"It's broken. Our ambush plan will probably go to waste." Wen San was a little depressed.
Those traitors will most likely tell the Japanese what happened tonight. With the Japanese commander's rich combat experience, would they not have thought of the reason?
Even if you really don't expect it, the vigilance of the Japanese will be much higher, and it will be really difficult to defeat their ambush.
"Company Commander, are you saying that those traitors will never change their ways? Oh, if I had known, I would have killed them all." Pang Dun was very upset, but he didn't expect that his benevolent thoughts would ruin Wen San's plan. .
"What's the use of regretting now? Let me think about it and see if there is any possibility of remedy." Wen San started to think about it while looking at the newly obtained simple map.
The road distance between the Japanese garrison and the Huangshan Fortress is about twelve kilometers. The terrain has obvious ups and downs from low to high.
Wen Sansuo is sandwiched between the two. Dingshan is the highest mountain in Jiangyin County, with an altitude of about 230 meters, and there are some rolling hillsides around it. According to the information obtained from Pangdun's actual measurement, there are indeed two or three places suitable for an ambush.
To be on the safe side, Wen San assumes that the Japanese already know that someone is planning to ambush them. How should they act?
Obviously, seizing the main mountain strongholds has become the current top priority. The Japanese knew that the national army was going to rob the road halfway, so they couldn't let it go. They have many heavy weapons and cannot advance close by without taking roads. If heavy weapons are thrown away, there will be almost no threat to the strong Huangshan Fortress.
"Company Commander, why don't we just send people to destroy the road for the Japs. As long as the Japs' heavy troops cannot pass, can it still fly into the sky?" Pang Dun saw that Wen San had been deep in thought, so he put forward his own opinion.
"This is a good idea. At least it can block the enemy from advancing." Wen San agreed with Pang Dun. If there is no suitable time, attacking the road is also a feasible method.
It's just that this can't hit the Japanese troops. It only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. The Japanese threat is always there.
"First send people to seize the hilltop stronghold, and then destroy the road and strand the Japanese on the road. Wouldn't there be a chance?" Chen Liren on the side couldn't help but say something more.
"This is all a head-on approach. The Japs have so many heavy weapons. Once deployed, the hilltop stronghold will not have much advantage." What Wen San dislikes the most is a war of attrition, and he never dares to underestimate the Japs' combat capabilities. .
The method proposed by Chen Liren is quite satisfactory. If the Japanese don't know that someone is going to ambush them, it is indeed a good plan. But the Japanese probably already know this situation, and may even send people first to seize the hilltop that is almost suitable for an ambush.
In other words, even if Wen San sends troops to seize several strongholds now, there is a high possibility of encounters with the Japanese.
In this way, Wen San's troops had a head-on confrontation with a large group of Japanese soldiers on the way. Although he had a lot of people, he couldn't withstand such a consumption. After all, the Japs had a greater number. In the end, all his men were defeated, but the Japs still had a lot of troops.
"Then how else can we fight? Why don't we use your mushroom tactics?" Chen Liren also knew about Wen San's record when he beat Teng Yuan's team, and he had been studying it these past few days.
"It's not suitable. The Japs' primary combat target is not us, and they won't be led by our noses." Wen San immediately rejected the plan, as it had no operability.
"If we had landmines, we would definitely be able to kill a lot of Japanese by laying mines directly on the road." Wen San thought of the very famous landmine warfare.
If a large number of landmines are laid on the path that the enemy must pass through, even if the enemy has engineers to clear the mines, they will pay a high price.
It's just that at this stage, there really isn't such a tactical template. This tactic first appeared in history 41 years later. After a lot of experience summarization by our army, it was widely used in operations behind enemy lines in the following years, and it was quite powerful.
It's only 37 years now, and the entire Chinese national team has no experience in this area. Mustache's side does produce various types of land mines, but the government cannot buy them at all.
"I've heard of landmines, but I've never seen them before." Chen Liren and Wen San both shook their heads.
"I've never seen real land mines, but homemade land mines don't seem to be very troublesome." Wen San has actually seen some methods of making land mines. Although he has never done it himself, it is really not that difficult.
The two most important things for homemade landmines are gunpowder and fuse. The gunpowder can be used to dismantle the cannonball and pour out the gunpowder inside. Although this is a bit wasteful, it is completely feasible to use it at critical times.
Wen San has quite a lot of cannonballs, so it is acceptable to use some of them. It is best to find a ready-made fuse. If you rub it by hand, it is easy to cause problems, and the quality cannot be guaranteed.
The container for making landmines is the simplest. Any earthenware pot, earthen pot, etc. can be used. This thing is not hard to find at all.
"Chen Liren, go to Jiangyin County and see if you can find fuses and gunpowder. These things are widely used, and are used in digging mountains, building roads, and mining. If not, go to those workshops that make firecrackers. There is a high chance that you can find them in the county. .”
"Pang Dun, you go to the nearby villagers' houses to collect some cans and bring back some nails or iron filings. Especially the rotten iron pots that the folks don't use, they are very useful. Give the folks some appropriate compensation, and they will definitely be willing to give it to us. "
Wen San immediately arranged corresponding tasks. If you can get gunpowder, of course it would be best. If you can, don't use cannonballs as much as possible.
Under Wen San's arrangement, the two teams set off overnight. On Chen Liren's side, Wen San's trust in him still had to be compromised, so he sent Zhou Zhengbiao to lead a team of people there with him, so that it would be easier to move things.
After sending away the two teams, Wen San sent two more platoons to attack the road in multiple sections. The enemy must be delayed for at least one day.
All ministries took active action, and Wen San began to use the things he had on hand to conduct experiments on rubbing land mines.
Seeing Wen San pull out the cannonball warhead, Lao Wan and others thought he was crazy.
This thing is so valuable, and it all depends on its capture. They don't dare to waste any shells.
"Don't just look at it, go find me some dry newspapers. Don't ask for any wet ones." Wen San told Lao Wan. They didn't have much of this stuff, so they basically got it from the towns along the way. Any soldier who knew a few words would read it with gusto and be reluctant to throw it away.
After all, you can use this thing to wipe your butt, which is much easier to use than tree leaves and bamboo blades.
"No, company commander, what are you doing?" Lao Wan looked confused. If Wen San hadn't rarely messed around, he would have wanted to go up and snatch the shell back.
"Hurry up and you'll know what I'm going to do soon." Wen San showed no intention of stopping.
It took a lot of effort for the boss to pull out the warhead. However, the gunpowder poured out from it is really not much. If those clay pots were used, it would take three cannonballs to make one.
The cost is really too high and really not cost-effective.
Wen San could only place his hope on Chen Liren, hoping that he could really find the gunpowder and fuse.
