The chief of staff showed no worry at all on his face and answered confidently: "Leave a regiment of the Imperial Army to defend the county..."
"All other troops went out of the city to sweep away the guerrilla brigade..."
"Sir, think twice..."
The captain who raised this question did not care whether his next words would anger the chief of staff and affect the rest of his military career, so he spoke out and said the right thing.
"There are too few Imperial Army soldiers in one regiment."
"With the combat power of the Imperial Army, let alone the main force of the guerrilla brigade, as long as they send two or three main battalions to attack Fangshan County for a second time, they may not be able to hold on for even an hour."
"This is simply giving away military exploits to the guerrilla brigade for free. I don't understand."
The chief of staff was not angry because of his subordinate's rebuttal, and still replied with a confident expression: "I hope the guerrilla brigade will attack Fangshan, so that we can wipe them all out in Fangshan."
"The combat effectiveness of the Kaohsiung Alliance Army is too poor. I'm worried that before our troops to return to Fangshan are in place, the guerrilla brigade has occupied Fangshan for the second time and withdrawn."
"They can't run away..." the chief of staff replied with a confident expression.
"Do you think I really only arranged for one regiment of the Imperial Army to stay in Fangshan?"
"That's wrong, they were all staged for the Eighth Route Army."
"On the surface, what is left behind in Fangshan is a group of Imperial Army troops. Their combat effectiveness is very poor. They are like a piece of fat on the lips of the Eighth Route Army."
"In fact, they are indeed an imperial army with a full infantry brigade."
"As long as the Eighth Route Army dares to kill us and attack Fangshan County for the second time, this brigade will drag them inside Fangshan City at all costs."
"As soon as the encirclement troops are in place, we can attack them from both inside and outside and annihilate them all."
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Guerrilla Brigade Temporary Headquarters.
The latest news from the front lines are constantly being summarized here for Zhang Xuan's analysis.
Not long after dawn, the sound of horse hooves sounded on the pipeline not far away. Two cavalry soldiers fell off their horses, then galloped towards Tang Lin, panting and reporting.
"team leader……"
"The Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Fangshan last night were dispatched."
"One regiment of the Imperial Army stayed behind in Fangshan County to protect the seriously wounded, and all the remaining Japanese and puppet troops were dispatched. They were divided into three groups in groups, with a certain number of puppet troops, artillery, and tank troops, separated by ten kilometers from each other.
, leave the city from the west gate and push directly towards the mountain where the base is located..."
"West of Fangshan..." Zhang Xuan stared at the map for less than ten seconds before showing an expression of sudden realization.
"I see……"
"The Japanese formed a three-way formation and swept towards our base area. It was clear that they wanted to seize the Shibao stronghold first and block our access to the mountain, and then sweep in other directions to fight us decisively."
Political Commissar Li Wen replied calmly: "Captain..."
"We are not in the Japanese sweep area for the time being..."
"Then ignore them."
"If they are willing to occupy the stone fort, let them occupy it. Anyway, we don't plan to return to the base for the time being."
"Anyway, the task given to us by the divisional headquarters is just to hold them back. Then we will take them in a circle around Fangshan."
"The fat ones drag down the thin ones, and the skinny ones drag down the small ones. When the time comes, we will fight them decisively."
Zhang Xuan did not answer, and kept looking at the map. After two minutes, he shook his head and refused: "Although it is safe to fight like this, the killing speed of the enemy is too slow. If the deputy chief of staff launches an operation, the Japanese and puppet troops decide to come back for reinforcements."
Peiping, and they are very strong, if we cannot stop them, then we will not be able to complete the mission."
"We'll go around in circles, but we must seize the time to kill more Japanese and puppet troops."
"Even if they want to retreat from Fangshan, they have to wait for our nod."
"If the guerrilla brigade doesn't agree, they won't even be able to evacuate Fangshan even if they have one soldier."
Chief of Staff Feng Jiashan suddenly answered: "I agree with the captain's idea."
"Fighting guerrillas is a guerrilla fight. Our main goal is to consume a large number of Japanese and puppet troops."
"I suggest we come to Fangshan twice."
"Since the Japanese have left a regiment of puppet troops to defend Fangshan, we will first kill more than a thousand puppet troops, and then go to deal with the other Japanese puppet troops."
Li Wen was silent for a moment and replied: "If the Japanese army really only left more than a thousand puppet troops in Fangshan."
"With the combat power of our guerrilla brigade, we can take it down in two hours at most."
"We will attack after the main force of the Japanese army has marched fifteen kilometers away from Fangshan. Even if they return to the county seat immediately, it will still take two and a half hours. This time is enough for us to end the battle, withdraw from the battlefield, and let the Japanese reinforcements attack one in Fangshan County.
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Seeing that the two partners were unanimous in their intention to kill Fangshan County, Zhang Xuan also felt that there was nothing wrong with doing so, and immediately made a decision: "Then we will attack Fangshan County again."
"We have just attacked Fangshan County. We may be more familiar with the fortifications and terrain of Fangshan than the puppet troops who stayed behind in Fangshan."
"After this analysis, the terrain advantage is also on our side."
"There are only a thousand puppet troops left in Fangshan, and their combat effectiveness is far lower than that of the little devils..."
"The advantage in strength and firepower is also on our side."
"It's hard for us not to win this offense."
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On top of Fangshan City.
The little Japanese squadron leader wearing a puppet army uniform was holding a telescope to observe the outside of the city.
He disliked the puppet uniform he was wearing, but in order to confuse the guerrilla brigade and lure them into being deceived, he had to keep wearing it.
At eleven o'clock at noon, a group of figures suddenly appeared at the end of the road.
With the rifle in his hand, the light and heavy machine gun on his shoulder, and the mortar on his shoulder, he pushed the mountain cannon and charged towards the city gate in a mighty manner.
The squadron leader was so excited that he almost jumped up from the ground and shouted with excitement: "The guerrilla brigade is coming towards us with murderous intent..."
"All the remaining troops are ready for battle... According to the predetermined plan, they will block the attack step by step, put the guerrilla brigade into Fangshan County, and use street fighting to hold them back."
"By the way, send a telegram to the Chief of Staff..."
"The guerrilla brigade has been fooled. The main force has gathered outside Fangshan City and is preparing to launch an siege. Please lead your troops back immediately, sir."
Outside Fangshan City, Zhang Xuan also held up a telescope to observe the city.
Seeing that the puppet troops on the top of the city had fallen into chaos, a smile immediately disappeared from his serious face, and he said happily: "The puppet troops on the top of the city are about to collapse."
"Let the artillerymen set up the mortars quickly."
"There is only one principle for today's battle: hurry..."
"Surge into Fangshan as quickly as possible, eliminate the remaining Japanese and puppet troops, capture Fangshan for the second time, and then evacuate Fangshan with the loot."
"Prepare artillery fire for one minute..."
"As soon as the time is up, the attacking troops will rush forward, blow open the city gate as fast as possible, and rush into Fangshan."
"Then quickly intersperse, divide and surround the enemy and defeat them one by one."
"Capture them if you can. Kill them all if you can't. Don't be merciful. The faster the better."
