I am a wolf warrior

Sheji Altar is an ancient building in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt after being destroyed by war. It has a history of more than 800 years.

Wang Ye did not hesitate to set up the forward headquarters in Shejitan.

Ding Wei climbed up the roof of the Altar of Sheji along the ladder, held up the binoculars to observe the big and small north gates of Taiyuan for a long time, and then returned to the ground.

"Xiao Wang, I observed it just now." Ding Wei said.

"We are only 800 meters away from the Taiyuan Gongji Gate, which is the Xiaobei Gate."

"With such a short distance, not to mention all kinds of artillery of the devil, even machine guns can be swept away. Isn't it too dangerous for us to set up the headquarters here?"

Speaking of this, Ding Wei said again: "Of course, I'm not worried about my own safety."

"I'm worried about you. If you, a talented student who has returned from studying abroad in Germany, do something good, our party will suffer a lot."

"Captain Ding, don't worry about my safety." Wang Ye said with a slight smile, "The devil who can kill me is probably not born yet."

"You boy, you really have the same virtue as Lao Li."

Ding Wei smiled and said, "Okay, I won't say more."

After saying this, he said again: "Chief of Staff, arrange it quickly."

The chief of staff called Li Xiaoxian, the chief of staff of the Xinyi Regiment.

Li Xiao first answered yes, and hurriedly led the staff officers of the new regiment to start the arrangement.

In fact, there is nothing, just two radio stations, a few telephones, and a map. If there is enough time, a simulation sand table may be made.

Chapter 439

When the command post was set up, it was completely dark.

Immediately, one after another telegrams were sent to Wang Ye, and the three communication squads of the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment also submitted the latest progress of each unit to the forward command.

Li Xiaoxian immediately took a few staff officers to work on the map.

The work on the picture had just been completed, and Li Yunlong and Kong Jie also rushed to the headquarters.

Kong Jie came in and yelled, "Old Li, I heard that your independent regiment didn't fire a single shot along the way?"

Li Yunlong said: "It would be an exaggeration to say that a shot was not fired, but I have never encountered a decent resistance. The devils and puppet troops in the gun towers and checkpoints along the way ran faster than rabbits."

"What happened after we got outside the city?" Kong Jie asked again, "There was no resistance?"

"No." Li Yunlong hummed and said with a smile, "The devil must have been frightened by our old Li's prestige. Hearing that our old Li brought troops to fight Taiyuan, he hurried back to the city."

"What are you talking about? Scared by your reputation?" Kong Jie scolded with a smile, "Just brag."

Li Yunlong laughed too: "Blow? Old Kong, let me tell you, it's really not blowing. Our old Li's head is worth [-] oceans. Otherwise, why don't you see devils buying your head for [-] oceans?"

Kong Jie was instantly pissed off, this is really incomparable.

At this time, Ding Wei said: "In my opinion, the devils are mainly due to lack of preparation. A year ago they didn't expect Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang to dare to attack Taiyuan, and today they didn't expect us to dare to attack Taiyuan, so basically they didn't fight in Taiyuan." Building defensive fortifications outside the city, and when our soldiers are overwhelmed, and then deploying precious troops outside the city to fight against us, it would be suicide, so it is better to shrink the city and fight against us with strong fortifications. In the end, the city is broken, and we can fight street battles with us."

Wang Ye said: "Captain Ding is right, that's what happened."

After a pause, he said again: "The next time we come to fight Taiyuan again, there will be no such good things. At that time, the devils and puppet troops will definitely set up a net outside Taiyuan City."

"There is no next time, this time we have to win Taiyuan."

After Li Yunlong said this, he said to Ding Wei: "Old Ding, please give the order quickly, I can't wait any longer."

However, Ding Wei said: "The law of war says that before we attack Taiyuan, we must first secure the rear to avoid accidents."

After this pause, he asked Wang Ye again: "Xiao Wang, have you made arrangements for the back road?"

Wang Ye immediately pointed to the map and said: "Three chiefs, please look. The First Battalion of the Independent Regiment has just pulled out the Maguan stronghold and seized all the commanding heights near Niuwang Village. Right now, it is stepping up the construction of fortifications. If there is no accident, tomorrow The fortifications of Niuwang Village will basically take shape before dawn."

