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    Yang Zhen did not put tactical coordination drills and infantry-artillery coordination training together, but conducted them separately.  In the first two days, the infantry conducted battalion-level tactical drills, while the artillery conducted live-fire training.  The third day was the real collaborative training of infantry and artillery.

    It is said that recruits are afraid of artillery and veterans are afraid of machine guns.  In order to train the troops, on the first day of live artillery firing, Yang Zhen specially built a trench under the hilltop that served as the artillery shooting range, and also built anti-cannon holes in it.  All trainees, including myself, were hidden in the trenches.  When the live ammunition firing began, all the cadres and soldiers experienced the feeling of various types of shells, and even a few running shells hitting their heads.

    37 rapid-fire artillery, 70mm mortar, 90mm mortar, 70mm infantry gun, 75mm mountain field gun.  When various shells fell on their heads, they were shocked. Except for those who were prisoners of war who had enjoyed such treatment by the Japanese army on the battlefield, the rest, both new and veterans, were severely shocked.  After the sound of the cannons fell, many people relied on the help of others to get out of the cannon-proof caves.

    The shock that Yang Zhen brought to them was not just the shells falling on their heads, but even more shocking things were yet to come.  In order to avoid the fear caused by machine guns, he led the troops to experience the fear of a cannonball exploding in his head that night.  During the night artillery training, a crawling training ground was set up on the ground using barbed wire brought from the Japanese warehouse.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  And on their heads were several heavy machine guns that were constantly spitting flames.  All the ammunition on these heavy machine guns is live ammunition.  In this training project, Yang Zhen personally went into battle and served as a machine gunner.

    These trainings can actually be described as cruel for those recruits who have only been in the army for a month and have even less time to handle guns.  But Guo Bingxun knew that Yang Zhen had no choice but to do this.  The time was too short and these new recruits did not receive adequate training.

    The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, even a little bit.  Once these recruits arrived on the battlefield, they were frightened by the dense hail of bullets and bullets from the Japanese army.  Being cruel to them now means they are more likely to survive on the battlefield.  At least these recruits won't think that their legs will always run faster than bullets and cannonballs, instead scurrying around like headless flies.

    When this training plan was originally formulated, almost everyone opposed it and thought it was a joke on the lives of soldiers.  The commander-in-chief, in particular, was firmly opposed.  In the first subject, those artillery pieces were brand new as well as the artillery used. Even if one of the artillery shells was deflected and fell into the trench, there would probably be a lot of casualties.

    The second subject is that as long as a soldier cannot bear the fright and stands up, he will be beaten into honeycomb by the dense rain of bullets.  In the view of the commander-in-chief, this kind of training is purely making fun of the lives of soldiers.  Even if you have to use this method, you can also use blank ammunition.  Without blank ammunition, this kind of training can be completely stopped and replaced by other methods.

    But with the support of Guo Bingxun, Yang Zhen still insisted on his opinion.  In his words, I would rather the soldiers die on the training ground than cause more casualties on the battlefield because of their appearance in a certain situation.

    An accident on the training ground can still be rectified. One person or several people may die.  But on the battlefield, one person's negligence can endanger dozens or even hundreds of people, and even lead to the failure of the entire battle.  There is no remedy.

    ¡° Guo Bingxun supported Yang Zhen¡¯s idea because he had participated in the Battle of Niangziguan and the Battle of Xuzhou, and he had a deep understanding of the power of the Japanese army¡¯s air-ground integration, with aircraft above and heavy artillery below.  He also knew the power and lethality of Japanese artillery fire.

    I have even seen with my own eyes that some troops were not defeated, but were blown up by the Japanese ground and air firepower.  In particular, some miscellaneous troops with poor equipment and insufficient training will suffer the greatest casualties under ground and air fire strikes.

    During the battle, most of the battle-hardened veterans can survive.  Most of the real losses were the new recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time.  Only after passing the necessary tests can they survive on the battlefield.  With Guo Bingxun's insistence, Yang Zhen's training plan was still implemented.

    In fact, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun were extremely dissatisfied with tactical training.  Not to mention battalion operations, even the most basic squad and platoon tactical coordination made the two of them feel very angry.  All battalion and regiment cadres, including the three regiment leaders, were criticized almost every time.

    When launching an attack, the skirmisher line is always too dense, especially the new recruits who always tend to crowd together.  When defending, the firepower configuration is not good.  When ambush tactics were adopted, discipline was extremely loose.  Fortunately for the veterans, the new recruits always make noises, and some even do it without asking.?Get up.

