Kong Jie knew Huang Yu so well that he knew what he was going to fart as soon as he raised his butt.
Seeing that he was not worried about the safety of the guerrilla brigade at all, he asked directly: "Tell me what you think and how you plan to command the guerrilla brigade to win this battle."
Huang Yu did have an idea in his mind, and he answered Kong Jie's concerned eyes: "If Neji Okamura really plans to mobilize heavy troops to sweep Mao'er Mountain, he will make a big mistake."
"As far as I know: In the last raid on Peiping, the Japanese troops have not yet replaced the troops they lost. Neji Okamura relied on the 5,000 elite soldiers who came back from Baoding to stabilize the situation."
"The guerrilla brigade pulled out its teeth and successfully ate more than a thousand of the little Japs."
"If the Japanese want to eliminate the guerrilla brigade hidden in Mao'er Mountain through a large-scale raid, at least three infantry brigade will be mobilized. Then the five thousand elite troops from Baoding to return to Peiping will be divided. The gap in the strength of the Peking garrison will be completely exposed. In front of us."
"At this time, a troop suddenly appeared to attack the airport, attack Tongxian County, and even went outside Beiping City and fired a few cannonballs towards the city. How do you think Neji Okamura would react, commander?"
Kong Jie immediately showed a look of realization: "In the eyes of Neji Okamura, venting anger and destroying the guerrilla brigade is important. But the safety of the airport and Peking is more important."
"If the airport is destroyed again, not only will the Japanese and puppet troops encircling Mao'er Mountain be deprived of air support, but other battlefields in North China will also be affected."
"Not to mention the safety of Peiping. He represents the face of the Japanese North China Front Command. No accidents must occur, otherwise Okamura Neji will have no shame in continuing to stay in Peiping."
The more Kong Jie said, the happier he became, as if he had seen the victorious scene of Okamura Neji hurriedly sending troops back to support Peiping, and the Peking guerrilla brigade holding Mao'er Mountain.
But soon he discovered another problem, and the smile on his face was instantly replaced by worry. He frowned and reminded: "It's a good idea. The troops are divided into two and the internal and external lines fight at the same time. This is also our usual method of counter-mopping up. "
"But they need enough troops to be qualified to divide their forces. The two or three hundred people left in the guerrilla brigade are not enough to fight on the inside and drag the Japanese and puppet army mopping up troops in the mountains. How can they get the troops to fight on the outside."
"I'll go to the outside myself!" Huang Yu answered confidently.
"I am the captain of the Peiping Guerrilla Brigade personally appointed by the head of the headquarters. The troop is about to encounter an unprecedented sweep. Reasonably and logically, I should stay with the troop, advance and retreat together, and defend the base."
"I was the one who commanded the last raid on Peiping. No one knows the terrain there and the loopholes in the defense of the Japanese and puppet troops better than me. I will personally lead the troops to attack the outside lines, and I will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."
"The guerrilla brigade has just severely damaged the Japanese mixed brigade in Fangshan. If Okamura Neji really decides to mobilize heavy troops to sweep Mao'er Mountain, it will take time to formulate a combat plan and prepare ammunition supplies. No matter how fast it is, it will take two days to launch the attack."
"This time is enough for me to rush to Mao'er Mountain to arrange counter-mopping operations."
When Huang Yu said these words, he always had inner confidence on his face, indicating that he was at least 80% sure of winning this battle.
In addition, Huang Yu is indeed the captain of the guerrilla brigade, so he should go there to report in, meet his subordinates, and immediately nodded: "Who are you going to bring over, and how many troops are you going to bring?"
"The special operations team, the guard company, is deploying one or two mortar platoons, mixed into a reinforced company, using mules and horses to transport weapons and ammunition throughout the process, and marching quickly to Mao'er Mountain to reinforce the guerrilla brigade." Huang Yu replied blurtly, thinking. The anti-mopping up plan here has also become more and more mature.
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At the Japanese North China Front Headquarters, Okamura Neiji was discussing with the chief of staff the mopping up plan just reported by the mixed brigade.
He supported this mopping up plan with both hands. If it weren't for the lack of troops on hand, he would have wanted to mobilize two more brigades to reinforce the mixed brigade.
He clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed it on the table in front of him. He gritted his teeth and said firmly: "This battle must be fought and won, otherwise we will never have the chance to wash away the shame brought by the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong to the North China Front Army. "
"They are as slippery as a loach. If we don't take the opportunity to block them in Mao'er Mountain, we can gather them and annihilate them. Wait until they leave Mao'er Mountain and then think of another opportunity to annihilate them."
It must be very slim. "
"It's not easy to get an opportunity to fight for annihilation. We must not let it go."
After finishing speaking, in order to express his determination to destroy the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, he punched the table hard with his right hand clenched into a fist.
The chief of staff didn't answer, but you could tell from the hesitant expression on his face: he didn't seem to agree with the combat plan, or he still had doubts about some of the contents of the plan.
Although Okamura Neiji is very domineering, he has deep faith in his deputy's combat command ability, otherwise he would not promote him to be his chief of staff.
Although his next answer was very likely to be completely different from his own, he still asked seriously: "Chief of Staff, just say what you want, don't hesitate here, I'm not the kind of person who can't listen to the opinions of my subordinates."
"Hai..." The chief of staff immediately unfolded the combat plan just sent by the Fangshan Mixed Brigade and pointed to the analysis of the number of troops dispatched.
