Chapter 445: Battle Plan to March into Pingjin

Sure enough, just as Liu Hua finished speaking, ***'s reply call was already in the hands of the Chief of Staff. Chief of Staff Li Qing, holding the telegram, rushed into the war room with excitement on his face... "Commander, Political Commissar.

, the Military Commission called back. It was a telegram jointly sent by Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou and the Commander-in-Chief..."

"Haha, political commissar, Cao ***, Cao *** will be here soon. The call back from the central government has arrived. I think, if nothing else, the central government must have agreed to the battle plan we reported..." Looking at the excited staff officer in front of him

Mr. Li Qing, Liu Hua said with a smile to the political commissar beside him.

"Report to the commander and political commissar that the Central Committee has agreed to the combat plan reported by our *** Division... and requires our *** Division to continue its efforts, create miracles once again, and make new contributions to the great cause of the revolution... At the same time,

"Reply us, all the Eighth Route Army units in North China will definitely cooperate with the *** division to launch a large-scale counterattack against all Japanese and puppet army strongholds in North China to disrupt the Japanese army's sight..." the chief of staff reported...

"Okay, great. With the support of the central government, I believe that our counter-encirclement and suppression campaign will definitely achieve final victory... Chief of Staff, please immediately notify the commanders of the three military divisions and the commanders of the brigade and above.

"Two days later, in the conference room of the headquarters, a counter-encirclement and suppression mission assignment meeting and a pre-war mobilization meeting will be held... All commanders who meet the requirements must be present..." Liu Hua ordered excitedly, with a look of confidence on his face.

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"Yes, Commander, I will inform you right away..." The chief of staff turned and left the war room.

Just the day before the combat meeting was held, Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special operations brigade who was on a mission outside, completed the mission and returned to the headquarters successfully after more than a month of running around amid everyone's expectations: "

Report to the commander and political commissar. The special operations brigade has successfully completed its mission and has returned to the team. Please give instructions from the leader..."

"Haha, Xiao Liu, I have been looking forward to your early return these days. I really didn't expect that Cao *** Cao *** will be here... How about this mission? The mission was completed smoothly, right?" Look.

Looking at Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special operations brigade, who was standing at the door of the war room, Zhang Hua, who was worried about making a plan to march into Pingjin, quickly said with a smile...

"Commander, political commissar, the mission has been completed very smoothly. Now our special operations brigade has figured out the number of troops stationed in each county stronghold in the Pingjin area... In addition, in order to keep the information we get the most timely, I have

I made the decision to temporarily leave the first and second squadrons of the Special Operations Group in the Pingjin area and ask the commander and political commissar to punish them..." Walking into the war room, Bruce Lee quickly introduced briefly.

It turns out that the reason why no special operations brigade participated in the last battle that wiped out the two main divisions of the Japanese army was because they had a new secret mission. That was to secretly lurk in the Pingjin area and investigate all the Japanese troops in the Pingjin area.

The situation of the puppet army laid a foreshadowing for the troops to move northward or even send troops to the northeast in the future. However, what I didn't expect was that this foreshadowing laid in advance could actually play a very big role in the battle to march into Pingjin.

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After listening to Liu Xiaogang's answer, he didn't expect that there were actually two squadrons with 500 special forces members secretly lurking in the Pingjin area. Liu Hua's confidence in marching into the Pingjin area became even more abundant. Thinking of this, Liu Hua's face was filled with anger.

Excited: "Xiao Liu, what you did is not only not wrong, but also meritorious... Come here, let me first introduce to you an important situation our *** division is encountering now and the next goal. You will know why I

There is no wrong reason to say you have merit..."

Just when Liu Xiaogang came to the two of them with a trace of doubt in his eyes, Commander Liu Hua began to circle around a huge military map in front of him. The general base was about to be attacked by four main divisions of the Japanese army, a force of 150,000.

I gave a brief introduction to the heavy encirclement and suppression, as well as the *** division's response plan and the plan to send troops to the Northeast...

After hearing this, Liu Xiaogang, who has been performing special operations for a long time and has certain combat experience, immediately understood the huge role that the two special operations squadrons he left behind might play in the future. Thinking of this, Liu Xiaogang quickly replied:

"Commander, I understand. When our main force marches into Pingjin, these special operations brigades can carry out special attacks on various Japanese military garrisons and county towns. By then, there will definitely be many unexpected results..."

"Yes, that's it. Xiao Liu, please tell me first about the various forces deployed by the enemy in the Pingjin area. Now the political commissar and I are formulating this march plan. Your special operations brigade is also in the Pingjin area.

After more than a month of activity, what do you think is the best route for us to attack the Pingjin area?" Zhang Hua nodded and smiled happily at Liu Xiaogang, who was becoming more and more mature in special operations command.

said.

