Chapter 6 Fiction and Reality
"A large group attacked the Japanese puppet army defense area in Zhaojiazhai, killed 93 Japanese puppet soldiers, and captured 70 rifles, three light machine guns, 7 pistols, two mortars, three grenadiers, and some ammunition. The first brigade suffered 120 casualties of its own, 84 killed, 13 seriously wounded, and the rest slightly wounded, the lightly wounded have been sent to the ambulance station, and the booty has been distributed according to custom"
"The 2nd Brigade originally planned to ambush the Japanese Sakagami Squadron in Hekou Town, but due to the temporary change of direction of the Japanese army, the 2nd Brigade had to attack the Huangcun stronghold instead, killing 34 Japanese puppet soldiers and capturing 27 rifles, two light machine guns, three pistols, and some ammunition. The second brigade suffered 7 casualties of its own, 3 killed, 4 slightly wounded, the wounded have been sent to the ambulance station, and the trophies have been distributed to individuals according to the usual practice"
"The three brigades attacked the Kobayashi squadron according to the plan, killed 190 Japanese soldiers, captured 150 rifles, three light machine guns, one heavy machine gun, two mortars, four grenadiers, and some ammunition. The three brigades suffered 240 casualties themselves, 170 killed, 30 seriously wounded, 40 lightly wounded, the lightly wounded have been sent to the ambulance for treatment, and the spoils of war have also been distributed to individuals"
Liuzi's clear voice echoed in the command headquarters, and Yu Dazhi, who had his eyes closed, was still silent, if it weren't for the officers present who saw Yu Dazhi's fingers tapping on the table from time to time, maybe they would have thought that Yu Dazhi had fallen asleep. Liuzi read the battle report of the Burmese mercenaries on the first day of the battle with the Japanese army, the total number of the first army out of Jincheng was 50,000, and according to the results of the scout troops' reconnaissance, the first army only sent three 600** teams to meet the Japanese army. After fighting this day, he ended up killing 1,000 enemies and injuring 800 himself, as the commander of the First Army, Xiao Ziyun's face was somewhat ugly.
"Not bad, not bad, continue tomorrow" Yu Dazhi finally spoke, and his dry comment made Xiao Ziyun think that Yu Dazhi was making fun of himself for his improper command. "This is already good, on the first day, more than 300 Japanese puppet soldiers were killed, and weapons and ammunition that can equip more than 300 people were captured, although our own casualties are not small, but it is not bad for the Burmese troops who have only been trained for a month, I will pass on the battle report to Mr., and continue to work hard for you" Yu Dazhi's next words made Xiao Ziyun's face much better.
Such a record is indeed excusable, after all, just like Yu Dazhi said, these Burmese people just received a month of training and hurriedly pulled into the battlefield, and it was already very good that they were defeated in a battle. "Commander, can you let the fighter troops in Qinglongping come out and go around, if you can send the fighter troops to fight with us, I will be able to bring Jincheng down for you tomorrow" It is no longer interesting to fight with the Japanese puppet army in the villages and towns, Xiao Ziyun's heart is a little big, and he locked his eyes on Jincheng early.
Yu Dazhi smiled at Xiao Ziyun, "You kid thinks well, the fuel reserves at Qinglongping Airport are only enough to transport supplies, and the oil on Ren'anqiang's side can't come, don't expect the fighter troops to help you, you still have to think more about how to get in touch with Yao Laoyu in Anyang, as long as the passage to Henan is opened, the follow-up troops will be able to enter, and when the time comes, if you don't say it, the fighter troops will also take action."
Yu Dazhi actually didn't tell the truth, the fuel reserves in Qinglongping Airport were enough for the fighter troops to continue fighting for two months, but unfortunately Yu Dazhi made up his mind to consume the strength of the Burmese mercenaries, so no matter what the battle situation was ahead, as long as there was no Zhao Zhi's order, the aircraft combat troops in Qinglongping Airport would never take to the air to participate in the battle. Xiao Ziyun and the others knew this, and they heard that Yu Dazhi Dayang would send fighter troops to participate in the war, and one or two of them were eager to open the channel connecting Anyang tomorrow.
"The distribution of loot must also be in accordance with our practice, the participating troops are qualified to distribute the spoils, you can't make a bowl of water to divide the spoils equally, and the officers are not allowed to be greedy for the spoils of war, if I know that there are officers who are greedy for the materials and booty of the soldiers, I will never spare it" The loaded pistol was placed on the table by Yu Dazhi, and the officers present did not do anything and Yu Dazhi looked at each other, the welfare of the thunder is not bad, and the means of punishing the errant officers and soldiers are also varied, if it really falls into the hands of Yu Dazhi, That will never end well.
"These Burmese people are helping us fight the Japanese army, and we must not lose them in terms of life and welfare, and those who eat blood with their heads are the most bitter, and we must not ruin our reputation for thunder" Yu Dazhi's words made Xiao Ziyun and them nod frequently. In the thunder, if you pull out an ordinary mercenary casually, you can get more than the battalion commander in the regular army of the national army in a year, Xiao Ziyun and the officers who lead the army don't mention it, now they are giving them a division commander in the national army, and they may not be willing to do it.
