Okamura Neiji's words woke up the dreamer.
The deputy chief of staff suddenly realized: "I almost forgot."
"The purpose of our iron wall encirclement is to force the Eighth Route Army to take the initiative to attack us, and then seize the initiative on the battlefield. The one who is really anxious should be the Eighth Route Army in the wing. We just need to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai."
"The Eighth Route Army's division of troops on the front line can not only lure us to take the initiative to attack, but they can take the opportunity to consume our troops and break our iron wall."
"It can also confuse us so that we can't judge their next attack target..."
"You can kill two birds with one stone..."
Okamura Neiji answered: "There is an old saying in China..."
"You have your Yangguan Road, and I have my single-plank bridge."
"As long as we act according to plan and don't give the Eighth Route Army any opportunities, no matter what they do on the front line, it won't affect us."
"Even if the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army doesn't take action, just hurry up with us!"
"When the iron wall encircles them and compresses them to a very small area, they will naturally take the initiative to stand up and fight us!"
"Strictly order the frontline combat troops immediately."
"From now on: no matter how provocative the Eighth Route Army is, all units cannot go out to attack."
"It won't work even if the Eighth Route Army brings fat to our mouths."
"We can only use artillery fire and light and heavy machine guns to counterattack."
"The top priority for all units now is to encircle them with iron walls, defend their positions, and force the Eighth Route Army in the wings to come out and attack us proactively."
"In this way, we can rely on our terrain advantages and firepower advantages to consume their troops..."
The deputy chief of staff asked while recording the order: "How to deal with the secondment of scouts by the intelligence department!"
"Although the Eighth Route Army on the front line has been trying to confuse us and lure us to attack..."
"But the reconnaissance that I think should be done should still be done..."
"The former enemy headquarters must know the specific movements and locations of the Eighth Route Army in the Wing at all times!"
Okamura Neji nodded and ordered: "Give them..."
"Each main force wing allocates thirty scouts to cooperate with the intelligence department in conducting reconnaissance..."
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In the former enemy headquarters of the Sixth Army Division in the Yizhong Base, several telephone soldiers were trying out the phone calls they had just connected.
A few minutes later, a genuine smile appeared on his serious face, and he said happily: "Report to the deputy chief of staff..."
"The command headquarters understands that all telephone lines at each artillery position are connected..."
"Moreover, they are all equipped with double lines, and a large number of telephone soldiers are arranged to patrol along the way..."
"If a phone line is damaged, it will be repaired within twenty minutes..."
Just as Huang Yu was about to answer the call, Li Yunlong's voice rang out from the command department: "Xiao Huang..."
"I just heard good news from the headquarters..."
"Can our next attack against the Japanese army begin..."
Huang Yu pointed to the phone soldier in front of him and said, "Let him tell you..."
The phone soldier suppressed his excitement and said: "Report to the chief..."
"We used a total of more than 30,000 meters of telephone lines and 56 telephones for this operation..."
"After a day and two nights of hard work, we successfully connected all the preset artillery positions!"
After hearing this, Li Yunlong stared at Huang Yu and asked, "Does that mean I can take revenge on Neji Okamura tonight?"
Huang Yu nodded: "To avoid long nights and dreams... let's take action tonight..."
"But in order to avoid exposing the target of the operation in advance, the participating troops must wait until dark before they can secretly move to the battlefield..."
"The troops responsible for confusing the Japanese scouts and intelligence personnel stayed put..."
"The later Neji Okamura discovers our action plan, the greater our chance of winning and the smaller the casualties will be."
"My plan is to launch an attack at two o'clock in the morning, strive to end the battle within three hours, and then withdraw from the battle before dawn!"
"There is at least six hours of assembly time from dark to two o'clock in the morning, which should be enough for the participating troops to reach the battlefield in time!"
Li Yunlong rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "That's enough..."
"All my troops who launched the attack in the early morning were able to assemble in place."
"If we give you two more hours to repair, we will definitely kill the Japanese army and make Neji Okamura suffer another defeat in our hands."
"I'm going to assemble the troops now."
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Japanese Army Baoding Garrison Headquarters.
Before going to bed, Neji Okamura specifically asked the intelligence chief to make sure there was no abnormal movement of the Eighth Route Army on the front line before resting.
Little did he know that as soon as he lay down on his front legs, groups of Eighth Route Army troops began to gather in one place under the cover of night.
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
The scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky suddenly broke the tranquility of the night and rang over a village called Dongzhuang.
Dozens of artillery shells roared down and hit the Japanese tank squadron station steadily.
Although many of the tanks here are fake, there are still a few that are real, otherwise the Japanese would not be able to distinguish the fake from the real.
One round of artillery shells can still destroy several tanks.
The commander of the garrisoned Little Jaap Wing stood up from the camp bed, put on his military uniform and went straight to the war room.
While running, he ordered: "Inform the troops to prepare for battle immediately..."
"Act as planned..."
"The First Artillery Battalion counterattacked first...Other artillery units were waiting secretly to lock the enemy's artillery positions first, and then counterattack immediately after the order to fire, making sure to hit the first hit."
"The tank troops will be moved immediately."
"The defense line defenders must be prepared to prevent artillery bombardment, especially the anti-tank squadrons and rapid-fire artillery squadrons. They must be well concealed and must wait for the Eighth Route Army tank troops to approach before firing."
As soon as the order was issued, the wing headquarters immediately became lively.
Some people are making phone calls, some are sending messengers out to make phone calls, and some are analyzing the possible directions of the Eighth Route Army's initiative...
"Captain..."
The chief of staff of the wing compiled the battle reports and ran over to report: "The Eighth Route Army dispatched at least one brigade of mountain field artillery to attack the tank squadron...
"According to the report of the tank squadron: they have lost five tanks, and the remaining tanks have all been moved to safe areas..."
The captain was quite satisfied with the result. Just as he was about to answer the call, he saw a messenger running towards him in a hurry: "Captain..."
"The Eighth Route Army has begun to attack..."
"There are Eighth Route Army offensive troops from all four directions of the station..."
"The Eighth Route Army is the largest group on the east side of the station. They are densely packed and form a line of skirmishers rushing towards our defense line."
The commander of the regiment immediately frowned and asked with confusion on his face: "We launched an attack directly without any artillery preparations. What did the Eighth Route Army want to do?"
"Do their offensive troops have chariots to support them..."
"Ha Yi..." The messenger nodded immediately.
"There were five or six tanks in each direction, followed by a large number of infantry."
The chief of staff of the wing also frowned: "Captain, the Eighth Route Army's move is too abnormal. It is completely different from the previous attack method. Could it be that they have thought of new tricks to deal with us."
