Anti-Japanese War: My strategist joins the game and awakens the small map!

Sudi, Mazhuang Village, north of Xiangcheng.

"Commander, we can't fight like this. If we keep fighting like this... several of our regiments will be wiped out."

At a command post on a high slope, Zhu Zhengbao, covered in dirt, walked quickly with an anxious look on his face.

Ever since the Japanese invaders launched a large-scale sweep of the Soviet areas under their control and implemented the Three Alls Policy, they have been resisting the sweep.

What was unexpected was that while the Japanese were conducting a sweep, there was also a large force following up with a siege.

The Japanese were trapped in a trap this time. Their location in Mazhuang Village was the last point of the entire Xiangcheng defense line, and they were the last team on this line of defense.

Behind them, a large army of tens of thousands of people and nearly 500,000 civilians were evacuating. If this place was lost, the dozen or so villages behind would be engulfed in war. The soldiers in this area had all experienced a major retreat, and the bloody incidents left behind taught them that they must not let the Japanese advance.

"Can the other three regiments be contacted?" Zhao Wen, commander of the 427th Brigade, put down the telescope in his hand and his face became serious.

This battle can be said to be a tough one. There were five infantry battalions near Xiangcheng, with more than 6,000 people. They swept through several surrounding villages and completely surrounded their four regiments near Mazhuang Village.

"We've lost contact." Zhu Zhengbao said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

boom!

An explosion sounded nearby.

The violent shaking caused a cloud of dust in the command room to fall onto the hats of the two men.

Zhao Wen dusted himself off and looked through the telescope at the battlefield.

The frontline position at the village entrance had been occupied by the Japanese, and the side entrance to the village had been completely lost.

On the battlefield, the two Japanese tanks were like a mountain, standing in front of the soldiers, pushing forward slowly.

It was obviously very slow, and they had no way to deal with them!

clatter! clatter! clatter!

The heavy firepower on the tanks was like a poisonous tongue, constantly devouring the positions in front, and the earth walls in the village could not withstand the devouring of this firepower.

The soldiers behind the wall fell silent as the gunshots rang out.

Across the battlefield, the Japanese encirclement kept shrinking, and the entire village was almost becoming an isolated island.

This made Zhao Wen's eyes gradually turn red. He punched the wall and shouted, "Have the villagers evacuated yet?"

"...halfway through the evacuation, the Japanese cut off our retreat. They had already explored the surrounding terrain thoroughly. They just wanted to eat up all our troops north of Sudi." Zhu Zhengbao said loudly, with helplessness in his tone, and his face became much more solemn.

Judging from the initial raid, the Japanese had already made a plan. Not only did they want to wipe out all the people in the surrounding area in one go, they even wanted to completely cleanse the surrounding villages in order to consolidate their control over the area north of the Soviet Union.

"Damn beasts, they want to eat all of us just for this reason, I want to see how big their appetite is!"

Not only were nearly 10,000 people beaten back step by step by more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers, they were also surrounded by them. Such a gap made Zhao Wen extremely helpless.

The gap in equipment, combat skills, and other factors are the reasons why they are in this situation. They are unable to deal with the two tanks of the Japanese in front of them.

Sometimes when facing the Japanese, he couldn't help but wonder what the Tiger Brigade would do.

"Let the third battalion lead the civilians to break out to the north, and the other regiments will defend Mazhuang Village to give the civilians of the other troops time to evacuate." Zhao Wen gritted his teeth and gave this order.

He cannot retreat. Once he retreats, the entire area around Xiangcheng will be completely turned into a wasteland, and the lives sacrificed may not just be his brigade, but the lives of tens of thousands of troops and more than 100,000 civilians.

The base areas that were built with great difficulty in the north of the Soviet area will be completely wiped out in this raid by the Japanese.

Moreover, part of the reason why the Japanese invaders launched this raid was actually to target them!

So Zhao Wen now wants to defend Mazhuang Village to buy them time, and at the same time use their brigade to exchange for the survival time of the entire area.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhu Zhengbao on the side immediately understood the meaning.

"Yes!" After responding, he quickly gave the order.

Zhao Wen put down the telescope, picked up a rifle, and walked out of the command room. At this moment, it was a life-and-death battle. Only by holding on to the end could the defense line not collapse.

"Brothers, we can't retreat from this battle! How far we can go depends on how long we can hold on!"

Zhao Wen walked in the trench with his waist bent, speaking loudly.

Zhao Wen, who has fought in one battle after another, is already familiar with the battlefield.

"kill!"

"The people are at the position!"

"..."

Zhao Wen raised his gun, and the soldiers' eyes turned red as they shouted. They knew that this battle was not only about the survival of the people, but also about the survival of their regiment.

There was dense gunfire, raging fires in many places throughout the village, and the roar of tanks continued.

The smoke filled the air, and the bright sunny sky turned dark...

Su land.

When approaching Xiangcheng, Lin Tianchen discovered many bright red dots on the edge while observing through the visual map.

It can be said that many places in the surrounding area are caught in the flames of war.

"The first battle on the way south..." Lin Tianchen smiled coldly. It was the first time that he encountered so many Japanese devils on the way south.

But compared with the Kwantung Army, he clearly felt that it was much weaker.

"Commander, the intelligence department has gathered information that the Japanese are currently conducting a crackdown in the Soviet area... Mazhuang Village is the forefront, and a large number of Japanese are gathering there."

Zhang Shanwu spoke quickly.

Lin Tianchen nodded in understanding. After the loss of the major granaries and supply bases in the three northeastern provinces, the Japanese carried out sweeps in many occupied areas, looting money, food, and even ironware such as door locks, which were collected and transported away.

The battle line nearby is intended to wipe out some troops and consolidate control of the area.

Lin Tianchen looked at the map that several people had quickly put together and pondered for a moment.

"Is there any other news about this army?" Lin Tianchen did not go through Shaanxi, but went straight to the mountain city. The fundamental reason was that he wanted to solve the problem of Pudong.

"Yes, in this mopping-up operation, most of the Japanese advancing troops were transferred from Pudong, including the Japanese Marines."

"Pudong..."

Lin Tianchen was not unfamiliar with this place. In the early days, Xu Jingqiang, Xu Lan, and now there was another person who had been transporting medicines to them. This was only part of what he knew. More people were still silently contributing in Pudong.

"It seems they have shifted their strategy and are now focusing on the Pacific theater."

Lin Tianchen smiled coldly. If an island country lost control of the three northeastern provinces, it would have to supplement resources from other places, and it would also need to protect the shipping routes for oil.

To put it bluntly, the Japanese are in urgent need of oil.

If they don't want to fall into the quagmire of the three northeastern provinces again, they will definitely replenish their resources from other places. What we see now is just the tip of the iceberg.

Lin Tianchen keenly realized that the Japanese's logistics system was facing tremendous pressure.

"Zhang Danwu, let the first and second groups take action." Lin Tianchen said in a serious tone.

"Yes."

Zhang Shanwu straightened up immediately. The fact that their troops appeared near Suzhou City made it clear that they were going to Pudong and take the route... and they wanted to attack Pudong by surprise. It was obvious that they wanted to scatter the last rays of the Tiger and Leopard Army in this area south of the Yangtze River.