Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 487 The advantage is not mine!
"Commander, Political Commissar, the enemy's main force is approaching our base from three directions."

"The enemy's main forces in the direction of Datong and Anhua County each number about 3."

"In the direction of Heyuan County, the enemy has a total force of no less than 7, equipped with tanks and heavy artillery."

Pingan County.

At the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, Zhang Dabiao reported the movements of the Japanese army to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, and everyone's expressions were somewhat solemn.

Boss Lin provided some information about the numbers of the Japanese troops attacking northwestern Shanxi, but did not obtain the Japanese army's battle plan.

The Eighth Route Army could have obtained this information on numbers by spending more time, but Boss Lin's information was very timely.

This time, the lack of the Japanese army's battle plan was a huge challenge for Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment.

"Old Li." Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong, "It seems that the main attack direction of the Japanese is towards Heyuan County and Jiangjunling!"

Li Yunlong nodded, stared at the map with narrowed eyes and said.

"This time the enemy has more troops than us and their firepower is not weaker. I'm afraid winning this battle will not be as easy as before."

"Captain," Zhang Dabiao asked, "how do you want to fight this battle?"

Li Yunlong stared at the map with a thoughtful look. Without the Japanese army's battle plan, the New 1st Regiment had not formulated a battle plan or emergency plan before.

However, after the Japanese's tactical intentions came out, Li Yunlong began to formulate a battle plan.

"Da Biao, what do you think?"

After Li Yunlong said a few sweet words, he lit a cigarette and it seemed that he had already made up his mind.

Zhang Dabiao knew that Li Yunlong was testing him, so he pointed to the map and said, "Commander, in my opinion, we should stick to the previous tactics. We should send troops from the other two directions to block the enemy, and concentrate our main force to eat up one of the enemy lines, break their point, and then shake their entire line."

Zhao Gang nodded and added, "The troops we move to the periphery can simultaneously attack Datong and wait for an opportunity to blow up the enemy's combat supplies in Datong."

This tactic was used when the Northwest Shanxi base broke the enemy's siege last time.

The New 1st Regiment wiped out the Japanese Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade and the 4th Brigade at Jiangjunling.

Chu Yunfei and the mountain artillery company of the New 3000st Regiment took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Datong and blew up tons of combat supplies stored by the Japanese in Datong.

This made the Japanese siege plan fail.

"This is also a good tactic." Li Yunlong nodded, his eyes full of strategy, "But we have used this tactic once. The Japanese are not stupid and must have been prepared."

"We don't know the strength and defense of the Japanese in Datong. If they set up an ambush around Datong, our troops attacking Datong will inevitably be surrounded."

Zhang Dabiao and Zhao Gang looked thoughtful. It was indeed risky to let the troops on the periphery attack Datong.

Zhao Gang looked at the map and said, "In a positional battle, we have a chance to hold the three defensive positions, but we also have a chance of not being able to hold them. What if the Japanese break into our base..."

"This time, let's let the Japs in and fight them!"

A sneer appeared on Li Yunlong's lips.

"Let the devils in to fight?"

Zhao Gang was shocked: "What about the ammunition, spare weapons, food in our warehouses, and the newly built steel mill and cement plant?"

After the two Japanese flying regiments were severely damaged, the new regiment's steel plant and cement plant were completed and put into production without the harassment from the Japanese planes.

"And the airport!" Zhang Dabiao worriedly said, "If the Daguzhen airport is lost, the Japanese transport planes will be able to land there continuously, bringing in large numbers of soldiers and combat supplies." "Our main problem is that we are short of troops!" Li Yunlong pointed at the map and said, "In addition to the troops scattered around the periphery and those stationed at Shaohukou, Jiangjunling, and Majiapo, we have to send another troop to guard against Yan Laoxi stabbing us in the back."

"But we don't have to let the devils in right from the start."

"We can use the tunnel fortifications at Jiangjunling and the fortifications from Jiangjunling to Ping'an County to fight a positional battle with the Japanese."

"The enemy's main force had to pay a heavy price for every step forward."

"Finally, we'll have a decisive battle with the Japs in Ping'an County!"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up. "You mean, we're going to set up a counter-encirclement of the Japanese in Ping'an County?"

"That's a good tactic!" Zhao Gang also realized. "Now that there's a tunnel leading out of the county, we can feign resistance and let the Japanese invade Ping'an County. Then our main force will surround the Japanese main force inside the county, and just like we did with Heyuan County last time, we can flatten Ping'an County."

"That's right!" Li Yunlong's mouth curled up, and he nodded and continued, "The warehouse can be hidden. If that doesn't work, we can blow up the warehouse entrance. As for the steel mill and cement plant, I guess the Japanese won't be willing to blow them up, so we can just take them back when the time comes."

"Also, we can't give up attacking Datong. We need to gather a part of our main force and attack from the direction of Shaohukou. After defeating the enemy attacking Shaohukou, we will head straight to Datong and attack Datong together with the outer troops!"

Zhao Gang's eyes lit up, with a look of admiration on his face: "The fire in the backyard will surely make the Japanese panic!"

"But in this case, we need to quickly evacuate the people, and also move large trucks and other vehicles."

"Old Zhao, I'll leave the evacuation and logistics work to you." Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang, "We can use the motorcade to transport the people to Pianguan County, and the large trucks can also be stationed there."

"Okay." Zhao Gang nodded, "But there's one thing. You can't sneak onto the front lines while I'm away."

Zhao Gang then said to Zhang Dabiao, "Chief of Staff Zhang, please keep an eye on the regimental commander. If he dares to go to the battlefield, you must hold him down!"

Zhang Dabiao: “…Yes.”

Li Yunlong said unhappily, "Da Biao, come with me and lead the main force of the New 1st Regiment to meet the Japanese at Jiangjunling."

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao's eyes were sharp. "Captain, who should we send to deal with Yan Laoxi, the commanders of Shahukou, and Majiapo?"

Li Yunlong said: "Let Chu Yunfei deal with Yan Laoxi. I will also assign him a mountain artillery battalion, an infantry battalion and a tank company!"

If Yan Laoxi really stabs someone in the back and sabotages the war of resistance, then let Chu Yunfei kill his own relative for the sake of justice.

Of course, the most they could do was teach Yan Laoxi a lesson and ask him to hand over the technical workers and engineers in the arsenal. After all, Yan Laoxi was still the nominal commander of the Second War Zone. As long as Yan Laoxi did not openly surrender to the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army would not kill him.

In addition, a mountain artillery battalion, an infantry battalion and a tank company were transferred to him to prevent Chu Yunfei from playing tricks.

Li Yunlong continued, "Kong Jie's independent regiment should be enough to defend Majiapo!"

"Let Ding Wei lead the new 1rd Regiment to defend Tiger's Pass, and give him three infantry battalions, a 105mm howitzer battalion, and a tank battalion!"

The Ding Wei and Kong Jie regiments both consist of 3 troops, each with three artillery battalions and a tank company.

Li Yunlong transferred about 10,000 troops to Ding Wei, and Ding Wei now had 25,000 troops. Coupled with first-class equipment and Ding Wei's tactical command ability, he should be able to defeat the Japanese army attacking Shaohukou and head towards Datong.

Zhang Dabiao said, "Then our main force in Ping'an County only has about 30,000 people. The Japanese and puppet troops attacking from the direction of Heyuan County are at least 70,000!"

The New 3st Regiment had only about troops in northwest Shanxi. After Chu Yunfei and Ding Wei had a combined force of more than , there were only less than left.

3 vs. 7, the advantage is not in my hands.

(End of this chapter)