There is a reason why the Jinsui Army did not blow up the fortifications, and they did not collapse from the beginning.

When the Japanese attacked Tiaoshan, they tried to encircle Yuncheng from the beginning, that is, they broke through Chu Yunfei's defense line and then penetrated to the west of Yuncheng.

To the west is the only retreat path in Yuncheng... To the south is Zhongtiao Mountain, to the north is Luliang Mountain, and to the east is the direction of the Japanese attack.

Once the Japanese interspersed to the west of Yuncheng, it means that the retreat route in Yuncheng was cut off, so all the arms, equipment and food in Yuncheng in Yan Laoxi would be captured by the Japanese.

This is also the reason why Yan Laoxi deployed Chu Yunfei's 358th regiment on the flank of Yuncheng... Only when Chu Yunfei can defend the flank Yuncheng will he have time to evacuate.

Chu Yunfei did hold on for a while.

Yan Laoxi took this time to mobilize the whole city to withdraw the supplies from Yuncheng. Of course, there is no time to blow up the fortifications, and it is meaningless to them to blow up the fortifications at the same time... Yan Laoxi believed that he could not fight back, and even if he fought back, he would not fight back in a tank. It would be no difference whether he would blow up the anti-tank trenches or not.

Unexpectedly, these fortifications now cause considerable trouble to the Eighth Route Army.

After a while of silence, Li Yunlong said with some dissatisfaction: "I don't understand this. How did the Japanese attack the city when they had tanks? They could all capture it, but they couldn't fight in our hands?"

"The Japanese's method is to fill in the anti-tank trenches one by one!" Ding Wei replied: "This is the only way, otherwise the tanks will not be able to drive in no matter what. If the tanks cannot drive in, they will not be able to knock down the artillery towers and bunkers, and our infantry will be killed in large quantities, and then they will not even be able to touch the city wall, let alone siege the city."

Li Yunlong raised his head and said, "Then let's fight like this, let's do it according to your interpretation!"

Wang Xuexin shook his head and said, "We can't fight like this, because we have to fight quickly!"

"It's right!" the leader frowned and said, "Once we start fighting, we must ask to fight within one day, otherwise... the Japanese reinforcements will arrive. At that time, the enemy will cooperate inside and outside, and it will become increasingly difficult for our army to capture it!"

The leaders said this and the cadres were speechless.

The Eighth Route Army’s battle against Yuncheng is different from the Japanese’s battle against Yuncheng.

The Japanese attacked Yuncheng when their overall strength was far above the opponent, so they could take the initiative. After surrounding them, they could slowly push forward one by one anti-tank trenches, and there would be a day to fight.

The Eighth Route Army is different. The gap between the overall strength of the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese is not a little bit different. This determines that this battle must be decided quickly and then builds defensive fortifications in Yuncheng, so that it is possible to gain a foothold.

Otherwise, Yuncheng will become an encirclement of the Japanese. The Japanese can transfer a division from other places, two divisions or even more troops to surround Yuncheng... The Japanese are worried that they can't help but take the Eighth Route Army in the mountains. If the Eighth Route Army arrives in the plains, how can they not eat?

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army had no time to fill these anti-tank trenches unless it was used to restrain a large amount of troops and block the Japanese reinforcements, but this was obviously not easy.

Kong Jie stared at the map for a while and suggested: "Chief, the enemy's anti-tank trenches are not connected in one piece, they are one by one. Can we pass through the gap in the middle?"

As he said that, Kong Jie turned his attention to Wang Xuexin. The tank battalion was trained by Wang Xuexin, and he had more say.

Wang Xuexin actually discovered this.

Wang Xuexin believed that this should be determined by the location and terrain of the artillery towers and bunkers outside Yuncheng City... Some anti-tank trenches had to pass through the bunkers and bunkers, while some anti-tank trenches had to pass through the giant rocky mountain, so the anti-tank trenches could not be connected into one.

Later, Wang Xuexin learned from Chu Yunfei that this was actually intentional by the Jinsui Army.

The reason is that if the anti-tank trenches are to be connected together, it means that a bunch of artillery towers and bunkers must be laid behind the anti-tank trenches... The anti-tank trenches require firepower, otherwise the enemy engineers can easily fill the anti-tank trenches, and the anti-tank trenches will be meaningless.

Doing so will make the anti-tank trenches tighter and free of loopholes, but the disadvantages are also obvious... The defense line is too obvious, and the artillery towers and bunkers must follow the regular defense line.

At the same time, the artillery fire of the Jinsui Army was obviously not as good as that of the Japanese. Such regular fortifications undoubtedly facilitated the Japanese to bombard them with artillery fire.

Therefore, the Jinsui Army built the anti-tank trenches into one piece, and the artillery towers and bunkers were also one piece, and there were many castles among them. This fortification layout is more suitable for the weak Jinsui Army to fight against the Japanese.

Wang Xuexin replied: "With this map, it is not a problem for our tanks to insert into enemy positions from the gap between the anti-tank trench. We only need to send the map to the tank crew so that they can memorize the map and practice it a few times. The problem is that these passages are very narrow, and the enemy is likely to lay mines on these passages. On the other hand, our army will inevitably be blocked by the Japanese artillery towers, bunkers and artillery when following the infantry. Once the infantry and the tank are separated..."

Others may not understand this, because Wang Xuexin heard someone whisper:

"If the infantry can't keep up, just change to another group of followers!"

"If the tank can pass, just knock off the bunker first, and our infantry can get on!"

...

But the chief and chief of staff understood.

The chief and the chief of staff have not been idle for this period. While tracking Wang Xuexin's training progress, they are also learning tank tactics.

This was proposed by the leader. He even held a meeting specifically for this and emphasized at the meeting: "In the past, we didn't have tanks, so we could not learn tank tactics, but now we have tanks, and there are quite a few! If the commanders don't know how to use tanks one by one, there will be problems when fighting a war! Therefore, we should start learning from us, and then slowly popularize them into various troops after learning, so that these tanks can be used well and not blindly commanded!"

The chief's method is to ask the staff officer Chen Songyong to report to the headquarters regularly and ask him to go back to the headquarters for a concentrated study every few days. The chief and chief of staff also become a student to listen to lectures and take notes.

After learning now, the chief and chief of staff knew what Wang Xuexin said about infantry followers.

Although tanks are covered with iron shells, they are far more fragile than imagined.

If you fight like this as Kong Jie said, that is, inserting the Japanese position from a narrow passage, the Japanese can use mortars, grenade launchers, or even directly use the machine guns of the bunker to kill the infantry behind the tank from the side.

The result is that the infield tank separation tank loses the cover of infantry.

Once the tanks are not covered by infantry, there will be blind spots everywhere.

To blow it up, the Japanese only need to get close from a blind spot and then a cluster grenade will solve it.

The Chief of Staff took this opportunity to popularize this knowledge with the soldiers.

Wang Xuexin felt helpless. If it weren't for being unable to deal with it, such an important time for meetings would certainly not be used to class.
Chapter completed!