Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 379 There are only two paths before us. If we take one wrong step, we may end up with nothin

Lin Zhenhua came forward to take a look and asked in surprise: "The Japanese set up three checkpoints here, which just blocked the road we have to take to attack Ping'an County. If we don't kill these three Japanese squads, we won't be able to attack Ping'an County. There are experts among the Japanese. These three checkpoints support each other and can get support from both sides at any time!"

"If we hadn't done any reconnaissance in advance, we would have suffered a huge setback here. Fortunately, Lao Li did some reconnaissance in advance, otherwise we might have been temporarily blocked here by the Japanese because we underestimated the enemy. Once the Japanese in the county town sent reinforcements, even if we could take down these three checkpoints, the price we paid would not be small!"

"The most annoying thing is that there are mountains and forests near these three checkpoints as cover. Even if we use fighter jets to attack them from the air, it probably won't have much effect! The only thing that can threaten them is our 160 and 180 heavy mortars. It's a pity to use their precious shells here."

"This time, we only brought more than 3000 shells. It's not that we didn't want to bring more, but we were really limited in transportation and couldn't carry more. Of course, this doesn't include anti-aircraft shells. We brought anti-aircraft shells, mainly because they consume too much in air defense battles. Even so, I still feel that we brought too little!"

"Old Li, do you have any good ideas on how to take down these three checkpoints of the Japanese? We can't use the building demolition artifact right from the start, right? That would be a bit of a waste of resources, not to mention that it would make too much noise, and it's very likely that the Japanese would discover it in advance, and then it would be difficult to continue this scene!"

Li Yunlong knew how much noise heavy mortars would make. The Japanese soldiers in Ping'an County could easily tell from the power of the explosion that Li Yunlong used heavy artillery. Ping'an County's walls would definitely not be able to resist. I'm afraid the Japanese soldiers in the county would probably flee in advance and set a fire in the county before leaving. In the end, Li Yunlong worked hard for a while but got nothing. Wouldn't that mean he had been freezing in vain?

Li Yunlong took out his treasured cigarettes, of which there were only two left. He took out one and put it to his nose to smell it. Under Zhao Gang's stern eyes, he handed the cigarette box to Zhao Gang and muttered in a low voice with dissatisfaction: "My injury has healed. It's okay to smoke one or two cigarettes. I'm controlled by you two every day. When will this end?"

Lin Zhenhua chuckled a few times on the side, being very happy to see Li Yunlong get humiliated. It was really that Li Yunlong only remembered the food and not the punishment. The doctor had told him not to smoke, but he smoked secretly and also drank a few sips of wine secretly. He had finally recovered almost all of his health, but now some problems appeared again. Fortunately, they were discovered in time, otherwise he would have had serious problems.

"Li Yunlong, you should behave yourself for a while. The doctor told you not to smoke or drink, but you actually stole the wine hidden by Ding Wei and Kong Jie and asked the monk to secretly buy cigarettes for you. If I hadn't found out, how long would you have continued doing this?"

"You are the leader of a main force group, but you play tricks on me every day in this regard. Don't you feel tired? But I do! If I find you smoking secretly again next time, I will give your monthly allowance to college students and will no longer pay it to you. Let's see how you can get money to smoke?" Zhao Gang scolded mercilessly.

Li Yunlong was originally a stubborn person, but he did not make excuses this time. If it had not been discovered in time, he, Li Yunlong, would have almost died from these two things. It was just that his long-standing habit made it difficult for him to change. He was really resentful and could not open his mouth to refute Zhao Gang's disappointment.

Li Yunlong quickly changed the subject and said, "It's not easy to take down these three checkpoints at once. I originally planned to send a battalion of troops to launch an attack in the dark and launch a night attack on the three checkpoints of the devils at the same time. But then I thought about it carefully. If I really do this, the devils in the county will get the news earlier. Even if they don't run away directly, I'm afraid they will close the city gates and use the people in the county as a threat. This is not what I want to see!"

"The damn Japs can use any insidious tricks. There are only two options before us. Either we take the initiative to bypass this place, travel an extra hour, and launch an attack from the east of the city. But this road is too difficult to travel. Our vehicles cannot pass through. Only three-wheeled motorcycles can pass. Even if we can reach Ping'an County on time, we can't pose a huge threat to the Japs in the county!"

"The second way is to use the word 'fast'. We can use our heavy mortars to force a gap and suppress the enemy's firepower. The tanks and armored vehicles will pass through as quickly as possible and reach the north gate of Ping'an County as quickly as possible. We will enter the county before the enemy reacts. But the time is too tight. Our armored forces must reach the north gate within 15 minutes to successfully break through the north gate before the enemy's support arrives! Once this time is exceeded, the enemy who reacts will most likely use the civilians as a shield to force us to retreat!"

