With the arrival of the two commanders who finished the mobilization meeting there, except for the two commanders of the 12th Division and the 101st Division, which were unable to arrive, the main personnel of the Jindong Counterattack Front Command were basically here.

The main tone of this battle against the Japanese army gathering heavy troops to rebel against Jindong was completely set in less than 1 minute.

It is still the view expressed by Tang Dao and Commander Liu before. Whether from a strategic level or a tactical perspective, 75,000 Chinese soldiers cannot retreat in this battle! They cannot retreat!

If you can't retreat, you can only fight!

After receiving the order from the front line command to fight to the death, the 12th Division and the 101st Division both sent their own messages 30 minutes later.

Obviously, they did not obey blindly, and they even immediately held a short meeting of the main members of each division headquarters after a certain ideological struggle.

The two of them did not disappoint history's evaluation of them, and they made a great choice!

In this world, most people will choose the former when facing a life-and-death decision. Only when they are the bravest and fearless and have some ideal will they make choices that violate human nature.

These people are undoubtedly the best group of people in China during this period.

Fortunately, there is never a shortage of such outstanding people in China's thousands of years of history. This may be one of the reasons why the Chinese civilization has existed for thousands of years!

The one-hour meeting behind the front line command discussed the issue of how to fight. Apart from Tang Dao, a young man who was only in his early 20s, wasn’t that veteran who had been in the army for twenty years?

But even though Tang Dao is young, many battlefields he has experienced are something that many veterans have never encountered before. Whether it is the battle of defending the Sihang Warehouse or the battle of defending the Songjiang with a besieged by 100,000 Japanese troops, it is almost a battle of the Jedi.

Therefore, given that Tang Dao had experience in this area, the final issue of how to deploy defense lines in this mountain defense war was actually based on Tang Dao's opinions.

The mountain defense battles that Tang Dao may not have the experience of these veterans, but Tang Dao has a vision that surpasses this era for nearly a hundred years. In the tactical "database" in his mind, there are the battlefield experiences of success or failures that these predecessors exchanged with their lives and blood.

For example, the Chinese army fought against powerful enemies for three years on the northern ice field, and used the mountains to fight one blocking battle after another, tunnel battle, interspersed battle, and attack battle that shocked the younger generation!

Every battle that took place above the familiar place names is enough to be selected as the classic battle teaching of the top military academy.

The advice given by Tang Dao was the model of the Huachuan blocking battle, which is known as one of the two most classic blocking battles on the ice field.

It is known in history that "there is Tieyuan in the west and the Huachuan in the east"!

It was also the victory of the blocking battle, which was hailed as "only win but not defeated, and the American cowboys were closest to defeating China", which basically laid the foundation for the final equalization of the battle of the Ice Field.

If this battle is defeated, not only will the elite infantry division surrounded by heavily encircled be eaten by the American cowboys, but the connection between the eastern and central and western fronts will be cut off, and a 100,000-strong army of a corps that is actively retreating north will be surrounded by the American army.

Tang Dao always remembers the passion that he was when he heard the white-haired professor explaining this classic blocking battle at the military academy, so that he burst into tears!

Tang Dao, who was still studying in the military academy at that time, was still very young and was almost completely immersed in the amazing tactical cases of his ancestors. It was not until a long time before he learned that the father of the white-haired old man, his two uncles and his cousin, all died in the 13-day blocking battle.

Since then, he is the only male less than three years old left in the family!

No matter how exciting the tactics are, they cannot be achieved without sufficiently resolute sacrifice. That war was seized by China for the lives of 400,000 Chinese soldiers.

Now, the lives of 75,000 Chinese soldiers are placed in the vast mountain in eastern Jin. If the Japanese want it, come and get it!

First of all, the Japanese army will come from three routes, so we will attack in three routes!

On the front battlefield from east to west, except for a small number of mountain roads that can only be pedestrians, the army wants to enter the towering Taihang, only the Maiden Pass!

If you want to attack Niangzi Pass, in addition to the front, the lack of Dulu Ridge is a must-be guarded place!

