On the other side, General Yamada Otsuzo, the commander of the Kwantung Army, is now unable to control the constant loss of cities and territory around Shengjing.
Because he is now busy dealing with the brigade commander and the others. In his mind, the Eighth Route Southern Attack Group with tanks, artillery groups and fighter jets is the absolute main force of the Eighth Route.
Only by defeating the Eighth Route Army on the southern front can the entire situation be reversed.
From beginning to end, most of Yamada Otozo's attention has been focused here.
Even if Gao Jianwu suddenly emerged and took advantage of the situation and captured Xinjing, it only made Yamada Otosan a little wary.
It wasn't until he organized four divisions to stop Gao Jianwu's entire army in Siping that Yamada Otsuzo realized that a ferocious tiger was coming from the northeast, but there was no chance of saving it. The brigade commander and their southern offensive had already begun to approach the city, so Even if there was a military crisis in the northeast, Yamada Otsuzo temporarily ignored it and chose to completely mess it up.
He had no choice but to deal with this new enemy from the northeast. He found that if he did not concentrate the main force of the Kwantung Army, the decline would be unstoppable.
Therefore, the top priority is to deal with the enemies on the southern front, and then concentrate our forces to deal with Gao Jianwu, a close friend. The current strength no longer allows Yamada Otozo to fight on both lines at the same time.
After figuring out this key, Yamada Otozo focused all his attention on the southern front, played out all the chips in his hands, and prepared for a decisive battle with the brigade commander on the southern front.
After winning the battle on the southern front, they turned around and dealt with Gao Jianwu and others.
Before that, Gao Jianwu was willing to capture the city and the territory, so let him waste his time in conquering the city and the territory.
In the south, Yamada Otsuzo gathered all the mobile forces at hand and was mobilizing troops intensively to prepare for the battle!
Three divisions and one brigade from the Korean Peninsula have arrived in Liaoyang to form a left-wing army.
Two divisions have been deployed on the front line of Liaozhong to assume frontal defense, and a large-depth forward defensive position has been constructed outside the city. On the right Xinmin, a right-wing corps composed of 1 division and 1 brigade is ready to attack.
In Shengjing, northeast of Liaozhong, there are still 4 reorganized divisions serving as general reserves.
The only fighter and tank troops on hand, Yamada Otsuzo has now gathered together, preparing to use them as a trump card at the critical moment.
Now Yamada Otsuzo has no way to strike first. The tanks and fighter jets on the opposite side have already surpassed his Kwantung Army in both quantity and quality.
Whether it is a T-34 tank or a Sherman tank, they have almost an overwhelming advantage over the Type 95 and Type 97 tanks of the Little Devils, and there is almost no chance of victory in a head-on battle.
As for fighter jets, actual combat has repeatedly proven that the Nakajima Type 1, which is the most popular in the Kwantung Army Air Force, is no match for the Mustang fighter jets.
Even the Type 4 Hayate fighter is now at a disadvantage against the Mustang fighter. The experience of the opponent's pilots is obviously better than that of the Kwantung Army, which has exhausted a wave of elite pilots in Southeast Asia.
Now on the Kwantung Army Air Force, there are only a handful of aces who can be called elite pilots and have shot down 4 fighter jets.
The glory of conquering the south has now become a black hole that the little devils continue to fill. Too many elite divisions and elite pilots were defeated in the battle for the islands in the south.
But Yamada Otozo only has these cards in his hand. Even if they are useless, he can only use them now.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the tank group of the Eighth Route on the Southern Front has begun to attack!" The communications staff officer snapped, waking Yamada Otozo out of his thoughts.
"They divided their troops into two groups, one of which faced the 135th Division, and the other attacked the 136th Division. Accompanying the tank cluster were 6 artillery battalions from the 8th Route, and 6 attack groups!"
"Xinxi, order the 135th Division and the 136th Division to retreat immediately, move closer to our direction in Shengjing, and try our best to put a distance between the tanks of the Eighth Route Army and the infantry!" Yamada Otsuzo heard the news and was not surprised but overjoyed. .
But can this order be given directly to the communications staff? His little eyes were full of confusion. Why did he just retreat and run away without defending his position?
"Ozawa-kun, order the 135th Division and the 136th Division to retreat and move closer to Shengjing. Don't you understand the order?" Yamada Otsuzo repeated.
Seeing the murderous look on Yamada Otozo's face, general staff officer Leng Buding shuddered. He no longer understood that he might not even be able to save his head.
"Hey, I understand my humble position!" The communications staff member stood at attention, nodded like a chicken, then turned around and trotted to deliver the order!
Now the commander-in-chief's temper is getting worse and worse, and the communications staff officer certainly knows the reason. No one else could be able to withstand this constant loss of troops and generals and cities and lands.
