The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

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Yoshio Shinozuka slammed his fist hard on the table in front of him again, gritted his teeth and said firmly, "Never let the Shanxi Northwest Eighth Route Army regain its strength!"

"Although they have suffered heavy casualties in the Ping An battle, the total strength of the three regiments still has nearly [-] troops."

"If they recover their strength and continue to expand their troops, their total strength will definitely exceed [-], and their firepower level will also increase to a higher level. It will be difficult to eliminate them."

After finishing speaking, he stared at the chief of staff and asked, "How many troops have we exchanged from Southwest Shanxi?"

"Seven infantry brigades, and two more infantry brigades will arrive in Taiyuan in three days..." The chief of staff knew everything about the troops in the city, and he blurted out without even thinking about it.

"How many artillery pieces have the Front Army Headquarters added to us?" Shinozuka Yoshio continued to ask!

"12 105mm mountain guns, 12 120mm mortars, 12 field guns, 12 mountain guns, 20 infantry guns, 60 small-caliber mortars!"

"A thousand gunners of all kinds..."

"Bizhi intends to use them to form a large-caliber independent mountain artillery brigade, a heavy mortar squadron, a field artillery brigade, and a mountain artillery brigade!"

"Infantry artillery and small-caliber mortars directly replenish troops!"

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded and continued to ask: "How many mobile units are left in Northwest Shanxi..."

"Three infantry brigades of the Imperial Army, eight regiments of the Imperial Association Army!" This time the chief of staff thought for a few seconds before answering.

A smile finally flashed on Shinozuka Yoshio's dignified face, and he said happily, "If we send troops to sweep Northwest Shanxi three days later, the Guanghuang Army will be able to mobilize twelve infantry brigades."

"Ha Yi..." The Chief of Staff nodded.

"We can also dispatch a large-caliber mountain artillery brigade, a heavy mortar squadron, a mountain artillery brigade, or a field artillery brigade...Taiyuan City only needs to leave one artillery brigade!"

"The Royal Association Army can also dispatch ten regiments!"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and asked, "Isn't the Northwest Shanxi Mobile Force the Imperial Association Army with only eight regiments? Where did the extra two regiments come from?"

"Taiyuan City can mobilize two regiments of the Imperial Association Army to attack Northwest Shanxi!" the chief of staff explained.

"During this period, we not only replenished a large amount of equipment and recruits, but also rebuilt the Taiyuan garrison brigade, the Jinzhong garrison regiment, and the airport garrison regiment..."

"Under the condition of ensuring the safety of Taiyuan, the Taiyuan garrison brigade can deploy two garrison regiments to cooperate with the imperial army."

The smile on Shinozuka Yoshio's face grew stronger: "That's [-] Imperial Army, [-] Imperial Coalition Army... plus the coordinated artillery, supply troops, cavalry, and aviation troops, the total strength exceeds [-] People... can definitely wipe out the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi!"

The chief of staff suddenly raised another question: "Your Excellency Commander... the Battle of Ping'an has just ended, and we will launch a new round of attack on Northwest Shanxi. Will the frequency of troops fighting be too fast... Should we not wait and let the troops Rest for a few more days before launching an attack!"

"Don't rest!" Shinozuka Yoshio ordered without hesitation!
"In the safe battle, the troops we assembled in Taiyuan did not participate in the battle...they have been recharging their energy, and it is no problem to launch an attack now."

"As for the mobile troops operating in the northwest of Shanxi, when the troops killed in Taiyuan are in place, they have already rested for a long time, and they will definitely be able to continue to participate in the battle!"

"The combat mission I assigned to them is mainly to fight against... As long as we go to the destination on time, build a blocking position under the cover of aviation, and wait for work, it will not affect our attack on Northwest Shanxi!"

"Compared with our mobile troops operating in Northwest Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army operating there needs more rest..."

"The longer the mopping up is delayed, the more their strength will recover, which will not be conducive to our next big mopping up!"

"So we can't push back the attack time if we don't advance, and we have to advance as much as possible!"

"Immediately send a telegram to the two infantry brigades that are about to arrive in Taiyuan!"

"There is no need to hide for the next march, and we must arrive in Taiyuan within two days!"

"The troops that have arrived in Taiyuan immediately replenish ammunition and food, and are ready to attack at any time!"

"The railway department prepares the military column. When the time comes, it must send the troops to the front line in the shortest possible time, and launch an attack immediately, without giving the Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army any time to prepare!"

"I will give the staff office one day to make a battle plan, and I will see it at this time tomorrow!"

"I can give you a general idea first."

"Every time the Eighth Route Army attacks, we must gather superior forces and firepower, and use blocking and guerrilla warfare to consume our strength in advance, and finally gather and annihilate them!"

"This time I decided to fight a tooth for a tooth and change the all-out attack to focus on the attack!"

"First divide a part of the troops to go straight to the joint of the three regiments, establish a line of defense, and cut off the connection between them. Then gather heavy troops to besiege one regiment first, and then go to fight another regiment after the battle is over. The Eighth Route Army will be wiped out!"

"Based on what I know about the Eighth Route Army, if one regiment is attacked, the other two regiments will definitely try their best to rescue them..."

"We can use this to force the Eighth Route Army to fight with us, wait for work, and consume a lot of their strength and ammunition through blocking."

"It will be much easier to attack the other two regiments after the main force wipes out one regiment!"

