Maeda Ritsu said and immediately stood up from his seat.
The heat is almost there, and now he can tell his method.
"Actually, besides digging tunnels, there is another method worth trying."
"It's just that this method is a bit clumsy, and it also takes a long time."
"Maeda-kun, please stop showing off." Kotaro Yoshida frowned and said, "Quickly tell me your solution."
Maeda Ritsuichi straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "Outpost battle, endless outpost battle!"
"Endless outpost warfare?" Kotaro Yoshida asked in astonishment, "What kind of strategy is this?"
The section chief and staff present also looked at each other in confusion. Can outpost warfare also be used as a formal method of warfare?
Only Kiyoshi Hasegawa understood Maeda Ritsu's intention and suddenly said: "You are saying that taking advantage of the opportunity of the Songhu Independent Regiment to launch an outpost battle, we will also launch a tit-for-tat outpost battle and consume the opponent's troops as much as possible through endless outpost battles. ?”
"Yes." Ritsu Maeda nodded.
Those section chiefs and staff exploded.
"This is absolutely impossible!"
"This is asking for death!"
"Don't forget that there are only a group of veterans in that army who can have night vision like cats. No one can defeat the devil at night!"
As soon as Maeda Ritsu finished speaking, a group of section chiefs and staff members raised questions.
It must be said that the atmosphere of the Japs' combat meeting was quite good, and they did not dare to question it just because Ritsu Maeda was the chief of staff.
Maeda Ritsu was not angry and said calmly: "Since you can't defeat the devil at night, let's launch an outpost battle during the day. This is not a problem."
"Isn't this a problem?" Otake Shigeo said sarcastically, "Only the army hides in the Sihang Warehouse and the Bank of Communications Warehouse during the day, and only comes out at night to launch outpost warfare. Who are we going to fight during the day? Are we going to fight with the air? "
This is really not taking Maeda Ritsu seriously.
In fact, this is not an exception among officers of the Special Marine Corps.
Although Maeda Ritsu comes from a noble family and has a background of studying abroad, his ability has not been proven. Instead, he was questioned by his subordinate officers because of his age.
"Baga, Otake-kun, you are so rude!" Ritsu Maeda was furious. I have a good temper, so just treat me as if I have a bad temper and talk easily, right? It's true that a tiger doesn't show off its power and treats me like a sick cat.
"Hai!" Otake Shigeo quickly stood up, paused and apologized, "Chief of Staff, I don't mean to offend you, but the idea you proposed is really unrealistic. That army is our enemy, and they have no obligation to cooperate with us. .”
"Idiot, as the Chief of the Operations Section of the Imperial Navy's Songhu Special Land Warfare, is this all you have? Didn't you ever think of going to the front line to understand the situation before making such nonsense? Don't always stay in the office and draw pictures." Maeda Ritsu said coldly.
Otake Shigeo said casually: "It's just an outpost of the army. They will retreat to the Sixing Warehouse at dawn. What is there to know?"
"Then listen to me, this is not a simple outpost battle." Ritsu Maeda snorted coldly, and then said, "Only that army advanced 500 meters north last night, all the way to the vicinity of Nanchuan Hong Road , did not retreat until six o'clock, but still stayed in place!"
"Nani?" Otake Shigeo was a little surprised, "Only that army didn't withdraw?"
Maeda Ritsu said: "Not only did the army not withdraw, but they were building a defensive line."
"Why?" Kotaro Yoshida said, "Is Najun crazy?"
"The army is not crazy, they are training." Maeda Ritsu said in a deep voice, "Because in the past few days, many young people have been swimming across the Suzhou River to join the army. Now there are a large number of soldiers in the Songhu Independent Regiment who have no combat experience. I’m a new recruit, so I thought of training through outpost warfare.”
"Nani? Training troops?" Otake Shigeo felt unbelievable, "Chief of Staff, are you saying that only that army is training troops with us?"
"Baga, these arrogant pigs!"
"We have to teach them a harsh lesson!"
Naoto Ono and other section chiefs and staff also got into trouble. This was a provocation.
Ritsu Maeda ignored the shouts of several section chiefs and staff officers, and instead turned his attention to Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Yoshida Kotaro.
"Songhu is obviously very clear. The empire will never tolerate it without restrictions. As the largest city in the Far East, Songhu's political significance is not to mention. Its economic significance is that no city can replace it."
"So the empire will never allow the Najun Army to exist forever."
"If we don't deal with that army now, it's just that the time is not yet ripe."
"Once the time is right, the empire will definitely put pressure on the political level to force the public concession to shut down the concession gas plant. At that time, the imperial navy will be able to use large-caliber naval guns to bombard the Sihang Warehouse without any scruples, or throw Heavy bomb."
"Well, the analysis makes sense." Hasegawa Qing nodded and said, "The Songhu Independent Regiment has not been in existence for a long time, but judging from the several battles, their commander is obviously a powerful person with vision and can see This is not surprising.”
Maeda Ritsu said: "So, he must step up his training."
"That's right." Kotaro Yoshida also said with deep conviction, "If the day of the decisive battle really comes, and the recruits of the Songhu Independent Regiment have not completed their training, then what awaits them is a brutal massacre. Their recruits There will be no way to fight back.”
Maeda Ritsu said: "So, the Songhu Independent Regiment's intention is to launch an outpost battle at night, push the front line to the vicinity of Nanchuan Hong Road, then build a defensive position, switch to defense, and wait for our Songhu Special Marine Corps to attack, accompanying They train in actual combat."
Otake Shigeo questioned again: "The army abandoned the solid Sihang Warehouse and the Bank of Communications Warehouse and went to private houses on Nanchuan Hong Road to build defensive positions. That is courting death. At this time, we only need to launch a large-scale counterattack according to infantry drills. We can easily eliminate them, so why engage in endless outpost battles? There is no need at all."
Maeda Ritsu said: "Then if the army had established more than ten lines of defense between Nanchuan Hong Road and Guoqing Road, each line of defense had more than a dozen blocking positions, but each blocking position only had three soldiers. Do you still insist on launching a large-scale counterattack?"
"Nani?"
"What kind of strategy is this?"
"How can anyone build a defense line like this?"
"It's just the commander of that army who doesn't follow the rules."
Otake Shigeo, Ono Naoto and other section chiefs and staff were stunned on the spot.
Not only have they seen such a defensive deployment, they have never even heard of it.
Ritsu Maeda snorted and added: "Faced with such a defensive deployment, a large-scale counterattack would be to use artillery to attack mosquitoes. It would cost a lot, but the effect may not be good. The only way is to form an equal number of combat teams and launch endless outpost battles. Only by launching a tit-for-tat acupuncture battle can we achieve the greatest results at the smallest cost!"
However, Otake Shigeo was also convinced and questioned again.
"Chief of Staff, I have another question. As you just said, a large number of young people have swam across the Suzhou River to join the Songhu Independent Regiment in the past few days. How many people are there specifically?"
"I don't know about this, but there are at least more than a hundred people."
After a pause after saying this, Maeda Ritsu said: "And there will be more in the future."
"Then the question comes." Otake Shigeo clapped his hands and asked, "How many of them are there in the Songhu Public Concession and the French Concession? How many young men of the right age are there?"
