The independent regiment already has the strength to eat an infantry brigade in one bite.
After suffering a hardship and gaining wisdom, Major General Miyazawa once again assumed the role of frontline commander. He decided to change his past and concentrate the frontal sweep forces as much as possible, without giving the independent regiments a chance to defeat them individually.
The troops were divided into three groups. Each group of mopping up troops included a field infantry brigade, a garrison brigade, a mountain field artillery squadron, and a regiment of the Imperial Association Army, with a total strength of more than 3,300 people.
The cavalry regiment is mobile and ready to reinforce the troops under attack.
No matter how powerful the independent regiment is, it is impossible for them to swallow more than 3,000 of them in a short period of time.
As long as they dare to fight the mopping up troops and the cavalry regiment reinforces the battlefield in time and launches attacks from behind, no matter how powerful the independent regiment is, they will be defeated by them...
Major General Miyazawa was very confident in his layout and felt that this sweep would definitely avenge the past and kill the independent regiment.
As soon as the infantry regiment reinforced by the military arrived in Yangquan, he arranged them around the independent regiment as planned, strengthening the troops on the blockade to prevent them from breaking out and escaping when the situation was bad.
"General, all the Imperial Army and Imperial Alliance Army participating in the sweep have stationed themselves at the predetermined strongholds, and the defenses of the strongholds have been strengthened as planned. We can now deliver ammunition supplies to them!" Lieutenant Colonel Harada reported to Major General Miyazawa.
"What's going on with the Independent Regiment, the target of our attack?"
Major General Miyazawa suffered too many losses at the hands of the Independent Regiment. His previous arrogance had long since been defeated, and he was even a bit afraid of being bitten by a snake for ten years. Although he had an absolute military advantage in this sweep, he was still extremely cautious and did not dare to be careless at all.
"Same as before, troops are training hard every day, and there is no sign of troop mobilization... Each unit has been training at its own station!" Lieutenant Colonel Harada introduced.
"What about the Eighth Route Army's armed workers' teams operating in the occupied areas? Have there been any changes recently... After the sweep began, the occupied areas were empty of troops. Although these armed workers' teams did not have the strength to attack strongholds and county towns, they could destroy roads, sneak attack trains, and cut off our food routes. , and may cause sabotage in the occupied areas, we have to guard against it!" Major General Miyazawa continued to ask.
Speaking of this question, Lieutenant Colonel Harada also seemed a little confused and answered with a hint of confusion: "The armed workers teams operating in our defense area have always been rampant, but recently they seem to have disappeared, without any movement!"
"I think this is because the military department sent us more troops. The armed workers were worried that they would be retaliated by heavy troops from the imperial army, so they had to hide temporarily."
"There is another possibility!" Major General Miyazawa interjected with a stern face: "They are planning a larger-scale operation. The cessation of activity we see now is just a short silence before their action, misleading us into thinking of them as underestimating the enemy."
Lieutenant Colonel Harada was noncommittal: "It is indeed possible, so should we continue to transfer supplies to the front line?"
"Of course!" Major General Miyazawa replied.
"The battle to mop up the independent regiment is about to begin. We must prepare a sufficient amount of materials for the mopping up troops before then. We cannot let the military's carefully planned large-scale mopping up be abandoned halfway due to a shortage of materials."
"This is also a great opportunity for us to severely damage the military workers."
Lieutenant Colonel Harada immediately understood the hidden meaning of Major General Shirasawa's words as soon as he patted his head, and immediately asked: "The general wants to use the weapons, ammunition and supplies we sent to the front line as bait to lure out all the armed workers lurking in our occupied areas. Gather them together and annihilate them?"
Seeing Major General Miyazawa smiling and nodding, Lieutenant Colonel Harada continued: "The general is wise!"
"We happen to have a cavalry regiment on hand..."
"Let a small group of troops transport ammunition supplies to the mopping up troops, and the cavalry regiment sends troops to follow the baggage train... As long as the armed workers team is fooled, the cavalry troops will rush forward immediately, and all the armed workers team can be wiped out with just one surprise attack."
Lieutenant Commander Harada felt that the combat plan he proposed was perfect, and Major General Miyazawa would definitely agree, so he waited for his nod after speaking.
However, Major General Miyazawa vetoed it: "No, the cavalry regiment cannot move!"
"Cavalry does have a great advantage in attacking infantry, but it also depends on who the opponent is?"
"Although the Armed Forces Corps does not have many troops, they are very well equipped and have a higher proportion of machine guns than their main force..."
"Machine guns are the nemesis of the cavalry. Even if the cavalry troops successfully eliminate those armed workers, they will suffer heavy losses from the counterattack of the machine guns. It is not cost-effective!"
"It is better to send infantry than cavalry at this time..."
"In front of the grenades, no matter how many machine guns the armed workers have, they are still a living target, and they cannot escape the end of being destroyed!"
"Without machine gun cover, the military workers will turn into a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. The infantry can kill them with a single assault, and the losses will be much smaller!"
At the independent regiment headquarters, Kong Jie is studying the investigation results just sent back by the reconnaissance company...
Huang Yu stood aside, summarizing the investigation results on the map while watching, so as to more intuitively display the real situation of the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops.
"Captain, the Japanese and puppet troops are too cautious. Except for the patrol team, all other troops stayed in their strongholds and did not come out. We couldn't find the target even if we wanted to take the initiative!" Li Wensheng said in a low voice with a very solemn face.
