I am a wolf warrior

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When the telegram was received, Ningji Okamura was still on the front line in central Hebei.

After reading the telegram, Okamura Ningji said quietly: "I expected that the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi would not be safe and would definitely take action this year, but I still didn't expect that this battle would come so soon."

Yusue Seizo put down the telegram and said, "The main reason is that the batch of beautiful weapons Chu Yunfei provided to the Eighth Route Army and the five-base ammunition greatly accelerated the Eighth Route Army's combat preparations. Otherwise, at least in this year's In the first half of the year, the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi was unable to launch such a large-scale offensive."

"Weapons and ammunition are only one aspect of the reason." Neiji Okamura waved his hand and said, "The key is the concept."

After a pause, Ningji Okamura said again: "From defensive warfare and guerrilla warfare to offensive warfare, a complete change in concept is required from the inside out. I originally thought that the Eighth Route Army was used to guerrilla warfare and would need at least two or three small-scale offensives. It is possible to evolve to this stage only after the baptism of combat, but... I still underestimated them after all."

Yusue Seizo was silent for a few seconds, and asked, "Your Excellency, what should we do now?"

Okamura Ningji also fell into a long silence when he heard the words, frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.

Yusue Seizo waited for a few seconds without waiting for Okamura Neiji's answer, so he tentatively asked: "Your Excellency, why don't you stop the raid on the bandit areas in Central Hebei?"

"Because after nearly a month of repeated raids,"

"The Eighth Route Army in the bandit area in central Jizhong has already been seriously injured. Even if there are still fish that slip through the net, it is impossible to restore their previous momentum in a short time."

"In the future, if we come to sweep again, the difficulty will be greatly reduced."

After a pause, he continued: "However, if the main force of the North China Front Army is transferred to the battlefield in Northwest Shanxi at this time, it will definitely catch the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army by surprise, and the battle may end in a short time."

"What if it can't end in a short time?" Neiji Okamura asked quietly, "What should I do?"

"This..." Yusue Seizo was speechless for a moment, if it couldn't be finished in a short time, it would be a big trouble.

Because the Eighth Route Army of the Jizhong Military Region was still very strong, it caused a lot of trouble for the Japanese troops involved in the mopping up.

Therefore, after nearly a month of continuous combat, the Japanese troops participating in the sweep were extremely exhausted both mentally and physically, and more importantly, there were very few combat supplies left.

Okamura Ningji prepared supplies for the battle of the four divisions for this raid.

Up to now, the supplies for the battle of these four divisions are running out.

The remaining combat supplies are more than enough to continue to sweep the Jizhong Military Region, but if they want to use it to deal with the main force of the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Northwest Shanxi, it seems stretched.

After a long while, Mo Jing Sancai said: "Then, what do you think, General?"

"The mopping up of bandit areas in central Hebei continues." Okamura Ningji said quietly, "For this May Day mopping up, we have prepared for such a long time and paid such a high price, how can we give up halfway?"

"After all, the Jizhong area is the most fertile grain-producing area in the entire North China Plain."

"Therefore, it is absolutely not allowed to withdraw the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong bandit area without completely smashing it."

After a pause, Okamura Ningji said again: "What's more, in order to convince His Majesty the Emperor and His Excellency the Prime Minister, we also need to show a decent record in the North China battlefield."

"But..." You Mojing said three times, "What about the 69th Division in Northwest Shanxi?"

After a pause, Yusue Seizo said again: "Judging from the battle report provided by the First Army, if the North China Front Army Command does not dispatch reinforcements, the First Army alone will definitely not be able to rescue the No. 60 Ninth Division. gone."

"Once the No. 60 Ninth Division is wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, it will set a shameful record."

"Because before this, the imperial army had never been wiped out at the division level in the Chinese battlefield."

