Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1853 Surrounding
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Umezu Yoshijiro learned of the fall of Matsubara only three hours later.

This is not because the people stationed in Songyuan are a group of rabble. Even if the people stationed in Songyuan are elite Japanese soldiers, it may not be able to change the outcome that the news cannot be spread.

The attack speed of the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops was too fast. The tanks ran rampant under the cover of half-track vehicles. Before the Japanese could figure out the situation, the building where the headquarters was located was blown down... This was not because the Eighth Route Army knew that it was the Japanese headquarters, but It was the Japanese who fired rifles and machine guns at the Eighth Route Army from the window.

The Japs could survive longer if they didn't open fire. The Eighth Route Army had done relatively little intelligence work in Songyuan and didn't know much about it.

This is not to say that the intelligence personnel are not effective, but that Li Yunlong is worried that the actions of the intelligence personnel will alert the enemy and attract the attention of the Japanese... Once the intelligence personnel in Songyuan are discovered by the Japanese, the Japanese will immediately realize that the Eighth Route Army wants to attack Songyuan, otherwise why would they? Get Matsubara information!
This was fatal to the Eighth Route Army's combat plan, and Li Yunlong would rather not inquire about intelligence.

In Li Yunlong's words, "Let's try to fight and see if it doesn't matter. If Matsubara's idea doesn't work, we'll just go home! With air superiority, who is afraid of whom at 170 kilometers? Who can stop him?" Can you live with me?"

There's nothing wrong with that.

The Japanese Kwantung Army was short of fuel and had no fighter planes to fight against the Eighth Route Army, so what could they do to stop the tanks and half-track armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army's Mechanized Regiment?

These mechanized regiments can be said to be invincible in the wilderness, unless the Japanese are prepared to build a series of fortifications to block tanks and half-tracks, just like they did in Qingyang Town.

Therefore, is it necessary to seek information?
Just like Li Yunlong said, let's try to fight. If we can't fight, we will retreat. The only loss will be some fuel and ammunition. We will come back and plan again.

But it would be different if the Japanese were discovered by the Japanese when spying on intelligence. The barbed wire fences, landmines, and anti-tank ditches would soon be put up one after another. At that time, Songyuan would really become a hard nut to crack.

To put it simply, the risk of seeking information under such circumstances is greater than not seeking information at all.

Li Yunlong naturally chose the former, and the Japanese were completely caught off guard.

Under this situation, the Eighth Route Army had no idea where the Japanese headquarters was. They did not dare to open fire easily when they saw a building, because they were worried that if the building was occupied by ordinary people, they would accidentally injure their own people.

But once the Japanese firepower was organized, it was extremely fierce. There were five machine guns in one building: one on each of the three floors. There were also two heavy machine guns on the roof, and there were countless rifles. There were also fights on the roof. Two Type 94 mortars were set up specifically for firing poison gas bombs, but at this time they were firing ordinary artillery shells instead of poison gas bombs. It was probably because the Eighth Route Army had already broken into the Japanese defense lines and they did not dare to release poison gas.

There is nothing to say about this. This building must be the main force of the Japanese or a key defense point!
The firepower of more than a dozen tanks was attracted by this building, and they fired grenades at the three-story building crazily. After a burst of "boom", the entire building was blown apart and turned into a pile of ruins.

Many people actually guessed that this was the Japanese headquarters, but they could not confirm it during the war. After the war, they asked the prisoners to confirm that their wing headquarters, including the wing commander, staff, communications squad, etc., were all buried inside. .

Once the communication was cut off, the news could not be spread, but the sound of gunfire and artillery was spread to the other side of the Songhua River.

But the Japanese stationed on the other side thought it was Songyuan's new recruits training... During this period, Songyuan's training subject was shooting, but the gunfire was more intensive and mixed with the sound of artillery.

The Japanese on the other side didn't take it seriously, thinking that the training was going well and started practicing cannonballing.

It wasn't until they found a few Japanese soldiers swimming across the river a few hours later that they realized something was wrong, and reported the situation immediately.

"Matsuhara, they actually attacked Matsubara!" Umezu Meijiro felt a headache.

Umezu Yoshijiro always thought that these Eighth Route Army troops were still preparing to attack in the Qingyang Town area, but he did not expect that they suddenly appeared in Songyuan and defeated it.However, Umezu Yoshijiro did not think that the Eighth Route Army would defend Matsubara. He said regretfully: "The Eighth Route Army knew that we concentrated the supplies in Matsubara! What a pity for this batch of supplies..."

Umezu Yoshijiro thought that the Eighth Route Army was heading for this batch of supplies. He thought that after the Eighth Route Army captured Matsubara, they would destroy the batch of supplies and then flee. Therefore, Umezu Yoshijiro had no interest in sending additional reinforcements to Matsubara.

Because he felt that it was definitely too late to send reinforcements, and the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army had long since disappeared.

However, Hashimoto Toranosuke looked at the map with a sad face and said: "General, I think... the Eighth Route Army will defend Matsubara!"

"What?" Umezu Yoshijiro asked, "Aren't the Eighth Route Army afraid of being surrounded by our army if they go deep into the army alone?"

"General!" Hashimoto Toranosuke pointed at the map and said seriously: "Our supplies can be used as supplies for the Eighth Route Army. It should not be a problem to have enough supplies for several infantry regiments of the Eighth Route Army for several months! So they don't have to worry too much about being surrounded by our army! "

Then Hashimoto Toranosuke said: "As for the source of troops..."

There is no need to say more about what follows. Umezu Yoshijiro nodded clearly: "They can recruit troops from among the people of Songyuan!"

This is the advantage of the Eighth Route Army. No matter where they fight, they can quickly build up a team, and this team is quite loyal.

This has always been a headache for Umezu Meijiro.

Therefore, Umezu Yoshijiro is considering a necessary plan: if the war is about to be defeated, is it necessary to slaughter all the Chinese people in the area before moving in, so as to prevent them from becoming the new Eighth Route Army.

But this was just a previous consideration, and now Umezu Yoshijiro has given up on this idea.

The reason is that there is oil in Ping'an Village.

The presence of oil in Ping'an Village means that the empire cannot give up "Manchukuo".

The impossibility of giving up "Manchukuo" means that the massacre of the people cannot be carried out easily.

otherwise……

This will only force the people to side with the Eighth Route Army more resolutely and quickly.

"Yes!" Hashimoto Toranosuke sighed: "They have soldiers and supplies, so do they still need to worry about being surrounded by our army? What's more, our army can't be surrounded even if they want to!"

"What?" Umezu Meijiro's eyelids twitched.

This somewhat hurt his pride. The Eighth Route Army penetrated 150 kilometers into the imperial control area, but the imperial army was unable to surround it? !

Hashimoto Toranosuke pointed to the map and said: "The key point is that the Eighth Route Army has air superiority. They can set up defenses with their backs on the Songhua River. All our ships that appear on the river will be bombed by Eighth Route Army fighters..."

"In addition!" Hashimoto Toranosuke said: "The Eighth Route Army can also use transport aircraft to airdrop the supplies they urgently need!"

(End of this chapter)