Chapter 1754 Undercurrent

When one's status reaches the level of Terauchi Juichi, he can definitely reach the pinnacle in terms of mutual use.

Terauchi Juichi knows that he can't just let it go by putting the blame on Yanagawa Heisuke.

The reason is very simple. If Yanagawa Heisuke can turn the tide, he can also benefit.

Apart from anything else, at least he has the reputation of a wise leader.

On the other hand, if Yanagawa Heisuke fails, Terauchi Juichi will have to take over the gun against the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army from Yanagawa Heisuke.

The point is that if there is no accident, it will be the same as the current situation. Although there are many people, they can't surround the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and annihilate it.

In this way, it will definitely affect the overall situation.

The Battle of Xuzhou is about to start. According to the strategic plan of the island country headquarters, this war is to play the game of setting things right.

If the Chinese government army had not initiated the Battle of Songhu, the island country would have followed the example of the Yuan Dynasty destroying the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty destroying the Ming Dynasty, and would have moved south from the north, thus destroying China.

Unexpectedly, although China knew that the Battle of Songhu would fail, it still played with all its main forces.

There was no way, the island country had to be led by China and divided its troops to the Songhu area.

The troops were greatly dispersed and could not concentrate their forces to occupy China.

Therefore, at this time, there are still many Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces in both North China and Central China.

According to the idea of ​​the island country's headquarters, the ultimate goal of this Battle of Xuzhou is to connect North China and Central China, and then start to seek Wuhan.

However, in order to realize this ultimate idea, two prerequisites are needed.

First, in the Battle of Xuzhou, it is necessary to hit the main force of China again.

Second, before and after the Battle of Xuzhou, it is necessary to completely annihilate all kinds of anti-Japanese armed forces in North China and Central China.

Among the many anti-Japanese armed forces, the most in need of annihilation is the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army!

After all, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has long been the leader of various anti-Japanese armed forces since its emergence.

Although they are not many in number, they are always invincible.

Every time they appear, they will kill and injure a large number of island troops and various imperial army troops.

It can be imagined that under the leadership of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, other anti-Japanese armed forces will definitely be encouraged.

In this way, let alone turning around to attack Wuhan, even stabilizing the situation in North China and Central China is not an easy task.

Thinking of this, Terauchi Juichi did not dare to give Yanagawa Heisuke eye drops.

In a word, as long as Yanagawa Heisuke comes to command the battle, I, Terauchi Juichi, will give people and weapons to you.

With this mentality, after receiving Yanagawa Heisuke's reply, Terauchi Juichi promised again and again for Yanagawa Heisuke's various requests.

Yanagawa Heisuke wants a plane, it doesn't matter, I will transfer it to you from the three northeastern provinces or even the island countries.

You Yanagawa Heisuke want mountain artillery, Type 92 infantry artillery, rapid-fire artillery, etc., and I, Terauchi Juichi, can do the same.

What?

You also want to airdrop officers, that's not a problem.

Although most of these officers have not experienced airborne training, and there will definitely be a lot of casualties in the process, they are all senior soldiers of the empire, so they naturally have to be aware of casualties.

In fact, among Yanagawa Heisuke's many suggestions and requirements, Terauchi Juichi appreciates one of them the most.

Yanagawa Heisuke said that if the battle is in the plains, it will be very effective if it is carried out in the form of a division.

However, fighting in the deep mountains and forests, and the target is a special force similar to the German special forces, and then dealing with it with a division as a structure, the restrictions are too great.

Of course, it is not very suitable to deal with the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army as a regiment.

After all, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has a strong firepower output.

Besides, the regiment's tactical capabilities are too single and the types of firepower are too few.

For example, in the infantry regiment, except for the infantry battalions under it, there is no cannon.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the infantry regiment is quite strong.

The cavalry regiment, the engineering regiment, the logistics regiment, etc., can't even think about dealing with the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

Although the artillery regiment can compare its firepower with the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, its own defense ability is too poor.

If it is not careful, to be precise, once it is targeted by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the artillery regiment will be annihilated.

Similar lessons are simply too numerous to mention.

The division is too big and the regiment is too small.

In this case, why not form some brigades with more or less troops and more complete firepower types?

To be precise, some independent mixed brigades should be established.

Tactical-level large units such as brigades have more troops and more firepower types than regiments.

Specifically, it should include infantry, artillery, cavalry, baggage soldiers, communication teams, reconnaissance battalions, medical soldiers, etc.

In this way, once they encounter the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, each brigade can hold out for a period of time.

Unlike the previous regiment, it was easily annihilated by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

The key point is that while persisting in fighting, such a brigade should immediately contact the front-line headquarters.

After receiving the battle report from the front, the front-line headquarters should immediately coordinate with other independent mixed brigades around to quickly make a move to encircle the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

On the other hand, if the division system continues, the negative impact will be numerous.

The division has too many troops and is too wasteful.

The most important thing is that it is very difficult to mobilize a division with 20,000 to 30,000 troops in the deep mountains and old forests.

The key point is that because of the inflexible mobilization, the opportunity to fight is often missed.

Thinking of this, Terauchi Hisaichi admired his colleague Yanagawa Heisuke very much.

It seems that in the Battle of Songhu, on the basis of Matsui Iwane's Shanghai Expeditionary Army, the reason why the headquarters formed the Tenth Army and made it the Lieutenant General Commander-in-Chief of the Tenth Army was not wrong.

Yanagawa Heisuke, this guy, although very wretched, is very smart and has a high command art.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Terauchi Hisaichi's eyes lit up.

Then, he showed ecstasy.

As an important commander who was about to lead his troops to the Battle of Xuzhou, the rhythm was driven by Yanagawa Heisuke, and Terauchi Hisaichi came up with a good idea.

During the Battle of Xuzhou, in addition to continuing to send divisions as the main participating forces, an appropriate number of brigades should also be gradually deployed.

In this case, because of the advantages of strong combat effectiveness, flexible mobilization, and a variety of firepower, each brigade will definitely make due contributions in terms of siege.

"Ha ha ha..."

Thinking of these wonderful prospects, subconsciously, Terauchi Juichi let out a weird laugh.

And the fact that he was beaten by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army before was selectively forgotten.

Strike while the iron is hot!

With ecstasy on his face, Terauchi Juichi immediately entered the role and issued orders frequently.

Ye Tian is not aware of these operations of Terauchi Juichi and Yanagawa Heisuke for the time being.

At present, Ye Tian is still focused on leading his troops to beat the ground forces of the Japanese and puppet coalition forces.

Ye Tian never thought that this time, he actually shot down and destroyed more than 300 Japanese planes.

Thinking that at the same time, he also killed hundreds of Japanese pilots, Ye Tian was even more ecstatic.

Watching the Japanese and traitors being blown to death in large numbers, Ye Tian laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

Yes, the bigger the noise we make here, the more Japanese and puppet forces we attract, and the more advantageous it will be for the upcoming Battle of Xuzhou.