Although Ichiro Kiyomi had never dealt with Xu Dalong before, so many Japanese commanders had suffered defeats under Xu Dalong. Ichiro Kiyomi believed that he was not the smartest among the Japanese commanders, and his tactical level was not the highest.
He is not so arrogant that he thinks that other commanders are not good enough, but he can definitely deal with this Xu Dalong.
Therefore, Kiyomi Ichiro immediately issued an order to let the Japanese and puppet troops around the captured areas stand still and wait until the division headquarters formulated a complete countermeasure before making any plans.
He reported the intelligence he obtained to the Seventh Army headquarters and requested tactical guidance.
The Seventh Army Headquarters attached great importance to this and immediately sent a telegram to the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi, asking them to send information related to Xu Dalong in the form of a telegram for them to study.
Yoshio Shinozuka felt a headache when he heard Xu Dalong's name. He heard that this guy was now going to Henan to harm the Japanese Seventh Army, which he liked to hear. Although he could not expect the Seventh Army to destroy Xu Dalong, as long as
The Seventh Army could pester Xu Dalong and prevent him from returning to Shanxi to harm itself. Therefore, it fully satisfied the requirements of the Seventh Army and sent detailed information about Xu Dalong to Kiyomi Ichiro.
The operators of the Seventh Army's Confidential Information Section were copying the telegram from the First Army. They originally thought that there was only one telegram and it would not take long to copy it. However, they never expected that there would be many telegrams sent out, and every time
The contents of the telegrams were so long that the hands of the Japanese telegraph operators were shaking with fatigue and they became dizzy, so they had to be replaced by other telegraph operators.
When the commander of the Seventh Army saw the tens of thousands of words of information about Xu Dalong compiled by the Intelligence Department, he immediately felt his scalp numb. He just looked at a small part of the front and was extremely shocked. Xu Dalong is simply
It was so difficult to deal with that it could be said to be the nemesis of the Japanese army.
He didn't want to continue reading, so he simply gathered the main leaders of the Seventh Army in the conference room, and the adjutant read these materials for everyone's reference, and jointly discussed ways to deal with Xu Dalong.
The adjutant spent a full hour reading out the selected contents. The commanders of the Seventh Army all turned pale after hearing this. They all seemed to have no confidence in such a feared opponent like Xu Dalong.
No one spoke, and the atmosphere in the office suddenly became silent and depressing.
The chief of staff was the first to break the silence. He suggested: "Your Excellency, Commander, the current situation is too complicated and special. It is better to request tactical guidance from the front army."
The commanders of the Seventh Army all agreed with the Chief of Staff's opinion. Facing a terrifying opponent like Xu Dalong, they must truthfully report the situation to the front army, so that even if the battle is unfavorable, they would have an excuse to shirk the blame.
Everyone also suggested that the Front Army send staff officers with experience in dealing with Xu Dalong to the Seventh Army for guidance. Everyone fully agreed with this suggestion. If there are people sent by the Front Army to provide guidance and cannot defeat Xu Dalong, the Front Army will also be responsible.
The Seventh Army cannot be completely blamed.
The commander of the Seventh Army saw everyone's frightened expressions and felt a little embarrassed.
He said sternly: "How can you do this? How can a mere Xu Dalong make you lose your fighting spirit? How unworthy is this? From now on, you must cheer up and make sure that Xu Dalong never comes back."
The commander's attitude seemed very tough on the surface, but he obviously lacked confidence when he spoke. Everyone laughed secretly when they saw him like this, but on the surface they were very respectful and looked like they were being taught.
After the meeting, the commander and the chief of staff held separate discussions. Now that Xu Dalong is toying with the territory of the 14th Division, the 14th Division cannot just sit idly by.
The chief of staff suggested that in order to prevent the officers and soldiers of the 14th Division from being too frightened and losing their fighting spirit and being afraid of the enemy, when forwarding the message to the 14th Division, most of the information related to Xu Dalong should be deleted and only the information related to Xu Dalong should be deleted.
Some of Xu Dalong's usual tactics were forwarded to them, and he told them that as long as the 14th Division did not rush forward, and fought steadily, relying on its superiority in military strength, it would be able to drive Xu Dalong out. One click.
