In the combat conference room of the White Tiger Base Area, Ouyang and everyone continued to discuss the deployment of troops.
Ouyang pointed to the map and continued to analyze: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Shitai Railway, also known as Zhengtai Road, runs through the east-west direction, starting from Baoding, passing through the western edge town of Jingcheng in the North China Plain, advancing westward along the Mianhe River Valley, crossing the "Ninth Pass of the World", and entering the territory of SX.
"The cities we pass through along the way include Pingding, Yangquan, Shouyang, Jinzhong, and finally arrive at Taiyuan, the land of Sanjin."
Shitai Railway, with a long history, was built in 1904, completed in 1907 and began to operate, after the completion of the line total length of 243 kilometers, with 35 stations, 23 tunnels, more than 1,200 large and small bridges, the longest tunnel 640 meters.
After hardships and ups and downs, the completion and opening of the Zhengtai Railway made SX bid farewell to the history of no railway, and the land of Sanjin rumbled into the first train representing industrial civilization and speed.
Ouyang turned his mind around, and said: "Among them, the Japanese army we want to fight, the Yamaguchi Wing, its location is located in the east from Niangzi Pass, west to Hardware City, the two are 180 miles apart along the railway, and there are two Japanese garrisons in between, Chengjia Station and Dongtaya Village, this narrow railway line, are all under the jurisdiction of the Yamaguchi Wing. ” After Ouyang finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and the political commissar Zhao Gang got up and answered: "The war is together, and the Japanese troops stationed in Jingcheng in North China are bound to carry out reinforcements. ” "At the same time, west of Hardware City, close to Heishui City and Yangquan, the enemy on this road is bound to reinforce the Yamaguchi Wing, this problem, you don't have to worry, Zhang Qingcai, the head of the 129th Division Independent Regiment, will dispatch nearly 2,000 people from the whole regiment to intercept the Japanese army in depth."
Ouyang and Zhao Gang's words were finished, and for a while, all the commanders and fighters in the combat meeting cheered extremely happily.
Jiang Daya directly raised his eyebrows, "This is good, our 129th Division and the Jinchaji Base Area will jointly attack, directly one east and one west, and cut off all the enemies on both sides, we only need to be in charge of the Yamaguchi Wing, this battle is enjoyable." ” "Our Lao Li is also going to be majestic" Li Yunlong also stood up, pointed to the map, and said: "The middle section of the Shitai Railway is basically in the Taihang Mountains, where it passes, the terrain is undulating, the river valley is narrow, the mountains are steep, the whole line has many curves, the slope is large, the bridges and tunnels are connected, the terrain is extremely complex, there are more than 600 curves, which is very suitable for us to ambush, encircle the point to send reinforcements, and hit the enemy in sections." ” Encirclement and reinforcements Segmented blocking For a while, Ouyang and Zhao Gang both nodded, and Zhou Weiguo and Li Yunlong, the two main battalion commanders, also agreed with Li Yunlong's plan.
After a long time, Ouyang said in a deep voice: "According to the combat order of the division headquarters, that is, the nearly 3,000 Japanese troops of the Yamaguchi Wing will all be attacked by us, and our pressure will be extremely huge. ” "However, I said first, since the superiors have entrusted us with such an important task, it shows that the superiors trust us, so in this battle, as long as we succeed and do not fail, even if the sacrifice is great, no matter how difficult the devil is, it is biting, and you must bite the devil to death."
After Ouyang's words, everyone knew the severity of this battle, the White Tiger guerrillas, plus the county brigade, district squad, militia and reserves, the total strength of the total strength was only more than 2,300 people, compared with the Japanese army's more than 2,800 people, it was not an advantage, not to mention the powerful firepower equipment of the Japanese army.
This battle will be extremely difficult The operational meeting continued, and after three hours of continuous operational discussions, an effective plan was finally formulated.
Ouyang directly announced the final battle order, dividing the White Tiger guerrillas into a four-way army.
