Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Loneliness of the Master
"First use the sweeping team and mercenary troops to make trouble for the 25th Army, delay their march in the mountains of Chanbang, and then send our airborne division to intercept their forward troops, although the 25th Army can't do anything, but at least it can consume their combat power as much as possible before they advance into the plains." Zhao Zhi's operational staff came up with a solid plan. The roads in the mountainous areas of Chanbang are difficult to navigate, and they are not suitable for the march of armored troops or large firearms at all, and the fastest and most direct way at present is to dispatch the airborne division, and use the advantages of the airborne division to first test the combat strength of the 25th Army.
"You can consider sending a part of the Qingfeng troops to the airdrop over, the mountainous area is windy, and the Qingfeng troops may be more suitable to fight the Japanese army in that kind of terrain." Zhao Zhi agreed to the plan drawn up by the staff officers, but for the sake of insurance, he added the Qingfeng troops. Tang Lei, who had captured the Japanese codebook in Donghu, had returned to Mandalay yesterday, and he was a militant who could not be idle, so he simply let it out to test the effect of the new weapons of the Qingfeng troops.
It only took Zhao Zhi and his staff officers an hour to finalize the preparation steps for the attack on the 25th Army, no matter what kind of character this Yamashita Fengwen was, Zhao Zhi believed that with the strong combat power and weapons and equipment of the Thunder Army, coupled with his own perfect attack plan, even if the number of the 25th Army was close to 100,000, the Thunder would be able to push them back. "Then so be it, inform Yan Wudao to return to Mandalay immediately after handing over the command of the training camp, and the plan to advance eastward to meet the 25th Army this time will be implemented by me."
Zhao Zhi completely agreed to the plan discussed by the operational staff officers, and everyone was quite happy, but Zhao Zhi changed his words and said that he was specifically commanding the operation to meet the 25th Army, which shocked the staff officers in the war room. The meaning of Zhao Zhi's words is nothing more than that he will not only personally lead the team to intercept the forward troops of the 25th Army, but also personally go into battle after the interception of the large army to meet him, this is not a joke, Mrs. Rowling has already privately instructed them, Mr. Zhao Zhi can do whatever he wants, that is, go to the battlefield without talking.
"Sir, that, the specific person to command the battle, let's discuss it again, I think Yan Wudao is also okay, what do you say?" Yu Sheng, the eldest, was pushed out as the first bird to speak to Zhao Zhi, and Yu Sheng's proposal to have Yan Wudao command the interception operation was also nodded by a group of combat staff officers. Seeing that Zhao Zhiyou was about to frown immediately, Yu Sheng immediately said hurriedly, "Sir, Yan Wudao was originally the commander of the mercenary unit, and the commander of the airborne division, Willy, also has a good relationship with him, since Yan Wudao is suitable for commanding this operation, sir, you don't have to go, right?" ”
Facing Zhao Zhi's deep gaze, Yu Sheng's voice was indeed getting smaller and smaller, and when it came to the end, Yu Sheng's voice could hardly even hear what he was saying. Many of the staff officers in the war room have been following Zhao Zhi for a long time, especially Yu Sheng, who has been with Zhao Zhi since he entered Shanxi for the second time to help teach those young staff officers, and Yu Sheng knows more about some of Zhao Zhi's habits than other staff officers. Once Zhao Zhi frowned, it was a precursor to getting angry, and if Zhao Zhi got angry, the consequences would not be something he could bear.
Yu Sheng's six gods and no master made Zhao Zhitu laugh, Yu Sheng, who was over 30 years old, was the oldest of his many staff officers, and the only one who had served as a regimental staff officer in a regular army. can make such a person behave in front of him, what kind of expression should he have just now. "The transfer of Yan Wudao back is to ask him to sit in Mandalay, and the 40,000 Jewish troops and 200,000 militia who remain along the line from Mandalay to Wan Town will be under his temporary command, and I will personally command the interception operation, and what you have to do now is to select 5 candidates to fight with me, and don't talk about other things."
Zhao Zhi has always been a man of his own words in the thunder, seeing that Zhao Zhi has already said everything to this point, Yu Sheng and the other staff officers glanced at each other, so it was naturally not easy to say anything, but the candidates who followed Zhao Zhi to fight made the staff officers argue. Although the operational staff has already let Zhao Zhi suppress it, there is still a Rowling who needs Zhao Zhi to convince, and the fact that Zhao Zhi was seriously injured by the Japanese machine gun in Shanxi has cast a shadow on Rowling's heart, and almost everyone around Zhao Zhi has received Rowling's instructions.
"No, you can't go, you have so many officers under your command, can't you send someone else?" Sure enough, as Zhao Zhi expected, as soon as she talked to Rowling about personally leading the team to fight, there were already layers of fog in Rowling's eyes over there. The military commander sent those information about Yamashita Fengwen and put it next to the bed, and Rowling, who had nothing to do, also saw the content inside, in Rowling's opinion, this Yamashita Fengwen was a strong enemy, not to mention that Zhao Zhi only had 15,000 people under his command, and Yamashita Fengwen's 25th Army had 100,000 elites, and the disparity between the forces of the two sides was too great, and Rowling did not want Zhao Zhi to lead the troops in person.
