Umezu Umejiro once served as the commander of the North China Front Army and fought against them. He knew better than anyone in the Kwantung Army how strong the Eighth Route Army was.
Once the Eighth Route Army is allowed to gain a foothold in the Northeast, they will be like weeds in the field that cannot be hoeed or burned...
Many times, it seemed that the Eighth Route Army had been wiped out, but it didn't take long for them to appear again from elsewhere, and the newly emerged Eighth Route Army was even stronger than before.
To use an ancient poem to describe it, "Wildfire never burns out, but the spring breeze blows it again..."
Originally, when we discovered the Eighth Route Army's activities outside the Pass last year, we should have dispatched heavy troops to nip them in the bud.
But winter had already entered in the Northeast at that time, and there was knee-deep snow everywhere, and the temperature was still very low, which was especially unfavorable for troops to fight in the wild.
Considering that it was impossible for the Eighth Route Army to develop troops and establish base areas in the winter, Umezu Umejiro suspended the encirclement and suppression operations.
As a result, I still greatly underestimated the development speed and ambition of the Eighth Route Army.
They just expanded their troops a lot in the winter, and they got such a big surprise at the beginning of spring.
Not only did they successfully raid the railway lines in Jinzhou and annihilate a garrison brigade of the Jinzhou garrison, but they also turned Chaoyang upside down.
Now through guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, the three main regiments sent by Jinzhou were severely damaged, and two of them were eaten up... Even the Chaoyang garrison lost two brigades in the battle to encircle and suppress the Chaoyang Eighth Route Army...
Defeating one battle after another means that the Eighth Route Army operating in the Northeast has begun to prepare for the establishment of base areas, and has even begun to establish base areas.
If you don't act as soon as possible to eliminate them, you will be able to get a steady supply of troops from the northeast when they establish their base.
Umezu Umejiro has always admired the Eighth Route Army's mobilization ability and ideological and political work on the battlefield.
Based on his understanding of the Eighth Route Army, as long as they establish a base area, they may be able to more than double the number of Eighth Route Army active in the Northeast within a few days...
Immediately give the order: "Move troops..."
"Immediately mobilize troops from Jilin and Heilongjiang to reinforce Liaoning..."
"First mobilize a division as quickly as possible to reinforce the Jinzhou front line."
"Although the Jinzhou garrison suffered heavy losses in the just-concluded sweep, and only wiped out less than a thousand Eighth Route Army soldiers..."
"However, the total number of Eighth Route Army troops operating in Jinzhou is only more than 2,000... The loss of nearly 1,000 people is still a traumatic experience for them..."
"We must send troops to eliminate the Eighth Route Army when they are at their weakest, without giving them a chance to regain their strength or even develop further..."
"When one division joins the war, another division will be deployed as a reserve force to reinforce the Jinzhou battlefield. We will annihilate them all in one battle and not give the Eighth Route Army any chance to survive..."
"Then march westward, gather two main divisions to encircle the Eighth Route Army operating in Chaoyang, block them outside the mountains and annihilate them, without giving them a chance to escape into the mountains."
"Otherwise, trying to completely eliminate them would be like finding a needle in a haystack!"
"Send another telegram to the southward reinforcements operating on the Yizhong front line: Ask them to speed up the pace of sweeps... and return to Liaoning as soon as possible after wiping out the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong..."
"Don't let us reinforce the North China Front Army in order to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army in the Wing, and end up losing our own nest!"
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The former enemy headquarters of the Northward Detachment of the Eighth Route Army.
Huang Yu was taking several staff officers to compile the latest battle reports from the front line on the map, so that he could more intuitively see the distribution of enemies and friends on the entire battlefield, so that he could make the most accurate decisions based on the changing enemy situation as soon as possible.
"Report to the deputy chief of staff... Insert an urgent call from Chief of Staff Wei and Battalion Commander Duan in Jinzhou..." The operator suddenly walked up to Huang Yu and reported.
"read……"
Huang Yu quickly turned his attention to the Jinzhou area on the map, with a look of expectation and order on his serious face.
"After continuous operations...the first regiment of the detachment successfully repelled the Kwantung Army's large-scale raids against them by using guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, night attacks, ambush warfare and other methods..."
"More than 6,000 Kwantung Army personnel were wiped out, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were seized..."
"The remnants of the Kwantung Army have withdrawn from the mountains and are preparing for preparations outside Jinzhou City..."
"Requesting the next combat mission!"
"Well played..."
After reading the telegram handed over by the telegraph operator, although Huang Yu had full confidence in Wei Dayong and Duan Peng, he was still shocked by their brilliant results. He punched the table in front of him with excitement and emotion on his face...
"After this battle..."
"Even if the news of the commander's annihilation of the two infantry brigades stationed in Chaoyang gets out, the Kwantung Army headquarters' attention will be attracted to Wei Dayong and Duan Peng."
"The main force of the detachment can develop the base here, expand the units in the base, and expand the troops. It can also have a longer time to prepare for war and welcome the Kwantung Army's first major sweep of our base."
"Report to the Deputy Chief of Staff..."
Another operator from the headquarters also ran over, his face full of surprise, and rushed to report before Huang Yu could speak...
"Commander's urgent call..."
"The main force of the detachment has successfully annihilated the reinforcements sent by the Kwantung Army Chaoyang Garrison..."
"Under the cover of the Kwantung Army aviation force, they are pretending to be Kwantung Army reinforcements and are rushing towards Chaoyang City... striving to capture Chaoyang City together..."
"Please deputy chief of staff be prepared to take over Chaoyang City..."
Huang Yu's eyes lit up and he sighed: "Commander, this is a good move!"
"If the detachment can really capture Chaoyang City... the entire Chaoyang can become our base area, and we can also rely on Chaoyang to develop to the surrounding areas, further expand the base area, and increase the depth of our anti-mopping strategy..."
"If the operation is done well, we can use Chaoyang City as bait to play a big game with the Kwantung Army who will encircle and suppress our base area in the future..."
The combat staff officer on the side suddenly reminded: "Deputy Chief of Staff... Then should we arrange for local cadres..."
"After all, this is the first county town our northbound detachment has taken after entering Northeast China. We must take it seriously!"
Huang Yu shook his head: "That's not necessary..."
"The overall strength of the Kwantung Army still far exceeds ours..."
"As long as they start to pay attention to us, let alone Chaoyang City, the base area we just established may not be able to hold on..."
"No matter how well we build Chaoyang City or send excellent local cadres to Chaoyang, we can't change the outcome that Chaoyang will eventually be taken back by the Kwantung Army!"
"Since we cannot permanently occupy Chaoyang City, there is no need to take over Chaoyang."
"All we need to do is transport away the trophies captured by the main force of the detachment in Chaoyang, and make some arrangements to stabilize the public order in Chaoyang!"
