The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 781 Won without starting the fight? (first update)
On the top of the north gate of Baoding, watching the Kwantung Army, convoys, and artillery continuously appearing at the end of the road...Ningji Okamura finally showed a long-lost smile on his face.

The bad mood brought about by the bombing of the garrison was swept away at the same time, and all eyes were the victory scene of the Kwantung Army annihilating the Eighth Route Army in the Yizhong and helping himself to avenge his shame.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the 26th Division of the Kwantung Army has been ordered to come here to report, the humble Ichiro Sakai, please advise..." A lieutenant general hurried to Okamura Ningji's side to report.

Compared with the unruly head of the 25th Division, Ichiro Sakai had a much better attitude towards him, Neiji Okamura immediately showed a welcoming expression and said happily.

"Welcome to the North China Front Army."

"Sakai-kun, when I discussed sending troops with your commander, your commander told me specifically that you are young and promising, and you are an excellent senior commander of the Kwantung Army."

"Because of the urgency of the war, Baoding City has just been recovered, and conditions are limited, so I won't prepare a welcome banquet for you."

"When we successfully capture the Yizhong base and wipe out the Yizhong Eighth Route Army, this commander will prepare an unprecedented celebration banquet for you."

"First introduce me to the specific situation of the 26th Division, its strength, equipment, and firepower. Try to introduce it in detail."

"I will assign combat tasks based on your introduction."

"Hai..." Sakai Ichiro said respectfully.

Although he is the head of the lieutenant general's division, he is very young and has very little qualifications. He dare not play any big cards in front of a veteran like Okamura Neiji.

He took out the list he had prepared on the train and handed it to Ningji Okamura while introducing: "The 26th Division of the Kwantung Army has two main brigades, an artillery regiment, an independent heavy artillery regiment, and a cavalry regiment. There are 5000 people in total, including a supply infantry regiment, a guard brigade directly under it, and an engineering brigade."

"Equip a large number of 12 150mm caliber howitzers, 12 105mm caliber heavy mountain guns, 36 field guns, 16 mountain guns, 16 rapid-fire guns, 24 infantry guns, 144 mortars..."

"Yoshi..."

The smile on Okamura Ningji's face became even wider. With so many weapons and the Kwantung Army joining the big sweep, the Yizhong Eighth Route Army must be defeated, so he immediately ordered...

"Let your troops take the time to recuperate and replenish their strength. At seven o'clock tonight, all full-time officers above the regiment will arrive at the city headquarters on time for a meeting. I will personally issue combat missions to everyone and determine the time of attack."

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Just as Huang Yu arrived at the former enemy headquarters of the Duer Regiment, news of the third wave of Japanese reinforcements entering Baoding just came back.

"Little Huang... Come here quickly..." Li Yunlong said with a full face when he saw Huang Yu.

"Hurry up and tell us how you made Gangcun Ningci lose another 3000 people in Baoding City."

"The battle report only mentioned the result, not the process. I guessed it for a long time but didn't figure it out."

"Use explosives..." Huang Yu replied with a smile.

Li Yunlong immediately frowned, shook his head, and asked with a puzzled expression: "It shouldn't be..."

"The devils have suffered from burying explosives in the garrison before."

"Neiji Okamura is so cautious, how could he make mistakes twice on the same question."

"No, there are many ways to use this. There must be something we don't know about it. Please explain it clearly."

Huang Yu could only tell about the fact that he used landmines to cover up the explosives. After hearing this, Li Yunlong patted him on the shoulder with emotion: "I'll just say you're a ghost."

"Sure enough, the old devil Neji Okamura has been played around by you."

"Just received the news that the third wave of the Japanese army's southward Kwantung Army has arrived in Baoding, exactly 5000 people."

"Combined with the remaining 9000 people in the second wave of reinforcements, the 5-strong Kwantung Army has dropped to less than 5000."

"Ningji Okamura will keep a few thousand people to defend Baoding to protect himself, and at most 7000 people will be deployed to sweep the Yizhong base."

"Your boy is worthy of being a great hero of our wing base."

"Let us lose more than 1 opponents in a few days."

Kong Jie nodded and said, "Although there are more enemies who raided us this time than last time, they are all the Kwantung Army, well-equipped and powerful."

"But we also have five more reinforcements."

"The disparity in strength between the two sides is not as great as the last anti-sweep."

"Plus, the Kwantung Army has never fought tunnel warfare, so they don't know us, and they don't know the terrain in the wings."

"Although the two sides have not yet started fighting, my chances of winning are already more than [-]%."

"Now we are waiting for Neiji Okamura to make a move, so that we can fight back and formulate a targeted anti-sweeping plan."

Huang Yu immediately expressed his thoughts: "Leader..."

"Our base area is so big, Okamura Neiji wants to wipe us out at the least cost, the most direct way is to send troops to assault Chenjiazhuang..."

"Just like the last big raid, first cut off our army's access to the mountain, block us outside the mountain, and then gather and annihilate them."

"I think Neiji Okamura's new sweep against us is just like that, and everything is inseparable from it."

Kong Jie took it for granted, and asked directly, "Tell me in detail."

