After looking at each person for two seconds, Colonel Kawasaki took a deep breath and said with a serious face: "Chief of Staff, please first introduce to me all the information about the Eighth Route Army's Solitary Second Regiment. The more detailed the better."
"Hai..." The new chief of staff was promoted from the group captain below. He had many battle experiences with the Duer Regiment. In order to leave a good impression on Colonel Kawasaki, he quickly stood up from his chair and reported respectfully.
"After investigation, the Eighth Route Army established a garrison regiment in the newly occupied Wangdu County and Mancheng County. Including the previously established Shunping garrison regiment, the main force of the Duer Regiment, there are more than four regiments of the Eighth Route Army operating in the Baoding area.
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Captain Kawasaki frowned suddenly, and his face became particularly ugly at this moment.
I thought that my only opponent was the independent regiment, but now a hundred thousand garrison regiments appeared out of thin air. I was shocked and angry.
I never expected that Major General Hase would hide so much from the Front Army Headquarters.
If he only dealt with a single group, he would be 100% sure of annihilating the opponent.
Now the opponent has suddenly changed from one regiment to four regiments, and the overall strength has increased by more than four times. The difficulty of annihilating them will definitely increase exponentially. The pressure faced by Colonel Kawasaki will also be several times greater, and he may even be in the battle.
If an accident occurs, your reputation will be ruined.
The chief of staff is particularly good at observing people's actions. Otherwise, he would not have stood out among so many captains and been promoted to the chief of staff of the brigade. He quickly comforted him.
"Although our opponents have changed from one regiment to four regiments, their overall strength has not increased, and has even weakened a lot."
"In addition to the heavy artillery brigade reinforced by the front army headquarters, the three infantry brigades I brought are also equipped with six infantry cannons and four mountain cannons."
"Hayi..."
"This is the Eighth Route Army's usual method of dealing with us. Now I am the newly appointed brigade commander of the Baoding Mixed Brigade. I don't want this kind of thing to happen in my defense zone. If we want to fight, we can take advantage of the fact that we have enough troops to give the Eighth Route Army a fatal blow.
Attack them and completely eliminate them without giving them any chance to resurrect."
Colonel Kawasaki became interested after hearing this and quickly asked: "Can you be more specific?"
"The mopping up troops directly formed a large net and swept directly towards the Eighth Route Army base area, catching all the Eighth Route Army troops operating outside the mountains, and then attacked their troops hiding in the mountains to completely destroy their base areas."
"It is also possible to mobilize three regiments of the Imperial Association Army to join the war, but these Imperial Army Association armies are still being formed, and it will take at least a month to be initially formed into an army. The two thousand recruits who have just been added to the army will also take more than five days to integrate into the army.
, form combat effectiveness.”
The chief of staff continued: "Investigation has determined that the three newly established garrison regiments of the Eighth Route Army each have only about a thousand people. Except for a small number of mortars and heavy machine guns, they do not have any other heavy weapons."
"After the sweep begins, the only thing the attacking troops have to worry about is that the Duer Regiment has captured more than a dozen of our mountain field guns and a large number of mortars."
"How many Imperial Association troops can Baoding City mobilize to participate in this big sweep?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, has also added twelve field artillery pieces, eight mountain artillery pieces, and six infantry artillery pieces to the mixed brigade."
After saying that, he stared at the deputy brigade commander Colonel Miyazawa and asked: "Miyazawa-kun, are all the gunners I asked you to prepare in advance ready?"
"Three days...three days later, the artillery unit must become combat effective."
"Only 20% to 30% of the troops are veterans, and the remaining 70% to 80% are new recruits."
"Coupled with the mountain artillery and infantry artillery equipped by the mixed brigade, we can dispatch more than fifty direct-fire artillery pieces for this sweep. If the Eighth Route Army dares to repeat it deliberately, I don't mind using powerful artillery fire to destroy the artillery they finally built.
force."
After finishing speaking, the deputy brigade commander asked the next question without waiting for a rebuttal: "How long will it take for two thousand new recruits to form a combat effectiveness after replenishing the army."
"They shelled our military base from a long distance under the cover of darkness. We did not have enough artillery fire to counterattack, and the aircraft could not support us at night. The troops could only be passively bombed."
"The main force of the Duer Regiment has also been removed because of a large number of veterans, and the overall combat effectiveness is not as good as before."
"Both previous attacks were repulsed by these artillery pieces."
"For this big sweep to begin, I need enough troops to join the battle."
Although he and Kawasaki both hold the rank of colonel, he is doing meritorious service, and if he is not careful, he will lose his position just like Major General Hase. Facing the newly appointed acting brigade commander, he does not dare to show off his qualifications or airs at all.
, he speaks and acts more respectfully than the chief of staff.
"The humble position has allocated a sufficient number of gunners to form the newly established field artillery brigade and mountain artillery squadron. The structures are all set up. As long as the equipment is replenished, combat effectiveness can be formed in up to five days."
"If you want to annihilate them all outside the mountain, you must have enough troops to outflank and dig pockets. Otherwise, they will definitely cut off their strength and leave some of their troops to stop us outside the mountain and fight a war of attrition with us."
Colonel Kawasaki interrupted again: "No, the speed is too slow..."
"We are all veterans who lead troops in war, and we should be aware of the importance of veterans in an army. With blind expansion, once the proportion of new recruits exceeds that of veterans, the overall combat effectiveness of the army will not become stronger due to the increase in troops, but will become weaker and weaker.
Even the combat effectiveness of a few hundred veterans will not be fully exerted under the drag of new recruits."
"When we finish the sweep and the reinforcements return to Peiping, they will fight their way out of the mountains and rebuild their base."
"In order to reduce casualties, we had to choose to withdraw our troops and end the battle."
"The main elites hid in the mountains and were waiting."
Colonel Kawasaki felt unhappy after hearing this, and said dissatisfiedly: "What's going on with the Imperial Alliance Army? How come Baoding is so big that it can't even mobilize several regiments of the Imperial Alliance Army? What do you do for food?"
The deputy brigade commander immediately showed a troubled expression on his face. He thought for a while before speaking: "Sir, if we add all two thousand recruits to the army, the mixed brigade can allocate three brigades to participate in the sweep."
"Hai..." Colonel Miyazawa quickly stood up and answered.
"Although the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness has weakened due to large-scale expansion, their total strength has exceeded 5,000."
"If we delay one more day in Baoding, the opponent's combat effectiveness will increase by one point, and our combat night in the big sweep will also increase."
Colonel Kawasaki suddenly interrupted: "Don't be afraid this time."
"Sir, please calm down!" the deputy brigade commander quickly explained.
"In the previous battle to attack the Duer Regiment, we lost more than four regiments of the Royal Association Army and did not receive any replacements."
"In order to make up for the gap in the Imperial Alliance Army, I am expanding the Imperial Alliance Army, but it will take time."
Colonel Kawasaki was confused by this answer. Before taking office, he was prepared for Baoding to be a mess, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.
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