There will be an extremely critical line of defense in these two places. It is estimated that the attacking enemy will not be less than one complete division. Commander Zhao of the 17th Division is willing to fight against the Filu Ridge again, so the 17th Division will defend the Filu Ridge area 8 kilometers away from Niangzi Pass.

Commander Li of the 104th Division never snatched Tang Dao. After all, when Tang Dao completely set out his four-line regiment of 12 mountain cannons, 12 150 heavy, 24 machine cannons, 24 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns, both artillery and air defense strength, both the 104th Division, the 17th Division, or the 921st Division could only be behind.

It can be imagined that the Japanese army would definitely use aircraft and heavy artillery to bombard the main position of Niangzi Pass day and night! Apart from the Four Army Regiments, no one can have the strength to say that they can definitely defend this line of defense that is life-and-death for the entire army.

Once the Japanese army breaks through the Niangzi Pass, the hinterland of Taihang Mountain will be opened, and the Japanese army can completely intersperse the other two lines of defense, which can really be like an ant moving bread-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As a result, the defense line of more than ten kilometers in the Niangzi Pass area was handed over to the Sixing Group and the 17th Division!

From south to east, the 18th Division of the Japanese army was eyeing each other, and even part of the 20th Division and even part of the 108th Division. It was obviously extremely difficult to rely on the five infantry regiments of the 921st Division alone to deploy defense lines of more than 20 kilometers.

Therefore, Commander Li, who had never snatched the Tang Dao from the wife, decided to work with the 921st Division to defend this line of defense.

But the journey was not very optimistic. The Japanese army's troops were not yet clear at this time, but it is estimated that they will not be less than 30,000, or even more.

"I'm afraid of him as a ball. At worst, I can just throw nails and tactics. If the Japanese want to break my defense line, they have to swallow it with each nail." Commander Li bit his back teeth, and the blue veins on his forehead were jumping, expressing his determination almost with a ferocious face.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The "Starfall Tactics" was taught by Tang Dao, and used it in the last battle of Southeast Jin. It took six days to completely polish the sharpness of the Second Mixed Brigade, laying a solid foundation for the final destruction of the Second Mixed Brigade.

However, the casualties of themselves were extremely painful!

After that battle, only half of the nearly eight infantry companies were left. If the timeline was longer, he would not know if the troops could hold on.

"This time! Don't worry about their lives. If you really can't hold on, retreat and wait until the evening to counterattack. Chief Li, don't forget that you have mountain cannons and shells in your hands now! We are afraid of the Japanese shells. Why, aren't Japanese afraid of our shells?" Tang Dao smiled.

"Hey! You guys have any idea, don't hide it, hurry up and listen!" Commander Li became interested immediately.

That is not because of blind optimism about Tang Dao, but because it contains the unique wisdom of "retreat to advance".

Tang Dao said that "lost the position and then counterattack and rob it" is a typical ice field battle. It is not scary to lose the position on the surface of the mountain. It is robbed back every night by counterattack. During night wars, the American cowboys are almost unable to defend their positions. If they don't run away, they will either be killed by artillery fire organized by the Chinese side or killed by countless counterattack forces based on infantry squads.

So in the end, the American army did not dare to send too many troops to the newly seized high ground to preserve its forces, but this caused even more evil consequences. The fewer soldiers, the more they lost! The attack was reorganized the next day, and a new round of attrition war continued.

Fight in the mountains and do not seize the high ground, you can attack the chicken!

Of course, this is because of the huge equipment gap between the two sides at that time. The firepower of the American cowboys was too fierce during the day. The 500-pound bomb was thrown out like money, and the 150-caliber howitzer was not stopped during the day.

The Chinese army can only take such measures as "retreat to advance" to prevent soldiers from being completely exposed to heavy firepower.

Compared with the American cowboys, the Japanese are nothing! But they are much more fierce than the Chinese army, and this combat model can also be learned from it.

