ebookland Chapter 213: Strike first to gain the upper hand
Chapter 213: Strike first to gain the upper hand
"What happened, Marshal?"
After the agreement was signed, everyone under Li Shaoyi was very happy, but from the moment of signing, there was no smile on Li Shaoyi's face.
"I know the Japanese too well. They will do everything in their power to recover anything lost during a war. Now that there hasn't been any shooting, and they've actually agreed to my proposal, it means they're planning another war. Order all troops to immediately enter a second-level combat readiness state, and all new recruits undergoing training in various locations to return to camp immediately."
Li Shaoyi stared at the map of North China in front of him, not quite sure where Japan would start its attack.
"Marshal, the new recruits are only halfway through their field training. Wouldn't it be too much of a compliment to these little devils to send them back now? They only have a few thousand men in Peking at most. We have more than enough veterans left."
Tang Guoping didn't want the training of the new recruits to be disturbed. According to the three and a half month training plan written by the Marshal, they have just completed more than a month, and the effect is very significant. Even if they are asked to go out to fight now, they can tie with the people of the 29th Army.
"Try not to use them and take them back. We should also prepare for the worst. Adjust the courses and train them in the camp first."
Li Shaoyi thought for a while and said, the expressions of the others also looked a little better. From the time Li Shaoyi started the rebellion until now, the Japanese have not done anything to us. The Marshal values them too much.
"Any news from Natasha?"
Li Shaoyi suddenly thought of his intelligence minister, who had been busy since he came back and had forgotten about this matter.
Although his intelligence department was established relatively late, it started off quite quickly. Without intelligence on the battlefield, it would be like being blind.
Twenty minutes later, Natasha entered Li Shaoyi's office.
"The Japanese have noticed that we can decipher their telegrams, so they have completely replaced their code books. It will take time to decipher them again, but we can still tell that the frequency of their communication with the mainland and Northeast China has increased by more than three times compared to a month ago."
After listening to Natasha's words, Li Shaoyi knew that he had too high expectations of them. The last time they cracked the code, it was by accident. It couldn't be that easy now. The Japanese intelligence department was no pushover.
"Based on the intelligence you've obtained, if you were Yamamoto, where do you think you would defeat us?"
Li Shaoyi had been studying in the office for a long time and his head was aching. Now he wanted to hear the intelligence director's opinion.
"Sir, I'm not in a position to make this inference, but I have a suggestion. According to you Dragon people, since we can't find the direction of their attack, we should take the initiative to attack and defeat the Japanese troops that pose a threat to us. From the frequent movements of the Japanese troops, we can infer their targets."
After hearing what Natasha said, Li Shaoyi's eyes lit up.
Why are we so obsessed with this? We're so focused on finding out how the Japanese attacked, why haven't we considered seizing the initiative ourselves? We've always done things this way, but now that we have to face the Japanese directly, we've forgotten this. How can this be allowed?
"Then which Japanese army do you think is the biggest threat to us right now?"
Li Shaoyi stared at the Japanese military camps around Peiping and became more and more displeased.
"Fengtai Military Camp."
Natasha pointed to a military camp and said that there were nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers stationed here. Originally, this was a Windsor military camp, but it was later occupied by the Japanese. They kept increasing the number of troops and now there is a full combat battalion.
"Very good. Immediately order Tang Guoping's First Regiment to capture the Fengtai military camp immediately. Once you have the order, launch the attack immediately without delay."
After Li Shaoyi finished speaking, Natasha immediately went out to convey the order. Although the 72nd Brigade had been established, taking Tang Guoping's First Regiment as an example, there were about 2,000 people in the regiment, more than 200 exchanged instructors, plus more than 100 veterans who were originally assigned. There were 350 people in the regiment with combat experience, and the remaining more than 1,600 people had only undergone one and a half months of recruit training.
But with the help of superior weapons, Li Shaoyi believed that they should have no problem taking over the Fengtai Barracks.
A regiment base.
"Emergency gathering."
Less than eleven hours had passed since Li Shaoyi issued the order to withdraw the troops.
Many people were still washing their clothes after returning. When they heard the assembly whistle, regardless of whether they were new recruits or veterans, they quickly put on all their equipment and ran towards the nearest assembly point. Each company and platoon had its own assembly point, which had long been imprinted in their minds. After the war started, they would assemble as soon as they heard the whistle.
Tang Guoping only passed the task to the company commander. Although the soldiers below did not know what to do, judging from the speed at which the company commander ran, this was not a real combat exercise.
The transport personnel drove the trucks and ran quickly around the military camp. After stopping, they distributed weapons and ammunition to each squad at an extremely fast speed.
"The first battalion will go around to the north, the second battalion will attack from the east, and the third battalion will attack from the south. The artillery company will fire all its shells."
Tang Guoping immediately issued a combat mission. They were about 60 kilometers away from the Fengtai Barracks, but with all the cars going up and down, they could reach the combat position in two and a half hours at most.
Several battalion and company commanders were also quite surprised. They didn't expect that they had not been given combat missions for a long time, but now they gave them such a big one. However, now was not the time to be surprised. They used their speed of a 100-meter race and rushed back to their own army quickly.
The one who was slow hadn't yet conveyed the order clearly, while the one who was fast had already stepped on the accelerator and rushed out.
The six gates of the training camp were opened at the same time, and vehicles from all directions passed through quickly in order according to their numbers.
The chief of staff had told them earlier that they must not panic when they set out, because we were all traveling by car, and if one car broke down, it might block the way for others.
Therefore, when the order to set off is given, everyone must advance according to their numbers, and no matter what special circumstances occur, no one can hinder the advancing team.
At the beginning, the convoy's speed was only 20 kilometers per hour. After more than ten minutes, the speed had increased to 25 kilometers per hour.
At this moment, the Japanese spies around the training camp were also panicked. Two thousand troops were dispatched at once. Who had offended them?
Japanese spies rushed like crazy to the nearby base with a radio station...