Chapter 73 Complex and Simple
People with conceited behavior are different. Meng Youtian's conceit is reflected in his careful thinking and flexible response; while Wang Shangrong's conceit is on his face, and his spirit always announces to people around him: I, Wang Shangrong, are definitely not mediocre, I, Wang Shangrong, have great achievements.
The reality is not as optimistic as expected, but this did not depress Wang Shangrong, but instead made him more eager and wanted to make some great contributions, earn back the face in front of the Japanese, so that Yue Peikun, who was fooling him, had to be detrimental to him. Of course, Wang Shangrong would not blame himself for himself. People like him would not find problems in himself, but would instead blame his sins on his subordinates.
The commander's psychology often determines the actions of the troops, and therefore determines victory or defeat. The more Wang Shangrong forced his subordinates to search everywhere, the more forced the troops to expand the search scope, Meng Youtian also found an opportunity.
Meng Youtian was not too slow, and in the new day he only suggested sending more posters to detect the movements of Wang Shangrong's troops, and did not mention the new strategy implementation. Qin Lianfang and Zhao Zhenhua were more anxious, hoping to achieve results as soon as possible and restore morale and morale.
"The enemy is also changing its strategies, and we cannot be eager to achieve success." Meng Youtian gestured on a simple schematic diagram. "From today's reconnaissance situation, the enemy is acting at the same time, not too far apart, and can support each other, which creates the difficulty of annihilation of the whole way. Since this is the case, we must also adapt flexibly. I think we can use the zero-knocking tactic to deal with it."
"Zero-knocking ketchup? Youtian, you should be more specific." Zhao Zhenhua asked in confusion.
"To be specific, it is to fight a small annihilation war. The small snacks gradually expand, constantly annihilate the enemy's vitality. Accumulating small victories will be a great victory." Meng Youtian explained patiently: "Organize a capable team, just 20 or 30 people. Equip the equipment as a unit to fight annihilation war. Or implement mobile interlude and use the short and concise characteristics to attack the enemy."
"I will lead this army!" Although Zhao Zhenhua didn't understand Meng Youtian's meaning very well, he rushed to say: "I have been in the enemy-occupied area, well, I still have some experience."
Qin Lianfang opened her mouth. She also wanted to grab this task. It was precisely because she was a woman, and there was some problem of being despised in an environment where men were around her, so she also wanted to show the courage of a woman in the battle.
"If you don't say it, I want to ask you to be the captain of the commando team, just call it the captain of the commando team!" Meng Youtian said sincerely: "In all aspects, you are the most qualified. OK, then I will tell you what you think and ask you to criticize and correct me."
"Brother Meng, don't be humble." Qin Lianfang pursed her lips and said, "Tell me quickly, but there is a little bit. You have to arrange tasks for me, so I can't just watch from behind."
Meng Youtian nodded with a smile and said, "Zhenhua. You will lurk in this ditch with your team at night. Yes, the enemy has captured the ditch where the people are hiding. Judging from the situation of today's reconnaissance, the enemy is obviously not very alert to this ditch, which is very beneficial to your lurking. When the enemy comes out to search tomorrow, I will lead people to harass and attack the road close to you, and lead the enemy to the mountains."
Zhao Zhenhua and Qin Lianfang nodded repeatedly and listened to the following words attentively.
"The enemy's casualties are certain, I have my own way." Meng Youtian paused for a moment and continued: "In order to chase us, they will inevitably transport the wounded to the rear, or leave the wounded and send someone to protect..."
"Intercepting or attacking the enemy's wounded, and soldiers escorting the wounded?" Zhao Zhenhua heard the trick and clenched his fists excitedly.
"Yes, wait for an opportunity to attack small groups of enemies, this is your mission." Meng Youtian smiled faintly and said, "It is not easy to divide the enemy's troops, but this is also a way. You must choose a good location for attack, try not to shoot or shoot less, so as not to be discovered by the enemy and be attacked. Of course, you must think of several retreat routes in advance, think of solutions to deal with unexpected situations, and prepare to block or delay the enemy's pursuit in advance."
"I understand." Zhao Zhenhua nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will take a few local militias as guides, and then recruit skillful guerrillas to carry hooks and ropes to get out of the steep slopes that the enemy could not imagine. Hehe, I have gained a lot of experience when I passed the blockade of the ditch before."
Meng Youtian gave a thumbs up with appreciation. He liked to cooperate with such people, and could figure out a solution by himself.
"Instructor Qin, your task is to lead some people to arrange doubters and restrain other enemies, so that they should not get too close." Meng Youtian turned to Qin Lianfang and said, "For example, you can let the militia disguise as common people as possible to attract the enemy to chase them; or deliberately throw away a few sheep and a few broken clothes, so as to lead the enemy as far as possible."
"What?" Qin Lianfang was not very satisfied with the task of supporting roles, and asked with a blink of an eye.
