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

"This is the captain!"

"How can he have the nerve to say that?"

"He only has one regiment, plus an infantry battalion and an artillery battalion, and he claims to have surrounded over 7,000 Japanese and puppet troops!"

"Who's surrounding whom?!"

As soon as Liu Yiyun said this, the others couldn't help laughing.

Guards commander Zhang Dapao even jokingly said, "Old Liu, you're worthy of being my soldier. His unconventional personality is just like his roots!"

As soon as Zhang Dapao said this joke, everyone, who were already smiling, couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

"Hahahahaha!"

Liu Yiyun didn't feel uncomfortable with the teasing. Instead, he said smugly, "Hahaha, what are you laughing at? My soldiers have the same temperament as me. Isn't that normal?"

"Just be envious and jealous!"

After chatting and laughing for a while, Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu said with a smile: "Since the regiment has surrounded more than 7,000 Japanese and puppet troops!"

"Then we can't just watch them get away. We must capture these Japanese and puppet troops!"

"However, if our two-legged infantrymen were to run, I'm afraid it would be too slow!"

"I was originally planning to give everyone a break, but I didn't expect this to happen." Wang Tiezhu paused for a moment before saying, "How about this? Everyone, go back and quickly organize the troops. The 1st Brigade will march north and attack all the way north."

"The Guards Regiment, along with the 1st Brigade's 3rd Artillery Battalion and two garrison regiments, will attack eastward and southeastward to capture Luannan County and the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops."

"Order the Cavalry Brigade to move south quickly, and the 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment to follow suit!"

"Send another telegram to the 1st Air Brigade, instructing them to immediately dispatch three fighter squadrons to support the 1st Regiment once the conditions for takeoff are met."

"After completing your combat missions, each of your units will hand over battlefield cleanup and defense to the follow-up units. You will immediately head south to Ninghe County to support the 1st Regiment."

"We can't miss the big battle today. Even if we can't go to the main battlefield, we can go and give the Japanese and puppet troops a good thrashing."

With Wang Tiezhu's order, the troops took action again.

Although they had not rested for 20 hours, the officers and soldiers did not feel sleepy.

On the one hand, the logistical support is timely, they don’t have to worry about cleaning the battlefield and supplying food, and they don’t have to transport weapons and ammunition, which saves everyone a lot of energy and physical strength.

On the other hand, the intensity of the battles was not high, and most of the energy was consumed on the road. Their strong physical reserves and various buffs allowed them to cope with it easily.

The only possibility is that the horses of the cavalry brigade are under some pressure.

Fortunately, because they were not the main attackers, they were guerrilla warfare and searching behind enemy lines, so their combat effectiveness was very good.

With the support from all aspects, the Independent 1st Division gained a great advantage in such a long-term, large-scale mobile warfare.

Towards Ninghe County!

The regimental commander received a telegram from the temporary command center.

"Cavalry Brigade?"

Seeing that the chief of staff sent out a cavalry brigade to quickly support him, and there was also a 107 rocket artillery regiment, and after dawn, three fighter squadrons would be sent from the 1st Air Brigade, the regiment commander's eyes lit up.

"Hahaha!"

"Tell the brothers, once the battle begins, you must block the Japanese and puppet troops' escape route. If we hold on for another four hours, reinforcements will arrive!"

"The Cavalry Brigade and the 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment are on their way!"

"And our plane will arrive after daybreak!"

When the regimental commander passed on this news, the troops, whose morale was already high, suddenly erupted.

Isn’t it just four hours?

Moreover, it would be light in another hour and a half, and at most in two and a half hours, the planes of the 1st Air Brigade would arrive.

Hold on? Isn't this easy?!

Seven minutes later!

The third wave of Japanese and puppet troops rushed into the encirclement and joined forces with the remaining Japanese and puppet troops from the second wave.

"How's the situation? Are your casualties heavy?"

"How many enemies are there exactly?"

Major General Umekawa looked at the Japanese colonel leading the team and asked with a serious expression.

"Major General, the enemy should number around two thousand."

Hearing the question, the Japanese colonel hurriedly replied: "However, Chu Feng's troops are very strong in combat. Although we have more people than them, our combat effectiveness is not as good as theirs."

"When we arrived, we discovered that the first wave of reinforcements had been wiped out. When the battle began, we realized we had been tricked."

"We have suffered heavy casualties. Over the past few hours of fighting, we have sustained casualties of up to one-half. However, these casualties are all Imperial Army soldiers and those temporarily recruited Imperial citizens. Our warriors are all alive."

"The basic core combat capability is still good!"

Hearing the Japanese colonel's words, Major General Meichuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Huh!"

"Yoshi, not bad, not bad!"

"You've done a great job. As long as we can ensure the core combat effectiveness is still there, that's all that's needed!"

Although the number of people is less than he expected, the core combat effectiveness is maintained, that is, 1,500 imperial soldiers whose combat effectiveness can be guaranteed.

Compared with the Imperial Army and those imperial civilians who had only undergone some military training, he preferred the latter.

Just when Major General Meichuan was about to ask some questions, he suddenly saw three red flares rising into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, shells fell from the sky and landed on the ranks, while deafening shouts of killing came from all directions.

"kill!!!"

"Brothers, follow me!!!"

“Kill the devils!!!”

"Go go go go go!!!"

"..."

This sudden change left Major General Meichuan stunned, as were the other Japanese soldiers.

Nani?

How come there are so many Chinese? ! ! !

"idiot!!!"

But soon, Major General Meichuan reacted. He slapped the Japanese colonel hard and cursed, "Didn't you say there were only more than 2,000 Chinese?"

"Where do these Chinese come from now?"

"Reinforcements? This is too much of a coincidence!!!"

"Can the reinforcements be put into battle as soon as they arrive?!!!"

“Bagya Road!!!”

Looking at the murderous eyes of Major General Meichuan, the Japanese colonel regiment commander didn't dare to say a word, because he was also confused.

But he soon reacted and cold sweat covered his whole body.

"idiot!!!"

"Cunning Chinese, is this actually a trap?"

After the anger, there was a feeling of relief. He knew that if the Chinese had not dug this trap, he would have become a pile of fertilizer on this land like the first wave of reinforcements.