Fortunately, although Zhou Shiyu is relatively dull, he is not the kind of person who does not know the face of the elm head, seeing that the faces of his colleagues are different, he hurriedly explained: "Battalion Commander Chi, don't get me wrong, it's like this." If you look at the terrain here, the Hunan army wants to cut off the red army's ferry at the head of the boundary through here, although it wants to open this road, but it is not the only way to launch an attack. If they 。。。。。 from here ”

Zhou Shiyu, who took the initiative to pick up the baton, nodded on the flank of a mountain peak on the sand table, "If they send a regiment or a brigade or even a division from the flank to attack our death battalion, then even if the position of my death battalion is not captured, it will basically fail to achieve the tactical goal of holding on for two or three days." Even if my death battalion has the determination to die in battle, it will not be able to hold it, not to mention the tactical defeat, and more importantly, if there is a defeat here, the whole battle will be a big defeat. Therefore, the battalion with the strongest overall strength of our regiment must serve as a reserve, ready to reinforce the flank of our death battalion, and also to support the Rock Battalion and the Bayonet Battalion. I think that having a strong reserve team is the key to winning this fight. ”

"Pap" "Papa"

Not only Liu Lang applauded, but the other officers also applauded the commander of the company who had resisted the fierce attack of a Japanese brigade and regiment with the strength of a company that day, and the casualty rate was as high as 70 percent in one day, and he still did not take a step back. Here, he shows not only bravery, but also cunning.

Of course, Liu Lang had to applaud. Because the commander of the Red Army, surnamed Lin, did exactly that, three regiments were formed to occupy three sniper positions, and one regiment was a reserve and was responsible for preventing the enemy from attacking around the flank. Moreover, the future famous general paid more attention to the flanks, and hurriedly transferred the Red 1st Division, which had two regiments under his command, to rush to reinforcements. In other words, the troops he used to defend the flanks amounted to nearly 5,000 people in two regiments, among which a regiment led by Yang Zhizhi, the general of the future republic, was also the fist unit of the Red First Army.

It can be seen that the future famous general attached great importance to the flanks.

Zhou Shiyu's idea actually coincided with most of the arrangements of the future marshal of the republic. Moreover, the fact was exactly as they imagined, after the Hunan army did not advance an inch for a day with two divisions, it invested three divisions on the second day, November 30, and the strength of the attack on the defense line around Mihuashan on the flank was as high as two divisions.

As a result, the Hunan army can be regarded as having achieved a little success, capturing several mountains in a row, and finally capturing Mihua Mountain. Luckily, it was three days later.

If it had not been for the trick of using heavy troops to guard against the enemy's detour, Liu Lang estimated that even if the red troops were brave, they would not be able to hold out until December 1.

"Shiyu's tactics are good, but you told me that I can only hold on for 2 days?" Liu Lang sighed slightly, and set his eyes on Cheng Yuanshan, who had never spoken and was the most old-fashioned, "Yuanshan, tell me how long can you hold on?" ”

"Report to my sir, if I am the commander of the defending side of this battle and cannot give me time to hold out, the only thing I can tell my soldiers is to fight until the last man has his last drop of blood." Cheng Yuanshan replied solemnly.

A soldier is originally a profession of doing more and talking less, but it is also strange to say that the four infantry battalion commanders selected by Liu Lang not only do not talk much, except for Chi Dakui, who is a little more violent, the other three are all taciturn.

But if it is boring, Cheng Yuanshan can be regarded as the most boring of the three.

But if you say what you say, this one is also the first. He said that if he fought to the last man, no one would live, and no one would suspect that he was bragging.

In the Battle of the Great Wall, this man led 300 elite soldiers to lurk for a week, and finally broke through the positions of thousands of Japanese invaders and blew up the Japanese heavy artillery, which is the proof of his oath. If it weren't for Liu Lang's timely arrival with his troops, everyone would be sure, not to mention that they would be able to survive more than a dozen people, including a few special forces, I am afraid that all of them would have died at the Luo Wenyu Pass, and there would be no one left. You must know that he broke through the opponent's position with anti-aircraft machine guns at the cost of dozens of lives, not to mention, and started a white-knuckle battle with nearly 1,000 little devils with about 200 people, which is definitely a ruthless character who does not hesitate to die in order to carry out military orders.