"Don't worry about my safety" Zhao Zhi stretched out his hand and took Rowling into his arms, staring at Rowling's head with his own brain, "I just went to intercept their forward troops this time to delay their marching speed, and I didn't want to fight to the death with them, not to mention that I also brought Tang Lei and the sweeping team, as well as 10,000 airborne troops." I have informed Taunggyi that an airstrip is being built, and as long as our fighters can take off from Taunggyi, Yamashita Bongbun will only be my men's defeat. ”
"I don't believe it, you're used to lying to me." Knowing Zhao Zhi's temper and seeing that she couldn't stop Zhao Zhi's decision, Luo Lin had no choice but to stare at Zhao Zhi's eyes and say, "Then it's okay for you to go, take me with you, otherwise you don't want to go." Rowling's words made Zhao Zhi a little crying and laughing, he wanted to say something, but when he saw Rowling's misty eyes, Zhao Zhi couldn't say anything.
"This Yamashita Fengwen is an excellent commander, I don't care about the 100,000 Japanese troops of the 25th Army, what I care about is how to defeat this Yamashita Fengwen." Zhao Zhi pulled Luo Lin to sit on the sofa, "The 25th Army under the mountain is still in Jingdong, Little John They intercepted only a forward squadron of the 25th Army, Jingdong is full of mountains, fighting battlefield battles, how can the 25th Army be the opponent of the sweeping team, I just took the airborne troops to set up an ambush for the Japanese army according to the terrain, it is not as dangerous as you think." ”
Rowling said that she wanted to follow Zhao Zhi to intercept the 25th Army, but in fact, it was just an angry thing she said in a hurry, the army was full of men, and the interception operation relied on rapid interspersed attacks, and Rowling's physical strength was not enough to support her to keep up with the actions of the troops. Rowling just didn't want Zhao Zhi to be injured again and be carried back, but Zhao Zhi's attitude was so resolute, and after being appeased by Zhao Zhi's kind words for a while, Rowling had to agree to Zhao Zhi's request to personally direct the interception operation.
Yan Wudao, who was urgently recalled, also did not agree with Zhao Zhi personally commanding the interception operation, and was sent by Zhao Zhi to train those reserve mercenaries, so that Yan Wudao had a feeling of uselessness for heroes. I heard that Little John's team found something about the Japanese army on the Thai-Burmese border, Yan Wudao planned to ask Zhao Zhi to lead the team to support Little John and them, when he received the order, Yan Wudao was still calculating in his heart who he was going to take to Jingdong this time, how did he return to Mandalay, the things he had already calculated had changed, and Mr. Zhao Zhi decided to go into battle himself, and he had nothing to do.
Yan Wudao went to find Zhao Zhi to theorize, but before he could say a few words, he was pushed back by Zhao Zhi. "Dazhi is going to look at Qinglongping Airport now, Tang Lei is going to follow me to fight, Ye Zi is injured again, who will stay if you don't stay? Although those airborne troops have good combat power, they are also arrogant, and they can't be called by others at all, do you want to watch Tang Lei and them fall back in a fiasco because of the gap between them and the airborne troops? I just want to see the ability of this mountain Fengwen, and I'm not rushing to find them desperately, what kind of idle are you all doing. ”
Zhao Zhi pushed Yan Wudao back in a very unreasonable tone, and Tang Lei, who was fortunate enough to follow Zhao Zhi to fight, naturally became the target of Yan Wudao and Ye Kong's crusade, fortunately, with the existence of Zhang Lan, Tang Lei was not very miserable by Yan Wudao and Ye Kong. "You still don't understand what you mean, sir?" Tang Lei took out a cigarette and handed it to the two of them, ignoring Zhang Lan's little white eyes and holding one to his mouth, "If it wasn't Yamashita Fengwen who commanded the 25th Army this time, I don't think our Mr. would personally lead the troops to fight, in the final analysis, Mr. We just want to meet Yamashita Fengwen, who makes Yamashita Fengwen famous." ”
"Then you mean that our gentleman is going to this mountain to Fengwen?" Yan Wudao looked at Tang Lei with some uncertainty, Yan Wudao hadn't read the information of Yamashita Fengwen, he didn't understand what kind of person this guy named Yamashita Fengwen was.
"Nonsense, haven't you seen that after we defeated the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, our husband also took action in person?" Tang Lei rolled his eyes at Yan Wudao as Zhang Lan looked, "This Yamashita Fengwen has studied in Germany, and he has been in charge of the Kwantung Army, and he has also fought with the Eighth Route Army. The information found by the military commander shows that this old boy once commanded 30,000 soldiers to force down more than 100,000 Anglo-Australian troops. ”
"Well, if you say that, then I understand, I'm afraid this is what our Jianghu people say about the loneliness of masters." Yan Wudao pressed the cigarette butt in his hand with some sudden realization, and the old god rubbed his chin comfortably and said, "Our Mr. is not an ordinary person, it must be boring to fight those Japanese soldiers with mediocre combat strength, such an old boy suddenly appeared, and Mr. can still bear it." No wonder I went to Mr. today to theorize and get him out, it turns out that Mr. has made up his mind early in the morning."