"Then what is our next goal?" Captain Huang became more and more expectant as he listened and continued to ask.
"Chaoyang City..." Li Yunlong said in shock.
"The Kwantung Army stationed in Chaoyang originally had one regiment, but these little devils looked down upon us so much that we killed two infantry brigades and one artillery brigades in one go."
"There is at most one large group of Kwantung Army left in Chaoyang City now... It is at its weakest time. If we can seize the opportunity to capture it, the space for dealing with the Kwantung Army's mopping up troops will be at least doubled in the future."
"We can also take the opportunity to consume a large amount of the surrounding Kwantung Army's effective forces, seize more weapons and ammunition, increase our future anti-mopping capabilities, reduce the anti-mopping pressure on the troops, and kill three birds with one stone!"
"And one last benefit!"
"Capturing Chaoyang does not mean that we will send heavy troops to occupy Chaoyang, but for the Kwantung Army, they will definitely not watch Chaoyang City be occupied by us. They will definitely mobilize heavy troops to recapture Chaoyang in the next big sweep against us. So
Once we do, we can use Chaoyang as bait to fight a large-scale mobile war with the Kwantung Army's mopping up troops around Chaoyang."
Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here.
When Li Yunlong was about to continue speaking, the sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly reached his ears from far to near. He turned around and saw two cavalry scouts running towards him quickly.
When he reached a position ten meters in front of him, he tightened the reins of his war horse, turned over, jumped off his horse, and ran over quickly.
"Commander... the Kwantung Army stationed in Chaoyang has dispatched again... three infantry squadrons, more than 600 people, equipped with nine mortars and nine heavy machine guns. They did not carry infantry artillery or mountain field artillery, and they marched towards us.
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"But they are very vigilant..."
"At least a small group of Japanese soldiers are scattered on both sides of the road to search and advance to ensure that there are no ambushes along the road..."
"We also sent a small Japanese combat unit riding a three-wheeled motorcycle to explore the road one kilometer in front of the main force..."
With a smile on his face, Li Yunlong analyzed the battalion commander beside him: "Didn't you want to fight just now? Now the opportunity has come!"
"The Artillery Battalion, the Second and Third Regiments will gather immediately to face the second wave of Japs sent by Chaoyang City..."
"The guard battalion and the supply battalion are left to clean the battlefield... take away all the weapons and ammunition that can be taken away... also take away the cotton uniforms that can still be used..."
"Although winter has passed, we must take precautions and stock up on winter clothes for this winter..."
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When Li Yunlong decided to face the Kwantung Army reinforcements head-on, the reinforcement telegram sent by the Chaoyang garrison had been sent to Umezu Umejiro.
The Kwantung Army commander's first reaction after reading the telegram was that he didn't believe it and felt that the Chaoyang garrison was lying about the military situation.
Because all the intelligence received by the headquarters showed that the Eighth Route Army entering the Northeast was operating in the mountains along the railway.
that's the truth.
They had just assembled heavy troops to attack the railway line near Jinzhou, and even killed a full brigade of Jinzhou garrison.
With the strong combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army, the Eighth Route Army must muster two to three times more troops and firepower if it wants to achieve such a great result.
The Jinzhou garrison lost more than a thousand people in a row, and also lost a medium-sized stronghold. Based on the strength comparison, the Eighth Route Army operating in Jinzhou had at least 3,000 people.
Intelligence shows that the total number of Eighth Route Army troops entering Northeast China is only 3,000.
Since there are more than 3,000 Eighth Route Army troops operating in Jinzhou, it means that all the Eighth Route Army troops entering the Northeast are in Jinzhou.
Now the Chaoyang garrison actually told themselves that an Eighth Route Army of more than 2,000 people had appeared in their defense area. How could this be possible? Could it be that the Eighth Route Army had the ability to spread the word and make an army?
Moreover, before this, the Eighth Route Army had never appeared in Chaoyang territory. How could it appear out of nowhere, and there were more than 2,000 people there when it appeared!
He immediately asked the chief of staff on the side: "Is it possible that the Chaoyang garrison made a mistake..."
"Chaoyang is a mountainous area, and there used to be a large number of bandits active... Could it be that the bandits in the mountains have resurrected and started going down the mountains to plunder again?"
The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"No matter how the bandits reappear, they will never be able to severely damage two infantry brigades of our army in one battle..."
"Chaoyang is located on the edge of the Kwantung Army's defense zone. Could it be that other Eighth Route Army troops in the Kwantung Pass entered the mountainous area and entered the Kwantung Army again..."
Umezu Umejiro's face suddenly sank, and he frowned and replied: "The situation you mentioned is also possible..."
"No matter whether the enemies operating in Chaoyang are the Eighth Route Army or bandits, just find a way to eliminate them!"
"chief of staff……"
"Immediately organize troops to reinforce Chaoyang...eat all the enemies active there!"
The last words of Umezu Umejiro were particularly firm.
In order to show his determination, he clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it on the table.
But the chief of staff did not act immediately, but reminded him with an embarrassed look: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"It seems that there are no troops left in Liaoning to reinforce Chaoyang!"
"In order to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army's transport operations in North China, we successively withdrew three main divisions from Liaoning..."
"Originally, they still have a mobile brigade..."
"But after the railway in Jinzhou was besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, all mobile troops of a brigade have entered Jinzhou to assist the Jinzhou garrison in destroying the Eighth Route Army operating in their defense area..."
"Currently, these troops are encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army in the mountains. We don't know their specific situation yet..."
"We allocate troops from other places to reinforce Chaoyang, which is tantamount to demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall."
"In case there are other Eighth Route Army troops within the territory, this will create opportunities for the Eighth Route Army to attack us..."
"Commander, please think again!"
Umezu Umejiro was stunned for a moment, obviously he had never thought that the powerful Kwantung Army would one day fall into the dilemma of insufficient troops.
He was stunned for several seconds before he came to his senses. He stared at the chief of staff and ordered: "Then send a telegram to the mobile troops who are reinforcing Jinzhou and ask them how the fight is going."
"With two mobile fleets and an infantry regiment that can be dispatched by the Jinzhou garrison, their encirclement and suppression force totals three regiments and more than 10,000 people."
"There are only two to three thousand Eighth Route Army troops active in their defense area. They have four times the advantage in strength and firepower, and the aviation force can provide them with air support at any time. There has been no news for so long, and the Kwantung Army is losing face to them.
Totally lost..."
"Let them end the battle as soon as possible, and then assemble at least one reinforced regiment to march quickly to reinforce Chaoyang, and cooperate with the Chaoyang garrison to wipe out the Eighth Route Army operating there..."
