"Chief of Staff, according to my comments and revisions above, in the shortest possible time, give me a new and more detailed battle plan, the sooner the better." In a burst of surprise from Chief of Staff Li Qing, Liu Hua gave the order again.

"Okay, division commander, I will hand over the latest battle plan to you in the shortest possible time." The chief of staff looked at the battle plan revised by Liu Hua suspiciously, nodded and said.

Thanks to Liu Hua's instructions and opinions this time, the entire battle plan was formulated very quickly. In less than ten minutes, the General Staff completed this operational plan.

"Division commander, the entire battle plan has been completely revised according to your requirements, do you want to check it to make sure it is correct." At this time, the chief of staff could no longer see the worried look he had just looked. Instead, he looked at the division commander in front of him, who was much younger than him, with admiration on his face, and handed the battle plan to Liu Hua and said.

"Well, don't look at yourself, if you strictly follow the content of my annotations, there shouldn't be any major problems. How about it, Chief of Staff, after reading this battle plan, do you still think that it is impossible to destroy the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army? Seeing the chief of staff with an excited face, Liu Hua joked with a smile.

"Hehe, division commander, you are too good at hurting people, since you have already thought of a specific battle plan in your heart, why didn't you say it earlier. I've been worried for a long time, and I thought you were really going to fight hard with all the belongings of our reading division and the fifth division of the little devils. After listening to the words of division commander Liu Hua, Chief of Staff Li Qing said complainingly.

"Chief of Staff, you can't blame me for that. The reason why I didn't say it in advance is to let the operational staff officers of your staff department think more, think about it, have their own ideas, and work out this combat plan by themselves as much as possible. Unfortunately, though, the battle plan you've made is very well-developed. However, it does not apply to the current situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak. If you take a look at the revised battle plan, basically the enemy's advantages have been resolved, but on the contrary, our reading division seems to have an even greater advantage. Liu Hua shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"Division commander, don't talk about this, don't worry, our staff will definitely learn the lesson of this time. This is the battle plan, let's discuss it together! Although the General Staff Office was formulated according to your intentions, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, so let's discuss it carefully and see if there are still any imperfections. The chief of staff sat next to Liu Hua, opened the battle plan, and said.

"Okay, let's start with the fence. I intend to have the first division transfer all the main forces, plus their local troops, and the total strength of 6,000 men must be there. Let them make a big noise and surround the enemy's heavy artillery positions. Strike fear into the hearts of your enemies and send a call for help. Liu Hua glanced at the content on the homepage of the battle plan and said.

"Division commander, I agree, the combat effectiveness of the main force of the 1st Division is still very strong, and it can completely complete this task. It's just that I'm worried about the threat of the little devil's heavy artillery, after all, we have to concentrate nearly 10,000 troops and surround their heavy artillery positions. If he launches an artillery bombardment, then our losses will be great. The chief of staff nodded, but still found a problem.

"Well, the enemy's heavy artillery is a problem. There is only one way to solve this problem, and that is for our troops to get as close as possible to the positions of the little devils. As long as the straight-line distance between the two armies is shortened to within 100 meters, then the heavy artillery of the little devil will become an ornament. Liu Hua thought for a while and said.

"I think so too, but, according to the intelligence sent by the special operations team. At least 200 meters in front of the army's position, all of them were bare flat, and there was no concealment to be found. If the soldiers are allowed to rush to a distance of 100 meters, they will undoubtedly become a live target for the army. The chief of staff said with a frown.

"Wait a minute, let me think about it, how to shorten the distance of this attack, let me think about it" Slowly, Liu Hua began to recall the various battles in the later life. I hope to find a suitable solution to the problem I am currently encountering from these battles.

"By the way, there we have it, we can dig trenches and encroach on the enemy's positions little by little" was in Liu Hua's mind like a movie, filtering through the various battles in history. The process of the Huaihai Battle surfaced in front of his eyes. You must know that the People's Liberation Army at that time, in the face of the well-equipped descendants of the Kuomintang, adopted this method of fighting, encroaching on the enemy's position little by little. In the end, the enemy's artillery and other heavy firepower were all useless and became decorations.

"Commander, what did you just say? What to dig trenches, encroach on the enemy's positions? Can you make it clear, I'm in a hurry. Hearing the teacher incoherently come up with a few words, Li Qing asked anxiously.

"Chief of Staff, that's the case, didn't the little devil dig trenches, we can also dig trenches. However, we need to pay attention to a certain strategy when digging trenches. You see, if this is the enemy's position, we can take advantage of the cover of night and send a small number of troops to quietly touch the distance of only 50 meters from the little devil's position and stop. Then start digging the individual bunkers, and when they are done, they will slowly extend to both sides, and eventually connect all the individual bunkers together. More importantly, we can also dig a certain number of communication trenches between the front and rear positions to facilitate the entry and exit of troops. This is the so-called method of digging in the earth, slowly encroaching on the enemy's position. Moreover, this method of warfare is most suitable for use when conducting large corps operations on the battlefield on the plains. Liu Hua picked up a piece of paper on the table and explained it to the chief of staff beside him while drawing.

