Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Group through Robbery

Chapter 248 The More You Understand, the More You Suffer

Zhou Weiguo returned to the regiment headquarters after the meeting.

The mission of the independent regiment was to remain stationed in Qingshui Town and wait for an opportunity, while the 41st Army and a division of the 71st Army, which were originally on the flank, were exchanged. At the same time, three lines of defense were set up in the north, and the Corps Command was transferred to Lincheng. The 41st Army entered the defense of Teng County, the 59th Army went north to respond, and a brigade of the 74th Division of the 58th Army and a division of the 71st Army went to the north in coordination.

While building up layers of defense, it will be convenient for us to carry out internal strife operations and lure his Sakata Division southward.

At the regiment headquarters, Zhou Weiguo briefly explained the battle plan for this meeting and took a sip of tea. "Let everyone have a good rest. By then, our regiment will have a brigade of the 71st Army, which will be the main force to intercept their reinforcements. There will definitely be a fierce battle between us and them."

Fang Shengli squinted his eyes and watched from the side. "But if the Isogai Division comes down, who will stop them?"

"If the Tang Corps, with so many people, can't stop his newly recovered Isogai Division and the Fourth Division, the old man will kill him even if Commander Li doesn't want him to die."

There are more than 700,000 people around Xuzhou. If you give up the Isogai Division, what will happen to the other 700,000 people? They will be surrounded and killed by the Japanese army.

The old man loves this fat man Tang, but the premise is that you don't kill his hundreds of thousands of people. If you try to kill him, he will bury your whole family with you.

Several people in the regiment nodded. Xiao Ya saw that the matter was settled, so she took out a telegram. "By the way, Awen, yesterday the Japanese Army's northern front headquarters sent a telegram to Jining. After analysis, we found that it was sent by Terauchi Juichi to Takeshita Shun. The purpose was to have him carry out a surprise attack on the resistance forces that might threaten the railway line."

Tian Jing frowned slightly beside him. Most of the resistance forces along the northern line were people organized by himself. No matter where Takeshita Shun went, the ones who would be lost would be the troops in the cave.

"Where will they go?" Tian Jing asked as she looked at the densely packed topographic map to the north.

Fang Shengli blinked his eyes. "Who cares where he goes? Just make sure he doesn't harm our people."

Damn it, I was too indulgent. How could I have forgotten that the people here were not really cooperative?

Zhou Weiguo glanced at Tian Jing and saw that she was so stunned by Fang Shengli that she didn't know how to start again.

He coughed and said, "It doesn't matter where he goes. He can go wherever he wants. But no matter what, those resistance forces are also helping us fight."

Fang Shengli folded his arms. "I can't intervene. Who knows what that bastard Takeshita Shun is thinking? Where will he attack?"

Xiao Ya thought for a while, "We don't know, so let's lure him over here. Xu Hu has already returned, right? Let Xu Hu lead a small team to attack the Sakatan Division's transportation lines or destroy their transportation vehicles after they move south, forcing Terauchi Hisaichi to transfer Takeshita Shun back."

This is indeed a solution. Zhou Weiguo turned around and called out, "Xu Hu."

"Captain, I'm here." Xu Hu came up to Zhou Weiguo. Zhou Weiguo pointed at the map and said, "Don't stay in the headquarters. Take the team out for some training. I don't have much time left for you."

Takeshita Shun has become a powerful figure. If I want to confront him next, I will need to do it myself. Now I have to let my team grow up quickly so that I can use them with ease when the time comes.

"Don't worry, Captain. I'll get ready right away." Xu Hu saluted and turned around and ran. After running two steps, he ran back and asked, "Um, Captain, do you want to rob?"

"You are talking nonsense." Zhou Weiguo patted his helmet. "If anyone wants to steal it, just give it to me."

After resting for three days at the assembly point, the Sakatan Division once again launched an attack on Fujikawa, and the Isogai Division also launched an interception of the Tang Corps. As for the 4th Division, although it also dispatched a certain amount of troops, their procrastination made Isogai abandon them directly.

It is better to pray that a sow can climb a tree than to pray that they can attack with all their strength.

Just as analyzed, no one from the Japanese army showed up this time. The two brigades of the Sakatan Division, supported by air force, advanced step by step from the left, while the Seya Detachment also moved forward step by step in the same way. No one made any progress.

This situation continued until the fourth day, when the 71st Army's division withdrew from its position without informing the 59th Army in the front. The 59th Army, seeing that its rear was about to be attacked, abandoned its position and headed towards Tengxian County.

The emergence of contradictions made Sakata at the division headquarters feel that his chance had come.

He read the message again and again, then walked to the map and pointed, "Let the 59th Brigade pursue behind the 21th Army. After occupying Fujin County and consolidating the position, they will pursue in the direction of Lincheng. A regiment of the 74st Brigade will approach the direction of the Seya Detachment to force the Yu Corps to split up. Also, tell the commander of the Isogai Division to quickly defeat the main force of the Tang Corps and go south to contain the enemy's th Army Independent Regiment and other units."

The Chief of Staff thought for a moment and frowned, "Your Excellency, our army is currently advancing step by step. If we allow the 9th Brigade to pursue quickly, it is possible that we will break through. Once the enemy surrounds us, our division will probably suffer huge losses."

Bantan laughed and looked at his chief of staff; "You don't know them yet, or you don't know the old man in Wuhan, he is using the opponent's strength to defeat him."

"What the division commander meant is that the Central Army is actually making some small moves."

"Yes, since the Northeast changed its flag, although Wuhan nominally unified the entire country, in fact, it is still independent. Typical examples are Sichuan, Guangxi, Shanxi, Qinghai and other places. Although they nominally obey Wuhan, they actually ignore it and develop on their own. After the Battle of Shanghai, local troops from all over the country went out to participate in the war, but their supplies were pitifully small. This is just Wuhan trying to use our army to consume their strength."

The chief of staff listened attentively, while Bantan continued to explain with saliva flying beside him.

"The commander of the Fifth War Zone is a big shot of the Gui army. Most of the troops under his command are local forces and the Gui army. The arrival of the Central Army has broken the balance. They are still looking for every opportunity to suppress the local forces. This is what we are seeing now. The 71st Army has secretly abandoned its position."

Is that so?

However, during the Battle of Shanghai, local troops and the central army cooperated in the battle, but this situation did not occur. Could there be some conspiracy here?

The chief of staff felt that something was amiss. Since the war began, even since the battle on this side, they had never encountered such a situation. Why would they cause trouble at this moment for no reason?

Don’t they care about the hundreds of thousands of people surviving in the rear?

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, could this be a conspiracy on their part?"