"Alright, don't bother me with the four of you! While the four of you division commanders are here, let's discuss the situation we have detected this time, and after we take the Jingcheng mining area, the four of you will punish me as much as you want!" ”

After 20 days of reconnaissance, Liao Fan has more than eighty percent of the little devil strongholds in the Jingcheng area, and the rest of the tasks can only be handed over to the combat troops.

Half an hour later, Liao Fan marked the forces of the enemy and us on the map.

"According to my preliminary estimates, there are about 35,000 Japanese puppet troops from the Jingcheng area to Shijiazhuang and Zhengding, and according to the reconnaissance of the intelligence officers who entered the Jingcheng mining area, there are more than 5,000 miners in the Jingcheng mining area, working for the little devils, let me first talk about the distribution of Japanese troops on the Zhengtai line!"

Liao Fan pointed to the map and explained to the four division commanders what they had detected on the eastern line of Zhengtai.

"The Japanese army has about 13,000 troops on the Zhengtai line, of which 9,000 are in Jingchengkou and Luquan, and the rest of the troops are distributed in various strongholds on the Zhengtai line, with small strongholds ranging from dozens to 100 Japanese soldiers, and the strength of the Japanese puppet army in large strongholds can reach seven or eight hundred! The fortifications among them were particularly sound, with barbed wire, trenches, pillboxes and turrets all over these places! ”

Liao Fan finished telling them about the deployment of the Japanese puppet army on the Zhengtai line, and then said that there were more than 6,000 Japanese puppet troops on the line from Xiaojue stronghold to Dingzhou, and the remaining more than 10,000 Japanese troops were concentrated around Shijiazhuang and Zhengding.

So in the end, if they want to attack the Jingcheng mining area, they will face the main force of the Japanese puppet army of about 35,000 people, and may even reach 40,000 people, although Liao Fan is not worried about the strength of the Japanese puppet army, after all, they have faced more than 100,000 Japanese troops when they were in Taihang Mountain.

However, this time the situation is different, they have become the attacking side, and the little devils have become the defensive side, and the little devils' defensive facilities are more sound than theirs, with turrets, trenches and barbed wire, this is definitely a new situation faced by the New 33rd Army.

"Then let me say again, although the Jingcheng area is evenly spread all the way, there is a river we still have to pay attention to, this river is called Hutuo River, there is a tributary in the upper reaches of the Hutuo River called the Mianhe River, this tributary passes through Xiyang County, and then passes through the Taihang Mountain, passes through Nanzhang Village of the Zhengtai Line, and then flows into the Hutuo River through the Jingcheng mining area, which is a natural barrier for the little devil." Liao Fan pointed to a river on the map, which flowed from south to north after leaving Shanxi and entering Hebei!

"The Japanese army has about 2,000 troops on both sides of the river, of which about 500 people are mainly distributed in the four strongholds on the west bank of the river, Meijiazhuang, Xiushui Village, Jumping Platform, Tanyugou, and the remaining 1,500 or so people are distributed in various places and strongholds on the east bank of the river, and there are Japanese howitzer positions on the east bank of the river, once the west bank of the river is attacked, the Japanese howitzers can provide artillery support to each stronghold......"

Liao Fan gave a detailed introduction to the four division commanders present about the distribution of Japanese troops in the Jingcheng area, as well as the allocation of important firepower, especially the places that should be paid attention to in the terrain.

After all, Jingcheng County has a thoroughfare known as "the fifth of the eight Taihang and the sixth of the nine stops in the world", and the little devil must send heavy troops to defend it tightly, and Liao Fan can't be too careful.

As a battleground for soldiers, Liao Fan must concentrate on dealing with every stronghold of the little devil this time, if he has enough energy, Liao Fan is afraid that he is not even willing to let go of every turret and bunker of the little devil, but after all, he is the commander of an army, and he has to care more about the overall situation.

At the meeting, Liao Fan spoke for more than three hours about the situation in the Jingcheng area before he finished explaining the situation they had reconnoitred, including dozens of strongholds, a military town, and five county seats, and finally Shijiazhuang.

This was the most detailed combat report Liao Fan had ever made since he joined the army, and the four division commanders present were dumbfounded.

"Next, let me tell you about the troops I plan to mobilize, the main force is a division of Ma Wanzhong, Ma Wanzhong, your division is mainly responsible for the Japanese army on the Zhengtai line, and your division now has 16,000 people equivalent to the strength of the little devil!" Liao Fan looked at Ma Wanzhong and said.

"Brother Fan, I know! When will we attack? Ma Wanzhong asked.

"I'm not in a hurry to say this, I'll tell you when I'm going to attack when I'm done!" Liao Fan answered Ma Wanzhong's question, "Li Weimin attacked the Japanese army from Xiaojue to the front line of Dingzhou with the strength of a brigade and a cavalry regiment, remember that your task is not to contain the Japanese army, but to capture these strongholds, if we want to hold the Jingcheng area, we must occupy all these strongholds." ”

"See the river?" Liao Fan pointed to a river on the map, "Your worst result is to occupy all the Japanese strongholds on the west bank of this river, if you have the ability, you can capture Xia Tang and Liubaihu, and lead the Japanese army south of Dingzhou!" ”

"Understood!" Li Weimin took the order.

