Chapter 356: Burning Bailangzhou (Chinese)

After seeing Chen Guang off, Xie Weijun walked to Zeng Yiyang and asked in a low voice: "Are you too hasty in two days?"

"It's just two days to fight the 14th Division."

"Fighting the 14th Division? When did you ever have the intention to fight the 14th Division? This is a battle to break the front teeth." Xie Weijun couldn't guess his image, so he pulled Zeng Yiyang to the barn. The surroundings were empty and there was no one figure.

"Old Xie, you can't be more open and upright. What's wrong with being upright?"

Zeng Yiyang was still in the mood to joke with Xie Weijun, smiling heartlessly. He didn't really want to attack the 14th Division. As soon as he came, Seiki Kita had no praise in the offense, but when it comes to defense, the surname "Kita" was wasted, and changing the name "Kitada" was a serious matter.

The 14th Division relies on the railway line between Lindian and Tailai to provide no worries. Even if it increases troops, there is no need to worry that the troops cannot arrive in time. By guarding the railway line, the 14th Division will be invincible. If Zeng Yiyang really has the illusion of fighting the 14th Division, the best way is not to attack the 14th Division, but to deal with the 8th Division behind it. Then another problem arises. Chen Guang's main force has just crossed the river and is immediately facing the battle to cross the Nenjiang River.

Isn’t this an unnecessary move?

Of course the answer is not like this. It is not even considered an answer. Instead, it is a guess, giving the enemy a guess.

It's like a seed with a huge poison, buried first in the heart of the enemy.

Zeng Yiyang could just wait and watch the enemy's poisonous fire attack the heart, and go to death little by little.

Xie Weijun smiled bitterly and said, "It's too big to care about the image. Besides, I feel a little weak." The staff officer does not lead the leader and does not fart. The words are rough and the truth is not rough. In a unit, the military chief is of course important, but he cannot cover everything and care about everything.

If you care about everything, it turns out that you don’t care about anything. In the end, even small matters may be ruined. The role of the Chief of Staff is reflected. For Zeng Yiyang, he is concerned about strategic issues. Where to fight and when to fight is the most concerned issue. As for how to fight, it is the Chief of Staff’s business. He can care about it, but he cannot invest too much energy.

After Xie Weijun's combat plan was brought out, sign it if the plan was approved. Sorry, you have been in vain all night and take it back and remade it.

In the combat troops, the chief of staff is in charge of hard work.

Therefore, if a large combat force can operate with all its strength, a large part of the credit will be the Chief of Staff. Moreover, the Chief of Staff must have a good temper, be able to balance the dissatisfaction of all parties and act as a lubricant.

From his consistent performance, Xie Weijun is indeed very suitable to be the chief of staff.

When Zeng Yiyang heard that he was going to attack the 14th Division, Xie Weijun's heart turned away. No matter how he thought, it was impossible to cut the 14th Division over the Songnen Plain with one knife.

Although the 8th Division behind it is separated from the supply of the railway line, it is difficult to pose a threat to it in a short period of time. How could a Class A division, and it is full of troops, be easily broken through the defense line and cause a passiveness on the entire line?

Seeing that Xie Weijun was really in a hurry, Zeng Yiyang then smiled and explained: "Old Xie, you are such a real person."

"How come I listened? You didn't even want to praise me at all?" Xie Weijun tilted her head and replied half-angryly.

"I said I wanted to fight the 14th Division, or three columns across the river, and threaten the 8th Division was just for people to see. The reason for this is the same as playing chess. The attack in the middle lane is a illusion for the opponent to break through the entire line. The 14th Division is a gap in front of us." Zeng Yiyang pointed to the large defense zone behind the defense line formed by the 14th Division and the 8th Division on the map.

As long as they break through these areas, the Kwantung Army will even have the intention to cry.

The entire defense line is a blind spot in the military force. The Kwantung Army has empty troops in this area. After Chen Guang crossed the Nenjiang River with an incredible method, the Kwantung Army had to guess. Will this method be suitable for the Songhua River and is it suitable for the Liao River?

If this is true, the Kwantung Army will inevitably fall into a passive situation of defense.

Once Zeng Yiyang's three columns concentrated their forces to break through the Songnen defense line, Yao An's defensive power could not stop Chen Guang's attack and would inevitably fall soon. Along the Fengyao Railway, the next battle would be smooth.