"Commander, you really asked this question to the right person. In this month, nearly a thousand members of our special operations brigade have almost completely touched every plant and tree in Pingjin.

, especially the situation of Japanese and puppet troops stationed in various places, ranging from big cities like Peking and Tianjin to small strongholds along highways and railways, we have a clear picture of them. Commander, if our battle

The target is mainly aimed at the hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials stored by the Japanese army in the Tianjin area. I think it is best for us to bypass Peiping and march directly to Tianjin from the highway... Starting from Baoding, we will pass through Qingyuan, Rongcheng, and Ezhou along the way.

County seat, and then you can directly reach the Tianjin area... Except for a regiment of Japs stationed in Qingyuan County, the Japanese troops along this route only stationed a brigade of Japs and one or two thousand puppet troops in the remaining county towns.

Army troops..." Liu Xiaogang used a pencil to draw an marching route on the map that was soon in front of him...

"Captain Liu, I really didn't expect that your ideas coincided with the commander's. Haha, it was indeed brought up by the commander. Many strategic ideas are the same. After listening to your explanation, I agree

Your combat ideas. However, if you take a train between Tianjin and Peiping, it only takes less than three hours to reach... Captain Liu, how many garrison troops are stationed by the Japanese army in Tianjin and Peiping areas?

It is crucial to our entire campaign..." Looking at the march route in front of him, political commissar Luo Ronghua nodded with a smile, and then continued to ask...

"Political Commissar, because Peiping is the headquarters of the Japanese garrison in North China, a whole regiment of Japanese troops is stationed. In addition, there is a puppet military division with more than 10,000 puppet troops to assist in the defense... However, Tianjin has very few troops.

Because Tianjin has stockpiled hundreds of thousands of tons of various strategic materials, the little devils are not worried about those puppet troops. Therefore, they only deployed one brigade of the army. However, because Tianjin is close to the sea, there is also about a squadron of the navy.

Marines and a squadron of naval forces..." Liu Xiaogang explained over and over again while marking the data in his mind on the map in front of him in detail...

"Pa..." Just as Liu Xiaogang finished speaking, Liu Hua, as the commander, couldn't help but feel excited in his heart. He couldn't help but slapped the table in front of him and said excitedly: "Okay, special warfare."

The brigade is good...Xiao Liu, mark on the map all the enemy situations investigated by your special operations brigade, including every small stronghold of the Japanese army...Also, later, I, the political commissar, the staff officer

When the commander formulates the combat plan, you must also participate and we will discuss it together. The entire plan to march into Pingjin must be discussed before the combat meeting is held tomorrow..."

"Yes, Commander, I promise to complete the mission..." After saying that, Liu Xiaogang picked up the pencil again and marked all the Japanese and puppet military strongholds along the highway without missing a beat... In less than an hour, from

All the Japanese and puppet army strongholds along the route from Baoding to Tianjin and from Tianjin to Peiping clearly appeared on the military map.

At this moment, Chief of Staff Li Qing, who had received the order, came to the war room out of breath. The four people began to formulate specific marching plans around the military map in front of them... Because Liu Xiaogang, who knew the enemy situation in the Pingjin area well,

Thanks to the gods, the whole process went very smoothly. In less than an afternoon, a preparation was made to gather the direct column, the guard brigade, the armored brigade, two regiments of the air defense brigade, two regiments of the heavy artillery brigade, one regiment of the engineering brigade, and the logistics department

The march plan of a car regiment with a total of 30,000 troops was completed.

"Commander, in order to better cooperate with the main force, we have successfully captured several county towns. Do you think we should also send out the remaining two special operations squadrons of the special operations brigade to lurk in large areas such as Pingjin and Tianjin in advance?

"In this way, we can gather more special forces team members to cooperate with our plan in the belly of the little devil..." Liu Xiaogang suggested to Liu Hua in front of him...

"No, I plan to transfer the remaining two squadrons of the special operations brigade to the second and third military divisions, and let them cooperate with the main forces of the two military divisions to prepare for the little devils in Baoding and Shanyin.

A grave will dampen their spirit..." Liu Hua immediately denied it without even thinking about it.

"Commander, I was about to ask this question. Now the plan to march into Pingjin has been finalized. However, how can we block the invasion of the Japanese army of 150,000 troops with the strength of the two divisions? This is now something we must solve.

One thing. Commander, after hearing what you just said, do you already have a detailed battle plan in your mind..." Looking at the confident commander in front of him, the political commissar quickly asked...

"Political Commissar, nothing can be hidden from your eyes. Yes, in my mind, I do have a very bold plan. That is to eat up one division of the Japanese army in the two counties of Baoding and Yinshan. If we can do it at once

The two main divisions of the Japanese army will be killed. Then, the remaining two divisions and tens of thousands of puppet troops can block their attack with the troops in the two divisions." In response to the question of the political commissar in front of him.

