After his eyes stayed on each person for two seconds, Kawasaki Daizuo took a deep breath and said seriously: "Chief of Staff, please first introduce to me all the information about the Eighth Route Army's Dual Regiment. The more detailed the better."
"Hai..." The new chief of staff was promoted from the captain below, and had many battle experiences with the Duer Regiment. In order to leave a good impression on Kawasaki Daizuo, he quickly stood up from his chair and reported respectfully.
"After investigation, the Eighth Route Army established a garrison regiment in the newly occupied Wangdu County and Mancheng County. Together with the previously established Shunping garrison regiment and the main force of the Duer Regiment, there are more than four regiments of the Eighth Route Army operating in the Baoding area. "
Kawasaki Daizuo's brows suddenly wrinkled, and his face became particularly ugly at this moment.
I thought my only opponent was the independent regiment, but now a hundred thousand garrison regiments appeared out of thin air. I was shocked and angry.
I never expected that Major General Hase would hide so much from the Front Army Headquarters.
If he only dealt with a single group, he would be 100% sure of annihilating the opponent.
Now the opponent has suddenly changed from one group to four groups, and the overall strength has increased by more than four times. The difficulty of annihilating them will definitely increase exponentially. The pressure faced by Kawasaki Dazuo will also be several times greater, and it may even be possible in the future. If an accident occurs during battle, his or her reputation will be ruined.
The chief of staff is particularly good at observing people's actions, otherwise he would not have stood out among so many captains and been promoted to the chief of staff of the brigade. He quickly comforted him.
"Although our opponents have changed from one regiment to four regiments, their overall strength has not increased, and has even weakened a lot."
Kawasaki Dazuo became interested after hearing this and quickly asked: "Can you be more specific?"
"Hayi..."
The chief of staff continued: "Investigation has determined that the three newly established garrison regiments of the Eighth Route Army only have about a thousand people. Except for a small number of mortars and heavy machine guns, they do not have any other heavy weapons."
"Only 20% to 30% of the team are veterans, and the remaining 70% to 80% of the soldiers are all new recruits."
"We are all veterans who lead troops in war, and we should be aware of the importance of veterans in an army. With blind expansion, once the proportion of new recruits exceeds that of veterans, the overall combat effectiveness of the army will not become stronger due to the increase in troops, but will become weaker and weaker. Even the combat effectiveness of a few hundred veterans will not be fully exerted under the drag of new recruits."
"The main force of the Duer Regiment has also been removed because of a large number of veterans, and the overall combat effectiveness is not as good as before."
"After the sweep begins, the only thing the offensive troops need to worry about is that the Duer Regiment has captured more than a dozen of our mountain field guns and a large number of mortars."
"Both previous attacks were repulsed by these artillery pieces."
"They shelled our military base from a long distance under the cover of night. We did not have enough artillery fire to counterattack, and the aircraft could not support us at night. The troops could only be passively bombed."
"In order to reduce casualties, we had to choose to withdraw our troops and end the battle."
Kawasaki Daizuo suddenly interrupted: "Don't be afraid this time."
"In addition to the heavy artillery brigade reinforced by the front army headquarters, the three infantry brigades I brought are also equipped with six infantry cannons and four mountain cannons."
"Your Excellency, Commander, has also added twelve field guns, eight mountain guns, and six infantry guns to the mixed brigade."
"Coupled with the mountain artillery and infantry artillery equipped by the mixed brigade, we can dispatch more than fifty direct-fire artillery for this sweep. If the Eighth Route Army dares to repeat the situation deliberately, I don't mind using powerful artillery fire to destroy the artillery they finally built. force."
After saying that, he stared at the deputy brigade commander Miyazawa Ozuo and asked: "Miyazawa-kun, are all the gunners I asked you to prepare in advance ready?"
"Hai..." Miyazawa Daizuo quickly stood up and answered.
Although he and Kawasaki both had the same military rank, he was doing meritorious service, and if he was not careful, he would lose his position like Major General Hase. Facing the newly appointed acting brigade commander, he did not dare to show off his qualifications or put on airs. He spoke and acted more respectfully than the chief of staff.
"The humble post has mobilized a sufficient number of gunners to form the newly established field artillery brigade and mountain artillery squadron. The structures are all set up. As long as the equipment is replenished, the combat effectiveness can be formed in up to five days."
Kawasaki Dazuo interrupted again: "No, the speed is too slow..."
"If we delay one more day in Baoding, the opponent's combat effectiveness will increase by one point, and our combat nights in the big sweep will also increase."
"Three days...three days later, the artillery unit must become combat effective."
After finishing speaking, the deputy brigade commander asked the next question without waiting for a rebuttal: "How long will it take for two thousand new recruits to form combat effectiveness after replenishing the army."
"How many Imperial Association troops can Baoding City deploy to participate in this big sweep?"
"Although the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness has weakened due to large-scale expansion, their total strength has exceeded 5,000."
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"If you want to annihilate them all outside the mountain, you must have enough troops to outflank and dig pockets. Otherwise, they will definitely cut off their strength and leave some troops to stop us outside the mountain and fight a war of attrition with us."
"The main elites hid in the mountains and were waiting."
"When we finish the sweep and the reinforcements return to Peiping, they will fight their way out of the mountains and rebuild their base."
"This is the Eighth Route Army's usual method of dealing with us. Now I am the newly appointed brigade commander of the Baoding Mixed Brigade. I don't want this kind of thing to happen in my defense zone. If we want to fight, we can take advantage of the fact that we have enough troops to give the Eighth Route Army a fatal blow. Attack them, completely eliminate them, and don’t give them any chance to resurrect.”
"For this big sweep to begin, I need enough troops to join the battle."
"The mopping up troops directly formed a large net and swept directly towards the Eighth Route Army base area, catching all the Eighth Route Army troops operating outside the mountains, and then attacked their troops hiding in the mountains to completely destroy their base areas."
The deputy brigade commander immediately showed a troubled expression on his face. He thought for a while before speaking: "Sir, if we add all two thousand recruits to the army, the mixed brigade can dispatch three brigades to participate in the sweep."
"It is also possible to mobilize three regiments of the Imperial Association Army to join the war, but these Imperial Association Army are still being formed and will take at least a month to form an army. The two thousand recruits who have just been added to the army will also take more than five days to integrate into the army. , to form combat effectiveness.”
Kawasaki Dazuo felt unhappy after hearing this, and said dissatisfiedly: "What's going on with the Imperial Association Army? How come Baoding is so big that it can't even mobilize several regiments of the Imperial Association Army? What do you do for food?"
"Sir, please calm down!" the deputy brigade commander hurriedly explained.
"In the previous battle to attack the Duer Regiment, we lost more than four regiments of the Royal Association Army and did not receive any replacements."
"In order to make up for the gap in the Imperial Association Army, I am expanding the Imperial Association Army, but it will take time."
Kawasaki Dazuo was confused by this answer. Before taking office, he was prepared for Baoding to be a mess, but he did not expect that the mess would be so bad.