Li Yunlong hummed and said, "In this way, you don't have to worry about the devils from Anhua going south."

Kong Jie questioned, "Xiao Wang, if we only set up a main battalion in Niuwang Village, will the strength of the army be a little less?"

"Enough." Wang Ye said, "According to intelligence, the third brigade has a total of more than 5000 devils. Excluding the troops stationed in Anhua, Ping'an County, and the strongholds along the Tongpu Railway, the number of troops that can be deployed and sent south to reinforce Taiyuan is the highest. At most, there is only half the regiment. It is of course impossible to defeat the devil's half regiment with the first battalion of the independent regiment alone, but it is not a problem to block it for a few days. In any case, the first battalion is the first-class main force of the independent regiment. "

Hearing this, Kong Jie stopped talking.

Because besides, it was slapping Li Yunlong in the face.

Wang Ye continued: "In addition, the First Battalion of the New Regiment has also seized Yaotou Village, ten kilometers away from the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan, and is now stepping up the construction of fortifications. With such favorable terrain, it is absolutely no problem to block the Fourth Brigade from the direction of Yangquan for reinforcements."

"I believe that." Li Yunlong said, "The Devil's Fourth Brigade has already been disabled by us. The current Fourth Brigade is completely different from the previous Fourth Brigade. Let's not talk about the Fourth Brigade. How many troops can be mobilized to help, even if the entire Fourth Brigade comes over, there is no way to defeat Lao Ding's first battalion within three days."

Ding Wei was a little embarrassed by Li Yunlong's words, and was just about to say a few words of modesty,

As a result, Li Yunlong immediately said: "Anyway, these are soldiers brought out by Lao Tzu."

Hearing this, Ding Wei's face collapsed. Damn it, what's wrong with co-authoring?I have been the new head of the regiment for two years for nothing?What achievements are all due to you, the old team leader?I'm ashamed to put gold on my face.

Wang Ye smiled, and continued: "The devils in southern Shanxi don't have to worry, not to mention that the main forces of the No. 30 Sixth and No. 30 Seventh Divisions have been transferred to the Taihang Military Region. There are not many people left, even if the Jinnan devils still have enough troops, there is a brigade commander in the middle to block us."

The Taiyue military region sent twelve regiments to cooperate with them to fight Taiyuan this time. There are still four main regiments left in the military region, as well as local troops and militias. There is no pressure to block the reinforcements from the devils in southern Shanxi.

Wang Ye added: "In the end, the [-]nd Regiment, with the cooperation of the Artillery Regiment, has just captured Yuci County."

"After taking Yuci County, the Seventh Seventh Regiment also firmly locked the Baijin Highway."

"Unless the Japanese army on the front line of the Taihang base area mobilizes more than one division of troops to come back in a big way, it is impossible to break through the defense line of the [-]nd Regiment in Yuci County in a short time."

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "That means we are absolutely safe within three days."

"Yes." Wang Ye said affirmatively, "We are absolutely safe within three days. Even if Okamura Ningji dispatches the main force of the North China Front Army to come along Zhengtai Road for reinforcements, it is impossible to reach Taiyuan within three days. .”

"Haha." Li Yunlong laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Three days later, we will have taken Taiyuan long ago."

"Lao Li, don't get too excited." Kong Jie said, "I think you should be prepared for hard battles and bad battles, so as not to be caught off guard and suffer hidden losses."

"Old Kong, why are you talking so frustratingly?" Li Yunlong said with a dark face: "It's no wonder your troops are poor in combat effectiveness."

"Li Yunlong, what did you say?" Kong Jie immediately became unhappy when he heard this. "Where is the combat effectiveness of Lao Tzu's troops? Tell me clearly."

Seeing that the two old comrades-in-arms were about to quarrel again, Ding Wei quickly changed the topic and said, "Xiao Wang, can we now discuss the battle deployment for tonight in detail?"

The combat plan formulated before is just a big framework.

It is difficult for a strong man to formulate a specific urban attack deployment in advance.

Because they didn't even know the Japanese army's defensive deployment, especially the deployment of the fortifications outside the city, how could they make targeted combat deployments?Even if the battle deployment is done, it is just a show, useless.

Therefore, the specific combat deployment must be discussed and decided temporarily in light of the actual situation.

