War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 716: The best time to graft the technology tree! (Thanks to the reward of "Thinking of you when lonely!")
"report!"

"The 41st Regiment of the 5th Division began to retreat towards Lingqiu, but was blocked beautifully by Commander Chang and retreated back to Tuanchengkou again!"

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"report!"

"A small number of troops were sent from Hunyuan to attack Zhongzhuangpu, but Acting Regiment Commander Qu deliberately let the enemy into the village and killed a squadron in close combat. Then, the guard battalion abandoned its position and retreated, luring the enemy into the village, and used the remaining ten incendiary bombs to burn Zhongzhuangpu for the second time."

"The Japanese in the Hunyuan direction could only retreat helplessly amid the raging flames. Although our army did not seize any weapons, during the Japanese retreat, Acting Regiment Commander Qu seized 210 Chahar war horses and the entire motorcycle formation's cross-country motorcycles."

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"report!"

"Commander Li Jiayu of the Sichuan Army has led his troops to break through all the defense lines outside Tuanchengkou and has reached Tuanchengkou. He is waiting for orders to launch an attack on Tuanchengkou at any time."

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"report!"

"General Deng Xihou blocked the offensive of a regiment of Chahar outside Fanzhi and repelled it!"

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"All armies are fully prepared, waiting for the headquarters to issue the final order to launch the general attack!"

At the 217 Xinkou Command Headquarters, communications soldiers arrived one after another, and it seemed that after Zhongzhuangpu had encountered a misfortune, everything became smooth sailing.

Xu Chaoyang's armored forces ensured the smooth attack in the direction of Tuanchengkou. The county battalion, district squad and militia of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region prevented the enemy reinforcements from arriving in the direction of Hunyuan. Deng Xihou of the Sichuan Army blocked the direction of Chahar. Now, even if Yan Laoxizi released the Japanese from Yangquan to Shilingguan, there would be Sichuan Army guarding there.

The pocket formation arranged by Xu Chaoyang himself has completely entered the final stage. The feeling of putting the Japanese into a sack and beating them with a club - it's so satisfying!
"What about the Fifth Division's movements?"

"Scout!"

As soon as Xu Chaoyang asked the question, Chief of Staff You Kuier rushed outside and called the scouts into the house: "The commander asked about the movements of the Fifth Division."

"Report, the Fifth Division is now setting up defenses on Tuanchengkou Heights, showing a posture of fighting to the death..."

Xu Chaoyang turned his head to take a look, with the corners of his mouth curled up fiercely.

The commander of the 115th Division sneered, "This is a case of encircling three sides and leaving one side vulnerable. We fought our way through Laoye Temple. How come Itagaki Seishirō's soldiers can't take the mountain road? Don't they know how to retreat from the mountains of Laoye Temple?"

The commander of the 129th Division pointed at the entrance of Tuancheng and said, "The intention is obvious. They have prepared a large number of poison gas bombs, just waiting for our encirclement and suppression. Chaoyang, Itagaki is still thinking of turning defeat into victory. He is waiting for you to send troops to encircle us and then use poison gas bombs to kill a large number of our soldiers."

"I gave him face!"

Xu Chaoyang cursed and immediately gave an order: "Send a message to the artillery battalion, use fifty shells to close the defense line under the city gate, and chop off the claws that the Fifth Division has stretched out!"

"Order the cavalry battalion to let Feng Yaohe be the sheepdog for once. We don't ask for a large number of casualties on the enemy, we just want the sheep to return to the fold!"

The leader of Jin Cha Ji nodded and said, "Right now, Itagaki will become like a frightened bird if we give him a little provocation. This poison gas bomb is his last resort."

After listening to the instructions, Xu Chaoyang gave another order: "Send a message to the New 1st Regiment to abandon the entrenched position and slowly press forward towards Tuanchengkou. Be well prepared and slow down your pace to give the Japanese enough time to prepare at Tuanchengkou. "

"Send a message to the 67th Regiment to abandon Zhongzhuangpu and head towards Xihekou. If they encounter resistance, just launch a slight offensive and prick the enemy with a small needle, and he will run to the place he should go." After saying this, Xu Chaoyang realized that Lao Zhao's selling crutches and cars on the Spring Festival Gala was actually a strategic wisdom... Isn't this ridiculous?

