Chapter 1101 Watching Tiger Fighting from the Mountain
The First Field Army also suffered a lot. How could Zhou Qian refuse? He immediately expressed his agreement.
After the three generals reached an agreement, the three chiefs of staff began to consider the feasibility and plan of the matter. The final result was to gather all their forces and take advantage of the fact that the enemy did not know about the arrival of the Shanshan Guards. A single counterattack will throw the opponent into disarray. Otherwise, once the suddenness is lost, the subsequent battle may become a stalemate, which would be a bit troublesome.
"Well, let's see how many soldiers can be dispatched. In this way, if there is a counterattack, the artillery of our First Firearms Brigade cannot keep up. We can transform the artillery into infantry and join the battle with all our troops. "Shen Ping'an said as if he was the first to express his stance.
"We have 10,000 returning troops plus movable wounded." Sun Fuhu then reported a number.
"Our First Field Army, including the wounded, has about 25,000 available men." Zhou Qian said not to be outdone.
"In other words, in this way, we will have 50,000 people together, which should be enough." Shen Ping'an laughed. He didn't believe it. 20,000 Shanshan Guards cavalry were in front, followed by 50,000 infantry. Then, under such momentum, can the Communist Army still be able to withstand it? He wants to vent all the pressure he has suffered in the past two days. He wants to let the Communist Army know that the defense of the Chinese Army is very strong. Let's attack again.
Shortly after Feiqiao sent the news, Feng Xun rushed to the Dahua Army camp outside the east city of Zhangcheng with 20,000 Shanshan Guards.
When Feng Xun and the others arrived, their eyes were all bloodshot. They had barely had any rest on the way from Pingcheng. Except for getting off their horses and resting for an hour, they spent the rest of the day on the road. , sometimes when they are too tired, they will just sit on the horse for a while. At this moment, their skillful horsemanship skills finally come in handy.
They were so anxious because they were afraid that they would not be able to catch up with this big battle if they were too late. The number of troops around His Majesty was really too small, so small that all the ministers of the Great Chinese Army were worried about it. Finally, they finally caught up.
"Brigadier Shen, Brigadier Sun, and Commander Zhou, is Feng too late?" As soon as he saw the crowd welcoming them outside the camp, Feng Xun got off his horse and asked with a forced smile on his face. .
"It's not too late, it's not too late." Several people stepped forward and saluted several military salutes, and said at the same time, "Master Feng came here after a long journey, it's just the right time."
"Oh, as long as it's not too late." Feng Xun's face was obviously relieved of worry. He was really afraid that he would be late. If that were the case, no matter how much work he had done before or how long he had worked hard, he would not be able to do anything. It makes no sense anymore.
"Yes, the attack momentum of the Communist Army is very fierce, and we can't withstand it. Fortunately, Commander Feng is here, and the entire army is greatly encouraged. Now we are all thinking about counterattack, but I just don’t know if the soldiers of the Shanshan Guard need to take a rest first?" Shen Ping'an spoke. Among everyone, he does not have the highest position, but because he is a member of the Shen family, he has a good relationship with Feng Xun. , some words are most natural when spoken by him.
"No need, but the soldiers are indeed a little hungry. They can fight as long as they have enough food and drink." Feng Xun shook his head. Although they are indeed very tired now, the purpose of all this hard work is to win the battle, and the opportunity is right in front of them. , there is no reason not to send troops.
As for tiredness, who is not tired in life? Just bear it and it will be over.
"Okay, food, drink, and horse feed are all ready. Please ask Master Feng to order the soldiers to dismount." Shen Ping'an said as if he already knew the answer.
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The reinforcements of the Co-Prosperity Army finally arrived. There were 100,000 people, and this time it can be said that they moved in full force.
Of the total 300,000 Koei troops, only 50,000 were left, led by Daimyo Ikeuchi himself, who were coming from behind. They were escorting a lot of food, drink, and supplies for the army, and 100,000 were used as advance reinforcements. Appeared in front of Kunimuraji.
Another 100,000 reinforcements came, and Kunimuraji was naturally excited. He seemed to have seen the opportunity to defeat the Dahua Army, capture Zhangcheng, and achieve great achievements. "Come here, go and notify the Xishu Army on the Western Front right away." , tell them that we will start attacking after dark for an hour, and ask them to follow up, otherwise, I will settle the accounts with him after the city is captured."
So what if it's dark? In Kunimuraji's view, the Chinese army on the opposite side is already at the end of its war effort, and there is absolutely no time for him to rest. As long as they can fight on with all their strength, victory will definitely belong to them.
As for the matter of getting dark and obstructing the line of sight, that's easy to handle. All you need to do is put on torches. Didn't we retreat a lot of wounded people before? It's always okay to prevent them from charging and let them hold torches along the way. Well, he wants to turn night into day, and he wants to create miracles.