At that moment, Wang Ye hummed lightly, and said: "When the artillery arrives and the artillery positions are set up, the two groups in the north and the south can attack the four gates of the outer city of Taiyuan at the same time."

As for the specific combat deployment, it is naturally the commander-in-chief Ding Wei who decides.

At that moment, Ding Wei directly issued an order: "Lao Li, your independent group will take the lead in the direction of Gongji Gate."

According to Ding Wei's original intention, he naturally wanted to leave the main task of attacking Gongjimen to his new regiment, but now that he is the former commander-in-chief of the Taiyuan campaign, he can no longer do so.

So, being the commander-in-chief has advantages but also disadvantages.

"Haha, don't worry, old Ding." Seeing that Ding Wei assigned the most important Gongji gate to their independent group, Li Yunlong's face suddenly turned into a daisy flower.

"What?" Kong Jie couldn't help but cursed with a smile.

Ding Wei said again: "Old Kong, Zhenyuan Gate is in charge of your New Second Regiment, but listen carefully, it's not a feint. The attack of the New Second Regiment on Zhenyuan Gate is also the main attack."

Kong Jie patted his chest and said, "Old Ding, don't worry, if the independent regiment fails to attack at the Gongji Gate, our new second regiment will definitely break into the city from the Zhenyuan Gate at any cost, and then detour around the Gongji Gate from the side."

"Fart." Li Yunlong said angrily, "Your new second regiment will not attack smoothly, and our independent regiment will definitely rush into Taiyuan City from the Gongji gate."

"Head, you still can't be careless." Wang Ye said, "After suffering a loss last year, the devils have already strengthened the defense of the outer city."

"According to the information provided by the underground party in Taiyuan, there are hundreds of machine gun nests on the outer city walls."

"Moreover, these machine gun nests were pulled out from the city wall. They are not only hidden, but also sturdy. It is difficult to destroy them without heavy firepower."

"So in this attack, you must not rush for success, but you should give full play to the firepower advantage of the artillery, knock out the firepower points on the city wall one by one, and then it will not be too late to attack."

……

Inner City of Taiyuan, Headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshio Yanmatsu frowned and said, "Mr. Huagu, it's been so long, have you still not figured out the exact strength of the Eighth Route Army?"

Hua Guzheng showed embarrassment on his face, and said: "Your Excellency, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning, and there are large wheat fields and cornfields beside the road. Once the aviation scouts of the Imperial Army are found approaching, the Eighth Route Army will hide in advance." Entering the wheat fields or the cornfields, the aviation scouts of the imperial army have no way to bomb all the wheat fields and cornfields beside the road, so..."

Yoshio Yanmatsu said: "The infantry of the Eighth Route Army responded quickly and could escape the detection of the imperial army's aviation scouts. I can understand this, but can their cannons and tanks also be able to hide quickly?"

"This..." Hua Guzheng said awkwardly, "But the fact is that the aviation scouts have been busy all day, not only failed to determine the number of troops of the Eighth Route Army, but also failed to find the artillery and tanks of the Eighth Route Army."

"These idiots of the air force, what else can they do?" Yoshio Iwamatsu cursed with a black face, and then said, "Hanagu-kun, what do you think?"

Hua Guzheng pondered for a while, and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think the Eighth Route Army is just bluffing, just putting on a posture of attacking Taiyuan from the north and the south, and its intention is to force the imperial army to return from the Taihang bandit area to save themselves."

Yoshio Yansong said: "You mean that it is false that the Eighth Route Army attacked Taiyuan? Is it true that the imperial army was forced to withdraw from the bandit area of ​​Taihang?"

"Yes, I think that's the case." Hua Guzheng said, "At least at this stage, the Eighth Route Army does not have the ability to attack Taiyuan."

After a pause, he said again: "Of course, if the imperial army underestimates the enemy and reveals its flaws, the Eighth Route Army may still make a fake show."

Yoshio Iwamatsu turned his gaze to the section heads and asked, "What's your opinion?"

