Chapter 1294 Huang Yu: Better sooner rather than later
Umezu Umejiro subconsciously wanted to reject Okamura Neji's proposal, but he swallowed it back as soon as it reached his lips.
During the Gu'an raid more than two months ago, the Kwantung Army's reinforcements sent south because they did not understand the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong and were not familiar with their opponent's tactics, so they were caught off guard.
In the end, a reinforced division was severely damaged, losing more than 20,000 elite Kwantung Army soldiers and a large number of weapons and ammunition.
The same problem must not be repeated a second time.
Okamura Neiji's proposal can definitely help the reinforcement troops going south to understand the Eighth Route Army and their tactics to the greatest extent possible.
Although I knew that there was a lot of careful thinking hidden in this by Neiji Okamura, which even included the purpose of using the Kwantung Army's southward reinforcements to help him eliminate the North China Eighth Route Army and reduce the combat pressure on the North China Front Army.
But the benefits this military operation brought to the southward reinforcements were also very intuitive.
After thinking for a long time, in order to let the reinforcements going south know their opponents better, Umezu Umejiro decided to suppress the rising anger in his heart and temporarily agreed to Okamura Neji's conditions.
After the Kwantung Army's reinforcements move south to kill the Eighth Route Army in the Wing and end the reinforcement mission, they can then go to trouble Neji Okamura.
I had no choice but to give the order: "Give the reinforcements going south an order..."
"Besieging the Eighth Route Army base division in Yizhong, the three main divisions that have entered North China are temporarily at the mercy of Okamura Neiji... But the troops must control their casualties when performing military missions in North China."
"Their purpose of going south to reinforce North China is to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army's base area in the center of the wing, not to attack other Eighth Route Army forces."
"You must not stop eating because of choking..."
After giving the order, seeing that the chief of staff stood aside and did not immediately respond, Umezu Umejiro couldn't help but cursed: "Why are you still standing here?"
"Let the troops who went into the mountains to search for the Eighth Route Army return to their bases immediately, take precautions against the cold, and then go into the mountains to search for the Eighth Route Army and eliminate them."
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The little devils along the railway line were like crazy, searching for the Eighth Route Army everywhere.
The culprit behind the sneak attack on the railway was training troops in the Qinglong Mountain area hundreds of kilometers away.
When Huang Yu served as the commander of the Special Forces Regiment in the Yizhong Base Area, Wei Dayong was the commander of the Special Regiment's Rapid Reaction Battalion...
After the northward detachment was established, Wei Dayong was also selected by Huang Yu to serve as the chief of staff of the first regiment and commander of the first battalion.
Just after the day's training, Wei Dayong rubbed his hands and rushed to the headquarters to report the situation...
"Commander, commander... we hide in the mountains to train every day, eating white flour steamed buns, and a meal of pork every other day. It's been almost a month, and we haven't fought a single battle in the meantime. My hands are itchy."
Already..."
"How about we do the same as last time and go to the railway line to get some benefits..."
"In case the Kwantung Army strengthens its vigilance and cannot capture the strongholds they are holding, it would be fine to capture a few settlement points..."
"Not only have we captured a lot, but we can also recruit new soldiers, killing two birds with one stone..."
Huang Yu did not answer, but frowned and asked, "Have all the recruits I given you been trained?"
Wei Dayong quickly shook his head: "We have brought back almost all the absentees... Most of the absentees were soldiers before. After being captured by the Japanese, they were sent to the mines to dig coal. They are just in poor health."
"After replenishing their bodies and conducting some targeted training, they will soon regain their combat effectiveness and integrate into the army."
"The only difficulty is that it will take at least two months for the recruits who have not undergone any training to become combat effective."
After hearing this, Huang Yu cursed angrily: "Why are Nani still standing here...waiting for me and the commander to take care of your dinner?"
"Go back and tell the soldiers when the troops will complete their training, when they will become combat effective, and when I will send them to the battlefield."
"We are fighting alone in the Northeast without any foreign aid. Our opponent is still the Kwantung Army, the most elite of the little devils. Any accident may bring a devastating blow to the army. We must be cautious and wait until every soldier has formed combat effectiveness.
Go to the battlefield and fight the Japanese."
Wei Dayong wanted to fight for it again, but after seeing Huang Yu's intelligent eyes, he decisively swallowed the words he had not yet spoken and turned around to leave the headquarters.
I secretly swore in my heart that when I returned to the station, I would train the new recruits in the team to the death so that they could become combat effective as soon as possible.
Li Yunlong didn't speak during the whole process.
To be honest, he was also very anxious.
In the last railway raid, as the commander, he had to sit at the headquarters and did not directly participate in the battle.
He has not really been on the battlefield since the army left the border.
For a thorough soldier, having him stay at the headquarters training troops and guarding the station every day is simply more uncomfortable than killing him.
After Wei Dayong left, he stared at Huang Yu and asked: "I heard that the Kwantung Army almost searched the mountains and forests along the railway, but they still couldn't find any clues about us."
"I estimate that the Kwantung Army that entered the mountains in a few days will withdraw because they have found nothing..."
"When fighting in the mountains in icy and snowy conditions, and camping out in the mountains for several days in a row, no matter how much preparation you make against the cold, there will still be non-combat attrition."
"No matter how aggrieved Umezu Umejiro was, in order to prevent the Kwantung Army from losing his wife and losing troops, he could only issue a withdrawal order."
"In my opinion..."
"As soon as the Kwantung Army withdraws, our opportunity will come."
"The troops will still act independently in company units, retreat as soon as they hit, and maybe they can blow up another section before the Kwantung Army repairs the railway, further delaying the Kwantung Army's move south, and giving Kong Erlunzhi more time to expand the army and prepare for war."
"Sooner rather than later..." Huang Yu suddenly said.
His original idea was that the northward detachment would not conduct any military operations in the next month or two and would hide in the mountains and train the troops.
But what Li Yunlong said makes sense.
When the Japanese troops retreat to their respective positions, the mountains along the railway will become the domain of the Eighth Route Army again. They can seize the opportunity to bomb a few more sections of the railway, completely cutting off the Kwantung Army's southward railway line, and leaving them trapped in the Northeast all winter with no chance.
Go south.
Seeing Li Yunlong suddenly frown, Huang Yu immediately expressed his thoughts.
"Commander..."
"The Kwantung Army has been searching the mountains along the railway for half a month. There are a large number of non-combat casualties every day. The troops must be very tired and their morale is still very low..."
"If we send out a few elite small troops to launch attacks along the railway far away from the station, fight guerrillas with the Japs in the mountains, and make the situation more chaotic, the Kwantung Army will definitely not be able to find out where we are really stationed, and will have to
Continue to search for us in the mountains despite the wind and snow."
"Our troops take turns to attack. If we are lucky enough, we may be able to defeat one or two Kwantung Army troops entering the mountains. We will take the opportunity to consume the strength of the Kwantung Army in Liaoning and create conditions for our next large-scale attack."
