Chapter 687: Bold and decisive, moving forward (Xie’Live in wealth_Live in poverty’ 500)

Xin County.

The joy of autumn harvest, along with the arrival of the slack season, brought smiles to everyone’s face. Almost everyone, now having no worries about food and clothing, began to focus all their attention on the large-scale construction projects in Xin County.

They wanted to build more houses in Xin County before winter. The county government even proposed to build a building on the original ruins in order to accommodate more people in Xin County. If they were not sure about the height, could they build a three-story building? If that didn’t work, they could build two floors. After all, one more floor would allow more people to live there.

County Magistrate Yu of the county government led the refugees to talk and laugh and imagine the future every day. This time, no one disturbed them. The departure of Li Wanchao completely eliminated all strange sounds in Xin County. Even though everyone was covered in dust and dirt on the construction site every day, they were always happy in their hearts.

However, the military sub-district headquarters entered into an extremely tense situation when everyone was relaxed.

“We can’t wait for orders!”

Xu Chaoyang pointed to the line from Ekou to Fanshi on the map, which was the position south of Tiejialing below Ruyuekou, and said, “At present, we have well-trained soldiers, sufficient food, and a continuous supply of ammunition. Fanshi and Ekou are buffer zones and there has never been any Japanese troops stationed here. Only a small number of Japanese scouts have used this place as their forward post. So why not take advantage of the fact that the soldiers have not lost their spirit and fight another battle to completely take over Fanshi and expand our base.”

Chang Zhan glanced at him and said, “What if the Fifth Division feels that we are pressing them too hard?”

Xu Chaoyang waved his hand and pointed towards Tuanchengkou and Lingqiu: “We are targeting his Fifth Division!”

Then, he said analytically: “The Battle of Wuhan left the other Japanese troops with no time to turn around. The Fifth Division was originally isolated in Shanxi, so our strategic goal this time is not just Fanshi, but to take Fanshi as the final benefit that must be taken no matter what.”

“With Fanshi, whether we advance north to Tiejialing or east to Tuanchengkou, we now have a foothold.”

“Wang Tianhao, I will station your New Second Regiment in Fanshi. At the same time, the mission of attacking Fanshi is also given to you…”

Yang Jingyu immediately raised an objection: “No!”

“The New Second Regiment is made up of rookies. If they rashly engage in such a large battle, they will probably be defeated directly.”

However, Xu Chaoyang put his hand on Yang Jingyu’s shoulder during the headquarters’ combat meeting and said, “Old comrade, have you forgotten that we still have 40,000 Sichuan troops?”

“Once the battle started, the New Second Regiment, as the vanguard, raided the frontier outposts of the Japanese in Fanzhi and completely occupied Fanzhi. Behind the New Second Regiment was the Sichuan Army’s large force to attack. Firstly, it was to consolidate the victory, and secondly, I was afraid that the Chahar puppet army behind Ru Yuekou would make some tricks…”

Xu Chaoyang looked back at Deng Xihou and said, “Old Deng, let your 45th Army block the road from Tiejialing to Fanshi and wait for orders. Is that ok?”

“The 41st Army, stationed at Shiling Pass, will replace our 67th Regiment and intimidate Yan Laoxizi;”

“After receiving the signal that Fanshi was occupied, the rest of the Sichuan Army fought their way out of Lingshan…”

Deng Xihou only asked at this moment: “Where to go?”

Pop, pop, pop!

Xu Chaoyang pointed to the most obvious high ground on the map: “Tuanchengkou!”

Yang Jingyu looked at Xu Chaoyang: “Didn’t you say you wanted to launch a blitzkrieg?”

“It’s a blitzkrieg, huh? But the ones who are really fighting the blitzkrieg are us, 217!”

Xu Chaoyang drew a circle at Tuanchengkou with a pen and said slowly: “In this world, the most difficult battle is the siege battle. Tuanchengkou is also a place we have defended before. The geographical advantage is obvious. Lao Chang can hold the pass alone and resist the siege of an entire brigade of the Japanese.”