"The battle reports from the Second Army and the Third Army have come over" Liuzi posted a few words in Dazhi's ear and whispered a few words, signaling Xiao Ziyun that they could leave, but Yu Dazhi only left Liuzi behind. Although he learned a few words from Zhao Zhi, if Yu Dazhi was asked to read a battle report completely, I am afraid that he would not know most of the words, and the sixth son was not only Yu Dazhi's orderly, but also responsible for reading the battle report and intelligence for Yu Dazhi.
"The Second Army attacked Yangcheng today, proving that the results of the scout's reconnaissance are accurate, Yangcheng County is guarded by only one Japanese squadron and 600 Imperial Army, the battle lasted 2 hours, killing more than 700 Japanese puppet troops, only a few Japanese puppet troops fled to the direction of Jincheng, the Second Army has now returned to the horse to besiege Qinshui, as long as Qinshui is taken, the connection between Jincheng and Linfen can be cut off" Liuzi sat on the sand table according to the content of the battle report, and Yu Dazhi only needed to raise his eyes to see the actual situation.
"The Second Army captured 435 rifles, four light machine guns, two heavy machine guns, four mortars, eight grenadiers, some ammunition, and finally a 92 infantry gun, but unfortunately only 8 shells. Captured a batch of grain that the Japanese army was going to transport to Jincheng, there were 8,000 catties, as well as 40 carts and some military supplies or something" When talking about military supplies, Liuzi involuntarily raised his eyes to look at Yu Dazhi, and saw that Yu Dazhi's face had no expression, and Liuzi was ready to read the battle report of the Third Army.
"These little rabbit cubs, they dare to play with me, and they will clean them up when they come back" Yu Dazhi scolded with a smile, and the frightened six sons looked at them privately. When the war report just now mentioned the military supplies of the Japanese army, it was only a general brushstroke, and the type and quantity of the military supplies were not carefully indicated, needless to say, it must have been the mercenary scouts who cooperated with the Second Army to do the tricks. Thunder's scout troops were the first to meet with Dazhi, and the little tricks that the scouts had in private were already clear to Yu Dazhi, how could this fool Dazhi's eyes.
"The Third Army failed to arrive at Gaoping on time, the slippery mountain roads after the rain and the slow movement of the troops was the main reason, the Third Army said that it could arrive at the periphery of Gaoping tonight at the latest, and it could attack Gaoping at dawn tomorrow" Yu Dazhi found Gaoping's location on the map according to the description of the sixth son, the third army was to go north to Gaoping by the edge of Yangcheng, and it was much farther than the second army on the way, and it was understandable that he could not reach Gaoping on time, Yu Dazhi did not show anger, but nodded lightly at Liuzi, signaling him to continue reading.
"No, that's all, the scout's battle report hasn't come back yet" Liuzi shook the two pieces of paper in his hand, his face was tangled, as if it was his fault that the scout didn't send back the battle report, and Yu Dazhi couldn't stop laughing. The red arrows on the sand table representing the three Burmese mercenaries have faintly formed an encirclement of Jincheng, Yu Dazhi stretched out his hand and rubbed the stubble on his chin, once the third army started in Gaoping, the Japanese army in Jincheng will see the plan of the Burmese mercenaries to encircle, Linfen, Changzhi and Jiaozuo's Japanese puppet army will definitely rush to the aid of Jincheng when the time comes, if so, the Japanese army is really going to be fooled.
Yu Dazhi's plan to besiege Jincheng is not true, and each of the three units of the Burmese mercenary army is a strength of 50,000 people, although one-third of the soldiers in each unit are unarmed and temporarily serve as baggage soldiers. But even so, there are still more than 30,000 soldiers in each Burmese mercenary army, and in addition, there are a number of mercenary units in each Burmese mercenary unit to assist in the battle, such a force cannot be solved by the Japanese army casually pulling out an infantry wing.
In the words of Dazhi, this siege of Jincheng is simply fishing in troubled waters, and only when the water is muddied first, the big fish and small shrimp in the water will appear one by one. The passage between the occupation and Yao Laoyu is secondary, and the consumption of the strength of the Japanese puppet army is the main topic, Yu Dazhi wants to use these Burmese and Japanese troops to fight a war of attrition, as long as the command is appropriate, this operation against Jincheng may be able to completely muddy the backwater of Shanxi again.
If the Japanese puppet army in Linfen, Changzhi and Jiaozuo rushed to the aid of the Japanese puppet army in Jincheng, it would just fall into the plan of sending reinforcements to the Dazhi encirclement point, leaving a small number of troops to maintain the encirclement of Jincheng, and the other troops were enough to play a war of attrition with the Japanese puppet army in the three places. If the Japanese puppet army in the three places did not dare to attack, and the momentum stuck to their own jurisdiction, Yu Dazhi just took advantage of the situation to take Jincheng, and then waved his army east into Henan, forming an attack posture against Jiaozuo, forcing the Japanese puppet army in Henan to have to fight against the Burmese mercenaries, so as to continue to complete the purpose of fighting a war of attrition with the Japanese puppet army.
"No matter what you want to break your head, you can't break my trick" After repeated deductions in his heart, Yu Dazhi, who was in a good mood, threw the baton on the sand table, picked up the tea that Liuzi had already brewed and poured it into a sigh. As long as the Third Army starts the battle of Gaoping at dawn tomorrow and on time, all this will be revealed, but what Yu Dazhi needs to think about now is what to eat tonight.