Looking at the somewhat unfamiliar map on the table, the deputy commander immediately removed a puzzled expression from his face. He wondered what bold ideas Li Yunlong had.
Li Yunlong didn't keep him waiting too long.
He opened the map and pointed at the Chaoyang and Fuping tunnels and said: "I want to lead a force deep into the Northeast and establish a base here, directly threatening the safety of the Kwantung Army and coordinating counter-mopping operations in the base area..."
"You don't need more troops... more than three thousand people are enough..."
"But we must be given enough weapons, ammunition and food..."
"Especially food..."
"The Kwantung Army has occupied Northeast China for more than ten years. The situation there is definitely more difficult to develop than in North China, and the enemy is more powerful. We must always be prepared to fight guerrillas in the valley with the little devils."
"But as long as we gain a foothold in this mountainous area, we can threaten the security of Jinzhou and Shenyang..."
"Then the Kwantung Army will not dare to rashly move troops south from Liaoning and threaten our base areas in the center of the wing."
Seeing that Li Yunlong was so confident in what he said, the deputy commander did not nod or object, but frowned and analyzed the feasibility of this matter.
I have to admit that if an Eighth Route Army really establishes a foothold in the Northeast, establishes a base area, and continues to expand the base area, it will be equivalent to the Eighth Route Army having one foot in the three eastern provinces, and the benefits it may bring to the Eighth Route Army are absolutely unprecedented.
But if an accident occurs, the three thousand elites that Li Yunlong brought into the three eastern provinces will become meat buns and beat up dogs, and they will never come back.
The battlefield is like this, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.
Faced with this situation, the deputy commander couldn't say much.
After all, whether he nods or not is directly related to the life and death of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops.
Looking at Li Yunlong, he asked seriously: "What are your chances of winning..."
"Based on what I know about you, I should have thought about the entire battle plan on the way here..."
Li Yunlong patted his chest and promised: "If the chief lets me lead the troops alone in the three northeastern provinces of Jin Ruyi, the chance of gaining a firm foothold will be more than 50%..."
"But if the old leader agrees that Comrade Huang Yu will serve as my deputy chief of staff and leader of one of the main regiments, and allows me to select my own people and equipment in the Yi Zhong base, the chance of winning will be at least 80%..."
"I'll tell you the truth..."
"This idea was originally proposed by Xiao Huang."
"My heart was moved as soon as I heard it."
"If we can successfully establish base areas in the mountainous areas around Chaoyang and Fuxin, and after developing and strengthening our troops, we can also send part of our troops to cross Shenyang and Liaoyang and go deep into the Changbai Mountains to establish base areas."
"The two base areas are the horns of each other and cooperate with each other to deal with the Kwantung Army stationed in Liaoning."
"Establishing a base in Changbai Mountain can also extend our reach to Jilin step by step, develop the base in the direction of Jilin, expand our influence, and then increase our strategic depth."
"Even if the Kwantung Army dispatches three or four main divisions to besiege us by then, the troops will still have a large enough territory to fight guerrillas with them."
Upon hearing this, the deputy commander was completely moved.
Staring at Li Yunlong, he continued to ask: "This is the conclusion you two came to after discussing together..."
Li Yunlong was afraid that the deputy commander-in-chief would not agree with the plan, so he quickly nodded: "We discussed it together..."
"As long as the chief agrees to transfer 3,000 people from the Yizhong base... no, 2,000 people will be enough..."
"If we are equipped with weapons and ammunition, and more food and mules and horses, we can take the mountain road out of the customs and enter Liaoning. We can find a way to gain a foothold in Fuxin and Chaoyang and develop base areas to achieve the goal of counter-mopping up the base areas in the flanks and center.
Purpose……"
Upon hearing this, the deputy commander did not give them an answer immediately, but gave them a serious order: "You go back first..."
"This matter is too big and cannot be decided by me alone...but I agree with this proposal in principle..."
"I will definitely reply to you within two days at the latest!"
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Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping.
Lieutenant General Yamamoto, the commander of the Kwantung Army going south, was frowning to confirm the telegram he had just received, and did not say a word for a long time.
Okamura Neji stood aside. Although he didn't say anything and didn't show anything on his face, he was already happy in his heart.
The last time the Kwantung Army went south to reinforce the North China Front, as a battlefield commander, I was heartbroken for a long time when the Kwantung Army lost a regiment, and I was thinking about how to give an explanation to the Kwantung Army headquarters.
This time the Kwantung Army's reinforcements going south were commanded by their own people. They didn't even have a chance to intervene. If they were defeated on the battlefield, it would have nothing to do with them.
Not only that, he could also use this defeat to stimulate the Kwantung Army, making the Eighth Route Army in the Wing become a serious problem for the Kwantung Army, and encourage them to send more troops south to reinforce the North China Front Army.
Anyway, I don't have enough troops at hand.
As long as they can destroy the Eighth Route Army in Yinzhong, it will be no problem even if they send another 100,000 Kwantung Army troops southward.
After all, he was also a beneficiary after the Yizhong Eighth Route Army was destroyed.
"Why is this happening..." Lieutenant General Yamamoto slapped the telegram in his hand on the table, like an angry persimmon with a ferocious expression.
"The Eighth Route Army has only a few thousand participating troops. We have a reinforced division of nearly 30,000 people, a full five times strength advantage... Even if the Eighth Route Army in the wing is equipped with more heavy artillery and tanks than us, it is impossible to lose like this.
It’s miserable…”
"More than 20,000 elite Kwantung Army troops were wiped out in just one night..."
Lieutenant General Yamamoto couldn't understand, and the more he thought about it, the deeper his frown deepened.
He couldn't figure out why he lost this encounter, and he couldn't figure out why Nagata's division suffered such a tragic defeat.
Okamura Neji did not go to comfort Lieutenant General Yamamoto.
After all, he failed to listen to his own advice in this battle. If he had not underestimated the enemy on the battlefield, the Nagata Division would never have suffered such a heavy blow.
Besides, he has the rank of general, while Yamamoto only has the rank of lieutenant general. It is already wrong enough to condescend to cooperate with Lieutenant General Nagata in commanding the battle, and he is asked to comfort Lieutenant General Nagata. How is this possible?
And Okamura Neji also has his own little thoughts.
For the future of the North China Front Army, he wished that the Kwantung Army would suffer a defeat at the hands of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army, so that the Kwantung Army might be completely angered by the Yizhong Eighth Route Army under his own fire, and then dispatch more troops south to encircle and suppress the Yizhong Eighth Route Army.
I snorted in my heart and asked, "Yamamoto-kun..."
"The cunningness and endless combat methods of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army are far beyond our imagination. When the Nagata Division sends out specific battle reports, you will be able to see how difficult the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is to deal with..."
"Originally, we had three reinforced divisions, which could wipe out the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong with absolute strength advantage."
"Now that one division has been severely damaged, the remaining two divisions are obviously not enough to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
