Chapter 293: The Rabble
After Han Fei received this news, his heart was put down, and he finally determined the location of the two devil brigades, which was much better than not being able to figure out their whereabouts all the time, and sure enough, as he had guessed before, the two devil brigades that suddenly disappeared were surrounded by waterways on both sides, the purpose was to outflank the back road of Wuwei Town, and surround the two main divisions and spy companies of the Sichuan army. You can respond to this attempt of the devil.
With the goal and direction of the main force of the devil, it is much easier to deal with it, according to the situation that the two devil brigades have appeared on the edge of Taihu Lake behind the flank of Wuwei Town, Han Fei and the two division commanders of the Sichuan army discussed a countermeasure: the fortifications are defended by the two regiments of the division commander of the Sichuan army, and the rest of the Sichuan army troops and Han Fei's spy company all go to the back of Wuwei Town to resist the devil brigade!
Even with this arrangement, in Han Fei's opinion, the strength is still stretched, and there are two devil brigades outflanked by the flank waterway, according to the normal brigade configuration of the devils, there are four wings of about 10,000 devils rushing over, the two divisions of the Sichuan Army, after several fierce battles with the devils on the Jinshanwei tidal flat, are no longer the original full of troops, although some young and middle-aged refugees were later added halfway through the retreat, but these newly added refugees have no military quality, let alone combat experience, That is to say, the number of these Sichuan army troops dealing with devils on the flank is about the same as the devil brigade, but the actual combat effectiveness Han Fei and Commander Wang and Commander Liu both know that it is not a grade at all, not to mention that these two devil brigades are also equipped with advanced weapons, as well as the air fire support of the devil air force in the sky, and the fire support of armed gunboats on the water, this flank confrontation task is quite difficult, and it is not easy to fight!
But since it's already like this, there is no room for Han Fei and Senior Commander Wang to have any hesitation, since the devil has dispatched so many troops, of course, he must be determined to win and pocket this Wuwei Town!
The commander of the Western Front of the devils, Oshima Devils, who was marching behind, received a message from Matsumoto, the commander of the Devil Brigade in front, and said triumphantly to the devil officers beside him: "Although Matsumoto-kun's advance reconnaissance team lost some and was captured by the water bandits on Taihu Lake, there is already a brigade of imperial troops interspersed with the shore of Taihu Lake behind Wuwei Town, and occupies a favorable position by the lake, and after all the imperial troops of the other brigade and regiment arrive there, You can immediately carry out an encirclement and annihilation operation against the troops of the China Army who fled to Wuwei Town! ”
"Yes, according to intelligence, the main force of these Chinese troops is the Sichuan Army, and its weapons and equipment lag behind the Central Army, but the will to fight is stronger than that of the Central Army, so the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and the action of these Sichuan Army is a special operations unit in the Chinese Army, in the middle of the Songhu Campaign, it was this special operations unit that once made the Marines in Zhabei miserable, and they have not regained their self-confidence until now, and their subordinates believe that as long as they first subdue and eliminate this special combat team, You can wipe out all the squadrons in the area of Wuwei Town without much effort. A devil officer next to Oshima said, and it could be seen from the epaulettes on his shoulders that this was a devil Osa.
"Suzuki Daisa's judgment is the same as mine, I also think that this special combat team of the Chinese army is a tough opponent that we need to deal with seriously this time, although the general combat effectiveness of the Chinese army troops is not very good, but this special combat team of the Chinese army is quite different, it is simply a standing like a herd, many of our colleagues in the imperial army have suffered a lot from them, I don't know if Suzuki Dazuo has any good way to deal with these special combat teams of the Chinese army?" Oshima asked about this Suzuki Osado.
"Dealing with the special combat teams of the Chinese army, the subordinates think that it is nothing more than using special combat teams to deal with special combat teams, and ordinary infantry are greatly inferior to them in terms of individual combat ability, so they have repeatedly suffered losses and are passive everywhere, and give these special combat teams of the Chinese army a little sweetness, lure them into our pockets, and then use our special combat teams to contain them. Suzuki Osa really had a hand and came up with the idea.
"Yo Si! Yes, this method is really good, but Suzuki-kun, last time in the Zhabei area, our Yamamoto Daisa, who had received special operations training from Germany, hated the special combat team of this Chinese army, how can you be sure that your plan to lure the enemy into encirclement and annihilation can succeed? Oshima looked at Suzuki and said.
"Your Excellency Commander, no matter how powerful the special combat team is, it cannot do without logistical supply and fire support, as long as we completely isolate this special combat team of the Chinese Army from the main forces of the other Chinese Army at all costs, so that they cannot get any logistical support such as weapons and materials, we can make them lose their combat effectiveness within a few days, and at that time, it will be the finishing work of the ordinary infantry." This Suzuki devil seems to be very sure.
"Theoretically, this is true, but you didn't consider that these special combat teams will retreat in the direction of Taihu Lake, those water bandits in Taihu Lake have already made it clear that they want to do the right thing with our imperial army, if they run into Taihu Lake, it will be a troublesome matter, when the marines have not yet arrived here, can your army infantry completely block and control the entire Taihu Lake waters?" Oshima asked another question.
"Those water bandits in Taihu Lake are a rabble, it is not worth us to send marines to deal with them, that is simply killing chickens with a knife, there are several tributaries in Taihu Lake, we have all of them, as long as we send troops to block these tributaries, we can cut off all the communication channels of Taihu Lake to the outside world, cut off these communication channels, and naturally cut off the material channels that those water bandits need in Taihu Lake, surround it for a month and a half, and then as long as armed gunboats and boats bring infantry to solve those water bandits, There is also an important intelligence show that there are several small lakes not far from Taihu Lake, and there are still several bandits in the activities, through the activities of friendly people close to our imperial army, these bandits are willing to accept the reorganization of our imperial army, and when the time comes, we can use their water power to launch a comprehensive siege against the water bandits in Taihu Lake, and completely exterminate these anti-Japanese forces that help the Chinese army resist our imperial army, of course, including the special combat team of the Chinese army, and the subordinates have prepared a special force in the wing a few years ago. Although he has not been to Germany for training, his combat effectiveness is by no means worse than that of Yamamoto! Suzuki said at the end, with a sarcastic tone.