385. Stratagem versus trickery
Although Bai Shujie was interested in the Type 92 infantry gun, the firing range was too small. Therefore, the infantry support firepower he admires the most is the Type 41 75mm mountain gun and field gun that have been restructured by the little devil. It can fire a variety of shells, including blasting shells, anti-personnel grenades, thermite incendiary bombs, chemical bombs.
Bai Shujie's basic idea is that every combat battalion and every fortress must be equipped with this kind of small mountain artillery. However, at present, the training of gunners has not been completed, and only the main passes have been equipped in advance, and the Damiao Mountain and Xilongtan positions are one of them.
Now the little devil suddenly sent troops from the four directions of Gubeikou, Huangyaguan, Bohai Bay, and Jinzhou at the same time, looking at this jiashi, it is to start at the same time in the west, south, and southeast of Chengde. After Bai Shujie received Chen Junda's telegram, he immediately called Zhao Jinxi and Lu Ming to report the situation.
"I think it's very likely that the little devil will be tentative." As the chief of staff of the Rehe Front Army Headquarters, Lu Ming rarely directly inquired about the development of the campaign in peacetime, and he was more concerned with coordinating the contacts between various troops. But today the situation is different, so he took the lead in expressing his opinion: "If the little devil really wants to carry out a surprise attack, it should not only come out with a small team of troops." ”
"I agree with the Chief of Staff of the Army!" Zhao Jinxi nodded and said: "The action of the little devil, according to my point of view, should have two purposes: the first is to probe our reality and reality, and through the strength of a small team, we can test our defensive strength." The second is to attract our attention, which is likely to be to make a noise and catch us off guard! ”
In fact, Bai Shujie also knows the purpose of the little devil's temptation, and the key is what means to deal with it next. Because he hasn't thought maturely, and he is waiting for a reply below, this is the main purpose of bringing two people over. As a result, Zhao Jinxi and Lu Ming both advocated giving the little devils a head-on attack, so that they didn't dare to have any bad intentions.
In the process of discussion between the two of them, Bai Shujie's head suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he suddenly asked a question: "Tell me, if the little devil mainly wants to contain our troops and engage in some kind of ghost tricks, then it can be calculated!" What would happen to the little devil if he could mistakenly think that most of the forces on the Rehe side had now been concentrated in other directions? ”
Lu Ming smiled and said: "If the little devils really want to make us uncomfortable, and find that our troops on the Western Front are insufficient, they will definitely increase their forces and strive for a breakthrough." The worst result is to reinforce our other forces and create opportunities for other directions to achieve the objectives of the campaign! ”
"The little devil has no more than two purposes: one is to take the energy base of Fuxin, and the other is to occupy the entire Rehe and wipe out all of us." Zhao Jinxi stared at the map and said: "Therefore, the little devil is testing Xinglong and Luanping at the same time, in addition to attracting our attention, there is also the intention of finding a flaw in our defense. So I think that if the little devils find out that our troops on the Western Front are insufficient, they are likely to break the kettle and directly launch a large-scale attack on Chengde, and strive for a decisive battle! ”
When Bai Shujie heard this, he had already made up his mind in his heart, so he turned his head and shouted outside: "Lamei come in!" ”
"Record Order: Chen, Shao: All artillery in the Damiaoshan and Xilongtan positions of your independent militia division is not to be used, and you should make an all-out defensive posture. Use light and heavy machine guns to pinn down the vanguard of the little devils in front of the position, but they can't launch a counterattack. In the direction of Binglanggou Fortress, you can temporarily block the attack of the little devil. ”
"The 18th Regiment of your Strategic Reserve Corps, under the cover of night, covertly arrived at the Sujiaying position, and then interspersed with the first line of Toudaogou in the north of Gubeikou to wait for cover. If it is found that the follow-up troops of the devils appear, they will immediately plant a large number of double-shell mines to cut off the retreat of the little devils. At the same time, he ordered the 105mm heavy artillery to fire incendiary bombs at the Gubeikou Great Wall, and used the 75mm mountain gun to cover the little devils who came out in front of him, and wiped them out in one battle! This order, Bai Shujie. ”
"Order: Yang Mantun led the inspection team of the department at about 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and all of them will be dispatched to reinforce the front line of Luanping County. You don't have to move too fast, the louder the better. Order: Yang Zhaodi's Guards Division immediately dispatched a battalion of troops, covertly interspersed with Maoshan Town at the front of Binglang Valley, defeated the baggage troops of the little devils, and completely annihilated the enemy who attacked Xinglong. This order, Bai Shujie. ”
Zhao Jinxi shook his head and said: "Godmother always says that I use fierce soldiers and do not follow the convention, I think you are like this, big brother." Eating the two squads still doesn't solve the hatred, and if you want the little devil to be a big fool, aren't you afraid of completely angering the old bastard Tada Jun? ”
"Anger Tada?" Bai Shujie stared at the map: "Tada Jun's subordinates are just an infantry wing, a field unit of a heavy artillery wing, plus two garrison brigades, adding up to only about 10,000 people. It is distributed in the passes of the Great Wall and the line of Tianjin and Tangshan, and there are loopholes everywhere. ”
