The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 182 True and False, False and False
At the headquarters of the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Yangquan, Major General Miyazawa is making final preparations before the sweep.

The information from the front line was continuously collected into his hands to ensure that the next big sweep was safe and he could make the most timely judgment based on the information.

"General, air reconnaissance report: The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is building a defensive position on Niutoushan, east of Wangqiling Village. There are a lot of troops, and it seems that they are going to block us there!" Harada Nakazuo hurriedly ran to Major General Miyazawa to report.

As he spoke, he marked the specific location of Wang Qiling Village on the sand table, and pointed to it to continue the introduction.

"Right here..."

"The terrain here is very complicated. Wangqiling Village is located on a long and narrow plain, and our only road runs through the entire plain. The Niutou defended by the Independent Regiment is located next to the road, at an altitude of more than [-] meters..."

"If the army wants to continue to penetrate the base area of ​​the Independence Regiment, it must first take Niutoushan..."

"Otherwise, the light and heavy machine guns they mounted on the mountain can block the entire road, and we will never be able to pass through this long and narrow plain..."

Major General Gong Ze recognized at a glance that the Wang Qiling Village found by the chief of staff was the loophole he discovered five days ago.

The explanation given by the combat staff was: There are cavalry ambushes behind the sweeping troops, which can definitely block all the Eighth Route Army breaking through.

After the cavalry regiment was killed by the Eighth Route Army, an infantry regiment dispatched from the Taiyuan area has rushed to the front line by railway. They will take over the cavalry regiment and set up an ambush behind the sweeping troops to complete the unfinished task of the cavalry regiment.

In case the Eighth Route Army breaks through the blockade encircled by the mopping up troops, it will definitely rush into the pocket array prepared by the reinforcements, gather them and wipe them out.

Major General Gong Ze did not expect that the head of the independent regiment had the same thoughts as himself, and chose Wang Qiling Village as the breakthrough point.

It's just that the Eighth Route Army didn't know that there was a pocket array hidden behind the sweeping troops waiting for them to drill into it.

A sneer flashed from the corner of his mouth immediately, thinking that Wang Qiling Village would become the burial place of the independent regiment.

As long as the independent group really chooses to break out from Wang Qiling Village, they will surely die.

There's just one thing he didn't want to understand!

The Independence Regiment clearly wanted to break through, so why did they build a blocking position on Niutoushan...

Could it be that they want to fight a few blocking battles first, consume some mopping up troops through the blocking battles, and then launch a counterattack to break out of the encirclement...

Major General Miyazawa guessed, and then gave an affirmative answer in his mind: "It must be so!"

Staring at Harada Nakazuo, he began to analyze: "The Eighth Route Army wants to block us in front of Niutoushan, and we will counterattack and break through when the time comes!"

"The terrain here is very narrow and long. No matter how many troops we have, we can't deploy it. We can send up to two infantry squadrons in one attack..."

"As long as the independent regiment's blocking firepower is strong enough, it can cause us heavy casualties!"

"The army took the opportunity to counterattack, and they will definitely be able to break out of our encirclement with the least cost!"

Nakazuo Harada thought so, and immediately asked for instructions: "Sir, since we already know that the Independence Regiment wants to break out from Wang Qiling Village, should we transfer some troops from other troops to secretly reinforce the mopping up troops in the middle!"

Seeing that Major General Miyazawa hesitated for a moment, Harada Nakasa continued to analyze.

"Information shows that the total strength of the Independent Regiment has exceeded [-], with excellent equipment, sufficient ammunition, and a large number of artillery and cavalry to help out."

"I'm afraid that the combination of the mopping up troops and the ambush behind them may not necessarily be their opponents..."

"Besides, the two troops still fought against the Independent Regiment one after another. It is easy to be defeated by them one by one. General, please think twice!"

Major General Miyazawa replied with a puzzled face: "I also want to strengthen the strength of the sweeping troops in the middle to ensure that the whole operation is foolproof!"

"But I'm worried that if we make a move, the independent regiment will notice something is wrong and give up the plan to break out from Wangqiling Village. Then our current preparations will be in vain, and the strength of the left and right sweeping troops will be weakened, creating other obstacles for the independent regiment. Opportunity to take advantage of!"

"We can secretly transfer troops!" Nakazuo Harada thought about it for a while and proposed!
"There are a large number of imperial association troops in each mopping up army. We can let some of the imperial army exchange uniforms with the imperial association army, so that the imperial association army can pretend to be the imperial army and continue to participate in the raid in the original army!"

"The Imperial Army wearing the uniform of the Imperial Association Army secretly reinforces the raiding troops in the middle in the name of protecting the logistics line!"

"As long as there are [-] more imperial troops in the middle raid, even if the entire independent regiment breaks out together, we can stop them and wipe them out!"

Major General Miyazawa's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Harada Nakasa very surprised. He didn't expect the chief of staff to even come up with such a method as stealing.

Immediately analyze the feasibility of this method in my mind...

In less than two minutes, a smile flashed on Major General Miyazawa's serious face, looking at Harada Nakasa, he seemed to have made a decision...

But God made a big joke with him.

