"Your Excellency General, the Eighth Route Army has been repelled again! We have successfully held on for three days. Chuxiong's artillery shells have been used up. Now no one can do anything to anyone. I have always had a doubt in my heart. I always feel that there is a trick here!"
"Arai-kun, tell me what you think."
Harada actually has a lot of doubts in his heart, so he might be able to find some inspiration by listening to Arai Lieutenant Commander.
Arai thought for a while and said:
"Your Excellency General, I have studied some of Chu Xiong's previous battle cases. He is like a bad wolf. If he doesn't take action, he will definitely kill the enemy if he does.
Chu Xiong has been fighting us here for three days. Although the Eighth Brigade suffered heavy losses, we still have more than a thousand troops left to fight, and we have built solid field fortifications. He cannot annihilate us with his current strength. On the contrary, we will trap them in passivity.
Under normal circumstances, Chu Xiong should withdraw his troops!
Fighting with the imperial army here is not in line with the Eighth Route Army's style. The Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare is to fight if you win, and run away if you can't win;
Our reinforcements have arrived. It is impossible for Chu Xiong, a shrewd person like him, not to notice that tens of thousands of imperial troops are surrounding him. This is tens of thousands of imperial troops. He cannot hide even if he wants to! "
After listening to it, Harada seemed to have found some feeling, but also seemed not to find it. The most important thing was that he couldn't believe it, it was too exaggerated!
"Arai-kun, you mean Chu Xiong is calling for reinforcements at the encirclement point?
This is a tactic commonly used by the Eighth Route Army, and it is also the tactic Chu Xiong is best at;
But this time the reinforcements of the imperial army amount to 50,000 people. The troops he can use to fight for reinforcements are the 881st and 882nd regiments of Nirvana. In such a battle involving tens of thousands of people, what can the two regiments do? "
"Your Excellency, Commander, this is what I don't understand. War has its own inherent laws. Chu Xiong is indeed cunning and cunning, but in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain!
The Independent Brigade only has 5 regiments. After the battles in Nirvana and the past few days, they have suffered at least more than 2,000 casualties. This means that it only has 4 regiments at most, and Chu Xiong cannot spread the beans into an army;
He was surrounded by a blockade of copper and iron walls on two sides, and 50,000 imperial troops on the other two sides. Even if it was divided into three or four routes for encirclement and suppression, there would be at least more than 10,000 imperial troops on each route, which was not something he could attack with a few thousand men. "
Harada also agreed very much with Arai’s analysis, but they really didn’t understand it, just like a fog;
"Arai-kun, there is a saying in China:
I don’t know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain;
These are not things we can consider. We must stay alive first, and then we can sit and watch the Commander fight with Chu Xiong!
Arai-kun, remember, life is meaningful! "
"Your Majesty General, I understand!"
Another day passed, and the battle in Luohan Valley became a kind of silent battle. There were symbolic rushes several times every day, putting no pressure on the Japanese defense line.
In the past few days, the Japs have completely shown the Eighth Route Army what a prairie dog is. As long as they stop, they have been digging trenches tirelessly, almost turning them into a maze!
This made Chu Xiong, who had been admiring their masterpieces from a distance, couldn't help but praise them:
"Brothers, please study hard. Look at the earthworks they dug. It's like a maze. Even if we attack such a well-defended position, even if we have a large number of Wei Yixiao artillery shells, it won't be of much use;
Don't underestimate the civil engineering and tunnel fortifications. Like our old camp at Shenxianling, even if tens of thousands of Japanese came, they still couldn't get through it!
As long as the good things of the Japanese are useful, we should all learn from them. "
Yan Haoyu and Lin Xiaofeng standing next to Chu Xiong nodded in agreement. Zhang Yu led the regiment and battalion to confuse the Japanese in the direction of Yuci, and by the way, contained the Japanese in the direction of Yuci.