Kunimuraji made up his mind, and the military camp quickly became busy. One hundred thousand troops and twenty thousand wounded were sent to the battlefield. This was not a small project. It only took one hour to complete. It was a very tight project. Not a second can be wasted.
In the Xishu Army camp on the western front, it was getting dark soon, but Xu Kun still did not discuss a result with the generals.
Regarding the issue of whether to send troops or not, the people below were divided into two groups, refusing to give in to each other. They argued for a long time and gave him a headache. Seeing that it was getting dark, he simply decided to discuss it tomorrow, but Soon afterwards, Japan sent people over to inform them that after dark, the Communist Army would launch a fierce attack again, and they would invest more than 100,000 people in a fierce attack at once. They were asked to cooperate, otherwise they would be defeated after they captured Zhangcheng. I will settle accounts with them in the future.
We are just allies. Strictly speaking, we are not even allies. It is only because of the emergence of such a strong enemy as Dahua that we have to temporarily unite together in order to fight together and destroy the most hostile opponent first. That's all.
Even so, everyone is in a very fair position, so why do you come to order us and threaten us?
Xu Kun was very angry after hearing this message. He wanted to beat him up in anger and vent his anger. But thinking that the Western Shu army was no longer as strong as it used to be, their king He was also in poor health now, and both princes were vying for the throne. Under such internal and external troubles, it was impossible for anyone to support him in starting a war with Japan, so he had to suppress his anger.
"Come on, let's call the generals together again." The generals were asked to leave half an hour ago. When they were called back again, everyone looked confused and couldn't figure out what happened. ?
In front of the generals, Xu Kun told the story of what had just happened with an ugly face, and then looked at everyone and said: "Now it seems that the Japanese soldiers are determined to take Zhangcheng. Before, it was 105,000."
The energy of both sides has been exhausted, and now another hundred thousand troops have arrived. I am afraid that this time the Chinese army will really be unable to withstand it."
Xu Kun said such words, obviously intending to decide to fight. After all, if his father-in-law's city was really defeated by the Japanese army, but they did nothing, it would be difficult to explain all aspects.
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The commander-in-chief said this, and the captains of ten thousand and thousands who originally advocated attacking the Chinese army were naturally excited. Even those who did not advocate attacking, such as Liu Cao and others, looked bad, especially Liu Cao.
When Cao Cao noticed that several generals were focusing on him, he knew what he should do. After thinking about it, he stood up and said: "My lord, General Yi Mo, I think it's okay to attack."
Yes, but we should not attack first, but should wait until the Dahua Army and the Japanese Army have fought in such a way that both sides suffer, and then we take action. In this case, we can reap the benefits."
"Want to watch tigers fight from the top of the mountain?" When Xu Kun heard this, he asked with a pensive look on his face.
"Yes. Sir General, the city is right in front of us. It is very important to capture it. And if the Japanese army suffers too much loss, no one will compete with us to grab the city. This is very important." Liu
Cao knew that Xu Kun was worried that the Japanese would use the excuse of not sending troops in time to cause trouble. But if they captured Zhangcheng, they would have the city as a backing. In addition, they were the original masters of this place.
After learning the basics, talk or even fight with Japanese people.
On the contrary, if the troops were sent out too early and the Japanese army captured Zhangcheng without any losses, then the ownership of the city would become a big problem. Don't expect that they would send out troops and gain nothing.
Come on, even in front of the king, I can't explain it.
Sure enough, when Liu Cao said this, a look of deep thought appeared on Xu Kun's face. Shortly afterwards, he suddenly slapped the desk in front of him and said: "Okay, just do as General Liu said, we can send troops, but
We will wait for a while, until the main force of the Chinese army is focused on the eastern front, and then we will look for an opportunity to take Zhangcheng directly."
Finally, Xu Kun adopted a compromise approach. He would attack, but he would only attack when the overall situation was determined. Otherwise, they would still sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.
And it was because of his decision that the Chinese army was given enough time to counterattack and win the Battle of Zhangcheng.
But it was said that the 100,000 newly arrived troops of the Communist Army, illuminated by 20,000 wounded men holding torches, were galloping towards the Great Chinese Army's eastern battlefield in the firelight of the dark night.
Some of the wounded members of the Co-Prosperity Army who were responsible for mobilizing them before arriving had already made it very clear that the Chinese army on the opposite side was already at the end of its fight and would probably defeat them this time. As for why it wasn't the Oriental Japanese Ghost who did the mobilization himself.
, there are too few of them who understand the language of the Central Plains, and in the end they can only fall into the trap of these gangsters who are willing to sell their lives to foreign races for a little benefit.