"Haha, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to fight with Jiang in the south now, and I didn't want to tear my face with Song Zheyuan of the Northwest Army, I wouldn't have rushed out of Gubeikou last time. Instead, he directly mobilized the Guards Division to attack from Xifengkou, and then let Wei Chong's North China Independent Regiment go north to attack, and directly took Tianjin and Tangshan! ”
Zhao Jinxi was a little puzzled: "Weishenme can't take Tianjin and Tangshan?" If we take these two places, and Lan Caiqin's third division gets stuck in Jinxi and Suizhong, the Great Wall in the east will be in our hands, and there will be no hostile situation in the south of Rehe, isn't it very good. If it hadn't been for Gan Tong to stop me, I would have almost transferred the Guards Division and the Militia Division last time! ”
Bai Shujie naturally couldn't say that he was worried about changing Chinese history, so he had an idea, but explained from a strategic level: "Okay, even if what you say makes sense. But you also know that the little devil swallows the national policy of the entire land of China, right? If we take Tianjin and Tangshan, it is inevitable that all the passes of the Great Wall will be blocked. In this way, the little devil will definitely not be able to get through from the Hexi Corridor. ”
"But have you thought about it, what if they use warships to land in Qingdao, Shanghai, and Hangzhou Bay? You should know what the ending of Shanghai's 'Songhu 128 Anti-Japanese War' was, right? We pinned down the entire strength of the three main divisions of the little devils, and what did Jiang do as a result? It's not that the two divisions of the little devil fought to the ground, and then the little devil established a beachhead in Shanghai, which is the forward base for attacking upstream along the Yangtze River in the future! ”
"At that time, the little devil will turn around and go north, and how will we deal with it after crossing the Yellow River? With the strength of our Rehe Province, can we confront the whole country of the little devils? Also, the little devil is not only a country now, but also has all the resources of Taiwan Province, the Korean Peninsula, and the three eastern provinces! So, what we have to do now is to wait for the awakening of the whole nation! ”
Zhao Jinxi shook his head: "If Tada Jun rushes out of Gubeikou in a fit of anger and attacks the Luanping line with all his might, Chen Junda's independent militia division is afraid that it will not be able to stop it." How do we cope? ”
"He wouldn't dare!" Bai Shujie stretched out his hand and clicked on the combat map: "Wei Chong's independent regiment and Zhao Meiyan's independent regiment should have basically taken shape after such a long time. Tada Jun will not be unaware of this information, he will not dare to take risks. If it doesn't work anymore, Erya's special task force can still create chaos and smash Tianjin again. ”
After patiently explaining, he finally unified the thoughts of Zhao Jinxi and Lu Ming, and Bai Shujie finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Next, the three of us will divide the work, Lu Ming is mainly to grasp the comprehensive information and intelligence processing in all aspects at any time, and the main energy of the sister is to focus on the southwest and northwest places, I am worried that the sixth division of the little devil will not be honest." On the Fuxin and Chifeng side, I am responsible for staring. ”
After Zhao Jinxi and Lu Ming left, Bai Shujie's eyes were already fixed on the garrison position of the 10th Regiment of Lan Caiqin's department, because the core part of that place was the first pass "Tashan" where the enemy of Jinzhou entered the Western Liaoning Corridor!
Now that the southwest direction has basically been deployed in place, there is nothing to worry about for the time being. To the east, the cavalry battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Guards Division, under the leadership of Deputy Division Commander Xia Enze, had already left the Keshiketeng Banner as the vanguard, and then passed through the mountains south of Chifeng and concealed and interspersed with the first line of the Qinglong Fortress to conceal and wait.
The cavalry battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Guards Division, under the leadership of Deputy Regiment Commander Guan Xingguo, was already hidden on the line of Daqinggou northeast of the Kulun Banner. Except for Xu Chenglong's 3rd Regiment, which was a reserve, the remaining two infantry battalions and two armored heavy machine gun battalions of the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment of the Guards Division had been covertly dispatched according to Bai Shujie's order. It should be possible to join up with Xia Enze in two days, so that there are two regiments of troops to act as a front-line maneuver.
The only thing that does not have reinforcements now is in the direction of Lan Caiqin's 3rd Division. Tashan, on the other hand, not only faced a ground attack from the enemy in Jinzhou to the east, but was also supported by naval artillery from two detachments at sea. If the little devils come another batch of planes to fight together, the pressure on the 10th Regiment will not be ordinary.
Jinxi County (now Huludao City) 25 kilometers west-north is the main peak of the Jade Emperor Peak, with an altitude of more than 260 meters, which is a very prominent strategic commanding height on the edge of the sea, and it is also a tactical key part to contain the enemy's attack from Jinxi County to the north. So when Bai Shujie designed the ring defense circle, he invested in this place.
A total of three fortresses were set up in this place, forming an inverted triangular group of zigzag fortresses. The Jade Emperor Peak Fortress, within a range of 1,100 meters from east to west, is equipped with three 150mm field cannons with a firing range of 18.1 kilometers. A cannon is more than ten tons, if it weren't for Bai Shujie's "invention" of the wire rope grading winch, as well as the mechanical screw jack, it would be really not easy to move to the top of the mountain and fix it!
8 kilometers southeast of the Jade Emperor Peak is a front fortress, Longquan Mountain Fortress. It is equipped with 3 Type 92 105mm field cannons with a firing range of 18.2 km. 5 kilometers southwest of the Jade Emperor Peak, is the Wolong Mountain Fortress. Like the Longquan Mountain Fortress, it is also equipped with 3 Type 92 105mm field cannons.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.