Kong Jie heard the hidden meaning in Huang Yu's words and immediately asked: "Strength is not a problem. Can I transfer the guard company of the Duer Regiment to you?"
"If that's not enough, the Fourth Battalion can also give it to you... They are the reserve team on the battlefield for the decisive battle. They have no missions for the time being. After defeating Pingyang Town, they will return to Chenzhuang for repairs. It should not affect the final battle."
"Then I can kill five hundred more puppet troops..." Huang Yu answered confidently.
The tunnel fortifications in Pingyang Town were better than those at Taipingzhuang, but Huang Yu's estimated results were even less. This was not because Huang Yu had no confidence, but because the Japanese and puppet troops already had experience in fighting tunnel battles after the battle at Taipingzhuang.
Huang Yu tried to use the same attack method to severely injure the Japs again, but the success rate was very low. He could only adapt to changes by staying the same and make improvised decisions based on the Japs' offensive methods.
The next blocking battle at Pingyang Town will definitely be more difficult to fight than at Taipingzhuang, and the results will be smaller.
"That's enough..." Kong Jie said with excitement.
Five hundred people may not seem like a lot, but for the middle route mopping up force with a total strength of only four to five thousand people, these five hundred people may very well be the last straw that breaks their back.
There were 500 people left behind in Shunping County, and more than 1,000 people were killed in Pingyang Town. The Japanese and puppet army's middle-road mopping up troops had less than 4,000 people left to kill Chenzhuang.
After deducting the artillery, baggage troops, puppet troops, and engineers in the team... there are at most 2,000 little devils who can fight.
With the Duer Regiment's current combat effectiveness and Chenzhuang's perfect street fighting fortifications, it is still quite possible to defeat them.
Then he ordered Shen Quan on the side: "Chief of Staff, immediately notify the guard company and the fourth battalion. After dark, use platoon Wei units to disperse and reinforce Pingyang Town and accept the command of the Deputy Chief of Staff."
After saying that, he turned his attention to Li Yunlong: "Old Li, there should be no problem with the Wangdu garrison, right?"
Li Yunlong was still immersed in the shock of his march into Northeast China, and he didn't react until Kong Jie named him again.
I admire Kong Jie in my heart, but I don't admit defeat at all.
He made a decision in a flash: "Lao Kong, there are still more than 600 people in the Wangdu garrison. After the Japanese sweep the troops from the left and occupy Wangdu, they will definitely leave some troops to defend Wangdu and protect the wounded and baggage and ammunition."
"I plan to follow Xiao Huang's example and kill them with a single shot, eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops left behind in Wangdu City, and replenish the troops with some ammunition."
"The total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops on the left will be sharply reduced to about 3,000 people. If you add the artillery, baggage troops, puppet troops, engineers, and small Japanese combat troops in the team, there will definitely be less than 2,000 people."
"I want Xiao Huang's Shunping garrison to lead troops to reinforce Zhangjia'ao immediately after the Pingyang battle. The two garrison regiments will fight together to try to swallow up the little devils in this group. If they can't be swallowed, they will have to escape.
Layers of skin.”
As soon as Kong Jie heard Li Yunlong's tone of voice, he knew that he was in conflict with her again.
Seeing that he was about to eat a brigade of the Kwantung Army with his mouth open, he felt unconvinced and wanted to eat the troops sweeping up the left flank in one bite.
He immediately asked: "Old Li, there are only about 600 people left in the Wangdu garrison. After the return of the carbine, there should be about 500 people left."
"Xiao Huang's Shunping garrison should be similar. Wouldn't it be too risky to only rely on a thousand people to fight against the 3,000-day puppet army?"
Li Yunlong slapped his hand on the table and said confidently: "Kong Er, don't think that you look down on me because you are the leader of the group."
"Aren't they just the Three Thousand Days puppet army? I, Li Yunlong, really don't take them seriously."
"Thousands of people are enough to kill the mopping up troops on the left, just take a look."
Seeing how insistent Li Yunlong was, Kong Jie couldn't say much.
Based on the understanding of many of his old comrades-in-arms, although people are impulsive and like to violate discipline, when it comes to fighting, this kid will immediately get into the mood as if he were a different person.
Moreover, this guy is not a loser. If an accident occurs during a combat operation, he will definitely withdraw his troops as soon as possible. He will not fight to the death with the Japanese and end up losing his wife and losing his troops.
He immediately replied: "Okay, I'll leave the mopping up troops on the left to you."
"The next counter-mopping up in the base area will be carried out as we just said. The meeting is adjourned..."
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At the headquarters of the Japanese brigade in Baoding, Okamura Neiji's hatred for the base in the wing deepened, and at the same time he became more and more fearful. He stood guard by the sand table for two hours.
The deputy chief of staff had not seen the commander like this for a long time. He wanted to comfort him several times, but he didn't know how to speak.
The major sweep was just over halfway through, and more than half of the three-way sweep troops had already suffered casualties. This was something that had never happened in other sweeps. The commander had not personally sat on the battlefield to pay attention to a certain major sweep like this for a long time, and he was very worried.
He furrowed his brows and did not think about food or tea.
In a blink of an eye, the communications staff officer suddenly ran over.
The deputy chief of staff felt that he had found an opportunity to speak, but after he read the telegram, he did not know how to speak, and his face became increasingly ugly.
After opening his mouth several times, he finally answered bravely: "Your Excellency, Commander, something happened to the troops and the wounded that Mr. Fujita left in Junpei Castle."