It's just that Cheng Yuanshan also expressed a point of view from the side, even if all the members died in battle, under such a comparison of strength, he was not confident that he could hold on for more than two days.

"The four of you, some of you said for two days, some avoided answering, some boasted that all the staff would fight to the death, and there were even special mothers who had to equip him with a bunch of cannons before they dared to say that they would defend two and a half days." Liu Lang's face turned cold, and he glanced at his subordinates coldly, "However, what I want to tell you is that this red force of more than 10,000 people has been stationed in the position since November 27, and began to fight with opponents several times their size on the 29th, and until December 1, they took the initiative to withdraw from the position, and they held it for 3 days. ”

"Don't you think it's impossible? The Red Army does not have the weapons and equipment of our Independent Regiment, nor does it have the training level of all the officers and men of our Independent Regiment, which is piled up with mountains of bullets for all officers and men, and still less does it have a meal of big fat meat every two days and beef and mutton as a supplement from time to time. In terms of individual soldiers, whether in terms of physical or military skills, they are inferior to us; In terms of equipment, not to mention artillery, they are even worse than us in terms of light weapons from heavy machine guns to light machine guns to rifles and submachine guns.

However, they managed to achieve their tactical goal, holding on for three days, and the losses were not as close to fighting to the last man as we did, although they wanted to do the same, but their opponents were not as strong as they thought. ”

"Why can they do it and we don't have confidence? That's because they have unparalleled battlefield execution and combat effectiveness that adheres to their ideals. Let's not talk about whether their ideals are good or bad, but everyone has the courage to sacrifice their lives for their ideals. In this respect, our Independent Regiment is far inferior to them.

Yes, the 3,000 members of our independent regiment all have the determination to serve the country loyally and the Japanese invaders to become benevolent, which I never doubted. However, starting with a few of your big battalion commanders, the officers and soldiers below dare to say that since the battle of the Great Wall was completed, the Lao Tzu Independent Regiment has gone up to the sky with the first tail in the world?

It's like when you were defeated by a blue army that only had half of the real combat strength of the Japanese army in a military exercise, if it weren't for this idea, you wouldn't have come to Lao Tzu at night to ask for an explanation. Tell me, is it impossible to fight without artillery? If our independent regiment suffers a defeat that day, all the baggage is lost, only light weapons remain, and then encounters Japanese invaders, you special mothers will confess to Lao Tzu, saying that they can't fight? ”

Liu Lang said something so violently that not only the four infantry battalion commanders were collectively red-faced and couldn't say a word, but the other officers also lowered their heads and pondered.

Yes, the reason why Liu Lang took the most tragic battle just fought by the Red Army as an example today is not to say the ideals and program of the Red Army in front of them, but to use this to wake up his subordinates, who have become more and more proud.

There is only one word difference between self-confidence and arrogance, but the meaning is 108,000 miles apart.

Since Liu Lang returned from overseas, he has found a not-so-good sign. The arrogance of the officers and men of all departments to strengthen the army is there, but the strength of the bullish coaxing is also enough. Opening and closing your mouth is how strong the firepower output is, as if any enemy in front of you is scum in front of your own dense bullets and shells.

That's right, Liu Lang tried all his best to build the Independent Regiment into an army armed to the teeth, not to mention the world's only in this era, but with reasonable light and heavy firepower allocation in Asia, which can be called the first.

However, an army that relies entirely on technology and equipment can never be called a strong army. This was proven by American GIs in the freezing and snowy waters of northern China and in the subtropical jungles of South Vietnam. They were already the most well-equipped army on the planet of their time, but they still didn't get the victory they wanted.

The most important thing about a strong army is not its weapons and equipment, but its spirit.

And the fighting spirit formulated by Liu Lang for the independent regiment is four words: "Serve the country with loyalty".

Only with such a spirit of the army can it fight the Japanese invaders in a full-scale war in the future. Only this spirit can make Wang Mingzhang of Tengxian County lead his troops to 3,000 ink, but no one will retreat; Only this spirit can make Changsha be beaten into ruins, and the four battles of Changsha spanning six years are still fighting on the ruins.

Having the spirit of being willing to fight and die for it is the soul of a strong army. This is the purpose of Liu Lang's tactical analysis meeting.

From the shame and suddenness that flashed on Chi Dakui's faces, Liu Lang knew that his goal had been achieved.