Having said this, You Mo Jingsan said again: "However, this is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that after the 69th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army wiped out the [-]th Division, the entire Northwest Shanxi was reduced to bandits. At that time, not only the Tongpu Railway will be completely cut off by the Eighth Route Army, but the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army can also calmly build bandit areas, build power plants, steel factories and even arsenals. Big trouble!"

The strategic intention of the Shanxi Northwest Column is actually a conspiracy, which can be seen with a little vision.

With the observation skills of Neiji Okamura and Seizo Arisue, it is not difficult to see the strategic intention of the Shanxi Northwest Column.

"No." Okamura Neiji shook his head and said, "It's not so easy to build a factory, let alone an arsenal. I even doubt that the Eighth Route Army can find a qualified engineer."

Youmo Jingsan said: "Even if it is not so easy to build a factory, at least the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army can have enough time to build a defensive system, which will definitely greatly increase the difficulty of our attack."

Speaking of this meal, Yusue Seizo said again: "I'm even worried that the difficulty and severity of this offensive operation may surpass that of the Battle of Songhu."

Neiji Okamura was silent when he heard the words.

Because he actually has the same worry.

After a long while, Okamura Ningji said: "That's nothing to do. There is a Chinese proverb that eats food one bite at a time, and does things one at a time. If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, it's better to smash it first." Let’s talk about the bandit areas in Central Ji of the Eighth Route Army, as for the bandit areas in Northwest Shanxi, it’s a big deal to get more resources by then.”

Yusue Seizo sighed, "But for the 69th Division, is there really nothing to do?"

"Of course that won't work." Okamura Ningji said quietly, "Let the Mongolian Army send an infantry regiment to the south for reinforcements, and then ask Yoshimoto-kun to dispatch an infantry regiment from the Fourth Brigade to go north for reinforcements. The strength of the Eighth and Sixth Brigade has most likely been used to its limit, and these two infantry regiments will be able to play a decisive role."

"Okay." Youmo Jingsan said helplessly.

"Looks like that's all it takes."

……

Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshimoto Sadaichi was pacing back and forth in the war room with his hands behind his back.

Every few steps, Jeichi Yoshimoto would stop to look at the communication room next door, and when he saw that no one had come out, he turned around with a disappointed face and continued pacing.

Mizuhara Takuya, Inamori Masao, Sakuma Jiro and other section heads followed Yoshimoto Teiichi back and forth with their eyes.

Finally, Yasushi Inoue, the head of the communications section, walked out of the communications section, walked up to Yoshimoto Teiichi, and reported with a pause, "Your Excellency, Commander, the Front Army Command is calling urgently!"

"How to say?" Yoshimoto Sadaichi asked anxiously.

Inoue Yasushi said: "The Front Command ordered us to immediately dispatch an infantry regiment from the Fourth Brigade to go north for reinforcements."

"Ah? That's it?" Yoshimoto Sadaichi was disappointed when he heard the words, and Mizuhara Takuya and the other section chiefs also looked at each other in blank dismay. Is this the rhythm of letting the 69th Division fend for itself?

Inoue also said: "The Mongolian Army will also send an infantry regiment from Datong to the south for reinforcements."

"Oh." Yoshimoto Sadaichi sighed and said to the adjutant, "Call Nakajima-kun over here."

The brigade headquarters of the Japanese Fourth Brigade was located in Taiyuan, and it was next door to the First Army Command.

The adjutant made a phone call, and the brigade commander Nakajima Tokutaro of the Fourth Brigade came to the headquarters soon.

"Nakajima-kun." Yoshimoto Zhenichi asked, "I asked you to transfer the first and second brigades of the third regiment back to Taiyuan. Where are these two brigades?"

Tokutaro Nakajima replied: "Shouyang has passed, and we will arrive in Taiyuan soon."

"Okay." Yoshimoto Sadaichi said happily, "These two brigades of the third brigade don't have to come to Taiyuan, you immediately take the team directly under the fourth brigade to Wusu, and the two brigades of the third brigade After the infantry brigade joined up, they immediately went north along Tongpu Road to reinforce the 69th Division trapped in Anhua."