The chief of staff took notes while listening, and after writing the last word, he complimented him all over his face: "The commander is wise..."

"In the past, every time we raided, we would split up our troops and launch a full-scale attack..."

"The Eighth Route Army knows our style of play very well, and often gathers heavy troops to attack us and sweep the troops all the way to break the blockade!"

"The Chinese call it: Injuring ten fingers is worse than cutting off one!"

"This time we changed the overall attack to a key attack, and assembled the troops together to launch the attack. Not only did the Eighth Route Army stop the idea of ​​​​breaking us one by one... It also made their previous tactics useless... Kill two birds with one stone..."

"Based on this alone, we will be able to win a complete victory in this sweep of Northwest Shanxi!"

"I don't know which regiment of the Eighth Route Army the commander wants to attack first..."

"After clarifying the target of the attack, I am [-]% sure that I will be able to formulate a battle plan within a day!"

This time Shinozuka Yoshio hesitated for half a minute before making a decision: "Let's play the independent group first!"

"In a safe battle, the independent regiment wiped out the most imperial troops and achieved the greatest results..."

"The attack on Taiyuan was also led by the independent regiment!"

"I remember correctly, the Independent Regiment and Kong Jie were the first to enter the field of vision of the military headquarters among the three regiments, and they were also the first to be included in our confidant's serious troubles!"

"I heard your report just now: the Independent Regiment is the most powerful and has the most development potential among the three regiments in Northwest Shanxi!"

"Since we have chosen to defeat each of them, we should first take down the strongest independent regiment with the most development potential, and then attack the weaker enemy."

"Killing the most powerful independent regiment can also to a certain extent destroy the morale of the other two regiments, and destroy their determination to fight us to the death!"

The chief of staff complimented again: "The commander is wise, the humble officer should prepare now..."

The Artillery Battalion of the Independent Regiment was stationed. From the moment he received the expansion order, Chen Daliang's face was full of joy.

But soon he couldn't laugh anymore, and went straight to the regiment headquarters. When he found Kong Jie, he looked like a pissed off daughter-in-law, complaining with aggrieved face: "Regimental Commander, I, the Artillery Battalion Commander, can't do it anymore. Are you still changing?"

"Who bullied our battalion commander Chen Day... He was promoted from company commander to battalion commander, and he was laughing in his dreams. Why did he come to you, as if he had been wronged, and came up with me!" Kong Jie asked with a smile.

After sending out the battle report to the brigade headquarters, his heart was still hanging in the air, for fear that the brigade headquarters would open their mouths and ask him for weapons and ammunition.

With Kong Jie's character, as long as the brigade head opened his mouth, even if it required four large-caliber mortars, he would hand them in without hesitation!

The results made him very excited.

Not only was the brigade commander not jealous of the equipment seized by the independent regiment, but he told himself to quickly replenish the troops with those equipment, improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, and prepare for anti-mopping up.

The brigade commander also recognized Huang Yu and himself for their judgment that the Japanese army was about to launch a new round of sweeps, and asked the troops to complete training as soon as possible and restore their strength...

The hanging heart was relieved immediately, and the expansion order that had been discussed was issued to all troops immediately.

I thought that Chen Daliang would be the happiest company and platoon cadre in the regiment from company commander to battalion commander.As a result, within a day after the expansion order was issued, he ran to him with a frustrated face and complained.

Chen Daliang was a straightforward person, and he didn't talk nonsense, he said bluntly: "The commanders of the main battalion are too much!"

"After the regiment headquarters decided to allocate all the 81mm mortars to them to form a battery platoon, they ran to the artillery company like crazy to snatch people."

"They don't have gunners in their hands. If they want to form an artillery platoon, they have to recruit people from the artillery battalion. I'm embarrassed to stop my subordinates from going to the main battalion to become squad leaders and platoon leaders, which will delay their future..."

"As a result, the artillery battalion was directly hollowed out by them!"

"There are only a few platoon leaders and deputy platoon leaders left!"

"After the artillery company expanded into the artillery battalion, it has three artillery companies and one air defense company, with a total strength of at least two hundred and forty people... Now it's not even a fraction, how to operate those artillery!"

"Are you a polished commander?" Kong Jie didn't expect this result, and asked with a smile!

Chen Daliang replied very aggrieved: "Including me and the instructor, there are only 38 people left in the entire artillery battalion, 28 of which are fighters of the air defense company. Several main battalions are not needed, so they have not been poached!"

"I almost became a polished commander!"

Kong Jie continued to ask: "If you don't have a gunner, go recruit a gunner... What's the use of complaining here!"

"The gunner is not an ordinary soldier, where do you want me to recruit!" Chen Daliang became more and more aggrieved...

"I'll give you an idea!" Huang Yu said suddenly.

"Do you know the more than [-] prisoners of the puppet army locked up by the regiment headquarters? They were trained by the devils, and their combat effectiveness is very strong!"

"Before we came to Northwest Shanxi, the equipment of the puppet army was not much worse than that of the devils: the battalion was equipped with mortars, and the regiment was equipped with mountain artillery..."

"After several losses in our hands, the devils took away all the heavy equipment from the puppet army, but the gunners are still there!"

"There must be a large number of gunners hidden among the captives. As long as you are willing to find them, it will definitely be no problem to gather the shelves of an artillery battalion!"