Chapter 15 Battle Plan
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again,
Kong Jie quickly tried to smooth things over: "Old Li, the political commissar didn't mean that."
"I don't care what he means." Li Yunlong is a man of unscrupulous character. When he gets angry, he doesn't care how many years of comrade you are. He scolded Kong Jie, "Old Kong, don't try to smooth things over. I tell you, I have decided to take over the Huting stronghold. You have to agree to it whether you agree or not."
"I am the leader of the independent group."
"I have the final say on military matters!"
"We can't fight this battle." Zhao Gang's stubborn temper also came up.
"Attacking the Huting stronghold is such a big deal, it's not up to anyone to decide."
"This is a matter of principle. I am the political commissar of the independent regiment. I have the final say. If you are dissatisfied, you can appeal to the higher authorities."
"fart!"
Li Yunlong exploded.
"I am the military commander of the independent regiment."
"I don't care about any rules or regulations. I have the final say on the war. I still say that you have to agree to the Dahuting stronghold. Yes, you have to agree whether you agree or not!"
"Captain, you are simply being patriarchal!"
Zhao Gang was very angry at Li Yunlong's domineering style.
But at the same time, Zhao Gang also realized that it would be useless to confront Li Yunlong in this way.
If major losses were caused due to differences of opinion among military and political leaders, it would be a serious dereliction of duty on his part.
Li Yunlong was furious, and glared at him, saying, "Whatever you do, it's your own way. Go and report me to the division commander and brigade commander. Unless I am dismissed from my position, our independent regiment will definitely take over the Huting stronghold!"
Zhao Gang could only take the initiative to give in and said, "Even if we fight, there must be a feasible battle plan, right?"
After a pause, Zhao Gang continued, "If you continue to act recklessly, I will veto it even if I have to give up my position as political commissar."
Wang Ye finally found an opportunity to interrupt: "Captain, Political Commissar, and Deputy Captain Kong, I do have an immature idea."
Li Yunlong said angrily: "You say."
Wang Ye pointed to the map and said, "You see, the Japanese army has built a large number of strongholds along the Zhengtai Road, but these strongholds are basically within a range of ten to fifteen kilometers from the Zhengtai Line."
"The only exception is the Huting stronghold, which is thirty kilometers away from the Zhengtai Line."
"This Huting stronghold is like a wedge driven into the heart of our Taihang base."
"The reason why the Japanese army in Shanxi built a stronghold here was to facilitate future raids, because if we send troops from the Huting stronghold, we will be in the heart of our Taihang base in less than 50 miles!"
Li Yunlong said: "Xiao Wang is right, the Japanese are really insidious."
Wang Ye added: "But in this way, the Huting stronghold will become a salient. As long as we cut off the connection between the Huting stronghold and Zhengtai Road, the Japanese puppet troops guarding the stronghold will be isolated and helpless!"
Zhao Gang's expression changed, and he said thoughtfully: "Xiao Wang, do you mean to surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements?"
"It's a siege, but not entirely." Wang Ye said in a deep voice, "Because our ultimate intention is not only to eat up the reinforcements sent by the Japanese army in Yangquan, but also to eat up the Japanese puppet troops in the Huting stronghold."
"I understand." Li Yunlong said, "Xiao Wang, you mean to surround the Huting stronghold and force the Japanese troops from Yangquan to reinforce. If the number of Japanese troops coming is too large, we will not fight. If the number of Japanese troops coming is not large, we will eat them up. After eating them up several times, the Japanese troops from Yangquan will weigh the pros and cons and give up the Huting stronghold."
Kong Jie continued: "Then wait for the Japanese puppet troops to retreat and ambush them halfway!"
"That's possible." Zhao Gang said happily, "Our independent regiment lacks heavy weapons for attacking. If we storm the Huting stronghold, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. But if we ambush them halfway, our chances of success will be much greater!"
"Haha, that's right." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "This is the political commissar of our independent regiment."
Kong Jie pointed at Li Yunlong and said to Zhao Gang with a smile: "Political Commissar, you see, this guy Li is a dog-faced person. He gets angry when he disagrees with you, but he smiles back at you when you say something right."
Zhao Gang smiled politely and began to slowly adapt to Li Yunlong's style.
However, Zhao Gang still had to say what he had to say, and added: "But if this happens, the troops will have to attack repeatedly, which will not only make them tired but also delay their training. What should we do about the training?"
"Our regiment has received a lot of new recruits right now."
"No need." Wang Ye waved his hand and said, "There is no need for the main force of the group to go out in the early stage."
"We don't need to send out the main force of the regiment?" Li Yunlong asked, "Are you saying that we can leave it to your Wolf Squad?"