    In order to seize the last few days of training time, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun focused on the problems that emerged during tactical collaborative training and put in a huge amount of training.  In the past few days in Liangzihe, almost everyone could only rest for three to four hours a day.  The rest of the time it was training, training, training.  Even if you have little free time, you still need to learn various disciplines and regulations.  Because Yang Zhen knew that there was not much time left for him.

    The efficiency of the little devil is still extremely high.  On the fourth day when Yang Zhen led his troops to Liangzihe to carry out various tactical training, the Japanese troops who had arrived in the Jiamusi area and were preparing to clear up Tangyuan and Luobei had already begun operations.

    In fact, on the second day after Yang Zhen arrived at Liangzi River, with the sound of gunfire here, some unidentified people appeared one after another around the army, dressed as mountain harvesters, hunters, and even land reclamation people.

    For the strangers who appeared around them, the first reconnaissance battalion, which was strictly ordered by Yang Zhen to be on guard, arrested them all without any courtesy.  After interrogation, it was found that except for two of these people who were local hunters who wanted to take advantage of the beginning of spring to go to the mountains to get some furs in exchange for money to survive the spring famine, the rest were all Japanese spies in disguise.

    "There is no mercy for these Japanese and puppet agents, especially the puppet Manchukuo agent Yang Zhen.  Once verified, they will be shot on the spot.  The entire Liangzihe area was made airtight by Yang Zhen. Of the dozens of spies sent by the Japanese and puppet troops in this direction, almost none of them could return to report the news.

    Yang Zhen doesn¡¯t care whether the Liangzihe training ground will be exposed.  What he cares about is that the internal information of the army must not be exposed.  In particular, weapons, equipment, number of people, etc. must not be leaked for the time being.  Once these things are leaked, it will be easy for the Japanese army to turn their attention to the secret warehouses on the front line of Qunce Mountain.

    Sure enough, after receiving the news that the Japanese and puppet agents sent to the Liangzi River area were missing, Sasaki had a premonition that this opponent might be hiding in the Yuhara Liangzi River area, one of the old bases of the Anti-Japanese Third Route Army.  When news came that the agents sent there had not returned, Sasaki was certain that his opponent must be hiding in the Liangzi River area.

    The reason why Sasaki was so sure was not only that a large number of agents disappeared there, but also because it was the base of the former Anti-Japanese Alliance.  For these anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements, it was considered a stable area.  After confirming the news, Sasaki mobilized all the troops that Ueda Kenkichi had mobilized for him without any hesitation, and divided the troops into three groups to attack the Liangzi River area.

    Along the way, the 24th Infantry Regiment of the 12th Division is the backbone, equipped with a mountain artillery and mortar squadron, as well as the Puppet Manchukuo Tangyuan County Forest Police Brigade and an infantry regiment of the Puppet Manchukuo Army.  Under the unified command of Colonel Takeda Hisashi, the captain of the 24th Regiment, they attacked along the Taiping River and headed towards the Liangzi River area.

    Along the way, the two brigades of the 43rd Regiment of the 11th Division, which had just completed the clearing of Yilan territory, were used as the backbone. They were equipped with a mortar squadron, the Yilan Forest Police Brigade, and an infantry regiment of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, consisting of the 4th  The commander of the 13th Regiment, Colonel Takao Murata, is under unified command.  Starting from Yilan's current station, we will proceed in a circuitous way to the Liangzi River area along the Tangwang, Xianglan and Haoliang rivers.

    At the same time, the two brigades of the Eighth Division are used as the backbone, attached to the Luobei County Forest Police Brigade and the two battalions of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, commanded by Colonel Kawada Takeshi, the captain of the 17th Regiment.  The border area between Tangyuan and Luobei was strictly sealed to prevent the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements from flowing into Luobei.  At the same time, the unit attacked and advanced from Heli to the southwest with a large force.  And he personally sat on the front line of Taipingchuan and commanded the overall situation.

    Although the Japanese army was divided into three groups, under the surveillance of the surveillance network mainly composed of spy battalions deployed by Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen had already discovered their actions.  Although he still couldn't figure out the specific route of action of the Japanese army, Yang Zhen knew that the ultimate target of these Japanese and puppet troops would be the Liangzihe area.

    Although the three routes of Japanese troops were all equipped with Puppet Manchukuo military police, judging from the reports sent back by the reconnaissance battalion, these Puppet Manchukuo military police were more likely to be responsible for logistical supply and blockade tasks, rather than directly participating in the cleanup.  Yang Zhen was hesitant about which route to fight first.

