Predator Reborn

Chapter 552 Lieutenant General Sato’s Thoughts

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander, Beizhong thinks so too. However, Beizhong thinks that this might not be an opportunity for us. At present, with the fall of Baishan County, the Eighth Route Army reinforcements and the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are basically gathered in Baishan County.

area, rushing to transport various strategic materials. If we can take this opportunity to send heavy troops to surround the entire Baishan County... Then we can completely change the initiative on the entire battlefield. From the mountainous area that is unfavorable to the imperial army, we can

The change has been to the plains and hilly areas that are beneficial to the imperial army. As long as we enter the plains and hilly areas, our army can use its air superiority and artillery superiority to completely annihilate the enemy..." The chief of staff nodded in agreement...

"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff, your suggestion is very good. If we can really seize this opportunity, then under the fierce attack of our Imperial Japanese Army, no matter how strong the enemy's combat effectiveness is, the only result waiting for them will be

If only one of them is killed, they will all be wiped out by us." A sneer appeared on the division commander's face as he continued.

"Now I order all units of the 22nd Infantry Division and all Manchurian Army troops to defend on the spot, block and destroy the remaining anti-alliance forces in the Mengshan area... The 24th Infantry Division and the 25th Infantry Division will assemble immediately to use their own

Advance to Baishan County as quickly as possible." Seeing the chief of staff in front of him quickly recording his orders, the division commander Lieutenant General Sato continued to order.

"In addition, in order to prevent the enemy from retreating and escaping from our encirclement after learning the news of the arrival of our main force. The Matsumoto Regiment of our 24th Division, as the vanguard of the entire force, must take trucks within 8 seconds

Within hours, we rushed to the outskirts of Baishan County. Then, at all costs, we held back all enemy troops in the county, waiting for the main force of the division to complete the encirclement of the county, and then launched an attack..." The eyes of the division commander Lieutenant General Sato

As soon as he lit up, facing the combat sandbox in front of him, he ordered with a serious face...

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander, I will go and issue the latest combat orders right away..." the Chief of Staff replied loudly.

Following the orders of the division commander, Lieutenant General Sato, they were issued one level after another to the hands of the captains of the infantry brigade of the two main divisions. The two main divisions, with more than 40,000 Japanese soldiers, were immediately

An intense and orderly assembly began... Teams of Japanese soldiers, under the eyes of the Anti-Union scouts, handed over a large number of defensive positions to the Manchurian Army troops. Then, they brought their own equipment and headed towards their targets.

Area entry…

Throughout the night, the Japanese and puppet troops in the Mengshan area were conducting very complex and busy military maneuvers. As for the Matsumoto Regiment, which was named by Lieutenant General Sato as the vanguard, the commander of the Matsumoto Regiment, Colonel Matsumoto, was summoning

All the officers under his command, including captains and above, held the last meeting before the troops set off...

"Gentlemen, I believe that everyone is very clear about the order of the Division Commander. To use a vivid word, our Matsumoto Regiment is a bait to attract the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army. So.

, I hope that everyone here can continue to work hard in the next actions and use their own actions to prove that they are a true samurai of the Imperial Japanese Army..." He glanced at the captains in front of him, Captain Matsumoto.

He ordered with a serious look on his face...

"Hey, your Excellency, the commander of the company, please give me the order. I am humble enough to ensure that the mission is completed..." Facing the serious-looking commander, a dozen officers stood up from their seats at the same time and replied in unison...

"Yoshi, I believe that all of you here and the soldiers under you are the most heroic samurai of the Japanese Empire. Now I order each infantry brigade to immediately give up their heavy weapons and all their baggage materials. All combatants, take the

Trucks, gather at the regiment headquarters. In an hour, we will set off, targeting Baishan County..." In response to everyone's reaction, Captain Matsumoto nodded with satisfaction. Then, he ordered with a confident look on his face...

"Hai..."

As a dozen officers quickly left the wing headquarters, the barracks of the infantry brigades affiliated with the Matsumoto Wing were immediately filled with the roar of cars... Groups of Japanese soldiers, carrying their own weapons and ammunition,

Board the car and start your journey...

At this moment, after several hours of hard work, the sky is slowly getting brighter. However, the entire Baishan County has not seen any changes due to the change in the sky, and is still busy...

Compared with the busy scene outside the Japanese Army Wing Headquarters, inside the former Japanese Army Wing Headquarters, it was quiet... In the huge wing headquarters, except for a small number of guard troops, only Commander Liu Hua and Deputy Commander were left.

Comrade Yang Jingyu, Commander Zhou Baozhong and deputy captain of the advance detachment Liu Xiaogang...

At this moment, several people were focusing on the Japanese military maps captured in two consecutive battles, perfecting the next action plan of the troops in the Shimenling meeting. However, at this moment, a rush of footsteps came from far away.

Soon, it quickly reached the ears of several people...

