The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1365: Taking Chestnuts from the Fire (First Update)

In a ravine thirty kilometers southwest of Jinzhou.

Duan Peng was discussing the battle situation outside the mountain with Cao Xing, hoping to find one or two flaws, take the initiative, and kill a bunch of kidnappers while ensuring his own safety, instead of hiding under the nose of the Kwantung Army and being a coward. This is really frustrating.

And hiding all the time is not a long-term solution.

After all, Jinzhou is the territory of the Kwantung Army.

In addition to the more than 10,000 Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchuria Army looking for them everywhere, the Jinzhou garrison also sent a large number of scouts and intelligence personnel to all settlement points to search for traces of their activities.

If the troops keep hiding like this and do nothing, they will be exposed to the Kwantung Army sooner or later.

Rather than doing this, it is better to kill more Kwantung Army before being exposed, which may also have some effect in confusing the public.

"Battle Commander Duan..." Cao Xing frowned and expressed his thoughts after reading the information.

"The enemies who are sweeping us are still mainly the Kwantung Army, with the Puppet Manchuria Army as the auxiliary. Several sweeping forces have gathered together, and they are also equipped with transport vehicles that can quickly outflank us..."

"I just thought about it..."

"No matter where you take the initiative to attack, you will be jointly pursued by four Kwantung Army mopping up troops, including a reinforced squadron with car transportation."

"The possibility of escaping unharmed is less than 20%."

"I think it's better to forget it..."

"Maybe the Chief of Staff and Battalion Commander Ma have made a breakthrough in the mountains."

"When they take down the Kwantung Army in the mountains, there will naturally be fewer Kwantung Army encirclement and suppression of us, and then our combat pressure will be reduced."

"It is not only safe to attack at that time, but also get twice the result with half the effort."

Duan Peng shook his head and replied firmly: "No, we cannot place all our hopes on others on the battlefield."

"And if we don't take action for a long time, the Kwantung Army might mistakenly think that we have fled into the mountains, and then send some of its troops into the mountains to deal with the Chief of Staff and Battalion Commander Ma. Then their combat pressure will be great."

"I have an idea, do you think it will work..."

After speaking, he pointed to a point on the map and introduced: "This is called Yushu Fort. A reinforced team of the Kwantung Army and a company of the Puppet Manchuria Army are stationed all year round... There are also several settlements controlled by the little devils and expatriate armed forces nearby."

"Five kilometers behind Elm Castle is the mountainous area."

"As long as the troops quickly retreat into the mountains after attacking Yushu Fort, the Kwantung Army's encirclement and suppression troops will be unable to do anything to us."

Cao Xing frowned and objected before Duan Peng finished speaking: "Battle Commander Duan..."

"It takes forty minutes for the troops to march five kilometers..."

"Although there is only one reinforced Kwantung Army team at the Yushu Fort stronghold, we only have mortars and no mountain artillery equipment for attacking fortresses. With the cooperation of more than a hundred puppet Manchurian troops, it will take at least 20 minutes to capture the stronghold. That adds up to A whole hour."

"The Kwantung Army equipped with transport vehicles can march thirty to forty kilometers an hour..."

"And there are several mopping up troops active around Elm Fort."

"What if after we launch an attack on Elm Fort, the Kwantung Army sends troops to go around behind Elm Fort, block our access to the mountain, and then join forces with other mopping up forces to surround us near Elm Fort and gather together to annihilate us?"

Duan Peng pointed to the map and continued his analysis: "This is another reason why I chose to attack the Yushu Fort stronghold instead of attacking other strongholds."

"Because this place is close to a mountainous area, the transportation is not as developed as other places. There are only two roads that can go around behind the Elm Fort, blocking our retreat..."

"As long as we arrange troops to ambush these two roads in advance, and use explosives to destroy the roads after the attack begins, the Japs' transport trucks will be lying on the road."

"The Kwantung Army, which had cars for transportation, had to give up their cars and march on foot instead."

"Three hours won't necessarily block our way back." "This time is enough for us to reap the benefits of Elm Fort."

"If we have more troops, we can also deploy pocket formations on these two roads to eat the Kwantung Army's outflanking troops and destroy their transport vehicles."

"I analyzed it a little bit."

"The first few battles before the troops withdraw are the most likely to fail. These transport vehicles play a big role."

"Although the Kwantung Army is well-equipped, it does not have an unlimited supply of transportation vehicles."

"If we find a way to blow up these transport vehicles, the Kwantung Army outflanking us will lose its ability to maneuver quickly."

"If both the enemy and us rely on two legs to march, I believe that our Eighth Route Army will not lose to any opponent."

"We will find a way to blow up twenty transport vehicles in one battle. After four or five battles, we will blow up all the transport vehicles for Kwantung Army equipment in Jinzhou. The counter-mopping pressure we face will definitely decrease sharply."

Cao Xing had been holding back his anger for a few days.

Seeing that Duan Peng had considered all the issues clearly, and he didn't find any loopholes in the battle plan, he made a decision with a gritted teeth.

"Then do it..."

"Take chestnuts from the fire, seize the Elm Fort stronghold, eat the Kwantung Army outflanking troops with transportation vehicles, and blow up their equipped vehicles."

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In a town about twenty kilometers away from the Yushubao stronghold, the joint headquarters of the Kwantung Army's fourth sweep force was temporarily located here, led by a lieutenant colonel.

In the past few days, the raiding troops had searched through all the settlements and shops within the territory, but found nothing except some traces of the Eighth Route Army's past actions.

When the captain was worried about which direction to search tomorrow, a communications soldier suddenly rushed in with excitement. He hurriedly reported before he could stand still: "Sir..."

"good news……"

"The Eighth Route Army we are looking for has dispatched at the Yushubao stronghold..."

"They are storming the Yushubao stronghold and several surrounding settlements. They have used six or seven mortars alone. The main force of the Eighth Route Army is undoubtedly..."

"Elm Castle..."

The captain found the location of Elm Fort on the map at a glance.

Then he expressed admiration and said: "The Eighth Route Army really knows how to choose a place."

"Elm Castle is close to the mountains. I want to retreat into the mountains after taking advantage."

"But when they encounter us today, their dream of retreating into the mountains is destined to be shattered by us."

"Order……"

"The mobile squadron splits into two and attacks immediately."

"Outflank behind the Yushubao stronghold and block the Eighth Route Army's access to the mountain..."

"All other troops were mobilized for me, forming a semi-encirclement and marching towards the Elm Fort stronghold."

"I have been looking for so long and I have never encountered an Eighth Route Army unit... Now there is an Eighth Route Army taking the initiative to hit our guns and seeking death. No matter what we say, we can't let this cooked duck slip away from under our noses."

(End of this chapter)