"Yes, just leave it to our Wolf Warrior Squad." Wang Ye said, "Our Wolf Warrior Squad is different from other troops. We are all veterans of hundreds of battles. Ordinary training is no longer necessary. We can take this opportunity to directly conduct special operations training, which can not only improve our combat effectiveness, but also help us fight against the Japanese."
Zhao Gang said, "Xiao Wang, can you, the Wolf Warriors team, do it?"
"It's doable." Wang Ye said confidently, "Because there won't be any major combat operations in the early stages, if the number of the Japanese reinforcements exceeds one squadron, we can just avoid them."
After a pause, he continued, "And in the initial stage, I plan to start by cutting the telephone wires."
"Specifically, we cut off the telephone line between the Huting stronghold and Yangquan, lure the Japanese signalmen out for maintenance, and then kill their telephone soldiers."
"After a few times of this, the Japs will send infantry to protect the telephone operator."
"We will also kill the enemy's infantry and continue to block the communication between the Huting stronghold and Yangquan."
"Because the phone is down, the Japanese puppet troops in the Huting stronghold will become more and more frightened, and the number of Japanese sent by Yangquan to restore communications will increase."
"Wait until there are more than a squad,"
"We can mobilize more than a battalion of troops to cooperate in the battle."
"If we kill two or three more reinforcements, the Japanese will consider abandoning the Huting stronghold."
"At this point, the main force of the regiment can be dispatched and set up a net halfway!"
"Beautiful!" Li Yunlong laughed and said loudly, "Don't you have a plan?"
Kong Jie and Zhao Gang also nodded happily, because the feasibility of this plan was really high.
"However, I have another request." Wang Ye added, "The Wolf Warriors must prepare their own meals. If they eat from the same large kitchen as the main group, the team members' physical fitness will be affected."
"That's no problem." Li Yunlong agreed readily.
"I've already said that the rule of our independent group is that you have to be able to eat meat."
"As long as the Wolf Warriors can win the battle, we can eat meat every day. If there's no meat, I'll get it for you."
Hearing this, Zhao Gang subconsciously wanted to refute it, because in his opinion, everyone in the Eighth Route Army should be equal, and no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the Wolf Warrior Squad is, they cannot be treated specially.
But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
The relationship with Li Yunlong had finally eased, and he didn't want to make it awkward again. After all, this was not a matter of principle, so he just followed Li Yunlong's will.
Wang Ye shook his head and said, "Captain, you don't have to worry about getting meat. As a Wolf Warrior Squad, it would be too embarrassing if the group had to help us with meat."
Li Yunlong was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Wang Ye said: "What I mean is that we are responsible for getting the meat ourselves, but the meat we get must be used to ensure the food supply of our Wolf Warriors first. If there is any surplus, we can support our brother units."
"No problem, no problem. Don't worry. I promise I won't steal yours."
Li Yunlong kept saying, "Let's see who dares to rob? And who dares to say something weird?"
The team will leave early tomorrow morning, so Wang Ye went back to rest after agreeing on it.
Watching Wang Ye's figure disappear beyond the door curtain, Li Yunlong suddenly sighed again.
Kong Jie laughed and cursed: "Old Li, what's wrong with you? We didn't provoke you."
"No." Li Yunlong scratched his head and said, "I was thinking about it. I originally planned to let Xiao Wang be the cavalry company commander, but now he is the squad leader of the Wolf Warrior Squad, and there is no one left to be the cavalry company commander."
Kong Jie said: "Cavalry is not as good as infantry, so we have to choose a strong general."
Zhao Gang said, "How about asking the head of the headquarters to send a high-quality platoon-level cadre from the cavalry regiment?"
"Just forget it now." Li Yunlong said unhappily, "The cavalry regiment has already followed the deputy division commander to southern Hebei. By the time they transfer people from southern Hebei, the opportunity will be gone."
Kong Jie said: "Then this matter will be difficult to handle."
"Oh, how could I forget about him?" Li Yunlong said with a smile, "Sun Desheng, the captain of the third company of the New First Regiment, used to be a cavalryman in the 69th Army Cavalry Regiment. This guy is an excellent horseman and has good skills!"
After a pause, he continued, "Old Kong, go to the New 1st Regiment and bring back three machine guns to exchange for Sun Desheng."
"Ah, exchange guns for people?" Zhao Gang was stunned when he heard this. "Captain Ding, can't you support our work ?"
"You want Ding Wei to support our work? Dream on." Li Yunlong said unhappily, "He is a guy who will not do anything without profit. Even three machine guns may not be enough to exchange for a person."
