Gao Jiu asked back: "You all think this place is not suitable for ambushing, what would the Japanese army think?"

Wu Tianming was very smart. He immediately understood. He said, "Yes! This place is so close to Xinfeng River Highway Bridge, and the terrain does not look very favorable. The Japanese probably wouldn't have thought we would ambush them here, just to catch him off guard."

Wang Wenxue is also a smart person. He also figured this out and was able to play it on this basis.

He said: "The Japanese army has strong combat power. Only by attacking him by surprise can they quickly defeat them. Another point is that I believe Mr. Gao must have considered this way: after all, there are only two battalions of the 338th Regiment in the Big and Xiao Chenzhuang. Even if there is a supplementary regiment, its combat power is really too weak.

If we can attack the Japanese army here, even if we can't take the Japanese army for a while, we will stay away from the big and small Chenzhuang here, and even if the 21st Japanese army unit comes to rescue, we will not quench our near thirst. At the same time, the troops guarding the big and small Chenzhuang will not be attacked on both sides at the same time. Mr. Gao's thoughtful thinking is really admirable to his brothers."

Although Chu Tianxiong was a spy, he also had basic military knowledge. He now understood the truth and said with emotion: "No wonder Brother Gao always wins battles. He considers the problem far-reaching and thoughtful."

Next, Gao Jiu, Wu Tianming and others checked the terrain of this area. This is a hilly area with dense vegetation. Although the terrain is not as dangerous as the place passing on the road, it is still conducive to ambush troops for concealment.

On the eve of the war, the officers and soldiers of the 62nd Division were a little nervous. Although they were about to use ambush to attack the enemy, due to their long-term fear of the Japanese army, everyone was still wondering whether they could eat more than 5,000 Japanese troops at once.

To be honest, everyone, including Wu Tianming and Wang Wenxue, was a little uneasy. The combat power of the Japanese army was too strong. If the Japanese army could not defeat the Japanese army as soon as possible, by the time the Japanese army organized a counterattack, the troops of the 62nd Division might collapse.

In the past, Wu Tianming was very sloppy and often feared the enemy and avoided the war. Not long ago, in order to preserve their strength, they gave up the reinforcements of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Third Division.

The kind of superiors will have the kind of subordinates. Wu Tianming and others have already played a very bad lead. Now they are also worried that once they fight with the Japanese army, their subordinates will also get oily. They are very worried that this situation will occur: I am afraid that the war will not go smoothly, and the troops will be divided.

In order to cheer up the officers and soldiers, Wu Tianming summoned the entire division camp and even the chief officer to ask Gao Jiu to give everyone a lecture and boost morale.

On a hillside, more than a hundred officers from the 62nd Division sat on the ground on the grass. Gao Jiu, Wu Tianming, Wang Weixue, and Chu Tianxiong sat on the top of the hillside.

Wu Tianming first said: "Brothers! Everyone has heard of Mr. Gao Jiu from Taohua Mountain?"

The officers of the 62nd Division all knew that Gao Jiu had arrived here. Seeing Gao Jiu sitting among Wu Tianming and others so young, there was still a little difference between the invincible war god they imagined in their minds, and everyone didn't say anything for a moment.

Wu Tianming continued: "Everyone has read the newspaper. Everyone knows the victory that my brother Gao has won before. I won't repeat it here, just talk about a few things that have happened recently.

It turns out that everyone knows what the supplementary regiment from Guizhou from our division looks like. Not long ago, Brother Gao and his supplementary regiment defeated a brigade of the Japanese near the Xinfeng River Bridge and wiped out more than 500 Japanese troops. Then, he blew up the Xinfeng River Bridge, which was heavily guarded by the Japanese army, and exploded a Japanese army, and killed more than 1,000 Japanese troops in one go.

Afterwards, my brother Gao led the supplementary regiment to repel the attack of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Third Division twice in Nanfeng Mountain, annihilated nearly a thousand enemies.

Just today, he led the supplementary regiment that our division had just transferred, and took down the Big and Xiao Chenzhuang and ate a Japanese infantry squadron. I believe everyone will be convinced of this kind of record."

Regarding Guan Lie's supplementary regiment, it was very embarrassing for Wu Tianming and Wang Wenxue. Therefore, they had never mentioned it to their subordinates before. The war is imminent, and in order to boost the morale of the troops, they did not have so much concern.

