The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1358 Division Commander: Beat me to death (second update)

Lieutenant General Yoshino suddenly suggested an alternative solution: "How about we send the military police to investigate first?"

"Hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops have crossed our encirclement. It's impossible not to leave any trace behind."

"As long as we find some evidence about the Eighth Route Army's breakout and escape, we can follow the clues and analyze the Eighth Route Army's method of breaking out..."

Lieutenant General Fujita shook his head: "The last time we sent someone to investigate, the morale of the frontline troops has been affected, especially the puppet Manchurian Army."

"If we send people down to investigate without any evidence, the frontline sweep forces will be in chaos..."

"If we can really figure out how the Eighth Route Army broke out through the investigation, we won't find nothing in the last investigation."

The idea was rejected by Lieutenant General Fujita. Lieutenant General Yoshino suddenly became confused and his mind became clueless. He shook his head and continued: "Then I can't think of any other way..."

"Take the initiative..." Four words suddenly popped out of Lieutenant General Fujita's mouth.

"In every previous sweep, we waited for the Eighth Route Army to attack and were in a passive state..."

"Next, let's go in the opposite direction and change from passive to active. Maybe we can achieve some unexpected results..."

"There are not many Eighth Route Army troops operating outside Jinzhou City. We can kill them all if we work hard."

"If we can't annihilate them all in one proactive attack, we will take the initiative in five times, or even ten times. The cumulative effect can be enough to eliminate the Eighth Route Army operating outside Jinzhou City."

"The reason why we let the mopping up troops form an encirclement on the battlefield is because we want to eat them in one battle."

"But doing so will also cause another problem. In order to avoid loopholes in the encirclement, the twenty mopping up troops on the battlefield and dozens of puppet Manchurian Army companies must cooperate."

"On a frontal battlefield with a width of more than dozens of kilometers, more than 10,000 troops advanced and retreated at the same time. Not only was the mopping up speed slow, but the troops' response to battle was also very slow. Even if some troops were besieged by the Eighth Route Army, in order to avoid loopholes in the encirclement, they could not Take the initiative rashly.”

"Now I plan to change my style of play..."

"In the following mopping-up operations, as long as any troops are attacked by the Eighth Route Army, there is no need to ask for instructions or wait for orders from superiors. I will immediately send troops to press on me and bite the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops. When it is time to pursue and pursue, and when it is time to outflank and outflank, I will not hesitate. Eat them at all costs!"

"If you kill thirty Eighth Route Army troops in one battle, you can kill 300 Eighth Route Army troops in ten battles."

"According to the report of the reconnaissance force, the total number of Eighth Route Army troops operating outside Jinzhou City is less than 300."

"With ten attacks at most, we can clear out all the Eighth Route Army troops operating outside the city."

"Even if we lose one infantry squadron every time we attack, or two squadrons in ten attacks, it will still be better than being passively beaten all the time now."

Having said this, Lieutenant General Fujita suddenly thought of sweeping up the mobile troops behind the troops and continued to order.

"Dismantle all the mobile units, and strengthen each mopping up unit in squadron units."

"They have cars and can march very fast. They can fully undertake the task of outflanking, specifically blocking the retreat of the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack troops."

"If the Eighth Route Army does not attack the mopping up troops and specifically attacks our strongholds and settlement points, then the task of killing the Eighth Route Army will be left to the excited troops equipped with transport vehicles."

"Use cars instead to quickly reinforce the battlefield and hold back the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops..."

"Wait until the main force completes the encirclement of the battlefield before destroying the Eighth Route Army's attacking force!"

After hearing the new strategy proposed by Lieutenant General Fujinoda, Lieutenant General Yoshino did not answer immediately, but he recognized it in his heart.

The main reason why the mopping up troops formed an encirclement and encircled the Eighth Route Army before was to reduce the casualties of the troops and not give the Eighth Route Army any opportunity to take advantage. Judging from the current combat effects, this style of play is obviously unworkable.

In this case, then go in the opposite direction and fight to the end with the Eighth Route Army outside the city regardless of casualties. Maybe it will produce some unexpected results.

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Headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the Northward Detachment.

The arrival of a telegram made Huang Yu's face become solemn instantly.

He did not expect that the Kwantung Army outside the mountain would suddenly change its fighting style. More importantly, as soon as this new fighting method came out, Duan Peng and Cao Xing were killed by the Kwantung Army by surprise, losing more than a hundred soldiers.

"Commander...the Kwantung Army killed our attacking troops regardless of casualties. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, we will definitely suffer in the end."

"Duan Peng and Cao Xing only have five to six hundred troops in total."

"The Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchuria Army that encircled and suppressed them had 16,000 to 7,000 troops, a thirty-fold advantage in strength."

"Even if our soldiers fought tooth and nail with guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare while being hunted by the Kwantung Army, and traded one for ten, we still wouldn't be able to defeat the little devils outside the mountains!"

"Although this move of the Kwantung Army is not very clever and may even be a bit of a disadvantage to the Kwantung Army, it can cause heavy losses to our army in a very short period of time."

Huang Yu admired the Kwantung Army commander from the bottom of his heart for making this decision. He sighed and replied: "I didn't expect that the Kwantung Army commander would also be ruthless..."

"I would rather trade ten for one and compete with us than let Duan Peng and the others go."

"Facing the Kwantung Army's style of play, besides avoiding confrontation as much as possible, I can't think of any other good way to break the situation."

"Call these two people back right away..."

"Shrink the troops as quickly as possible... and try to avoid fighting with the Kwantung Army's mopping up troops unless absolutely necessary."

"Send another telegram to the Fifth Battalion..."

"There is no way to break the situation outside the mountain, but we can open the situation from inside the mountain..."

"If we can find a way to severely damage the Kwantung Army's mopping up troops inside the mountain, Fujita will naturally mobilize troops from outside the mountain to reinforce the mountain. Duan Peng and Cao Xing will face less combat pressure. If the two of them cooperate with each other, they may be able to fight outside the mountain. Fight two battles of annihilation.”

After saying that, he turned his attention to Wei Dayong and asked expectantly: "How is the training of the second and third battalions going?"

Wei Dayong immediately realized from Huang Yu's inquiry that there was a combat mission for him, and answered immediately!

"Considering that the situation we are facing is very dangerous, the troops may go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese at any time..."

"I replenished all the more than 200 absentees who were prisoners of war to the second battalion..."

"Coupled with the wounded who have recovered and returned to the team during this period, the Second Battalion has initially regained its combat effectiveness."

"Although it is still far from its heyday before the war, it will definitely be no problem to use the favorable terrain in the mountains to sneak attack the Kwantung Army, fight guerrillas with the Kwantung Army, and engage in mobile warfare..."

"Captain..."

"It's too difficult for the fifth battalion alone to severely damage the Kwantung Army in Yamauchi... Let me take the second battalion to join the battle!"

(End of this chapter)