Yunlong's mind, the last option was to block the enemy's reinforcements.

So when the regiment headquarters was conducting attack-breaking training, Commander Li's old habit of not liking to study came back again, and he secretly went off duty when no one was paying attention.

But it has only been more than an hour now, and his speed of tearing down railway tracks and removing wires is no less than that of the railway guerrillas who came to help.

Listening to the sound of gunfire in the distance, Captain Li looked bitter.

The old man carefully handed over the wires wrapped around his body to the fellow villager on the side, and then pretended to be in pain and said to his partner next to him:

"Old Zhao! When will it be our group's turn to support! I am almost dying of anxiety. Three years after another, if this continues, I will forget how to shoot!"

"Why can Blind Cheng be able to attack Lujiazhuang? You don't know, right? When he joined the army, I taught him how to fire the gun. It's better now, I'm not as good as others."

"And Lao Kong and Lao Ding were directly borrowed by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region! Why don't they want me? Is it because their heads are bigger than mine and their necks are thicker than mine?"

Looking at his chattering captain, Zhao Gang's head almost split.

During this period of time, this top student felt that she was not a political commissar, but an old mother taking care of her children.

But in fact, he is also eager to participate in the battle. After all, he has been studying in the rear for so long and has not experienced a major operation yet.

If we miss this opportunity, we don’t know when the next battle of this scale will be.

"Old Li, please stop saying a few words. My ears are about to get calluses. If you have the ability, just mount your horse and complain to the brigade commander. The headquarters asked our New Second Regiment to carry out sabotage, so naturally we have our own arrangements. , you have to think more about the overall situation.”

"And it's not like you don't know that the brigade commander is protecting you. He must be doing it to preserve the strength of the regiment. Our new second regiment has just been established not long ago. Except for the first battalion, many soldiers have never been on the battlefield."

"And can you hope for something good? If any regiment asks for help because the attack is not going well, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Those are our friendly troops. You can't see this kind of thing."

After hearing what his political commissar said, Li Yunlong's expression improved significantly. In fact, he understood the truth, but he just held it in for too long in the hope that someone would listen to him.

"Hey, I understand. Our Lao Li is destined to do manual labor. What a pitiful man."

Seeing Li Yunlong pretending to demonstrate his embarrassment, Zhao Gang smiled and shook his head.

But at this moment, a friendly cavalryman appeared beside the railway in the distance. This comrade was riding a horse and holding a torch so that the troops destroying the railway could find him early.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Dabiao, the outermost member of the New Second Regiment, suddenly became serious.

This kind of behavior is very dangerous. If a Japanese enemy appears nearby, the cavalry will definitely be killed. Being able to do this means that the present tense is very urgent. In order to bring the news out, you will even risk your life.

Thinking of this, he immediately mounted the correspondent's horse and rushed towards the comrade quickly. After the two met, they came to Li Yunlong's side after a short communication.

"Captain Li! Hurry up and bring someone to help our 772nd Regiment!"

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