War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 564: Victory Trap (Thanks to 'Tao Tao Cat' for the reward)
"report!"

When the soldiers of the artillery battalion entered the shed, Xu Chaoyang was lighting a cigarette. Now both the enemy and us were holding our breath, and it was time to see who could be more ruthless. His brain could not rest for even a minute, constantly speculating on the possible next move of the Japanese.

Yang Jingyu sat next to him, neither coming forward nor disturbing him. Even the staff in the room tacitly left the silence to Xu Chaoyang...

At this time, a messenger rushed up.

"Report, our artillery battalion has locked onto the enemy's artillery position according to the coordinates and is about to launch an artillery attack on the enemy. Please give instructions!"

Xu Chaoyang raised his head and struck a match. With a 'crack' sound, he held the fire with his palm and lit the cigarette. Then, he opened his mouth and asked, "Tell me the time!"

Yang Jingyu pulled up his sleeves, showing the watch with Japanese writing on his wrist and said, "Two twenty in the afternoon."

Xu Chaoyang heard the time, but he didn't say anything.

Thinking in silence...

Two twenty, that is to say, since that morning meal, the Japs have no intention of attacking the Xinkou position again. In fact, no battle reports have been received along the Xinkou position. What does this mean?
The Japanese were so exhausted by the harassment of 688 that they deliberately gave them a day off? Isn't this nonsense? When the war has reached this point, who would give the other side a chance to breathe?

So what made the Japanese give up the attack and allow the newly recruited New 1st Regiment to live a peaceful life?

"Give me the order!"

"688, 716 and Wang Jinshan's 772 are all withdrawn!"

"All troops should quickly build a second line of defense from Xinkou to the rear. Three regiments should work simultaneously. The fortifications must be completed as soon as possible. Go!"

Xu Chaoyang raised his head and denied all previous battle plans because the situation had changed.

As someone who is familiar with the battlefield and can sit in a command position, you must have a keen sense of touch and be able to analyze the real dynamics from any situation of the enemy. Otherwise, you are not qualified to sit in this position.

217 is now a thorn in the eyes of the Japanese. In order to remove this thorn, the 2nd Mixed Brigade can send planes to bomb for two consecutive days in a battle. This kind of determination will not allow them to stop the attack and give 217 a half-day breathing time, unless...

Under Yang Jingyu's gaze, Xu Chaoyang responded, "The devil's reinforcements have arrived."

"But our scouts..."

What Yang Jingyu meant was that if reinforcements arrived, it would be impossible for his scouts to not hear any news of it.

Xu Chaoyang said calmly: "This is a big encirclement!"

"It's not about encircling our 217th, it's about encircling the three regiments that came out of Xinkou to ensure the stability of the entire offensive line."

Xu Chaoyang drew a semi-arc on the map with a pencil tip as long as his pinky finger outside Xinkou. "If my guess is correct, this time it's not just the 2nd Brigade. The 1st, 15th, and 16th Brigades should all arrive. They are coming for the troops that have been harassing them all day. They want to seal off this unit inside the defense line, suffocate it completely, and then mobilize superior forces to attack Xinkou."

Snapped.

After Xu Chaoyang finished drawing, he threw the pencil on the map, then looked up at Yang Jingyu: "Of course, this is just my guess..."

"report!"

The second signalman rushed into the shed, exhausted. "My 716th Regiment found a combat unit that rushed to the battlefield from Ruyuekou in the rear. The number of troops is incalculable, but this unit did not go deep into Xinkou, but stationed on the periphery."

"report!"

"report!"

The other two signalmen arrived one after another, but Xu Chaoyang didn't even let them say anything. He walked straight to one of them and asked, "Who is from the 772nd Regiment?"

One of the signalmen stood up and said, "Report, I am a signalman from the 772nd Regiment!"

Xu Chaoyang smiled brightly: "Where is your regiment now? Is the regiment commander with the troops?" The signalman immediately replied: "Our regiment is in the rear of Dai County, and the regiment commander is with the troops. In addition, our regiment has also discovered that the Japanese in Dai County are forcing the people to grab food, which should be in preparation for the troops to gather."

