Li Congjing nodded and observed it with his binoculars.
The only way to enter the Black Cloud Stronghold was the mountain path between the two mountains. The mountain path extended to the back, and the narrowest part of the mountain pass into the Black Cloud Stronghold was only two to three meters.
The bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold were indeed old bandits. They had built fortifications at the mountain pass. On both sides of the mountain, there were machine gun positions deployed from above. There were three machine guns, enough to block the mountain road from the foot of the mountain!
However, Wei Da Yong's main focus was on how to take down the Black Cloud Stronghold. Although the bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold also robbed the Japanese and fought with them before.
However, the bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold were not easy to deal with. The Jin Suijun and the Eighth Route Army had robbed before, and they had also robbed the ordinary wealthy people. Burning, killing, and looting still existed among the bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold.
The bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold were still able to firmly occupy the Black Cloud Stronghold under the attack of the Guizi, the Jinsui Army, and the Eighth Route Army.
In addition, looking at the terrain of the Black Cloud Stronghold, Wei Da Yong felt that it would be difficult to attack them head-on.
"Sir!"
Wei Da Yong said in a low voice," The mountain pass to enter the Black Cloud Stronghold is very narrow. There are more than thirty bandits guarding the mountains on both sides of the main road. They are looking down from above. Three machine guns are positioned in a crisscrossing formation and aimed at the bottom of the mountain pass! If we attack them head-on, our brothers will definitely suffer heavy casualties.”。
Li Congjing nodded. Wei Da Yong was right.
Seeing the terrain of the mountain pass that they had to pass to enter the Black Cloud Stronghold, Li Congjing had already given up on attacking the Black Cloud Stronghold head-on!
"By the way, Old Wei, how many bandits are there in the Black Cloud Stronghold?”
Wei Da Yong thought about it and said uncertainly,""There are probably three to four hundred people! It was said that the 358th regiment of the Jinsui Army had been robbed by Xie Baoqing's Black Cloud Stronghold! At that time, at least 200 people were dispatched. If the bandits guarding the Black Cloud Stronghold's lair were included, there would be at least 300 to 400 people. It should not be too bad.”。
"D * mn, we're already here. We can't not fight! Our brothers are now marching north from Gui Ziyang Village. If we don't take down the Black Cloud Stronghold as our base, if the devils near Pinglu come to pursue us, we will be exhausted if we run without a base. The Black Cloud Stronghold must be taken down!" Li Congjing said seriously.
"Sir!"
Li Congjing didn't say anything. He only signaled Wei Dayong to retreat with him.
When they returned to the hidden place in the forest more than a hundred meters below the Black Cloud Stronghold's entrance to the mountain pass, Li Congjing summoned several officers who were temporarily promoted on the rapid march.
Looking at the few officers who were urgently promoted from the prisoners of war, Li Congjing finally felt that there were some talents under his command.
It had to be said that Li Congjing had found a few talents among the Central Army prisoners of war who were qualified to be officers at the basic level.
Of course, there were only 120 people in the independent battalion now. They were all combat personnel, not counting the handymen. Just now, they had almost the strength of a company.
As for the combat personnel that the independent battalion lacked, they could wait until the expansion in the future.
Right now, there was the temporarily promoted First Company Leader of the Independent Battalion, Wei Dayong, Wei Monk, who was gathered around Li Congjing.(Sorry, Brother Yunlong, I'll take the monk under my wing first, hehehe!)）。
The second company commander was Luo Tong, a company commander of the 224th Regiment of the 27th Division! The third company commander was also from the 27th Division. His name was Lin Dahai! As for the platoon leaders and squad leaders of the companies, there weren't many of them now, so they didn't need to pay attention to them for the time being.
After all, each company only had about forty people!
Seeing that Wei Da Yong, Luo Tong, and the others had already gathered around him, Li Congjing said,""According to my investigation with First Company Commander Wei Dayong, the bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold have deployed at least 30 people at the mountain pass that they must pass through to enter the Black Cloud Stronghold! The mountains on both sides of the mountain pass were at least 500 to 600 meters above sea level. They were commanding the narrow mountain path between the two mountains and the important mountain pass in front of them! With our current military strength, if we attack the mountain pass head-on, we might suffer heavy casualties. Moreover, we were still attacking from the foot of the mountain to the mountain pass. Before we could reach the halfway point, we would be threatened by the bandit machine gun positions on the two mountains. When the time came, no matter how many people we had, we would suffer heavy casualties. "Therefore, a frontal attack is not advisable!
"Battalion Commander, if we don't do this, it will be difficult to take down the Black Cloud Stronghold! According to a soldier who was familiar with the terrain, there was only one way to enter the Black Cloud Stronghold. Behind the Black Cloud Stronghold was a cliff. There was no way to attack from behind!”Second Company Commander Luo Tong thought for a moment and said.
Third Company Commander Lin Dahai was also a big man, but he was not stupid. He agreed with Luo Tong's words," Battalion Commander, we can only attack from the front! Brothers, you are not afraid of death!"
"It's good that our brothers aren't afraid of death, but in this kind of terrain, with the three machine guns that Xie Baoqing has deployed on the mountain pass and the two sides of the mountain, even if we have mortars, the casualties of our brothers won't be small!”Li Congjing shook his head and said. There would be too many casualties if he attacked directly, so he would not resort to it.
Luo Tong and Lin Dahai looked at each other. Who wouldn't die in a war? There was no other way now!
At dawn, the Japanese might send out reconnaissance planes to scout the area. At that time, a group of prisoners of war without any base would definitely be hunted down and killed by the devils.
It was the same for Wei Da Yong. A frontal assault was the only way, but Wei Da Yong was also unwilling to do so. After all, there were too many casualties. Even if more than a hundred men died, they would not be able to take down the mountain pass!
But what was Li Congjing? He was an elite who had been in the army for two years in his previous life and was familiar with special forces!
"We can't attack them head-on. I can't use our brothers 'lives for meaningless things.”
Li Congjing saw that Luo Tong and the others still wanted to say that it was better to attack from the front. After all, they had five mortars and two grenade launchers. With the cover of artillery fire and the infantry charging forward, they could take them down no matter what.
Li Congjing continued," We can't attack from the front, but we can sneak attack from the back!"”，After saying that, Li Congjing chuckled!
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