"Kong Er is stupid, I, Li Yunlong, am also a person who has seen the world. Although I have never seen the tunnel with my own eyes, I heard about it when I was in northwest Shanxi." After hearing this, Li Yunlong asked with an expression of disbelief.
"It seems to be an expansion of a cellar. It can only hide people. At most, it can sneak attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops and fight guerrillas with the enemy."
"We faced more than 20,000 Japanese and puppet troops during the Yi Zhong anti-mopping campaign. In such a large-scale battle, the tunnels can actually play a decisive role. You guys are not fooling me, are you?"
"Are you worried that you have the power to keep me in the command department, so you deliberately find an excuse to arrange for me to leave, and stay at the regiment headquarters to fight against the Japanese, and take all the benefits..."
"Don't worry, I came to the Duer Regiment just as a part-time worker. When the counter-mopping up is over, the deputy commander will definitely transfer me."
"As long as you, the regiment leader, don't give orders, I promise not to interfere with the command of the troops."
Kong Jie asked angrily: "Where are you thinking? Am I, Kong Jie, such a person?"
"It just so happens that Shen Quan has never seen the tunnel fortifications in the Yi Zhong base. Let's go and have a look together, and let you see the world and see what the real tunnel fortifications are."
"The tunnels you have in mind are just playing tricks in front of the Yizhong tunnel group."
Kong Jie is not the kind of person who likes to talk big. Li Yunlong immediately showed an expectant expression on his face and said as he walked out: "Then I'll show you what you're talking about and see if you're bragging to me."
"A small tunnel is so powerful that you say it is so false."
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Chenzhuang is the only way for the Japanese to penetrate into the hinterland of the Yi Zhong base and attack the headquarters of the Duer Regiment. It is also the last gateway to the Duer Regiment. Its geographical location is very important.
By guarding Chenzhuang, large groups of Japanese and puppet troops would not be able to enter the mountains, nor would they be able to send heavy weapons in. At most, they would send some small groups of troops to take detours into the mountains for sneak attacks.
In order to defend this strategic location, Kong Jie began digging tunnels here not long after he took office as the Duer Regiment.
Six hundred prisoners, after three months, finally completed the Chenzhuang tunnel fortifications more than half a month ago.
Since then, in order to avoid exposing the target and attracting the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops, the Chenzhuang tunnel fortifications were directly sealed, and even Kong Jie himself never entered.
When there was still one kilometer away from Chenzhuang, Kong Jie suddenly stopped.
The rugged terrain on both sides of the mountain road has been replaced by gentle slopes, leaving only some low bushes. Further on, there is an unobstructed plain, without even a place to hide people.
"Kong Er, why don't you leave? You don't have confidence in the tunnel fortifications, right?" Li Yunlong still feels that the tunnel fortifications are not as mysterious as Kong Jie said.
"I'm looking for the tunnel entrance..." Kong Jie replied angrily.
"In order to facilitate the transfer and withdrawal of troops, the tunnel fortifications in the village have three passages connecting here..."
After saying that, he walked towards a bush, stepped on the ground with his right foot a few times, then squatted down and groped in the grass.
A large hole one meter square suddenly appeared in front of Li Yunlong and Shen Quan.
Li Yunlong was shocked. He did not expect that the tunnel could transport and retreat troops, but his understanding of the tunnel did not change much.
Huang Yu was the first to walk in. He designed the Lizhuang tunnel fortifications, and no one knew the conditions inside better than him.
Entering the tunnel, the first thing that catches everyone's eyes is an underground passage one meter wide and nearly two meters high. There are two logs supporting it every five or six meters. Everyone does not feel crowded at all when walking in it.
Huang Yu introduced as he walked: "Captain, Commander Li, and Chief of Staff, we have designed a total of three identical tunnels. Starting from the entrance of the tunnel, the troops can send a reinforced battalion into Chenzhuang in only five minutes."
"At the same time, a reinforced battalion can be evacuated from Chenzhuang within five minutes."
"Stretchers carrying the wounded, heavy machine guns, mortars, and even mountain guns and infantry guns dismantled into parts can be quickly transferred through the tunnel under our feet."
"The troops are in the mountainous area after exiting the tunnel. Even if the Japanese have planes in the sky for reconnaissance, they will not be able to see our troops. We can truly reinforce and withdraw the troops quietly."
"Even if one or two tunnels are destroyed, the remaining tunnel can still quickly transport troops, but it will take a little longer."
"Our tunnel is six to seven meters deep underground. The top of the tunnel is at least four meters above the ground. It is also supported by logs. Even if an aerial bomb hits the tunnel, it will be difficult to destroy it."
Li Yunlong is a particularly good commander, and he can see the strategic value of the tunnel under his feet at a glance.
When he fought with the Japanese in the past, he was most worried about his troops being blocked in isolated villages by the Japanese and puppet troops.
You have a clear view of the surroundings. If you rush out, you will be hit by enemy fire. It is tantamount to massacre. You can only defend the village and fight to the end with the enemy. One fight is enough to make a profit, and two fights make one profit.
With the tunnel, the battle will change to another way of fighting.
The troops relied on the villages to fight street battles with the Japanese and puppet troops. They put them into the villages and used close combat to consume their troops. After the fighting was almost done, they quickly evacuated the villages through tunnels, leaving the Japanese to be blown away by the next retaliatory artillery fire.