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"Brigadier, Brigadier, the Japs have retreated. They are running towards Shengjing! Should we pursue them now or not?" The Brigade Commander rarely received a walkie-talkie report from Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong, who was commanding the tank group on the front line, led the tanks to the Jaap's position before the Jaap ran away. Such an abnormal situation confused Li Yunlong, who had always been bold.
Li Yunlong usually fights as if he doesn't use his brain. He always fights hard and charges hard. In fact, before the war, Li Yunlong had calculated his own costs.
According to Li Yunlong's own words, it means not doing business that involves losing money in wars.
Now such a big battle can easily number tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, and Li Yunlong himself can't even calculate it. Therefore, he consciously acted as a general who charged into the battle, rather than sitting on the rear staff and calculating these things.
For him, once he started to calculate these things, his head hurt and he couldn't figure it out at all.
So when the brigade commander and others have calculated these, he can charge into the battle himself.
Once he finds that the situation is different from what he calculated, Li Yunlong does not dare to make blind decisions on his own now. He knew that although his tank fleet was very powerful, it was not invincible. The little devil also had many things in his hands that could threaten these tanks.
Today's large-scale corps operations are completely different from the previous guerrilla warfare. Lao Li was completely unsure about this.
So there are variables, and Lao Li is now asking for instructions and reporting honestly.
After all, the little devil's abnormal behavior in front of him was completely an undisguised temptation in Lao Li's eyes.
"Li Yunlong, you guys should be careful. The tank group must not be too disconnected from the infantry group. The tank group is not protected by the infantry, and the little devil can knock it down with a grenade.
So no matter what the situation, you have to wait for the infantry group to attack and fight together with them. "
"Understood, Brigadier, Xiao Li, I understand. This little devil's fishing tactics are too crude. There is no way I can be deceived.
Don't worry, brigade commander, I'll ask for instructions and reports at any time. Communication is so convenient now. If the little devil has any news, he can report to the brigade commander at any time! "Li Yunlong replied with a smile.
"That's right. If we fight steadily, we will win this battle. So we don't need to take any risks.
Gao Xiaozi stabbed the Kwantung Army in the heart, and now jumped to the outskirts of Shengjing to pull out the little Jaap's fangs one after another. Our mission is to hold back the main force of the Kwantung Army. Give Gao Xiaozi a chance to pull out the fangs of the little devil Sheng Jing!
In this way, our army will not have any worries in the final decisive battle.
Now the assault group on the northern front has joined Gao Xiaozi and the others. I heard that Gao Xiaozi has prepared a full set of heavy equipment for the assault group on the northern front.
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Now they have fewer tanks and planes than we have here.
In other aspects, it is not much less than us. Their strength, encircling us, is enough for us to defeat the main force of the Kwantung Army in Shengjing. "
The brigade commander said this to Li Yunlong sincerely to tell Li Yunlong not to act rashly and fall into the little devil's scheme and lose the initiative.
You must know that the current situation is a great good, not a small good. The Grand Brigadier had already seen the opportunity to annihilate the Kwantung Army.
If Yamada Otsuzo insists on fighting the two large attack groups of the Eighth Route Army near Shengjing, the current situation has obviously shifted to the Eighth Route Army's side.
Even if Yamada Yisan had the home court advantage, it would be of no use. Gao Jianwu used force tactics to bring the gap in logistical support between the two sides to the same level.
Yamada Otsuzo wanted to use a large-scale battle to consume the ammunition of the Eighth Route Army, causing it to eventually lose its logistics. This was completely a unilateral fantasy.
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Yamada Otsuzo's strategy of luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory failed slightly due to Li Yunlong's caution, and he failed to allow the tank group led by Li Yunlong to break away from the main force.
But it doesn't matter to Yamada Otozo. Yamada Otozo doesn't expect to use such a trick to introduce the Eighth Route Army to his preset battlefield.
He simply moved the two divisions back a hundred miles to the western suburbs of Shengjing and established a new defensive position.
There, Yamada Otsuzo forcibly mobilized tens of thousands of migrant workers in Shengjing. After formulating a plan to encircle and suppress the tank cluster of the southern front attack group, he organized them to dig tens of kilometers of trenches crisscrossing the city day and night. A few kilometers around has become a large position.
In the center of this position, Yamada Otsuzo dug a series of anti-tank trenches very insidiously.
In the middle of these wide anti-tank trenches, many anti-gun holes were dug. These designs were all tailor-made for the brigade commander and Li Yunlong's southern attack group.
Once Li Yunlong's tank group is trapped in this position, I'm afraid there won't be much chance to get out.
The little devil can hide in the anti-gun hole and wait for the tank to jump into the trap. Then he can directly attack with cluster grenades or throw anti-tank magnetic mines. In such an environment, the tank that steps into the trap can only be beaten passively.
But now Li Yunlong was following the 135th and 136th Infantry Divisions like a sheep, and he did not rush forward. The furthest distance from the infantry attack group was never more than 2 kilometers.
The little devil wants to have a big battle, but the brigade commander and Li Yunlong also want to finish their battle in one battle!
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