"General, I don't understand, it's obvious that we have the upper hand now, why don't we just use the standby flying team to carry out covering bombing against the Japanese army? I think that only two rounds or perhaps only one round of covering bombing can make the Japanese army completely lose the confidence to continue fighting, so why should we continue to wear it out with the Japanese army? The Independence Army and the 18th Division, which was eager to move south, eventually formed a confrontation, which made the Mike and the others, who stayed by Zhuo Fei's side as observers for the US military, very puzzled.

General Pierce, who was in charge of contacting the Independence Army, had returned to the United States, but the Mike who followed Pierce to South Asia unexpectedly stayed, nominally a few of them were so-called military observers, but Zhuo Fei knew that these guys were nails sent by the US government or the military to secretly observe the Independence Army and the Umbrella Company. Zhuo Fei did not feel angry at the US government's distrust of anyone, if it was himself, it might be even more excessive than what the US government did.

There was no anger or surprise at the existence of Mike and the others, but this did not mean that Zhuo Fei had the obligation to inform them of all his war intentions, just like Mike's question at this moment, Zhuo Fei simply ignored it. "Captain Mack, the general is very busy right now, perhaps, I can answer that question you just asked." Huffman jumped out at the right time to play the round, and half-pulled and half-led Mike and the others out of Zhuo Fei's temporary command post.

"Captain Mack, I don't know what your U.S. military's tactics are against the enemy, but our Independence Army has its own tactics. As you already know, there are a lot of warplanes in the rear airfield, but you must know that we do not have enough ammunition for air strikes. If the covering bombing you just mentioned was carried out against the Japanese troops on the opposite side, let alone two rounds, even if it was one round of covering bombing, more than half of the ammunition we had in reserve in the rear would probably be consumed. ”

Huffman's half-truths and half-truths surprised Mark and the others, they did not expect that the Independence Army, which had always been imposing, would actually have a shortage of ammunition, if the situation was serious enough to affect Zhuo Fei's deployment of tactics against the enemy, it would not be a good thing for the Independence Army. Seeing that there was already a slight panic in the expressions of Mike and the others, Huffman, who was secretly smiling in his heart, looked at Mike and the others with a look of embarrassment, "You know now how much pressure the general has to bear, right?" Therefore, I hope that you would be better to be quiet during this time, and not to provoke the general. ”

If it weren't for Zhuo Fei's fact that Zhuo Fei still attached great importance to military aid materials and equipment from the United States, Mark and the others would probably have been driven out of his command post by Zhuo Fei a long time ago, and these guys who have been chattering are really annoying. "The world is finally quiet." The disappearance of Mark and the others initially made Zhuo Fei a little uncomfortable, but soon, Zhuo Fei and his staff officers fell into a heated discussion.

According to the latest information obtained by the reconnaissance unit, the 18th Division is currently facing the encirclement of the Independence Army and the Indigenous Servant Army, but the 18th Division is still determined to break out of the border between the Independence Army and the Indigenous Servant Army. According to the information sent back by the reconnaissance force from the front line, Zhuo Fei and his staff officers urgently discussed and decided to ignore the so-called breakthrough of the 18th Division, if the 18th Division wanted to break through, they would let them break through, but the independent army and servant army units of the Japanese army who had measured the breakthrough point around the perimeter would do everything to cause more casualties to the 18th Division.

Although the Independence Army and the Servant Army had faintly formed an encirclement of the 18th Division, which was eager to move south, as the old saying goes, a thin camel is bigger than a horse, and even if the 114th Wing and the Artillery Wing under the 18th Division suffered heavy losses, the 18th Division still had nearly 20,000 troops. It is still a little difficult for the independent army to eat the 18th Division in one bite, so Zhuo Fei and the others decided to change their tactics and let the 18th Division break through, but they must take the opportunity to cause more casualties to the 18th Division when the 18th Division is concentrating on breaking through, and has achieved the goal of weakening the vitality of the 18th Division.

"The Malay Peninsula is so large that as long as the initiative is still in our hands, anything that is favorable to us can continue to encircle the Eighteenth Division. It can be dangerous to deal with a trapped beast, but it is much easier to deal with a broken beast that has lost its fighting spirit. We let them break through, then concentrate our firepower to eat their rearguard first, and then organize a servant army that is good at mountain marching to pursue them. This will continue to be harassed, and when the Japanese army is really exhausted, it will be the time for us to surround them again. ”

Zhuo Fei's countermeasures were approved by most of the staff officers, and orders were immediately issued from Zhuo Fei's temporary headquarters, and all combat units received the latest orders from the headquarters, except for the Independence Army units that stood in front of Jinmas. Most of Zhuo Fei's orders contradicted the previously planned tactical arrangements, and the commanders of the combat units were puzzled and agreed, but they still chose to follow the orders of the command after all.