The 8th Division, the main defensive force of the Kwantung Army around Fengtian, was drawn from the northern line. If Fengtian was captured, it would be fatal to the reputation and economic and political attacks of the Kwantung Army. As an industrial empire, Japan would definitely not be able to lose face, and the Kwantung Army, as the three main army group of the Japanese army, would also be indifferent. More importantly, the war may also drag the Nanman, which had no war, into the battlefield.

The South Manchuria, which has half of Japan's military production capacity, must not neglect any of them. For this reason, the Kanto Army will not hesitate to lose the entire North Manchuria.

This is a sharp sword placed behind the Kwantung Army.

The Kwantung Army had no idea when the sword suddenly pierced into the back.

If this knife was stabbed, it would have been half a life for the Kwantung Army. In addition, Liaoning was originally a grain-producing area in the northeast. If Zeng Yiyang gritted his teeth and pulled the troops across the Sino-Soviet border in winter, went to the Soviet Union to eat relief grain, and also harmed the autumn harvest in the Kwantung Army controlled area. The Kwantung Army would not find so much food. Zeng Yiyang was sure of the Kwantung Army and did not dare to give it a try, so he gained increasingly strategic advantages.

This is very uncomfortable for the Kwantung Army.

In 39 years, when Zeng Yiyang had just brought his troops into the Northeast, the Kwantung Army thought that like the previous Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, it could easily control Zeng Yiyang's harassment to a certain range.

At the beginning, the Sanjiang area was originally the strongest base in central Zhoubao. The Jiamusi area was also intertwined with Japanese and Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, and the Kwantung Army could not take care of it. In addition, in the 36th year, the Japanese army set up unmanned areas around Zhuhe and other areas, which completely restricted the population of these counties.

Unexpectedly, Zeng Yiyang's practice of exchanging land for immigration suddenly revitalized this base area.

To this day, Zeng Yiyang has become the second opponent to focus on in the Kwantung Army beyond the Soviet Far Eastern Front. Unlike the Soviet Red Army, Zeng Yiyang is a Chinese, representing China's anti-Japanese armed forces and politics, liberating the territory occupied by the Japanese army, and having a natural appeal to the people in the Northeast.

After Zeng Yiyang revealed his thoughts, Xie Weijun finally let go of the last bit of doubt in his heart and joked with a smile: "You are playing a rogue with the Kwantung Army, and you are clearly trying to change your family with the Japanese."

"Hehe..., that's about that."

Zeng Yiyang Neng said frankly that he wanted to exchange his family with the Japanese. The Japanese did not dare to do this. Xie Weijun also knew the key point. This was almost the life gate of the Kwantung Army. He was pinched tightly every time: "You are really a poor boy and are happy to play with rich people."

"The Kwantung Army was tied up by these factories. This coal mine riot in Lushun almost caused a large coal mine with an annual output of 100,000 tons to collapse. Zhang Jihai was able to quickly open up the situation in South Manchuria, which was to provide great help to the entire field troops." Zeng Yiyang's proud expression was also filled with appreciation for his subordinates. At that time, he defeated the opposition and appointed Zhang Jihai to form the South Manchuria guerrilla column.

To a certain extent, Zhang Jihai transferred half of the combat backbones of the 1st Division, but the troops were able to continue fighting. Even Zeng Yiyang himself was shocked by the destructive power that broke out in the hinterland of the Kwantung Army: "Old Xie, see, as long as the 23rd Division is annihilated, the Kwantung Army will definitely hesitate on the defense of the Western Front. This situation is also very easy to understand. If the 8th Division cannot cross the river, then the 14th Division, which is attacked by the north and south, will have to bear huge pressure. Even Qiqihar may not be able to defend it. If the middle road is broken, the South Manchuria will be exposed to us."

"But once the 4th and 5th columns appear in Long Town, won’t the Kwantung Army react again?" Xie Weijun said with his doubts.

"This is different. Only by being prescient can one wait for the effort. If the 12th Division's rear route is raided, it will be difficult for the Kanto Army to make strategic adjustments. It is estimated that Mijiro Umezu had the intention to kill Seiichi Kita at that time." Zeng Yiyang said with a smile.

Xie Weijun nodded and agreed: "The biggest difficulty now is whether Deputy Commander Chen can solve the 23rd Division within two days, and when the Japanese army confuses, he suddenly penetrates the 12th Division and catches him off guard. The situation becomes clear."

"Seichi Kita is useless. Before the Battle of Songnen began, the Kwantung Army was destined to accept this result." Zeng Yiyang said this without any basis. After Kita Seichi lost a little force when he was just tempted by Chen Guang.

The 14th Division began to shrink.

