"Shu Ya, what did you just say?" Wang Husheng said with a confused face, "If you lose the bet, the result will not be worse? If you win the bet, it will be a massacre. How do you start talking about this?"
He Shuya said: "Because to the Japs, there is basically no difference between us fighting guerrillas in the Changbai Mountains and us fighting guerrillas in the mountains of Mudanjiang, Yanji, and Jixi, because there is no food in these two places. To the Japs
, it was the same pursuit and interception in Changbai Mountain, and it was still the same pursuit and interception over there in Mudanjiang."
After a pause, He Shuya continued: "So, even if Yamashita Fengwen thought that our new group's attack on Jilin might be just a smokescreen, and they were fooled, it doesn't matter. At worst, the situation would be different if the pursuers were redeployed.
It will get worse because we can’t stand on the Mudanjiang side either!”
"That's right." Wang Husheng nodded and said, "The old devil doesn't know what Old Xu's intentions are."
He Shuya added: "But, looking at it from the other side, if our new group's raid on Jilin is not a smoke screen, but a real operation, and then the Japanese have set a trap in advance, waiting for us to go to Jilin and fall into the trap, then
It is entirely possible to wipe out our new group in one fell swoop, wouldn’t this be a massacre?”
"That's true." Wang Husheng nodded repeatedly and added, "If you go by what you said, it seems that the old devil Yamashita Fengwen will have an easy choice? As long as he is not an idiot, he will definitely bet on us to raid Jilin."
"That's not necessarily the case." He Shuya shook his head and said, "It was not a fluke that Yamashita Fengwen defeated Zhukov, so if he wants to be fooled, we have to do a good job! In addition to the need to deliberately make some noise on our side, we also need to
We have to complete the drama of catching the bandits, but fortunately, everything has been arranged."
Wang Husheng wiped his sweat and said, "Shu Ya, you can do it."
He Shuya said modestly: "I'm also sweating it."
While the two were talking, the roar of an airplane engine suddenly sounded in the night sky above their heads.
"Here we come, the Japanese reconnaissance plane is here!" He Shuya wiped the sweat from his forehead and said sternly, "Start taking action!"
The main force of the new regiment, which was marching along the road, immediately divided into two groups. The smaller group threw the baggage on their shoulders to the ground, then took off the belt from their waists, and then moved toward the other group.
He whipped his comrade, who was still carrying the baggage, fiercely. Of course, this was just an illusion. In fact, the belt was not exerting any force.
However, due to insufficient light, the Japanese airmen in the air could only see a general situation.
Even if they were flying from low altitude, what they saw was not much different. It was clearly a relatively small number of regular troops driving a larger number of bandits with belts, and most of these bandits also had handles on their shoulders.
Wearing sacks, bandits would occasionally stumble and fall on the road. At this time, they would be severely beaten by regular soldiers.
Not only that, about fifty miles away from the main force of the new regiment, the company led by Yao Lei also reached the foot of a dangerous peak and took advantage of the cover of night to launch an attack on the bandit stronghold on the mountainside.
There were only over a hundred people in this bandit stronghold on the dangerous peak. Facing a battery of light and heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, they were beaten to a pulp in an instant. The mountain gate was quickly breached. Except for a few bandits in the stronghold, they escaped.
The rest were either beaten to death or made prisoners, and Yao Lei ordered the entire village to be burned down.
Once the fire broke out, it could be clearly seen in the sky within a radius of fifty miles.
Soon a Japanese reconnaissance plane was attracted by the fire and flew over here.
Yes, that's right, Yao Lei's fire was set up for the Japanese reconnaissance planes to see.
…
In Liuhe County, the headquarters of the Japanese Far Eastern Front.
Kobayashi Asaburo said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Commander, this opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back. Make a decision!"
However, Yamashita Fengfumi was still unable to make up his mind. He frowned and asked, "Has the aviation reconnaissance found anything?"
Asaburo Kobayashi shook his head. Just when he was about to say no, there was a burst of rapid footsteps outside the war room.
When he looked back, he saw a communications staff officer hurriedly walked in, paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the aviation reconnaissance team reported that they have discovered the whereabouts of the new regiment in Fusong County."
Yamashita Fengwen perked up and asked: "Where is it? In what direction are we marching?"
"Hai!" the communications staff officer said after a pause, "near Quanyang Town, heading towards Lushuihe Town."
"Quanyang Town? Quanyang Town?" Kobayashi Asaburo found the location of Quanyang Town on the big map as quickly as possible, then pointed at the map and said to Yamashita Fengfumi, "Commander, look, Quanyang Town is here.
, Lushuihe Town is east of Quanyang. Judging from this situation, the false target of the new group is indeed making feints to the east."
"It may not be a false target." Yamashita Fengwen waved his hand and asked the communications staff officer, "Any other findings?"
The communications staff officer shook his head and said, "No more!"