The officers of the 62nd Division had never seen Gao Jiu's achievements in other places with their own eyes. Although they admired him, they had no intuitive impression and always felt that there would inevitably be exaggerated words in it.

They all knew the situation of Guan Lie's supplementary group. In their eyes, they looked down on the supplementary group at all. Unexpectedly, Gao Jiu was able to fight such a beautiful battle with the supplementary group. Everyone looked at Gao Jiu with a little more respect.

Wu Tianming said: "Now, Brother Gao is the deputy director of the Fifth War Zone Training Command. The War Zone Chief Department specially appointed Brother Gao as the commander of this battle. Now I would like to ask Brother Gao to give you a lecture."

Everyone's attention was always focused on Gao Jiu, and they had long wanted to listen to him. So everyone welcomed Gao Jiu's speech with warm applause.

Gao Jiu was sitting on the top of the hillside, and everyone could see clearly. He didn't stand up and speak, but sat there and said directly: "Brothers! I won't say polite words, brothers, I will just talk about how to fight the next battle."

Gao Jiu's opening remarks directly won the favor of everyone. No one was willing to listen to other people's long speeches, and the officers wanted to hear what Gao Jiu had in tactical command.

Gao Jiu first introduced the basic situation of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army.

He said: "The Japanese division has just been formed, and there is no running-in between the troops, the officers and soldiers are not familiar with each other, and there is also a lack of combat experience. Our 62nd Division has experienced many battles, and is familiar with each other and can work closely together to exert its maximum combat effectiveness. In these aspects, our army has a great advantage. What's more, the Japanese army has only 5,000 people and the 62nd Division has 12,000 people, which is twice as powerful as the enemy. As long as the tactics are right, it is not impossible to eat them.

Of course, the Japanese army also had its advantages. One is that the Japanese army is tenacious in fighting and has high individual quality; the other is that they are well equipped, and the most important thing is that their artillery firepower is strong.

According to the characteristics of the Japanese army and our situation, the combat deployment I discussed with Commander Wu, Chief of Staff Wang and Stationmaster Chu is:

The 186th Regiment was ambushed on the east side of the highway, and the 187th Regiment was ambushed on the west side of the highway. The 188th Regiment was ambushed on the south side of the main position with the strength of one battalion, and on the hillside two kilometers north of the north side with the strength of two battalions. The Division Guard Battalion strengthened two machine gun platoons ambushed on the south side of the 187th Regiment.”

When Gao Jiu talked about this, he looked around the officers and saw that everyone was not very clear about it. Gao Jiu said: "This is the general combat deployment. Do you have any questions? Please mention it."

The 186th Regiment and the 187th Regiment were ambushed on both sides of the road, and their mission was clear and there was no doubt about it.

The guard battalion commander first asked: "Captain Gao, our guard battalion is ambushing on the south side of the 187th Regiment. What is the mission?"

Gao Jiu said: "The biggest reliance of the Japanese army is their artillery unit. The reinforcements of the Japanese 106th Division are reinforcements, mainly composed of the 145th Regiment, and are equipped with an artillery brigade of the 106th Regiment of the Field Artillery. Their marching sequence is in the back. The task of your battalion is to launch a rapid attack on the enemy's artillery units under the cover of the Shishan Artillery Company and your own firepower, and resolutely destroy the enemy's artillery units. As long as the Japanese army loses the support of artillery fire, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

When attacking, the Japanese army will definitely rescue the artillery troops. The battalion on the south side of the 188th Regiment is responsible for covering your south side, and the 187th Regiment on the north side.

The mission of your guard battalion is extremely important and will even play a decisive role. You must fight hard and rush hard during combat and resolutely destroy the enemy's artillery units. Do you understand?"

The guard battalion commander said, "I understand."

The commander of the 188th Regiment asked in confusion: "Captain Gao, our regiment is ambushed at the southernmost end of the battlefield, responsible for blocking the enemy's Japanese army's escape south. However, once the Japanese army flees south with all their might, one battalion's troops may find it difficult to block the Japanese army's attack. Also, the other two battalions of our regiment leave the battlefield and ambush two kilometers away. What is the purpose?"

