Lei Jian pointed to the sketch he drew and continued: The Japanese artillery towers and bunkers built on the top of the mountain will inflict condescending firepower strikes on all the anti-Japanese forces that carry out the attack on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, and if you want to destroy the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, you must first get rid of the gun towers and bunkers on the top of the mountain, and destroy the fire blockade position on the top of the Japanese mountain.

300 meters at the southern end of the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, on the cliffs excavated on both sides of the Zhengtai Railway, at a height of more than 10 meters from the roadbed, there are two bunkers on each side, which can block the troops attacking the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge from the south and cause fire strikes.

The south end of the bridge extends fifty or sixty meters to the south, more than ten meters east of the railway, about five or six acres of range, there are five or six rows of houses of the 372nd Wing of the Japanese Army, and the entire barracks periphery is more than 13 meters high.

According to the topography, the Devil Barracks is set up in an irregular shape, roughly looking down from the top of the mountain, like an irregular pentagonal shape, with turrets built at the five corners, and it is impossible to see whether there are gun holes and lookout holes in the wall.

On the top of the mountain on the east side of the cliff of the Zhengtai Railway, there is a squadron of devils and a company of puppet troops, the main task is to overlook the southern end of the bridge, closely monitor, once it is found that there are anti-Japanese armed forces attacking the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge under the top of the mountain, they will take condescending fire support at any time.

In the middle section of the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, there are two patrol posts on both sides of the bridge, each guard tower has six Japanese soldiers, the deployment of Japanese troops and the construction of fortifications at the north end of the bridge have not changed much from the south end, in general, if you want to sneak attack the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge from the south end, the resistance will be very large, if you do not make a thorough and feasible campaign deployment in advance, once you blindly launch a surprise attack, the 'only regiment' will suffer heavy casualties.

When Lei Jian said this, he said to the cadres above the battalion level who participated in the pre-war military conference: "Comrades, according to the reconnaissance and the information taken out of the mouth of the puppet army, I have analyzed and deduced it and restored it to this sketch. ”

Wang Xiaoliang first said: "Commander Lei, if the Japanese army's defense of the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge you drew on the sketch is true, then our 'One Regiment' will be attacked by the Japanese army's fire deployment positions everywhere in this raid on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, and if we take a strong attack, we will definitely suffer great casualties." ”

Li Gang continued: "In this raid on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, according to our previous experience in fighting with the enemy, if we want to take a strong attack, not only will we not achieve victory, but we will also fight a stalemate, and we will not be able to advance and retreat to complete the task assigned by our superiors. ”

Lei Jian listened to the two deputy regiment commanders put forward that the task was arduous, and the Battle of Tiger Leaping Gorge was not easy to fight, but no one put forward the main attack plan, so it was difficult to rub the time, Lei Jian did not allow it, time did not allow it, and the entire Zhengtai Road general attack deployment was not allowed.

He said with a serious attitude: "Comrades, the war is imminent, and it is appropriate to put up difficulties, but to come up with positive solutions when facing difficulties, and to rise to the occasion." Instead of just putting difficulties on the table but not coming up with ideas, we must know that as long as we think of them, there are always more ways than difficulties, and we must pool our wisdom and not only understand the difficulties but also come up with solutions from the difficulties; this is the main spirit of our military conference. ”

At this time, Zhou Peng said: "Just now, Regiment Commander Lei showed the Japanese soldiers who were sticking to the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, as well as the location of the forts, bunkers and barracks that were built, in sketches, combined with the reconnaissance of the Japanese army's mountaintop turret, and took the opportunity to overlook the entire deployment of the Japanese army in the north and south of the bridge under the mountaintop. ”

"To get to the point, we have to launch a surprise attack on the Tiger Leaping Gap Bridge in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and we really don't have time to go into a tirade here." Lei Jian reminded.

Zhou Peng nodded and continued: "According to Commander Lei's explanation, and I followed the forward reconnaissance, I think that the Japanese artillery tower and bunker on the top of the mountain should be captured first, as long as the enemy's position on the top of the mountain is destroyed, and the condescending firepower blocks the firepower deployment under the devil, it is possible for the troops to storm the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge along the narrow Zhengtai Road." ”

"Chief of Staff Zhou, don't forget, on both sides of Zhengtai Road are excavated cliffs, and there are hidden bunkers on the left and right sides of the cliff ten meters, once the ground troops carry out a strong attack, the two bunkers set up on both sides of the railway will bring an insurmountable fire blockade to the troops attacking the bridge."