    Among the three Japanese armies, the Japanese army in the middle route is the most powerful. Not counting the Puppet Manchukuo troops assigned to fight, the Japanese army alone has an infantry regiment.  The relatively weak Japanese army on the North Route had two infantry brigades, but only one was dispatched.  But it can be supported by another Japanese infantry brigade stationed in Heli at any time.

    Although the troops he currently has on hand have an absolute advantage against the Japanese troops alone, this advantage in troops is offset by the difference in combat effectiveness.  Yang Zhen knew this very well.

    Yang Zhen knew in his heart that after suffering a big loss from the Fourth Division, Sasaki would not mobilize the troops of the Fourth Division to participate in the clearing under any circumstances.  Even though the Fourth Division is stationed in the Jiamusi area, in order to succeed in the suppression, it will no longer lose troops and generals like the last time, but there is no way.When we return, we will definitely mobilize the elite Japanese troops.

    "At this time, our troops have not even completed the most basic training, and their combat effectiveness is at an absolute disadvantage compared with field divisions such as the Japanese army.  If when we attacked from Lao Heidingzi's secret camp, the combat effectiveness of our troops could be one to three with the Japanese army, then now it has fallen to one to ten and it is unstoppable.

    Yang Zhen knew that if he wanted to reopen the situation in the Xiajiang area, this battle must be fought.  But how to fight gave Yang Zhen a headache.  You know, this is not a large group of Japanese troops. The three Japanese troops together are more than a brigade.

    Looking at Yang Zhen who was meditating on the map, Guo Bingxun also frowned.  Not counting the attached puppet Manchukuo army, what does the nearly 10,000 Japanese troops mean by just seven infantry brigades?  Even if an army faced the Central Army, the most elite of the national army, on the main battlefield inside the pass, it would not necessarily lose.  When faced with the poorly equipped Sichuan Army where he was born, if the tactics are used properly, it is even possible to defeat an army.

    ¡°And Guo Bingxun can be sure that when the Japanese army goes to war, they will definitely send aircraft to support them.  Not far away, the Japanese army had an airport in Jiamusi.  It is also very easy to transfer planes from Mudanjiang.

    Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun were silent for a long time before Guo Bingxun proposed: "Commander, I think we should attack the enemies on the north route first. The enemies on the north route only have one Japanese brigade, and their strength is relatively weak. If we concentrate our superior troops and firepower, we can defeat them first.  With the Japanese troops on this road, the whole war situation suddenly became clear. At least we can avoid the dilemma of being attacked on three sides."

    Regarding Guo Bingxun's suggestion, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Let's attack the enemies on the north route first, and then the Japanese army on the middle route will do our best to rescue them. The Japanese army on the middle route has the strength of a regiment, how many troops should we send to block it? A regiment of troops? Then we still have to  How many troops are there to deal with the enemies on the north route? And the enemies on the south route, will we send blocking troops?"

    Having said this, Yang Zhen took a red and blue pencil and roughly marked the marching routes of the two Japanese armies on the map. He pointed at the map and said: "Lao Guo, the enemy on the north road is a real reorganized brigade of the Japanese army. According to our  With the current combat power, even if one regiment is concentrated, it will not be able to cleanly and completely eliminate a Japanese brigade in a short period of time."

    "The reason why Sasaki Daichi dared to place only one infantry brigade on the North Road is because he probably saw that the Japanese army on the North Road and the Japanese Army on the Middle Road, no matter how the marching route was planned, would not be too far apart. Once the Japanese army on the North Road was ambushed,  As long as we resist for more than three hours, the Japanese troops in the middle can quickly encircle us to the north. Coupled with a Japanese brigade in Heli, Sasaki can encircle us in a short time."

    "Within such a short distance, it is difficult for one of our regiments to hold off a Japanese regiment for more than three hours. Maybe the Japanese brigade on the North Road that attacked alone was Sasaki's deliberate bait for us.  , led us to take the bait. Because he knew very well that such a large military operation could not be completely kept secret. It is not difficult for us to find out how many troops the three-way Japanese army has. "

    After saying that, Yang Zhen turned his attention to the two brigades of the Japanese army on the South Road that set out from Yilan County, and kept sliding his fingers on the map.  After pondering for a long time, he said to Guo Bingxun: "Old Guo, I think if we want to fight, we should fight the Japanese army on the southern route."

