While Li Chenxi and others were tinkering with their heartless artillery, the preparations for a new round of Japanese offensive were coming to an end. The Japanese had mobilized supplies needed for a 30,000-strong army to fight for more than a month;
On October 25, the Japanese gathered a total of more than 28,000 people from the 110th Division, the Second Independent Mixed Brigade and other units to conduct a large-scale "mopping up" in the Beiyue District of the 129th Division's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area.
The Japanese soldiers were divided into five groups, dispatched from Laiyuan, Jinpo, Mancheng, Tangxian, and Wanxian, to jointly attack Yingtou Village in Yi County, where the first divisional agency of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is located;
In order to meet the enemy's "mopping up", the military region made careful arrangements, used a small number of troops to deal with the enemy, and secretly assembled the first and third regiments of the first division, the second regiment of the third division, and the 120th Division Special Agent Regiment in Yin. Fang and Sigezhuang areas;
First, they attacked the enemy's original second independent mixed brigade, also known as the Abe Brigade, and the anti-"Five-Road Siege" campaign began.
Northwest Shanxi is in a state of chaos, but southeastern Shanxi is still dawning here quietly. The Japs' strategic policy is obviously to defend southeastern Shanxi and attack northwest Shanxi.
Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army. People were coming and going in the headquarters, just like attending a big gathering. In the office of Yoshio Xiaozhuo, Chief of Staff Miyamoto, Chief of Duanmu Agency, Colonel Yamamoto Kazuki and other humanoid gods were solemn and waiting. Your Excellency the Commander's command.
Xiao Zhuoyi'nan first ordered Duanmu's general. As the saying goes, before the troops are moved, intelligence comes first. Modern warfare relies more and more on intelligence, and its role is almost equivalent to that of food and baggage!
"Duanmu, are there any similarities or differences between Chuxiong's troops in Liuzhen? He is a restless master. Although the imperial army's battle in northwest Shanxi was far away, many years of experience tell me that he will never squat in a ravine. It’s fun to watch.”
When Duanmu saw the Commander, he ordered his general first as usual. Fortunately, she had already been mentally prepared for this and had made preparations in advance. She probably wouldn't accept the whip this time!
"Your Excellency, Commander, you are indeed a strategic master, and your understanding of Chu Xiong is profound!"
Duanmu first flattered the commander a little. After hearing this, Xiao Zhuoyi Nan nodded repeatedly, indicating for her to continue. Duanmu swallowed lightly and continued:
"This time we awakened a high-level secret agent hidden in the Independent Regiment. According to the information he passed back, they have been secretly accumulating ammunition and supplies. They have assembled a main force of no less than 5,000 people and are aiming directly at Anping City. !”
After Xiao Zhuoyi Nan heard this, he immediately frowned and asked in disbelief:
"Duanmu, are you sure it's the 5,000-strong Eighth Route Army?"
Duanmu leaned his legs together, nodded heavily and said:
"Hey, according to the news from Anzi, Chu Xiong reorganized his troops half a month ago. In the battle sequence, there are 6 infantry battalions alone, each with no less than 800 people;
Including artillery, cavalry and other technical arms, the total strength is no less than 6,000, and 5,000 is already the maximum strength they can dispatch. "
Xiao Zhuoyi Nan nodded with great satisfaction. This time the intelligence system did not disappoint him and said in a brisk tone:
"Yo Xi, Miss Duanmu, your intelligence department has lived up to the emperor's favor this time. For an independent regiment of more than 6,000 people, mobilizing 5,000 troops at once to besiege Anping City is indeed in line with Chu Xiong's military style. He likes to take risks, and even with the main troops out of their nests, he is not afraid that the imperial army will send out heavy troops to capture his Liu Town!"
Regarding the commander's words, Miyamoto was hesitant to speak, and the words came to his throat and choked back.
