On a hilltop less than 600 meters away from the Kwantung Army station, Duan Peng was holding a telescope to observe the opponent's every move.
Several company commanders gathered around. You said something, I said something, and they analyzed their judgments and ideas to Duan Peng.
"Battal Commander... the Kwantung Army set up camp so early, obviously to prevent us from attacking them at night!" The first company commander frowned and expressed his judgment!
"There are still so many light and dark sentries arranged around the station. They are obviously frightened by our night attack yesterday and are worried that we will get around them and attack them at close range!" The second company commander was convinced and followed up.
The third company commander immediately frowned, and reminded with a worried look on his face: "Batalion Commander..."
"The Kwantung Army is so vigilant, it will be difficult for us to kill them in large numbers through night attacks tonight..."
"In order to reduce the losses of the troops... I suggest deploying artillery to launch a long-distance sneak attack on the Kwantung Army's garrison... The infantry should seize the time to rest and accumulate strength for tomorrow's battle..."
"Anyway, they won't be able to break out of the woods until around ten o'clock tomorrow morning. We still have two full hours of fighting time."
"If everything goes well, it will definitely be no problem to kill another two to three hundred people!"
Duan Peng shook his head and replied with a cold snort: "Why wait until tomorrow!"
"All the operations of the Kwantung Army are prepared to prepare for our night attacks... such as deploying a large number of light and dark sentries, strengthening security, expanding the garrison, dispersing soldiers, and reducing the losses of the troops in sudden artillery attacks..."
"Since they are preventing us from making a sneak attack, it's okay if we don't make a sneak attack..."
"Change the sneak attack into a strong attack, rush into the Kwantung Army's station, and fight them directly..."
"They dispersed their troops so much that as long as our assault speed is fast enough, we can open a breach in a short time and rush into the Kwantung Army's station, they won't even have time to assemble their troops to resist us head-on, and we will directly kill them and penetrate them...
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"I wonder if you have discovered a problem..."
"Although the Kwantung Army in front of us still has nearly a thousand people, most of these troops are artillery and machine gunners..."
"The heavy machine guns and mortars they operate are long-range attack weapons."
"As long as our assault speed is fast enough and we rush into the Kwantung Army's station before they can react and fight with them, the heavy machine guns and mortars equipped by these machine gunners and artillerymen will be ineffective."
"Without weapons, these gunners and machine gunners will become a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, allowing us to destroy them..."
The first company commander frowned and asked: "But there are still two to three hundred infantry in this group of Kwantung Army..."
"We only have more than two hundred people. If we are blocked by these Kwantung Army infantry outside the station and their artillery and heavy machine gun troops join the battle in time, we will not only be unable to achieve any results, but we will also suffer heavy casualties..."
"It's too risky to fight like this... I still recommend using artillery fire to launch a long-distance artillery raid on the Kwantung Army's station... wait until daybreak before sending out infantry to attack..."
Duan Peng shook his head again and replied firmly: "Don't worry... nothing will go wrong..."
"Even if the Kwantung Army still has 300 elite infantrymen, we can still be overwhelming and easily enter their base and engage in close combat with their artillery and heavy machine gunners!"
Seeing several company commanders showing puzzled expressions, Duan Peng didn't waste any time and explained directly...
"The Kwantung Army station is much larger than we imagined..."
"We calculate based on three hundred elite veterans..."
"The light and dark sentinels need to be reduced by at least 60 people, and there are still 240 people left to continue fighting..."
"Even if the Kwantung Army does not leave a single infantryman at the station and divides them into four, each direction of the station will only be allocated one infantryman..."
"The position they need to defend frontally is four to five hundred meters long, and it takes an average of seven to eight meters to get one Japanese soldier... We have mortars, heavy machine guns, and a large number of grenade launchers to provide fire cover..."
"As long as we gather all the heavy weapons at one point and launch an attack suddenly, the powerful assault firepower can definitely severely damage the Kwantung Army in one direction in just a few seconds, causing them to lose their combat effectiveness..."
"In this way, our troops can be overwhelming and quickly enter the Kwantung Army's station..."
"The next battle will be easy..."
"Before that, we can still give the Kwantung Army a move to attack the east and the west..."
"Two mortars and two heavy machine guns launched the attack from the opposite direction to us, making the Kwantung Army mistakenly think that we were going to attack their base from there, attracting the Kwantung Army's attention and strength."
"In this way, their artillery and machine gunners will definitely provide fire cover in the direction of our feint attack..."
"We will launch the attack again after the Japanese army is fully engaged in the battle. As long as the troops enter their camp within one minute, we will win this battle!"
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Kwantung Army garrison.
The wing chief of staff who took over the command is personally inspecting the station's defense line to ensure nothing goes wrong.
The Eighth Route Army's night attack was too powerful. He had already tried it last night. If he was not fully prepared tonight, by tomorrow morning, the more than 900 grains in hand would definitely be reduced to 600 or 700 men.
If we lose another two to three hundred men on the march tomorrow morning, the entire regiment will be depleted.
"Yoshi...very good..."
Looking at the secret sentry hidden in the bushes not far away, the chief of staff was very satisfied and continued to explain: "In addition to the secret sentry, there must be no less patrols..."
"Only by closing all the loopholes that may lead to a night attack by the Eighth Route Army can we hold on until tomorrow morning with minimal losses."
Although the captain felt that the chief of staff was a little too cautious.
But it is better to be cautious than to underestimate the enemy, so he accepted the order readily: "I'll make arrangements now..."
"Prepare two patrol teams in each direction of the station to patrol back and forth to prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking advantage of it!"
eight pm……
The station was not attacked at all, not even the long-distance artillery attack that had not been interrupted last night.
The chief of staff felt that all this was his own fault.
Because the troops were cautious enough: they would give up the sneak attack without giving the Eighth Route Army any opportunity to take advantage of...
Otherwise, after a night attack, the Eighth Route Army had to pay a price but not achieve much results, and it would be too much of a loss.
As expected, the station will not be attacked again tonight.
The chief of staff decided to have a good sleep.
Everyone didn't sleep well last night. After a long day of traveling during the day, we were already very tired... If we don't get a good rest tonight, we won't be able to march during the day tomorrow.
He decided to seize the time to recharge his batteries...
Only in this way can the troops be able to cope with a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army and fight their way out of the woods at the minimum cost.
It's a pity that his opponent is Duan Peng, a commander brought out by Huang Yu. He especially likes to make strange moves on the battlefield, which means that the idea in the head of the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff is destined to be a sweet dream...