Several section chiefs looked at each other, and finally Masao Inamori, the combat section chief, said: "Your Excellency Commander, we also agree that the Eighth Route Army is not enough to pose a threat to Taiyuan's city defense, so there is no need to send troops back from the front line of the Taihang bandit area. "

After a pause, he continued: "Of course, if your Excellency the Commander is not at ease and feels unsafe, you can also order the Third Brigade in Anhua and the Fourth Brigade in Yangquan to send troops back for help."

At this time, Mizuhara Takuya also said: "I don't recommend sending troops back from Anhua or Yangquan, because the troops in Anhua and Yangquan are not many in the first place, and the deployment of more troops will affect the safety of Anhua and Yangquan. Less, not to mention the siege of Taiyuan cannot be solved, and it is easy to be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army."

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "Then, what do Suwon-kun think we should do?"

Mizuhara Takuya said: "Immediately abandon the sweep of the Eighth Route Army's Taihang bandit area, and order the main force of the First Army to return to Taiyuan."

"what?"

"Abandon the raid on the Taihang bandit area?"

"Are you kidding me? The imperial army has done so much preparation work, spent so much manpower and material resources, and the mopping up will be abandoned before it officially starts?"

Hearing this, several class leaders immediately exploded.

Yoshio Iwamatsu's face also collapsed. Although he was worried about Taiyuan's safety, and even more worried about his own life, he never thought of giving up the raid on the Taihang bandit area.

Seeing this reaction from the crowd, Mizuhara Takuya showed a self-deprecating look on his face, and said again: "Of course, this is just my family's opinion. If it is inappropriate, please don't mind your Excellency Commander and the gentlemen."

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "In this case, order the infantry brigades to strengthen the defense of the outer city walls, and at the same time order the Imperial Association Army to impose martial law on the inner and outer cities of Taiyuan to prevent the spies of the Eighth Route Army from making trouble."

Hearing this, Hanagu was suddenly reminded of Takashi Sakamoto's recommendation to him, and immediately said: "Your Excellency, since the completion of this rectification, the Imperial Association Army's mental outlook is quite different from before. I think they can take on more important tasks. tasks and responsibilities."

Yoshio Yanmatsu said: "Mr. Huagu, you mean to hand over the fortification of the city wall to the Imperial Association Army?"

"Yes." Hua Guzheng nodded heavily, and said unabashedly, "The city wall fortifications will withstand the first wave of the Eighth Route Army's onslaught, and if the Eighth Route Army carried cannons, it will also be the city wall fortifications that will withstand the first round of artillery fire. "

What Hua Guzheng meant was that if the puppet army replaced the Japanese army in the outer city walls and acted as cannon fodder, then the Japanese army's casualties would be much smaller, and they would be able to hold on to the outer city of Taiyuan for a longer period of time.

"Yoxi." Yoshio Iwamatsu said happily, "Then let the Seventh Division of the Imperial Association Army take over the outer city wall."

"Hayi." Hua Guzheng paused, and then ordered Yasushi Inoue, the head of the communications section, "Inoue-kun, it's up to you to inform Pan Sang."

"Hay."

……

The outer city of Taiyuan, the Chunyang Palace in the south of the city.

This was originally a blessed land of Taoism, but after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, all the Taoist priests in Chunyang Palace ran away, leaving only an old Huogong Taoist to look after the house. Also completely deserted.

Chunyang Palace then became a shelter for the homeless.

But now, it has become the resident of the Seventh Division of the Puppet Army. Thanks to the large enough Chunyang Palace and enough houses, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate more than 7000 people.

The only fly in the ointment is that the house is a bit dilapidated, and rainy days are very troublesome. Fortunately, it is the dry season and it rarely rains in Shanxi.

Because of boredom, Pan Renzheng gathered several regimental leaders and his chief of staff, Liang Jingsong, to play Pai Gow for money.

Pan Ren had a good luck today, and they were all overwhelmed by the wins, but the heads of the regiments turned green after losing. It was not easy for them to get some benefits, but most of them were contributed to Pan Ren.

Even so, the group leaders did not dare to stop, but could only bite the bullet and continue to gamble.

"Tianpai, haha! Take it all again!"

Pan Ren pushed the cards, and took the silver dollars, Japanese yen, lackey tickets, and even French currency that were in front of the group leaders to him.

At this moment, Inoue Yasushi walked in with a few guards.

"Taijun Inoue." Pan Ren quickly trotted up to meet him.