Huang Yu immediately found Chenjiazhuang on the map, pointed to him and introduced: "If Ningji Okamura divides his troops into three groups to attack us like last time, there will definitely be one of them as the main force, going straight to our heart and occupying Chenjiazhuang as quickly as possible. "

"The remaining two mopping forces formed a semi-encirclement, and drove the Yizhong Eighth Route Army to Chenjiazhuang like ducks."

"Attack from inside and outside, gathering and annihilating the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Chenjiazhuang."

"We can do whatever we want."

"Didn't Neiji Okamura want Chenjiazhuang?"

"Let's give him Chenjiazhuang."

"Compared with the tunnel fortifications in other places, the scale of Chenjiazhuang is several times larger. It can be attacked when advancing, and defended when retreating."

"Even if the Japanese occupy all the ground positions in Chenjiazhuang, we can still hide in the tunnels and launch a counterattack, waiting for an opportunity to take back Chenjiazhuang."

Li Yunlong seemed to have heard something, and immediately asked: "You want to use Chenjiazhuang as a bait to attract all the little devils to gather and annihilate them?"

Huang Yu nodded: "Ningji Okamura suffered several defeats in a row in our hands, so we must be very cautious in the next sweep."

"If the bait we put out isn't attractive."

"The devil's mopping up troops will definitely go hand in hand, sweeping across our base area, and don't give us any good chance to defeat them."

"Only Chenjiazhuang can make Neiji Okamura give up his principles and take the risk of letting a sweeping force go deep into the hinterland of the base.

Kong Jie did not directly oppose the proposal, but raised his concerns with a frown.

"This idea is okay, but I don't know if you have considered: whether our army has the strength to eat the devils and mop up the troops in a short time, and at the same time deploy heavy troops to block the other two mopping up troops."

"Neji Okamura can dispatch more than 7000 people to sweep us."

"These troops should not be evenly distributed."

"As expected: one of the troops will be stronger in terms of strength and firepower, about 5000 people."

"The raid on Chenjiazhuang is probably caused by this army. Do you think we have the strength to eat up so many little devils in one bite?"

Huang Yu shook his head, and answered truthfully: "It's hard..."

"But it's not impossible..."

"The 1000 Kwantung Army, minus the artillery and heavy soldiers who cooperated with the operation, there are at most [-] infantry and cavalry that can really fight."

"There are still five tunnel fortifications along the way they raided Chenjiazhuang."

Huang Yu marked the five tunnels on the map while talking, and pointed to them to continue the analysis: "The devils will lose 1000 people for each tunnel fortification, and they will lose 5000 or [-] people if they kill Chenjiazhuang."

"It's not bad if there are 7000 people left in [-] steps."

"The Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness is indeed very strong, but no matter how powerful the soldiers are, they are still flesh and blood, and a bullet can take their lives."

"As long as they reach Chenjiazhuang and dare to launch an attack on Chenjiazhuang, we can use Chenjiazhuang to improve the tunnel fortifications, wipe out a large number of enemies, and wipe out the sweeping troops along the way."

"Injuring his ten fingers is worse than cutting off one. The other two mopping up troops see that the situation is not good, and there is no other way but to retreat."

"The anti-sweep in the wings will win."

Kong Jie and Li Yunlong raised their heads at the same time, glanced at each other, then nodded, as if discussing, and asked each other: "Old Kong...Old Li..."

"What do you think?"

"Let me talk first..." Kong Jie spoke first.

"The Chenjiazhuang Tunnel was built by me personally leading the troops. It is intricate and very strong. Even if the little devil calls for planes and heavy artillery, he can't get it cheap."

"Head-to-head confrontation...a regiment can rely on tunnels to block a brigade of the Japanese army."

"If you really plan to fight the devils here, I will command...at most four regiments can wipe out more than 7000 Kwantung Army elites."

Kong Jie grabbed the mission of the decisive battle. Li Yunlong didn't want to attack Kong Jie, so he could only take the next best thing. He took over the mission of reinforcements and pointed to a few points on the map to analyze.

"Although the tunnels built in the direction of Wangdu and Mancheng are not as complicated as Chenjiazhuang, they are superior in number."

"All villages and towns along the highway and important checkpoints have built tunnels."

"Let Lao Tzu go to fight for aid. It will take two hours for a village to stop him for three or four days."

Kong Jie interrupted suddenly: "It won't take that long."

"As long as the devils kill Chenjiazhuang and want to launch a fierce attack on Chenjiazhuang, I am confident that I will end the fighting power within two days and wipe out the devils all the way."

Not to be outdone, Li Yunlong said: "Then it will be easier."

"Maybe I can pull out my teeth in the blocking battle and tear off two pieces of fat from the sweeping troops."

Seeing that the two of them had almost divided the tasks, Huang Yu could only respond with a wry smile, and reminded with a troubled face: "Leader, Captain Li..."

"Ningji Okamura hasn't made a move yet?"

"What if I judged the problem just now?"

Li Yunlong shook his head, and replied very firmly: "Eight or nine is not far from ten."

"I'm not a rookie on the battlefield either."

"Ningji Okamura wants to disintegrate the Yizhong base in one fell swoop and annihilate us. There is no other way but to divide the army into three groups and seize Chenjiazhuang."

"I think that's how the missions of reinforcements and decisive battles are divided. If there is any problem, we will adjust it at that time."

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