Five hours later, when the independent mixed second brigade was still bumpy on the road, even Li Yunlong, who was the furthest away, rushed to the mountains 5 miles south of Gangnan, sweating profusely.
At this moment, Gao Jian's military department rushed to 3 miles northwest of Gangnan, Xing Zhiguo's troops rushed to 3 miles southeast of Gangnan, and Shenquan's troops arrived 3 miles northeast of Gangnan.
Thousands of people were hiding quietly in the woods in the mountains.
Silently eating dry food to regain strength.
A large encirclement about 10 miles long and 6 miles wide was quietly formed.
At this time, the Second Independent Mixed Brigade was still marching at a speed of 10 miles per hour with more than 150 trucks as the lead.
As usual, there are a few large left-hand three-wheelers in the front, followed by three engineering vehicles following the reconnaissance side three-wheelers, responsible for repairing bridges and roads or detecting mines.
Behind the large group of trucks were marching groups of fully armed little Japanese infantry.
Eating the dust kicked up by the truck, the little devils lined up in four columns, forming a marching column according to the size of the squadron. Although traveling 80 miles a day is nothing, at that speed, the little devils can ensure that they can switch from marching at any time. War status!
This is not simple.
Watching the troops arrive at Gangnan without any hindrance, Watanabe Heiji breathed a sigh of relief.
In the past few days, the news of the destruction of railways and highways in Shanxi has been passed to the level of their division commanders and brigade commanders. The superiors asked that when marching, they must be careful of being attacked by the Eighth Route Army or laying landmines.
So even though he was sitting in the car, Watanabe Heiji was still very tired. The comfort level of trucks in this period was comparable to that of tractors in Gao Jianwu's era. Frankly speaking, after sitting on it for a day, most people would feel a little stiff all over.
Watanabe Heiji was no longer a young man. He declined the night banquet organized by Gangnan brats and squire. Instead, he took food and ate in his field tent before preparing to rest.
In such a strange place, Watanabe Heiji would never believe that the accommodation provided by these local brats was safe.
Even if he made it safely along the way, when entering the guerrilla zone on the Eighth Route, no one dares to say that it will be safe anywhere.
For Watanabe Heiji, it is safest to live in the middle of the military camp of his own brigade.
As soon as the army stopped, they naturally set up camp according to the marching rules and sent out sentries. The second brigade was independently formed into a field brigade. In addition to sending out mobile sentries for more than a mile to patrol, near the camp, two squadrons were fully armed and guarded the front and rear ends of the camp. alert.
According to this configuration, even if a group of ordinary Eighth Route Army attacks, it is unlikely to break through this warning in a short time. With this reaction time, the Little Japs have already reacted. It can be said that these are the basic operations of the Little Japs field troops.
Compared to Watanabe Heiji, the ordinary soldiers who formed the independent second brigade were even more exhausted after walking for a day. After they set up camp, they randomly dug some food from the big pot of rice to fill their stomachs, and then they all lay down neatly in the tents they set up!
During the march, each detachment had a tent. More than 300 tents were spread out for more than 2 miles along the village road. With the addition of large trucks one after another, the entire independent mixed second brigade camp was spread out for more than 3 miles. A snoring sound soon came from the camp.
None of them expected that not far from them, four attack groups were already quietly moving and getting ready! All of them came within 3 miles of the independent mixed second brigade camp and surrounded them!
"Boy Gao, the first battle group is in position. From now on, the artillery will be under your command." Li Yunlong couldn't suppress his excitement on the walkie-talkie, "The labor and management are going to go on a killing spree tonight!"
"Commander, pay attention to discipline. The official and the headquarters have given orders repeatedly. Commander, if you take the lead in disobeying them, you will not have the chance to lead troops into battle next time." Gao Jianwu reminded Li Yunlong, who was a little superior.
"I know, I know, you kid is still in charge of me." Li Yunlong shouted impatiently, but he didn't dare to be too arrogant. Now Gao Jianwu can't be offended. If he didn't play with him that day, what would happen to him that day? It’s really hard.
Apart from Gao Jianwu, who in the Eighth Route Army has such courage and opportunity to travel hundreds of miles a day to do something like this for most of the brigade?
I don’t know how Gao Jianwu’s intelligence system works. It’s damn accurate. The little devil seems to be following Gao Jianwu’s orders, arriving at the time he says!
During the day, when Watanabe Heiji and others came, Gao Jianwu and others were distributed at several high points in the distance. Everyone saw the little devils coming from the north and south like a long dragon, and they stopped one by one at Gangnan!
With such accurate information, Li Yunlong couldn't find anything to complain about, so he could only hammer the ground with excitement!
Three entire brigades of little Japs set up camp in the south of the gangway, which made several elders observing from high points on the surrounding mountains very excited at that time.
"Commander, how are you going to fight? The second battle group completely obeys your command!" Xing Zhiguo licked his lips.
"Who else is there to direct this battle? When the artillery bombardment is over, it's all about the fucking attack. No assists. It's all about the main attack!" Li Yunlong opened his mouth and shouted directly.
Gao Jianwu smiled bitterly, this is very Li Yunlong!
Although it sounds unreliable, how many times has Li Yunlong suffered losses in battles?
This unreasonable style of play is really effective against teams like the Independent Group and Dagushan.
Of course, a major disadvantage of this method of warfare is that the commander must take the lead and follow up in order to adapt to changes.
"The commander is right. There is no main attack in this battle. After the artillery bombardment, all units attack in units of battalions and companies! Remember, I want to emphasize to the following that the battalion and company organization and firepower configuration must be maintained! The little Japanese counterattack is very fast. If If we don’t keep up with the firepower, we will suffer a loss.”
Gao Jian's military general Li Yunlong made a supplement to his tactics.
Now that the machine guns are deployed to the squad, if the company-level organization is kept sound, this firepower will not be bad at all when faced with a squadron-level counterattack organized by panicked little devils.
"Young boy Gao is right, we must not only win this battle, but also have a great victory! Zhang Dabiao, you are so stupid to tell the battalion commander that if this battle disrupts the team, labor and management will shoot them!" "Li Yunlong has a fiery temper, and he will explain immediately.
"The artillery is based on the preset position. We first bombard the Japs camp with three rounds of artillery. As soon as the artillery moves, each commando team begins to charge. The battalion and company chief must follow the walkie-talkie correspondent to accept command and report the situation at any time! This We have superior firepower, superior communications, and superior numbers. We must not waste the battle and lose contact."
It was the first time that walkie-talkies were used for large-scale communication. Gao Jianwu knew that his bosses would be very uncomfortable with it, but after the introduction of walkie-talkies, there was really no time for everyone to adapt, so he had to improve while fighting.
Relying on the command of the walkie-talkies, the artillery teams of the four attack groups now set up formations and set up positions 3 miles away.
With Gao Jianwu on the map, the attack artillery team of each battle group has prepared a parameter table for bombarding Zhuyuan. Each team happens to be responsible for an area. They are preparing to bombard Zhuyuan after dark according to Gao Jianwu's calculations, and use all their strength to give the little devils a fight. The splendid fireworks show allows the little devils to enjoy a meteor shower from the sky.
After the hard food was arranged for the little devil, the assault group attacked all the way in units of battalions and companies, regardless of the main attack and assists.
The entire tactic is so simple and crude, except for relying on walkie-talkies to communicate the progress of each unit.
All that's left is to let the battalion and company below perform freely!
Gao Jianwu suddenly felt unsure about how this battle would turn out.