"The five thousand elites who returned from Baoding are the only mobile troops in Peiping. After deducting a brigade that was just wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, there are less than four thousand people left."
"Not only must we protect the safety of Fangshan, but we must also reinforce Beiping at any time and stabilize public security in Beiping."
"The mixed brigade intends to assemble four thousand imperial troops and two regiments of imperial alliance troops, for a total of six thousand troops to sweep Mao'er Mountain."
"Not only will all the troops stationed in Fangshan County be mobilized, but all the more than 3,000 elite troops remaining in the returning reinforcements will also join the battle."
"When they enter the mountains and engage in fighting with the Eighth Route Army, if Peiping is in danger again, none of our reinforcements will be gone."
"The scene of the Eighth Route Army's last raid on Peiping is still fresh in my mind. If the Eighth Route Army stationed at Mao'er Mountain is divided into two groups, with one unit fighting in the mountains and the other fighting outside the mountains, Peiping will definitely fall into crisis again."
"Last time there was an accident in Peking, the country specially sent a telegram to reprimand us. If Peking is attacked again, it won't be as simple as reprimanding. Please consider this matter carefully, Commander."
The fire of revenge that was ignited in Neji Okamura's heart was extinguished instantly, as if a ladle of cold water had been poured on him, and his face sank at the same time.
He was so focused on revenge that he forgot about the danger of Peking. It was so inappropriate.
But the opportunity for revenge in front of him may only be this once. If he misses it, it will be gone, and he is not willing to give up.
I immediately fell into a dilemma and didn't know how to make a decision.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I have an idea. I wonder if it's feasible?" The deputy chief of staff on the side suddenly interjected.
Okamura Neji couldn't think of any other way to break the situation, so he could only ask with the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living horse: "Speak quickly, as long as it is useful, I will definitely give you a credit."
The deputy chief of staff quickly sorted out the confusing thoughts in his mind and said as concisely as possible: "Headquarters research shows that artillery played a big role in the reason why the Yizhong Eighth Route Army was able to assume the posture of a main brigade in the last raid on Peking. .”
"The Dashihe ambush, the airport attack, and the capture of Tongxian County...were all inseparable from the dozens of mortars equipped by our opponents."
"If the Eighth Route Army wants to force us to withdraw our raiding troops by raiding Peiping in the upcoming Mao'er Mountain raids, they will definitely not dare to send too many troops."
"Our scouts, intelligence personnel, and airmen are not vegetarians."
"Once the target is exposed, not only will it fail to achieve the purpose of raiding us, but it will also be chased and bombed by the aviation force, losing both my wife and our troops."
"So they must not have sent many troops."
"We don't have enough troops, and if we want to threaten Peiping's security, we can only use firepower."
"I concluded that this assault force would repeat its old tactics and continue to use mortars heavily in the battle."
"If we also equip our troops with a large number of mortars, and the enemy launches an attack with ten mortars, and we mass twenty mortars to counterattack and take the opportunity to destroy their artillery unit, the assault force will suffer from insufficient strength and firepower. Inadequate and lose the threat."
Okamura Neiji slammed the table, and the heavy expression on his face turned into excitement at the same time. He looked at the deputy chief of staff and said excitedly: "This is a good idea."
"We don't have enough troops, but we have a lot of mortars.
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"If there are not enough troops in Peiping, they can be transferred from Tianjin Pier. If we can really use mortars to eliminate the threat posed by the Eighth Route Army's assault force to Peiping, then our only concern in sweeping Mao'er Mountain will be gone."
After saying that, he stared at the chief of staff and asked, "What do you think of this proposal?"
"The deputy chief of staff has a very thorough study of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army!" the chief of staff looked at his deputy and said with admiration.
I never expected that the problem that I couldn't solve after racking my brains would be solved by dozens of mortars. I was both excited and disappointed. Why didn't I think of this method?
Seeing that Okamura Neiji was still waiting for his decision with an excited expression, the chief of staff could only continue: "Mortars are a trump card for the Eighth Route Army to successfully raid us. Once this trump card is solved, the Eighth Route Army's raid force will become a A tiger without its fangs has completely lost its threat.”
"Your Majesty Commander, I completely agree with this strategy."
"I will now call the garrison in various places to count the number of mortars they are equipped with, find out the number of mortars left in the Peking arsenal, and strengthen the surrounding garrison with twice the number of mortars."
Okamura Neiji shook his head and said decisively: "Twice is too little. Just strengthen three times the number of mortars. We will take back those mortars after we win the Mao'er Mountain raid."
"If it's not enough, we can transfer it from the Tianjin pier and send it over by car. We can equip the troops before dark."
The chief of staff shook his head and reminded: "We have plenty of mortars, but the number of gunners in the team is limited. I'm afraid that too many mortars will be sent out. The garrisons in various locations do not have that many gunners to operate them."
Okamura Neiji had already thought of a solution and answered easily: "Assign all gunners from the infantry artillery squad, mountain artillery squadron, and field artillery brigade to each mortar unit, and let them serve as temporary mortar gunners."
"The Eighth Route Army that raided us not only has limited troops, but also cannot carry heavy weapons in order to facilitate transfer. Mortars are their only long-range attack weapons. The mountain artillery and infantry artillery equipped by our army have no effect in front of them. It is better to go Operate the mortar.”
