"Miyamoto-kun, are the fishing nets ready?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, only three of the five divisions allocated by the base camp are in place. The remaining two will arrive within three months. The supplies are temporarily sufficient for the needs of the three divisions for half a month. They have been prepared and can attack at any time. .”
After hearing this, Xiao Zhuoyi Nan nodded with satisfaction and said to Major General Miyamoto:
"Yo Xi, three C divisions and 50,000 elite imperial warriors are more than enough to annihilate the five divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army. One division will be left as a strategic reserve, and two divisions will be enough;
We have to guard against the 81st Division of the Eighth Route Army, especially Chu Xiong's troops, who are reinforcing the Shanxi-Sui Army! "
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Jinsui Army attacked the new Eighth Route Army not long ago. The two sides fought fiercely and suffered casualties on each other. Do you think the Eighth Route Army will send troops to assist them regardless of their previous suspicions?"
"Miyamoto-kun, China is a very puzzling nation. They have been fighting among themselves for thousands of years. Even with the empire as a powerful opponent, the Jinsui Army still gathered heavy troops to attack the Eighth Route Army. This is something that the imperial army can easily An important reason for the invasion of China;
But don’t forget, before they chose to unite against the imperial army more than two years ago, they fought a civil war for ten years, with blood flowing like rivers and hatred as deep as the sea;
When the empire launched a full-scale attack, they chose to temporarily give up their hatred and join forces to fight against the imperial army!
There is a famous saying in China: Brothers stay outside the wall to resist their insults. When the Imperial Army attacks the Eighth Route Army, the Jinsui Army will not join the battle group normally, and may even fall into the trap;
But the Eighth Route Army is different. Once the Imperial Army wants to destroy the Jinsui Army, the Eighth Route Army will most likely come to help. The Imperial Army has to be on guard, so at least one division must be left behind to deal with emergencies! "
After hearing this, Miyamoto bowed to Xiao Zhuoyinan very respectfully and said:
"Your Excellency, Commander, is indeed a well-known Chinese expert in the empire. He knows the nature of the Chinese people very well. Miyamoto has learned a lesson!"
I will refine the plan again and wait for the order from the Commander. "
Xiao Zhuoyi Nan nodded and said:
"Yo Xi, it's a good thing that Chu Xiong's troops can't move. If they join the battle circle, the imperial army will just kill him as well;
Before launching a campaign, confidentiality must be strengthened. You must be like a cobra. If you don't move, you will kill the enemy. If you move, you will kill the enemy without giving them any chance to stand up. The operation is codenamed Operation Cobra! "
Miyamoto took the order and left. Your Excellency, the Commander, would explain the general idea. It was the Chief of Staff's job to formulate a specific action plan;
Your Excellency, the Commander, and Your Excellency have more important things to do, such as spurring Miss Duanmu and the intelligence department, and these are not things he can participate in.
Zezhou, Shanxi-Sui Army Headquarters
Outside the city of Zezhou, a large army gathered. Five divisions of the Jinsui Army surrounded Zezhou. This was almost the main force of the old Jinsui Army.
In order to coordinate these five divisions that were not affiliated with each other, the World War II district governor sent his favorite general and deputy commander General Yang to the Zezhou front line to establish a former enemy headquarters to unified command the Zezhou offensive.
General Yang was born in Wutai, Hedong Province and was Chief Yan's absolute confidant. He graduated from Baoding Military Academy and was good at military training. Military command was his weakness.
To command a large-scale battle like five divisions, Chief of Staff General Zhu is more suitable. He is one of the few top students in China who graduated from the Japanese Army University, and is relatively more suitable than General Yang.
Although the superior also thinks highly of him, there is still some gap compared with General Yang who was born in Wutai Mountain. Respect and trust are two different concepts.
General Yang previously trained troops in Pingyang and served as commander-in-chief of the teaching army.
The teaching army headquarters has direct jurisdiction over 13 brigades and a total of 39 regiments;
There are 7 brigades and 21 regiments, which are new armies adapted from the original anti-Japanese death squads. The political workers have been trained and educated by the organization, so these 7 brigades later became the revolutionary anti-Japanese army.
In the December Incident that had just ended, Chief Yan ordered an attack on the Eighth Route Army to cause friction and prepare for another "April 12" in the new army;
The organization had already suffered a loss once, and it was impossible to fall into the same pit again. When the old army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was preparing to take action, seven brigades of the new army revolted;
The two sides fought a bloody battle, with casualties on both sides, and the Japanese fishermen benefited, which was a joke;
The New Army has since separated from the Shanxi-Sui Army. In order not to overly irritate Chief Yan, the troops did not merge into the Eighth Route Army this time. Instead, they fought alone under the banner of a decisive column.
Of course, he still accepted the command of the Eighth Route Army in private. This incident made the commander very angry. The troops who had worked so hard to train were used as wedding clothes for others, and they even had problems with General Yang. He lost seven brigades at once and could not be replaced by anyone. unhappy.
If it weren't for General Yang's background as a Wutai native, he would definitely be in trouble. In this critical battle in Zezhou, we just couldn't find a suitable candidate, so we simply sent him over.
In a word, mess around!
General Yang did not have this awareness. He never felt that military command was his weakness. It was only five divisions, no problem.
After General Yang took office, he summoned five division commanders and held a campaign deployment meeting:
“Everyone, there is a saying in the art of war: if you are ten, you must surround it; if you are five, you must attack it;
Under the city of Zezhou, we have five main divisions of the Jinsui Army, with an army of 40,000. The Japanese have only one regiment, and the other more than a thousand people have been defeated in various places. In terms of combat effectiveness, the ratio of the forces of the two sides is more than ten to one. , just in line with the ten principles of siege in the art of war..."
General Yang hung up a bunch of book bags, and the division commanders below him were confused as they all praised the vice president, the current generation Sun Wu, even if they wanted to flatter him.
The final plan was to encircle three towers, with three divisions attacking from three directions, and the other two divisions serving as reserves;
This plan is quite satisfactory, and basically there are no major problems. The rest depends on the specific operation.
After the plan was presented, General Yang began to make a concluding speech:
"My colleagues, the time limit given to us by Shuzhong is ten days. The art of war is clear and the soldiers are very fast. Our army has ten times the strength advantage. If we need to fight for ten more days, it will greatly damage the prestige of our Jinsui Army!
Five days! I will give you at most five days to take over Zezhou City!
At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, the attack will be launched. The 72nd Division, the 75th Division, and the 93rd Division will besieged on three sides and take Zezhou in one go. "
Admiral Yang punched the table very domineeringly, and several division commanders stood up to express their determination. The momentum was still very high.
The 72nd Division was assigned to the south gate. After Lieutenant General Xu took the order to return, he handed over the main attack task to the 338th Regiment.
"Li Chendong, this is the battle plan of the headquarters. The three divisions have no main attack, auxiliary attack, and no clear focus of attack. You should know how to fight, right?"
Li Chendong is no longer the pink young man who was deceived two years ago and wiped out the entire regiment. The cruel reality has taught him how to be obedient and keep in step with the teacher.
"Commander, our 72nd Division is exhausted from attacking Gu Ling, and the 338th Regiment is even more depleted. This time we won't compete with other divisions?"
Li Chendong's words made Lieutenant General Xu feel at ease. It was easier to talk to smart people.
