Bright Sword: Stop pretending, I am the most powerful warlord

"Wu Qianli and the others have entered the grassland? Is this news accurate?"

The deputy commander asked excitedly, the smile on his face could no longer be concealed.

The chief of staff nodded with a smile, and handed him the telegram in his hand: "The telegrams have all been sent, can this matter be false?"

"Since they have already entered the grassland, I don't think we need to stay here in Changshan to waste time with the devils. We might as well go back to Northwest Shanxi."

The deputy commander-in-chief said after a few seconds of silence: "No, we can't retreat yet."

"Wu Qianli and the others have just entered the grassland not long ago. If we retreat at this time, if the devils get the news, they will definitely send troops to chase after them. It is very likely that the success will fall short!"

The chief of staff sighed: "They have all been in the grassland for two days, and even if the devils go after them, they will have to travel for more than two days."

"We have been fighting until now, and every attack has to consume a lot of ammunition and countless food. If this continues, it will shake our foundation."

Of course, the deputy commander-in-chief mentioned by the chief of staff knows that no matter what age, the consumption of military supplies in wars is extremely terrifying. There is surplus.

But if it loses, it will definitely be a crushing blow to the loser.

Although there are enough supplies for the eighth road now, we have to consider the future road, so we have to save as much as possible!
"Then don't attack!" The deputy commander said: "Just spend time with the devils, don't give them a chance to send troops, but don't confront them either."

The chief of staff was stunned: "No withdrawal and no attack, what kind of play is this?"

The deputy commander-in-chief chuckled: "If you don't take the initiative to attack, if the devils attack, we will counterattack symbolically. If they want to transfer troops to the prairie, then we will take the initiative to attack. In short, no matter what method you use, you must give me the opportunity to fight back." The devil was nailed to death in Changshan!"

"Yes!" The chief of staff responded and left.

Soon, the order of the deputy commander-in-chief was issued to all units.

Although the commanders of each unit did not understand, they still chose to obey the orders of their superiors. For a while, the attacking units stopped attacking and returned to their positions to build trenches.

Upstairs in Changshan City, Yoshino frowned.

"What's going on? What exactly are these Tubalus trying to do? Why did they stop attacking suddenly?"

The devil's chief of staff shook his head: "Perhaps Tuba Road is preparing to retreat, I suggest that we can launch an attack at this time, maybe it can hit them hard."

Yoshino nodded, and called the messenger: "Notify all troops to fire immediately while the Tuba Road is retreating. In addition, let the 13th Regiment get ready to launch an attack as soon as the gunfire stops. Be sure to take their positions! "

"Roms!"

Not long after, artillery fire rang out from the devil's position outside Changshan, and countless shells pierced the sky and bombarded the Eighth Route Army's position with a thunderous sound.

However, the various positions have already received orders to deepen the trenches and build a large number of bomb shelters.

When the gunfire stopped and the 13th Regiment rushed out of the city, countless soldiers of the Eighth Route Army came out of the trenches and threw grenades at the devils frantically, while mortars bombarded them.

The 13th Wing could only retreat into the city in embarrassment under the powerful firepower and bombardment of shells.

Yoshino on the tower suddenly put down the binoculars and looked at the chief of staff viciously.

"Baga, didn't you say that Tuba Road is preparing to retreat? Is this how they retreat?"

"They obviously built trenches and bomb shelters. Because of your stupid judgment, the No.13 Regiment has been severely damaged, and you are fully responsible for it!"

The devil's chief of staff felt helpless for a while. Judging from all the previous signs, it is reasonable to say that the Eighth Route Army should indeed withdraw its troops at this time, but the result is exactly the opposite of what he guessed.

"I'm very sorry, Your Excellency Yoshino, Tubalu's cunning is far beyond my imagination."

Yoshino snorted coldly, picked up the binoculars again, and was stunned again.

Tubalu, who repelled the attack of the 13th regiment, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but built trenches again, which made Yoshino wonder for a while what Balu wanted to do.

"What on earth do these Tubalus want to do? To advance and not to advance, to retreat and not to retreat, this style of play is simply unreasonable!"

"Order, the 14th Regiment leaves from the east gate to see if we can sneak around behind!"

However, not long after Yoshino's order was issued, the 14th Regiment was repulsed by the 772nd Regiment with powerful firepower as soon as it left the city.

After receiving the news, Yoshino was completely stunned, and smashed his headquarters to pieces in a rage.

"Your Excellency Yoshino, Tuba Road seems to be besieging us here on purpose, maybe they want to defeat us through a war of attrition."

Yoshino frowned: "Enough, do you think Tubalu will be as stupid as you?"

"Changshan itself is a transfer station for the empire's materials, and the materials stored in it are enough to support us and Tuba Road for half a year."

"Do you think Tuba Road will naively adopt a war of attrition?"

The chief of staff lowered his head instantly, and asked cautiously, "Your Excellency Yoshino, what shall we do now?"

Yoshino snorted coldly: "The best way to deal with siege tactics is to ask for reinforcements."

"Use external forces to resolve the current situation. Once reinforcements arrive, we will be able to surround and annihilate them all in one fell swoop!"

"Contact Your Excellency Tada immediately, and ask him to mobilize the troops of the two divisions to Changshan to cooperate, and immediately contact the rest of the divisions, tell them my plan, and ask them to cooperate with us in this operation."

"Hayi!" The devil's chief of staff responded and left.

From the perspective of the art of war, Yoshino's method is indeed feasible, but he ignored some key issues.

First of all, Hayao Tada has no soldiers to transfer, otherwise he would not transfer the Yoshino Division from Datong to Changshan.

Secondly, even if Tada Shunshin had gathered two divisions directly from various places, the railway and road leading to Changshan had been occupied and destroyed by the Eighth Route Army of the 120th Division, and it was impossible for them to pass through.

It can be said that as long as the Eighth Route Army does not take the initiative to get out of the way, Changshan will be an isolated city, unable to advance or retreat.

Of course, the Eighth Route Army will not take the initiative to attack, because the deputy commander-in-chief is very clear that if he wants to take Changshan, he must mobilize all troops to attack Changshan from multiple directions.

In this way, the troops who originally defended the road could only go to Changshan to join the troops there to launch a general offensive.

But the deputy commander had no intention of taking Chang Shan from the very beginning, so he would never issue this order.

Not long after the devil's chief of staff left, the telegram was sent to Beiping, but at this time Tada Hayao was looking at another telegram, and couldn't help frowning.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, they must have misread it, how could Wu Qianli's troops have entered the grassland?"