The 18th Division was determined to forcibly break through, and Mutaguchi Lian also knew that the opponent had not yet eaten the ability of the 18th Division, but the current situation was extremely unfavorable to the 18th Division, so Mutaguchi Lian also chose to jump out of the battle group directly, and reversed the situation by breaking through and tried to gain dominance on the battlefield. Mu Taguchi Lian also felt that his decision was quite clever, but he didn't know that Zhuo Fei had already known his purpose, and planned to take the opportunity to implement the onion peeling tactic against the 18th Division.

Zhuo Fei's onion peeling tactics actually came from the reminder of some examples of the Eighth Route Army, and when Chen Geng and others were still in the independent army, Zhuo Fei had a lot of tactical discussions with the officers who were born in the Eighth Route Army system. The so-called onion-peeling tactic is to temporarily give up the opportunity to concentrate firepower to carry out a strong attack on the enemy, and instead weaken the opponent's strength from the periphery, using the method of peeling onions, peeling off the opponent's peripheral forces layer by layer, until the core part of the opponent is exposed, and then launching the final lethal attack.

Zhuo Fei's onion-peeling tactics are still a new type of tactical theory at present, especially in this era when large-scale corps operations are the mainstream. The order given by Zhuo Fei was well executed, and Mu Taguchi Lian, who commanded the 18th Division to break through, did not notice these at first, he did not realize that the smooth breakthrough of the 18th Division would be the opponent's deliberate indulgence, but when the enemy troops on both flanks of the breakthrough point began to strengthen their firepower to intercept the rear guard of the 18th Division, Mu Taguchi Lian, who had already jumped out of the encirclement, had already had some recollection.

Only 60 percent of the officers and men of the 18th Division who followed Mutaguchi Ryoya to jump out of the encirclement, and all the other Japanese officers and men had already fallen into the encirclement, and there were almost 1,000 Japanese officers and men around Mutaguchi who were wounded and lost their combat effectiveness. "Fooled." Mutaguchi Lian, who reacted, also tried to command the troops that had broken through the encirclement to return to rescue the fallen comrades, but he ran head-on into the strong firepower covering blow carried out by the rocket artillery unit of the Independent Army, and after leaving the corpse on the ground, the helpless Mutaguchi Lian had no choice but to flee all the way east with the main force of the 18th Division that had been taken out of the encirclement.

To the east of Jinma is the coastline, and Mutaguchi Renya, who has nothing to do, is also vainly trying to get close to the coastline to get the fire support of the sea fleet, how can Zhuo Fei, who has already understood all this, do what he wants. The natives were once again put to use by the natives who had been resting for two days like bystanders, and the natives were deeply stimulated by the mountains of various trophies at the starting point, and in order to win better living conditions for their families, tens of thousands of natives who had finished their recuperation launched a sleepless pursuit of the 18th Division that had retreated eastward.

The indigenous soldiers were not as effective as the Japanese soldiers, but their sleepless pursuit made the Japanese soldiers fearful, because they had no idea when a native would pop out of the grass around them and slash at them, let alone know where the bullets that killed their comrades came from. Dozens of hours of sleepless sleep may not have been as hard for the indigenous soldiers as they were hunting in the woods, but for the Japanese officers and soldiers of the 18th Division, it was an extremely painful experience.

"Ba Ge Yalu, these damn natives, aren't they tired?" Six hours after the pursuit was carried out by the 18th Division, the Japanese officers and soldiers were already exhausted, but the indigenous soldiers who pursued them were still full of energy, and there were already indigenous soldiers who ambushed the Japanese in small units. Looking at the setting sun on the horizon, the exhausted Japanese officers and soldiers had no doubt that once night fell, the situation they would face would be several times more dangerous than now.

The fears of the Japanese officers and soldiers will soon become a reality, and once night falls, they will be exhausted by the indigenous soldiers of the servant army, and they will not be able to resist the attack from the night, and once night falls, the native soldiers will bring them even more haunting and terrifying memories. At this time, Zhuo Fei was already busy deploying troops, and after a whole night of attacks by indigenous troops, Zhuo Fei believed that the main force of the 18th Division must be exhausted, and this was also the best time for the Independent Army to re-encircle the 18th Division.

The Independence Army troops that had crossed the Pahang River immediately moved eastward, except for the Independence Army unit that was holding on to Gemas and remained in place, Zhuo Fei again drew a regiment from the outer defense line of Singapore and moved northward, hoping to form a joint encirclement of the 18th Division again. "General, Chongqing has sent a special envoy to ask for a meeting with you immediately, and the other party said that there is something urgent." Just when Zhuo Fei was looking forward to eating the beautiful scenery of the 18th Division in one bite, Chongqing suddenly sent a special envoy to the Jinmashi front.