The next day, Liu Yu got up early and came to the headquarters to discuss with Song Renqiong and others how to find an ambush point to ambush the Japanese transport team.
"Look, there are many suitable ambush points around, but if you want to avoid the strongholds along the Pingliao Highway, the only ones are around Lianhua Mountain."
Wang Zhitao compared the map and expressed his thoughts, then drew a few lines with a ruler and continued: "But, it is only 4 kilometers away from the Zhangzhuang stronghold and 6 kilometers away from Xiyang County. Even the Japanese The reinforcements on foot arrived in half an hour. If we really want to fight, we must end the battle and withdraw from the battlefield within half an hour!"
"It's okay to end the battle in half an hour, but what to do with the captured supplies? According to this situation, we won't have time to clean the battlefield before the enemy's reinforcements arrive." Xu Liqing said.
"Let's divide our troops for reinforcements. As long as we can block the Japanese reinforcements for an hour, there will be enough time to transport all the supplies!" Huang Zhentang, the leader of the first regiment, said.
Yuan Xuekai, the leader of the Second Regiment, curled his lips: "According to the scout report, there are two Japanese squads plus a company of puppet troops at the Zhangzhuang stronghold, more than 300 people, and there is a garrison squadron in Xiyang County, plus The squadron responsible for escorting has a total strength of almost 800. We only have a reinforcement battalion with a strength of about 600 people, how to divide it?"
"Then what do you think we should do?" Huang Zhengtang expressed dissatisfaction.
"If you ask me, just make an ambush. The reinforced battalion will be the main attack. After two rounds of shooting, all the troops will charge and the battle will be quick! Bring those new soldiers with you. After we finish the fight in the front, they will follow behind to carry the supplies. Why? It can be finished in half an hour!”
"no!"
Liu Yu's face was full of black lines: "You are a fucking prodigal son. Most of the existing reinforced battalions are veterans and cadres. That is my coffin book. If you fight like this, you will be reimbursed at least one or two hundred in a battle. This time Don’t even think about carrying out the rest of the work!”
"There are no immortals in a war." Yuan Xuekai felt aggrieved after being scolded, and his voice became much lower.
"Then it depends on how you die. If you can knock down Xiyang City, that's fine. Just for a batch of new year's goods... Huh?"
Halfway through Liu Yu's words, the light bulb on his head lit up with a "ding".
He pulled up the map and looked at the topographic map of the outskirts of Xiyang County.
Song Renqiong was smoking a cigarette on the ground. Seeing Liu Yu's reaction, he asked: "Commander, what did you think of?"
Liu Yu did not reply directly, but asked: "How many people were recruited from other local areas of our party who were previously incorporated into our column?"
"There are more than 700." Song Renqiong blurted out.
This was his job, and although he couldn't remember the precise figures, he could still get a rough idea.
Liu Yu took his eyes off the map, straightened up, touched his chin and said, "I have a bold idea to change the target of this operation from the Japanese transport team to Xiyang County!"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked.
Song Renqiong was a little nervous: "Commander, don't be stupid. No matter how bad Xiyang City is, it is still a county town. Even if we take a regiment, we may not be able to conquer it!"
"I didn't say attack by force!"
Liu Yu lay down on the table, pointed at the map and said: "Look, if you want to support the Lianhua Mountain battlefield from Xiyang City, the valley road under the Phoenix Temple is the only way. That's what I think. From the strengthening camp 100 cadres were transferred, along with the people transferred from the original local armed forces, to form two temporary battalions, and went to Lianhua Mountain to ambush the Japanese transport team and block the reinforcements from the Zhangzhuang stronghold. The main force went to Phoenix Temple to set up an ambush. Defeat the Japanese garrison in Xiyang County. As long as we can severely damage this squadron, we can take down Xiyang City in one go!"
As he spoke, Liu Yu hammered the location of Xiyang City on the map with his fist: "Compared to the county town, the Japanese supplies are nothing!"
Everyone stared at the map and took a breath.
Song Renqiong was speechless: "Why do you insist on attacking Xiyang County? Isn't this a thankless and thankless task?"
Xiyang County is completely located in a mountain nest, and the only channel for communication with the outside world is the Pingliao Highway.
Taking this place will at most prevent the Japanese troops from Heshun and Liao County (Zuoquan County) in the south from moving north, and they will also be attacked by the Japanese from north to south along the Ping-Liao Highway and blocked here.