"Commander, Political Commissar Luo of the Field Army Headquarters sent an urgent telegram. I received the news from the internal intelligence personnel of the Japanese Kwantung Army. The Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters has appointed Lieutenant General Sato, commander of the 24th Division in the Mengshan area.

The commander-in-chief of the frontier commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress our advance detachment and the anti-alliance forces. The political commissar asked us to handle it properly and achieve the final victory in the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign..." Seeing the four people in the headquarters, the communications staff reported in a low voice...

"It seems that the little devils have already learned about our actions... Immediately send a telegram to the Third Brigade outside the city and ask them to immediately send a small reconnaissance force to investigate the troop mobilization situation of the Japanese and puppet army garrison around Baishan County. If there is any

Report any changes immediately, as soon as possible..." After a brief moment of contemplation, Liu Hua ordered decisively...

"Commander, we in the Anti-Japanese Alliance have a certain understanding of this Lieutenant General Sato... Based on our long-term battles with the Japanese 24th Division, we clearly understand that this Sato is a Japanese general who is very good at grasping fighter opportunities.

Our Anti-Japanese Alliance has suffered many losses at his hands. I think that since he took over as the supreme commander of this frontier, our two forces will face a new severe test..." Just now, the Communications Staff Officer

After leaving, Yang Jingyu frowned and reminded the commander Liu Hua beside him...

"Commander Zhou, what do you think of Lieutenant General Sato..." Liu Huashen nodded in agreement and focused his attention on Commander Zhou Baozhong next to him...

"Commander, I completely agree with the deputy commander's opinion. This Lieutenant General Sato has very high command capabilities and is very good at grasping various fighter opportunities... In the course of several years of fighting, the Anti-Japanese Alliance led by me has been under his command many times.

suffered a serious blow in his hands. Therefore, we must prepare in advance for Lieutenant General Sato..." Zhou Baozhong said with certainty, with a look of interest and fear on his face...

"According to what you said, Lieutenant General Sato is very good at grasping fighter opportunities and has very high military command capabilities. But now, for the little devils in the Mengshan area, there is a very huge fighter plane in front of them...

I just don’t know if Sato has discovered it and will he seize this opportunity..." After a brief shock at the same answer, Liu Hua muttered to himself...

"Huge fighter plane...Commander, what do you mean..." The two of them frowned at the same time and asked...

"You see, now our advance detachment, the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, is all gathered in Baishan County for the large amount of military supplies in Baishan County... And when we look at the terrain around Baishan County, it is either a vast northeastern plain or vast tracts of land.

The hilly areas..." After hearing this, the two people immediately understood what they were talking about, and their brows twisted into the character "Sichuan" in an instant.

"If here, in Baishan County, the Japs send out heavy troops to surround us. Then, facing the heavy encirclement and suppression by the Japanese army with air and artillery superiority, there is only one result waiting for us, and that is the annihilation of the entire army..."

Pointing to the map in front of him, Liu Hua said with certainty...

"Commander, if nothing unexpected happens, Lieutenant General Sato will definitely do this. Based on my understanding of him, he will definitely not let go of such a good fighter plane... Commander, I suggest that in order to prevent the troops from being attacked by the Japanese army,

Surrounded by Baishan County and suffering heavy losses, our army should immediately abandon the remaining supplies in the city and retreat. As long as we retreat into the vast mountain of Changbai Mountain, the mechanization of the Japs will not be able to play any role..." Right here.

As soon as Liu Hua finished speaking, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu's face immediately turned pale, and then he said with certainty...

"Retreat? Lao Yang, don't be so anxious. Even if Lieutenant General Sato wants to surround us in Baishan County and annihilate us, it will not be easy. Although he has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands

, However, these hundreds of thousands of troops are scattered in the vast Mengshan area. Just the assembly of these troops will take at least a day, so we still have enough time to transport these military supplies.

..." Liu Hua shook his head and said...

"Commander, I am too anxious. However, as long as there is any movement from the little Japs in the Mengshan area, our intelligence personnel in the Mengshan area will definitely summarize the specific situation to Shimenling as soon as possible.

Within the headquarters. Then, it was sent to us via telegram... Now we have not received the telegram about the large-scale mobilization of Japanese troops, which means that the little devils have not started taking action yet..." Yang Jingyu smiled and replied sheepishly

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Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here. Just as Yang Jingyu finished speaking, another burst of rapid footsteps reached everyone's ears... As the door of the headquarters was pushed open, he held a telegram in his hand, with an eager look on his face.

The communications staff officer appeared in front of everyone panting...

"Commander, emergency telegram, emergency telegram from the direction of Shimenling." Seeing the eyes of several people focused on him, the communications staff officer quickly replied...

"What, Shimenling..." While shocked, Liu Hua immediately grabbed the telegram from the hands of the communications staff and began to read it carefully...

"It seems that Lieutenant General Sato can't wait any longer... Comrades, according to the latest news from intelligence personnel in the Mengshan area, the Japanese army has handed over all forward positions around Changbai Mountain to the Manchurian Army. At this moment

, in the entire Mengshan area, except for the Japanese 22nd Division, which was wiped out by us as an infantry regiment, the two main divisions of the Japanese Army, the 24th Division and the 25th Division, are rapidly gathering to advance towards our Baishan County..."