Although it sounds nice, it is to consolidate the outer positions of Qiqihar, use Lindian and Tailai and other railway lines to form a mobile defensive position, and completely destroy Zeng Yiyang's hope of advancing westward.

It sounds like a little reason, but the meaning contained in it is completely different. Does Zeng Yiyang want to move westward? How to move westward? Does Kita Seiichi have intelligence support? The only convincing statement is that North Manchuria has lost Suihua and can never lose Qiqihar again.

This can be said in the open, and as for secretly, Seichi Kita lacks courage and spirit, these lack strong basis. The only thing that can explain is that Seichi Kita has little understanding of the relationship with his colleagues.

The two division commanders of the 14th Division were born in intelligence personnel. To put it bluntly, they were all spy leaders. Of course, the Japanese army would not say that. Those who do intelligence were also considered as members of the staff in the army, and the Japanese army instinctively looked at the staff. But in fact, the 14th Division was very cowardly in the second hand of the former division commander Ken Doihara, and the recipient Seiichichi Kita was not a good fighter. If Seishiro Itagaki, who was born in intelligence, was the commander of the 14th Division, Mijiro Umezu would not have sent Chief of Staff Ryo Iijima because he was worried about the front line.

"Report to the leader, Commander Li has taken down the first line of defense of the Japanese army, and the subsequent troops are interspersing from the gap in the defense line of the 23rd Division in Japan, trying to cut the left and right wings of the 23rd Division."

After the messenger passed the message to Chen Guang, he hurriedly beat the horse and turned a corner and rushed to the distance.

Chen Guang's heart suddenly became bright. Li Lin did a good job. Chen Guang, who was in a comfortable mood, smiled and said, "Give me a merit to both the 5th Column and Li Lin."

"Commander, don't be too happy too early. I heard that the 5th Column detained an artillery battalion of the Cavalry Brigade. Although the cavalry didn't say anything, the impact was always not good. Moreover, Li Lin would not have so many shells to tell him the way? It was not brought from his brothers. In my opinion, after the battle, there was still a lawsuit to fight." Wang Bingzhang told the news he heard from Min Zhongyuan when he was receiving supplies in the Logistics Department. In order to give Chen Guang a vaccination, don't be happy at that time, any good things will be promised.

When the rewards were paid, the debtors came to collect the debts.

"Is this happening?" Chen Guang frowned slightly and nodded. Gerile should be easier to talk to, and his relationship with Li Lin is also good, but he can use a cannon battalion?

A field artillery battalion of 12 75-caliber artillery cannons can really produce miraculous effects if used properly in field battles.

Originally, there were no field guns in the 5th Column, only 81 caliber mortars, and the number was limited. During the crossing of the river, several more were lost, which made Li Lin feel distressed, and it was common for him to scold the Japanese when he jumped up. If he wanted to fight against the 23rd Division in the field, he would not be able to do without a hard guy.

Chen Guang was upset when he thought about it, and waved his hand impatiently and said, "Let's talk about it after the fight."

He issued a military order in front of Zeng Yiyang, which was not a joke. If he couldn't defeat the 23rd Japanese Division, after the battle, if Zeng Yiyang was in a good mood and did not bother with Chen Guang much. If he felt uncomfortable in the future, he would make a statement.

"Where is the current position of the 4th Column?"

Since the 5th Column took over the Japanese middle defense line and penetrated into the Japanese, if the Japanese 23rd Division wanted to successfully get rid of the 5th Column's entanglement, the remaining blocking troops would definitely not be able to escape. For Chen Guang, this was just an appetizer.

Next are the dishes.

"Two hours ago, the radio station contacted the 4th Column. At that time, they were detouring around the Koshantun area. It was estimated that they could reach 2 Keqian at any time around midnight, so they could block the possibility of the guru going north in front of the Japanese." Wang Bingzhang skillfully compared the distance and terrain on the map, and then based on his previous march experience, he estimated the marching speed of the 4th Column.

Follow this combat plan.

The 23rd Division will organize a retreat at night, to the riverside or to retreat north. Unless the 23rd Division abandons the highway, marches from the grassland, discards dozens of trucks and supplies, and flees desperately, they will not be able to escape the pocket formation that Chen Guang put for Inoue Masaki Masayoshi.

"Telection Zeng Chunjian that in addition to a small number of peripheral ban troops and cavalry battlefield patrols, all commanders and soldiers of the 4th Column must exert their spirit of the Long March. As soon as possible, they will have more confidence in eliminating the 23rd Division."
Chapter completed!