Zhao Gang and Lin Zhenhua looked at the two paths planned by Li Yunlong, and they gave up the first one without hesitation. The main reason was that the first path was indeed very easy to implement, but it would cause the battle to fall into a stalemate. If they chose the second path, as long as they calculated the time in advance, the chances of success were still very high!

"Old Li, I think we can order the reconnaissance company to blow up the north gate while we bombard the three enemy checkpoints. This way, our armored forces can directly enter Ping'an County. Using the armored forces' speed and firepower advantages, we can divide, surround and eat the enemy in Ping'an County. This is the safest way to fight a battle."

"Our heavy mortars are indeed very powerful, but if the Japanese don't give us the opportunity to demolish the city walls and place a large number of civilians on the city gate towers, no one will dare to give the order to fire! This time we will not do it, but if we do it, we will do it as ruthlessly as possible. We will concentrate all the mortars and Type 92 infantry guns in our hands to carry out covering bombardment on the three checkpoints in the north of the city to open an attack channel for the armored forces." Lin Zhenhua pointed at the Japanese checkpoint and said in a fierce tone.

Zhao Gang did not object, but agreed and said: "It is not enough to use only two armored battalions. Let's send our self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery battalion as well. Add three motorized battalions, a total of six battalions of troops, and we will definitely be able to give the Japanese in the county a good beating!"

Li Yunlong looked at the battle plan that was gradually improved by the three people, and a smile appeared on his face. It was not that Li Yunlong had not thought of some problems, but the reason why he did not speak directly was to throw out some ideas and let Zhao Gang and Lin Zhenhua gain more experience. After all, with the rapid expansion of the army, Lin Zhenhua and Zhao Gang had to step up, otherwise Li Yunlong would not even feel at ease when they went out to fight.

"Old Zhao, college students, you have made a lot of progress these days. In addition to the three points you just mentioned, I would like to add one more point. That is to use the fighter squadron to carry out aerial fire strikes on the command center in the enemy city. As long as we can temporarily paralyze the enemy's command system, we will have won half the battle."

"The puppet army has little combat power. When faced with our fierce firepower, they can only flee in panic. The only real threat to us is the devils in the city. As long as we can end the battle within two hours, we can deploy enough air defense forces to deal with the threat of devil bombers. If the devils didn't have these three checkpoints, it would be very difficult for us to capture Ping'an County. But these three checkpoints directly share half of the devil's troops, which is definitely a good opportunity for us."

"According to our previous investigation, plus the intelligence sent back by Xu Zhongyi, the Heiteng Battalion stationed in Ping'an County has a total of four infantry squadrons and one artillery squadron. Two artillery infantry squadrons are deployed outside, one artillery squadron stays in the camp, and the remaining two squadrons are responsible for staying in the county. I still don't understand whether this bastard Heiteng has his head stuck in the door. He actually placed the artillery squadron in Anjiaji instead of in the county. Could it be because the Japanese special forces are stationed here?"

Lin Zhenhua sneered, "That damn Hei Teng is not stupid. He has left two artillery squads in Ping'an County, and there is only one artillery squad stationed in Anjiaji. The information provided by Xu Zhongyi is wrong. This is the information just passed back by the special operations platoon I sent out!"

Li Yunlong took the telegram from Lin Zhenhua and read the contents carefully. He suppressed his suspicion and said with some fear: "I have always felt that it is normal for intelligence to have errors and omissions. But every time when it comes to the critical moment, the intelligence provided by Xu Zhongyi has some problems. Could it be that he is really in cahoots with the devils?"

Zhao Gang didn't think so. After all, Xu Zhongyi showed no signs of defecting to the enemy. He stood up to argue for him, "Xu Zhongyi is just a restaurant owner. His intelligence team has also suffered several attacks from the Japanese. It is normal for intelligence to have errors and omissions. Besides, Xu Zhongyi is Li Yunlong's old comrade-in-arms. He can be said to have been tested for a long time. He should not do anything that would make his relatives sad and his enemies happy!"

Li Yunlong suppressed the matter and did not consider it for the time being, but he already had doubts in his heart and decided to investigate Xu Zhongyi. He had some doubts from the previous assassination of Zhu Ziming, but he had never raised them. This intelligence error made him more and more distrustful of Xu Zhongyi, his old comrade.

"Since we have already discussed it, let's set the time of attack at 7 a.m. Order all troops to immediately enter the designated combat positions, remove the shells from the guns, set up artillery positions, and wait for the order to attack!"