Eight hundred and fifty-seventh chapter Japanese army's heavenly net
After the order was issued, Wang Ping fell into deep thought.
Seeing the hesitant expressions on the faces of Commander Chen and the Deputy Chief of Staff, it was clear what they wanted to ask.
After hesitating for a moment, he analyzed: "Commander, chief, according to statistics, there are still 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops who have fought here. The Japanese army accounts for more than half, nearly 4,000 people, and the puppet troops only have one regiment of 1,000 people."
There are so many people.”
"However, they have air support and an artillery force that we cannot fight against. If we fight head-on, we will definitely not be our opponents."
"Now we can no longer organize them to occupy Xiangfen County, so the blocking war is over now!"
Commander Chen frowned and asked, "Are you planning to withdraw?"
"No, I won't retreat..." Wang Ping replied immediately.
Then he explained: "There are more than 5,000 Japs and puppet troops in total. It is impossible for all of them to be stationed in Xiangfen County. Therefore, if I guessed correctly, the Japs will definitely have military operations next. In order to avoid accidents,
Not only can the troops not retreat, they must stay here and wait and see what happens!"
Commander Chen's frown suddenly relaxed and he answered with satisfaction.
"Yes, it seems you haven't lost your mind yet~"
"To tell you the truth, a very important reason why the Chief of Staff asked me to bring the direct brigade here is because of your judgment just now. After the Chief of Staff heard that the total strength of the Japanese attack on Xiangfen County was 9,000 people, he judged that this
The field operation is definitely not as simple as we see on the surface!"
"The chief of staff was worried that you would not have enough troops to deal with the next actions of the Japanese and puppet troops after guarding Xiangfen County, so he asked me to bring the direct brigade over. Therefore, although the blocking battle against the Japanese is over, the direct brigade is still
Under your command!"
"As for the chief of staff and I, we plan to stay here for three more days!"
Less than ten minutes after Major General Kawaguchi sat down at the former Japanese garrison headquarters in Xiangfen County, the troops searching for the forward team returned.
"General, the forward team is all in pieces. Judging from the fortifications left on the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army has built a large number of street fighting fortifications in that area. If you hadn't ordered the artillery to fire and forced them out of Xiangfen County, we would have definitely experienced a street fighting!
"
"The general is wise..." the chief of staff complimented him at the right time.
"The Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large number of automatic weapons and is familiar with the terrain. They are in the dark and we are in the open. If they fight in the streets, we will definitely suffer...General, your decision to bombard us will at least save us hundreds of imperial army casualties!"
No one hates compliments, and so does Major General Kawaguchi.
A smile finally appeared on his tense face. Although it lasted for a moment, he told his subordinates that he was in a very good mood now.
"Yo Xi, on the way to the attack on Xiangfen County, I said that we must treat the Chinese people harshly. No matter whether it is the Chinese troops or the Chinese people, we must not be polite!"
"Also, a big weakness of the Eighth Route Army is that they take the people very seriously. As long as we target this weakness, there will be no Eighth Route Army in North China that cannot deal with it. That's why I ordered the artillery to carry out indiscriminate bombing of the county.
Tell the established Chinese people that if they don’t leave, the Chinese people in the county will be buried with them and bombed together..."
"You have also seen that although the New Regiment prepared a large number of street fighting fortifications in the city, they could only withdraw from the county for fear of causing a large number of casualties to the people!"
"Hi! I have learned a lesson from my humble position..." the chief of staff and several brigade captains responded immediately.
But at this moment, Major General Kawaguchi's face suddenly became heavy again.
He hesitated and replied: "However, even so, the price we paid to capture Xiangfen County was too high. More than 2,000 imperial troops were killed or injured in the battle, and more than 1,600 imperial auxiliary troops were injured or killed... so
The price is definitely very heavy."
The chief of staff's face also became heavy, and he hesitated before replying: "What the general said is that I just made statistics and found that there are less than 4,000 imperial troops left in the city, including two full infantry brigades and three undercover troops.
The infantry brigade was crippled and almost lost its combat effectiveness, a full cavalry brigade, a full mountain artillery brigade, a field artillery squadron..."
"The Imperial Alliance Army still has one full infantry regiment and one infantry battalion!"
After saying yes, the chief of staff stared at Major General Kawaguchi and asked: "The troops have suffered such heavy losses. Should we continue the retaliatory encirclement and suppression?"
"Yes!" Major General Kawaguchi replied very definitely.
"We suffered heavy losses, and the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army also suffered heavy losses. Don't forget, in the battle that entered their base two days ago, we found more than 400 Eighth Route Army corpses on the position. Including the corpses they took away,
There are also wounded, I am sure that the casualties of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army are at least 2,000!"
"This is also the time when the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is at its weakest. We must seize the opportunity and use this opportunity to give them a fatal blow!"
"Also, Chief of Staff, please don't forget that outside the Eighth Route Army base area, we still have three infantry brigades waiting in hiding. We can rush into their base area at any time, so that the enemy will be attacked from both sides, without taking care of the head and tail!"
"General, how do you plan to fight..." After some analysis, the chief of staff believed that the balance of victory was tipping towards his side. He asked without any hesitation.
"Order the troops lurking in the base area to immediately stock up on weapons and ammunition. One day later, they will launch an attack on the current Eighth Route Army on time. We will rest here and wait until all the remaining soldiers of the new regiment are attracted. Then we will divide our troops into three groups. After the Eighth Route Army
There is a huge commotion in the base area, and then we launch an assault from behind them, attack them from the front and back, kill them, or at least inflict heavy damage on them!"
"But we don't have many troops anymore! If we divide our troops rashly, and we divide our troops inside the Eighth Route Army base area, I'm worried that something will happen..." The chief of staff frowned and raised his concerns!
"Also, the three infantry brigades outside the base area are all newly formed units. There are too many new recruits and they don't have many heavy weapons. I'm worried that they won't be able to put too much pressure on the Eighth Route Army..."
"Don't worry!" Major General Kawaguchi shook his head and replied.
"How many people can there be in the new regiment? Chief of staff, please tell me!"
"Three to four thousand people are definitely indispensable. According to intelligence, their exposed troops exceed 3,000 people!" the chief of staff replied after hesitation.
"Then I will give them five thousand people. There have been two thousand casualties in the past few days, and there are still three thousand people left. Evenly divided into three directions, there are only one thousand people in each direction. But, Chief of Staff, don't forget
, it is impossible for all the 3,000 Eighth Route Army troops to be sent to the front line to fight our offensive troops. Because we still have garrisons in several counties in their base area, with a lot of troops, they must leave enough troops to monitor our garrisons!
"
Having said this, the chief of staff had a very confident smile on his face.
Then he continued to order: "After the battle begins, I will also order these garrison troops to dispatch to sweep the empty base areas of the Eighth Route Army and reduce the pressure on the frontline offensive troops!"
"This means that on the battlefield, every thousand Eighth Route Army troops will have to face the encirclement and attack of our three-pronged army. Do you still think we have no chance of winning?"
"It's definitely a sure win..." The chief of staff also showed a very confident smile on his face!
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