Ma Zhenguo continued: "Once our army launches an attack on Shuozhou, the Japanese army in the direction of Datong and the Japanese army in the direction of Taiyuan will inevitably fully support Shuozhou.Shuozhou is a big city, and if you want to take Shuozhou, it is by no means a task that can be completed in a short time.Therefore, in order to ensure that the main force can successfully take Shuozhou, we must block the Japanese reinforcements in the north and south directions. ”Ma Zhenguo paused, and then said: "At present, our 120 main forces have dispatched 20 regiments to cooperate with local troops to carry out large-scale sabotage operations along the Taiyuan to Datong line of the Tongpu Railway, so as to delay the reinforcement of the Japanese army as much as possible, so as to ensure that our Seventh Column can successfully take Shuozhou City." ”After Ma Zhenguo finished speaking, he glanced at Li Guotao, Li Guotao nodded, and said: "The general situation is like this, if there is the latest situation, I will notify you in time."
Now let's assign specific combat missions. ”As soon as they heard that the task was going to be assigned, the eyes of the congregants immediately lit up, and they looked at Li Guotao excitedly one by one, with an eager expression, and the scene became quieter.Li Guotao glanced at the congregation generals and said with a serious face: "Order the cavalry brigade to immediately detour to the west of Shuozhou, and block the Japanese troops in the counties west of Shuozhou to reinforce Shuozhou." ”"Yes," Guo Lihui, commander of the cavalry brigade, replied respectfully.Li Guotao nodded, and then said: "Order the new First Brigade and the new Second Brigade to immediately advance in the direction of Shuozhou, form an encirclement of Shuozhou from the north, east, and south, and clear all the pseudo-strongholds outside Shuozhou." ”"Yes," Chang De, commander of the new First Brigade, and Li Yongfu, commander of the new Second Brigade, responded in unison."
Order the newly formed 3rd Brigade to build fortifications near Yuan Shulin Station, and prepare to block the Japanese army in the direction of Datong to reinforce Shuozhou."
Li Guotao then ordered."
Yes," Lin Feng replied loudly."
Order the newly formed Fourth Brigade to immediately move to the south of Shuozhou, rush to the Yangfangkou line as soon as possible, build fortifications on the spot, and prepare to prevent the Japanese army in the Taiyuan direction from reinforcing Shuozhou."
Li Guotao then ordered."
Yes," Yang Erhu, commander of the newly formed Fourth Brigade, replied loudly."
The rest of the troops, together with the headquarters, immediately advanced in the direction of Shuozhou, assisted the new first brigade and the new second brigade, and launched a general attack on Shuozhou City."
Li Guotao then ordered."
Yes," the other generals replied in unison.Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said: "If you don't have anything else, then go back and prepare" "Yes" The generals responded in unison, and then left the venue one after another and hurriedly walked out.Li Guotao saw that Lin Feng and Huang Yanyun were about to get up and leave, so he hurriedly stopped the two of them: "Lao Lin, Lao Huang, you two stay for a while." ”Lin Feng and Huang Yanyun hurriedly stopped, Huang Yanyun smiled and asked: "Commander, do you have any other orders" Li Guotao beckoned, and said with a smile: "Let's sit down and talk" When the two of them sat down, Li Guotao looked at Lin Feng and said with a smile: "This time to attack Shuozhou, I didn't hand over the main attack task to your brigade, Lao Lin must have an opinion" "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and the commander must have his intentions in arranging this way, we only need to obey orders as subordinates" Lin Feng said expressionlessly.Li Guotao smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "I still have no opinion, I heard your words with strong dissatisfaction" Commissar Meng said with a smile: "I have discussed this matter with Guotao, and I think that only your three brigades are responsible for the task of blocking the Japanese army in Datong, why is it the most suitable because in this battle, whether our army can successfully recover Shuozhou, the key is that your three brigades can block the devil reinforcements in the direction of Datong." ”Lin Feng couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and he was also pondering the meaning of Political Commissar Meng's words in his heart.Li Guotao said with a smile: "I don't sell Guanzi anymore, everyone knows that at present, there are more than 30,000 little devils stationed near Datong, the 32nd Division and the Ninth Independent Mixed Brigade, and Datong is the closest to Shuozhou, once Shuozhou is attacked, the little devils will inevitably send reinforcements to support Shuozhou as soon as possible."
Because once Shuozhou is lost, Datong will not be protected, and the little devil must know this very well.Therefore, when the time comes, the little devil will at least send an independent mixed ninth brigade, or even the entire 32nd Division, to fully support Shuozhou.As you can imagine, such reinforcements could change the tide of battle, so your task of stopping is a top priority. ”Li Guotao paused, and then said: "Although the Japanese army in the direction of Taiyuan will also come to the aid in a big way, Taiyuan is far away from Shuozhou, and the troops of Xinzhou, which is slightly closer, are limited, and even the Japanese army in Taiyuan is far inferior to Datong.Therefore, the Japanese army on the southern route could not deploy enough troops to support Shuozhou in a short period of time, and at most could only draw out the strength of one brigade.During this period, the 120th Division of our Eighth Route Army will launch a large-scale sabotage attack on the Tongpu Railway and the nearby road network, which will also slow down the reinforcement of the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army in the south will not have to worry, and Yang Erhu's new Fourth Brigade will be enough. ”After listening to Li Guotao's explanation, Lin Feng's expression became serious, and he nodded and said: "Please rest assured, commander, political commissar, our new third brigade guarantees to complete the task, and before our army successfully recovers Shuozhou, we promise not to let a little devil go to Shuozhou." ”Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said, "It is precisely because the pressure in the north is the greatest that we will let your new third brigade take on this task."
However, we also thought that if the devil sends the 32nd Division to fully support Shuozhou, only the strength of one of your brigades may not be able to stop the little devil, so we have communicated with the 120th Division, and Mr.
He has promised that if the situation is urgent, the 120th Division will send at least five regiments to assist you in blocking the enemy in the north. ”"That's great, so we have a lot of certainty."
Huang Yanyun nodded excitedly and said."
It's not all."
Political Commissar Meng suddenly interjected and said: "Our Eighth Route Army Headquarters is actively communicating with the Eighth Theater Command, hoping that when the Shuozhou Battle starts, the Eighth Theater can send troops to assist the sixth column of our Eighth Route Army and launch an offensive against Datong to contain the Japanese army on the Datong side." ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "However, your task this time is still very arduous, according to my assumption, we not only have to block the reinforcements in the direction of Datong, it is best to annihilate them in the field, which is also conducive to our next campaign to recover northern Jin." ”aa2705221: