Chapter 319 The Battle Begins and the Troops Advance
There are one million on one side and nine hundred thousand on the other. The difference in strength between the two sides is only one hundred thousand. This number seems huge, but in this decisive battle where there are easily millions.
It is not that eye-catching anymore, and as it is now, the total troops invested by both sides are nearly two million, under such a huge force.
If both sides want to eliminate each other in the shortest time, the best option is to fight on the plains and give full play to the combat advantages of mechanized troops.
Coupled with those fighter jets, the battle can be ended in the shortest time, after all, if you choose to fight in urban areas and mountainous areas.
If one side cannot defeat them, they will most likely choose to break up their troops into pieces and hide in various corners of the mountains. By then, hundreds of thousands of people will be fighting on their own.
Even if the dominant side wants to completely destroy the other side, it will take a lot of time, manpower and material resources, so both sides want to avoid such a situation.
The final battlefield was tacitly placed on the vast North China Plain, and to achieve this step, both sides had to have great trust in their own troops.
For example, on the People's Army side, Su Yu believed that the People's Army would definitely win. No matter whether the battlefield was in the plains or mountains, the final winner would be the People's Army.
Shuichi Sakai also thinks the same way. In his opinion, he has 700,000 Kwantung Army troops, and they are still the most powerful group of people in the empire.
Under such circumstances, what reason did he have to be afraid of the People's Army? Therefore, he directly placed the final battlefield on the large North China Plain.
For example, at the junction of the two sides' territories, Sakai Shuichi did not deploy many troops to guard it, because he knew that it would just be a waste of time.
It would be better to place all the forces of both sides on the plains and engage in a decisive battle between real men, soldiers against soldiers, cannons against cannons, tanks against tanks, and planes against planes.
This is the most primitive battle. Even if one side loses at that time, it will be a convinced loser.
It's just that Su Yu's self-confidence is indeed correct. After all, the People's Army's weapons and equipment are indeed very strong. The weapons it equips are far more advanced than any other country's troops in the world today.
Under such circumstances, if the People's Army cannot win, then such good equipment will be wasted, but Shuichi Sakai is different.
This little devil's overconfidence will eventually harm himself, as well as the 700,000 little devils and 200,000 puppet troops behind him.
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Thinking of this, Su Yu smiled contemptuously and couldn't help but murmur to himself.
"Haha, since you want to have a decisive battle on the plains, then I will help you."
It can be said that Sakai Shuichi's idea coincided with Su Yu's. The two sides fought on the plain, saving time to the greatest extent.
Soon, time came to the next day in a blink of an eye. Following Su Yu's order, the millions of troops of the People's Army immediately set out because Su Yu had greeted six division commanders in advance.
He told them that there was no Japanese ambush at the border between the Puppet Manchukuo and the People's Army defense zone, and they only needed to speed up and rush to the North China Plain.
Because Su Yu saw all this from the system map, there was no ambush of little Japs nearby.
As a result, under Su Yu's order, the six divisions of the People's Army advanced in unison and directly crossed the border between the two sides.
Arriving at the territory of the Puppet Manchukuo, Yang Shan suddenly felt uncertain when he saw the smooth flow of the road. He said to a soldier next to him.
"Pass my order to send some troops to the front to investigate the situation. At the same time, order the fighter jets to cooperate to prevent the little Japs from ambushing in front."
"Okay! Chief of General Staff."
Although Su Yu said in advance that there would be no ambush by little Japs here, Yang Shan and others still felt that it was inappropriate to go in directly. After all, he was not driving around like Su Yu.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is still necessary to send a team of people to investigate first. Only in this way can Yang Shan lead the troops forward with peace of mind.
Seeing this scene, Su Yu did not veto Yang Shan's decision. Speaking of it, Yang Shan's approach was also very reasonable when the specific situation ahead was not determined.
If you advance rashly, you may encounter an ambush, so it is still necessary to send someone to investigate.
Chapter completed!