"Company commander, something happened to the regiment commander?" Deputy company commander Zhong Chengjun's heart skipped a beat and he asked with worry on his face?
Huang Yu shook his head and said: "There's nothing wrong with the leader, it's the Japanese who have a problem!"
"After the regiment leader broke through the Zhujiapo blockade, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately adjusted his deployment!"
"Gather all the Japs who were previously scattered on the three blockade lines to the third blockade line, intending to concentrate all the troops and firepower to defend the position and block us on the road!"
"Three more brigades were dispatched from the base area to support Taiyuan!"
"Although the headquarters has arranged troops to pursue and intercept, the gap in strength between the two sides is too great, and it will definitely not be delayed for too long!"
"Headquarters told us that we must break through the Japanese army's third blockade tomorrow night and defeat more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers."
"Otherwise, we have to abandon most of our military equipment and take the small military equipment that can be transported by mules and horses and take the mountain road back to the base!"
"Otherwise we will be blocked by the Japanese reinforcements at the third blockade. We will gather together to annihilate them, and in the end we will lose my wife and lose our troops!"
"How is it possible for a frontal attack to defeat more than three thousand well-equipped Japs in one night?" Zhong Chengjun asked with a surprised look on his face.
Huang Yu was silent for a moment and replied: "Yoshio Shinozuka is not a fool!"
"We killed three of their infantry brigades in one night. If we continue to divide our troops, they will be easily defeated by each of us!"
"Concentrating our troops to defend a blockade is Shinozuka Yoshio's only chance to stop us!"
"When the enemy changes, we change..."
"We can either defeat more than 3,000 little Japs through forceful attacks, or we can give up the military equipment we finally got back..."
"From what I know about the leader, he will not give up as long as there is a chance of survival!"
"The New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment are on their way to join him. The regiment leader asked us to evacuate Taiyuan immediately, catch up with the main force, and contribute to the attack on the third blockade tomorrow night!"
Zhong Chengjun immediately said: "The troops have been prepared for a long time and can retreat at any time... I will give the order now!"
"Wait a minute!" Huang Yu shook his head, then frowned and fell into deep thought.
For the three regiments, the attack tomorrow night will definitely be a real tough battle.
Although the three regiments are equipped with a little more artillery than the Japanese, the Japanese gunners are more skilled than the three regiments...
Comprehensive analysis shows that there is not much difference in the artillery strength between the two sides.
The troop strength is not much different, and the enemy occupies an absolute terrain advantage. In terms of winning chances, the Japanese army is larger than the three regiments.
Without some killer weapons, it would be difficult to break through the blockade and defeat them.
Huang Yu racked his brains, recalling classic battle cases that he was familiar with, hoping to find one or two ways to break the situation.
Two minutes later, he suddenly asked Zhong Chengjun: "Are there any empty gasoline barrels in the outer city of Taiyuan? The more the better, I will be of great use?"
"Taiyuan Arsenal!" Zhong Chengjun blurted out.
"The arsenal always stocks a large amount of oil for power generation... To facilitate transportation, we removed all the oil from the oil barrels, leaving only dozens of empty barrels piled in the warehouse!"
"Take them all...faster!" Huang Yu immediately ordered.
"Try to catch up with the leader before dawn... Can we break through the Japanese's third blockade this time and defeat more than 3,000 Japanese? Our hope lies in these empty oil barrels!"
Zhong Chengjun felt like he had heard a big joke.
Empty oil drums are not weapons and ammunition, so how could they become a weapon to defeat the little devil.
Frowning, he asked, "Company Commander, did I hear you right?"
"You have to use empty oil drums to fight the Japanese!"
"It's just an empty oil barrel!" Huang Yu replied firmly.
"You kid, don't underestimate these empty oil barrels... As long as you use your brain more, these empty oil barrels can become murder weapons that are as powerful as heavy artillery!"
"Immediately arrange for people to transport the empty oil barrels... I will set off first with the empty oil barrels and march quickly to catch up with the regiment leader!"
"You lead the others to the rear, and the cover workers and their families follow behind. Just go on your way as normal!"
Jinniu Mountain is the third blockade heavily defended by the Japanese army.
Before the other two brigades arrived, a brigade stationed here had already dug trenches and built defensive positions, waiting for the Eighth Route Army to hit their guns.
After the news came that the Eighth Route Army had eaten three infantry brigades in one go, the battalion captain instantly realized that the civil fortifications under his feet could not block the Eighth Route Army's soldiers. He immediately asked the troops to strengthen the fortifications and built a large number of anti-gun caves and bunkers on the basis of the original fortifications... …to resist mountain artillery attacks…
After the other two brigades arrived, the number of Japanese troops stationed at Jinniu Mountain suddenly increased to 3,600, and the speed of building fortifications was also accelerated several times.
When Kong Jie arrived at the foot of the mountain, the mountainside was full of busy Japanese troops.
Some people dug trenches, some dug bunkers, some cut down logs and built bunkers...
"Old Kong... the little Japs on the mountainside are more cautious than I thought!" Li Yunlong rushed to Kong Jie's side at some point and sighed while observing the enemy's situation.
"I have been fighting for so long, and I have never seen the little Japs dig bomb-proof holes and build bunkers on the battlefield when they fight with us!"
Ding Wei said angrily: "Do you think that all the little devils are stupid pigs?"
