Seeing Li Yunlong and Huang Yu both looking thoughtful, Kong Jie asked directly.
"Lao Li, Xiao Huang... don't talk nonsense to me..."
"If you have any ideas, just say..."
"Although I fight conservatively, I am not without brains..."
"If we can really stop the Kwantung Army's reinforcements from going south, or hold them back and buy some training time for the Yi Zhong base area, even if we really have to take risks, I, Kong Jie, will come with you."
"Be proactive and take the initiative..."
Li Yunlong and Huang Yu said at the same time.
After looking at each other, Huang Yu continued at Li Yunlong's signal.
"Since the Kwantung Army's reinforcements sent south are short of ammunition, they dare not attack us rashly."
"Then let's take the initiative and kill them without haste."
"But we don't have troops, how can we attack..." Kong Jie frowned and said the biggest problem facing the Yizhong base area.
"If you can give me a month, I promise to expand the existing main force in the base area to 15,000 people."
"If you give me three months, I can expand the main force to 30,000 people."
"But now there are only seven to eight thousand people capable of fighting in the Yizhong base area."
"This also includes more than 4,000 soldiers who have just returned from the Pingjin battlefield."
"After continuous battles, they must be very tired and in urgent need of repairs, and cannot participate in the battle immediately."
"If you really plan to be the first to attack the Kwantung Army's southward reinforcements immediately, our base area can dispatch at most three to four thousand people to participate in the battle."
"And our opponents have a total of 80,000 elites."
"Even if they are divided into three groups, each group has nearly 30,000 men, a fully equipped chariot brigade and multiple regiments of heavy artillery. Even the cavalry has a regiment."
"Even if we gather the main force to attack one of the little Japs, there will still be a disparity of almost ten times in strength. Isn't this an egg against a rock?"
"We don't need so many people for this sortie... Two thousand people are almost enough."
"But all artillery and tank troops in the division must be mobilized to participate in the battle...the mortars equipped by surrounding troops are no exception."
"Didn't we seize 40,000 to 50,000 rounds of various artillery shells in the battle between Pingjin and Tianjin?"
"As long as the commander is willing to use 10,000 rounds of artillery shells, I am confident that the Kwantung Army will be severely damaged along the way, so that they will lose their combat effectiveness, which will further damage the morale of the Kwantung Army and prevent them from rashly attacking our Sixth Army Division."
"When they recover from their defeat and prepare for a new round of attack on us, the number of participating troops in our base area has exceeded 15,000. As long as the Kwantung Army dares to attack, we guarantee that they will never come back."
"In addition, other Eighth Route Army troops operating in the Bazhou area are not vegetarians either."
"During our attack on Pingjin, they fought many great victories under the cover of the air force."
"Coupled with the weapons, ammunition and other materials we transferred to them, the strength and overall combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be greatly improved in a short period of time."
"When the time comes, ask them for help and put on a posture to raid Pingjin again. No matter how courageous Okamura Neji is, he will not dare to abandon Peiping Airport a second time. He can only leave one main division to protect Pingjin."
"Explain that the only Japs that can really threaten our base in the wing are the reinforced divisions of the Kwantung Army."
"That'll be easy to deal with."
Huang Yu's whole person exuded a strong sense of confidence, and his tone of voice was very firm, with no intention of joking with him at all.
Li Yunlong on the side was also full of confidence and immediately replied: "If you can really inflict heavy damage on a reinforced division of the Kwantung Army. Let alone 10,000 rounds of artillery shells, it doesn't matter even if you use 20,000 rounds of artillery shells."
"Anyway, these shells are used to fight the little devils."
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Gu'an County Kwantung Army Division Headquarters.
Division commander Lieutenant General Nagata was in a very good mood.
It has been more than two years since he was promoted to division commander. Because he has been with the Kwantung Army and stationed in Liaoning for a long time, he has hardly fought in the past two years.
Although the possibility of him continuing to be promoted is very low, as a soldier, he does not want to stay at the station every day for retirement, but wants to kill everyone on the battlefield and bring a successful end to his hard-working military career.
But as long as he stays in Liaoning for one day, the possibility of going to the battlefield is zero.
Because neither the Soviet Army nor the Eighth Route Army could threaten Liaoning's security.
Looking forward to the stars and the moon, I actually looked forward to the opportunity to lead troops to reinforce the North China Front.
Moreover, in this reinforcement operation, the command of the Kwantung Army was still in the hands of the Kwantung Army. The North China Front Army only played a cooperating role and had no right to mobilize the Kwantung Army's soldiers, let alone direct the Kwantung Army's operations.
For Lieutenant General Nagata, this is simply a good thing that cannot happen even if it falls in the sky.
With the power to command the troops firmly in your own hands, you don't have to worry about others not understanding the troops under your command and commanding them blindly.
Moreover, the military exploits gained by the troops during their stay in North China do not need to be distributed to others, they all belong to themselves.
At this moment, he was sitting next to the map studying the Eighth Route Army base area in Yizhong.
According to the study and decision of the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the North China Front Army Headquarters, the first target of the Kwantung Army's southward reinforcements after entering the border is the Yizhong Eighth Route Army.
Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you be victorious in every battle.
Lieutenant General Nagata planned to get to know this opponent who had repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the North China Front while the troops were waiting for logistical supplies.
"Division commander..." The captain of the reconnaissance brigade directly under the division suddenly appeared next to Lieutenant General Nagata and reported in a low voice...
"Since yesterday... many of the scouts sent out by the humble position were attacked by the Eighth Route Army. There was no news when they left the city. They have almost lost two squads..."
"I humbly request the division commander to send the main force out of the city, find those Eighth Route Army troops who sneak-attacked the scouts, eliminate them, and ensure the safety of Gu'an County."
The chief of staff frowned and answered: "Division commander..."
"Scouts are our eyes..."
"Now that the scouts are having accidents one after another, it shows that the Eighth Route Army wants us to be blind and deaf..."
"I suspect they have a big operation against us..."
"Support the proactive troops in dispatching troops to eliminate the Eighth Route Army lurking around us and not give them any opportunity to take advantage of us."
Lieutenant General Nagata did not answer, but asked with a smile: "Have the aviation forces found out the news that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is moving towards us..."
The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "No..."
After hearing this, Lieutenant General Nagata made a decision: "Give me the order. From now on, no one can leave the station without permission from the division headquarters, and the reconnaissance brigade is no exception."
"By the way, contact the aviation force and ask them to strengthen the search around us and report immediately when they find the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