"Miyamoto-kun, I know what you mean. Don't worry. I will not send troops into Liu Town easily. The current Liu Town is like the tasteless food in Cao Mengde's mouth. It is tasteless to eat and it is a pity to abandon it;
They are all ravines, so let Chu Xiong play with them first. After their main force is eliminated, Liu Zhen will naturally return to the embrace of the imperial army. "
"Miyamoto-kun, Chu Xiong's 5,000-strong Eighth Route Army has been huddled in Liu Town. The imperial army really can't do anything to them for the time being, but once they get out of their nest, they will give the imperial army a good opportunity to encircle and annihilate them."
"Chu Xiong was too confident. He thought that the imperial army's material reserves were not enough to carry out a two-front battle, so this time they still wanted to make a profit and leave, while encircling Wei to rescue Zhao and supporting the main battlefield of the Eighth Route in Northwest Shanxi;
He seems to have forgotten the Chinese saying that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The imperial army is in short supply of supplies, but they can still scrape together enough supplies for an independent brigade to fight for half a month;
I just don’t know if the 5,000 Eighth Route Army troops who have left their nest can withstand the full blow of the 10,000 Imperial Army main force! "
When Major General Miyamoto heard this, his eyes suddenly shone and he said excitedly:
"Your Excellency, the commander, means to use Anping City to hold back the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and the imperial army will quietly mobilize a brigade to surround the Eighth Route Army from the outside and cut off their return to their home base;
When the time comes, there is Anping City in front of them, and an imperial army twice as large as theirs in the back. Chuxiong will really become a rat in the bellows, unable to advance or retreat! "
"High! High! But this central blooming tactic has one core issue, and that is whether the Anping Defense Brigade can withstand the siege of the main force of the 5,000 Eighth Route Army. Once Anping City is breached by the Eighth Route Army, then--"
When Miyamoto stopped, Xiao Zhuoyinan naturally understood and said nonchalantly:
"Miyamoto-kun, you are trying to say that stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice. Don't worry, I won't look down on Chu Xiong in the slightest!
Anping City only has one garrison with more than 900 people, which is okay to deal with the other eight armies, but it is obviously not enough to deal with Chuxiong's 5,000 main force;
Now that we know Chu Xiong’s true intentions and the weak link of Anping City, we will plug this loophole in advance and quietly add a large force to Anping City;
In order to confuse Chu Xiong, our brigade will pretend to be a large supply brigade delivering supplies to Anping City with great fanfare. We will use other things to disguise a large amount of supplies to lure Chu Xiong;
After the supplies were delivered, the baggage delivery brigade had to withdraw in a big way, giving Chuxiong the illusion that Anping City was still a garrison brigade..."
Miyamoto heard this and understood what the Commander meant, and said jokingly:
"The withdrawn baggage detachment can be from the Imperial Army Corps, or even a large number of city residents can be captured and put into the imperial army's clothes. Li Daitaojiang can use the method of increasing troops and reducing the number of troops to confuse the eyes of the Eighth Route Army, making the Eighth Route Army think that there is a large amount of supplies in the city, but the defenders The army only has one garrison brigade to lure the Eighth Route Army to the bait..."
"Your Excellency, Commander, is indeed a well-known wise general in the Imperial Army. His mastery in applying China's Thirty-six Strategies is really wonderful. Sun Wu could only do this in his lifetime!"
A good chief of staff must be able to join in the fun, and he must be clever in flattering him. The skills involved in this are something that the stupid Yamamoto Kazuki standing aside will never learn in his lifetime.
Xiao Zhuoyi'an originally just had a general idea, but Miyamoto immediately filled in some details and specific implementation plans, and he said it very cleverly in the form of praising the commander's clever idea. All of this became a matter of course. His wonderful tactics!
Xiao Zhuoyinan accepted it without any pressure and said to Miyamoto:
"Yo Xi, the one who knows me is Miyamoto-kun! Come up with a battle plan as soon as possible. This time I want Chu Xiong to steal the chicken but lose the rice!"
It's really "Xiao Zhuoyi's clever plan to calm the world——"
Let’s wait and see what happens next!