The commander had already noticed that Ichiro Kiyomi insisted not to send troops to fight Xu Dalong because he was afraid and worried that he would not be able to defeat Xu Dalong, so he asked the Seventh Army for tactical guidance. Therefore, the commander agreed with the chief of staff's opinion and encouraged Qingmi
Don't be afraid, Ichiro and the officers and soldiers of the 14th Division, but you must be careful when fighting and don't be greedy for success.
In order to defeat Xu Dalong in one fell swoop and drive him out of Henan, and at the same time to enhance the confidence of the 14th Regiment, the Seventh Army decided to allocate a field artillery regiment and a tank squadron to the 14th Division for temporary command. At the same time, the 14th Division was given temporary command.
The front army requested that the 7th Air Force of the Air Force be mobilized to participate in the operations of the 14th Division.
Ichiro Kiyomi received a telegram from the Seventh Army Headquarters and knew that a field artillery regiment and two tank squadrons had been dispatched, but he still felt lack of confidence.
Since it will take some time for these newly transferred troops to arrive at the 14th Division, this period of time can be used to make full preparations to avoid hasty battles with Xu Dalong and reduce losses as much as possible.
The reason why Qingmi Ichiro and others think this way is because he really has no confidence in his heart and has no confidence to win.
This kind of fear of the Japanese army is obviously very beneficial to our army. We can make full use of this time to consolidate the newly created anti-Japanese base areas.
Another week has passed, and the Japanese and puppet troops around the newly created base area still have not launched an attack. Not only that, the Japanese and puppet troops around the base area have an accidental encounter with our troops, and after a firefight, the Japanese troops will take the initiative to retreat.
Quickly evacuated the battlefield.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xu Dalong, Kong Jie, Li Wenliang, and Chief of Staff Wang of the military division all felt a little strange. This was not the first time for them to open up a new base area.
Once the troops arrive there, the Japanese and puppet troops will make a crazy counterattack, fearing that our army will be able to gain a foothold there. But now the Japanese and puppet troops in the surrounding areas have not taken any action. This strange behavior is suspicious.
Wang Youde said: "After receiving reports from the front line, a battalion of the Third Regiment encountered a group of Japanese and puppet troops in Qiaoshan Town, Fengrun County. The strength of the troops was an infantry squadron and about one battalion of puppet troops.
The battalion commander of our army saw that the enemy's troops were stronger and decided to fight and retreat quickly. Unexpectedly, the Japanese army had just begun to retreat. The battalion commander of our army felt a little strange and worried that the enemy was playing some tricks and was retreating.
Even if an ambush is set up on the route, we don’t dare to pursue him rashly.
He sent a company to attack the front station, and sent a squad in front of the company as a vanguard to search and advance. The other two companies followed behind, ready to alternate cover and retreat.
Unexpectedly, their progress turned out to be very smooth. When the Japanese and puppet troops saw that our army's leading force only had one squad, they immediately retreated again and entered Qiaoshan Town.
The battalion commander of our army believes that when the Japanese army retreats to Qiaoshan Town, they will rely on the buildings there to hold on. If this is the case, the Japanese army will rely on the relatively advantageous terrain to defend. Even though our army does not have an advantage in numbers, it is still exposed to the enemy.
In the open area of the town, if we launch a strong attack, we will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, he had no intention of taking Qiaoshan Town. He originally planned to stop there and quickly withdraw to the base to prevent the enemy from plotting anything.
The instructor of the battalion is an old subordinate of Kong Jie. He is smart and capable. He has further studied at UConn for another year and has improved a lot compared to before.
At that time, the battalion commander suggested that the troops retreat, fearing that the enemy might play some conspiracy and cause losses to the battalion.
The instructor believed that the enemy's actions were very strange, and he should find out what the enemy's plot was, and then report it to his superiors to attract their attention. Therefore, he suggested that the troops should not evacuate for the time being, leaving the two companies to continue to maintain alternate cover and make preparations for retreat.
A company conducted a feint attack on Qiaoshan Town.
To be honest, what happened next was beyond the imagination of not only the battalion commander, but also the instructor, and even me, the monk Zhang Er, is still scratching his head. It’s simply too weird.”
Li Wenliang was very interested in what Commander Wang said and looked at him with interest, as if listening to a story, waiting for him to continue.
Kong Jie didn't like his way of speaking. He said directly: "Stop playing riddles and just tell me what happened."
Counselor Wang originally wanted to give up the story to make his story more interesting, but after Kong Jie said this, he immediately lost interest in giving up the story.