Nakajima Tokutaro paused and said:

"Hay!"

……

In Anhua, the east gate tower.

Inoue Zhenwei couldn't stay in the division headquarters, and brought a few staff officers to the east gate tower.

Standing on the east gate tower and looking out, you can clearly see the Eighth Route Army about two kilometers away, and the Eighth Route Army is digging trenches nervously and rushing to repair fortifications.

Although the Eighth Route Army is the offensive side, it is also meticulously repairing the fortifications.

This is actually a good habit, because Sun Tzu's art of war says that he does not think about victory, but about defeat. Only when he has a firm foothold, can he attack without distraction, otherwise the enemy may fall apart with a counterattack.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was rushing to repair the fortifications, and the distance was getting closer, Inoue Zhenwei became more and more anxious.

"Why didn't the 9th Flying Squadron dispatch attack planes and fighter jets to attack the Eighth Route Army?" Inoue Sadao said angrily, "And when will reinforcements arrive in Anhua County?"

Several staff officers were speechless.

Chapter 503

When Jingwei Inoue was standing on the tower and roaring, the brigade commander was at the forward observation post outside the east gate, and the straight-line distance between the two was less than two kilometers.

Li Yunlong and the others were also with the brigade commander.

That is, the two parties do not know each other's existence.

Otherwise, the two sides will have a salvo of artillery at each other, and that will be a lot of fun.

At this moment, the brigade commander was holding up his binoculars to observe the Japanese defensive positions outside the east gate of Anhua. Through the field of vision through the binoculars, he could clearly see that the Japanese troops were desperately strengthening the fortifications.

Li Yunlong leaned forward and said, "Brigade Commander, why don't you wait and launch an attack directly?"

Li Yunlong thought to himself, if the brigade commander agreed to his suggestion, he would take advantage of the situation and propose that he lead three detachments to take the lead in the main attack.

"That won't work." The brigade commander flatly refused, "Night battles are the specialty of our Shanxi Northwest Column. If we give up the advantage of night battles, wouldn't it be to exploit our weaknesses and avoid our strengths?"

Seeing the brigade commander's refusal, Li Yunlong was immediately disappointed.

Wang Ye continued to explain: "Regimental Commander, the attack in broad daylight will attract the Devils' planes. Our casualties in the Battle of Chenzhuang were mainly due to the round of bombing by the Devils Air Force."

Hearing this, Ding Wei felt a little ashamed, after all, he was the one who commanded the battle of Chenzhuang.

Li Yunlong said with a dark face: "But, we can't wait for the little devil to strengthen the defenses?"

After a pause, he said again: "Brigade Commander, time is precious, maybe Datong and Taiyuan devils are coming to reinforce Anhua, so we have to hurry up."

As soon as the words fell, Cheng Yue hurried over.

"Captain." Cheng Yue reported to Wang Ye, "Secret telegram inside."

"Give it to me." Wang Ye reached out to take the copy paper from Cheng Yue, and saw that it was full of dots and dashes.

Wang Ye and Cao Mancang had a single-line connection, and he kept the code book himself. He took out the code book from the satchel he carried with him, and translated the dashes into words.

The brigade commander, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Cao Sanlian immediately surrounded them.

Wang Ye handed the translated telegram to the brigade commander and said: "The Japanese army has mobilized two infantry regiments to reinforce Anhua from Datong and Taiyuan respectively."

"Two regiments of infantry?"

"This is a little troublesome."

"It seems that the military strength is not enough."

Hearing this, Ding Wei's face darkened slightly.

Since the Battle of Northwest Shanxi, their Shanxi Northwest Column has suffered more than 6000 casualties, and there are more than 4000 left.

According to the results of the three battles in Zhanggezhuang, Pingan County, and Chenzhuang, combined with the strength of the No. 60 Ninth Division, it can be known that there are about 6000 devils in Anhua City.