The problem is that there is no point in blocking the Pingliao Highway. Liao County in the south and Yangquan in the north have smooth roads in the east-west direction. It does not mean that they cannot survive without the Pingliao Highway. The existence of Pingliao Highway is only to promote the economic development of the counties in these mountains and villages.
This is also the reason why Xiyang County is located in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base area. In the original time and space, Xiyang County was not liberated until Japan surrendered.
The strategic value here is really useless.
The most important thing is that once Liu Yu captures Xiyang, it will pose a subjective threat to Liao County in the south and even Yangquan in the north. The Japanese army will inevitably increase the deployment of troops in these two places, which will inevitably lead to the Eighth Route Army's southeast Shanxi base area of contraction.
But Liu Yu also has his own ideas. He has a system in hand. Next, he must focus on developing the industry in the base area, but to develop industry, he must open factories.
Of course, it is possible to dig caves and open factories in caves, which is safer and not afraid of bombing, but it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. Moreover, the limitations of the cave are too great. With only such a small space, how large an industrial base can be built?
If there is an opportunity to capture a county town, of course he will do it. As for the Japanese bombing, he can just buy a radar from the system and build an air defense force. There will be no big problem.
Longfenggou is very poor. It can be used as a military garrison in the short term. Over time, the troops may not even have enough to eat. It is even worse to develop industry.
Even in Xiyang City, there are only a few small factories. If you want to build a large-scale industrial base, it is best to build a large city with plain and basin terrain like Shijiazhuang, Handan, and Taiyuan.
But isn’t there nothing we can do? It can only be said that Xiyang is the beginning, and we will take down those big cities step by step!
In addition, he recalled some information he had read in his previous life, and recalled that not long after, a very outstanding Eighth Route Army general would die in the Liao County area, and among the several groups of Japanese who surrounded the Eighth Route Army headquarters in Liao County, one of them was along the way Going south on the Pingliao Highway!
Even if it's not for the industrial base, just for that general, the Pingluo Highway must be cut off!
"It's decided, we'll attack Xiyang City!"
Liu Yu clenched his fists and said arbitrarily: "I will bear all the consequences alone!"
"What are you talking about?"
Song Renqiong saw that Liu Yu was determined and no longer objected. Instead, he said: "In this case, should we report it to our superiors? Otherwise, if the Japanese army makes subsequent big moves, they will not be able to react."
Liu Yu nodded: "You have to figure it out. If we can try to get the division to send some troops to contain the enemy forces in the direction of Liao County, then it will be easier for us to hold Xiyang after we capture it!"
Then he looked at Wang Zhitao: "Chief of Staff, you go and select people now, organize the troops to ambush the Japanese transport team, and then directly re-equip them. I will give you half of the existing light and heavy machine guns, and bring more ammunition. Lotus The battle in the direction of the mountain will be left to your command. It doesn’t require many results. Try to reduce casualties while effectively blocking the enemy!"
"Understood!" Wang Zhitao accepted the task with determination and stood up to go out.
Just when Wang Zhitao was leaving, Ma Chao hurried in.
In order to temper this kid's character, Liu Yu transferred him to his side to act as a bodyguard.
Seeing Ma Chao's irritable look, Liu Yu immediately straightened his face: "What are you doing in such a panic? Did you shout a report before coming in? Have you forgotten all the rules I taught you?"
Ma Chao quickly stood up and saluted, and when he was about to speak, Liu Yu raised his hand and interrupted.
"Get out and come in again!"
Ma Chao was anxious: "But, Commander..."
"go out!"
"yes!"
Ma Chao curled his lips and walked out of the door reluctantly.
This time, he was not in a hurry. He calmly adjusted his appearance outside the door, and then shouted: "Report!"
Liu Yu's voice came from inside: "Come in!"
Entering the room, Ma Chao saluted again: "Hello, fellow leaders!"
Several leaders were happy, stood up with a smile and saluted Ma Chao in return.
It had been several days since they had been here, and they all got to know the young man in front of them.
In the two battles of Jingjing County and Mianhe Bridge, he killed 18 enemies by himself, including 8 officers. Together with another man named Ye Fei, he was called a battle hero.
They also saw Liu Yu's training on Ma Chao, and obviously wanted to train him well.
