The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1381 Kong Jie’s ambition (second update)

Jinzhou Fujita Division Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Fujita looked very ugly.

After the withdrawal order was issued, he originally thought that the troops operating in the mountains could quickly evacuate the mountains. He would join forces with the mopping up troops outside the city to besiege the Eighth Route Army operating outside the mountains. He would first gather them and annihilate them, and then enter the mountains to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in the mountains.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army operating in the mountains was like dog-skin plaster, clinging to the retreating troops.

Look for an opportunity to tear off a piece of fat from their bodies, or fire a few cannonballs, killing and wounding a few soldiers...

Losing a dozen soldiers in one attack may not seem like much, but adding up dozens of attacks would make Lieutenant General Fujita feel heartbroken even if his family is prosperous.

At this moment, he was frightened by the heavy losses of the raiding troops in the mountain.

The total strength of the two mopping up troops is nearly 10,000. Although the real main force is only more than 6,000, the remaining 4,000 troops, supplementary troops, artillery... are all Kanto armed to the teeth. Elite army.

As a result, so many troops did not even eliminate the 1,080 troops, but they lost nearly 5,000 people.

Moreover, the five thousand people lost were basically the main force. More than half of the more than five thousand people who successfully evacuated the mountain were the heavy supplies and artillery supplemented by the Fujita Division to the two regiments.

In terms of strength, the troops entering the mountain lost more than 40%.

But if analyzed in terms of combat effectiveness, the troops entering the mountain have lost at least 60% of their combat effectiveness.

The huge loss made Fujita's division unable to be happy even if they wanted to.

"Division Commander..."

The chief of staff suddenly spoke, breaking the increasingly oppressive atmosphere in the headquarters in time.

"The matter has come to this, no matter how much we regret it, those soldiers who died in the battle will never be able to come back alive..."

"We should still look forward."

"Destroy the Eighth Route Army operating outside the mountains, then turn around and besiege the mountain, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army operating inside the mountains. Only then will the soldiers who died in battle not die in vain."

The chief of staff's words awakened the dreamer.

Lieutenant General Fujita seemed to have changed. A strong murderous aura quickly emanated from his body, and his eyes became red.

He clenched his fist and smashed it on the table in front of him, making a decision with a murderous look on his face: "Immediately contact the two regiments evacuating the mountain..."

"Let them immediately form a brigade as a unit, join the two brigade that have been sweeping outside the mountain, immediately join the battle, and use the fastest speed to eliminate the Eighth Route Army operating outside Jinzhou City."

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Eighth Route Army Wing Center Division Headquarters.

Correspondents, telegraph operators... came in and out, constantly sending the latest battle reports from the front line here, and then the combat staff summarized them on a huge combat sandbox for Kong Jie's reference.

After the back and forth attacks some time ago, the Yizhong Eighth Route Army and the Kwantung Army that swept them seemed to have entered a brief stalemate, and no one could do anything to the other.

The next thing the two sides compete is who has more endurance and who has greater war potential. Otherwise, the enemy and we will drag each other to death.

When it comes to war potential, no matter how great the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is, it cannot compare with the well-equipped Kwantung Army.

Therefore, if both sides fight hard, the first to be defeated will definitely be the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong.

Just as Kong Jie was racking his brains to think of a way to break the situation, the operator suddenly ran towards him.

"Commander...an urgent call from the headquarters..."

Kong Jie quickly took the telegram and browsed it, his brows furrowed at the same time, and his already solemn facial expression became even more solemn at this time.

Two minutes later, he put down the telegram and replied with a long sigh: "Li Yunlong is in big trouble..."

"You are not familiar with the place..." "Faced with two main divisions of the Kwantung Army and a local garrison of more than 10,000 people at the same time, without a base to provide a steady stream of soldiers and logistical supplies, the pressure can be imagined."

"Although we are facing six main divisions of the Kwantung Army at the same time..."

"But both sides are fighting in base areas, and the public support and terrain advantages are almost all on our side."

Moreover, after the battle some time ago, the total strength of the Kwantung Army has dropped sharply from six divisions to less than five divisions. Military morale and morale have also been greatly affected, and the troops are still very tired.

Comparing the two sides, the anti-mopping pressure he faced was obviously much smaller than that of Li Yunlong.

"Commander... what did the headquarters say?" The chief of staff saw Kong Jie's frown deepening and couldn't help but ask.

"The military pressure faced by the northbound detachment is very high. It can be said that it is a critical moment of life and death. But as long as Li Yunlong and the others can successfully break through the situation and solve the current predicament."

"If the detachment goes north, it will usher in qualitative development in the Northeast."

"Not only can we gain a firm foothold, but we can also expand our troops to more than 10,000 people in a short period of time..."

"In order to reduce the operational pressure on the northward detachment...the headquarters strictly ordered us to hold back the more than 100,000 elite Kwantung Army troops who were sweeping us away and prevent them from returning to the Northeast to aid."

"Otherwise, the northbound detachment operating in Chaoyang and Jinzhou will definitely bear the brunt and be the first to be attacked."

"Even if we can't hold back the more than 100,000 Kwantung Army... we must find a way to severely damage them so that they lose the opportunity to return to the Northeast in a short period of time..."

"My original idea was to cut off one of its ten fingers instead of cutting them off, and find a way to kill or seriously injure the Kwantung Army's mopping up troops, and then force back other mopping up troops to win this counter-mopping up."

"As a result, the plan couldn't keep up with the changes."

"According to the original battle plan, it is obvious that there is no way to delay the Kwantung Army, let alone to severely damage them..."

"Hiss..."

The chief of staff took a breath and asked, "Commander...isn't the headquarters making things difficult for us?"

"Although our division pretends to be a big family and has a strong army and horses, the total force is only a little over 20,000...which is a full five times different from the Kwantung Army's mopping up force of 100,000."

"It's difficult to even cut off even one finger with concentrated superior forces. Now let us hold back the Kwantung Army's 100,000 mopping up troops and inflict heavy damage on them... won't this cost our lives?"

"Commander..."

"I'm not pouring cold water on..."

"I feel that with the current strength of our division, we will definitely not be able to complete this task!"

Kong Jie was obviously more thorough than Li Yunlong in executing military orders, he slammed the table and said.

"Military orders are as heavy as a mountain..."

"Now that the command has issued an order, we must find a way to complete the task no matter how difficult it is..."

"The main force of the division is indeed only over 20,000, which is five times smaller than the Kwantung Army's mopping-up force..."

"But there are nearly ten thousand local troops in the base area who can participate in the battle at any time..."

"In addition, there are nearly ten regiments of the Eighth Route Army around the base area that can reinforce us at any time..."

"Adding these troops together, we must have more than 40,000 troops at our disposal..."

"In addition, we still have several killer weapons that have not participated in the war..."

"Use all of them, and it's possible to severely damage the Kwantung Army's mopping up troops!"

(End of this chapter)