"At about twelve o'clock, Mr. Fujita received an urgent call from Junping County. A group of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly appeared in the city and quickly captured the military camp, field hospital, and headquarters... The remaining troops only lasted ten minutes before losing contact."
"They suspected that this was the Eighth Route Army's plan to attack the east and attack the west, and they deliberately lured them back to support Shunping to buy time for the Yizhong Eighth Route Army to withdraw into the mountains."
"Fujita-kun decided to ignore Junpei and continue to raid Chenzhuang, trying to capture Chenzhuang before dark and cut off the Eighth Route Army's retreat channel."
Okamura Neji had a sullen face and did not answer.
The Eighth Route Army in Yizhong used too many counter-mopping methods, and they were endless. Until there is definite evidence, no one knows whether the attack on Shunping was an attack on the east or another conspiracy.
It's not easy for him to give random ideas to the Yi County raiding force.
As a result, just ten minutes later, the communications staff rushed into the war room again. Without waiting for the deputy chief of staff to receive the telegram, he hurriedly reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, Wangdu County has been attacked by the Eighth Route Army and has lost contact..."
"The commander of the Kawasaki Brigade believed that this was the Eighth Route Army's plan to attack the east and attack the west, so he did not send troops to return reinforcements."
"Continue to lead the troops to implement the mopping up plan and attack in the direction of Chenzhuang."
"Something's wrong..."
Okamura Neji finally reacted and raised his eyebrows.
"Two county towns have been attacked one after another. There is indeed the possibility of attacking from the east to the west to lure the mopping up troops to return for reinforcements."
"But it is also possible that the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to defeat them one by one and further consume the strength of the mopping up troops."
"More than half of the mopping up troops from the left and middle routes have been killed. The Eighth Route Army's carbine rifles killed more than 500 of them each. They also took the opportunity to cut off the retreat of the two mopping up troops. If an accident occurs, they will not be able to evacuate from the Eighth Route Army base area even if they want to."
As he talked, he looked at the map, and followed the path that the troops must pass through in the middle road towards Chenzhuang. He locked on to Pingyang Town and stopped moving, pointing there.
"It's not easy to fight here either..."
"The Baoding garrison once lost two infantry brigades here."
"Pingyang Town is also the location of the headquarters of the Shunping Garrison Regiment."
"Intelligence shows that the Eighth Route Army started digging tunnels after occupying this place."
"The tunnel fortifications in Pingyang Town are more complete than those in Taipingzhuang."
"Fujita-kun lost three infantry brigades and more than two battalions of the Imperial Association Army in Pingyang Town."
"If the Eighth Route Army gathers a large number of troops to defend Pingyang Town, Mr. Fujita may not be able to kill him."
Speaking of this, another idea suddenly came to Okamura Neji's mind. He stared at the sand table and continued to ask: "How far is the left sweep force from Taiping Town?"
"It's less than 50 kilometers, and we can kill it by marching for eight hours." The deputy chief of staff answered, pointing to a point on the map.
"Order..." Okamura Neji made a decision in his mind after hearing this, and looked at the deputy chief of staff and said seriously.
"The original sweep plan has been cancelled. From now on, all three sweep forces will be under my command."
The deputy chief of staff was confused by Okamura Neiji's move, and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Your Excellency, Commander, why do you want to change the raid plan? I can't figure it out."
"Don't you think that we have been passively beaten from the beginning of this big sweep..." The decision just now made Okamura Neji think about many questions in an instant, and he stared at the sand table and asked with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Taipingzhuang blocking battle, Tancun blocking battle, Wangdu County street fighting, Wangdu County offensive and defensive battle, Shunping County offensive and defensive battle..."
"There are authentic shadows inside..."
"It means that the Eighth Route Army has calculated exactly where the mopping up troops must pass, and built tunnel fortifications in advance, waiting for us to go there and throw ourselves into the trap."
The deputy chief of staff was so frightened by Neji Okamura's inference that he was stunned for a while before he couldn't help but ask.
"Your Majesty Commander, are you saying that our raid plan was leaked in advance?"
"This is absolutely impossible..."
"Each tunnel fortification in the Yizhong base will take several months to dig."
"Our raid plan was made on a temporary basis before the operation."
"No matter how leaked it is, the Eighth Route Army will never know it two months in advance."
"Are you mistaken?"
Neji Okamura asked with a stern face: "When did I say that the raid plan was leaked?"
The deputy chief of staff became more and more confused as he listened, and continued to ask: "If the mopping up plan was not leaked, why could the Eighth Route Army dig tunnels in advance along the path that the mopping up troops must pass, and wait for us to attack."
Okamura Neji is already thinking about beating people.
Compared with the chief of staff who stayed behind at the headquarters, the deputy chief of staff was unusually slow in thinking and out of breath.
"That's because our sweep plan is too old-fashioned..."
"It is always about sweeping through the Eighth Route Army base areas, forcing the enemy to a certain position, gathering them and annihilating them."
"As long as the Eighth Route Army determines our final assault target, it can calculate the approximate marching route of the mopping up troops."
"Be prepared in advance and wait for us to take the bait."
"If we don't temporarily adjust the raid plan, our next operations will definitely remain passive."
"One tunnel fortification killed more than a thousand of us, and several tunnel fortifications combined together wiped out all the troops."
The deputy chief of staff finally understood. He looked at Okamura Neji with a look of realization on his face and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, is wise."
"If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely see the importance of Chenzhuang."
"As long as the troops surround Chenzhuang, the mopping up troops will definitely get bruised and bloody on the way to attack."
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