Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 146 Li Yunlong’s Thoughts

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, which has a total of 1,500 Japanese soldiers.

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, and each one 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 those idiot generals like Guogui know how to exploit 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.

But because all year round, 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 Mashou Village, which has the smallest strength, only has two teams of about 100 people.

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

 And before the attack, he used the basic regiment to destroy all the stations and bridges ten miles around the stronghold. 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 will immediately rely on favorable terrain to block the attack. In this way, the enemy can only shrink back to the three county towns 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 people.

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

  Meaning that if the attacker's strength is five times that 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 strength, then the enemy can be completely eaten.

 So 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 what the division commander said 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 9:30 in the evening on August 20th. 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 battle 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 Da's old habit of not liking to study made another mistake, and he secretly went on a mission when no one was paying attention.

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

 Hearing the sound of gunfire from the distance, Captain Li looked bitter.

The old man carefully handed the wire 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 regiment’s turn to support? I’m almost dying of anxiety. Three years and three years. 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. Now it's better, 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 you want me? Is it because their heads are bigger than mine and their necks are thicker than mine?"

Zhao Gang's head was about to split when he looked at his chattering captain.

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 to preserve the strength of the regiment. Our new second regiment has just been established not long ago, and 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, and you can't see this kind of thing."

　　After hearing what his political commissar said, Li Yunlong's face became obviously much better. 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. We, Lao Li, just have to do manual labor. What a pitiful man.”

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

 But at this moment, a friendly cavalry 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, who was at the outermost edge of the New Second Regiment, suddenly had a heavy expression.

This behavior is very dangerous. If there are ghosts 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!”

Issue first and change later

 (End of this chapter)