Before he could say anything, the intelligence officer hurried over to him: "General, there is a situation in the direction of Xigou in the defense zone of the Independent Regiment!"

"The terrain there is complex, with deep ravines, high mountains and dense forests, which is very suitable for Tibetan soldiers."

"Our intelligence personnel and scouts who sneaked into the base of the Independent Regiment in advance have been focusing on this area..."

"No change was found three days ago. Since then, our scouts and intelligence personnel operating in the Xigou area have disappeared one after another."

"We believe that the independent regiment must have hidden secrets there, and continue to send additional intelligence personnel to investigate Xigou..."

"After paying a huge price, there is finally a scout who got rid of the Eighth Route Army's pursuit and withdrew to the station!"

"The scouts who came back reported that they found a large number of Eighth Route Army troops in the ravine..."

"I saw not only light and heavy machine guns, but also mortars dismantled into parts, and mules and horses transporting ammunition and baggage..."

"On the way to retreat, I overheard a few words from the commander of the Eighth Route Army, which seemed to be: All the hidden troops must keep secret...No one can expose the target..."

Harada Nakazuo was shocked, and immediately found the location of Xigou on the sand table, and he had a rough judgment in his heart after a glance.

"General, the terrain here is indeed very suitable for Tibetan soldiers..."

"If the information brought back by the investigators is true, then our previous judgment about Wang Qiling Village must have been wrong..."

"The real purpose of the Independence Regiment building a position on Niutoushan with great fanfare is to attract our attention to the past!"

"If we don't have this information, if we continue to mobilize troops from the left and right mopping up troops, we will just be fooled by the independent regiment and create opportunities for them to break through!"

Major General Miyazawa did not answer immediately, staring at the sand table lost in thought, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper...

Harada Nakasa became anxious, and turned his attention to the intelligence staff again.

"Can the withdrawn scouts determine how many people there are in the Eighth Route Army in the Xigou area?"

"He said that the total strength of the Eighth Route Army in Xigou must exceed two battalions!" the intelligence staff replied.

"What's your judgment?" Harada Nakazuo continued to ask.

"There are at least three battalions!" the intelligence staff replied.

"What is the basis?" Harada Nakazuo asked seriously.

If it is really confirmed that the Independent Regiment ambushed three battalions of troops in the Xigou area, then the Independent Regiment's plan to attack east and west will be confirmed.

There are only four battalions in the main force of the independent regiment, and it is not ruled out that they made the decision to lose their car to keep the handsome in order to keep the main force.

"We judged from the specific location where the intelligence personnel and scouts disappeared!"

With that said, the intelligence staff directly drew a circle on the Xigou area on the sand table, and pointed to the circle to introduce.

"Our scouts and intelligence personnel will be attacked as long as they get close to this circle..."

"So far, only one scout has evacuated from the base of the Independent Regiment under the cover of his comrades and returned to the area occupied by the imperial army..."

"Other scouts and intelligence personnel who had contact with the independent regiment were all killed..."

"It means that the latent troops of the Independent Regiment are all operating in this area..."

"The range here is very large, and the ravine is deep. It is no problem to hide five battalions, let alone three battalions!"

"Considering that there are still a large number of Eighth Route Army digging trenches and building positions near Niutoushan, we judge from this that the independent regiment hidden in Xigou has at least three main battalions!"

"Their artillery company and cavalry company are probably also in Xigou!"

Major General Miyazawa still did not answer, staring at the sand table and continued to remain silent.

At this moment, a combat staff officer suddenly ran towards them: "General, our scouts found the main force of the Independent Regiment in the Xianfengling area, as well as cavalry troops..."

"The Eighth Route Army is very cautious. They kill our people when they see them. They are especially afraid that their whereabouts will be exposed."

"Where is Xianfengling?" The silent Major General Miyazawa finally spoke, staring at Harada Nakasa and asked anxiously.

"Here!" Nakasa Harada introduced pointing to a point on the sand table.

"This is the only way to sweep up the troops on the right..."

"Although the terrain is not as complicated as Xigou, there are high mountains and dense forests, which can hide a large number of troops!"

"Is that also the real direction for the independent regiment to break through?"

"No..." Major General Miyazawa shook his head and judged.

"There is only one place where the Independence Regiment really breaks through. The other two places are suspicious formations deliberately arranged by the Independence Regiment to confuse us and induce us to make mistakes."

"The independent regiment plus the new recruits are only five or six battalions!"

"I'll give him two battalions for the Niutoushan defense line, three battalions for Xigou, and at most one battalion and a small number of directly subordinate troops left in Xianfengling!"

"Their firepower is not as strong as ours. With such a dispersion, the firepower is even weaker, and the chance of successfully breaking through is very slim."

"Unless the leader of the independent regiment is confused, he will definitely not choose to divide his troops to break through!"

"So we found that only one of the three places where the independent group was active was real, and the others were all fake!"

"But where is the truth and where is the fake?" Although Nakasa Harada recognized Major General Miyazawa's analysis, it didn't mean he could tell the truth from the fake, so he could only ask with a frown.

"It's true, it's false, it's false... What a cunning independent regiment..." Major General Miyazawa replied shaking his head.

"Under the current conditions, I can't judge it!"

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