"We have just swallowed three brigades. If we don't put away that arrogance and arrogance, the remaining three brigades will be swallowed up by us and none of them will be left!"
"I just didn't expect the Japanese to be so cautious..."
"We even used the bunkers and anti-gun caves we usually use to deal with them!"
"In the past, the Japanese used artillery fire to blast us. The troops had no choice but to build anti-gun caves to avoid artillery fire!"
"I didn't expect that the Japanese would be bombarded by us and had to get through the bomb holes."
Kong Jie didn't answer. He had been thinking about how to capture Jinniu Mountain.
After watching for a while, he said solemnly: "The more cautious the devils are, the harder it will be for us to fight!"
"I originally planned to kill a large number of their effective forces through artillery bombardment, and then launch an infantry assault to eliminate the remaining enemies and capture Jinniu Mountain at the minimum cost."
"In the end, they didn't follow common sense and actually built a large number of anti-gun holes and machine gun bunkers on the position!"
"Then we can't achieve our goal of killing them in large numbers with artillery fire. We can only attack Jinniu Mountain and fight the Japanese for attrition!"
"What worries me the most are those bunkers!"
"We have all used it. Under normal circumstances, mountain cannons are difficult to destroy."
"The Japanese also have more than ten mountain cannons and six infantry cannons. They will definitely not let us fire at close range and destroy the bunker through continuous shooting!"
"We don't have planes or heavy artillery. After the battle starts, we can only destroy the bunker through blasting..."
As soon as the word "explosion" was uttered, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei's expressions darkened.
They know blasting all too well.
Before the troops were equipped with mountain artillery and infantry artillery, they had to blast the enemy's gun towers and bunkers if they wanted to take them down.
One team after another, the blasters continued to charge forward, braving the hail of enemy bullets as they approached the turrets and bunkers...
If there aren't many enemies defending the turret, maybe it only takes one or two squads to complete the blasting.
If there are many enemies defending the artillery building, with good equipment and sufficient ammunition, they may not be able to successfully blast it even at the cost of one or two platoons.
Halfway up Jinniu Mountain, there are busy figures of Japanese troops everywhere. At a glance, they have built not one hundred but twenty or thirty bunkers.
Blasting a bunker will result in the loss of a platoon of troops. If three regiments want to capture all the bunkers on Jinniu Mountain, at least one regiment will be lost.
After beating the bunker, we still have to fight the Japanese hiding in the bunker.
If we were to engage in hand-to-hand combat, it would be great if the three regiments could achieve a one-to-one casualty ratio!
This means that all three regiments will not be able to kill all the little Japs on Jinniu Mountain, nor will they be able to break through the blockade and fight their way back to the base.
The more he thought about it, the heavier his face became, and they all racked their brains to think of ways to solve the situation.
Five minutes have passed, and their frowning brows have not relaxed at all...
Ten minutes have passed, and the three of them still have no clue...
"Captain, we don't have to risk our lives to blast the bunker built by the Japanese!" Huang Yu's voice suddenly sounded behind Kong Jie.
"I have a way to destroy the bunker from a long distance, but it's a bit of a waste of gunpowder."
Kong Jie trusted Huang Yu very much, almost to the point where he would do whatever he said. As soon as his eyes lit up, he chased after Huang Yu and asked.
"any solution……"
"As long as we can destroy the bunker at the minimum cost and kill the little devils inside, I will give you as much explosives as you want!"
"We seized five thousand kilograms of explosives from the Jinzhong Arsenal... We seized more than twenty thousand kilograms from the Taiyuan Arsenal, which should be enough for you to spend."
Huang Yu didn't know what good things the Independent Regiment had received at the arsenal, so he nodded after hearing this.
"That's enough, I only want five or six thousand kilograms of high explosives!"
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei both looked at the two people with disbelief.
Three cobblers are worth one Zhuge Liang.
Their three regiment leaders must be more capable than the Stooges. After thinking for a long time, they couldn't think of a way to break the situation. Huang Yu, a deputy battalion-level cadre, opened his mouth and said that he had a way to destroy the bunker. This was too unbelievable.
And Kong Jie’s reaction...
As a group leader, he didn't even ask about the reasons or specific methods. He just believed whatever Huang Yu said... He also believed in Huang Yu too much.
What if the method Huang Yu came up with doesn't work.
Only then did Kong Jie see the surprised expression on his old comrade's face and quickly explained: "Old Li, Old Ding..."
"Huang Yu is Zhuge Liang of our independent group. He never talks big to us!"
"As long as he nods, there's nothing he can't do!"
Then he turned his attention to Huang Yu: "Xiao Huang, tell us quickly what method you came up with to break the situation!"
"I analyzed it with Lao Ding and Lao Li. The Japanese are equipped with a large number of artillery. The mountain cannon we are equipped with will definitely not be able to bombard the bunker at close range... After thinking about it for a long time, I only came up with the old method of blasting!"
"But the cost of casualties in such a fight is too high, and we definitely can't bear it!"
Huang Yu quickly reported: "Reporting to the commander, Commander Li, Commander Ding, I brought you a weapon that can destroy the bunker from a long distance..."
"But it takes time to process it. It also requires the cooperation of the engineer platoon and engineers from several arsenals. I have already brought the engineers. Once the engineer platoon is in place, it can be started. It can be done in four or five hours at most. I guarantee to scare you. Jump."
