Half a month later, it has been more than a month since the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain ended.

The Japanese army was finally ready to raid the base areas in southeastern Shanxi.

A large number of Japanese and puppet troops rushed towards the base area in southeastern Shanxi from the fourth route.

In response to the Japanese army's intentions, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army and the Deputy Chief of General Staff quickly formulated a combat plan.

At the same time, after receiving the combat mission from the headquarters, Chief Chen of the Mobile Column quickly summoned the brigade commanders of the Mobile Column and the regimental commanders to the headquarters for a meeting.

The four brigade commanders, nine infantry regiment commanders, one artillery regiment commander, and two cavalry regiment commanders of the mobile column sat in rows.

Chief Chen was wearing a black leather jacket and holding a teaching stick in his hand. He stood in front of a huge map hanging on the wall and said with a serious expression.

"Presumably everyone has received the news of the Japanese raids, so I won't go around in circles."

"To the north is the Japanese 36th Division, to the east is the Japanese 9th Brigade, to the west is the Japanese 4th Brigade, and to the south are the Japanese 37th and the disabled 41st Division."

"The Japanese and puppet troops deployed three blockades outside the base area and used dragnets to sweep them away in an attempt to eat up our base area in southeastern Shanxi!"

"The headquarters ordered us to tear a hole through the enemy's encirclement and jump to the outside to fight. It is best to besiege Taiyuan and force the Japanese army to send troops back for reinforcements."

"Now our mobile column has two options: westward or northward."

"Attack the Japanese 9th Brigade to the west, or attack the Japanese 36th Division to the north."

As soon as Chief Chen finished speaking, Zhang, the political commissar of the column, said: "This time the Japanese army is under the banner of revenge. They are attacking with great force and their morale is high. Our Eighth Route Army advocates democracy. If you have any suggestions, you can speak freely."

Political Commissar Zhang was the former chief of staff of the Taihang Military Region. After the formation of the mobile column, he served as political commissar of the mobile column.

When the Independence Regiment captured Yushe County for the first time, it was Political Commissar Zhang who led the medical team and communications team to Yushe County to support the Independence Regiment.

Ding Wei took the lead and said: "The Japanese 36th Division has 4 infantry regiments and 1 field artillery regiment, with no less than 20,000 people. The 9th Brigade has only 2 infantry regiments with less than 10,000 people. It's hard to pick on the weak.

Come on, I suggest our mobile column attack the 9th Brigade."

Cheng Shifa said: "I suggest attacking the Japanese 36th Division. Although the 36th Division has a large number of troops, the enemy has carried out mopping up nets and deployed three blockades. The enemy's troops are too scattered, so I think that the 36th Division should be attacked.

Division, our mobile column has no chance of winning!"

The Japanese army thought that the Eighth Route Army would adopt the previous tactics of breaking up into parts and breaking out in a scattered manner. They did not know that the Eighth Route Army had actually concentrated its forces and was preparing to attack one of its main forces.

It was only when modern military strategists developed this ax tactics theory.

The leaders of the Eighth Route Army have already mastered its use and called it "breaking one point" to shake the whole line.

In the past, it was very difficult for the Eighth Route Army to concentrate its forces to defeat a Japanese brigade head-on.

However, at present, the mobile column is well-equipped with weapons and equipment, has sufficient ammunition, and has 3 infantry brigades, 1 cavalry brigade, and 1 artillery regiment. It can be said that it is a strong force.

All the cavalry under the mobile column are equipped with Yunlong swords, which greatly enhances their combat effectiveness. The artillery regiment also has sufficient reserves of artillery shells.

It is easy to defeat the Japanese elite brigade head-on, but it is very difficult to defeat the Japanese division head-on, and you might even get involved in it.

However, although the Japanese 36th Division has a large number of troops, it is too scattered. If it only opens a hole, it will not be very difficult for the mobile column.

In fact, the Japanese army had already developed its own rules in fighting the Eighth Route Army.

When fighting against the Nationalist Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Japanese army usually concentrated its forces, because the Nationalist Army could not break into pieces like the Eighth Route Army, so the Nationalist Army could only fight positional warfare with the Japanese Army.

The Eighth Route Army often did not concentrate its main force for a decisive battle with the Japanese army. Instead, it adopted guerrilla tactics and broke into pieces to break out. Therefore, the Japanese army raided the base areas several times a year but was unable to truly eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Instead, the army grew stronger.

Soon the war room was divided into two factions, one was the 9th Brigade faction headed by Ding Wei and the other was the 36th Division faction headed by Cheng Shifa.

The two factions argued endlessly.

Commander Chen suddenly looked at Wei Dayong and asked calmly: "Wei Dayong, which route do you think is the best way to fight the Japanese army?"

Everyone looked at Wei Dayong in unison. This guy often didn't play by the rules, and he might have unique insights.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Wei Dayong said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Commander, if you ask me, beat the 9th Brigade and the 36th Division together."

"Fight together?" Not only the brigade commanders and regimental commanders, but also Commander Chen were shocked by Wei Dayong's words.

Li Yunlong asked: "You mean to eat all the Japanese 9th Brigade and 36th Division?"

