"Captain, our team members finally found a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Qingshan more than 80 miles away in the southwest. The information is very similar to the information you provided, captain." The former small leader of Heiyun Village who inquired about the information is now the Dagushan guerrillas. Hu Minghua, deputy captain of the team's reconnaissance team, rushed back to Heiyun Village to report.
"The Qingshan prisoner-of-war camp is heavily guarded. It is surrounded by 3-meter-high masonry walls, and the walls are covered with barbed wire."
"Bunkers were built at the four ends of the wall, with searchlights and crooked machine guns deployed at all times; a turret was also built in the middle, and two crooked machine guns covered the entire prisoner of war camp within the shooting range."
"Two fortifications were built at the gate of the prisoner of war camp, and a 92 heavy machine gun was deployed respectively to face the main road entering and exiting."
"According to the observation of Xiao Hei, who sneaked into the cafeteria to help, there are more than 100 places reserved for the little devils to eat. They are almost full during the meal. It is speculated that at least one squadron of little devils is stationed."
"Based on the amount of food prepared in the canteen, the number of prisoners of war escorted in is estimated to be at least seven or eight hundred. However, the guards are very strict. As a cook, Xiao Hei can only enter and exit the canteen. Other than that, he is not allowed to go anywhere else. The specific number of people is still unknown. have no idea."
"Recently, there is indeed a special team of Japs operating there, about 20 people, because the canteen has to prepare more than 20 meals with beef every meal. The standard is much higher than that of ordinary Japs, similar to the officers stationed at the Japs. .”
"More importantly, our peripheral reconnaissance team found a mass grave of little devils in the surrounding mountains. I went to check and found that more than a dozen people were buried in it. They were indeed covered with wounds. As you said, captain, The situation of people being tortured and killed is basically the same!" At this point, Hu Minghua's voice became a little trembling.
When he saw the corpses covered with shocking wounds, Hu Minghua vomited on the spot.
He could not have imagined that the little devil was actually using living people to brutally train his killing skills. This was completely beyond the knowledge of Hu Minghua, a former bandit, because as bandits they did not dare to do this.
Bandits who dare to do this will not live long, and grass will grow on their graves long ago.
"Have you figured out the route and surrounding strongholds?" Gao Jianwu clenched his fists tightly, finally finding these beasts. He would not allow these beasts to live one more day in this world.
However, the Qingshan prisoner-of-war camp itself is not weakly guarded, and the road there is quite far, and there are Japanese blockades and bunkers in the middle. Gao Jianwu will lead the main force of the Dagushan guerrillas to attack for nearly a hundred miles, and the way out and back must be planned. clear.
Because this battle is equivalent to pulling out teeth from the tiger's mouth.
"It's basically clear. When we came back, we mostly picked up mountain roads. There were only two places where we needed to cross roads and bunkers, so there were fewer opportunities to be exposed. However, the mountain roads are longer, nearly 100 miles, and a normal march would take about two days." Hu Minghua Take out a piece of carbon and draw a few lines and points on a piece of white paper.
Although Hu Minghua has no education, he has good spatial thinking ability. He painted the path concisely and concisely. Gao Jianwu basically understood it after reading it.
"The nearest Japanese stronghold to the prisoner of war camp is Dawangzhuang. There are more than 50 Japanese soldiers and more than 100 puppet troops. It is about 30 miles away. It takes about 2 hours of emergency march to get there, but the probability of their dispatch is relatively low.
But the most threatening place is Heyuan County, where there is a large group of Japs and a mixed brigade of puppet troops. Although the distance is more than 60 miles, the Japs have cars. If it is fast, a squadron of Japs can arrive in 2 hours. The surrounding strongholds All in all, the Japanese could gather thousands of reinforcements in 4 or 5 hours. "
"On our way back, if the exposed target cannot escape the pursuit of the Japs, we may encounter a pincer attack by the Japs who are safe 80 miles away."
Looking at Hu Minghua's brief map, Gao Jianwu bared his teeth.
Maps are so scarce in this era. Not even a large Heiyun Village has obtained a relatively detailed map of Jin. The directions, routes, distances, and terrain all rely on estimates and on-the-spot familiarity.
It is really difficult for the commander.
But Gao Jianwu will not stop fighting just because there is no map.
Staring at the simple "map", he tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table. After pondering for a long time, he raised his head and said, "Inform the captains and team vice-deputies to hold a meeting!"
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Late at night on the 2nd.
Standing on a mountain one kilometer away, Gao Jianwu used a telescope to carefully observe the Qingshan prisoner-of-war camp for a while. The entire prisoner-of-war camp was located on a flat dam in the mountain, but all the trees within 500 meters of the surrounding mountains had been cleared.
On the five high-point bunkers, the searchlights kept turning, detecting everything within 500 meters outside the prisoner-of-war camp wall. It was almost impossible for people to lead people to touch inside.