    "Lao Guo, you see, most of the marching routes of the Japanese army on the south road are mountainous, and they are far away from the Japanese army on the middle road. Although there are more troops, due to the limitations of the terrain, it is difficult to fully deploy the troops. The mountainous area here is not Acheng.  of mountains.¡±

    "This road is all in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, with dense primeval forests and almost no roads. The Japanese troops on this road will inevitably move slowly, and the distance from the Japanese troops on the middle road will become wider and wider. As long as we concentrate most of our troops and use the terrain to maneuver and set up ambushes,  Defeat this group of Japanese troops first, and then we can seize the initiative."

    "In this way, we only use a reconnaissance battalion to monitor the Japanese troops on the north route. At the same time, we mobilize the second regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness and use the terrain to adopt tactics of fighting against the Japanese troops on the middle route starting from the Taiping River line. Stop them at the stone field.  Just go as far as Yuntoulizi."

    "Because if the Japanese troops on the middle route go south to rescue the Japanese troops on the south route, they will inevitably take the Shichanggou to Yuntou Lizi line. Unless they return to Jiamusi and transfer to Tangyuan County. Otherwise, this is a mountainous area with high mountains and dense forests. Even if the Japanese army has a regiment  It¡¯s also difficult to deploy our military strength. We just need to use the terrain to fight back step by step, and we don¡¯t have to fight to the death.¡±

    "And we set up a battlefield north of Tangwang River and south of Yuntou Lizi, and set up an ambush circle for the Japanese troops on the South Road. We used all the artillery fire and the absolute superiority of one main regiment and two battalions to attack the South Road as quickly as possible.  The Japanese army was defeated.¡±

    "After defeating the Japanese army on the South Road, we did not have to rush northward, but carried out large-scale blasting on the Suijia Railway. This caused the Japanese army to try to march southwest and join up with the Anti-Alliance Third Route Army.The illusion of ?.  Once the main force of the Japanese army on the middle route is attracted by us and moves south, we will immediately and quickly move north to try to defeat the Japanese army on the north route.  "

    As Yang Zhen spoke, Guo Bingxun quickly marked Yang Zhen¡¯s combat intentions on the map.  After completing the homework on the map, Guo Bingxun looked at Yang Zhen's combat ideas, was silent for a long time and said: "The key to this battle is not how to attack the Japanese army on the southern route, but to block reinforcements."

    "As long as we can hold back the main force of the Japanese army in the middle, use the preset ambush positions based on the troops and firepower we have on hand, and add in the suddenness of the tactics, even if we cannot completely annihilate this Japanese army, we can at least defeat it.  As long as this Japanese army is defeated, the attention of the main force of the Japanese army in the middle will be attracted to the southern front, and then the entire chess game for us will be alive."

    "However, this resistance requires a capable manpower. Even if the Japanese army feels that we are desperately covering something, it cannot cause greater casualties to the troops. Even if it is to delay the Japanese army, before the start of the South Road, it cannot  Make them feel something.¡±

    "If possible, try to attract their targets as far north as possible. For example, use a small group of troops to carry out harassing attacks on the Japanese troops on the northern route. It is best to let them regard our harassing troops as our main force and cause them problems when we try to  The illusion of encircling and annihilating the Japanese troops on the North Road. As long as we can grasp the time difference, I think it won¡¯t be a difficult task. This will better ensure the smooth completion of our battle on the Southern Front.¡±

    "Commander, I think I will take command of this blocking force. Don't use Liu Changshun's second regiment. I will take the first regiment. I will lead a battalion and a company of the reconnaissance battalion and the regiment's artillery company to attack the Japanese troops on the North Road.  Harassment. I can still do things like bluffing."

    "Wang Guangyu led two battalions and deployed the mortar company of the second regiment to block the Japanese army in the middle. Although Wang Guangyu has little combat experience in the large corps, he has rich experience in guerrilla warfare. When necessary, he can deploy some old cadres to lead  Their noses wander through the mountains and forests.¡±

    "The only worry is that once the Japanese army discovers that it is being blocked, will they divide their forces to encircle the blocking force or the false main force on the north road? The Japanese army's strength in the middle is too strong. The strength of a regiment can be divided in any way."

    Regarding Guo Bingxun¡¯s adjustment of the combat plan, Yang Zhen gave a thumbs up and said: "You should consider it comprehensively, make false claims, and attack from multiple directions, so that the Japanese army cannot understand our true intentions. Let¡¯s follow your ideas."

    "The blocking force should not be afraid of the Japanese army dividing its forces. Once the Japanese army divides its forces, it will create a more powerful fighter for us. We have enough radio stations on hand, and the communication methods are convenient and fast. If the main force of the Japanese army divides its forces, after completing the attack on the Japanese army on the South Road,  I command the main force to advance north quickly. I will try to eat up part of the Japanese army and completely break their suppression plan."
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