"Then let the cavalry company attack the Japanese and puppet patrols... kill all the Japanese and puppet troops they sent out to the stronghold, and make the Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the stronghold blind and deaf!" Kong Jie thought for a moment and said.
"Since we can't fight a big war to anger the Japanese, let's just fight in a small way and add up to a small amount of trouble..."
"When the Japanese and puppet troops are killed by the cavalry company until they are blind and deaf, they will naturally send out the main force to fight back against us. It will not be too late for the cavalry company to take action again!"
"What if a Japanese cavalry unit is recruited to the blockade and the troops are divided to deal with the cavalry company?"
"When the enemy changes, I change!" Kong Jie replied.
"Since there is no way to kill the Japanese Cavalry Regiment in one battle, let's settle for the next best thing and fight them slowly..."
"The cavalry can also fight guerrillas and mobile warfare, but the casualties will be higher and the results will be lower..."
"The Japanese and puppet troops' large-scale sweep will not begin until twenty days at the earliest. We have plenty of time to waste with the Japanese..."
"We can kill dozens of cavalrymen in one day, and we can kill half a cavalry regiment before the sweep begins!"
"If you're lucky, maybe a fighter will appear while you're fighting!"
"So the ambush battlefield we prepared for the cavalry regiment will continue and cannot stop..."
At the headquarters of the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade in Yangquan, Lieutenant Colonel Harada seemed to have encountered something big. When he entered the headquarters, he hurried to Major General Miyazawa.
"Your Excellency General, the mopping up troops are urgently called..."
"In the past few days, the Eighth Route Army cavalry has been active around their station, raiding patrols out for reconnaissance..."
"Three troops have lost eight patrol teams in a row..."
"In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, they have not sent out patrols for a day. They can only observe the situation within one kilometer of the station. They can't see anything further away..."
"They are worried that the Eighth Route Army will cause sabotage and lay ambushes in the surrounding area... They hope that the brigade headquarters will agree to send troops to counterattack the Eighth Route Army cavalry, and at the same time send aviation troops to conduct reconnaissance around the station!"
"The Eighth Route Army wanted to turn our mopping up troops into blind and deaf people...but they forgot that we also have a cavalry force..." Major General Miyazawa saw through the purpose of the independent regiment at a glance and made an analysis with a cold snort.
"Compared with their cavalry units, the cavalry regiment has more troops and stronger combat effectiveness!"
"At this moment, the cavalry troops are dispatched to raid and sweep the troops. They are undoubtedly delivering food to the cavalry regiment. Our opponent is too stupid!"
"Order: The cavalry regiment dispatches six cavalry squadrons to reinforce the mopping up troops. Each mopping up force is divided into two cavalry squadrons to kill the Eighth Route Army cavalry as quickly as possible."
After the problem was solved, Lieutenant Colonel Harada was in a good mood and continued to report: "General Yingming... I also brought back two pieces of good news!"
"The operation of the baggage corps and the garrison team to eliminate the armed workers team has produced results!"
"Three days ago, a military work team was completely wiped out under the attack of the baggage team and the garrison. We killed 46 Eighth Route Army soldiers and seized five light machine guns and two grenade launchers..."
"After receiving the battle report, I was shocked. Fortunately, the general rejected the plan to let the cavalry participate in the battle. Otherwise, five light machine guns would fire at the same time. No matter how bad the result was, the cavalry would have been killed and wounded!"
"Yesterday afternoon, another armed workers' team fell into the trap. Although they failed to wipe out all their opponents, they still eliminated 29 members of the armed workers' team and captured three light machine guns!"
Major General Miyazawa was happy when he heard this and was very satisfied with the order: "Yoshi, let the baggage team and the garrison team continue to fight like this, and try to catch all the armed workers in our defense area before the sweep begins!"
At the independent regiment headquarters, Kong Jie was the first to receive the good news that the cavalry company had killed eight patrols and eliminated more than 200 Japanese and puppet troops.
He was in a very good mood and was just about to let the cavalry company continue to fight when Li Wensheng's hurried figure appeared at the door of the room.
"Captain, I just received information: Yangquan County suddenly dispatched more than 600 cavalry, and the troops were divided into three routes to sweep away the troops for reinforcements. The speed was very fast!"
"These Japs must be going to deal with the cavalry company. There is a six-fold difference in strength. The cavalry company is under great pressure. One careless move may result in a devastating blow from the Japanese cavalry unit. We must take countermeasures in advance. It is best to Let the cavalry company withdraw first!"
"So many..." Kong Jiezhi couldn't help but exclaimed.
Then he frowned and fell into thought.
To be honest, if the cavalry company and the infantry are allowed to cooperate with each other, he is still confident that he can defeat the cavalry regiment.
If the cavalry company were to deal with the cavalry regiment by itself, he would not have much confidence.
If you activate the secret pocket formation you have prepared in advance, you can kill at most two cavalry squadrons. It will be difficult to use the same method to deal with other cavalry in the future...
So this idea was rejected by him as soon as it came up.
But if they don't do this, the cavalry company can only use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to slowly wear out.
He sighed and said, "Immediately convey this information to Zhang Dashan and tell him to be careful, not to be anxious, and to use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to slowly wear down the Japanese."
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