Chapter 354: Strategic Fraud
"The Japanese army came out of Liuhe County?"
"Yes, an urgent telegram from the weasel team." The communications staff officer ran with a sweat before catching up with Liao Sen.
"Now that the Japanese army has come out, it will be better to fight." Liao Sen was pleasantly surprised, he didn't expect that solving the observation post of the Japanese army would have such an incidental effect, and he actually hooked out the Japanese army.
Isn't this Japanese commander a little stupid?
In the current situation, he still dares to come out of the strong city defense, isn't this looking for death?
Kuroki is not stupid, but his brain lacks roots, he wants to make meritorious contributions, he is a little ambitious and talented, and it is because of this that he made mistakes, and almost even lost his military career, if it weren't for some family connections, he kept his position and was sent to China.
When he arrived in China, the people above also knew who he was, and they didn't let him lead the troops to follow the field troops, and let him garrison the place, but this benevolent brother who was determined to do something must let those who looked down on him see his powerful ability.
Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that he looks down on the Chinese army in his bones, because he was sent to Liuhe and has never fought against the Chinese army.
Therefore, those who do not know are fearless.
A squadron of Japanese troops, to solve in the field, it is too easy, the new 37 brigade can crush the opponent with absolute strength.
Liao Sen immediately decided to divide his troops into multiple routes, setting up an ambush on the way out of the city for the Japanese army, waiting for the Japanese army to take the initiative to come in.
Several other roads bypassed, directly attacked Liuhe County, redistributed forces, and the task of ambushing the Japanese army was given to the 373rd Regiment.
Naturally, there is no objection to this. Originally, the 373 regiment was the main attacker. Now ambushing the Japanese army is as important as it is.
Liao Sen changed the plan temporarily. Ambushed the Japanese army outside the city, and when the large army arrived, it joined forces with the weasel group, and the county town of Liuhe was broken through no matter how to resist at all.
If the original plan is followed, the new 37th Brigade will need to make some effort if it wants to take Liuhe County.
At least if the Japanese troops of these two squadrons in the city resist stubbornly, I am afraid that they will not be able to be destroyed for a while, which is like now. Before dawn, the battle was settled.
Moreover, Liuhe County is almost intact and preserved, and the people have not been frightened or damaged, which is the best.
It seems that it is easier to recover Liuhe than to recover the whole pepper.
It's a bit like a hard punch on the cotton, soft, and it doesn't take much effort.
"Send a report to the senza and the division, and say that we have won the Liuhe. Request next step instructions. "It is already standing in the Liuhe Command of the Japanese Army, which should not now be called the headquarters of the new 37th Brigade of the Honorary First Division. Liao Sen commanded in high spirits.
The first battle got off to a good start, and the rest went much smoother.
"Yes!"
"Leng Tou, Leng Tou, Brigade Commander Liao sent a telegram, saying that Liuhe County has been recovered." Guo Weiquan smiled and walked in from outside with a telegram.
Leng Feng had just gotten up and was brushing his teeth and washing his face.
"So fast?" Leng Feng was a little surprised, there were three or four hundred Japanese troops in Liuhe County, and even if the inside and outside should be combined, it would take at least one or two hours to take it.
"Leng Tou, you can understand it by looking at it."
"No wonder, when the Japanese army came out of the city, it was much easier to fight." As soon as Leng Feng read the telegram, he understood why, if the Japanese army could not hold out, even if there was an internal opening of the city gate, it would not be possible to eliminate hundreds of Japanese soldiers in a while.
"Who said it wasn't, we didn't think they would take the initiative to come out on their own, which is good, it didn't take much effort to take Liuhe County." Guo Weiquan smiled happily.
"It's God helping us." Leng Feng washed his face, hung up the towel, and said, "Call back, Liao Sen and they fought very well, change the plan in time, and recover Liuhe at a small price, next, we don't have such a cheap battle to fight, order Liao Sen to build two fortifications in the area of Wulidun, Jiangjiadu, and Chengjiaqiao in Liuhe County, make a defensive Liuhe action, and send a regiment to the east to advance to Thirty Lipu to prepare for the attack on Yizheng action." ”
"Yes, order the 37th Brigade to build two fortifications in the vicinity of Wulidun, Jiangjiadu, and Chengjiaqiao to the west, make defensive actions, and send a regiment to the east to advance to Thirty Lipu, preparing to attack Yizheng." Guo Weiquan repeated.
"In addition, the heavy artillery regiment will be transferred to Liuhe and temporarily placed under the command of the new 37th Brigade."
"Yes!"
"Leng Feng, you want to attack Chuxian!" Qiu Qingquan walked in, listened to Leng Feng's order, and asked with some surprise.
"Those who know me, the division is also, the Japanese troops are not in place at the moment, and it is a good time for us to attack." Leng Feng said, "It is not an easy thing for the Japanese army to withdraw from the front line of the Huai River, coupled with this snowstorm and the difficulty of transporting heavy equipment, it will take at least three to five days for the Japanese army to complete the encirclement of our department on three sides." ”
The Japanese army had planes and could conduct reconnaissance by aviation, but if they wanted to deceive the Japanese army's reconnaissance, the only way to do so was strategic fraud.
"Well, having said that, Chuxian is not easy to fight, it is a node city where the Japanese army is stationed, and a large group of Japanese elites are stationed, as well as heavy weapons such as artillery."
"Chuxian is not my first target, my first target is the Japanese army of the East and West Ge Towns." Leng Feng smashed on the map in a circle, "I'm going to eat this Japanese army." ”
"A wing of Japanese troops, that's more than 3,000 people, with our current strength, isn't it a little thin?" Qiu Qingquan said, this is a field battle, it is completely a real fight for strength, does the first division of honor have this ability?