Without waiting for Wang Xiaoliang to finish speaking, Zhang Ting, the commander of the first battalion, said: "Even if we risk our lives, we will break through the fire blockade of the bunkers on both sides of the railway, but more than 50 meters ahead is the base camp of the 372nd Wing of the Japanese army guarding the bridge. ”

Ma Mingshan listened to everyone's discussion very fiercely, he looked at Lei Jian and said with a smile: "Commander Lei, every time you give an order in a battle, everyone reconsiders, and a battle plan is quickly formed. ”

Lei Jian shook his head and looked at Ma Mingshan and said with a smile: "Political Commissar Ma, this raid on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge is not as good as an ordinary battle, this time we are digging a narrow railway line in the mountain, and there is no shelter to raid the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, it can be said that the Japanese army has a tight defense of this bridge, and a bridge sent a 3721 wing that is considered to be an iron army to defend it, so it can be imagined that the Japanese North China Front attaches great importance to this bridge."

Moreover, the Japanese firepower deployment of the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge can basically be called the upper and lower three layers, and the top of the mountain is the main control firepower point, which can be used to reinforce the barracks and the devil's bridgehead position through condescending firepower strikes.

The bunker in the middle of the cliff is the second layer of firepower attack position, which can also block our attacking troops attacking from the south, and can also reinforce the Japanese positions on the ground with firepower to the north.

In such a Japanese position, which can be called a three-dimensional defense, we must require each and every commander leading the troops to use their brains to put forward problems and offensive plans, and then unify their thinking and deployments, so that the combat plan formed can be integrated into the mind of every commander.

Once everyone agrees with the battle plan, a coordinated operation of a game of chess can be formed in the implementation of the entire campaign, so that each side will not blow its own horn in the battle, lose the overall arrangement of the coordinated operation, and cause chaos during the campaign.

If such a situation is formed, the offensive strength of the troops will be greatly weakened, and it is very likely to cause large casualties; to put it more seriously, the worst result is also what future generations do not want to see, that is, the 'only regiment' will be defeated and the tiger jumps over the gorge and the whole army will be annihilated. ”

Commanders at all levels attending the meeting, hearing Lei Jian's remarks so serious, not only sweated on their heads, but also re-realized the importance and arduousness of the battle of storming the Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Lei Jian saw that everyone's faces changed greatly when he said it, and in order to give everyone a relaxed meeting atmosphere, he laughed and said: "Don't be intimidated, only despise strategically and attach importance to tactics, our 'only regiment' has no fortress that cannot be attacked, and there is no battle that cannot be won. ”

Under the encouragement of Lei Jian, everyone regained their confidence and boldly put forward one combat plan after another, but for Lei Jian, although these plans have advantages, the biggest shortcoming is the lack of unified combat deployment and the loss of coordinated operations against the enemy's surprise attack, which is also the most critical part of this campaign.

Ma Mingshan watched everyone express their opinions, and he said: "Before the start of each battle, Regiment Commander Lei said to everyone the most, that is, we must despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically. ”

Lei Jian synthesized everyone's combat proposals, ran quickly in his mind, and a complete combat plan was formed in his mind, and this decision was finally made after everyone's brainstorming, which was the most brain-racking attack since Lei Jian crossed into this anti-Japanese battlefield.

He looked at his commanders at all levels with a kind of eager eyes, Lei Jian coughed lightly, everyone knew that Lei Jian was going to issue combat orders, and they all worked hard to imprint the combat orders issued by Lei Jian in their minds.

Lei Jian fought, pinched his waist and said: "According to the battle plan proposed by everyone, according to the deployment of the Japanese army's troops, weapons and equipment on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, and various firepower positions, I issue an order:

The first battalion was ordered to act as the main force of the 'only regiment' to raid the Japanese artillery towers, bunkers and auxiliary firepower points on the top of the mountain, seize the Japanese position on the top of the mountain, strike at the enemy from a high position, and cover the brother battalion's strong attack on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge from the Zhengtai Railway. ”

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