Although the heavy firepower of the 104th Division and the 921st Division are still not as good as that of the Japanese army, the 104th Division currently has 8 mountain cannons, which is considered a mountain cannon battalion. Each infantry regiment has 6 82 mortars and 7 37mm war defense cannons that can break armor fortifications. When the 921st Division set out this expedition, the 80th Group Army allocated 16 mountain cannons to them. Not to mention it, the 683rd Brigade also had a Liaofa 150 heavy mortar battalion equipped with Tang swords. In addition, a bunch of Erickon 20mm machine guns eliminated by the Four-Line Regiment, gather fire to hit a few hills, and the Japanese would be bombed and cry!

Of course, there is no need to be too detailed in Tang Dao. Veterans like Lao Li, Liu and Brigade Commander Cheng who have more experience in the battlefield than Tang Dao can immediately learn from one example and take advantage of the situation to adjust themselves according to the battlefield situation.

As long as the defense line is not completely broken through and the Japanese army is not intertwined and divided, it is not scary to occupy one or two or even ten high grounds. If you take it back, it will not be done well. If Captain Cheng, who invented the genius tunnel tactics, he will have other new tricks, which is not something that Tang Dao can predict.

This thing is like writing a novel. The article is natural and can be obtained by a clever hand. It is rarely said that wonderful sentences or chapters are conceived in advance, and they all come out as they are written.

The same is true on the battlefield. There has never been a general who said that I had already thought about fighting like this, but the enemy would not fight as you think, right? That was when you fought back and forth, because the commander's inspiration appeared, or even because of a stunning battle between an army or a soldier, an exciting tactic was completed inadvertently.

In addition to these two lines of defense, another important line of defense is of course the rear wing of the east of Jin.

The 12th Division and the 101st Division are currently no more than 10 kilometers apart, and the distance between the rear wing is only 15 kilometers. In addition, the enemy's troops that came before are unknown, but it is highly likely that they are part of the Fifth Division.

Commander Liu's original intention was to use one of the divisions to compete, and to draw another division as a reserve team, and support the other three lines of defense.

This kind of thinking is normal. In any battle, the commander will leave a reserve team, which can not only supplement the troops that have suffered heavy losses on the front line, but also rotate the troops that have been on the front line for too long.

The battlefield is in a state of high tension. Not to mention the daytime combat time, even at night, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking at night, even if there are sentinels, the officers and soldiers on the positions want to turn a blind eye when they sleep. The huge mental pressure is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

No one knows how many days it will take to fight this battle. Soldiers are human or not. Rotating soldiers to fix them. Even if you eat a hot meal and have a good sleep, it is a way to maintain continuous combat effectiveness.

But Tang Dao objected!

If the Fifth Division had a unit, it would be difficult to resist with one infantry division and four infantry regiments, and it would be difficult. Instead of waiting for them to suffer heavy losses and then dispatching a reserve team to replace it, it would be better to put it on the defense line from the beginning, and at least deploy firepower points and various fortifications in advance.

Tang Dao finally convinced Commander Liu that since entering the Chinese battlefield, the Fifth Division had been entrusted by the Fifth War Zone in Taierzhuang to kill nearly 10,000 people, except for the fifth war zone who lured the enemy deep into the battle, gathered heavy troops to surround him and killed more than 10,000 people, and the rest of the battlefield was not defeated. From their commander of Itagaki Shiro Division to a small second-class private, his nostrils were all upside down and very arrogant.

They are very likely to choose to fight with an infantry gang, artillery and other Chinese troops on the defense line, and then use another one to go around the enemy and search for fighter jets.

The defense line of the eastern Jin Dynasty not only needs sufficient width, but also needs sufficient depth, which requires sufficient troops to complete the deployment.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Two infantry divisions have more than 20,000 people to complete this important task.

The Japanese army is aggressive and its troops are definitely greater than that of the Jindong army, so we must gather the strength of the entire army to give them a head-on blow first!

The reserve team shall formulate plans based on the battlefield situation by the first-level commanders of each defense line, brigade and regiment.

