The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1339 Heavy troops attack (first update)

Jinzhou Kwantung Army Garrison Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Fujita, the division commander who had just been transferred from the Jilin Defense Area by Umezu Umejiro, was learning from the commander of the Kwantung Army stationed in Jinzhou.

Although the Jinzhou garrison's first encirclement and suppression campaign against the Eighth Route Army in the defense area ended in failure and almost two regiments of the Kwantung Army were lost, they had after all fought face to face with the Eighth Route Army.

Even if he was defeated, he still had a lot of experience fighting the Eighth Route Army.

These are things that reinforcements do not have.

If we can learn all these combat experiences, the reinforcements will definitely suffer less in the new round of raids and avoid unnecessary losses.

"Fujita-kun..." The commander of the Jinzhou Kwantung Army Garrison analyzed seriously.

"The most difficult things for the Eighth Route Army to deal with are guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare."

"Although the Kwantung Army Headquarters informed us a lot about the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, it was only on the battlefield that we discovered..."

"The power of guerrilla warfare and movement in the mountains far exceeds our imagination..."

After that, I will tell you some of the defeats compiled by the mopping up troops.

Lieutenant General Fujita's face was soon replaced by seriousness. He couldn't help but interrupt halfway through: "After the mopping up troops were attacked by long-distance artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army, why didn't we use artillery to fight back..."

The commander shook his head and replied: "At that time, our troops did not realize the huge threat of long-range artillery fire."

"Only a part of the mortars were deployed for counterattack. As a result, the Eighth Route Artillery fired at most five rounds of artillery shells before moving their positions. The time they stayed in the same artillery position was very short. Before our artillery troops locked the target, the opponent had already ran away... …”

"There's no point other than wasting shells."

"Only in the end can we sum up the experience..."

"After being attacked by long-range artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army, more than five times the number of artillery pieces were immediately assembled to cover the one to two hundred meters surrounding the Eighth Route Army's artillery position."

"Even if the Eighth Route Artillery were to relocate immediately, they would not be able to run far because the time was too short."

"As long as our artillery fire coverage is large enough and the artillery fire is fierce enough, we will definitely be able to kill them."

"When you go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them, you must bring more artillery shells and more mortars..."

"In addition to countering the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire sneak attacks, multiple mortars can also counter the Eighth Route Army's infantry machine gun sneak attacks..."

"When they sneak attack us with cold guns, if we send troops to counterattack rashly, we are likely to run into their pockets and lose a lot of soldiers."

"To avoid unnecessary losses, the best way is to concentrate mortars to cover the Eighth Route Army's hiding spots with artillery fire, so that they have no time to move and can only be blown to death by us."

"These are the experiences gained by the Kwantung Army in exchange for their lives in the last round of raids. Please remember Fujita-kun."

Lieutenant General Fujita answered seriously: "Then when I go into the mountains this time, I will bring all the mortars equipped by the reserve team..."

"In addition to the mortar shells we brought ourselves, we hope that the Jinzhou garrison can support us with forty mortars, six thousand mortar shells, and ten mortars for each main regiment..."

"If you encounter the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops during the sweep, if you can use mortars to kill them, use mortars to kill them..."

"The number of Eighth Route Army troops in the mountains is limited..."

"As long as we carry enough artillery shells, even if ten artillery shells kill one Eighth Route Army, more than 10,000 artillery shells can kill more than a thousand Eighth Route Army, and they will have no one left."

The commander immediately nodded: "I also hope that Mr. Fujita will kill the Eighth Route Army in the mountains and avenge the warriors who died in the Jinzhou garrison..."

"As long as the Fujita Division is in need..."

"Our Jinzhou garrison will solve it if it can. If it can't, we will create conditions to help you solve it..." ……

Two days later, the replenished Fujita division began to take action.

Taking the regiment as a unit, the troops were divided into four groups and formed a large net directly towards the mountain.

The four main regiments participating in the battle this time are much stronger than the three regiments that went into the mountains to sweep up last time.

In addition to three full infantry brigades, each regiment has also strengthened a large-caliber mortar squadron suitable for mountain operations, a baggage brigade specialized in transporting artillery shells, a cavalry brigade, and an engineering brigade...

All seven, seven, eight and eight troops were added together, resulting in an astonishing number of more than 5,000 people in each main regiment.

The Kwantung Army was approaching fiercely, and not a single regiment of the northward detachment active on the Jinzhou battlefield was idle.

Two nights ago, the troops had been divided into three and headed to their respective battlefields.

In the deep mountains and old forests more than fifty kilometers away from the Kwantung Army's mopping up troops, Huang Yu was leading more than two hundred of his men over the mountains and ridges, rushing to his first attack target: Qingshiling Coal Mine.

This is a coal mine that has been occupied by the Kwantung Army for a long time.

In order to reduce production costs, the absentees inside were basically young men and prisoners of war deceived by the Japanese from within the customs.

Excluding those who were tortured to death by the Kwantung Army or who died of exhaustion in the coal mines, the number of absentees in the mining area remained at 500 all year round.

Although a small team of the Kwantung Army was stationed, because the coal mine was located in the hinterland of the Kwantung Army's defense area, the possibility of being attacked was very low. In addition, the Kwantung Army did not want to stay in the barren mountains and feed mosquitoes all day long.

As a result, most of the Kwantung Army stationed at the mine lived in the military camp in the city, leaving only a detachment of the Kwantung Army to protect the mine.

In order to avoid accidents, the special agents also found dozens of overseas Chinese to form a mine protection team to manage hundreds of absentees and prevent them from causing trouble.

As long as the northbound detachment successfully captures this mine, at least four hundred absentees can be mobilized to join the army.

"Captain..."

The scout panted and rushed to Huang Yu.

"Checked it out..."

"The little devils stationed at Qingshiling Mine have no defense..."

"All the absentees are working in the mining area. There are only a dozen little devils and foreigners watching them. The remaining foreigners and a dozen Kwantung Army soldiers are all hiding in the barracks. We should be able to get in with a surprise attack."

The two company commanders following Huang Yu immediately showed eager expressions, both wanting to win this main attack mission.

"Company Commander Wang led the team to seize the mine and rescue the absentees... Don't let go of any kid in the mine... The pressure on Wei Dayong is very high. The sooner we act, the harder we will fight. The more serious the raid they will face." The less pressure there is…”

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Lieutenant General Fujita, the division commander of the Kwantung Army, did not follow the mopping up troops into the mountains.

In its own words: As a division commander, he went into the mountains to mop up the Eighth Route Army. Not only was he unable to help the front-line mopping up troops, but he also had to dedicate a large number of troops to protect his own safety, so that front-line officers did not dare to let go of the command operations.

In this case, I might as well stay in Jinzhou City and take command.

They are also happy and safe.

(End of this chapter)