Chapter seven hundred and seventy-two Japanese nirvana
Chapter 772: The Japanese Army’s “Nirvana” (Please subscribe!)
The Japanese Army’s ‘Nirvana’
Seeing the combat staff officer who was still standing motionless in front of him, Commander Xu Guozhen, who had no place to vent his anger, immediately said angrily: "Why are you still standing there? There are more than 10,000 of us, how can we be beaten like this by just one person?"
The small group of Japanese soldiers blocked the way. We ordered the troops to continue to advance and pursue the Japanese breakout troops. At the same time, we mobilized a company of troops to pursue the Japanese soldiers who sneaked up on us. No matter what, we must annihilate all these dozens of Japanese soldiers.
Revenge for the soldier who just died..."
"Yes, commander, I will go and give the order right away..." Facing the angry commander, the combat staff did not dare to stop at all, and quickly took the order and left.
In the blink of an eye, a company of troops, under the command of its own company commander, quickly pursued the Japanese army along the retreat route. Of course, the marching column that had stopped for less than two minutes was also under the command of Commander Xu Guozhen
, continued to breathe heavily, took his own steps, and pursued the Japanese breakout troops.
"Boom boom boom..."
A few minutes later, as the mighty marching column, under the command of Xu Guozhen, continued to pursue the Japanese breakout troops, several huge explosions were heard from the front of the column.
Then, a series of fierce gunshots reached everyone's ears.
"What's going on? Why are there gunfire again? What do the reconnaissance troops do for food? Why didn't they discover the enemy's situation in advance..." Army Commander Xu Guozhen saw the pursuit team stopped again around him and faced the combat staff who rushed over.
, shouted loudly without any good looks.
"Commander, our reconnaissance force was attacked... An infantry company that went out for reconnaissance was ambushed by a Japanese squadron. In just one minute of fighting, more than a hundred people from the vanguard company were attacked by Japanese mines and machine guns.
Under the joint attack, more than half were lost. The Japanese ambush troops hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield before my main force arrived..." The combat staff officer who came out panting reported loudly.
"What the hell are they trying to do? What was just a small team has now become a squadron... Immediately send out a battalion of troops. I must catch up with these little devils and annihilate them all."
The main force, continue to advance. We must not be blinded by these little devils' tricks and give up the pursuit of the Japanese breakout troops..." After a brief moment of anger, Xu Guozhen ordered angrily.
"Yes, Commander..."
Looking at the marching troops running again, Chief of Staff Du Ping, as the supreme commander of the breakout force, made two small-scale sneak attacks, and a faint uneasiness slowly emerged in his mind.
"Landmines, ambush warfare, cold shots, why do they sound so familiar..." Recalling the two attacks he just encountered, Chief of Staff Dupin couldn't help but muttered to himself.
"Chief of Staff Du, what were you talking about just now?" Commander Xu Guozhen asked.
"I'm wondering if we take the Japs too simply. I always feel that the two sneak attacks that happened around us were premeditated sneak attacks by the Japs. Of course it's just my temporary conjecture. I feel that the two sneak attacks were premeditated by the Japs.
The attack is definitely not as simple as imagined. Perhaps, at this moment, there is a huge conspiracy slowly approaching us..." Chief of Staff Du Ping said thoughtfully.
"Chief of Staff, maybe you are thinking too much. Today's little devils can't even escape, so what kind of premeditation can they have? Don't worry, our East China Field Army is not afraid of anything. Even if the little devils have a conspiracy, we will guess it.
Move, destroy them all..." Xu Guozhen replied confidently.
"Old Xu, maybe I am really worrying too much. I ordered the troops to continue to advance and pursue the Japanese breakout troops..." Chief of Staff Du Ping shook his head helplessly and then replied.
Just as Du Ping finished speaking, a burst of intensive gunfire reached his ears again. Immediately following, the panting voice of the combat staff officer also appeared in front of Commander Xu Guozhen for the first time.
and in front of yourself.
"Chief of Staff, Commander, our troops were attacked by about a squadron of Japanese troops, and we lost more than fifty people. In accordance with your order just now, I have sent a battalion of troops to pursue it. Do you think I have ordered the main force to continue to advance?
"
"What, we lost more than fifty people again. You bastard little devils, I will definitely wipe out all of you. By the way, Staff Officer Wang, is there any news about the battalion that was just ordered to attack?" He frowned,
Commander Xu Guozhen asked rhetorically.
"No….."
"There is no news. How could this happen? A battalion of troops cannot solve the problem of a Japanese infantry squadron that is short of guns and ammunition."
