Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2752 Grand Strategy!

After receiving the news that the anti-Japanese brigade’s base had been attacked by air, Duanwu quickly rushed back.

But he did not bring back the black troops.

Because the black troops are still needed to stay and stop the Japanese.

The Japs will definitely come back and encircle the anti-Japanese forces.

So Duanwu directly ambushed the black troops at Sanchongguan and equipped them with eight mortars and four anti-aircraft machine guns.

The reason why Duanwu did this was entirely because he was considering the possibility that the Japanese might use tanks.

Pistol bullets and submachine gun bullets cannot penetrate this kind of tank. Even machine gun bullets can only penetrate it by shooting at the side.

Therefore, the more powerful anti-aircraft machine guns will become the main force on this battlefield.

Of course, Duanwu was also on guard against the Japanese using planes to bomb the black troops.

The Japanese have been conducting air raids quite frequently recently, giving people the impression that they are desperate.

That's why Duanwu had to consider the black troops.

Feeling that there was nothing to worry about the black-clad troops, Duanwu rode his own Arabian horse and Zhao Laonian back to the Anti-Japanese Brigade's base.

At this time, although the battlefield in the north did not achieve a decisive victory, it no longer needed Duanwu to take care of it. On the contrary, Alexander in the eastern and southern battlefields.

The Japanese troops in these two directions are the largest. Once they unite together, it will be difficult for the anti-Japanese brigade to do anything.

So next, Duanwu needs to mobilize Chunjianghao's first and second teams, as well as the recruit squadron, to launch a surprise attack on the enemy on the south side, and then turn around to deal with Kujo Palace Kita.

This is Duanwu’s overall idea for this battle.

Although the enemy may not be so obedient, at least Duanwu already has his own battle plan.

The next thing is to execute according to your own plan.

As for the enemies on the western grassland, Duanwu had already received a telegram from Wugan Anda, saying that the tribal alliance had already mobilized enough cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese and puppet troops on the grassland.

Duanwu is still very optimistic about the Mongolian cavalry, and in terms of numbers, the devil's military strength is inferior to that of the tribal alliance.

The only thing that worries Duanwu is the Japanese spies.

The Japanese were omnipresent. Before this war, or before the September 18th Incident, they had sent a large number of spies to lurk in China for more than 30 years.

This kind of layout can be said to be heart-pounding.

What kind of plan is this, which has been planned for more than 30 years?

Duanwu felt a chill when he thought about it. He didn't dare to think about it anymore, nor did he dare to say anything more.

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Time passed minute by minute, and when Duanwu returned to the Anti-Japanese Brigade’s base, it was already past two o’clock in the afternoon, and the Japanese aircraft formation had been repelled.

In this battle, the Japanese bomber formation suffered heavy losses, with at least twenty planes shot down.

As for the Anti-Japanese Battalion, more than 30 soldiers were killed, two anti-aircraft guns were destroyed, and five anti-aircraft machine guns were damaged.

Of the nearly 200-man anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine gun units, less than half were still able to fight.

Such casualties made Duanwu feel heartbroken, because these were the backbone of the anti-Japanese brigade, and every loss was a huge loss to the anti-Japanese brigade. But this is war, when war comes, no one can guarantee that they will survive to the end, including Duanwu.

Duanwu immediately ordered the anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine gun units to retreat for rest, and selected a company from the recruit squadron to escort them as well as the wounded, anti-aircraft artillery, anti-aircraft machine guns, etc., to the rear to meet up with Tang Jiujiu.

Because they will hardly be needed in the next battle, and there is no need to defend the base anymore.

The reason why we had to let the anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine gun troops stay in the garrison before the Dragon Boat Festival was to tell the Japanese that the main force of our anti-Japanese brigade was still there and had not left, so that the Japanese would concentrate on drilling into Phoenix Mountain.

And in this way, he can do a lot of things.

After the air defense forces were moved away, Duanwu called Long Qianyan, Ma Shanpao, Ma Zhenshan, Ma Hu and others to the conference room for a meeting.

Because next, they will fight the most important battle, which is to completely annihilate the Japanese troops that are surrounding them from the Fengtian direction.

The exact number of Japanese troops is unknown, but according to intelligence obtained by Cobra, which infiltrated the enemy through the underground party, there should be only one detachment of enemy troops on the south side, which retreated from the Central Plains battlefield.

Duanwu guessed that the enemy was not fully organized. Otherwise, a detachment would be as powerful as an infantry brigade.

Therefore, Duanwu guessed that the total number of the enemy would not exceed 6,000 people, plus a cavalry regiment of the Imperial Army.

But this cavalry regiment went north to join the devil's cavalry. So Duanwu had to deal with only the devil's infantry, which was estimated to be 6,000 people, or more, or less.

But no matter how many enemies there are, Duanwu will try his best to wipe them out.

Of course, Duanwu was not bragging, because he had the confidence to do so. Because the Anti-Japanese Brigade now has a lot of explosives stored.

In addition to some explosives seized from the Japanese, the Anti-Japanese Brigade also made a lot of explosives themselves, about five tons.

Duanwu wanted to take out most of them and set up a mine array. He had already chosen the location.

The location is near Liujiaping.

Liujiaping is flat and there are very few shelters around it, only some half-human-high wormwood, which is very sparse and cannot hide people at all.

Therefore, the Japanese will not set up defenses when they arrive here, and the time is probably at night, when the light is not good, which is when the minefield can play the greatest role.

The reason why Duanwu did not move before was because he was afraid that the Japanese aircraft would conduct reconnaissance and see through the intentions of the Anti-Japanese Brigade.

At this time, Duanwu was sure that the Japanese must have believed that the Anti-Japanese Brigade had already made preparations at the garrison to fight a decisive battle with their Imperial Japanese Army.

Of course, the Japs didn't believe that the Anti-Japanese Brigade would continue to hold on.

They would guess that after being defeated, the anti-Japanese brigade would go through Sanchongguan to join up with Liu Ge's troops in Laoyeling.

Therefore, it was for this reason that Kujo Miyakita was willing to send Nakajima to Sanchungguan to block the retreat route of the anti-Japanese brigade.

In other words, at least judging from the current movements of the Japanese, Duanwu's guess was correct. And the minefield laid in Liujiaping had a hit rate of at least 80%.

So Duanwu ordered Ma Hu to continue sending scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese, and especially the main force of Kujo Palace Kita, and report via the radio at any time.

And they must keep in touch at fixed times. If the scout does not respond, it will be treated as an exposure and reported immediately.

Moreover, Duanwu asked Ma Zhenshan to leave some new recruits behind and let Zhao Laonian lead them to perform a show in the Anti-Japanese Brigade’s base, creating the illusion that the main force was still there.

If someone else did this, Duanwu would still be a little worried, but if Zhao Laonian did it, Duanwu would be 100% assured! .

(End of this chapter)