He said: "What a ghost. When our company arrived outside the town, the Japanese and puppet troops in the town opened fire on our army. The company commander immediately ordered the soldiers to fight back. Unexpectedly, the soldiers behind the wall
The Japanese and puppet troops fired a few shots and then stopped shooting, and not even a single person could be seen. The company commander was very puzzled, always feeling that the Japanese and puppet troops were playing some trick. After waiting for a while, he decided to send a
The squad leader took two soldiers in to take a look. Unexpectedly, all the Japanese and puppet troops in the town had escaped.
After the company commander entered the town, he asked the local people. The people said that the Japanese and puppet troops in the town left the east gate of the town not long ago and fled to the east. As a result, our army occupied Qiaoshan Town without any effort.
Although the landlords and Han Chinese in the town fled with the Japanese and puppet troops, their property was captured by our army before they could take it away, and they made a fortune."
When Wang Youde said these words, he was not overjoyed, but full of doubts. With his many years of combat experience, he knew that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese and puppet troops, especially the Japanese army, was still very tenacious. Even if they did not have an advantage in strength, they would dare to fight against us.
The army met head-on and even dared to launch an attack. But this time, when the terrain was favorable and the troops exceeded our army, they repeatedly gave in and retreated without a fight. This was indeed unexpected.
Everyone was also confused. Kong Jie said: "What on earth are these damn little devils doing?"
Li Wenliang didn't make a sound. He touched his smoothly shaved chin with his hand and pondered there.
Even Xu Dalong felt a little incredible. He had spent a lot of energy these days, mainly on formulating combat plans to deal with the Japanese counterattack. Unexpectedly, after waiting for such a long time, the Japanese and puppet troops were like a tortoise.
By showing up, I wasted all my hard work.
Xu Dalong has never expressed his opinion easily on matters that he is unsure about. Therefore, he also thought about it silently.
Different from the solemn expressions of everyone, Li Changshui, who is in charge of intelligence work, is smiling.
He said very easily: "What's so surprising about this? These Japanese and puppet troops are afraid of our army, especially Brother Dalong. To be honest, at the beginning, I was also puzzled by the performance of the Japanese army.
Let our scouts try to catch a small leader of the Japanese and puppet troops in the front to understand the situation.
The little leader said that it was an order from his superiors that made these Japanese and puppet troops passively avoid the war. It has been spread among the Japanese and puppet troops that the people who came this time were the main force of our team, and the commander was the famous brother Xu Dalong.
The Japanese and puppet troops knew very well that they were no match, so they passively avoided fighting and did not dare to confront our troops head-on."
Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.
Kong Jie said with a smile: "Really, how could I forget this? Brother Dalong has a great reputation. Many little devils have been defeated by him. These devils from the 14th Division died in vain, so it seems so
It’s no surprise that he’s a coward.”
Wang Youde also smiled and praised, saying that Xu Dalong alone could stop thousands of troops.
Xu Dalong was a little embarrassed by their praise, and felt that although he had some reputation, the Japanese army was not afraid of it. He always felt that there were some unknown twists and turns in it. The one caught by the scouts
The small leader of the puppet army should not understand the true intentions of the higher-ups. In other words, the information Li Changshui possesses may not be all true and reliable.
Xu Dalong pondered for a long time and said: "I made everyone laugh. I don't think the Japanese and puppet troops dare not fight with our army just because they are afraid of us. There must be some conspiracy hidden in this? We must treat it with caution."
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Xu Dalong has always been resourceful, but this time he really predicted it wrong. The reason why the Japanese and puppet troops behaved so strangely was because the commander of the 14th Division, Qingmi Ichiro, was afraid of Xu Dalong.
Just imagine, even the ace divisions such as the Japanese Eighth Division and the Fifth Division were defeated by Xu Dalong. The division commander was killed on the spot. Ichiro Kiyomi thought that his division did not have those ace divisions, so
Although he has strength and command ability, he is not as good as the two division commanders. Of course he is not willing to fight Xu Dalong. As long as he does not take the initiative to launch an attack, the troops will not suffer heavy losses, and he will be a stable division commander.
Steady. Naturally, he is not willing to do thankless things.
Ichiro Kiyomi is still very smart. He carefully analyzed the main intention of Xu Dalong and others' sudden appearance here, and roughly judged that this action of Xu Dalong and others should be to establish contact with the anti-Japanese armed forces in Shandong area.