Speaking of which, which leader wouldn't like such a soldier? The two regiment leaders present were gearing up inwardly, waiting for Ma Chao and Ye Fei to be included in their regiment during the subsequent reorganization.
Seeing that Ma Chao's movements were quite decent, Liu Yu became a little more friendly and asked, "What's the matter?"
Ma Chao said calmly: "Commander, you have to go back to your house and take a look, otherwise I'm afraid the house will have to be demolished by those two ladies."
"Who dares to demolish my house..."
When Liu Yu heard that someone was going to demolish the house, he immediately complained, but then he thought about it, and something seemed wrong.
"Two girls?"
Seeing the excitement, Ma Chao didn't think it was a big deal and said directly: "Well, there's Captain Yang, and there's another guy who comes from who knows where, he's so handsome!"
Liu Yu was Spartan on the spot.
After coming back to his senses, he ran out without caring about the looks of other people present.
After Liu Yu left, Wu Hongbo exclaimed and expressed his belief in Liu Yu's evil deeds: "Damn it, the commander still hides his beauty in a golden house?"
The people present were all young people in their twenties, and they all started joking for a while.
Finally, Song Renqiong knocked on the table and interrupted them with a serious expression: "Okay, don't be so careless. That's the scientist the commander invited back yesterday. What kind of beauty is hidden in the golden house? Keep your mouth shut, now. Everyone is also keeping an eye on it!”
Cheng Yuechang, the political commissar of the First Regiment, was a little disapproving: "Oh, what are you afraid of? Our commander is originally single. It is not a problem to have several girlfriends and fall in love first. At most, it is said that there is a problem with his life style, and it is not a big problem."
Huang Zhengtang also said: "I agree, as long as our commander doesn't hook up with married women like Zhang Shaodong."
"Shut up!"
Xu Liqing, who had been silent next to him, suddenly spoke and glared at Huang Zhentang: "You dare to say anything?"
The name Zhang Shaodong has become taboo in the Eighth Route Army. Xu Haidong, the commander of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division, was almost angered to death because of this man.
I was really almost angry to death. This is not an exaggeration. Brigadier Xu was already in poor health. He was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted!
"And you guys, please pay attention if I ask you to. The wind is so tight now, even a small problem can be magnified into a capital crime for those people!"
After Song Renqiong finished speaking with a straight face, he looked out the door again, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Among the people present, Wang Zhitao was the only one over thirty years old, and the others were all in their twenties. Wu Hongbo, the youngest, was only twenty-one years old, one year older than Liu Yu.
When you are young, when you are in a high position and leading troops, it is inevitable that you will be impetuous.
Not only them, but the entire Eighth Route Army is like this. Many regiment-level cadres are young men in their 20s. Take Comrade Wang Jinshan, the current deputy political commissar of the 385th Brigade, as an example. The prototype of this "Brother Yunlong" is only 24 now. Years old, not to mention lawless, but also extremely crazy.
At this age, it’s no wonder that the brigade commander>I>the king of heaven and I.
In short, there is no need to worry!
Lao Song was very clear in his heart. His superiors sent him here just to shoulder the responsibility and wipe his ass.
In fact, Liu Yu also knew it well. He had made great achievements this time. He recovered a county town. Although he did not completely occupy it, his reputation was also registered at the headquarters and even the central government.
Promotion is certain, but this time he was directly promoted from captain of a county brigade to commander of a column. It can be said that it is a rare promotion within the entire party. In addition, due to his young age, there are many people who are dissatisfied with him.
In other words, this time is a test given to Liu Yu by his superiors. If he does well, he deserves the title of commander, and everyone will be happy. If he does not do well... At present, the entire independent column, in fact, If the person in question is actually Lao Song, Liu Yu will be fucked every minute if he shows signs of something wrong in the future.
Some things are difficult to explain thoroughly, but that’s about it.
. . . . . .
On the other side, Liu Yu hurriedly ran back to the house where he lived before.
As soon as I walked in, I felt that the atmosphere was not right.
Wang Qian was seen wearing silk pajamas and a white fox fur coat, sitting at the table and drinking water leisurely.
Looking at the other side, Myolie Yang was sitting opposite Wang Qian, looking towards Liu Yu.
Wang Qian also noticed Liu Yu's presence and turned her head to look at him.
"Who is she?"
"Who is she?"
The two women asked at the same time, but in completely different tones.
Myolie Yang questioned.
Wang Qian asked calmly.
