When Zhao Zhiguo was grinning from ear to ear with joy at his own arsenal.

The Japanese army also realized that if Zhao Zhiguo was not eliminated, Zhao Zhiguo would become stronger step by step.

By then, Zhao Zhiguo would not only threaten Pingcheng, but also the transportation line from their rear to Bingzhou, and even affect the Japs' plan to continue their westward march.

The Japanese Army General Staff also formulated a new combat plan, mobilized troops from various regions, and temporarily formed a detachment of about 15,000 troops to find Zhao Zhiguo's main force.

The little devil has two combat goals!

The first goal is to capture Wangxian County again, move northward, and garrison troops at the entrance and exit into the mountains.

The second goal is to capture Anyang Town, which is Zhao Zhiguo's hometown.

The little devil always believed that the supplies needed by Zhao Zhiguo's troops were stored in Anyang Town.

As long as the Japanese army achieves these two goals, Zhao Zhiguo's troops will retreat into the mountains.

Thousands of troops are in the mountains, it is winter, and with no food or water, the morale of Zhao Zhiguo's troops will inevitably be low.

Troops with low morale and no hope will have deserters.

Moreover, there is no food or water, and the weather is freezing. In this era where a cold can kill someone at any time, there will inevitably be a large number of non-combat attrition before next spring.

While Zhao Zhiguo was trapped, the Japanese army would transport supplies to Wang County and Anyang Town throughout the winter.

As soon as the weather warms up, the Japanese army will send troops into the mountains to encircle and suppress Zhao Zhiguo's remaining troops. Will they still disperse?

Of course this is all a fantasy of the Japanese army!

Of course Masao Murano knew that the plan made by the general staff had too many loopholes.

Take Anyang Town as an example. They had attacked it before. The final result was that Zhao Zhiguo strengthened the walls of Anyang Town and cleared the fields, and then sent troops to attack their logistics troops.

As a result, the Japs captured Anyang Town and could not hold on for five days.

"These guys who are just eating corpses, if they can see the terrain with their own eyes and start laying out their own battle plans based on their own wishful thinking about the map, they will kill countless soldiers of the empire."

No one wants to eliminate Zhao Zhiguo more than Masao Murano.

But after learning about the general staff's plan, Murano Masao felt his head was getting big.

The battle plan they arranged was completely unrealistic. In Murano Masao's eyes, this plan was a decision made with a slap on the butt.

A force of fifteen thousand men was destined to fail.

In the event of another rout, the large amount of combat materials they transported to the front line would not be able to be taken away due to the rout in a short period of time.

A large amount of combat supplies were abandoned to Zhao Zhiguo, and the consequences would be even more serious.

When the time came, Zhao Zhiguo was not wiped out, but instead left materials for Zhao Zhiguo, allowing Zhao Zhiguo to continue to grow and develop.

The pressure that Heicheng will face will become greater and greater, and in the end it will be him, Masao Murano, who will shoulder the pressure.

In the past few days, Masao Murano made countless calls to the General Staff and sent many telegrams.

I just hope that the staff can re-formulate the battle plan to avoid unbearable consequences.

However, the Japanese military staff completely refused to listen to Murano Masao's suggestions.

The frequent victories on the frontal battlefield made the Japanese Army General Staff believe that the good situation of the current war was the result of their plans and strategies, and all credit should be attributed to them.

And there are fifteen thousand troops, including armored vehicles, tanks, cavalry, and heavy artillery units, plus air support from aircraft.

With the configuration of these forces, even the five regular divisions of the Chinese army cannot handle it.

A mere Zhao Zhiguo had less than 10,000 troops, and he had been hiding in poor mountains and ravines for a long time, only doing some sneaky things.

The Japanese Army General Staff believes that even if the situation reported by Masao Murano is true, with the overwhelming superiority of troops, is it still impossible to capture Zhao Zhiguo?

Masao Murano understood very well that fighting Zhao Zhiguo was not a matter of military superiority.

If they still can't find Zhao Zhiguo's main force for a decisive battle, it will be useless even if they add another division.

The Japanese division commander in the direction of Bingzhou also believed that capturing Zhao Zhiguo was not a simple matter.

But the Japanese division commander did not make a single suggestion to the staff.

Because the Japanese division commander had his own selfish motives, if the troops sent by the general staff could restrain Zhao Zhiguo.

Then he could take advantage of Zhao Zhiguo's lack of time to pay attention to them and transport away all the remaining mechanical equipment in the Bingzhou Arsenal.

As for the failure of the final operation and the heavy losses of the troops, Bingzhou cannot be blamed.

As the saying goes, soldiers and horses must go ahead before food and grass are used. A team of several thousand people would have to prepare supplies for several days if they wanted to attack Zhao Zhiguo, let alone a huge force of fifteen thousand people.

And these troops have not yet reached the front line.

Japanese trucks and trains must operate day and night to transport combat supplies and troops to Pingcheng and Bingzhou areas.

Since he beat Yan Yongchang up a lot last time, he has become much more honest and immediately revealed to Lu Zheng the matter of the Japanese army's mobilization of supplies and troops.

"The Japs are making a lot of noise this time! All the troops and supplies were transferred from the rear." Matthew Wen said with a heavy expression.

In the past, they would just fight with the Japanese troops in Bingzhou and Heping City.

They also knew the Japanese troops in Heping City, Bingzhou. They knew how much trouble the other side had and how much they could spend to deal with Zhao Zhiguo.

In the final analysis, it was a battle between the Japanese garrison and Zhao Zhiguo.

The garrison is afraid of losing too many troops, so it will stop fighting in moderation to avoid damaging the foundation and weakening the garrison's defensive strength.

Take Masao Murano's brigade as an example, why would they not dare to attack Zhao Zhiguo if they lost a regiment of troops?

The remaining wing can only defend Pingcheng and the surrounding areas.

If the troops are not replenished in time, Zhao Zhiguo will gather troops to attack the city at any time and drive them out of the Pingcheng area.

But this time it was different. The Japanese army gathered forces from the rear. Even if the losses were too large for a while, as long as they did not lose their combat effectiveness, they could still continue to fight.

In the end, even if Zhao Zhiguo and the others were not wiped out, it would be a fight to the death with Zhao Zhiguo.

As a result, compared with the Japanese troops in Pingcheng and Bingzhou, Zhao Zhiguo's strength was greatly weakened.

"The arsenal has been built. I thought the little devil could wait for us to develop steadily for the first half of the year."

Zhao Zhiguo did not expect that the Japs would never give him a chance to develop smoothly, so he turned around and sent so many troops to surround them.

"Do you want to occupy Shouwang County?" Matthew asked.

"There is no way to defend Wang County. The Japanese army has heavy artillery, tanks, and cavalry. A single surprise attack by the cavalry can break through the two lines of defense we have deployed outside Wang County in one day."
Chapter completed!