Chapter 943: The butcher's knife is raised
From the very beginning, Liu Ye attached great importance to the direction of Taichung, where not only the three areas divided by the Japanese, Taipei, Taichung, and Tainan were among the three regions, but also the central part of the country with the largest number of troops. The military discipline of this era, that is, the great powers are a little better, and second-rate forces like Japan and Russia are really choking enough, and they are completely out of the stream, and because of this, a lot of things are leaked, such as the number, the strength of the troops, which unit it belongs to, and so on.
During this time, it was impossible for the temporarily constructed intelligence points to take the initiative to infiltrate the Japanese military area like the Intelligence Bureau, and the information they were looking for could be analyzed through some nodes and the situation in the city, and then the situation was summarized and reported to Liu Ye, according to the simple investigation of the intelligence officer, at least more than 30,000 armed personnel passed through Taichung.
Of course, this is a rough data, the movement of the brigade is very large, but they don't dare to go out casually, just watch and listen to the movement from a distance, relying on these analyses of how many people there are, and all that comes out is a range of numbers.
On the Taichung side, because there were too many Japanese troops, it was impossible to clearly see how many Japanese troops had gone to Wufeng's side. However, the situation in other cities can be used as circumstantial evidence, originally, the Japanese soldiers, military and police who can be seen everywhere are rare, and even the Japanese expatriates have put away their previous arrogance, at least not so troublesome. It can be seen how much strength Japan has poured into this kind of transfer. It even led to a significant reduction in the garrisons in other parts of Taiwan.
What a good opportunity, Liu Ye looked at the summarized information and said with a sigh, at this time, it stands to reason that it is the best choice to send some personnel to other Japanese cities for activities. Even a squad can make a huge difference, when the time comes. The whole of Taiwan will be alarmed, the Japanese will be exhausted, and then create opportunities for them.
It's a pity that Liu Ye has already been transferred. What he was able to muster. Almost all forces, at this time, the only force that can be called up in the hands is the special forces, and it is not easy to dispatch for the time being when the Wufeng Army has not completed training and other units have not formed combat effectiveness.
The Japanese came, according to the Northwest intelligence, both under the rule of Taiwan. Still in the Tohoku, the Japanese have never been merciful. As long as they reach the fog peak, the result is certain. sighed, Liu Ye still couldn't be ruthless, knowing the virtues of the Japanese, those people who stayed behind may be more than lucky, but no matter what, if you can live one more person, you should live one more person.
Under difficult circumstances, Liu Ye still transferred a special forces team, as well as 24 scouts to assist, these scouts, in the Wufeng Army, are almost a company of formation, the personnel in the middle are special forces and auxiliary forces, their task is not to annihilate how many Japanese troops, to act at the opportunity, to protect themselves, under the premise of doing their best, as much as possible to inform the people.
These people may not have time to flee to the Valley of Happiness, but they can hide in a place they are familiar with, in the mountains, or other places, in short, they can escape for their lives in various ways.
The special forces who had just rested here for less than 3 days set off again, Liu Ye looked at the special forces who were slowly leaving, silently blessed them in his heart, and then put his mind on the layout in front of him, the special forces are for the last glimmer of hope, as much as they can save, they can save as much as they want, everything they do has nothing to do with the overall situation, what can really decide the overall situation is the strength in the hands of the Wufeng Army, only the training department has enough troops, and the main force of Japan is dragged in the mountains, even if it is a problem.
Time and strength, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from a battalion in the northwest, when the time comes, 3,000 trained fighters with relatively outstanding combat effectiveness should be able to attack in a small area, as long as the Japanese choose the wrong choice and do not completely retreat in the early stage, 3,000 people are enough to break through at least 2-3 wings of Japan each, plus the previous clearance, in a sense, the strength of the Taiwan army will only be half, or even less, so that the strength of both sides will be pulled to the same level. This is very advantageous to the war situation in Taiwan as a whole.
The Wufeng Army can not only occupy the initiative on the battlefield, no longer passively defend, but can even directly counterattack and attack.
Taichung, Suzuki Motogang, who is responsible for commanding this battle, has issued hundreds of orders today, and more and more information is being collected to him, the first batch of 10,000 people has quietly set off last night, and next, the second and third batches.
