"Well, this is indeed a training opportunity that comes to your door." Wang Husheng nodded subconsciously.
Military training is always the most cruel. The training mentioned here does not refer to daily military training, but to the process of transforming from recruits to veterans. As a soldier, no matter how well you practice your technical and tactical movements, your physical training No matter how good you are, you will always be just a recruit until you have actually participated in a battle.
If a recruit wants to become a veteran, he must accept the training of actual combat.
However, such opportunities for actual combat training do not come often, and the enemy is even less likely to cooperate.
For example, the National Army suffered a large loss of veterans after the Battle of Songhu, and a large number of new soldiers were added.
As a result, these recruits encountered large-scale battles as soon as they were added. They had no time to adapt to the battlefield atmosphere and grow into veterans. Most of them died in the battle. Therefore, after the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan , the National Army fought very embarrassingly.
After entering the battlefield behind enemy lines, the Eighth Route Army also implemented a large-scale expansion. However, the Eighth Route Army gave these newly recruited soldiers enough time to adapt and grow. Therefore, after more than a year of dormancy, the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness quickly recovered. Later, when the Sino-Japanese War entered a stalemate stage, the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield behind enemy lines even replaced the National Army and became the main force on the anti-Japanese battlefield. This is really a great irony of history.
Therefore, it is very important for an army to find a suitable training opportunity.
First of all, the terrain must be suitable, and you must ensure that the position will not be lost immediately. No matter whether it is fighting will or self-confidence, recruits cannot compare with veterans. Once the position is lost, they may immediately let go of the sheep and collapse. Once the situation evolves into a rout, then Even if these new recruits are used up, it will be difficult for them to be put to great use in the future.
Secondly, the opponent must be suitable. If the opponent is too strong, like the Japanese permanent divisions in the Nanjing Defense Battle and Wuhan Battle, your entire army will be destroyed in minutes. This is not called military training at all. It is called dying in vain. But if the opponent If it is too weak, it will not have a good training effect.
The last battle to defend Feicheng was a classic military training battle.
The terrain of the Monkey Head Ridge battlefield in front of us is relatively suitable, but the opponent of the 10th Division is a bit too strong. Fortunately, due to terrain restrictions, the 10th Division can only invest at most one infantry brigade at a time, and due to the mountain road Ruggedly, all the large-caliber heavy artillery of the 10th Division remained in Pucheng, and only a small number of 70mm caliber 92 infantry guns and 75mm caliber mountain guns were carried with the army, which greatly reduced the pressure on the independent regiment.
Therefore, in general, Heroutou Ridge is indeed suitable for military training.
However, Wang Husheng is not so easy to fool now.
Wang Husheng thought for a moment and then said, "I'm afraid it won't be that simple, right?"
Leng Tiefeng pretended to be stupid and said, "The political commissar thinks there are other reasons?"
Wang Husheng said: "If it is purely for troop training, the terrain of Heifeng Ridge is more favorable, so wouldn't it be a more suitable training place? Why retreat to Houtou Ridge?"
Leng Tiefeng immediately gave Wang Husheng a thumbs up.
Wang Husheng said flatly: "So, Lao Xu must have other motives for doing this."
Leng Tiefeng chuckled, spread out the map in his hand, then pointed at the map and said to Wang Husheng: "Political Commissar, look at this map. What does it look like?"
Wang Husheng lowered his head and saw that Leng Tiefeng had used a red pencil to draw a red cross on Houtou Ridge and another pass called Fotiaoya, and then also drew on both sides of the mountain road between the two passes. There are a lot of small red arrows, and in the middle of these small red arrows, there is a huge blue arrow.
Just by looking at the map annotation, Wang Husheng understood and said, "This is a pocket array!"
"The enemy, pocket formation!" Leng Tiefeng threw the pencil in his hand and said in a ferocious voice, "The terrain at Heifengkou is more steep and more suitable for training troops. Lao Xu did plan to train troops at Heifengkou at the beginning and take the little devil's tenth The division provides free training and invites all the ten newly formed reserve battalions to practice well, but... "
After a slight pause, Leng Tiefeng continued: "These two little devils, Dong Jiurenianyan and Xiaozhu Yinan, are so unpopular that they dare to take risks and try to wipe out our base area. Lao Xu took advantage of the opportunity, so Lao Xu ordered to abandon the black wind outlet and let the Japs in. When the Japs arrived at the foot of Houtou Ridge, they would jump the Buddha off the cliff. Xiaozhu Yinan's 10th Division had more than 20,000 people. , and immediately became a turtle in a urn!"
A Japanese permanent division normally has 25,000 people. Although the 10th Division was completely annihilated by the Independent Regiment at Shaqiaogang Fortress and the 10th Infantry Regiment, there are still at least 22,000 people now. After deducting the troops left behind at Black Wind Gate, there are still at least about 20,000 people left.
Hearing Leng Tiefeng say that Xu Rui planned to block more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers from the 10th Division on Qingfeng Mountain Road, Wang Husheng was immediately confused. What did he mean? Is it possible that Old Xu really wants to devour Xiaozhu Yinan's 10th Division in one go? Oh my god, this is a division, this is a permanent division!
