Facing Li Yunlong's doubtful gaze, Huang Yu reminded with a smile: "Deputy Commander... have you forgotten how we severely damaged the Nagata Division step by step, and finally even captured their Gu'an County?"
"Chariot troops and heavy artillery troops..." Li Yunlong reacted in just a moment.
Then a look of realization appeared on his face: "We have tanks and heavy artillery..."
"If the Japs dare to divide their troops to reinforce the battlefield, we can completely repeat the old trick on Dabeipo. We will first use heavy artillery to destroy the tanks equipped by the reinforcements, and then dispatch the tanks to attack their light infantry."
"No matter how many little Japanese reinforcements come by then, they will only be a piece of fat in our mouths. It has no meaning other than giving away military exploits in vain."
"Unless they also bring heavy artillery units and directly use their heavy artillery units to shoot at our heavy artillery units, their tank units will be immune to attack. They will have a head-on collision with our tank units, and the light infantry will not be attacked by our tanks.
The troops pressed down and fought..."
"As long as the Kwantung Army reinforcements know that we are equipped with a large number of tanks and heavy artillery, and the leading commander has some sense, he will not make a decision to divide the troops, otherwise he will just give us food."
"I don't mind killing thousands more Kwantung troops on the Great Bei Slope battlefield."
"Anyway, the weapons, ammunition and materials we seized in Gu'an County greatly supplemented the losses of the troops."
"We now have enough ammunition to use it up with the Kwantung Army reinforcements."
Li Yunlong understood and replied happily: "Then do it..."
"The cavalry troops took grenades and explosive packs and set off immediately. I blew up all the roads that the Kwantung Army must pass through to reinforce Dabei Slope. The more thorough the better, so that the Japanese heavy artillery troops will completely lie down on the battlefield."
"Send another telegram to Kong Jie..."
"Immediately organize a rapid march of transport vehicles and baggage vehicles to Gu'an County, transfer the loot, and strive to end the battle before dawn."
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It is located seven or eight kilometers north of Xiong County.
An elite Kwantung Army with a total strength of more than 8,000 people is rapidly heading north along the highway to reinforce Gu'an County.
More than a dozen tanks, followed by more than a hundred Japs, fired at possible hiding positions on both sides of the road as they marched, to prevent an Eighth Route Army ambush on the troops' march.
The main force dragged dozens of heavy artillery pieces closely behind the vanguard. The remaining tanks and armored vehicles of the chariot force followed the artillery and held down the formation in a mighty and mighty manner, giving people an unstoppable posture.
"General..."
As they walked, the forward troops who were charging forward unexpectedly stopped. Just as the brigade leader was about to send someone to ask about the situation, he saw a messenger on a horse galloping towards him, turned over and fell off his horse.
He reported with a serious look on his face.
"The road ahead was bombed..."
"Investigation determined that the highway was bombed for no more than half an hour..."
"Infantry and tanks can continue to move forward across the damaged road, but the armored vehicles and heavy artillery units in the team must wait for the road to be repaired before they can continue to move forward..."
"Our captain asks for instructions..."
"Should the troops continue to move forward or stop temporarily to build roads..."
The brigade commander's face instantly darkened. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the chief of staff shouting: "General..."
"I suggest that the forward troops continue to move forward..."
"The Nagata Division has lost its combat effectiveness under the siege of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, which is equivalent to the end of the battle in Gu'an City."
"I know the Eighth Route Army from my humble position: when they march and fight, they often retreat after taking advantage..."
"Now the battlefield air control is back in our hands."
"The Yizhong Eighth Route Army that captured Gu'an County must be moving their loot and evacuating the battlefield as quickly as possible..."
"If we arrive too late, we may not even be able to catch a single hair from the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong."
"The destroyed roads can block heavy artillery units and armored vehicles, but cannot block tanks and light infantry."
"I suggest that the troops be divided immediately..."
"The tanks in the chariot unit will cover the rapid march of the light infantry to reinforce the battlefield and hold back those Eighth Route Army troops who want to run away after taking advantage."
"Heavy artillery troops and tank troops will follow suit..."
"Wait until they arrive on the battlefield and then surround and annihilate the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong."
After the chief of staff expressed his thoughts, several commanders and group captains around him showed approval, and then looked at the brigade commander eagerly, waiting for the brigade commander to give the order.
Unfortunately, the brigade commander rejected this seemingly correct proposal.
"No...the troops must not be divided to reinforce the battlefield..."
"I know you want to fight against the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong and make military exploits...but you have forgotten the most basic qualities of an excellent commander..."
“Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle…”
"Have you forgotten what kind of army our opponent is?"
The chief of staff did not react for a moment and replied with a frown: "Isn't it just an Eighth Route Army..."
"We have two regiments of light troops, equipped with a large number of mortars and mortars... If the general feels that the artillery is too weak, we can also bring a heavy mortar squadron, plus a dozen tanks to help... Even if
Even a main division of the Eighth Route Army can easily crush them, not to mention that the Eighth Route Army in the wing operating in Gu'an County only has a few thousand people."
"Besides us, there is also a reinforced brigade that is also reinforcing the battlefield. Is it possible that our two reinforced brigades still can't kill thousands of Eighth Route Army troops?"
The brigade commander did not respond directly to the chief of staff's question, but frowned and asked: "Then tell me..."
"How did the Nagata Division suffer heavy losses from the Yizhong Eighth Route Army and lose its combat effectiveness?"
"Their total strength was also two reinforced brigades, and they were defeated in the end..."
"Or you think that the combat effectiveness of our brigade far exceeds that of the Nagata Division..."
"The Yizhong Eighth Route Army, which could easily inflict heavy losses on the Nagata Division, came in front of us and suddenly became vulnerable."
Seeing that the chief of staff couldn't hold back a word for a long time, the brigade commander directly took out the request for help telegram sent by Lieutenant General Nagata to the division commander, and introduced with a sullen face: "Although the opponent we are about to face is the Eighth Route Army, they are not ordinary Eighth Route Army.
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"In terms of equipment, the Eighth Route Army has even more heavy weapons than our Kwantung Army in the same quantity."
"The telegram sent by the Nagata Division for help said: The Eighth Route Army attacking them has at least three heavy artillery regiments, more than fifty tanks and armored vehicles, and is also equipped with a large number of mountain artillery and mortars... In addition, there is at least one regiment.
Cavalry troops..."
"If we give up artillery and advance lightly with only tanks, if nothing else, the three heavy artillery regiments equipped by the Eighth Route Army alone can blow us into pieces... By the time the heavy artillery regiments destroy our tank troops, dozens of armored vehicles
If the chariot comes towards us again, do you think our group of light infantry might be our opponent?"
"In the end, not only will we not be able to save the Nagata Division, we will also be trapped in it."
