In the next few days, the 7th Brigade of the Puppet Manchukuo Army lost its fighting spirit long ago after learning that the engineer regiment behind them was destroyed. After being harassed several times by Zhou Wen's team, they all retreated to their original position on Qinglong Mountain. , and no longer dared to move lightly.
And Zhou Wen didn't bother to pay attention to these Japanese Japs who were basically no longer a threat.
However, the Japanese 24th Regiment took this opportunity, and under the full cover of Japanese aircraft ordered by Masaemon Sakamoto, and at the cost of hundreds of casualties, they finally reached the foot of the cherry orchard and successfully fought with a brigade that had arrived earlier. Convergence.
This was also because Chen Wanli did not want to fight head-on with the Japs and was unwilling to expose the mercenary group to the threat of Japanese aircraft, so he withdrew the troops.
In fact, after the 7th Brigade of the Puppet Manchukuo Army was defeated, Zhou Wen sent telegrams to General Shang Zheng and repeatedly suggested that the 32nd Army should concentrate its forces and take advantage of the mercenary group to hold back the 24th Japanese Regiment. If the Japanese brigade is captured or defeated, then the cold defensive battle will truly come to life.
However, General Shang Zheng repeatedly rejected Zhou Wen's suggestions on the grounds that the Military Commission ordered not to leave the position without permission, and missed an opportunity to gain strategic initiative.
Only then did Zhou Wen truly appreciate the selfishness and conservatism of these Republic of China generals, but he was helpless.
Of course, he also knew that even with the weapons and equipment and the quality of the soldiers of the 32nd Army, it was okay to play defense. It was indeed a bit risky to take the initiative to attack a Japanese brigade with fortifications and trench protection. General Shang Zheng's decision is also understandable.
But that's how war is, opportunities are created, not opportunities that will fall out of thin air if you stay on the ground.
In this way, the Japanese 24th Regiment, which had suffered losses along the way, was temporarily unable to launch a large-scale attack on the 139th Division. Because Zhou Wen led the mercenary group to continuously harass their flanks, these three thousand Japanese troops did not dare to easily dispatch heavy troops to attack. The position of the 139th Division.
Up to now, after being restrained and harassed by the mercenary group, the Japanese army's attempt to attack Lengkou's weak side in a roundabout way has not been achieved, and it has also folded its own engineering unit into it. It can be said that it has been defeated again and again.
However, the 24th Regiment finally reached the foot of Cherry Orchard and Baili Mountain, suppressing and threatening the 139th Division, and also restrained most of the mercenary regiment. The two sides did not achieve their respective aspirations strategically.
The enemy and we are in a stalemate on the front line of Lengkou, and for the time being, we have not found a winning opportunity.
The time soon came to April 10th.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, after half a month of continuous rain and snow, the Yanshan Mountains rarely saw the long-lost sunshine.
In a mountain forest where the morning mist has not yet dispersed, the newly grown green buds and branches on the tall trees are swaying hard to welcome the sunshine.
The birds in the woods were not frightened by the distant sound of gunfire, or these birds, which happily welcomed the spring, had already adapted to the roaring and singing for nearly two months.
They will still chirp and spread their wings, flying from one treetop to another, looking for insects on the trees.
At this time, under a big tree, Zhang Xiaoping was covered in a camouflage cloak, lying in the grass under the tree, listening to the birds singing above him, and stuffing food into his mouth.
In a patch of grass not far from him, Zhao Xiaojin was also lying on the ground wearing a cloak, but he was watching everywhere vigilantly.
Some people here may ask, doesn’t Zhang Xiaoping usually team up with Ti Jing? Sometimes he would team up with Zhou Wen. How come he became the senior brother Zhao Xiaojin this time?
It turned out that after several days of harassment and sniper battles, Zhou Wen and Chen Wanli could not see any suitable fighters appear for a while.
Just because the Japanese army's tactics have become conservative now, whether in Lengkou or Xifengkou, the Japanese army's offense is not very strong, but its defense is watertight.
Trenches are criss-crossed, and bunkers and machine gun positions are densely covered with clouds. They look like they are waiting for the Chinese army to attack at any time.
Zhou Wen and Chen Wanli immediately contacted Zhao Changshu and Meng Yuting in Lengkou. Judging from the information obtained from Lengkou and other sources, they all reached a unanimous conclusion. The Japanese army had given up and was not prepared to launch a strong attack on Lengkou. , but instead prepared for the Chinese army to take the initiative to attack.
What to do next?
Are you just spending time here with the little devil?
You must know that even if the Japs do not attack, the Model Brigade and the mercenary group do not have the ability to launch active attacks. Not to mention whether they can defeat them, even if they win, they will have to pay a huge and heavy price.
Even though the mercenary group has won several annihilation battles in a row, they all used unexpected ambush tactics. In other words, the Japanese army was ambushed and eliminated without the support of bunkers and trenches.
This kind of battle can give full play to the mercenary group's tactical characteristics of fierce firepower, sudden and precise strikes, and surprise.
On the other hand, the Japanese army was almost completely unprepared and was thrown into disarray by a sudden attack before their formation was deployed. Basically, every time they started, their heavy firepower was basically destroyed and they hurriedly responded to the battle. It can be said that 100% of the combat power was only used to achieve one or two achievements, and they were completely defeated.
But if the little devils are hiding in fortifications and trenches waiting for you to attack, then this is a different matter. We must know that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army during this period was indeed among the best in the world, otherwise it would not have been able to defeat the soldiers of the United States and the country where the sun never sets on the battlefield in Southeast Asia a few years later.
Therefore, a head-to-head battle is a battle mode that Zhou Wen will never try.
However, this situation of taking the initiative in strategy but giving in in tactics, Zhou Wen felt that this did not seem like the style of the Japs. Instead, he felt that the Japs must be hiding some conspiracy.
He suddenly remembered the process of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai last year. The Japanese army's attack was unfavorable. After losing the battle, additional troops were sent to land on the other side of Wusongkou to make a detour, which led to the defeat of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War.
Now, due to the participation of the mercenary regiment and the model brigade, part of the historical trend has actually been changed. At least Lengkou Pass is now impregnable. With the strength of the Japanese 6th Division, it is impossible to capture it.
So will the Japanese increase their troops?
You know, the Kwantung Army now does not only have three divisions: 6, 7, and 8. The 10th Division appeared in the Battle of Jehol, and there were also several other mixed brigades and cavalry brigades.
The current stalemate between the enemy and ourselves at the Great Wall is very similar to that of the Songhu War of Resistance. At the end of the Songhu War of Resistance, the Japanese army did not gain the upper hand until they reinforced two divisions.
Thinking of this, Zhou Wen concluded that the Japanese army's current retreat and containment was to wait for reinforcements to come up.
The defense line of the Great Wall is hundreds of kilometers long. As long as the Japanese reinforcements support any part, it may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