The first way to attack the hardware city: A battalion of more than 500 people led by Zhou Weiguo attacked the base camp of the Japanese Yamaguchi Wing, and the Japanese troops in the city were roughly in an infantry brigade, plus a regiment of the Imperial Army.
Because it was a siege battle, Ouyang directly handed over nearly half of the mortars of the White Tiger guerrillas to a battalion, and at the same time asked the dog-headed Lao Gao to lead the newly formed wolf-tooth special operations team of 20 people, who must enter the hardware city one day in advance, destroy the enemy's command system and city gates, and reduce the casualties of the soldiers.
The second way to attack Chengjia Station: Li Yunlong led the second battalion of more than 400 people to attack Chengjia Station, which was 60 miles away from the hardware city, and the Japanese troops stationed here were roughly more than 200 people in one squadron, so Li Yunlong was required to end the battle within two hours and quickly support the battle of Zhou Weiguo's first battalion.
The third way to attack the village of Dongta Ya: A new battalion of more than 300 people led by Ryu Otani attacked Dongtaya Village, where about 200 people from 1 squadron of the Japanese army were stationed.
Since the new battalion was formed less than a month ago, and the combat effectiveness had not yet been formed, Ouyang asked Li Da to lead more than 300 militia and reserve personnel to assist the new battalion in combat.
Be sure to end the battle within two hours and quickly reinforce Niangzi Pass.
The fourth way to attack Niangzi Pass: The terrain of Niangzi Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the second battalion of Jiang Daya, which has the largest number of people, is responsible for the task of attacking the fortification, the enemy has 1 infantry brigade, plus a cavalry brigade, and the number of Japanese troops is the largest, about 800 people.
Therefore, Ouyang will personally lead the guard company, plus two county brigades to participate in the battle, Gao Dashan and Shunyu together.
The White Tiger guerrillas attacked in four directions, vowing to completely annihilate the Yamaguchi United Ouyang froze and said: "This time Zhou Weiguo and Jiang Daya have the heaviest task, and the enemy they face will also be the most fierce and the largest number of people, at the same time, Li Yunlong and Long Dagu, the requirements of the two of you are speed, although the time I set for you is two hours, but I hope you can do your best, be sure to quickly eliminate the two Japanese troops in Chengjia Station and Dongtaya Village in the shortest possible time, and quickly support Hardware City and Niangzi Pass."
After a pause, Ouyang looked around at all the commanders and fighters, and said, "Do you have any problems?"
"Nope" "Guaranteed to get the job done" For a moment, everyone stood up and responded loudly.
The final time was confirmed, just three days later, in the early morning of January 8.
When the meeting dispersed, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening, and Ouyang was alone again, and repeatedly considered the entire combat plan, for fear of missing something, until 8 o'clock in the evening, when the confirmation was completed, and a telegram was sent to the headquarters of the 129th Division.
"Goo-goo" At this time, Ouyang's stomach was also rumbling, he only ate two steamed buns for lunch, and he didn't eat a drop of water for dinner, can he not be hungry Ouyang laughed at himself: "I can't imagine that one day, I will forget to sleep and eat so much, war can really change a person." ” "Knock Knock" Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and it was the cooking squad leader Fat Hong and Li Da who pushed the door in, and at the same time, Fat Hong squad leader was holding a pot of stew, steaming and fragrant.
Suddenly, Ouyang was even more hungry This is a small stove for me, no one else, it must be Li Da's ability to make it out.
Sure enough, as Ouyang expected, the fat Hong squad leader put down the stew and went out, and gave Ouyang a look, as if to say: I don't know anything.
Seeing Fat Hong leaving, Li Da had the ability to secretly take out two bottles of Lao Baigan and a handful of peanuts from his arms and put them on the table, that guy's smile can be said to be extremely bright and extremely twisted.
Ouyang laughed out loud at the moment, and said straight to the point: "Say, what's the matter with coming to me so late?"
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