In early November 1939, the winter sweeps involving tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops officially began!
At the gate of Laiyuan City, more than 5,000 Japanese puppet troops, under the command of the Major General Brigade Commander, marched out of Laiyuan City in a mighty manner and headed towards Lingqiu City along the highway!
"Your Excellency General, this time we have assembled an entire infantry regiment and a main regiment of the Imperial Alliance Army. The final victory will definitely belong to us!" the Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff analyzed confidently while standing next to the brigade commander!
The brigade leader nodded: "I also believe that victory will belong to us, but I want to kill this independent group with minimal casualties!"
"This independent regiment is different from other Eighth Route Army units. It is strong in combat and well-equipped. Therefore, we must take this sweep seriously, otherwise the imperial troops participating in the attack will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"
"Hi!" Lieutenant Colonel replied with a serious look!
Two days ago, he received a letter from his family. As long as he could make some achievements in this sweep, get praise from the brigade commander in front of him, and kill the independent regiment, it would be a certainty that he would be promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel Captain!
Therefore, in order to have a prosperous career in the military, the chief of staff did not dare to be proud at all, especially in front of the brigade commander!
He hesitated and reminded: "General, according to our battle plan, our infantry regiment will be divided into three groups for this sweep. The three infantry brigades under the regiment will be used as units to strengthen one mountain artillery squadron and one cavalry squadron. The emperor
A main battalion of the Allied Forces! They entered the base area of the Independent Regiment from three different directions, like a big net, sweeping through all their so-called base areas and completely killing all the Eighth Route Army armed forces in Lingqiu!"
"Since General, you want to kill them with minimal casualties, I suggest that the Lingqiu garrison be added to the mopping up force and let them participate in the battle!"
"no!"
The commander of the major general brigade refused without thinking!
"Their fighting power is so unsettling. They have been defeated repeatedly in front of the independent regiment. Not only will such troops not be able to help, they will also add chaos to our troops and affect the morale of the troops!"
The Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff looked suddenly enlightened and shouted: "The general is wise and humble, I understand!"
"The morale of those garrison troops is indeed very poor. I heard that many imperial troops will be afraid of the enemy when they hear that they are fighting an independent regiment. The addition of such troops will indeed only bring disadvantages but no advantages!"
"That's why I asked them to guard Lingqiu City!" the major general brigade leader said!
"The independent regiment dare not take the initiative to attack outside the city. It will definitely be no problem to rely on the city wall to defend, protect Lingqiu City, and protect the logistics supply line of the three-way sweep force!"
"Also, the main force has been sent out to attack the independent regiment. There is only one guard squadron left at the brigade headquarters, which is too few troops!"
"If there is a garrison to help defend Lingqiu City, we can also safely command in Lingqiu City!"
The chief of staff immediately heard something different from these words, stared at the brigade leader and asked: "General, you mean that this independent regiment is very likely to attack Lingqiu City!"
The brigade leader did not deny it!
"This possibility cannot be ruled out!"
"The Eighth Route Army is so cunning. The Eighth Route Army has used this trick on other battlefields!"
"The Imperial Army concentrated its forces on the front line to sweep away the enemy. After a battle, they suddenly discovered that they were besieging only a small group of the Eighth Route Army. The real main force of the Eighth Route Army had already gone to the rear of the Imperial Army, cutting off the Imperial Army's food routes, and even taking advantage of the Imperial Army's advantage.
The troops in the rear are empty, and we have captured a very important logistics base for the imperial army!"
"Originally, the Imperial Army's mopping up troops were on the verge of encircling the opponent's command center and winning. However, because the Imperial Army's food routes were cut off and logistical supplies were lost, the combat troops were already out of food and had to retreat. They gave up the victory that was already within reach and were ultimately defeated by the Eighth Route Army!
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"I have studied this independent group. They do not use the same tactics in every battle, and so far, they have not used this kind of tactics!"
"This time we carried out a heavy raid. From the perspective of the independent regiment, I seriously considered how they would solve this raid!"
"Other than attacking Lingqiu, cutting off the logistical supplies of our raiding troops, and forcing us to retreat, I can't think of any other way!"
The Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff showed an expression of sudden realization on his face again, and then shouted!
"I understand, brigade commander, the reason why you ordered the mopping up troops to increase the dry rations they carry with them from five days to ten days, and also ordered each brigade's baggage squadron to carry an additional five days' worth of combat supplies, is to prevent the independent regiment from breaking off.
Cut off their supply lines!"
"If the independent regiment really comes to attack Lingqiu, with the strength of the Lingqiu garrison and the brigade guard, there will be no problem at all in holding on for ten days and a half!"
"At that time, the main force of the imperial army can continue to sweep their base areas, destroy them in one fell swoop, and then send troops back to Lingqiu to attack from inside and outside to kill the main force of the independent regiment!"
"General, you are wise, your arrangements are very careful, this time the independent regiment will definitely not be able to escape!"
The commander of the major general brigade shook his head and replied: "There is another situation you have not calculated!"
"When the main force of the imperial army returns to Lingqiu to aid, what should we do if the Eighth Route Army attacking Lingqiu retreats immediately when they see that the situation is not going well?"
The lieutenant general and chief of staff knew that the general was testing himself!
At the same time, I also understand that since the general knows about this problem, he must have arrangements!
Frowning, he recalled the entire battle plan in his mind, trying to find some clues!
Soon, Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff’s frown relaxed!
"Don't be afraid! By the time they realize the danger, their so-called base area has been completely destroyed by us!"
"Without the base area to rely on, the Eighth Route Army will become a fish out of water. Moreover, it is still surrounded by heavy troops from the Imperial Army. Even if it wants to run, it will have no way to escape. It can only be surrounded by us bit by bit and then annihilated!"
"The analysis is very good!" the major general brigade commander praised with satisfaction.
More than 5,000 days of puppet troops, armed with artillery, light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and surrounded by four to five hundred cavalry, galloped back and forth on guard, charging towards Lingqiu City in a mighty manner!
The independent regiment commandos were ordered to lurk outside Laiyuan City three days ago. Facing this behemoth, they, who had always been arrogant, felt powerless for the first time. Facing the marching team whose defenses were as strong as iron barrels, they suddenly
No way to start!
"Captain, the Japanese and puppet troops are too cautious. The cavalry has been standing around and watching. As long as we approach within 500 meters of the marching column and expose the target, we will definitely be besieged and hunted by them. There is almost no possibility of escaping.
Sex!" The leader of the first assault team frowned and analyzed!
Although the commando team has decided to expand into three commando teams, the time is too tight and the Japanese did not give them time to expand. Therefore, the commando team is still the same commando team. Except for the replacement of two injured team members, there is no increase in personnel!
"We can only rely on the artillery team to carry out long-distance fire raids, or lay mines on the only way in front of the Japanese and puppet troops!" the leader of the second assault team frowned and replied!
Xiao Yuan frowned and made a quick decision: "We will kill as many Japs as we can through the two plans together!"
"Assault a group to bury landmines. All mines made by us are made by ourselves. They are so powerful that the Japanese mine detectors cannot detect them!"
"I will take command of the others and use mortars to conduct long-distance raids to see if it is possible to attract the little Japanese cavalry troops and kill some of them!"
"Our independent regiment has always been short of war horses, so don't take them for free!"
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