"Okay, division commander, I really don't know how your brain grows, you have thought of such a good tactic. I'm really convinced. If our troops dig according to your ideas, not only will they be able to turn the enemy's heavy artillery into an ornament. The troops can also take the enemy's forward positions at any time and destroy the two infantry brigades of the army, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone," said the chief of staff excitedly.

"Well, now the encirclement point in our encirclement and reinforcement has been basically resolved, that is, let the first division gather all the troops that it can assemble. Using the method of excavation, the heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army was surrounded, and the camera occupied some enemy positions. Ask them to send a report for help to the main force. Then, according to the battle situation, the camera takes down the enemy's position and annihilates all the little devils. Liu Hua concluded.

"Commander, I completely agree with you. Now let's discuss the most important link in the encirclement reinforcement. The chief of staff nodded in agreement with Liu Hua's opinion.

"Chief of Staff, that's what I think. Although more than 2,000 people were wiped out by our reading group, more than 2,000 people stayed in Gong Village. However, there are still three wings of infantry that the army must pass through, which is a very difficult bone to gnaw. With more than 6,000 people in our rapid reaction brigade, even if we wait for reinforcements from the plateau, we are no match for them. So, I'm going to let the little devil reinforcements divide the troops, so that their infantry, artillery are separated. As for the infantry of nearly 10,000 people, I plan to use layer by layer peeling and destroying it little by little. Strive to turn the Fifth Division into a shell force when it arrives at Gongcun. Liu Hua looked at the combat report in his hand and said.

"Yes, Commander, this is also the only way that our Reading Force Division can eliminate the Fifth Division. Division commander, you can talk specifically about the deployment in your heart, and I will record it. If there are no problems, we will send them directly in the form of telegrams to the various participating units and headquarters. Chief of Staff Li Qing took out a folder and prepared to start recording.

"Okay, you can record it! I plan to start the whole encirclement reinforcement plan in three days. In three days, at the current marching speed of the Yue army, it is enough to travel 200 miles away from Gong Village. We are on this 200-mile highway, setting up battlefields for the little devils everywhere and attacking them everywhere. The specific arrangements are as follows:

Sun Xingbang of the 1st Division, led the main force of 12 or 2 regiments. Walking day and night, he rushed to the perimeter of Gong Village in two days, and began to dig trenches to compress the defensive positions of the little devils. The specific time of the attack was placed three days later, that is, at 11 o'clock in the evening of the 16th. Taking advantage of the cover of night, they launched an attack on the enemy, striving to occupy a part of the enemy's positions, and forcing the enemy's heavy artillery brigade to send a report for help to the main division. As for the specific time to capture the enemy's heavy artillery position and eliminate the defenders of Gongcun, the division headquarters will notify you separately.

The second is that the local authorities of the first sub-district are not in the right place to cooperate with all the local troops and militia units along the route that the army has traveled. In addition to a certain amount of harassment after the arrival of the main division of the opposing army. After the enemy has passed through his own defense area, he will once again destroy all the roads, completely destroy the road for the retreat of the army, and trap the main force of the little devil in our base area, so that he is in a dilemma and waiting to be destroyed by us.

As long as the commander of the division, Seishiro Itagaki, learned that the Eighth Route Army, which was besieging his heavy artillery brigade, had nearly 10,000 troops, he would definitely do his best to return to the reinforcements, in an attempt to come to a counter-encirclement and destroy the main force of our army in one fell swoop. If this were the case, his infantry wing and its artillery units would definitely be separated. As long as the little devils divide the troops, that's our chance.

The specific task is that after the separation of the enemy's infantry and artillery, the enemy's artillery and baggage will become a lone army. I intend to leave the task of exterminating this lone army to the plateau. Gao Yuan was asked to lead all the main forces of the Second Division, and after receiving the telegram, they must rush to the vicinity of Xiaolizhuang within three days to wait for a hidden position. As long as the main division of the army is divided, the plateau will take the troops directly into the enemy's artillery and baggage units. The plateau is required to destroy the enemy's artillery units, baggage units, and infantry units in the shortest possible time and at any cost.

The fourth is to deal with the enemy's infantry wing of nearly 10,000 men. Since the enemy has lost all its artillery, we have one less to worry about when attacking. However, in the face of nearly 10,000 well-trained little devils, we cannot underestimate the enemy in any way. This time I intend to hit all the artillery of our heavy artillery regiment and try to kill and wound the enemy's living forces with artillery fire. Therefore, it was our heavy artillery regiment that played the leading role in the destruction of the enemy's Fifth Division this time, and the rapid reaction brigade only played a finishing role.