After arranging everything, Xu Chaoyang did not look at the map this time, but shouted: "Execute the order!"

"Yes!"

After all the messengers left, he walked towards the courtyard alone.

It is simply a pipe dream for the Japanese to play tricks in front of these three big Buddhas. Itagaki's tricks can't even deceive the three big Buddhas, let alone himself. If the poison gas bomb had not appeared in Zhongzhuangpu, Xu Chaoyang might have suffered a loss because this thing did not appear in the timeline. But you have used it before, and you want to trick me a second time?
What do you think!

The situation is under control.

But the situation on the other side is still not very clear. Yes, what Xu Chaoyang was thinking about was the relationship between the Soviet Union and us.

The Soviet side is extremely fed up with the Japanese. It's like a toad on the top of their feet, but they are too busy to deal with it. The main reason is that the situation there is also chaos.

Before Zhu's Kofu took office in Khalkha River, their kind father had just killed a high-ranking military officer and was using iron-blooded means to eliminate dissidents... Look, look at him, with the name of "kind father", holding a bloody butcher knife, killing so cleanly and neatly.

I guess the kid from the Zhu family was also very nervous when he went to the Kremlin, fearing that he would end up like Ulevich from the Bao family and have a breakdown when he returned to Moscow. At that time, everything was very sensitive. He went to Voroshilov's reception room trembling, and his throat was dry when he looked at him. But... there was good news from the delivery room, he was promoted!
To take over command in the Far East.

If you look at the situation on the Soviet side, three of the five marshals have been killed, leaving only Voroshilov and Budyonny. Zhu's Kofu happens to be from Budyonny's branch, so he is one of them? Even the transition of "Liang Kun" looking for "Chen Haonan" to make a movie was saved, and he could take office directly.

It just so happened that my father was not satisfied with the war here, and vaguely felt that the Japanese had not been defeated, so he was ready to give them a heavy blow.

The Japanese are the same. You can pick on anyone you want, but why are you always thinking about picking fuss with the Russians?

In 1938, the 19th Division of the Japanese invaders provoked the Soviet army at Zhanggufeng, but was ultimately defeated and had to seek peace after losing more than 1400 people.

This led to the "Outline for the Settlement of the Manchu-Soviet Border Dispute" issued by Kenkichi Ueda in April 1939. What did it say? The general meaning was "regardless of whether the Soviet or Mongolian troops crossed the border, they must be resolutely attacked." Not even a dog could be let go.

They completely treated the Russians as He Yingqin, and thought that the "unknown rat" from the Zhu family had to come and bow to them, so they could just pout and say "hmm" indifferently.

That's called being strong-willed.

The damn "personality" of the Japs was in a "victory trap" in 1939 in history, and they wished that every unit had a little bit of the "strong" attribute of defeating the strong with the weak. As a result, the Battle of Nomonhan broke out completely during the second sneak attack.

but!

In the Battle of Wuhan before the outbreak of the Battle of Nomonhan, it was not our army that the Soviet side provided the majority of resources.

The Japanese invaders had already formed a plan to attack Wuhan long ago, and they had even launched a bombing of Wuhan. The Nationalist government did have an air force at the time, and the pilots were trained by the Soviets. Not only did they help train pilots and give you planes, they also sent their own pilots to Wuhan to participate in the war. As many as fifteen Soviet pilots died in the Wuhan air battle alone.

The Russians’ attitude towards us and the National Government is very clear, right?

But what if this situation was reversed?

Xu Chaoyang has already won a world-renowned battle in Xinzhou. If he can shock the world again in Shanxi and pose a threat to the entire situation in North China, and let the Russians see that they are the ones who can truly contain the Japanese, then at this time, would it be a big deal to graft some technology trees and buy a few tanks?
Or let’s put it this way, when the art students arrived, did the Russians hope to be attacked by both the Japanese and the art students, or did they hope that the Japanese military force in China would be firmly held by the 18th Group Army and unable to move at all?

The key is that Xu Chaoyang has a trump card in his hand that can hold back the Japanese, and that is Yan'an's oil!

This is the strategy of a true commander... After leaving the Novice Village, Xu Chaoyang began to look at the world...

(End of this chapter)