kingnovel Chapter 384 Why are you tangling so much?
Chapter 384 Why are you tangling so much?
It seems like I am in cahoots with the others. But I didn't rob them. I didn't rob them. I also took something.
"Captain, is this...is this appropriate?" Shigeru Miyamoto glanced at Xu Hu, who was still bragging about the team, and had to turn around and ask Takeshita Shun next to him.
What a pity, it seems that the captain has become addicted to this ill-gotten gains and cannot extricate himself.
Because he saw the captain smilingly admiring the golden hairpin. Yes, it was a very beautiful one, and recalling that the captain had a pair of earrings yesterday, and a golden hairpin today. This... the captain couldn't be confused.
"What's inappropriate about it? Didn't I tell you that existence is reasonable?"
It is reasonable for the squad to exist, but the problem is that the squad's existence should not be to harass the enemy and make the enemy busy and tired. What is going on?
"But Captain, we are currently working on something..."
"This is called acting on behalf of heaven, or killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. It is different from banditry. By robbing these traitors who defected to the Japanese army, we are also telling those who are ready to make a move in the Fourth War Zone that if they want to surrender, they should see if they have enough strength. If they don't have this strength, they should evacuate in an orderly manner or keep a low profile."
Really?
Why does it feel like this is an excuse for the squad's looting? And from the sound of it, the captain seems very satisfied.
The captain was not like this before.
"Captain, Foshan has been lost. Do you think we should go there?"
Although Foshan is not as powerful as Guangzhou, it is still a big city after all.
Takeshita Shun put the hairpin into his pocket and nodded slightly. "Then let's go over there. If we want to kill a chicken to scare the monkey, we must strike while the iron is hot."
A telegram was sent from the 14th Division Command to General Okamura Yasuji, instructing the Kuroki Brigade to attack Lanfeng County.
Lanfeng is currently the eastern gate of Kaifeng. As long as we control it, we can control the Longhai Line. When we attack Kaifeng, we will have a better chance of winning.
It is impossible to join up with Wuhan, but at the very least, the troops under his command need to occupy Kaifeng, the provincial capital, so that he can report to the base camp.
"General, it seems that the ambition of the Kuroki Brigade has swelled due to our intentional or unintentional display of weakness.
They really had the guts to use a brigade to attack Lanfeng County which was defended by the 74th Army and a division of the Northwestern Army.
Okamura Yasuji glanced at Tanaka Ichiro and said, "It is not uncommon for a brigade to defeat an army or several armies in the south. However, in the Henan battlefield, because of the failures in the first two battles, we thought it would be difficult."
This……
Ichiro Tanaka vaguely felt that Neiji Okamura was saying that he was afraid.
Is he really scared?
It seemed like he was afraid. After all, the failure of the 14th Division was always a thorn in his heart.
Okamura Neiji ignored Tanaka Ichiro's thoughts, he pointed to the area around Kaifeng and said, "Commander Bai of the First Theater will only have 150,000 troops deployed in Kaifeng and Lanfeng. If we take Lanfeng and then attack from both sides, Kaifeng will surely fall, and we will have achieved half of our goal. Later, even if our army fails in the attack, we will have the credit of occupying Kaifeng, so we don't have to worry about the monster at the headquarters."
This is the minimum requirement, of course, he believes that he will never stop here.
"Then we agree to their request. However, the 74th Army is their elite force after all. Should we ask the division to cooperate?"
Okamura Neiji nodded slightly; "Okay, mobilize a brigade to cooperate with the Kuroki Brigade in the battle. Of course, the biggest cooperation this time is not us."
No?
Ichiro Tanaka was a little confused. According to what the division commander meant a few days ago, the Kwantung Army's forces should be fed into a lawless state. During this period, the 14th Division did not make any attacks, and even withdrew under the attack of the enemy. But why did the general say that the greatest cooperation did not come from the 14th Division?
If it's not me, could it be the enemy?
At the independent regiment headquarters, Zhou Weiguo, who had just returned from the military conference room, conveyed the main operational guidelines of this meeting.
The Japanese army assembled the Kuroki Brigade of the Kwantung Army, a brigade of the 14th Division, plus three tank battalions, two cavalry regiments and three aviation battalions, and was gathering in the direction of Lanfeng.
Seeing that the enemy was attacking Lanfeng, the headquarters of the First War Zone decided to launch a defense battle for Lanfeng to ensure its safety.
The 74th Army, as the main force, will be deployed outside the city to fight against the enemy, and the Independent Regiment will also take corresponding actions.
"Old Zhou, are they going to attack, or use this method to lure us out and annihilate us? We can't tell right now." Sano Tadayoshi quickly outlined where the enemy's forces were assembled and the forces that were used to tie them down, and then he outlined the forces on his side this time.
I felt vaguely that it was inappropriate.
In terms of manpower, our side has an advantage in terms of organization, and has more than 70,000 more troops than the other side, but the problem is that in terms of training and weapons and equipment, we are completely incomparable to the other side. Air supremacy should be used to defend Wuhan.
The several aviation brigades that were originally fighting here have all been transferred away. Now, the only ones left here are the two squadrons of the 4th Brigade. Their purpose is not to control air supremacy, but to be responsible for reconnaissance.
There is absolutely no air superiority.
Why did the Japanese army have to gather troops in such a big way? Are they afraid that something might happen here? With their powerful air force reinforcements, can't they take Lanfeng?
This is not the first Henan Campaign. The first Henan Campaign was because the Fifth War Zone’s troops and the Wuhan Air Force came over, but this time they did not.
So Sano Tadayoshi was worried that this was a way to lure the enemy out of the city and then fight outside the city.
Intersperse and encircle, and thus eat up the Lanfeng defenders.
With the troops assembled on a large scale and stationed in Lanfeng, it is impossible for them not to take action.
Now, the military meeting seems to be following the Japanese army's wishes and mobilizing troops to fight outside the city.
"I have the same worry." Zhou Weiguo nodded slightly. He also made this suggestion at the military combat meeting, but the military commander said that if the troops were gathered together, their air force might have to move back and forth. It would be better to keep them outside the city. As long as they cooperated with each other, there should be no problem.
There is no problem with coordination, but the weapons are uneven. There are also conflicts between local troops and the central army. Whether they can coordinate perfectly is a question mark.
The independent regiment could not cry out as usual this time. After all, if they showed up too much, they would be easily dealt with by the enemy, so the military decided to use the independent regiment as a reserve force this time.
"What do you think?" Zhou Weiguo sat next to him and asked Chao Xiang Xiuling, who was sitting next to him and drinking yellow sugar water listlessly.
Zhao Xiang Xiuling raised her head slightly and glanced at Zhou Weiguo, then put the yellow sugar water aside and frowned, "I have a question. Why are you always struggling with whether to go out or not?"