Meng Youtian pondered for a moment and decided to tell all the plans. Of course, this should be step by step, and it depends on the development of tomorrow's battle.
When fighting, you have to pick up soft seeds and pinch them. When you catch them, you will pinch them to death. This is Meng Youtian's creed. To put it bluntly, it means bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. In guerrilla terms, it sounds much better, that is, it means being flexible and maneuverable, avoiding the real and attacking the virtual.
"Wang Shangrong's troops have more than 500 people." Meng Youtian pointed the circle of Kangjiazhai on the picture and said: "The troops who went out to search are four corpses, about one company per corps. In other words, there should be only more than 100 enemies stationed in Kangjiazhai..."
"You want to attack Kangjiazhai?" Qin Lianfang widened her eyes in surprise, and her eyes were even more round as if she was flashing.
"It's not that simple, it depends on the development of tomorrow's battle." Meng Youtian waved his hand quickly and explained in detail: "There are prerequisites. First, Zhenhua's intercepting the wounded personnel went smoothly and was not discovered by the enemy; second, the enemy searching outside was dragged far enough; third, the gaps between the enemies were large enough to allow our troops to penetrate."
"And—" Meng Youtian strengthened his tone and said, "We did not aim at capturing Kangjia Village, but destroyed the enemy's supplies accumulated in Kangjia Village. As soon as this goal was achieved, we would quickly withdraw. Have you seen this? The ditch is deep and the wall is steep, and it seems like a dead end. But we can arrange manpower on the top of the cliff in advance, laying long ropes or rope ladders as a retreat for retreat."
Qin Lianfang and Zhao Zhenhua looked at each other. It was obvious that this quite complicated plan made the two of them both excited and worried, and were even more curious about the specific implementation of the plan.
"Brother Meng, tell me." Qin Lianfang said expectantly: "If it really succeeds, Wang Shangrong's men have no food or drink, but they should be blind."
In fact, Meng Youtian was a little hesitant. Although the chain plan was good, it was difficult to achieve it. He didn't know whether it could be completed with these eighth Route Army members. But after all, he had already said that, and he had to keep talking, so he had to bite the bullet and continue.
After listening to Meng Youtian's story, Qin Lianfang and Zhao Zhenhua were speechless for a while. The plan was clever, but as Meng Youtian said, the difficulties were not small. But if it was successful, Wang Shangrong's troops might be in trouble, and the counter-sweeping revealed the dawn of victory. This temptation is undoubtedly huge.
"Damn." Zhao Zhenhua gritted his teeth and burst out a word.
Qin Lianfang let out a long breath, made up her mind, and said, "Let me lead the team to interweave and directly attack Wang Shangrong's nest, so that this playboy can know that it is amazing."
Meng Youtian scratched his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't be so excited, and don't be so optimistic. Can it be done-"
"I understand, it depends on the development of tomorrow's battle." Qin Lianfang gave Meng Youtian a little angrily and said, "Let's prepare first. If there is a chance, we can't miss it."
"Yes!" Zhao Zhenhua agreed: "How good the plan is, no matter whether it works or not, we must prepare first. How happy it is, maybe we can capture that guy Wang Shangrong alive?"
"You must fight and withdraw quickly." Meng Youtian's face became solemn, "If you can't do this, then I will never agree to carry out this battle."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Zhao Zhenhua nodded quickly, stood up and said, "I'll go and select personnel now and set off in the middle of the night."
"I'll make arrangements too." Qin Lianfang also stood up and said, "Prepare the long rope and organize the manpower... Oh, there are still a lot of things to prepare!"
"Wait." Meng Youtian suddenly remembered something, raised his hand to stop the two people, and said thoughtfully: "I just thought about it, so there may be no need to risk interjection. Do you think it is more feasible to let the horse go around first, and to go down from the top of the cliff tomorrow? Moreover, Zhenhua and his team can also walk through this path, which is much safer than hiding in a ditch."
Zhao Zhenhua and Qin Lianhua sat back again, and the three of them gestured and discussed. The originally complicated plan became simpler, and the hope of success increased greatly.
Due to the habit of being cautious and careful, from Meng Youtian's perspective, he actually did not want to implement an overly complex plan. Because the more complex it is, the more likely it is to have problems, and a little mistake will lead to the failure of the entire plan. Therefore, when he proposed this plan of beheading and heart-wrenching, there were prerequisites, and it was also taken step by step, not a single bet.
One person is short-sighted and everyone is long-sighted. This sentence is correct. When talking about the plan, the interruptions between Zhao Zhenhua and Qin Lianfang made Meng Youtian have new ideas and new ideas. These ideas and ideas make this complex plan simpler and safer. Of course, he was still a little worried, worried about whether the Turkish Eighth Route Army that was temporarily pieced together had the ability to implement this plan.
But **, who was eager to break the enemy's intention to sweep, finally gained the upper hand. Not only Meng Youtian thought so, but others were obviously more anxious than him.
Chapter completed!