In the end, Commander Liu and Chief of Staff agreed to Tang Dao's plan!

Next, the front line command will generate power to each division and department, inform the General Staff of the Front Line Command to decide, stipulate that each division will defend the area, and then each division will allocate highlands to the brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies under its command, and formulate highland marks to file with the Front Line Command.

At the same time, the front line command also sent a telegram to the headquarters located in the rear to report its decision. The communications company staff became the busiest group of people at this time, and radio waves continued to be emitted from this inconspicuous small mountain village.

More than 75,000 soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 5th Division of the Jin East took action quickly and occupied the high ground according to the areas planned by the front line command and various divisions, brigades, regiments and battalions, crazily constructed fortifications, set up firepower points, and excavated tunnels.

Yes, digging back-sloping tunnels was originally a must-have for mountain wars in the Sixing Regiment. Later, they were learned by Brigade Commander Cheng's "stealing division" and then passed to the 17th Division and 104th Division. Commander Liu did not hide it. He also ordered the 101st Division and 12th Division to invest manpower and material resources to try to build these tunnels that can avoid Japanese heavy artillery and missiles.

Even if the tunnels hidden deep underground cannot be built due to time constraints, it is OK to have a trench deeper behind the ridge!

The back slope tunnel that has passed through countless actual combat is the most suitable tactic for reducing artillery casualties, no one!

And the time left for everyone by the Japanese army may be less than two days!

The news that nearly 100,000 Japanese troops would be surrounded by them completely stimulated all the participating troops, from the army colonels to the second-class privates to the construction of the vigorous fortifications.

After receiving the news, the officers and soldiers who had already sweated wildly, they couldn't help but secretly glad that they had a pretty good habit, which gave them at least four hours more.

The officers and soldiers of the 921st Division there also began to be grateful for the wisdom of their commanders. They had seized a lot of railways ahead and took away the railway tracks. The battalion commanders of each regiment and battalion also asked them to work hard to take away a lot of "black, thick, and heavy" sleepers. One piece of the thing weighed dozens or even hundreds of kilograms. They felt tired even if they chopped firewood, but many people secretly complained that the commanders ignored their lives and deaths.

It's good now. Although there are no shortages of trees on Taihang Mountain, you have to cut them down now, right? Besides, not all wood is suitable for forgings. Some wood is too soft and can penetrate the bullets as soon as they hit. When the air waves of shells come, they will be blown away, so they have to waste time looking for it.

It is different to use sleepers for the train to use as buffering on gravel. The sleepers need to be flexible and elastic enough. They are generally made of pine wood and are also treated with anti-corrosion. Combined with sandbags, the rails are used as bones. A semi-sinking fortification that can prevent infantry cannons will not take long to complete.

After the war, many war history critics even preferred to ignore the wonderful tactics of the 921st Division's contribution to the forced defensive battle in the east of Jin, and also focused on the advance prediction of the 921st Division carrying more than 1,000 sleepers and nearly 20 tons of rails.

It seemed that the 921st Division had predicted the difficulties that this counterattack battle would encounter in advance, and it turned the entire division into more than 10,000 people, more than 200 war horses and more than 800 pack horses into a large "baggage team".

It is this batch of important materials that allow them to build a 18-kilometer steel defense line in the mountains in two days, up to 130 underground tunnels and 260 semi-sinking bunkers, which at least prevented thousands of Chinese officers and soldiers from death from artillery fire and Japanese bombing!

Of course, that's all a story!

After attending this important military meeting, Tang Dao didn't even eat dinner, so he brought Niu Er and others who had been waiting outside the courtyard to say goodbye to several commanders.

The owner of the Four Corps was still looking forward to waiting for him to return. Although Lei Xiong and Ye Chenghuan should have also been deployed, he, the chief officer, had to consider it based on the terrain and geography.

After all, he knows the personality characteristics of the battalions, companies and platoon leaders of the Four-Link Group. Lei Xiong, who has always been a bit careless and rough, does not pay attention to these.
To be continued...