"As for the direction of Beitai Peak, I will send you another thousand troops, there are 5,000 people in Beitai Peak, don't worry about the attack of the little devil!" Liao Fan said to Li Weimin, "And the Japanese puppet army with a maximum of 2,500 people in the direction of Xiaojue to Xingtang, what you should pay the most attention to is the Japanese reinforcements from the direction of Dingzhou, if they all go out, the Japanese army you face on this line may not only be 6,000 people, but may reach 10,000!" ”

"The troops at Shimen asked Tian Ziqi to stay with a regiment, and all the rest of the troops were dispatched, and a regiment was transferred from Liu Chundao to support Li Weimin's fight, and the rest of the troops were pressed to the west bank of the Mianhe River!" Liao Fan said to Liu Chundao, "As for the officers in the school, after I go back, let them return to the army first, and then ......."

"Brother Fan, what about our division? All the troops are fighting so lively, our division can't sit on the cold bench and watch the excitement, right? Hu Guoshan was in a hurry, and he waited for so long and didn't arrange his task.

"The task of your division is the simplest, to contain the Japanese army in Jindong, no matter whether the little devil still has troops to support in Jindong, you can fight as much as you want in Jindong this time, and now your division is conservatively estimated to have 15,000 people, and the only condition I give you is that you can't suffer!"

Liao Fan knew that Lao Hu liked to hide and hide the most, and when he reported the establishment of the troops, he couldn't see any problems at all, and the arrangements of the troops were reasonable, and once it was at the critical juncture, Hu Guoshan's troops could always come out with thousands more.

Hu Guoshan smiled awkwardly, he knew that Liao Fan had seen through his thoughts: "Brother Fan, the little devils in Xiyang County have been instigated very much recently, otherwise I will knock down the county seat of Xiyang, the most important thing is that there are still some people's homes in Xiyang in our Taihang Mountain!" ”

"You can do this casually, as long as you think that your division can cope with the pressure from the little devils, you can just knock Taiyuan down!"

"Do you have any questions?" Liao Fan asked them.

"Brother Fan, we lack heavy firepower!" Liu Chundao said that Liao Fan had just said that there were heavy artillery positions of the Japanese army east of the Mianhe River, and if they wanted to fully control the area west of the Mianhe River, they would inevitably face the heavy artillery bombardment of the little devils.

"When the time comes, the artillery brigade and the special operations brigade will follow and act together to support the operations of the various units!" Liao Fan said to a few.

"Brother Fan, is there a group of people to go in the Jingcheng mining area, the strength of 5,000 miners is not small, and many of them are prisoners of war, once we succeed, the casualties will be much smaller when we cross the river to attack."

"I have my own arrangements for this, and I'm not very sure if it can succeed, so every one of your troops must be ready to fight a tough battle!"

"Brother Fan, what about the time to launch the general attack?"

"The time of the attack is arranged by you, and each of your division commanders must arrange scouts to reconnoiter the Japanese firepower deployment in the area you are responsible for, and then arrange your combat missions according to the firepower deployment, and you must remember that the specific combat tasks must be issued to each company commander and battalion commander, and no mistakes can be made!"

Although the combat effectiveness of the new 33rd Army is stronger than that of the Japanese army, they have recently absorbed a large part of the soldiers of the national army, resulting in uneven combat effectiveness, which is what Liao Fan is most worried about.

"I give you ten to fifteen days to prepare, once you complete the final battle plan, immediately submit it to the military headquarters, fifteen days is the deadline, all units must arrive at the position of the attack, if anyone dares to disobey, military law will be done!"

For the whole night, Liao Fan was explaining the situation in the Jingcheng area and the operational deployment in Liao Fan's heart, until dawn, when he hadn't finished dealing with it, and several people looked at Liao Fan with panda eyes.

"Alright, that's all I have to say, do you have anything else to say?"

At noon, Liao Fan finally said all his thoughts.

The four division commanders had already asked in detail enough, Liao Fan did not give them time to rest, and ordered them to return to the troops immediately and arrange tasks, and then Liao Fan returned to his headquarters to arrange the rest of the things and wait for the battle plan of the four division commanders.

Liao Fan also left Beitai Peak and returned to his headquarters, at this time Liao Fan actually felt that the weather was a little cold, it turned out that it had entered late autumn, and the leaves began to fall from the treetops under the plucking of the autumn wind.

After entering the headquarters, Cun Qi was already discussing something with Li Lingfei in the headquarters, his injuries were all healed, and when he saw Liao Fan walking into the headquarters, he hurriedly saluted Liao Fan.

"I've been too busy these days, and I don't have time to go to the hospital to see Master Cun, I'm a little sorry!" Liao Fan apologized to Cunqi.

"I heard that the commander has recently made arrangements for action, so there is no need to go to the hospital, and besides, my injuries are all healed, so I don't come to the headquarters to report, I hope the commander will arrange my work in time!" Otherwise, it's a little too uncomfortable to be idle! Cunqi said with a smile.

"To be honest, I really have a position for you, but don't dislike it, you are the division commander yourself, I really don't have a division commander position for you here, I can only wronged you!"

"The commander is polite, I'm lucky to be able to survive, and now I'm happy to let me be a soldier!"

"With the command ability of the commander of the inch, of course, it is impossible to let the commander of the inch division be an ordinary soldier, if this matter gets out, someone will chew his tongue behind me at that time, and no one will dare to come to our Taihang Mountain in the future!" Liao Fan said with a tired smile.

"The position of the division commander is gone, but the position of the regiment commander is still vacant, so for the time being, I will be the commander of a guard regiment with Brother Cun, the military rank remains the same as the rank of major general, half of this regiment is the veteran of the original Zhongtiao Mountain, and the remaining half is our new recruits here, and I will hand over the three thousand soldiers to you Cun Commander!"