Wei Dayong said: "We definitely can't eat them all. We don't have such good teeth now, but it is still possible to eat the Japanese 9th Brigade and then one or two regiments of the 36th Division."

Chief Chen showed an interested expression on his face and asked: "Wei Dayong, tell me your specific thoughts."

Wei Dayong drafted some ideas in his mind, and then said: "We can first send out fighter jets to blow up the Japanese army's Taiyuan and Xinxiang airports, first dig out the Japanese army's eyes in the sky, and then use lightning tactics to defeat or even eat them first."

Japanese 9th Brigade."

Chief Chen asked: "The German army's lightning tactics?"

Wei Dayong nodded and said: "That's right, Commander, it's the German army's lightning tactics."

"The lightning tactic is to concentrate troops and launch a sudden attack when the enemy is unprepared." Ding Wei said solemnly, "But the Japanese are the attackers, and they cannot be unprepared."

Wei Dayong said: "It's very simple. We first destroy the headquarters of the 9th Brigade, and then use tanks and cavalry to attack the Japanese blockade. When the 9th Brigade falls into chaos, the infantry will attack across the board to achieve a quick victory!

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Chief Chen asked: "Do you mean to use your Wolf Fang special forces to behead the 9th Brigade Headquarters headed by Koshiki Toranosuke? Can you guarantee success?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wei Dayong said: "It can be said to be beheading, but it does not require the Langya Squadron to do it personally. Use our mountain artillery to carry out the attack on the ninth brigade headquarters.

Cover it with artillery fire and knock out the headquarters of Koshiki Toranosuke."

"Use mountain artillery to knock out the headquarters of the 9th Brigade?" Commander Zhou of the Artillery Regiment said, "We must first find the headquarters of Koshiki Toranosuke, and our artillery position must be within two kilometers of the target. This is almost impossible.

Mission accomplished, because our artillery can't hide it from the eyes of the Japanese scouts."

Although the range of mountain artillery is good, it is almost a consensus that it can only hit targets that are visible to the eye.

Wei Dayong said: "In more than half a month, Political Commissar Yang of our special operations group and I have traveled almost throughout the entire base area."

"Political Commissar Yang drew a precise map of the base area and marked it with horizontal and vertical coordinates."

"We also used radio calls to successfully conduct precise artillery fire on a target 7 kilometers away, with an error within ten meters."

"So, I just sent a Wolf Fang combat team to carry a radio and disguise themselves as Japanese soldiers, sneak into the target area, and detect the location of the 9th Brigade headquarters."

"Directly let the investigation team determine the target on the map based on the viewing direction and viewing distance, combined with the map and the actual location."

"Find the target elevation on the map, measure the geodesic elements of the target, and use parameters to guide the artillery to attack the target 7 kilometers away."

Chief Chen nodded, this method is relatively simpler than beheading the head of the special forces.

Because beheadings are carried out by special forces, unless there is accurate intelligence or someone is coordinating internally, it will be very difficult.

Even if the special forces can succeed in beheading, they will be surrounded by multiple enemies.

"What about after defeating the Ninth Brigade?" Chief Chen asked.

Wei Dayong continued.

"Then our main force moved northwestward, preparing for a decisive battle with the Japanese 36th Division."

"After fighting the Japanese army and pretending to be defeated and retreating, the Japanese 36th Division will definitely pursue southward and find our main force for a decisive battle."

"Let's set up a huge series of mine arrays on the way the Japanese are chasing us."

"Last time we robbed a military column and seized a lot of aerial bombs weighing more than 100 kilograms."

"The mine array set up with aerial bombs, if we are lucky, we may be able to wipe out another Japanese regiment."

The military supplies on the Japanese military trains were very complete. In addition to artillery shells, bullets and aerial bombs, there were also a large number of various explosives, detonators and landmines.

In addition to 2 transport aircraft, the Eighth Route Army currently has 10 Zero fighter jets and 2 Nakajima reconnaissance fighter jets.

Each fighter jet can only carry two 50-kilogram bombs, and only bombers can carry bombs weighing more than 100 kilograms.

Anyway, these aerial bombs can't produce offspring if they are kept, so it is better to use them all.

The Japanese who have experienced the experience of using 100kg and 250kg aerial bombs to land mines will have their graves covered with grass.

Everyone looked a little excited. Back then, Wei Dayong led a special operations battalion and used this method to annihilate a Japanese regiment without even a single Japanese soldier escaping.

Chief Chen pondered for a moment, and then said to everyone: "Comrade Wei Dayong stays to help improve the battle plan, and the rest of the meeting is dismissed!"

Everyone glanced at Wei Dayong, walked out one after another, mounted their military horses and headed towards their respective stations.

Li Yunlong looked at Wei Dayong with even more satisfaction.

Next, Wei Dayong assisted Commander Chen and the combat staff of the column headquarters to perfect the combat plan.

This also allowed Wei Dayong to see the gap between himself and Commander Chen in terms of tactical command and combat planning capabilities.

To put it bluntly, he only provided general ideas and directions, and the details, such as the allocation of specific combat tasks, had to be completed by Chief Chen and the combat staff.

Two hours later, based on the ideas provided by Wei Dayong, the staff prepared a combat plan against the Japanese army.
Chapter completed!