All the officers present knew that after the Battle of Wanjialing, the strength of the First Guard Regiment had been severely damaged, especially in the main infantry battalion. Therefore, they also knew that Deputy Commander Guo's words were true. Word.
As the frontline troops retreated steadily, the Japanese army's front line would eventually point directly at Baishui Town. At that time, the First Guard Regiment had neither offensive capabilities nor defensive capabilities, so what was waiting for them would only be the entire army. This is the end of destruction.
"Now, I plan to follow the old method and have the soldiers of the engineering company go to the main infantry battalion for guidance, and the second and third companies of the cavalry battalion will also be trained. In short, in addition to the special agent company and the cavalry battalion, the whole regiment In addition to the first company of the battalion and the artillery battalion, all units including the supply battalion, mortar company, and guard company must conduct fortification training to strengthen the troops' defensive operations in emergency situations!" Guo Qiliang waved his hand. , which determines the training direction of the First Guard Regiment in the next half month.
In terms of training direction, Guo Qiliang's training direction is roughly the same as Zhang Tianhai's training. At least in terms of concepts, they can achieve basically the same thing, but their strengths are different, especially in terms of offense and defense.
Zhang Yulin is good at offense, while Guo Qiliang is good at defense, which are complementary.
Now Zhang Tianhai is in Changsha, and he has delegated power to Guo Qiliang. Zhang Tianhai has done a very good job in this regard - at least now the troops are moving in a direction under the leadership of Guo Qiliang, especially in defensive warfare. The hard work has also made up for the current situation of Zhang Tianhai leading the troops to deliberately pursue offense to a certain extent.
"Yes! Sir!!" All the officers stood at attention and saluted.
In the First Guard Regiment, at least Deputy Commander Guo Qiliang will always sit in the second position. As long as Commander Zhang Tianhai is still the No. 1 officer, this will not change.
Afterwards, Guo Qiliang announced the adjournment of the meeting to prepare for the next training plan - this kind of thing must be completed as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very troublesome. After all, the Japanese army is eyeing the front line and may move south at any time. When the time comes, it will really be a big trouble.
It has to be said that Guo Qiliang's idea is still forward-looking to a certain extent, especially when the combat effectiveness of the main infantry battalion of the First Guard Regiment has declined significantly, it is not an ordinary long-term one.
"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, I will guard this stall for you for the time being!" After the meeting, Guo Qiliang sighed softly. For him, this is not a difficult task. The difficulty is that if the Japanese army does not Know when to move out.
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While Guo Qiliang was still worried about whether the Japanese army would move south, Okamura Neji, who was far away in Wuhan, received a telegram.
This telegram was an order from the Japanese Army Base Camp.
To be honest, after receiving this order, Okamura Neiji was not in a very good mood, because he took over a dilapidated Wuhan, which meant that his battle failed in a sense.
Judging from this situation, in addition to wanting to build Wuhan better, Okamura Neiji is more depressed. At this time, what he must think about is how to further capture Changsha.
There is no longer any supplies here in Wuhan, and we must rely on the long supply line from Japan to Shanghai, and then from Shanghai to the interior of China.
From this point of view, the Japanese Eleventh Army seems to have been strangled by the big hand of fate, and it is difficult to take a breath.
According to Okamura Neiji's original idea, after taking Wuhan, he would use the large amount of military supplies captured to carry out the next phase of the operation, thereby forcing the Chinese army to surrender - a forced landing with war. This strategy was their implementation of the Wuhan operation. It's ready when it's time.
However, the "scorched earth war of resistance" implemented by the Nationalist Government allowed them to achieve most of their set goals, but they lost the motivation to continue their offensive in the next step.
In this situation, Okamura Neji is not an ordinary troublemaker...
After the long-term consumption of the Wuhan Battle, the Japanese army was not only consumed by troops, but also various supplies, especially supplies of bullets and food.
The long supply line made it more and more difficult for the Japanese army to supply, and because the Chinese army left a large number of troops to fight guerrillas in the rear, this long supply line became even more fragile.
Yes, the national army did leave hundreds of thousands of troops to fight guerrillas in the rear. Just like Gu Zhutong's third theater, they all fought in enemy-occupied areas.
"How can we capture Changsha as soon as possible!" Okamura Neiji murmured. This has become a worry for him, especially the news from the special high school agents in Changsha that Changsha has become a "big city". After getting rid of "fat meat".
Since then, Okamura Neiji felt that Changsha must be captured. As long as Changsha is captured, the captured materials can be used for the next stage of the battle.
According to Okamura Neiji's current thinking, first capture Changsha, and then capture the entire territory of Hunan. As long as the entire territory of Hunan is captured, China can basically be declared extinct - Hunan is an important producer and producer. Province, as long as his Eleventh Army takes over here, and the southward troops in South China take over Guangdong and Guangxi, then the National Government will basically only have Sichuan, Kangxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, and Guizhou, which are not considered wealthy places. , China’s destruction is just around the corner!
(Ahem, I need to explain here specifically to avoid some readers being confused. At that time, Sichuan was exploited by various warlords. Although there were still many people, they were indeed exploited and very poor.)
Therefore, Okamura Neji can be said to be extremely ambitious, and he is determined to destroy China...
As an "ambitious" commander, it is normal for Okamura Neji to have this idea.
However, the order from the base camp almost made him give up——
"Your Excellency General, there is an urgent call from the base camp!!" A Japanese lieutenant colonel ran to Okamura Neiji and reported.
Although Okamura Neji's headquarters had entered the city at this time, the walls and other surroundings looked dark, and it still felt like they were stationed in a slum.
"Read it!" Okamura Neji looked away from the map.
"To Your Excellency, Commander Okamura Neiji of the 11th Army of the Central China Expeditionary Force of the Empire of Japan, now our army's route of advancement and combat effects have basically achieved the intended purpose. In order to ensure that the next battle can proceed smoothly, the base camp has initially established the cessation of the war. Line, initially within fifty kilometers of Yueyang as the war stop line, the troops will continue to be stationed according to the current situation and consolidate the war results. Without orders from the base camp, no crossing of the war stop line is allowed. The base camp will be telegraphed on the same day." Lieutenant Colonel Nian said.
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PS: If you work overtime and add Ca Wen, you will owe Wen first! I owe about twenty chapters, which I will pay back. Let me figure out how to write it down first!
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