Xu Chaoyang treated him very well, coaxing him almost the entire time: "Tell your regiment commander not to worry about the supply line. Let him come back through Xinkou first and build a second line of defense with others. I'll wait for him here..."

After saying this, the two signalmen turned around and left at the same time. Just as Yang Jingyu was about to speak, two figures outside the door walked in under the escort of Shen Guaizi.

"Chaoyang, the defense line is well constructed. There are no problems with the setting up of trenches, bunkers, machine gun points, and personnel deployment. If I were to lead troops to attack such a defense line, I would start to have a headache just looking at the arrangement in front of me."

Xu Chaoyang quickly stood at attention, and everyone stood up at the same time, shouting in unison: "Commander!"

The commander waved his hand at these people and said, "Everyone, sit down."

Then, he also sat down to the right of Xu Chaoyang. However, when he looked at the map, the arc drawn with a pencil made his eyes widen: "Did the devils set up an encirclement?"

"Division Commander, the enemy's reinforcements have arrived. The 1st, 15th, and 16th Mixed Brigades will arrive within a day. If I'm right, today's idle time should be left intentionally by the 2nd Mixed Brigade in order to support these three mixed brigades."

The commander frowned more and more, raised his head and looked at Xu Chaoyang and asked, "Do you need support?"

Xu Chaoyang shook his head: "Division Commander, a victory at Xinkou cannot change the entire war situation. Terauchi Juichi's East China Front has already yielded results. The next goal of the devils is to invade Shanxi while connecting the north and the south. They know that our country is too deep, and they are not afraid of fighting from east to west or from south to north. What we are afraid of is occupying advantageous terrain and completely dividing the vast territory, so they marched into Shanxi."

"And when they took this step, they had already fallen into their own victory trap!"

The commander turned his head and looked at Xu Chaoyang: "Victory trap?"

"Yes, victory trap!"

Xu Chaoyang said very firmly: "Every victory the Japanese have now will make our people hate them a little more, and every victory we have will make our people more excited."

"But once they get too much land, it will involve many problems such as governance, transportation, signs, and fundraising..." At this time Xu Chaoyang laughed: "Our country looks like a land full of obedient people, but that was obtained by our ancestors with their blood and lives for thousands of years. Once the 'country' with the same ancestor is taken away, you want them to continue to be obedient citizens? That's pure bullshit!"

"Then they must see how horrific the situation is when war and smoke spread all over the land at the beginning of each dynasty!"

"By then, the Japanese rule will seem to have reached a stable state under high pressure, but under this false state, what they will face is a rotten rag full of holes!"

Xu Chaoyang said decisively: "This is the opportunity we need!"

“Those who have no one to rely on but must resist will gather in large numbers under the red flag of our party and army;”

"Those who have suffered enough in this broken world will unite and fight back..."

At this time, Xu Chaoyang remembered what a famous hero said. At that time, his whole family left this world under the slaughter of the devils. When he was the only one left in the world, the leader asked him: "After you have avenged yourself, what do you want to do?"

The man said without hesitation: "I have avenged myself. The revenge of my comrades is my revenge!"

He never thought about letting go, let alone ending it all!
At this moment, Xu Chaoyang looked at the division commander again and said, "So, the gains and losses of one place are not important, what is important is the victory that can inspire people; so, the enemy's brutality and fierceness are not important, what is important is the inspiring development of our party and our army."

"Commander, Sichuan Army, I'm leaving it to you!"

The commander nodded: "It seems that you have remembered every word he said."

　Thanks to 'Tao Tao Mao' for the comment. Thank you very much. I am very grateful.

　　Thank you all for your concern. I'm fine, the book is fine, and we're making preventive changes. They're treating us well, so that's great.

　　I am also quite normal, nothing has happened to me. If I had achieved the results I have now and nothing had happened to me, wouldn't I be mediocre? It's all normal, I accept it, it's all minor things, nothing is serious except death.

　　Love you guys.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)