"Impossible...absolutely impossible..." Okamura Neji strengthened his judgment.
He grabbed the battle report handed over by the deputy chief of staff and analyzed it while browsing: "There are only so many troops in the Sixth Army Division in the Wing."
"It cost a lot to eliminate our two main alliances before. Now their strength will only become weaker and weaker than before. They definitely don't have the strength to eat up our two main alliances at the same time..."
When Neji Okamura wanted to continue talking, the content of the battle report directly swallowed what he had already said.
Judging from the battle reports, the Eighth Route Army attacking the two regiments was indeed as the deputy chief of staff said, there was no difference.
Could it be that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is really so arrogant that it can eat two of its own regiments at the same time...
impossible……
Okamura Neji rejected this idea without hesitation in his heart.
If they were really so powerful, why didn't they attack the two main units at the same time before, and why did they wait until now to attack?
But if they didn't eat up the strength of two of their alliances at the same time, then why did they launch a general attack on the two main alliances at the same time? What conspiracy was hidden in this that they didn't know about?
As he thought about it, Okamura Neji's brows also furrowed into a big "Chuan" character.
The deputy chief of staff on the side suddenly said: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Could it be that after the Eighth Route Army's strength was weakened, it knew that it couldn't defeat one of our main regiments in one go, so it attacked two of our main regiments at the same time, then retreated after the attack, in order to consume our troops."
Okamura Neji then showed a thoughtful expression.
This is a common anti-mopping method used by the Eighth Route Army.
If we cannot fight a war of annihilation, we will use mobile warfare to consume the strength of the frontline troops bit by bit.
After each main wing has suffered more than half of its casualties, concentrate its superior forces to annihilate them.
At this moment, the deputy chief of staff interrupted again: "This is not right..."
"Your Excellency, Commander, judging from the intensity of the Eighth Route Army's attack, they consumed at least two thousand artillery shells in this attack."
"All the artillery shells of the Eighth Route Army were captured. At this rate of consumption, the Sixth Army Division of Yizhong will not be able to fight many battles no matter how rich it is."
"Even if they successfully consume our troops, they still don't have the strength to fight us decisively. Isn't this a loss that outweighs the gain?"
After hearing this analysis, Okamura Neji's frowned brows not only did not relax, but instead became deeper and deeper, and even his tone of voice became heavier and heavier.
"You underestimated the wealth of the Sixth Army Division of Yi Zhong."
"In the last round of counter-mopping up, they seized a large amount of loot from the mopping up troops. Not only did they make up for the losses on the battlefield, but they also got thousands more rounds of artillery shells."
"The counterattack in the northwest of Shanxi was carried out, and Yi Zhong sent troops to attack in the east and west, and successfully captured Taiyuan."
"Intelligence shows that the Eighth Route Army dispatched five to six thousand mules and horses in order to transport the loot."
"Calculated as one mule and horse transporting ten cannonballs."
"These five to six thousand mules and horses can transport fifty to sixty thousand rounds of artillery shells."
"We have already lost two main regiments in the large-scale sweep before us. The entire base has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army. We have also lost a large amount of equipment and ammunition."
"As expected, all the artillery shells fired by the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army in previous battles have been recovered through capture."
"If my prediction is correct, there are at least 30,000 rounds of various artillery shells stored in the arsenal of the Sixth Army Division in the Wing Center."
"A strong attack consumes two thousand artillery shells and drives away a thousand of our elites."
"Ten attacks combined only consumed 20,000 artillery shells, but we lost 10,000 elite troops."
"If the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong uses the remaining 10,000 rounds of artillery shells to fight us, they can easily eat up two or three of our main regiments that have been crippled."
The deputy chief of staff became anxious and asked anxiously: "What should we do?"
"An eye for an eye..." Neji Okamura replied with a cold snort.
"The Yizhong Eighth Route Army wants to force us to retreat by consuming our troops and end this sweep early."
"We can also in turn consume their troops and make them lose the ability to fight us decisively."
"Let the two main regiments under attack shrink their defenses, strengthen their firepower output, and not give the Eighth Route Army any opportunities to take advantage of it. At the same time, find ways to consume a large amount of the opponent's troops in the battle."
"The return reinforcements stationed at the blockade will operate in small teams."
"Abandon the highway, take the mountain road and kill directly behind the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops, using guerrilla warfare to sneak attack them..."
"Withdraw immediately after fighting, and don't give the Eighth Route Army a chance to annihilate them all..."
"Let's see who spends more money than whom..."
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On the blockade five kilometers away from the battlefield, Li Yunlong was hiding behind a bush to observe the enemy's situation.
Several hundred little Japs stationed here have already set off and are marching hastily to reinforce the battlefield. Judging from the time, they have already reached one kilometer away.
At this moment, there are only more than 300 puppet troops left on the blockade wall.
Perhaps because of the attack on the Japanese garrison, these hundreds of Japanese soldiers all went into combat mode.
Some people were holding guns and hiding behind the earth mounds made of sandbags, while others were patrolling back and forth on the earth walls. Even the black holes of the muzzles protruding from the earth mounds could be seen clearly. They were very vigilant.
"Deputy Commander... can we start now!" the commander of the First Regiment of the Independent Brigade asked excitedly and nervously.
"Wait another five minutes..." Li Yunlong looked at his watch and replied...
"The Japanese reinforcements are too close to us... It will take about ten minutes to turn around and fight back. This time will definitely not be enough for us to break through the first blockade."
After saying that, he looked to the side of the heavy mortar battalion commander.
"Are the artillery ready?"
"Can we guarantee a hit and severely damage the two Japs on the blockade wall directly in front of us within one minute..."
The battalion commander patted his chest and assured: "Deputy commander, please rest assured..."
"Except for the heavy mortar battalion..."
"All the light mortars we bring are combat ready..."
"There are a total of 106 mortars, forty of them are aimed at the Japanese Japs directly in front, and the remaining 66 mortars are divided into two to attack the Japanese Japs who are reinforcing on both sides of the blockade wall..."
"If the little Japs who just left come back, these sixty-six mortars will immediately adjust their attack targets and concentrate their firepower to attack them."
Li Yunlong's eyes returned to the regiment commander: "Are the assault battalions ready?"
"Two reinforced companies conduct a frontal assault, and six heavy machine gun platoons provide fire cover..."
"I prepared a wooden bridge for them..."
"Guarantee that they will pass through the blockade ditch within half a minute, and reach the blockade wall within one minute, blasting two gaps."
"Then climb up the blockade wall and attack from both sides to expand the breach..."
The commander of the heavy mortar battalion added...
"The two heavy mortar companies I brought with me first broke through the blockade line, moved forward one kilometer and set up their artillery, covering the assault company and all the light mortar companies as they evacuated the battle, passing through the blockade ditch..."
This was a breakout plan formulated by Li Yunlong and Huang Yu. They considered it several times and decided to do it only after there was no problem.
Li Yunlong listened to the battle plan again and found no loopholes.
He glanced at his watch again and ordered: "Start attacking in three minutes..."