The army is open, for the Japanese army in this era, there is not such a fast advance speed as later generations, only a small part of the elite divisions, is the horse pulling division, equipped with a large number of horses and vehicles, most of the remaining divisions, only equipped with a small number of horses, these are still used to pull artillery, marching and material handling, just rely on feet, don't look at Taichung from Wufeng, only a few dozen kilometers away, Taipei is not far away, but it is not the railway from Taiwan to Hsinchu, plus the road is relatively flat, They may spend more time, and in a few days, they may not be able to set out of camp.
In this case, it took at least 12 days to arrive in Taichung from the order to concentrate on preparations, to the final assembly in place, and all arrived in Taichung, and these 12 days, plus the 5 days before the governor of Taiwan confirmed the truth, and the 4 days after the Inoue Wing fled from Nantou back to Taichung, it was already 21 days later.
It is these 21 days that determine the success or failure of this battle, on the day the Japanese army left Taichung, it has been 7 days since the last team of Wufeng left, even if they set off at the same time, they may not be able to catch them, not to mention that now, 7 days is enough time to go from Wufeng to Happy Valley.
This time, the Japanese were serious, the first batch of sorties were all regular divisions, the 117th Wing of the Taiwan Army was the main force, and the auxiliary two second-line brigades and regiments were supplemented by the Taiwan Army. There are almost 18,000 people, they are divided into three directions, one goes to Changhua, one goes to Nantou, and the other goes straight to Wufeng, each direction is about 6,000 people, and the strongest combat effectiveness is the 117th Wing of the Taiwan Army and almost 3,000 auxiliary troops in the central part of the Taiwan Army.
The troops are divided into three ways, obviously, not to give a little chance, Changhua Nantou, one in the east of Wufeng, one in the west, outflanked on both sides, the central 117 Wing is the main force, he will attack Wufeng, and strive to take down the Wufeng army.
21 days, the Japanese did not spend it easily, they mobilized a lot of intelligence, and finally confirmed that the source of Wufeng, the Lin family is the goal they have been pursuing for a long time, and it has been hidden very well, but they didn't expect that in Wufeng, which is close to Changhua and Taichung, this department must not let them run away again.
Changhua was the first to arrive because of the distance, and after the Japanese army crossed Changhua, they pounced directly on the back side of the fog peak, and the other two parts also sped up. The soldiers are fast, the speed of the Japanese regular army is still relatively fast, Taichung to Wufeng, it took more than 2 days, it seems that some investigations have been done before, and they went straight to the core of the Lin family in Wufeng.
Perhaps in pursuit of speed, the Japanese army did not enter any village, and even if it was a last resort, they hurried through the village and exerted their speed to the extreme. But the appearance of a large number of Japanese soldiers, even if they did not harass the village, but it had a great impact on the villagers of Wufeng, and some people began to regret it, why did they not go with the Lin family before, no matter how to say it, the Lin family has a big business, so many years, it is also a matter of words, at least it can ensure their safety, and now that the Japanese are really here, there are still so many people, and they are vicious, will they be angry with them if they do not recruit the Wufeng army.
In a sense, what the Japanese have done in Taiwan is simply black to a certain extent, and no one dares to pin their fate on the conscience of the Japanese.
It's a pity that there is no regret at this time, a team of Japanese soldiers, endless, 10,000 people, even on the road, is a very large number, neat, can stretch for several kilometers, the soldiers crossed, no one dared to say more, can not say more, at this time, hiding at home is the best choice, after the Japanese army crossed, some smart, packed up the soft and easier to carry things at home, and left directly, Luo Fuxing's uprising, did not use so many armed forces, These people from the village, there are hundreds of thousands of people, I don't know if there will be more, to Wufeng, but not only one road in front of them, the gentleman does not stand under the wall, early planning is the best choice.
There are a lot of people who have such thoughts, these clever ones, directly choose to find a remote place outside, leave Wufeng and then say, they have suffered a lot, but at least, they were not killed by the Japanese army who vented their anger, and they successfully survived.
The appearance of the Japanese gave the calm fog peak and brought turbulent waves, although the blood had not yet come out, but the butcher's knife had been raised high, with the Japanese as the center, and the waves inside secretly began to ripple fiercely. (To be continued......)