For a moment, a trace of doubt and uneasiness slowly appeared on Commander Xu Guozhen's face. At the same time, the anger in his heart also turned into confusion. After a brief reflection, there was no thought
Commander Xu Guozhen had to cast his puzzled gaze on the Chief of Staff Du Ping beside him. Then he asked.
"Chief of Staff, what do you think?"
"Old Xu, this is still the worry I just had. Think about it carefully, land mines, small-scale ambush battles, cold shots... What did you think of through these tactics used by the little devils against us?" After a short period of reflection.
, Chief of Staff Du Ping asked thoughtfully.
"Landmines, cold shots, small-scale ambush warfare... Chief of Staff, I understand, this is the guerrilla warfare that our army is best at... You mean, the little devils are also conducting guerrilla warfare against us..." Xu Guozhen's face
Go up, he immediately showed a look of realization, and then he spoke.
"Yes, it's guerrilla warfare... Lao Xu, think about it carefully. In the three attacks just now, the tactics used by the Japanese army are exactly the same as the guerrilla tactics our army is good at. If we hadn't known in advance, the ones who attacked us would have been
Japanese army. I thought there was some misunderstanding between us and friendly forces..." Chief of Staff Du Ping replied with great agreement.
"Chief of Staff, if this is the case, what should we do next?" At this moment, Xu Guozhen, who had no other options, could not help but frown, and placed his last hope on Chief of Staff Du Ping.
body. Then, he asked.
"Now for us, I can think of only two feasible action plans. However, for us, these two combat plans will fall into the tricks of the little Japanese."
"The first option is if we ignore the sneak attack troops of the little Japs around us and concentrate our forces to pursue the Japanese breakout troops. Then, even if we catch up with the Japanese breakout troops, the limited forces in our hands will continue to carry out sneak attacks.
The losses were heavy. By then, not only to destroy the Japanese breakout troops, but also to hold them back, we may not have the strength." Chief of Staff Du Ping said with a look of helplessness.
"What about the second plan of action?" Xu Guozhen, who was unwilling to give up, continued to ask with the last glimmer of hope.
"The second option is to abandon the Japanese breakout troops and concentrate on dealing with the Japanese sneak attack troops. In this case, although we can pay relatively small casualties and eliminate the Japanese sneak attack troops. However, we cannot deal with the main force of the Japanese breakout troops.
Do not give up... and the order given to us by the headquarters is very clear, that is, to delay the Japanese breakout troops at all costs. And with these two options, we cannot complete the tasks assigned to us by the headquarters..."
"Then...Chief of Staff, what should we do next?"
"What to do? There is only one way, and that is to report to the headquarters and ask the headquarters to make a decision..." Du Ping replied helplessly.
"Yes, Chief of Staff, I will send a telegram to the headquarters right away..."
On the battlefield around Huai'an City, with the departure of the Japanese breakout troops and the beginning of the general offensive, the progress of the various attacking troops can be said to be very rapid after losing the desperate resistance of the Japanese troops. In less than half an hour,
In a short time, tens of thousands of Imperial Army troops, including the remaining several thousand Japanese troops, had been compressed by the three corps of the East China Field Army into an area centered on Huai'an City, with an area of less than tens of square kilometers...
In the temporary headquarters of the East China Field Army, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, Political Commissar Xiaoping, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, including several combat staff, gathered around the huge combat sand table to discuss the war situation.
There was a sound in the room.
"Reporting to all commanders, Chief of Staff Du of the Eighth Corps has sent an urgent telegram..."
"Lao Du's telegram. Didn't Lao Du lead six regiments to pursue the Japs' breakout force? Now that I've sent an urgent telegram, could something have happened?" Chief of Staff Zuo Quan took it with a puzzled look on his face.
Telegram, start reading.
"Chief of Staff, Lao Du has sent a telegram now. Are you pursuing the troops? What happened?" Seeing that the Chief of Staff beside him was still unstretched just now, he immediately wrinkled into a 'Chuan'. He had a bad premonition.
, also appeared in Liu Hua's mind immediately, and he quickly asked.
"Commander-in-Chief, this time, our old rival Matsui Iwane has solved a big problem for us..." After quickly reading the telegram in his hand, Zuo Quan let out a long sigh when faced with the Commander-in-Chief's question.
, and then said.
"This time, the little devils used their "nirvana" against us. No, I was wrong. The specific founder of this "nirvana" is not the little devils, but us..."
"'Sure-kill strategy'... Wait a minute, Chief of Staff, you mean guerrilla warfare. The little Japs are using guerrilla warfare against my pursuing troops..." Liu Hua replied with a surprised look on his face.
"Yes, it's guerrilla warfare..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan replied with certainty.