Chapter 342: Division of Troops
"I'm in a hurry!" After raising his hand to stop the three subordinates who wanted to stand up, Yang Xingguo said with a relaxed face.
Because, with the guarantees of Zhong Hu and Zhang Shaozeng, the Japanese artillery unit that Yang Xingguo cared about the most was no longer a threat.
With the sophisticated equipment of the Liaodong Army today, coupled with the fact that it is on the defensive side, it has an absolute firepower advantage. Yang Xingguo does have easy capital.
Seeing that several people had embarrassed expressions on their faces, Yang Xingguo continued: "Of course, it is also appropriate to be anxious, after all, our opponent still has more than 20,000 elites who have not been eliminated......"
"But what I want to tell you is that your wait was well worth it......"
"The reason why I say this is because when you were waiting, I solved the two artillery wings of the Japanese army that posed the greatest threat to you."
"After the battle began, at most, two artillery wings of the Japanese army would be devastated......"
Wang Hu, the commander of the 1st Division, had the most combat experience with the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield because he directly faced the Japanese army.
On the frontal battlefield, Wang Hu had already suffered losses from the Japanese artillery unit more than once.
Therefore, in the future battles between Wang Hu and the Japanese army, unless he has an absolute superiority in artillery fire. Otherwise, Wang Hu would definitely find a way to avoid the Japanese artillery units and fight them.
Now that the Japanese will lose their artillery first in the next battle, the happiest one is Wang Hu.
However, happy to be happy, Wang Hu's heart was also full of doubts.
After all, the Japanese army had the strength of two artillery wings, and there were nearly 20,000 elites around to protect them.
In Wang Hu's view, knocking out the two artillery wings of the Japanese army at the beginning of the battle had no intention of pulling out the teeth of the tiger, and it was impossible to complete it.
And now, Yang Xingguo not only succeeded in extracting his teeth, but also looked very relaxed, which had to make Wang Hu suspicious.
So, Yang Xingguo finished speaking. Wang Hu asked rhetorically with a complicated expression of excitement and suspicion.
"Commander, is this all true? How did you solve it? ”
Zhao Zhigang and Zhou Qiangsheng's two pairs of eyes also quickly converged on Yang Xingguo.
Yang Xingguo did not hesitate, and immediately motioned to Sun Liechen to speak his mind.
After it's over. The faces of the three division commanders were not only excited but also excited.
And at this moment, Zhou Qiangsheng suddenly spoke: "Commander, since the Japanese army will lose its combat effectiveness an hour after the battle begins, the Japanese army, which has lost its artillery, will continue to attack Fengcheng. That's ...... to death."
"However, no matter what, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is not vegetarian......"
"Even if we have an advantage in firepower and terrain, the defending troops will lose a lot of ......"
"The three divisions have fought so far, and our second division has achieved the least results and the smallest losses. Therefore, I implore the commander to give me the task of defending the city, let me take my brothers to defend Fengcheng, and turn Fengcheng into a flesh mill for the Japanese! ”
The difficulties and casualties faced by holding Fengcheng are far greater than what Zhou Qiangsheng said.
20,000 Japanese troops lost two artillery wings. That's also 20,000 elites who are well-trained and armed to the teeth.
More than 7,000 people from the 3rd Division ambushed two infantry wings of the Japanese army, which were only equipped with light replenishment weapons, and with the help of 3,000 grenades, they could lose more than 1,000 people.
What's more, the elite of 20,000 Japanese troops attacked Fengcheng, which had only six or seven thousand defenders.
Besides, the commander promised that the two artillery wings of the Japanese army would be wiped out within an hour of the start of the battle.
However, before the Japanese artillery wing was wiped out, even if the two artillery wings only shelled Fengcheng for half an hour, or even ten minutes. One bad one can bring a devastating blow to the defending troops.
It can be seen that although the defense of the city can achieve good results.
But. The possible price for the defenders is also very heavy, and it is definitely a task that does not outweigh the losses.
Therefore, after Zhou Qiangsheng finished speaking, Wang Hu and Zhao Zhigang admired Zhou Qiangsheng's courage. But neither of them spoke.
looked at Yang Xingguo together and waited for Yang Xingguo to make a decision.
"Okay, just your second division will guard Fengcheng ......" After a short silence, Yang Xingguo decisively decided.
Subsequently, he ordered directly to Zhou Qiangsheng: "In order to destroy the two artillery wings of the Japanese army in one fell swoop, just start. It is impossible for the artillery division to provide you with any artillery support. ”
"However, in order to increase the strength of the defending troops, after the meeting, Division Commander Zhou, you will immediately take people to the Japanese army material warehouse to receive fifty heavy machine guns and fifty light machine guns. As for bullets, there is no limit, you can get as many ...... as you can use."
Zhou Qiangsheng, who was already mentally prepared for heavy losses, could get so much equipment support before the war, which he did not expect.
Therefore, after listening to Yang Xingguo's order, Zhou Qiangsheng was surprised and delighted.
Then, with a confident face, he assured: "Please rest assured, commander, such a good weapon, such a sufficient ammunition, I promise to let the Japanese army leave as many corpses outside the city as possible at the minimum cost." “
After Yang Xingguo's order was issued, Wang Hu and Zhao Zhigang immediately looked at Yang Xingguo with red eyes, and also wanted to share some weapons from Yang Xingguo.
Yang Xingguo didn't let them wait too long before saying: "You don't want heavy machine guns, after the troops lose some people, there should be more and no less heavy machine guns...... Go and get twenty light machine guns for each of you, bring enough ammunition, and equip all the units directly under each regiment with ......"
"Commander Xie......" The two of them hurriedly thanked.
Yang Xingguo nodded and continued to order: "After receiving the weapons and ammunition, the two of you should not be idle. Immediately lead the troops out of the city, lurk and wait for orders. ”
"Of course, after leaving the city, you can't be idle......"
"After the Japanese army began to attack Fengcheng, you began to act, blocking all the passages that the Japanese army could break through in the shortest possible time. Then, with the battalion as a unit, move to the rear of the Japanese attacking force and wait for the order to attack......"
"Master Zhou, don't be idle with your second division. Immediately enter the city, rely on the city walls, and build fortifications......"
"In order to eliminate more than 20,000 Japanese troops at the minimum cost, your second division must withstand the Japanese attack in one day......"
"After you have almost exhausted the 20,000 Japanese troops, I will send a signal to the encircled troops outside the city to attack the Japanese troops from behind, attack them from inside and outside, and destroy them in one fell swoop, without giving the Japanese troops any chance to resist......
As soon as the three division commanders left the command headquarters with different expressions, Zhang Shanlin, the head of the special operations detachment, was called out to the command headquarters.
"Commander, is it that my special operations detachment has a mission...... As soon as he entered the command headquarters, Zhang Shanlin asked with a look of anticipation.
Yang Xingguo nodded and replied: "There is a mission, but it is not a combat mission......
"As long as nothing happens, the three main divisions plus one heavy artillery division can already control the situation here. So, the special operations detachment doesn't have much to do here......"
"I decided to let you take the special operations detachment to the Liaoyang area, go to the confrontation battlefield between the Japanese army and Lao Maozi, and find a way to create friction between the two troops and let them fight......"
"Although Lao Maozi promised that we would hold off the Japanese army, I was not at ease."
"Only if you go and let the small battles between Lao Maozi and the Japanese continue, can the Japanese be really dragged in Liaoyang."
"In this way, we can rest assured that we can boldly operate in Fengcheng, eliminate more than 20,000 Japanese troops, and empty Fengcheng." (To be continued.) )