This means that the ratio of forces between the two sides is four to one.

This is basically in line with the Eighth Route Army's troop requirements for tough battles.

But the problem is that now the devil has mobilized two infantry regiments to come for reinforcements, and they are still advancing from the north to the south from Datong and Taiyuan respectively, which forces the northwestern Shanxi column to divide its troops to block in two directions.

"Go, go back." The brigade commander immediately took Wang Ye and the others back to the forward headquarters.

Because I just came here, I haven't had time to set up a sand table yet, so the forward command only has a map.

Pointing to the map, Wang Ye said: "When the insider sent the information, the 3rd Infantry Regiment belonging to the 20th Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Taiyuan had already moved out, and the 11th Infantry Regiment belonging to the No. [-] Sixth Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Datong probably also It has already set off, and it is estimated that it has traveled at least ten kilometers."

Li Yunlong measured the map with a square ruler and said: "The distance from Taiyuan to Anhua is about 150 kilometers, and the distance from Datong to Anhua is slightly longer, about [-] kilometers. So under normal circumstances, the devil reinforcements in Taiyuan should be larger than the devils in Datong." The reinforcements arrived at least half a day earlier, or else we will come to the reinforcements again?"

Kong Jie said: "Old Li, you mean to surround Anhua with a small force, and then pull the main force to the slaughterhouse to ambush the devil reinforcements coming north from Taiyuan?"

"Yes." Li Yunlong said, "First eat the reinforcements from the devils going north from Taiyuan."

"Then turn around and head north to eat up the devil reinforcements coming south from Datong."

After a pause, he said again: "Finally, we will concentrate our forces to deal with the devils in Anhua."

The brigade commander was also a little moved. It is a traditional skill of our party and our army to surround the spot and fight for aid.

This is how the No.60 Ninth Division was disabled by them.

More importantly, there was just such a time difference when the Japanese army sent troops to help.

If the two infantry regiments of the Japanese army come together to help, then the Shanxi Northwest Column may have no chance, but if it is only one infantry regiment, then there is still a great chance of being eaten.

Because a small number of troops were left to contain the enemies of Anhua, their Northwest Shanxi column could gather at least 2 people to ambush the devils who went north from Taiyuan, or the devils who went south from Datong. The strength advantage was sufficient.

But the brigade commander still wanted to hear Wang Ye's opinion, so he asked, "Xiao Wang, what's your opinion?"

The eyes of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Cao Sanlian immediately fell on Wang Ye.

Among the people present, Wang Ye's position is undoubtedly the lowest. He currently holds three positions, one is the captain of the column directly under the Wolf Warrior Brigade, and the rank is a regiment, and the other is the chief of the combat department of the column headquarters, and the rank is a battalion. , and there is the chief of staff of the three teams, the level of the regular team, no matter which one is one level lower than Li Yunlong and the others.

But no one underestimated Wang Ye's opinion because Wang Ye had already proved his ability and vision in previous wars. Li Yunlong and the others even felt that if it weren't for his lack of qualifications, the head of the headquarters might have already promoted Wang Ye. To the position of commander of the detachment, let Wang Ye take charge of himself just like them.

Wang Ye said, "Brigade Commander, there is one situation we cannot ignore."

After a pause, Wang Ye continued: "The Mongolian Army was established even earlier than the First Army, especially the No. 20 Sixth Division stationed in Datong. You can tell from the number that this is an old-fashioned division. Moreover, when the high-level Japanese army formed the Mongolian Army, they specially equipped a large number of vehicles in consideration of the vast grassland terrain of Suiyuan. This is a mechanized division in the true sense, and its mobility is very strong.

Hearing this, the brigade commander paused in his heart, and said, "You mean, the devil reinforcements going south from Datong may arrive at the same time as the devil reinforcements from Taiyuan? Or arrive in Anhua earlier?"

"Yes." Wang Ye said, "I think this possibility is very high."