Since the establishment of the Honor First Division, it has always been fighting skillful battles, and it has almost had a hard-to-face confrontation with the Japanese army, so it has achieved a series of victories, of course, this is related to Leng Feng's meticulous planning.
Now that the hole cards of the Honor First Division are gradually exposed to the eyes of the Japanese army, it is much more difficult to calculate the Japanese army.
"We have now recovered Liuhe, the security of the Eastern Front can be guaranteed, and the new 39th Brigade can draw out most of its troops, plus the new 40th Brigade. Secret Service. Directly under the cavalry battalion. The heavy artillery regiment and the tank squadron have almost 12,000 available troops, four times that of the Japanese army, and it is still certain that the 65th Wing of the Japanese army will be completely annihilated. Leng Feng calculated an account for Qiu Qingquan.
"Well, according to your analysis, it's really not a big problem." Qiu Qingquan's eyes lit up, and he was also the founder of the honorary first teacher. Along the way, if he, the division commander, has no confidence, then the people below have even less confidence.
"I need the support of the teacher."
"I support it!"
"Since the division supports, from now on, we will start to make plans." Leng Feng nodded, with Qiu Qingquan's support, he could let it go.
In fact, Leng Feng's combination punch had already made the Japanese army a little scrambling, dizzy, occupying Quanjiao and recovering Liuhe. It seems to be a random attack, but it is actually a ferocious combination punch. Although it was not the fatal blow of the Japanese army, it was equivalent to one person losing two arms.
Feet could not replace hands, and it was much more difficult for the Japanese to attack.
If the Yuxikou Blocking Battle is counted, the Japanese army is almost one step behind repeatedly, and is led by the nose by the cold front.
When the news that Liuhe County was captured by the First Division of Honor reached Nanjing, Shunliu Hata was furious, scolded the Liuhe defenders for being incompetent, and called Muto Zhang in Yangzhou and scolded him fiercely.
Liuhe County was controlled by the Chinese army, and for the Japanese army, the plan of encirclement and strangulation fell into passivity, although on the whole, the Japanese army still showed a situation of encirclement of the Honor First Division.
However, the living space and in-depth defense of the 1st Division of Honor were significantly expanded, which was by no means a good phenomenon for the Japanese army in Jiangbei, especially the material supply of the 13th Division.
Originally, the 13th Division was supplied through Nanjing, but Pukou was occupied by the 1st Honorable Division, and the ammunition and various strategic materials in Nanjing were also swept away, resulting in a shortage of ammunition and a lack of combat strength in the 13th Division.
This is also one of the objective reasons why the 13th Division of the Japanese Army is temporarily unable to advance northward.
Muto Akira was scolded by Shunroku Hata in a hurry, and sent a telegram urging Iizuka Kunigoro to order him to recapture the county seat of Liuhe within three days, because this was already the closest supply line for the Japanese army in Chuxian.
If this line is held in the hands of the 1st Division of Honor, then the 13th Division will be in danger, and according to their current ammunition volume, it is estimated that it will run out of ammunition and food in less than half a month.
If an entire division is wiped out in China, it will be a terrible thing, and I am afraid that the front army and the land minister will be held responsible.
The Japanese army dispatched two reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter the Liuhe, Pukou, and Quanjiao areas, and took a large number of aerial photographs.
The aerial photographs were quickly sent to Shunroku Hatata's desk.
"Judging from our aerial photos, the Chinese army has no intention of attacking Chuxian now, and it is obvious that they are not capable of eating such a powerful force as one of our wings in one bite." Chief of Staff Shozaburo Kawabe analyzed.
"Matsumoto-kun, what do you think?" Shunroku Hata asked, Matsumoto Osa, who was the head of the 2nd Section of the General Staff of the Front Army, in charge of intelligence work.
"The subordinates also feel that Hebian Jun's analysis is reasonable, the Zhina Army is fighting continuously, and their purpose is to gain a large strategic space, and from the aerial photos taken, they should have no intention of attacking Chuxian for the time being, however, our aircraft captured a movement of about one of their regiments marching in the direction of Yizheng."
"Matsumoto-kun is right, I have also noticed, I think that the next most likely target of the Chinese army is Yangzhou."
"Yangzhou, how is this possible?"
"Based on our experience with Leng Feng, the general of the Chinese Army, he is an opponent who does not play according to common sense, and always makes a move when you think it is impossible." Nagayong said that he was retained by Shunroku Hatata, mainly because Shunroku Hata needed someone who knew and was familiar with Yaksha Cold Front.
Otherwise, Changyong would have been sent back to China for trial.
"Is their next target really Yangzhou?"
"It's hard to say at the moment, but if I am the general of the Chinese army, I should not take Yangzhou as a target, which is not logical." Shozaburo Kawabe disagreed.
"What if the army wants to cut off our last supply line?"
There was silence in the room.
Yangzhou is a hub of water and land transportation, once occupied, the only supply line that can still lead to Jiangbei will be cut off, although now the honor of the first division occupies Liuhe, cut off the road from Yangzhou to Chuxian, but can also be through other routes to the Japanese army to supply, but to detour all the way, the supply line will not be completely interrupted.
"The defense of the Yangzhou area must be strengthened, Your Excellency Commander, I propose to transfer the Ninth Division to Yangzhou." Chang Yong stood up, bowed, and took a deep breath.
(To be continued.) )
PS: Rolling all over the ground for a monthly pass!