Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1597
Therefore, Mao Xiong's "solidarity" played a considerable role in the Eighth Route Army's battle.

Otherwise, the total strength of the Devil's Kwantung Army would be more than [-], and the North China Front Army could go north for reinforcements. With the strength of the Eighth Route Army at this time, it would be impossible to attack Fengtian.

Now Naozaburo Okabe was a little impatient when he was fighting this battle. He had to consider eliminating the main offensive force of the Eighth Route Army in a short time, because the more this matter dragged on, the worse it would be for the empire.

Okabe Naozaburo didn't know that the more this matter was dragged down, the better it would be for him.

The reason is that Mao Xiongna didn't want to fight for real. They just performed some performances at the border at the "invitation" of Wang Xuexin.

They will stop this kind of "performance" when Moon Mao Xiong thinks that he has done his best, or if he is worried about completely angering the devils.

The point is that the devils don't know this. What Naozaburo Okabe thinks in his mind is to defeat the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible so that he can fully deal with the bears on the border, so that he won't be unable to take care of both internal and external.

Therefore, Naozaburo Okabe ordered: "Order all the ministries in Fengtian to form mechanized troops immediately, and the 23rd Division will withdraw to Fengtian!"

Sanji Oshiroto asked suspiciously: "Your Excellency, the 23rd Division has withdrawn to Fengtian? Then the 39th Division will have to face the main force of the Eighth Route Army alone..."

At this time, it was still the Devil's 39th Division that was confronting the Eighth Route Army.

Although the 39th Division was defeated in the last battle, it was not injured. In addition, they are a unit trained with 97 anti-tank guns, which is very suitable for resisting the half-track vehicles of the Eighth Route Army. Stationed, but Naozaburo Okabe sent the 23rd Division to cooperate with him to bring the defeated Teishi troops back to rest.

The 39th Division and the 23rd Division, with the strength of the two divisions, confronted the nearly [-] troops of the Eighth Route Army, which was already in crisis.

Sanji Okito was still considering whether to continue sending reinforcements to the front line just now, but Naozaburo Okabe wanted to withdraw the 23rd Division from the front line!
Naozaburo Okabe just said "hmm" and repeated: "Withdraw the 23rd Division and order the 39th Division to prepare for retreat!"

"Yes!" Although Sanji Oshiroto had doubts about Naozaburo Okabe's order, he didn't dare to say anything.

Okabe Naozaburo's idea is very simple, that is to lure the enemy to go deep.

Isn't the Eighth Route Army going to attack Fengtian?
Then let you fight!
Wait until your tanks and half-track vehicles drive to Fengtian, hundreds of kilometers away, and see how you escape back then!
This is also the purpose of Naozaburo Okabe ordering Fengtian to organize mechanized troops.

He has already figured it out, when the BF109 destroys the enemy's tanks, and the imperial tanks, especially the "Tiger", can lead the infantry to attack the ground troops of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army does not have fighter planes that can destroy the "Tiger Type", and its rocket launchers cannot penetrate the "Tiger Type", so what can stop the penetration of the imperial army?
As long as the imperial army can seal the pass of Chifeng again, the Eighth Route Army that penetrates deep into the hinterland will have only two options: either surrender or flee into the mountains to become savages.

Okabe Naozaburo couldn't help but think of the tragedy of being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.

Now, it should be the turn of the imperial army to encircle the Eighth Route Army!
The news of the retreat of the Devil's 23rd Division immediately spread to the Eighth Route Army. The chief of staff frowned and said, "Even if it runs fast, we still want to encircle these two divisions first to destroy some of the Devil's vitality! Run away without hitting it!"

The chief didn't want the devils to have too many troops to escape back to Fengtian. After all, Fengtian City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the further east the Eighth Route Army is, the more difficult it is to supply.

Therefore, the chief's original plan was to use an absolute superior force to surround the two divisions of the devils in front of him. It would be even better if the devils would come to reinforce them, and the devils in Fengtian City could be further emptied. is favorable.

Who would have thought that the 23rd Division would retreat before the plan started!
The chief laughed and said, "Chief of staff, have you ever thought that this is just as Wang Xuexin expected!"

The chief of staff was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Is the devil planning to lure the enemy in?"

The chief nodded and said with a confident smile: "You want to make dumplings for us, but you don't know who will make the dumplings then!"

Looking at the map and thinking for a while, the chief said: "I think we should attack in advance! Since the devil has opened the door for us to enter, what are we waiting for?"

"It makes sense!" The chief of staff immediately nodded in agreement: "If you wait any longer, I'm afraid the 39th Division will not be able to fight even if they want to fight!"

As a result, the total attack time was a day and a half earlier than originally planned.

Uncharacteristically, the Eighth Route Army did not invest in mechanized troops this time, but used infantry with the cooperation of artillery to launch a normal attack on the devil's defense line.

This is mainly because the headquarters knew that the 39th Division of the Devils was equipped with Type 97 anti-tank rifles... Although a batch of these were knocked out by the Eighth Route Army in the last battle, a batch was transferred from Fengtian Armory to supplement them soon. Moreover, the amount of equipment has doubled, which is obviously used to deal with the half-track vehicles of the Eighth Route Army.

Now that the devils are ready to deal with half-track vehicles, of course our army will not send half-track vehicles to make them work as the devils want.

So this time it was a hard fight from artillery and infantry.

As a result, the devil's anti-tank rifles were completely ineffective. They were blown up and even seized by the Eighth Route Army at the first time... The devil deployed this thing at the forefront, and the Eighth Route Army confiscated a few of them as soon as they rushed into the devil's trench return.

Another more important thing is that the combat effectiveness of the main force of the Eighth Route Army at this time is no less than that of the Devil's Kwantung Army.

In the past, the firepower of millets and rifles was much lower than that of devils. Now everyone is carrying Springfield rifles. The squad leader is also equipped with repeating rifles. 30 small guns or mortars are equipped up to the company level. Radar... plus the cover of tanks, the combat effectiveness is somewhat stronger than that of the Devils, even if the opponent is the regular division of the Devils Kwantung Army.

The chief also said: "Let the main force fight tough battles, and let the mechanized troops fight everything. Do we have no other troops except Li Yunlong? Other regiment leaders have opinions on fighting like this!"

The chief did not make it clear. His real intention was to let the other troops practice their skills, so that they would not be unprepared or unable to keep up due to lack of training and combat effectiveness when fighting against Fengtian in the future.

Although the [-] troops of the Eighth Route Army gathered around Chifeng were carefully selected by the whole army, the Eighth Route Army has not had many opportunities to fight the devils head-on, and most of them are mechanized troops and main forces. There are still many recruits.

The 39th Division of the Devils in front of them happened to give these troops a turn to practice their hands!
(End of this chapter)