Yamashita Fengwen's face immediately showed a look of disappointment, because this alone cannot be used as a basis for judgment.
According to the information provided by Mai Asahina, the new regiment will arrest bandits in Fusong County. In addition to forcing the bandits to serve as coolies, they will also use the bandits to pretend to be the main force of the regiment to deceive the aviation reconnaissance. According to this information, they are heading east
The main force of the new advancing group should at least take action to capture the bandits!
At this moment, another communications staff officer hurriedly walked into the war room.
"Your Excellency, Commander!" the communications staff immediately reported, "The aviation reconnaissance team reported that a small unit of the New Regiment attacked one of the bandit strongholds in Fusong County."
Kobayashi Asaburo said: "Sure enough, the new group has taken action."
Yamashita Fengwen said: "This may also be a show for the Imperial Army's aviation reconnaissance troops!"
Kobayashi Asaburo was immediately speechless, but he said in his heart: Commander, if you are so suspicious, then this battle plan cannot be discussed anymore. Just tell me directly, what should we do? Anyway, you are the commander,
It's up to you to decide!
The second communications staff officer had just left when the third communications staff officer came in again and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, a reconnaissance aircraft of the 3rd Flight Regiment discovered a situation while flying at low altitude.
The Chinese army seems to have captured a lot of coolies, and one group is beating another group with whips."
"Your Excellency, Commander!" Asaburo Kobayashi gave a high-five and said loudly, "At this point, the situation is very clear. The key information provided by Miss Asahina Mai is definitely true information, and the attack in the direction of Dunhua is indeed just a false target.
, there are only a small number of Chinese troops among them, and the rest are just bandits captured to make up for their numbers."
After a slight pause, Asaburo Kobayashi continued: "As for the main force of the new regiment, in fact, they have secretly left Fusong County long ago and took a small road to Jilin! Oh, no! Maybe as early as the 30th
Before the Eighth Division lost its target, the main force of the New Regiment had already marched towards Jilin. If this was the case, the main force of the New Regiment would soon reach Jilin. After all, the distance from Fusong to Jilin is less than four hundred miles.
, we arrived in two days of urgent march."
When Yamashita Fengwen heard this, his thick eyebrows suddenly raised, because Kobayashi Asaburo's analysis was completely reasonable.
At that moment, Asaburo Kobayashi continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, stop hesitating. If you hesitate any longer, you will miss a good opportunity! It would be a pity if you miss this opportunity! Your Excellency, Commander, this is the only way for the Imperial Army.
There are advantages and no disadvantages. Even if this information is false, the situation will not become worse. But if it is true, then we can take this opportunity to wipe out Xu Rui's new regiment in one fell swoop! Your Excellency, Commander, don't
Hesitate no more!”
After Kobayashi Asaburo's repeated persuasion, Yamashita Fengfumi finally made up his mind.
"Order!" Yamashita Fengwen punched the sand table heavily and said in a deep voice, "The 38th, 39th, 46th and 48th divisions immediately deployed from Baishan to Fusong.
Then we will attack Jilin along both sides of the Songjiang River, and at the same time order the 25th and 26th Divisions to move closer to Yongji and Jiaohe respectively."
Following Yamashita Fengwen's oral order, the two combat staff present quickly grabbed small red flags with numbers and placed them on the sand table. At this time, looking at the sand table, one could see that there were nearly 100,000 soldiers from seven divisions.
The army has drawn a large encirclement circle with the Songhua River Valley south of Jilin County as the center.
If the main force of the new regiment really enters this encirclement, they will definitely die!
"Yo Xi!" Asaburo Kobayashi nodded happily, and then said, "I will go and issue combat orders to each division."
After finishing speaking, Asaburo Kobayashi turned around and left, but he had only taken two steps when Yamashita Fengfumi stopped him again.
"Wait a minute, Kobayashi-kun, don't leave in a hurry." Yamashita Fengwen waved to Kobayashi Asaburo, and then continued, "We can't ignore the Chinese army heading towards Dunhua! Even if it's just a false target,
There are at least a considerable number of Chinese officers and soldiers, and this force must be eliminated."
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi paused and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, you have countless plans, and I admire you for your humble position."
Yamashita Fengwen waved his hand and then asked: "Which army is closest to Dunhua County?"
Kobayashi Asaburo paused and said: "The one closest to Dunhua is the 57th Division stationed in Mudanjiang."
"Hey!" Yamashita Fengwen nodded happily and added, "Immediately call the 57th Division and order the division to leave Dunhua County from Mudanjiang West and occupy Dunhua first."
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi paused, turned around and walked away.
This time, Yamashita Fengfumi never stopped Kobayashi Asaburo.
Watching Asaburo Kobayashi's figure go away, Yamashita Fengfumi's eyes returned to the sand table again. After making the decision, the old devil immediately lost any anxiety in his heart and became absolutely calm.