Chu Xiong only had one battalion from the Second Preliminary Regiment, one battalion from the Third Preliminary Regiment, an artillery battalion that had fired all the rockets, and two teams from the First Tiger Squadron, with a total strength of more than 1,700 people (more than 160 casualties).
"Brigadier, this urgent message has been forwarded personally by Section Chief Zhao!"
The communications staff sent top-secret messages from the communications department. As long as they were forwarded by Zhao Paner, they were all communicated by Chu Xiong through a single line.
Chu Xiong took it and took a look, with a strange smile on his face. Nan Zao Hanako's free chess piece began to play a vital role;
With Nan Zao Huazi, Xiao Zhuoyi Nan almost openly fought with him to become a landlord. It was so arrogant!
"Commander Li, please forward the information to Chief of Staff Zhong. My suggestion is:
Let him come in any number of ways, and I will only go one way. This is a common tactic used in the Soviet area’s counter-encirclement and suppression campaigns. As for which way to attack first, he will make his own decision;
To give full play to the covering shooting effect of the Wei Shen Cannon, it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of his fingers! "
Staff Officer Li took the order and left. Chu Xiong turned to Yan Haoyu and Lin Xiaofeng and said:
"Xiao Zhuoyi'nan, the old Japanese, finally took the bait. He sent a quick reaction force to block the gap in the blockade, and then sent a cavalry regiment and a tank squadron to strengthen the blockade, with the purpose of cutting us off. The connection with the division headquarters and the 81st Brigade completely surrounded the independent brigade in the Yuci area!
After blocking our retreat, they placed a brigade in the west and north directions, plus blockades in the east and south directions, just to surround us on all sides.
Then the Japanese formed a three-pronged army and rushed towards us from the west and north directions, just like fishing for fish, preparing to drive all five of our regiments into a narrow area near the blockade to encircle and annihilate them;
The first route is the 35th Division, which is pointing directly at Nie County occupied by our 881st and 882nd Regiments. The purpose is to recapture Niexian County and drive these two regiments towards the blockade line;
The second route is the middle route army, which is composed of the two infantry regiments of our division of the 36th Division. The direction of the attack is exactly behind us;
The third route reinforced a cavalry regiment with another regiment of the 36th Division. The frontline of the troops was pointed directly in the direction of Yuci. The target was the preliminary regiment we left near Yuci. It was also intended to attack the preliminary regiment towards us. The idea of rushing has very sinister intentions!
Fortunately, we had planted the secret of Chief of Staff Zhong in advance. Among the three armies, which one to attack first depends on Chief of Staff Zhong’s decision. "
"If you were in Chief of Staff Zhong's position, how would you fight?"
Yan Haoyu and Lin Xiaofeng were both regimental leaders brought out by him. Chu Xiong showed the situation between the enemy and ourselves. This was tantamount to a war game. Chu Xiong was practicing generals!
Yan Haoyu glanced at Lin Xiaofeng, and Lin Xiaofeng motioned for him to come first. Yan Haoyu was not polite, and he grabbed a handful of stones and simply laid out the "combat determination map" between the enemy and ourselves.
"Brigadier Commander, Lao Lin, look, these three armies are arranged in a Z-shaped layout. Although we don't know the distance between them yet, one thing is for sure, there is definitely cooperation between them;
The Yuci area is only so big. The distance between the three armies will not be more than 30 kilometers. The emergency march will only take half a day to a day. This distance cannot be used to fight an annihilation battle. After all, there are tens of thousands of Japanese. Even if we have Wei Shenpao , and couldn't annihilate tens of thousands of Japanese in just half a day!
To annihilate the enemy all the way, there are two choices: find a way to widen the distance between them, or consume their troops and weapons;
If it were me, I would choose to attack the 35th Division on the left. I would first use the 881st, 882nd Regiment and Nirvana to consume the Japs, and at the same time widen the distance between them and the center army. When appropriate, I would use Wei Shenpao to cover the Japs under the city with firepower. Then, together with the troops in the city, we will attack from the front and back to encircle and annihilate the 35th Division..."
