The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1344 Two Reinforcement Battalions (Second Update)

Lieutenant General Yoshino was confused by Lieutenant General Fujita's judgment, and asked with confusion on his face: "Then what is the purpose of the Eighth Route Army doing this?"

"If they cannot capture the stronghold we are defending, they will not be able to seize weapons, ammunition and supplies, and they will not be able to replenish them..."

"No matter how many mortars and artillery shells the Eighth Route Army has in our defense area, they will all be used up..."

"Fujita-kun, I don't understand."

"Provoke us and distract our forces..." Lieutenant General Fujita hesitated before answering.

"Maybe there's a reason not to put all your eggs in one basket..."

"The troops are all concentrated in the mountains. Faced with the siege of one of our main divisions, even if the terrain in the mountains is very complex and their guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare are very powerful, in the face of absolute superiority, even if we use our energy, we can annihilate them all. In the mountains.”

"The troops are divided into two. Half of the troops stay in the mountains and continue to fight guerrillas with our mopping up troops. The other half of the troops are outside the mountains to sneak attack on our strongholds and garrison. They are the horns of each other and support each other."

"Our limited forces have to be divided into two."

"Whether it's in the mountains or outside the mountains, the Eighth Route Army will face much less combat pressure at the same time, and our defense loopholes will increase a lot due to insufficient troops."

"If the Eighth Route Army finds one or two gaps, it will be easy to get out of the big net we have woven and escape from the encirclement."

After hearing this, Lieutenant General Yoshino was 80% convinced.

Because he had just received a telegram from another stronghold.

The Eighth Route Army that attacked them indeed had a large number of mortars, as analyzed by Lieutenant General Fujita, and used mortars to kill a large number of troops stationed in the stronghold, but it did not send troops to attack the stronghold.

As soon as several rounds of artillery fire ended, the Eighth Route Army that attacked them ran away and disappeared into the night.

At this moment, the communications staff officer sent another telegram to Lieutenant General Yoshino. After reading it, his brows that had just relaxed frowned again, and he introduced with a serious face: "Fujita-kun..."

"We all underestimated the courage of the Eighth Route Army..."

"They are not operating in two groups... but in three groups..."

"I just received news...another mine not far from the Qingshiling Coal Mine was also attacked."

"Although they strengthened their alert in advance and increased the garrison to a strengthened team, they still only lasted less than half an hour before losing contact."

"When the reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, the garrison and mine protection team of more than a hundred people were completely wiped out, and not a single person was left alive."

“All the more than 600 absentees working in the mines were rescued by the Eighth Route Army.”

"Including the absentees they rescued at the Qingshiling Coal Mine, the number of absentees they have in hand has exceeded 1,100, many of whom are prisoners of war brought over from Guan Nei."

"If the Eighth Route Army persuades them to join the army, it can raise a team of 500 people at any time..."

"I think the Eighth Route Army operating in this area should also pay attention."

"The Eighth Route Army operating outside Jinzhou City seems to be strong, but they only use artillery fire to raid our strongholds and garrison from a long distance, and do not launch direct attacks."

"But the Eighth Route Army that attacked the mine actually launched an attack, which shows that their strength is no worse than that of the Eighth Route Army operating outside Jinzhou City."

"If we leave these Eighth Route Army alone and let them continue to attack various mines, rescue absentees, and recruit troops to expand their strength, this Eighth Route Army will continue to grow and develop in the battle."

Lieutenant General Fujita recognized Lieutenant General Yoshino's analysis, but did not answer immediately.

If he still had two infantry regiments in hand, he would definitely send troops to kill them immediately.

The key is that he has no troops left. Deploying two troops from the mountains and adding a regiment back to Jinzhou to support Jinzhou has made the encirclement and suppression net we have woven in the mountains full of loopholes, which can easily be exploited by the Eighth Route Army operating in the mountains.

If another reinforced unit is transferred, more gaps will definitely appear in the loophole-filled encirclement, and the complete elimination of the Eighth Route Army in the mountains will become an unreachable goal.

Therefore, the troops left in the mountains by Fujita's division must not move anymore.

As for the two reinforced regiments he had just transferred back from the mountains, he certainly would not dare to transfer them rashly before he knew how many Eighth Route Army troops there were outside Jinzhou City.

Compared with those coal mines hidden in the mountains, safety in Jinzhou is obviously more important.

The Eighth Route Army, which operates outside the city, is equipped with a large number of mortars. They can attack strongholds and garrisons through sudden artillery fire. They can also attack railways and attack settlement points controlled by armed expatriates.

In case the railway line is bombed again, causing railway interruption.

The settlement point was breached, a large number of armed expatriates were killed, food and supplies were robbed, and Chinese civilians were rescued. The true losses of the Kwantung Army must be astronomical. Not to mention that Lieutenant General Yoshino cannot shoulder this responsibility. Even if we join forces with him, Can't afford it.

After thinking for a long time, he could only reply with a long sigh: "The enemy's situation is unknown, and our limited troops must not be mobilized anymore."

"Yoshino-kun, immediately send out all your intelligence personnel and reconnaissance troops, and find out in the shortest possible time how many Eighth Route Army members are operating outside Jinzhou City, how many Eighth Route Army members are operating in the mountains, and how many Eighth Route Army members are attacking the mining areas. ”

“Only when you know yourself and your enemy can you be victorious in every battle.”

"We didn't even understand the strength of our opponent's troops and mobilized our troops blindly. Even if we didn't lose the battle, we would suffer heavy casualties in the operation to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army."

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In a ravine 20 kilometers northwest of Qingshi Ridge, Huang Yu was hiding here with two assault companies for repairs.

But this does not mean that there are only two hundred people in the ravine.

At this moment, the team has increased from two hundred people to more than 1,300 people.

After learning that the troops rescuing them came from the Eighth Route Army in Guannei, more than 300 people among the more than 1,000 people who were absent from work took the initiative to join the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese together.

They resisted the temptation of the imp and would rather die in the mines outside the pass than surrender to the imp and become traitors. There must be no problem with their character.

Huang Yu did not dampen their determination and courage to fight the Japanese. They were added to the troops on the spot, and the team of more than 200 people expanded to two battalions of more than 500 people overnight.

Although not at full strength, Huang Yu is confident that the troops will be expanded into two reinforced battalions within three days.

Because among the absentees rescued by the troops, there were more than 200 prisoners from the Customs.

The reason why they did not immediately decide to join the Eighth Route Army was because they were not yet sure of the true identity of the northbound detachment and were afraid of being deceived.

After all, this is outside the Pass, with nearly one million Kwantung Army troops and hundreds of thousands of puppet Manchuria troops active.

In their memory, the Eighth Route Army was only active in North China, and they had never heard of any Eighth Route Army activities outside the Pass. Suddenly, a force claiming to be the Northward Detachment of the Eighth Route Army appeared to rescue them from the Kwantung Army. Their suspicion was certain.

Huang Yu believes...

As long as they are allowed to confirm the identity of the northward detachment, they will definitely join the army without hesitation.

After all, it is almost impossible for them to return to the pass and return to the army by their own strength!

(End of this chapter)