“But the main reason why siege warfare is difficult is that after the trenches and fortifications are built, the casualties between the attackers and defenders are completely unequal.”

“So, what happens after we have armored vehicles and tanks?”

Xu Chaoyang was talking about the situation in the world during the S1 season. There were no tanks in those days. As long as the defenders dug trenches, the attackers would be in a state of headache. However, this situation changed after the invention of tanks. In the S2 season, the soldiers in the trenches were a weak group in front of tanks without anti-tank guns. “The blitzkrieg I’m talking about is to rely on the mechanized troops of the st Cavalry Battalion to quickly tear open multiple gaps in the enemy’s defense line and penetrate the remaining Sichuan troops like sharp swords!”

Xu Chaoyang kept drawing multiple arrows on the map, all pointing directly to the direction of Tuanchengkou. Then he turned back and said, “Old Chang, I will make up for all the losses I suffered while guarding Tuanchengkou for you this time!”

“Listen carefully, everyone. After 217 opens a gap, the Sichuan Army will penetrate the perimeter of Tuanchengkou and completely surround the Fifth Division there. Itagaki will definitely defend the high ground and all go to Tuanchengkou Heights, believing that Tuanchengkou Heights is the safest place.”

“Do you know how many shells we have produced in these days?”

“That’s seven hundred and twenty one!”

“I’ll count them one by one!”

“As long as you guys chase Itagaki Seishirō up the mountain, I’ll drop all my cannonballs on you!”

“Yes, we don’t have large-caliber howitzers, but we have 720 Type 92 infantry gun shells, which can still blow up the entrance of Tuancheng.”

“Once Tuanchengkou is breached, Lingqiu, Laoye Temple, and Pingxingguan will all be in our hands!”

Yang Jingyu frowned: “Chaoyang, are you thinking too well?”

“So there must be a guaranteed income for this battle, and this guaranteed income is Fanshi.”

“Fanshi is a buffer zone, and the Japanese have no troops stationed there. It’s just right to let the new recruits of the New Second Regiment smell the blood. Even if we fail to successfully tear through the Japanese defense line when we attack the city gate, it will still be a great victory.”

“Don’t worry. At this stage, the Japanese will never think that we dare to send troops to fight them. In their impression, we have been fighting a defensive war since the September 18th Incident. This will form an inertial thinking in their minds…”

Deng Xihou looked at Xu Chaoyang, suppressed his Sichuan accent, and actually worried about Xu Chaoyang: “Have you thought it through? Even if I wanted to take the blame for you this time, I can’t do it. Mobilizing so many troops, it’s not something that can be fooled by just one sentence.”

“unnecessary.”

Xu Chaoyang said confidently: “This time, I’ll report it in advance!”

“report!”

The signalman at the door shouted.

Xu Chaoyang, who was holding a combat meeting, raised his head and looked towards the door. He looked at the dazzling sunlight shining in from the door and said, “Speak!”

“The Military Commission sent a telegram, which clearly stated that the commander-in-chief should translate the message himself.”

“Bring it here quickly.”

After receiving the code book and the telegram, Xu Chaoyang translated it word by word. However, the message in this telegram was very short. After the translation was completed, there were only eight words, which read: “Act boldly and forge ahead!”

Xu Chaoyang looked down at the words he had written on the table with a pen in his hand and was happy…

Deng Xihou looked at these poorly written words and said, “Chaoyang, why do you only write half of the words? Some of them are not even half…”

Yang Jingyu scolded her husband like her own wife: “He can only recognize words at best, how can he write? It’s good enough that he can write like this!”

Yang Jingyu had long been accustomed to Xu Chaoyang’s simplified Chinese characters, but Xu Chaoyang had not yet been able to match all the simplified and traditional Chinese characters. In Old Yang’s eyes, that was just a fabrication by someone who couldn’t write…

(End of this chapter)