, Liu Hua said with a smile.

"Ah...eating two divisions. Commander, did I hear you correctly? You plan to defeat the two main divisions of the Japanese army in two counties at once. But where did we get the strength to deal with so many at once?"

You little devil. Besides, the two Japanese attack groups are marching together, so we have no chance to annihilate the enemy separately..." The political commissar and the chief of staff in front of him opened their mouths at the same time, they couldn't believe it.

asked rhetorically.

"Haha, political commissar and chief of staff, nothing is impossible. Who told you that you must rely on the army to eliminate the Japs? I don't know if you still remember that in the last battle, the Third Division Engineer Corps relied on its own thousand

Yu Ren, the matter of using explosives to annihilate a Japanese field regiment... Think about it, if we bury all the explosives under the two county towns. When the time comes, once it is detonated, you say, the little Japs stationed in the county town

, what kind of results will there be..." A sneer flashed across Zhang Hua's face quickly, and he said...

"Ah... blow it up with explosives... Commander, I really admire you... If you really use explosives to blow it up, the two county towns will definitely turn into ruins. As for the little devils in the county town, there will be no accidents.

The whole army will be destroyed... But, Commander, how can you be sure that the Japs will be stationed in these two counties? Besides, the two counties are still in the hands of the Japs." Reacting from the shock.

Although the political commissar was very surprised, he knew that as long as this bold plan was successfully implemented, he would be able to complete the combat mission of annihilating the two divisions of the Japanese army. However, a series of problems immediately appeared in his mind.

In my mind, I hope the commander Liu Hua in front of me can give an explanation...

"Political Commissar, let me explain to you. The two counties of Yinshan and Baoding are where the Japanese army must be stationed. Because these two places are counties close to our base area. If the Japanese army wants to attack us, they must attack us here.

It will be their starting point and even the staging point for logistics supplies. Therefore, the commander's plan is basically very feasible..." At this moment, after listening to the commander's tactics, the chief of staff

, immediately changed from the shock just now to the excitement now. Pointing to the map, he explained to the political commissar who still looked confused in front of him...

"So that's it...Commander, since the Japs will definitely be stationed in these two counties, can we think that our plan will succeed..." The political commissar nodded with sudden realization. Then, he looked at it with a look of expectation.

Looking at Liu Hua in front of him, he hoped that Commander Liu Hua could give him a satisfactory answer...

"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, don't be too happy. As for the matter of blasting, we are all laymen. We must ask professionals before we can make the final decision. Another important issue is to destroy two

The amount of explosives needed in the county must be astronomical. Whether we have so many explosive reserves in our base area is still an important issue." Zhang Hua shook his head and explained helplessly...

"Guard, please notify the Engineer Brigade Commander immediately. Director Wang of the Logistics Department is coming to the war room. Hurry. The Commander and I are waiting for their arrival here..." However, just as Liu Hua finished speaking,

Political commissar Luo Ronghuan, who was already impatient and wanted to know the specific situation, shouted loudly to the guard guarding the door...

Because the engineering brigade and the logistics department were not far from the headquarters, it took the two people less than fifteen minutes to arrive at the war room one after another...

Looking at the two panting people sitting on the stools in front of him, the political commissar Luo Ronghuan, who was already anxious to know the results, did not bother to let them rest for a while, and began to ask questions impatiently: "Brigadier Zhang, you are the commander of our military region

The engineer brigade commander should be very familiar with demolition..." Looking at the engineer brigade commander who was wearing a pair of glasses and looked like an elegant man, the political commissar sat in front of him and asked...

"Reporting to the political commissar, when I was in college, I was very interested in blasting and conducted a certain degree of research. Therefore, as long as it is related to blasting, the political commissar can just ask, and I should be able to solve it..."

Brigadier Zhang responded confidently without any humility.

"Okay, Brigadier Zhang, what I want to ask you is, if I want to raze a county to the ground, how much explosives do you think I would need... Calculate it slowly, you don't need to answer me right away..." The political commissar ordered.

Nodding and asking...

"Political Commissar, before making calculations, I need to know the specific scale of this county... Only by knowing the scale can we make specific calculations..." Brigadier Zhang asked...

"The size of the county is about the same as that of Yangquan County. You should make calculations based on the size of Yangquan County. Remember, the data must be as accurate as possible..." Chief of Staff Li Qing replied promptly...

"Yes, political commissar, chief of staff, I understand..." After saying that, the engineer brigade commander took out a pen he carried with him and began to make calculations... Sure enough, the engineer brigade commander in front of him was indeed a college graduate, and he was familiar with explosives.

There is a lot of in-depth research on blasting. Within a few minutes, Brigadier Zhang put down the pen in his hand...
To be continued...