Before Liu Yu could answer, Myolie Yang continued to ask: "Commander, why is she in your bed?"
Not to be outdone, Wang Qian smiled and said, "I also want to ask, this little girl runs towards the bedroom as soon as she enters the house. Is she used to running?"
Yang Xing'er pouted, pinched her waist, and replied: "Are you the little girl?"
Just as Wang Qian was about to reply, Liu Yu held her shoulder.
Then she saw Liu Yu leaning into her ear and whispering: "You also said that she is a little girl, can't you just give in?"
It's not that Liu Yula is being arrogant, but with Wang Qian's IQ and knowledge, a real fight would definitely make Myolie Yang cry.
Wang Qian stared at Liu Yu and said with a faint smile: "Why should I give in? She's going to scratch me now. If I hadn't been so many years older than her, her face would have been scratched by her."
Then he rolled up the sleeve of his left arm: "Look at what she scratched for me."
Liu Yu took a look, okay, there were four bright red scratches on Wang Qian's left arm.
Seeing Wang Qian roll up her sleeves to reveal her masterpiece, and seeing Liu Yu looking towards her, Myolie Yang felt aggrieved for some reason, lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yu suddenly said: "Good scratching!"
"ah?"
Wang Qian looked at Liu Yu dumbfounded.
Myolie Yang also widened her eyes.
Liu Yu said with a smile: "If a stranger comes into my room again, Myolie, you will scratch her to death! But this sister in front of me can't do it. She is a scientist I specially invited back. If the scientist knows, she is amazing! This room I also temporarily let her live in it yesterday, so I didn’t have time to tell you.”
"oh."
Myolie Yang looked relieved, and then nodded.
But Wang Qian quit again, took Liu Yu's hand, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, you still have to let her guard your room? Then who am I? Am I not your fiancée?"
"Fiancée?" Myolie Yang's voice raised an octave.
Liu Yu first looked at Wang Qian with a begging expression, but Wang Qian did not give him any face.
Then Liu Yu's eyes moved, and he nodded and said: "Yes, fiancée, because our organization has regulations that only cadres who are twenty-five years old, eight years of military service, and above the regiment level can get married. I have reached my position, but my age I’m not even old enough to be in the military, so I’m still my fiancée!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Qian was dumbfounded.
Myolie Yang was happy and glanced at Wang Qian provocatively: "That's at least five years away. It's still very early! No one can predict what will happen from now on!"
Wang Qian stood up, stretched out her hand, and pinched the soft flesh of Liu Yu's waist in a subtle way, then bit her back molars and whispered: "You are deliberately helping her to make me angry, right?"
The corner of Liu Yu's mouth twitched, but he didn't dare to show it at all. He also gritted his teeth and said to Yang Myolie: "Myolie, we have a combat mission tomorrow, and the order will be passed to you cadres later. You go back and prepare! "
"yes!"
When it came to business, Myolie Yang also became serious, stood up and saluted, then glanced at Wang Qian provocatively again, turned around and left.
After Yang Xing'er left, Wang Qian let go of Liu Yu's waist and looked at him with a half-smile.
Liu Yu was so annoyed that he finally laughed and said: "If you don't want to relieve your anger, how many more pinches will you give me?"
As he said that, he moved his waist closer to Wang Qian in a coquettish manner.
Wang Qian pushed him away with a look of disgust and said with a smile: "Why did you go there earlier? Why didn't you have such a face when you were helping others to squeeze me?"
I heard Liu Yu smile bitterly and said: "Living in this era, no one can guarantee that they will survive tomorrow, so I always feel that if a blind girl really falls in love with me, it will be great, but it will never happen." We died the day after we got married. Wouldn’t that make us widowed? No, tomorrow afternoon I will lead a team to fight. Whether I can come back alive is unknown. You have to try not to let people care about us while you are still alive. People are sad and sad, hey, that’s all they have to offer.”
Wang Qian's smile faltered, she lowered her head, stopped talking, and didn't know what she was thinking.
Liu Yu was awkward on the spot, at a loss.
After a while, he pretended to cough and said, "I still have something to do over there, so I'll leave first."
Wang Qian finally raised her head, looked into Liu Yu's eyes and said calmly: "Be safe tomorrow."
"Hey!" Liu Yu nodded, turned around and left without saying another word.
Wang Qian looked at Liu Yu's back and silently watched him leave.
