Zhou Wen walked out of the 19th Route Army headquarters with a depressed look on his face. Although he had a strong premonition that his judgment was correct, he could not produce definite evidence and could not explain the contradiction in the strength of the Japanese army.
But he still decided to act according to his own judgment. He couldn't be careless about this matter. If it was the butterfly effect caused by his own time travel, he couldn't take it lightly.
Zhou Wen, who returned to Temple Walk, finally heard good news. Zhou Yongbin's monitoring equipment was really powerful. A suspected Japanese military radio signal was found in the nearby area. The distance was not very far. Zhou Yongbin judged that it should be within 3 kilometers, and the direction was towards Temple Walk. southeast side.
This is consistent with Zhou Wen's previous judgment. The location of the 156th Brigade Headquarters is a village called Lijiazhai to the east.
At this time, Chen Wanli and the others also came back, and marked on the map two riverbanks where the Japanese troops were most likely to land. One was in the wild, the riverbank was not very wide, and they had to pass through a reed swamp after landing.
There is another place next to a small village called Zhaojiaqiao, but the river beach is wide enough.
Zhou Wen and Meng Yuting looked at the map analysis carefully. Meng Yuting pointed to the location of Zhaojiaqiao on the map and said: "Based on the analysis of the situation on the Yunzaobang River, it is impossible for Japanese warships to come in, not even gunboats, so we can only They were assault boats and rubber boats. In this case, the Japanese army would not have heavy firepower support and could only carry mortars and grenade launchers, and of course heavy machine guns.
If I were the Japanese army, I would choose the river beach of Zhaojiaqiao to go ashore. Not to mention the width of the river beach here, I can quickly occupy Zhaojiaqiao after landing and establish artillery and heavy machine gun positions in the village.
Moreover, it is the closest to the second line of defense position of the 156th Brigade, and it is also the closest to the headquarters of the 156th Brigade. While they can attack the front and back of our defense line, they can also divide their troops to support the Japanese squad that sneaked into the 156th Brigade headquarters.
After landing from the river beach on the reed swamp side, you still need to cross the reed swamp. As Wan Li said just now, the terrain there is complex, there are more wetlands, and the soil is soft. It is inconvenient for the Japanese army to quickly set up mortars and heavy machine guns, and if the attack distance is too long, the concealment and suddenness of the attack will not be achieved.
Therefore, I concluded that the landing location of the Japanese troops was probably Zhaojiaqiao.
In addition, if the enemy lands from the reed swamp, their attack direction will always be eastward, and we can also block them at Zhaojiaqiao. "
Zhou Wen smiled and said to Meng Yuting: "Yu Ting is now the tactician of our mercenary group. His analysis is very reasonable. If the enemy lands in Zhaojiaqiao, we will find a way to set up a pocket and strive to eat up the enemy who lands in one bite. Drop. You must know that the enemy is planning a sneak attack and does not have the support of heavy weapons. Such a good opportunity is rare.
If it is over there in the reed swamp, the ambush battle will be turned into a blockade battle. I believe that with so many artillery and machine guns, it is very possible to defeat or even annihilate the enemy, but casualties will be unavoidable. Field hospitals must be prepared, and the logistics team must make more stretchers. "
Chen Wanli said: "Scholar, you have to believe in our artillery. Whether it is an ambush or a blockade, our artillery can fully play its role. I have specifically asked Lao Zhu and the others before that the location of the artillery position has been calculated. No matter where the enemy lands, our artillery can deal a devastating blow to the enemy. With their cover, our casualties will not be very large."
Seeing that no one had any other opinions, Zhou Wen made the final decision: "Okay, let's deploy according to this idea. My opinion is to divide the troops into two groups. Yu Ting will command all the troops of the second detachment except the logistics team to set up an ambush in Zhaojiaqiao. You have full control over the battle over there.
I led a detachment to meet with the infiltrated Japanese reinforcements to see whether our special forces were stronger or the elite of small Japan. "
Miaohua and Gao Xiaoshan were shocked when they heard this. To deal with the elite of Little Japan, we have to have brothers from our first team.
Meng Yuting said with a little embarrassment: "Scholar, I still think it is better for you to take overall command. The second squadron can be commanded by Xiaoshan and Miaohua. Besides, we only know the approximate location of the enemy's lurking unit now. It is not easy to find out. Moreover, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. The terrain here is dozens of miles around and the terrain is open. We may be discovered by the enemy before we find it. "
Zhou Wen said with a smile: "I said on the train that you are the frontline commander, I believe you, and the old brothers in our mercenary group believe in you, so just go ahead and do it.
As for how to find the enemy, haha, there is a saying that goes, wherever you walk, there must be traces. The mountain man has his own clever plan. "
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Captain Heitano Kazuo is the intelligence staff officer of the 24th Mixed Brigade Headquarters. In the Japanese army, the intelligence staff officer is actually the reconnaissance staff officer, who is responsible for collecting combat intelligence, organizing and implementing the former enemy reconnaissance plan, forming reconnaissance team personnel, etc.
Because of his strong tactical ability, Hitono Aoi usually won the trust of the brigade commander Shimomoto Kumiya. This time, he came up with the idea of sending an elite team to sneak into the enemy's rear and sneak attack the enemy's headquarters in front of the Chinese army after the battle started. Take the initiative to request to be the chief officer of this latent operation.
When he led a reinforced team of 80 people, mostly composed of Japanese veterans, secretly sneaked into the rear of the Chinese army's defense line late at night two days ago, he was indeed unaware of the ghosts and felt quite sad in his heart. contented.
In his conception, as long as he could successfully lurk behind the enemy's rear, most of the plan had been completed. On the contrary, he thought that the upcoming sneak attack battle would be very easy.
It's not that he is too arrogant, but that he has full confidence in himself and the 80 elite Japanese troops he leads.
Among the 80 members, except for a health soldier and a radio operator who are considered new recruits in his eyes (in fact, these two people have served for two years), the other 78 people are all veterans who have served for more than four years. There are the best grenade launchers, the best machine gunners, and of course the best marksmen in the entire brigade.
This is a force carefully selected from more than 4,000 people in the entire brigade and composed entirely of elites from all branches. In front of such a force, Hitanogo really can't think of a Chinese army that he usually looks down on. What can we do to withstand their swift and fierce assault, using the dirty bodies of the Chinese people?
Now, Hidano Aoi is raising his wrist and looking at his watch. This is a Seiko watch that can only be bought in Japan for a lot of yen. It was given to him by his fiancée before he boarded the ship to Shanghai.
As he looked at his watch, Hidanogo felt warm in his heart. After the war, he would be able to marry his beloved Miss Oriko after returning home. It was really exciting!
