The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1368 The lifeline is seized (second update)

The chief of staff shook his head: "During the encirclement and suppression, no troops violated discipline... and no troops advanced alone, creating opportunities for the Eighth Route Army..."

"but……"

"But... the mobile squadron had an accident on the way to outflank..."

"They were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. All transport vehicles were destroyed and the entire mobile squadron was destroyed. They were unable to stop the rapidly retreating Eighth Route Army."

"Did something happen to the mobile squadron?" Lieutenant General Fujita was stunned by this answer.

As the architect of new tactics, no one knows better than him the huge role of mobile squadrons in encirclement and suppression operations.

you can say it this way……

Once the mobile squadrons are gone, several cooperating mopping up forces will turn into a tiger without fangs. Not only will their combat effectiveness be drastically reduced, but their ability to bite the Eighth Route Army will also be drastically reduced.

If the mobile squadron that had just been annihilated was just an accident, then it would be nothing.

As long as the other mobile squadrons are safe and sound and the Eighth Route Army operating outside Jinzhou City attacks again, the mopping up troops will be able to defeat them one by one sooner or later and eliminate them outside the mountains.

But if the Eighth Route Army sees the huge role of mobile squadrons in encirclement and suppression operations, it will focus exclusively on the frontline mobile squadrons.

Or to put it more directly, focus on the transport vehicles equipped by the mobile squadron and destroy all the transport vehicles. Then the mobile squadron will become an ordinary infantry squadron. Even if the troops are intact and no one is killed, they will not be able to complete the task. A mission that the mobile squadron should have completed.

Lieutenant General Fujita's face became more solemn as he thought about it.

Because based on his understanding of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, he was obviously more inclined to the latter judgment, feeling that the Eighth Route Army outside the city was targeting the frontline mobile troops.

He slumped down on the chair and analyzed with a frown: "The tactics of the raiding forces outside the city are going to change again!"

"But before changing the tactics, the mobile squadrons cooperating with the mopping up forces must strengthen their vigilance, try to avoid acting alone, and not give the Eighth Route Army any chance to ambush them..."

"Send a telegram to the sweep forces outside the city now: Unless there is an important military operation, the transport vehicles for the mobile squadron equipment must be protected."

Just as the chief of staff was about to take the order, he saw a communications staff officer running towards them in a hurry...

"Your Excellency, Division Commander..."

"The Eighth Route Army operating outside the mountains has dispatched again..."

"Concentrate fourteen mortars to attack the mobile squadron's transport vehicles parked in the station..."

"Retreat as soon as the five rounds of artillery fire are over..."

"Although the mopping up troops immediately sent troops to counterattack, because the Eighth Route Army that launched the artillery attack was too far away from the station, and the transport vehicles equipped by the mobile squadron suffered heavy losses, only five vehicles were still in use, so they could only pursue them on foot."

"About an hour later, the attacking troops lost track of the Eighth Route Artillery Unit and had to give up the pursuit."

Lieutenant General Fujita didn't expect that what he was worried about would happen so quickly. He was so angry that he punched the table in front of him. Seeing that the chief of staff hadn't given the order yet, he directly roared the order: "Why are you still standing here?"

"Transport trucks equipped by mobile squadrons have already been attacked. Do you want to see more transport trucks blown up by Eighth Route Army artillery fire?"

"Why don't you hurry up and give the order to have the various mopping up troops protect the transport vehicles for the mobile squadron equipment..."

"Whatever the reason, I don't want to hear about the destruction of transport vehicles again..."

It wasn't until the chief of staff hurriedly disappeared at the door of the war room that Lieutenant General Fujita withdrew his gaze and looked at Lieutenant General Yoshino who was also shocked: "Yoshino-kun..."

"The Eighth Route Army outside the city is more difficult to deal with than I thought..."

"The mobile squadron has been targeted by them. If we continue to let them perform outflanking missions, no matter how many transport vehicles we equip, they will be destroyed..." "So the mopping up troops must change their tactics immediately..."

Before Lieutenant General Yoshino had time to answer, the chief of staff who had just left not long ago appeared again at the door of the war room.

Compared with the solemn expression when he left, there was obviously more panic at this time.

Something big must have happened to the frontline mopping up troops, otherwise it would be impossible for a division chief of staff to become like this.

Feeling nervous, I quickly asked: "What happened again..."

"It's the mopping up troops in the mountains..." The chief of staff didn't care about etiquette and answered the division commander's question.

"They just had an encounter with the main force of the Eighth Route Army..."

"Originally I wanted to rely on the superiority of troops to eat the opponent..."

"It turned out that the terrain there was too conducive to the Eighth Route Army..."

"A whole brigade of troops was shut down and beaten by the Eighth Route Army, and the whole army was destroyed..."

"Are the other troops pigs? Why don't they send troops to rescue..." Lieutenant General Fujita's face turned red again, and he directly regarded the chief of staff as the front-line leader and asked in reply with a roar.

The chief of staff was confused by Lieutenant General Fujita's overreaction, but he still answered bravely as soon as possible.

"They sent troops for reinforcements, but it was useless. They lost nearly two squadrons in vain..."

"It is a trumpet-shaped valley, only about ten meters wide at the entrance..."

"The Eighth Route Army fought an encounter with us outside the valley, retreating while fighting..."

"Our troops fought with them while chasing into the valley..."

"The Eighth Route Army suddenly concentrated its artillery and stormed the entrance and exit of the valley, splitting our troops into two with artillery fire..."

"Although the mopping up troops immediately assembled mortars to counterattack, the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions were too scattered. We could counterattack at most half of the artillery pieces at a time, and the other half of the artillery continued to block the entrance and exit of the valley, preventing us from sending troops to reinforce the troops entering the valley..."

"By the time the main force of the mopping up force successfully enters the valley, the battle in the valley will be over..."

"It only lasted less than ten minutes..."

Lieutenant General Fujita felt that he had heard a big joke. He stared at the Chief of Staff again with disbelief and asked: "You said that the Eighth Route Army killed a full infantry brigade of ours in ten minutes... and it was still in a close-quarters raid... How is this possible...are the troops entering the valley a bunch of pigs?"

"Do not……"

"Even if it's a group of pigs, and the Eighth Route Army chases them and kills them, it's impossible to end the battle in ten minutes..."

The chief of staff nodded to express his approval of what the division commander had just said, and followed the conversation and explained: "Normally, a full infantry brigade can indeed last for more than ten minutes in a close-quarters raid, and it is even possible to defeat the Eighth Route Army..."

"But this infantry group entering the valley is not normal..."

"In previous battles, a large number of veterans were killed in sneak attacks... In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops, the two captains had to deploy a large number of supplementary troops and heavy supplies to supplement the troops..."

"Their combat effectiveness is far inferior to those of the veterans who died in the battle, and they have not conducted any collaborative training. They are directly fighting at close range with the Eighth Route Army..."

"The real combat effectiveness of a fully formed brigade may not be as good as half of the previous brigade..."

(End of this chapter)