As for pretending to be Japanese soldiers and sneaking in, it was extremely difficult. Gao Jianwu observed that from the checkpoint 100 meters from the intersection to the gate of the prisoner of war camp, there were two sentries set up on the road less than 500 meters away. There were barbed wire fences blocking the road and interrogating people at all levels.
In other words, if you want to get in, you need to pass at least 3 levels.
Not to mention that he didn't prepare any clothes now, he just put on little devil's clothes. Without a set of internal passwords and troop handover and garrison procedures, Gao Jianwu wouldn't think that he could lead people in swaggering in just by listening to Oriental bird songs.
Once things change, they will become the targets of the Japanese's two Type 92 heavy machine guns and at least four crooked machine guns. No matter how many people they go to, they will be killed.
This defense of the little devil is basically unsolvable for the 8th Route guerrillas who lack heavy firepower.
The cruel reality of the situation leaves no room for reference in the same way as the magical drama operation in my impression.
"Old Liu, how long will it take for the artillery team to kill these little Japanese firepower points?" Gao Jianwu observed for a long time, then turned to ask Liu Shiqiang, the deputy of the artillery team next to him.
He didn't expect to be opportunistic in the first place, relying instead on his own firepower.
"At this distance, if we rely solely on the three 82mm mortars of our artillery team, we can probably get rid of one point in five minutes." Liu Shiqiang stretched out his finger, measured the distance between several fire points for a while under the light of the little devil's searchlight, and then licked Licking his lips he replied.
"But we need a large force to attract the Japs' machine gun and mortar counterattack fire. It is very difficult to hit the bunker with mortars. You need to gradually fine-tune the weak points of the bunker. If you keep firing a few rounds, move your position to avoid it. , if the accuracy cannot be improved, the attack will take longer.”
"I'm here to try to hold off the little devil's mortar counterattack fire! The light machine gun fire is not a big threat at this distance, and the heavy machine gun can't hit it. Find a reverse slope as a fixed position for the artillery position.
In this way, the enemy's machine gun firepower will not threaten your artillery position at all.
Just 5 minutes for one firepower point is still too long. It will take at least half an hour to destroy the little Japanese firepower point. Can it be faster? Gao Jianwu said.
"We must end the entire battle and retreat within 2 hours, otherwise we will be passive if we are held back by the reinforcements."
After listening to Gao Jianwu's request, Liu Shiqiang looked embarrassed: "Captain, we only have three 82mm mortars that can reach those bunkers 1 kilometer away.
Although this 60mm mortar can barely be reached, it is not powerful and is easy to miss at a distance, so it cannot be counted.
The machine gun firepower at the gate of the prisoner of war camp is easy to say. It can be destroyed in at most two rounds.
But for a bunker like the one surrounding the courtyard wall, I estimate that even an 82mm mortar wouldn't be able to blow it open without five or six rounds, and a 60mm mortar would be even more difficult. "
"Unless..." Liu Shiqiang hesitated.
"Unless what? Lao Liu, please stop hiding it. Let's do things on Route 8. We don't have to look forward and backward. If you have anything to say, everyone can speak freely."
"Unless the 60mm mortars of the infantry detachment are concentrated and launched six to seven hundred meters away from the prisoner of war camp bunker, a feint attack will be carried out. On the one hand, it will attract the enemy's firepower, and on the other hand, after approaching, the bunker will be attacked using a near direct fire method. It may be possible to attack the bunker faster. Take down these bunkers."
"But the approaching artillery squad will be directly exposed to the firepower of the Japs' machine guns, which is very dangerous!"
Although Liu Shiqiang was reformed through the grievance conference, he was mentally determined to fight the Japanese.
However, a lot of thinking is still stuck in the old army model, and there is still some hesitation in the heart about this kind of tactical arrangement that puts friendly troops in danger.
Gao Jianwu actually knew it well and already knew the answer.
But he wanted to know on the battlefield whether new comrades like Liu Shiqiang, who had just been transformed from the old army, had a sense of the overall situation and whether it was worth leaving their backs to him.
"Then let's fight like this, Lao Liu. I'll leave the gate of the prisoner of war camp, the two bunkers facing the east, and the middle bunker to you. I will lead the team to the west side to bombard the other two bunkers! At the same time, I will be responsible for knocking out the Japanese counterattack. Artillery fire." Gao Jianwu patted Liu Shiqiang on the shoulder before he could react.
Gao Jianwu turned around and ordered to Zhao Dalei.
"Dalei, give me the three artillery groups of your first team. Two teams will move to ambush 600 meters outside the gate of the prisoner of war camp, and the other team will move to the north to ambush.
Wait for the artillery team to blow up the firepower point, and immediately launch the main attack. After breaking open the turtle shell of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, immediately attack in an all-out manner to expand the results, clear out the small Japanese from house to house, and fight quickly. All the Japanese must be eliminated within two hours! "
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