The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1398 The Kwantung Army wants to divide and encircle (first update)

Shi Jin obviously didn't think about the problem as comprehensively as Li Yunlong, and his mind didn't move as fast as Li Yunlong.

Heard the words "muddy the waters."

The first reaction in my mind is that I don't understand.

He immediately frowned and asked Li Yunlong: "How to disturb..."

Li Yunlong directly ordered: "The Japanese reconnaissance troops are searching for us in Fuxin in units of combat units. We will prescribe the right medicine to disperse the operations in Fuxin in units of strengthened platoons and take the opportunity to kill all the reconnaissance units of the Kwantung Army."

"If there is a chance, by the way, we can also take down the settlement points in Fuxin that are still controlled by the Japs and their armed expatriates."

"Give the Kwantung Army reinforcements the illusion that Fuxin's territory is full of our Eighth Route Army. They don't know where our main force is hiding, so they can't attack us directly and delay their time to encircle us."

There was one thing Li Yunlong didn't say to Shi Jin: that was to disrupt the Kwantung Army's Koye Division's battle plan to encircle and suppress him.

If the Takano Division is really allowed to locate the specific positions of its soldiers, and then assemble a main division to attack them, with the few troops on hand, even if the King of Heaven comes, they will not be able to defeat them.

Only by disrupting the Takano Division's encirclement and suppression plan and forcing them to divide their forces to encircle and suppress themselves can they find a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Otherwise, he would not even have a chance to counterattack in front of the Kwantung Army, which has absolute strength.

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The headquarters of the Japanese Koye Division in Fuxin County.

News of the attack on the reconnaissance force quickly spread here.

Also passed along was the bad news that the settlement point had been attacked by the Eighth Route Army and that the armed expatriates had suffered heavy losses.

Colonel Zhongshan, commander of the Fuxin garrison, felt that he had found another reason for Lieutenant General Takano to send troops. As soon as he received the telegram, he proposed to Lieutenant General Takano.

"Sir..."

"Send troops..."

"If you don't take action, the entire Fuxin, except for the county seat below us, will fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army."

"The battle report said: After capturing various settlement points, the Eighth Route Army not only eliminated all armed foreigners, but also took away all weapons, ammunition, food, and other materials from the hands of the overseas Chinese. It also recruited new soldiers at these settlement points..."

"According to statistics from the intelligence department, the Eighth Route Army has recruited more than 500 new soldiers from these settlement sites."

"We also captured nearly two thousand puppet Manchurian soldiers on the battlefield."

"If they mobilize these puppet Manchurian prisoners to join the Eighth Route Army, with their fighting power, the total number of Eighth Route Army troops in Fuxin is likely to exceed 4,000 or even 5,000 in a short period of time."

"It will definitely be harder to eliminate them in the future than it is now."

"In order to avoid this kind of accident, sir, please send troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, eliminate them before they mobilize the prisoners of the puppet Manchuria Army to join the Eighth Route Army, and do not give them the opportunity to develop and gain a foothold in Fuxin."

Lieutenant General Takano is not only irritable, but also a little confused.

Before the main force of the division dispatched the reconnaissance force, according to information provided by the Fuxin garrison, the Eighth Route Army in the territory was mainly active in three areas.

Although there is no specific location, with the absolute strength advantage of the main force of the division, it is still very likely that troops sent at that time will encircle and annihilate them in Fuxin, but the casualties of the troops will be larger.

Now the reconnaissance force he sent was attacked. The Eighth Route Army was present everywhere in Fuxin, and the settlement points were breached everywhere, giving people the illusion that the Eighth Route Army was everywhere in Fuxin.

Whether it was Colonel Nakayama, the commander of the regiment, or Lieutenant General Takano, the division commander.

They all knew in their hearts that this was the Eighth Route Army's deliberate attempt to confuse the public. The purpose was to prevent the main force of the division from targeting them and launching a tit-for-tat attack. Therefore, at this time, Lieutenant General Takano was even more confused than when he first came to Fuxin, and he did not know how to break the situation next.

"Are we really going to violate our own principles and divide our forces to wipe out the Eighth Route Army operating in Fuxin..." Lieutenant General Gao Ye suddenly had a bold idea in his mind that shocked even him.

Because this was a principle he set for himself when the troops sent out troops after he learned that he was going to fight the Eighth Route Army.

"No matter what the situation, no matter how much pressure the troops face, they cannot divide their forces in front of the Eighth Route Army."

The main force of the current division is obviously not at the end of its rope, so it is even less possible to divide the troops hastily.

Shaking his head, he decisively threw this dangerous thought away.

Looking at Colonel Zhongshan who kept persuading him to send troops, he replied carefully: "We can't divide our troops..."

"As long as the Eighth Route Army is still active in Fuxin, we cannot rashly divide our forces."

"Keep thinking of other ways..."

Colonel Zhongshan replied helplessly: "But now there are Eighth Route Army activities everywhere in Fuxin..."

"Divide the troops for encirclement and suppression. I really can't think of any other way to break the situation."

"If we remain unmoved and allow the Eighth Route Army to attack settlement points and recruit new soldiers in Fuxin, Fuxin may become the second rising sun in a short time. Please think twice, division commander."

Lieutenant General Takano insisted on his own combat principles and would not let go no matter how Colonel Nakayama tried to persuade him.

A full minute passed like this before Lieutenant General Takano, who was silent and solemn, responded.

He strode to the combat sand table centered on Fuxin County and gave a serious order: "The main force of the division is divided into four groups. Each line is arranged with a main regiment, a baggage group, an engineer squadron, a tank squadron, and a tank squadron. The artillery brigade, a supplementary regiment, launched attacks on the Eighth Route Army moving in four directions outside the city. "

"The troops will attack along the highway, first eliminate the Eighth Route Army operating along the highway, occupy all strongholds, artillery towers, and settlement points along the highway, and divide the Eighth Route Army operating in Fuxin into four."

"The stronghold that previously stationed a squadron was occupied by the main force of the division and directly stationed half of the brigade. They were then reinforced with a mountain artillery squadron, giving them the strength to carry a reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army head-on."

"I roughly did the math."

"If we want to completely block the roads in the four directions of the county and not give the Eighth Route Army the opportunity to re-capture these strongholds and settlement points, the main force of the division will have to divide into two reinforcement regiments."

"After the division is completed..."

"The remaining two reinforced regiments will immediately assemble towards the county seat. I will give the Eighth Route Army a battle to defeat them one by one."

"Assemble heavy troops and eliminate the Eighth Route Army troops operating in Fuxin one by one, without giving them any chance to break out and escape."

Having said this, Lieutenant General Takano directly turned his attention to Colonel Nakayama: "Nakayama-kun..."

"I need your help with something here..."

"In order to keep the troops blocking the highway in contact with the frontal mopping up troops at all times, so that they can coordinate seamlessly on the battlefield, I want to equip every blocking troop along the highway with a radio."

"The main radio station of the division is only equipped to the infantry brigade..."

"I hope you can collect all the redundant radio stations equipped by the garrison for us to use..."

(End of this chapter)