So far in the War of Resistance Against Japan, one Japanese division has been annihilated in De'an.
Moreover, the 106th Division that was wiped out in De'an was just a special division.
However, now, Xu Rui actually wants to annihilate the Japanese 10th Division on Qingfeng Mountain Road!
After a long time, Wang Husheng said: "Veteran, Old Xu really wants to swallow up the 10th Division in one go?"
"Why don't you want to?" Leng Tiefeng said, "With such a good opportunity in front of you, why don't you want to?"
Wang Husheng's dry Adam's apple ached, and he swallowed hard and said: "But, this is a permanent division of the Japs, with more than 20,000 elite Japs. Our independent regiment only has more than 10,000 people in total, and Most of them are still new soldiers. Don’t let the Japanese fail to swallow them in the end, but burst our own stomachs. As the saying goes, a little snake swallows an elephant, it’s ridiculous to be overconfident."
Leng Tiefeng said: "Political Commissar, you are right. The Japanese 10th Division is indeed an elephant. Compared with the 10th Division, our independent regiment is not even a small snake. If it were another time or another place, we would never There is such a delusion, no matter how arrogant Lao Xu is, he will never be so crazy as to think that our independent regiment can single-handedly challenge a Japanese permanent division and win."
Wang Hu couldn't help but nodded, and said repeatedly: "That's the truth, that's the truth."
"But..." Leng Tiefeng changed the topic and continued, "But in such a place and at such a time, it is definitely not impossible to completely annihilate the Japanese 10th Division."
"Weather?" Wang Husheng's expression changed. The weather was really hot.
"My enemy, the weather!" Leng Tiefeng chuckled and said, "Political Commissar, you may not know, but I know that there are only two dried up streams from Houtou Ridge to Fotiao Cliff, plus springs, There are only six or seven water sources in total. As long as we send out wolf fangs to block the water sources, the Japanese will not be able to survive for three days!"
Wang Husheng was horrified when he heard this. People can persist for seven days without eating, but they can only persist for three days at most without drinking water. Considering that it is now a hot weather, the Japanese can persist for even less time. They are afraid that they will collapse in two days. , if this is the case, maybe we can create another huge miracle this time!
However, Wang Husheng still couldn't believe it.
After swallowing, Wang Husheng continued: "But veteran, the terrain where Buddha jumped off the cliff is not suitable for blocking. Although the cliffs on both sides are high, the valley in the middle is thousands of meters wide, and the terrain is relatively flat. It is very conducive to the deployment of the Japanese army, but it is a big disadvantage to the defenders."
Leng Tiefeng chuckled and said, "Political Commissar, you only know one, but not the other."
"What do you mean?" Wang Husheng asked, "Is it possible that there is something mysterious about this Buddha jumping off a cliff?"
"You're right, the Buddha jumping off the cliff is not easy." Leng Tiefeng said, "Two months ago, I was training with Langya, and accidentally discovered an underground river under the Buddha jumping off the cliff. I went deep into it to find the ground. There is actually a cave underneath, and let me tell you this, there is a section of the valley under the Buddha Leaping Cliff that is empty underground! And the soil layer is extremely thin!"
Wang Husheng said solemnly: "Veteran, are you saying that you can blow up that underground river?"
"Yes, blow up the underground river!" Leng Tiefeng said cheerfully, "It only takes a small amount of explosives to blow up the thin layer of soil above the underground river. In this way, the originally smooth valley will be destroyed in the blink of an eye. It will be divided into east and west parts by this underground river. We only need a small number of troops to block the Japanese 10th Division to the west of Fotiao Cliff!"
Wang Husheng added: "Even so, the Japanese still have an infantry brigade left in Heifengkou. When the time comes, this infantry brigade will definitely come out to meet the main force of the 10th Division. The nerds only have three battalions in hand, among which Our independent battalion only has two companies, so I’m afraid it can’t stop the little Japs from attacking from both sides, right?”
Leng Tiefeng said: "Let this be a headache for the nerds."
While he was talking, a faint gunshot suddenly sounded from the direction behind him.
Soon a signal trooper came over to report that the Japanese pursuers were coming soon!
Now that the Japanese are here, Wang Husheng doesn't think so much anymore.
Wang Husheng asked Leng Tiefeng: "Veteran, which battalion should I send first?"
Leng Tiefeng said in a deep voice: "Let's send a main battalion up first, to dampen the Japanese's energy first, so that the subsequent reserve battalions can be more relaxed when they go up."
Wang Husheng immediately shouted: "Keep your word, keep your word? Keep your word?!"
Huang Shouxin, acting commander of the third battalion, rushed over and stood at attention to salute.
Wang Husheng said: "The third battalion immediately entered the position to stop the Japanese."
"Yes!" Huang Shouxin agreed and shouted, "Third Battalion, follow me."
The officers and soldiers of the third battalion who were resting on the spot got up one after another and followed Huang Shouxin up to Houtou Ridge. (To be continued.)