The specific tasks are arranged as follows: The howitzer battalion of the heavy artillery regiment has a firing range of more than 10 kilometers, and the heavy artillery battalion must conceal itself in the vicinity of Zhangzhuang within three days; after the army begins to retreat, according to the coordinates of the main force of the army provided by the special operations brigade, it will cover the enemy with artillery fire every five minutes, so as to kill and injure their living forces as much as possible. In this case, the enemy's main divisions would have traveled 40 miles and would be continuously shelled by our howitzer battalions.

When the howitzer battalion strike is over, it's our field artillery battalion. According to the range of the two types of artillery, the field artillery battalion was required to be in the vicinity of Zhouzhuang, and as long as the army entered the range of the field artillery, it would fire at me. Use the cannonballs in our hands as much as possible to kill and injure the enemy's living forces.

As for the last mountain artillery battalion, then stay at the end and use with all the mortars of the rapid reaction brigade. The mountain artillery battalion was required to conceal itself in the area of Haseguchi. The terrain here is very suitable for ambushes, and I plan to set up a pocket formation here to complete the task of finally annihilating the main division of the Yue Army. Even if they can't be wiped out, there won't be many little devils left.

As for the ambush circle, there is another reason why it was chosen here. The Fifth Division of the Army, 200 miles away, must slow down after being subjected to continuous artillery fire from our army. Then this gave the 1st Division of Gongcun enough time to take the enemy's heavy artillery position. Haseguchi is only less than 15 miles away from Gong Village, and it is completely within the range of the enemy's heavy artillery, so when the time comes, we will not only have a large number of mountain artillery and mortars to participate in the final attack, but also the 12 150mm heavy howitzers that have just been captured will also participate in the attack on the enemy. So, when the time comes, the firepower of our ambush will be very strong.

Chief of Staff, this is the specific task of the various participating units, what do you think? ”

Liu Hua stopped, looked at the chief of staff who was recording orders with his mouth wide open, and was quickly recording orders.

"How do you look at it, it's just too perfect, if the whole battle situation develops exactly as you just said, then the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, and the old devil Seishiro Itagaki Hehe, division commander, I really can't imagine what kind of result they will have" The chief of staff said excitedly.

"Well, if the whole battle really goes exactly the way we want it to go. Then, I can say with certainty that the 5th Division of the Little Devil must be the first complete division to die at the hands of our Reading Division. Liu Hua also said very confidently.

"Hehe, it's good to have this old devil Itagaki now, let him also taste the taste of being chased and beaten. Division commander, according to your plan, if our heavy artillery battalions and field artillery battalions can fire a thousand shells. , even if each shell kills two little devils, that adds up to more than 2,000 people. After adding the wounded, I estimate that when he reaches the ambush circle we have arranged for him, his three infantry wings will only have at most two wings left in the end.

At that time, we will gather nearly 100 cannons of various kinds again to saturate him with more intensive artillery fire. It is estimated that more than a thousand people will be wiped out by us by the little devils of these two wings. At that time, there will be less than 5,000 demoralized soldiers left in our rapid reaction brigade at most. We've gathered our entire Rapid Reaction Brigade and Cavalry Regiment and are fully capable of eating these little devils.

In addition, after Sun Xingbang occupies the heavy artillery position of the Chinese army, he can still send us at least one regiment of reinforcement division commanders, and I will raise my hands to approve of this battle plan, or I will immediately send this battle plan to the political commissar in the form of a telegram, and after the political commissar agrees, we will report it to the general headquarters and the Central Military Commission. After calculating the gains and losses of the entire battle plan, the chief of staff said excitedly.

"Then the task of sorting out the entire battle plan will be handed over to you, the sooner the better, and the headquarters will definitely agree to this plan after reading it. So, we can start moving troops now. Especially in the second sub-district of the northern part of Jin, they are nearly 100 kilometers away from here, and we must hurry up. Liu Hua commanded.

"Division commander, such a big plan, to annihilate a division of the army, this is the first time in our Eighth Route Army. I think the General Headquarters and the Military Commission will definitely study it carefully. However, in this way, it is very easy to miss the fighters, I agree with you, let's move the troops in advance so that we will not panic when the time comes. Chief of Staff Li Qing couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and immediately agreed.

"Okay, Chief of Staff, you will immediately send a report to the headquarters and the Military Commission asking them to approve our battle plan As for me, the supreme commander of the elder brother's unit will issue combat orders, and begin to transfer troops Staff Officer Wang, and replace the Taiyuan map on the wall with a base map for me, quickly." Liu Hua ordered with a smile.

In this way, in less than half an hour, the chief of staff sorted out a more complete battle plan, and after a certain amount of encryption, sent it to the political commissar in Zhangjiazhuang. And political commissar Guan Xiangying, needless to say, out of trust in Liu Hua and Li Qing, quickly read the entire battle plan. Although he was also shocked by the crazy battle plan in front of him, he didn't say anything, and added his name to the end of the telegram. Then, he immediately ordered the communications staff officer to send the entire contents of the telegram in encrypted form to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the Military Commission in Yan'an.

(To be continued)