Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

As the Lieutenant General Commander of the Mongolian Army finalized the combat objectives, the combat staff of the entire Mongolian Army Command, led by the Major General Chief of Staff, began to formulate a combat plan.

By the evening, the relevant combat plan had been finalized.

The Mongolian Army Headquarters immediately sent the combat plan to the North China Front Army Headquarters and the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

"吆西!"

"The Mongolian troops are moving very quickly, good job!"

"This battle plan is good. After victory, the pressure on our North China Front Army will be greatly reduced."

After receiving the battle plan, General Terauchi Hisaichi asked the staff to review the battle plan. Finding no problems, he began to deploy troops.

"Tell our people to march to Zhangjiakou immediately without delay to join the troops stationed in Mongolia!"

“All departments must fully cooperate and there must be no mistakes.”

"Anyone who fails to follow orders will be subject to military law!"

On this side, General Terauchi Hisaichi's order had just been issued, and the Kwantung Army also acted quickly.

The Kwantung Army had just undergone a large-scale expansion at this moment. They could not withdraw combat troops, but they had no problem withdrawing an artillery regiment.

Considering that most of the battles are in the mountains, there is no need for large-caliber artillery. All of them are 75mm mountain cannons or 90mm mortars.

It also includes two divisions from the puppet state of Manchukuo.

This result was agreed upon by General Terauchi Hisaichi and the Kwantung Army. The Imperial Army of the North China Front suffered heavy losses and is still accumulating strength. While training new recruits and forming marching units, the remaining veterans and Chinese troops willing to surrender are being expanded and trained.

In the end, the Imperial Army could only be drawn from the puppet Manchukuo, and the North China Front Army, in addition to drawing out an independent mixed brigade, only provided a batch of weapons and equipment.

"Brigade Commander, a telegram has arrived from the Third Detachment!"

At the temporary base of the First Detachment, a combat staff officer hurried over with a telegram.

"Ok?"

Liu Yiyun grabbed the telegram in his hand, took a look at it, and raised his brows slightly.

"What's wrong? Old Liu!"

Seeing Liu Yiyun's expression, Captain Gao asked in surprise.

"The Japs are about to take action!"

Hearing Captain Gao's question, Liu Yiyun didn't waste any words. He handed the telegram to Captain Gao and said in a calm tone.

"The Japs are about to take action?"

Upon hearing this, Captain Gao was stunned again. He reached out to take it, took a look at it, and frowned: "Old Liu, the Japs are planning to gather a large army and launch a sweep against us!"

The Eighth Route Army encountered such situations many times.

Although the Japanese army was fighting against Chu Feng's troops from the second half of last year to the first half of this year, it does not mean that the Japanese army allowed the Eighth Route Army to develop at will.

Just some time ago, the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi Province gathered Japanese and puppet troops in the Shimen area and launched a nine-way encirclement and suppression campaign against the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi.

In addition, the same is true for the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, of course not near Chufeng, but near the Eighth Route Army in the direction of the Zhengtai Railway.

Because of Chu Feng in this life, repeated joint operations, and private transactions, the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army have been greatly improved compared to the previous life.

The newly expanded troops still face problems of poor weapons and equipment and lack of ammunition.

But at least there are rifles.

Therefore, in these two large-scale mopping-up operations, the Japanese did complete their assigned tasks. They just wreaked havoc on the base, but they also paid a considerable price.

Now, as soon as Captain Gao saw the intelligence reported by the Third Detachment, he knew that the Japanese were about to launch a large-scale sweep.

"Then shall we continue to attack the county?"

Captain Gao frowned and looked at Liu Yiyun and asked.

"beat!"

Liu Yiyun's answer to Captain Gao's question was also very concise. He said, "Why not fight?"

"It's their business to raid, and we can just take on them when the time comes."

"It won't affect our plan to attack the county town." Having said this, Liu Yiyun looked at the battle map and said, "However, to prevent reinforcements from the Japanese and puppet troops, the battle originally planned for two days will be moved forward by one day."

Upon hearing Liu Yiyun's decision, Captain Gao didn't object. He simply nodded and said, "Okay."

More than 2,600 Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers transferred from the Northwest Shanxi Military Region have arrived.

Now the number of troops under the control of Liu Yiyun and Captain Gao has exceeded 10,000.

Without the newly recruited soldiers, they had no combat effectiveness at all and could only be led by the supply battalion, who were responsible for logistics and supplies. Even so, Liu Yiyun's combat force had reached a terrifying scale of 9,000 people.

A total of fifteen artillery pieces from the second and third detachments were also delivered.

The time to attack the county town is ripe, and it won’t make a difference even if we do it a day earlier.

"Send a telegram to all battalion commanders, call a meeting!"

Liu Yiyun no longer hesitated and shouted directly.

After hearing this, the combat staff hurried to send a telegram. The telegram was sent at 6 pm, and the battalion commanders arrived at 7:30 pm.

After having dinner at the detachment headquarters, the group went to the combat command room.

"We have received intelligence from the Third Detachment that an independent mixed brigade of the North China Front Army has arrived by train at the headquarters of the Mongolian Army."

"At the same time, a large amount of supplies were continuously delivered via the Pingsui Railway."

"In addition, the Mongolian garrison and the puppet Mongolian army are also mobilizing large numbers of troops. Based on these unusual movements of the Japanese and puppet troops, I suspect the Japanese may be planning a large-scale sweep against us."

Looking at his subordinates, Liu Yiyun didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.

Chu Feng just doesn't like to talk nonsense and gets straight to the point, so his subordinates have learned all these advantages. The officers and cadres of the entire Independent 1st Division prefer to be pragmatic rather than idealistic.

"So I discussed with Captain Gao and decided not to wait any longer and launch the attack a day in advance."

"We can't wait until the Japanese and puppet troops are deployed before attacking. By that time, too many variables could arise, and we might not be able to capture the county town."

Hearing Liu Yiyun's words, the battalion commanders of the first team all showed excited expressions. As long as they could defeat the Japanese, it would be fine, one day or two days earlier.

Even if Liu Yiyun said that the ammunition would be distributed in an hour and the attack would be launched at 12 o'clock tonight, they would have no objection.

All they want is to fight the Japanese. As long as they can fight the Japanese, they don’t mind staying up late and not sleeping.