"Captain, the Japanese army raided us is too strong and it is impossible to kill them in one battle. I think the troops should be prepared to fight a war of attrition with the Japanese. First, eat up part of their troops through mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare, and then look for fighter jets in mobile warfare. The last blow will be fatal and end the battle!" The Chief of Staff frowned and said his thoughts.

Zhou Cheng didn't want to fight like this: "It took too much time to fight like this!"

"The troops just finished a counter-sweeping campaign, and every soldier was very tired. If the next counter-sweeping campaign lasted for another five or six days, everyone would probably not be able to hold on, especially the nearly 2,000 new recruits who just replenished the troops."

"And the longer the battle lasts, the more variables that may appear in the middle!"

"What if we fight the Japanese and the Japanese army draw a new force from other places to join the battle!"

"And there is an 80% chance that the entire battle will occur in Xiyang. Although the land here is barren and the people are poor, it is the base camp of our National Salvation Army, our arsenal, material warehouse, field hospital, breeding farm...all here."

"If we fight with the Japanese here for five or six days, there will definitely be many military facilities that will be devastatingly hit during the firefight, and the troops will suffer great losses!"

The more Chen Zhengyu heard, his brows became deeper and deeper. He looked at Zhou Cheng with helpless answer: "There are more than 4,000 Japanese troops, and we only have more than 3,000 people. Not only are the troops not as strong as theirs, but their combat power is not as good as theirs. Apart from fighting mobile warfare with them, I can't think of any other way to kill them in one battle."

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "No, Chief of Staff, you have too much ambition to the Japanese army and destroy your own majesty. Compared with the Japanese, our National Salvation Army also has an advantage that they do not have!"

Chen Zhengyu knew what Zhou Cheng was referring to, but he was not optimistic: "What you said about is terrain advantages, but the Japanese army is too strong, and the role of terrain advantages can play is definitely very limited. I think if you want to defeat the Japanese, you still have to rely on guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare."

"Although the loss will be a little bigger, we will definitely win in the end."

"If the Japanese army transfers other new forces to join the battle, the surrounding garrisons have almost been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. We can completely transfer the troops left behind and on the side of the defense zone to fight."

"Although they only have six companies, they have more than 1,000 people in total, and more than 1,000 militias cooperate in combat. As long as the total strength of this new force does not exceed 2,000, more than 1,000 main force and more than 1,000 militias will definitely hold them back!"

Zhou Cheng had no choice to continue arguing with Chen Zhengyu.

The Chief of Staff said everything is true. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is a trick that cannot change the overall situation.

If he can't think of other ways to break the situation, his combat ideas will become the last choice of the National Salvation Army.

Simply throw the information aside and turn your attention to the map again.

Holding a pencil in his hand, he analyzed the offensive route of the Japanese army's possible raid on the defense zone along the Zhengtai Railway.

In the end, Zhou Cheng locked his eyes on the mountainous area where the arsenal was locked.

He pointed to a line on the map with a pencil and analyzed it very positively: "Chief of Staff, no matter which direction the Japanese raided our defense zone, the arsenal must be one of their targets of attack."

"Only by destroying the arsenal and cutting off our ammunition supply, the troops will become weaker and weaker and will eventually be destroyed."

"If the Japanese do not destroy the arsenal, even if they beat the main force to a hundred or two hundred people, we still have the opportunity to revive our strength with the support of a steady stream of weapons and ammunition."

"So the Japanese army will definitely take this only mountain road leading to the arsenal!"

Chen Zhengyu seemed to understand Zhou Cheng's meaning a little: "Captain, you want to use the favorable terrain along the route to kill and injure the Japanese army in large quantities, and then gather and annihilate them."

After saying that, he frowned and analyzed: "This road is the only way to the arsenal. In order to prevent the enemy from raiding the arsenal, the garrison company that protects the arsenal has been renovating this mountain road."

"Before the anti-sweeping began, the garrison company had built more than 40 machine gun castles of all sizes on this mountain road, all of which were built with stones and logs on the mountain. They were very strong. Ordinary mortars could not threaten these castles at all. Some particularly strong castles were also made directly on the huge rocks, and even mountain cannons could not destroy it!"

"But we cannot express our confidence too much. This Japanese devil is not only equipped with mountain cannons, but also equipped with a large-caliber mortar squadron. It can also call for air support at critical moments. No matter how strong our castle is, it cannot withstand the endless bombing of Japanese planes and heavy mortars!"

"I guess it would be great if we can kill a thousand Japanese devils based on this path."

"And the Japanese artillery and planes are not vegetarians. We have to pay at least 500 people to achieve such great results."

Zhou Cheng suddenly interrupted: "Chief of Staff, you are wrong!"

"The blocking along the way can indeed kill many Japanese devils, but it is not the real reason why I like this mountain road."

"With our attack along the way, it will take at least one day for the Japanese army to finish this mountain road, which means they will camp and rest for one night at a certain location in the middle of this mountain road."

"If we control the speed of the Japanese army's march through blocking along the way and let them camp and rest at our designated location, there will be more opportunities to attack the Japanese."

Chen Zhengyu suddenly woke up, then stared at the map in front of him, his mind moving rapidly, recalling the place where this mountain road might have been chosen by the Japanese to camp.

While thinking, he drew circles on the map, and stopped five minutes later: "Captain, I have walked this mountain road no less than ten times."

"The terrain along the way is very rugged and the valleys are dense. There are very few places where more than 4,000 people can be stationed at one time. If you remember correctly, there should be only the five locations I just marked out!"

Zhou Cheng took a look and crossed out the three circles farthest from the arsenal: "The Japanese army would definitely not camp in these three locations!"

"They could guess that we would arrange heavy troops to block them on this road, and they would definitely set out in the morning, trying to kill the arsenal in one day, and try not to camp in the mountains."

"No matter how slow the Japanese attack speed is, they can advance twenty kilometers in a day. These three points will definitely be passed!"

Chen Zhengyu quickly replied: "Then there are only these two points left!"

"This point in the middle is most suitable for heavy Japanese troops to camp. The village is built on the top of the mountain. Although it is not very large, it is still okay to squeeze in two thousand people. The key is that the surrounding mountains and hills are not as high as the top of the village. The Japanese army camped here and could see the small mountains. They attacked the national rescue army that might attack them from a high point."

"So this point is also the most unfavorable for us. I suggest that when the Japanese army comes here, the blocking troops will put a little water off, so that they can pass through here smoothly and force them to the last position to camp."

"Although it is also a high ground, the heights of other nearby high grounds are similar to that of them. We will not be suppressed by the Japanese when we attack."
Chapter completed!