Gao Jiu said: "The Japanese army will not choose to escape to the south. First of all, the Japanese army's mission this time is to reinforce the Japanese army under Nanchang City. If they have not completed the mission, they will not evacuate to the original route. Secondly, after the battle begins, our army will attack the Japanese army in the east, west, and a battalion of your regiment attacks the Japanese army in the south, leaving a gap for the Japanese army in the north. The so-called three sieges and one siege. The Japanese army will first choose to break through to the north and meet with the Japanese army of the 21st Regiment. Therefore, it is enough for you to have a battalion there."

"It makes sense, I understand." Commander 188 nodded and said.

Gao Jiu said: "The Japanese army has strong combat effectiveness. In order to prevent them from defending the site, our army adopted the tactic of three sieges missing one. Our army launched a fierce attack on the enemy from the east, west and south, forcing the Japanese army to break through the north. Due to the lack of coordination between the Japanese army and the organization is not tight enough, chaos will inevitably occur during the retreat, and it is difficult to organize effective resistance. At this time, their combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened, making it easier for our army to defeat the enemy and eliminate it during the pursuit."

When he said this, the 188th regiment commander rushed to say, "Captain Gao, I understand that my two battalions were ambushed two kilometers away. When the enemy's defeated army passed, the already panic-ridden enemy encountered an ambush again and was likely to be defeated in one fell swoop. It is a good idea to be able to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop."

The officers all thought it made sense for Gao Jiu's combat deployment and agreed with it.

Gao Jiu continued: "After the battle starts, don't be stingy with bullets, and use the most violent firepower to deal with the Japanese army. Taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy, the entire army will launch an attack and quickly defeat the enemy. During the attack, the offensive must be fierce, and the charge must be fast, so as not to give the enemy a chance to breathe.

During the charge, each battalion and company lined up all machine guns at the forefront and fully exerted firepower. At the same time, each battalion and company drew soldiers with good marksmanship and formed a sniper team, which was specifically responsible for attacking Japanese officers, machine gunners and grenade launchers, so that the Japanese army could not organize effective resistance. I believe that the brave 62nd Division will definitely be able to defeat and eliminate these enemies."

The officers were excited when they heard this, and they were ready to see the Japanese army appear immediately.

Gao Jiu said: "Before the battle begins, a big dish must be prepared for the Japanese army. After the meeting, the engineer platoons of each regiment will report to the division's direct engineering company, and I will be responsible for arranging the specific tasks to them."

Wu Tianming knew what kind of virtue his troops were. He loved to fight first, and the same was true for his subordinates. In order to avoid passive avoidance of war in the army during combat, he also formulated corresponding countermeasures.

He said: "Brothers, this battle is related to the face of our 62nd Division. After the battle begins, if any unit is afraid of the enemy and ineffective in combat, don't blame me for being ruthless. Chief of Staff, you announce our battlefield discipline to everyone."

Wang Wenxue cleared his throat and said, "Brothers! The master spent a lot of money this time and took out 50,000 oceans at once. The meritorious troops and personnel will receive a heavy reward.

Also, you don’t have to preserve your strength this time. No matter how much you suffer, the senior officials of the post-war division will definitely supplement you as much.

In order to strictly enforce battlefield discipline, the division headquarters selected the direct team to organize a supervision team. I will send people to the scene to supervise the battle in each battalion. If there is anyone who is afraid of the enemy and fails to the former, the battlefield discipline can be implemented on the spot and killing the enemy without any worries!

Each of your regiments must organize a supervising team and dispatch them to each battalion, and each battalion must also organize a supervising team and dispatch them to each company. If the regiment is not good for combat, the regiment commander and deputy regiment commander will be shot. If the battalion or company is not good for combat, the battalion commander or company commander will be shot.

Brothers! You have been following the Master for many years. You know what Master is doing with you. If any of you don’t give him a good face this time, don’t blame him for not talking about brotherly ties.”

Chu Tianxiong said: "Brother, I will supervise the whole process. If anyone dares to fear the enemy and avoid war, I will invite him to the torture room of our Military Commission Nanchang Station for tea."

Officers at all levels saw Wu Tianming taking action this time, and with the guy Chu Tianxiong staring at him, everyone put away their thoughts of making slippery battles.

Everyone expressed their opinions that they would never make a slippery battle this time, and they would win this battle at all costs.
Chapter completed!