After reading the telegram handed over by the communications staff, Liu Hua smiled and said...

"This Sato can't let anyone live... He mobilized 40,000 troops to attack us, which is impressive enough. He even took away the strength of an infantry regiment, rode in a truck, and attacked us one step ahead.

Kailai...I really don't know how he thought that an infantry regiment would be delivered to our mouths like this. Isn't he afraid that we will eat this infantry regiment, including the soup and dregs?" After reading the details of the telegram,

After reading the content, Liu Xiaogang said with a puzzled face...

"Captain Liu, if my guess is correct, Lieutenant General Sato, the little devil, doesn't want our big fish to slip away. Therefore, he prepared a big bait for us to attract us to Baishan County. Then, he completed the attack on us.

surrounded and launched the final attack..." Yang Jingyu explained with a sneer to the little devil Lieutenant General Sato's little thought...

"Commander, I completely agree with the deputy commander's opinion. The little devil Lieutenant General Sato must want the strength of this infantry regiment to drag us here. Then, he will assemble the main force of 40,000 troops to complete the attack on us.

Encircle, and finally launch a general attack... However, Lieutenant General Sato is really cruel to sacrifice an infantry regiment in exchange for the final victory of the entire battle..." Commander Zhou Baozhong also said...

"What everyone said is very correct. Lieutenant General Sato must have wanted to sacrifice one regiment in exchange for the annihilation of our entire resistance coalition and advance detachment... The little devil's combat plan has changed. Look,

Come, we are going to change the battle plan made at the Shimenling meeting..." In response to everyone's answers, Liu Hua nodded and said affirmatively...

"Commander, it is certain that the enemy will change and we will change, and the entire combat plan will change. However, I think that while the Japs are attacking and preparing to encircle and annihilate us in Baishan County, they also provide us with a huge fighter jet... It's like

At this moment, the little devil Sato had the same idea in his mind, which was to transfer us to the plains for elimination. And we could completely return to the Mengshan area when the main force of the Japanese army was transferred from Baishan County, and eliminate them one by one.

The Manchurian Army troops continued to kill and weaken the effective strength of the Japanese and puppet troops..." Yang Jingyu's eyes lit up and he said with certainty...

"Lao Yang's method is very good. It can be said that it hits the enemy's target. This time, I want to let the little devil, Lieutenant General Sato, beat the dog with meat buns. There will be no return. We will not only annihilate the Mengshan area

The Japanese and puppet troops who stayed behind also ate the bait that Sato sent to us. The little devil, Lieutenant General Sato, had no place to cry..." Liu Hua's clenched fist hit Baishan County on the map hard.

, said with confidence….

Seeing that the eyes of the three people were all attracted by what he just said, Liu Hua continued...

"Comrades, I won't tell you what the little devil Lieutenant General Sato is thinking. Everyone already knows it. That is to use an infantry regiment as a bait to attract us to the Baishan County area, and then assemble the main force to annihilate it.

...Since the little devil plans to use this trick on us, we will give him a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, we will send out a certain amount of troops to wipe out all the baits released by the enemy. At the same time, we will adopt a posture of sticking to the county seat and constantly attract people.

The arrival of the main force of the Japanese army. On the other hand, the troops immediately returned to support the Mengshan area, immediately launched a counterattack against the enemy forces around the base area, defeated them one by one, and continuously eliminated the enemy's effective forces, thereby breaking the enemy's heavy encirclement and suppression, and holding the enemy's

Nose goes…”

"Okay..." Just after Liu Hua finished speaking, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu, who had recovered from the shock, was the first to clapped his hands and applauded. However, in just a moment, a trace of worry appeared on the deputy commander's face.

The look…

"Commander, although this plan can hit the enemy to the maximum extent... However, if we want to completely wipe out this bait given to us by the Japanese army, we must send out a force with strong enough combat effectiveness... By then, even if this force is

After annihilating the Japanese vanguard unit, he was finally surrounded by 40,000 Japanese troops... At that time, how should this unit stand out from the enemy's heavy encirclement?"

"Lao Yang, you have to ask Liu Xiaogang, deputy leader of our advance detachment, about this question. He knows better than me in this regard..." Liu Hua smiled and said, putting his eyes on Liu Xiaogang...

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"Report to the deputy commander, because we have seized a large number of landmines in Baishan County. Therefore, I guarantee that the third brigade outside the city, with the cooperation of a large number of landmines, can block the Japanese vanguard unit for one night. It will definitely

There is no time... By then, with the combat power of the first detachment, there will be absolutely no problem in annihilating a Japanese infantry regiment that was crippled and exhausted after a night of attacks... As for the last one

Question, basically everyone in the first brigade of my advance detachment can speak proficient Japanese, and they broke out from the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army without any problems. Commander, please rest assured..." Liu Xiaogang answered confidently...