The existence of the tunnel can also allow the troops to quietly attack behind the Japanese, or even touch into the heart of the little Japanese, launch a sudden attack, and attack from inside and outside. Even if the enemy cannot be seriously injured, it can still scare them to death and achieve the purpose of consuming the enemy's vitality.
After thinking about it, a fork in the road suddenly appeared in the tunnel ahead. Huang Yu continued to introduce: "We have arrived at Chenzhuang."
"The branch on the left can lead to two other tunnels. The branch on the right is a tunnel that surrounds the entire Lizhuang. There is an exit every fifty meters."
"If the enemy surrounds Chenzhuang and the number of troops is not particularly large, we can quietly send the troops behind the Japanese and puppet troops through this tunnel, cooperate with the troops in the village to launch a sudden attack, and attack the Japanese and puppet troops in the encirclement from both front and rear."
"There is also a tunnel leading to the second level."
"In case the first level of tunnel in the village is destroyed, the troops will immediately move to the second level to continue fighting."
"The second layer of tunnels is eight or nine meters deep from the ground. It is arranged staggered with the first layer of tunnels. It is our last asset to defend Chenzhuang and attack the Japanese and puppet troops."
"We are entering the village now. All the tunnel fortifications that can really fight against the little devils are in the village."
Two hours later, Kong Jie led Li Yunlong and Shen Quan out of the tunnel.
The people in the village have long been accustomed to them, so they continue to do whatever they should.
Until this moment, Li Yunlong still had not reacted to the shock that the tunnel had brought to him.
Whether it was what he saw or what Huang Yu introduced, it was far beyond his imagination. Many positions were unheard of and unseen.
Although he only had a general understanding, he was confident that a battalion of troops would be able to withstand the attack of a strengthened Japanese brigade here. If he was lucky, it would be possible to annihilate them all.
If he were allowed to stay here for a few more days, it would be no problem to fight against the two reinforced brigades of the Japanese army.
After hearing Li Yunlong's emotion, Kong Jie said with a disdainful expression: "There are only two teams, do you know how big Xiao Huang's appetite is?"
Seeing Li Yunlong staring at him without blinking, Kong Jie said bluntly: "I remember Xiao Huang said when he took out the Chenzhuang tunnel shooting drawings, if the Japanese and puppet troops really have the strength to kill Chenzhuang."
"Give him the strength of a regiment, which can withstand at least 6,000 days of Japanese puppet attack, that is, two regiments of little Japs. He still has the confidence to rely on the tunnel fortifications in the village to annihilate a regiment of little Japs, and let the Japanese army hear Chen The word "zhuang" makes me afraid, and I never dare to attack Chenzhuang again."
"Hiss, hiss..."
Li Yunlong gasped on the spot. He was already courageous enough, but he didn't expect Huang Yu to be even more courageous. He opened his mouth and it was like a kid from the two regiments.
Although it was a bit exaggerated, based on Li Yunlong's understanding of Huang Yu and the confident expression on Kong Jie's face, he knew that there was no water in these words and Huang Yu would definitely be able to do what he said.
Seeing Kong Jie, he couldn't help but sigh: "I really don't know how this kid's head grew."
"You can think of such powerful street fighting fortifications. If Neji Okamura knew that we had laid a dragnet in the Wing Center base area, he would be so scared that he would not be able to sleep."
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Kong Jiege is not as confident as Li Yunlong.
My family knows their own business, and the Chenzhuang tunnel fortifications under their feet are indeed very powerful. There are several such tunnel fortifications in the entire base area, but they have not been completed. There are even some villages where the tunnel fortifications have just begun. If they cannot catch up with the big sweep, the Japanese The puppet army can march straight into the hinterland of the base area.
This is also a very important reason why Kong Jie sent Li Yunlong to the Wangdu garrison.
Their combat tasks are heavy and they have less time to build tunnel fortifications. With Li Yunlong coming to help, they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
Although Li Yunlong is not good at digging tunnels, he is very good at fighting, especially guerrilla warfare.
For Deng Jingye, two main battalions were needed to completely control the tasks in Yixian County. In Li Yunlong's hands, perhaps half of the battalion would be enough. The remaining troops of the Wangdu garrison could concentrate on training and seize the time to build tunnel fortifications.
Kong Jie didn't say anything, but Li Yunlong had already seen the difficulties facing the Yizhong base from his changing expression, and immediately assured him: "Don't worry, Kong Erlu."
"As long as you dare to hand over the Wangdu garrison to me and obey my command completely, I promise to take complete control of Yixian County within a month and complete most of the tunnel fortifications in Yixian County and Wangdu."
"If you can find a way to delay the little devils and let them launch a major sweep ten days later, I will definitely be able to complete all the tunnel fortifications in the two counties."
Kong Jie is suspicious of people who don't use them, but he doesn't trust people when he employs people.
Moreover, Li Yunlong's ability is not worse than his, but he just lacks Huang Yu as a military advisor. Of course, he can rest assured to leave the Wangdu garrison to him.
The only thing I'm worried about is that after he arrives at the Wangdu Defense Regiment, he will do something that violates discipline when he has fun. He has to remind you: "I can hand over the Wangdu Defense Regiment to you, but you must not violate discipline."
"I will send a telegram to Deng Jingye. If you ask them to do something that violates discipline, the Wangdu garrison can refuse to execute the order."
"No problem..." Li Yunlong replied readily.
