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"Young Marshal, the reason why the Japanese keep allocating supplies to Fencheng is because there is a small iron mine in Zhaozhuang. The Japanese mined it here and consumed a lot of manpower and material resources! I think we can start with Zhaozhuang. As long as we take over the iron mine, we can have a chance to get the resources you want!"

Xu Le looked at the map and found that Zhaozhuang was located right in the middle of the Japanese Fencheng and Xinjiang. Although it was backed by the Huoyan Mountain Range to the west, it had to face the Japanese on the other three sides.

"This position is a bit awkward. One side is backed by a mountain, and the other three sides are exposed to the enemy. It's easy for us to attack, but it's not easy to defend. But we can still fight!"

Jiang Feng also shook his head: "Our troops have been reorganized, and the establishment of one regiment has reached 3400 people, but the manpower is not enough, and both regiments are in a compressed state! Although the firepower has surpassed the Japanese, and it is completely possible to compete with an infantry brigade of the Japanese, if we want to defend Zhaozhuang, at least a full regiment must be stationed!

In this case, the division headquarters will only have one regiment to protect it, and there will be no extra troops to mobilize. No, I don't agree with attacking Zhaozhuang. My suggestion is to slowly erode the enemy's small forces, at least until the training of the new recruits is completed!"

Liu Quanhua seemed to disagree with Jiang Feng's words, but what he said was not what he was thinking: "As the saying goes, it is easy to conquer a country but difficult to defend it. If we take down Zhaozhuang, the regiment stationed in Zhaozhuang cannot move. I support Lao Jiang's opinion. The army should develop conservatively!"

Xu Le and Wang Dafu both looked at Liu Quanhua with surprise, because this was not something the other party would say.

Liu Quanhua really wants to have a battle every day, so why is he so timid now?

Only Jiang Feng nodded slightly with a satisfied smile.

Although Liu Quanhua was once the brigade chief of staff, the larger battles were handled by the division staff, while the specific combat details were formulated by the regiment staff, so the position of the brigade chief of staff was rather awkward.

Liu Quanhua is just a little more careful and considerate than Wang Dafu. In fact, there is not much difference between them. Jiang Feng was once sent by the Marshal to the Sichuan Army Crash Course, so he can be considered a person with a real military foundation.

Wang Dafu seemed to understand Jiang Feng's intention, and then he also agreed: "My opinion is the same as theirs. We should develop conservatively. After all, we are behind enemy lines, so we have to be cautious in everything!"

After everyone had said this, Xu Le naturally understood what they meant.

It's nothing more than worrying about your own safety.

He is a lieutenant general. Although his rank is less prestigious than that of other lieutenant generals in the National Guard, his rank is still there.

In addition to the guard troops directly under their command, other lieutenant generals have at least two regiments to protect the safety of the command center and troop commanders.

"Okay, I know what you're thinking. Don't mention that I only have one regiment around me. Even if I don't have one, I still have my guards, right? You don't need to worry about my safety!"

"No!" Jiang Feng interrupted hurriedly: "The guards are indeed strong, but what if we encounter an emergency? Anyway, I can't ignore your safety, young commander!"

Xu Le knew that it was useless to just talk, so he had an idea: "How about this, the guards and I will be the red team, and you 666th and 667th Regiments will be the blue team. Let's conduct a military exercise. Whoever occupies the other side's headquarters first will have to listen to the winner!"

Xu Le was not angry that his subordinates disobeyed orders, because in theory they should do so, not to mention that the people in front of him were uncles who watched him grow up.

"We need to discuss this matter!"

After saying that, Jiang Feng, Liu Quanhua and Wang Dafu went to a corner and started chattering.

A few minutes later, it was Jiang Feng who spoke again: "Let's do it this way. If the young commander can win, no matter what military operations we take in the future, we will follow his arrangements!"

"Okay, your troops are 10 times my strength, and it's not easy to move them. I'll let you be the command center here! I'll lead the guards to evacuate first, and the exercise can start at any time!"

Xu Le immediately stood up and left without any hesitation. Xu Da and Xu Er followed behind him. They both looked at Jiang Feng and the other two coldly, making them shiver.

After Xu Le left, Jiang Feng shouted, "Don't be afraid. The young marshal only has 500 men and no heavy weapons. We have two artillery battalions and a large number of heavy weapons. Our strength is 10 times that of the young marshal. The advantage is mine!"

Liu Quanhua nodded: "The young marshal deliberately left this place for us as the headquarters, hoping to pin us down, but unfortunately his plan failed. Old Jiang, we don't want this place, we should set up a temporary headquarters and don't send heavy troops here. We are hiding in the city, and the young marshal won't be able to find us even if I ask him to!"

"Alright! Let's get started now without further delay. Lao Liu, Lao Wang, call back your troops and send scouts to follow the young marshal and confirm their headquarters!"

.....

Outside Fanzhuang, Xu Da glanced to the side without leaving a trace, then leaned close to Xu Le's ear and said, "Young Marshal, there are three people following us, how should we deal with them?"

"I didn't expect these three guys to start fighting so quickly. Don't worry about them. Let them follow me. I'll have some fun with them!"

......

That night, all 500 members of the escort team were "secretly" transferred to Xizhuang, 12 miles away from Fanzhuang.

the next day.

"You mean there has been no movement since the young marshal's troops entered Xizhuang?"

"Yes, the other comrades are observing closely and will report any abnormalities at any time!"

"What is the young commander going to do? Lao Liu, Lao Wang, what do you think?" Jiang Feng was a little confused.

Liu Quanhua said: "Given the character of the young marshal, if he dares to take the initiative to propose an exercise, he must have been prepared. Speed ​​is of the essence in war, so he can't have made no move! Let me ask you, has anyone entered or left Xizhuang?"

The correspondent replied hastily, "There are many people living in Xizhuang. In addition to the fact that many people go home in the evening, there are only those who go out to work in the morning. I have compared the number of people and the difference is not big. There is no one coming in or out at night!"

Wang Dafu laughed a few times: "You guys are just too worried. How can the young marshal with only 500 people be our opponent? In my opinion, we should push our main force directly, surround Xizhuang first, and then gradually narrow the encirclement, that's it!"

"That's right. How about this! Lao Wang, you lead your regiment to surround Xizhuang, and Lao Liu's regiment will guard around the headquarters to prevent the Red Army from launching a surprise attack!"

.....

At this moment, behind a hill three miles away from Fanzhuang, there was a row of civilians squatting. Upon closer inspection, they all had expressionless faces!

Xu Le said with a dark face: "I don't know what to say to you. Can't you just smile? Fortunately, the people surrounded us, otherwise we would have been discovered by the Blue Army's spies!"