Why are you so stupid all of a sudden? Instead, the tactics have become as dull as the national army.

Has Hisao Tani been deceived? Has he become stupid?

"Baga!"

"Other troops cannot move!"

"The Chinese people must have a big conspiracy! They want to attack the east and attack the west!"

"Baga!"

At this moment, Hisao Tani was furious.

Faced with the heavy casualties of the troops, the chief of staff suggested that it be better to shrink the troops and avoid the Chinese artillery fire.

At the same time, some troops were transferred from other areas to form an assault team and take the initiative to attack. From passive defense to active attack.

The basic strategy is to attack in a roundabout way from both sides, surround the Chinese heavy artillery and destroy them.

However, this proposal was rejected by Hisao Tani.

The reason is simple.

Hisao Tani believes that the Chinese are definitely more than just a group of heavy artillery.

They only launched a desperate assault in one direction. Their purpose was to cause the Japanese army to misjudge and divert troops from other areas.

Once troops from other areas are mobilized, more Chinese troops will immediately swarm forward.

This is the most basic tactic. Any commander can do it.

It's included in the Thirty-Six Stratagems. It's called sounding to the east and attacking to the west.

Therefore, Hisao Tani will never be fooled.

Even if the forward positions suffer heavy losses, they cannot be led away by the Chinese army.

Of course, you can't be passively beaten all the time. Counterattacks are still necessary.

"Order the cavalry to strengthen the raid!"

"Tie!"

"Order the heavy artillery regiment to come quickly!"

"Tie!"

Hisao Tani issued orders continuously.

He didn't believe it. The Chinese could really attack Mengcheng.

A complete division of his was deployed around Mengcheng. Even if the casualties were heavy, there were still 15,000 people left!

Fifteen thousand people are enough to stop the Chinese army of 100,000 people!

That’s right, one hundred thousand!

In a defensive state, Hisao Tani was not afraid of enemy siege at all.

To put it bluntly, the Sixth Division is the elite of the Japanese army, and it is absolutely impossible for the base camp to just sit idly by.

In the history of the Japanese army, there is no record of a division being completely wiped out.

So, calm down.

What's more, the commander of the dispatch army, Shunroku Hata, has a very good relationship with him.

Even if he didn't say anything, Shunroku Hata would immediately mobilize other divisions to come for reinforcements. He might also deploy a bigger plan.

What plan?

The center blooms.

It is to attract more Chinese troops near Mengcheng.

Then other divisions of the Japanese army surrounded them from the outside, surrounding one hundred thousand or more Chinese troops in the middle, and wiped them out in one fell swoop.

good!

This plan is very clever.

Use Mengcheng to lure the Chinese army over, then gather them together and annihilate them.

As long as one hundred thousand or more Chinese troops are eliminated, it will be easy to conquer Xuzhou.

"chief of staff……"

"Your Majesty General, please give me your orders."

"I'm telling you..."

Hisao Tani told the chief of staff his idea.

The originally anxious chief of staff immediately woke up and his eyes became ferocious.

Yes, this is an excellent plan.

Use Mengcheng to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army with a large number of lures, and resolve the war in one fell swoop.

Around Mengcheng, the Japanese army still has six divisions. It is entirely possible to form a huge encirclement circle, with Mengcheng as the center.

As long as the Chinese army takes the bait, what awaits them is the fate of annihilation.

In Songhu and Jinling, the Japanese army did not have the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army in large numbers. This is a huge regret.

If we had been able to encircle and annihilate a large number of the backbone of the Chinese army at that time, perhaps the Chinese government at this moment would have been subdued and forced to surrender.

It's a pity that I didn't do it at the time.

Now, the opportunity has come.

China's ancient battlefields in the Central Plains are most suitable for large-scale encirclement and annihilation campaigns.

If six divisions are not enough, several more divisions can be transferred from Jiangnan. Even the base camp will readily increase troops.

The base camp also wanted to end the war as soon as possible and force the Chinese government to surrender.

As long as the Chinese government declares surrender, the war will end. Then a large number of divisions can be transferred back to Manchuria.

Everyone in the Japanese army knows very well that only Russia is the biggest opponent.

Guannei is similar to Manchuria. Weak chicken.

At this moment, there are only a few precarious divisions left in Manchuria.

If the Russians launch an attack, the Kwantung Army will never be able to withstand it.

The base camp is very worried about this matter.

Now, the country is forming a large number of new divisions as fast as a spark. It is hoped that the civil war in Guanzhong will end as soon as possible.

"Your Excellency, it was a mistake to take this position..." The chief of staff felt very ashamed.

I feel that my vision is not enough.

No division commander has the foresight.

If this plan succeeds...

A division commander can definitely be promoted to a general!

As the chief of staff, he can also be promoted to major general.

"Draft a telegram and mention it to the Expeditionary Forces Staff Headquarters." Hisao Tani said slowly, "Someone will take it seriously."

"Yes!" the chief of staff hurriedly went to prepare.

Of course he knew that Hisao Tani had a good relationship with Shunroku Hata, and he definitely valued his advice.

Not only does the dispatched army headquarters take it seriously, but the base camp also takes it seriously.

Because this is indeed a good opportunity.

What the Japanese army feared most was not that the Chinese troops would get together, but that they would scatter in all directions and be unable to catch up.

"boom……"

Check out the correct version one by one!

"boom……"

There was a faint sound of explosions from the north.

It should be the Chinese army's heavy artillery bombardment. The distance is very close.

It's probably only about ten kilometers away from Mengcheng.

However, the Japanese chief of staff was no longer anxious.

Because what awaits the Chinese army will be a large-scale annihilation war.

Now, the more Chinese troops gather, the more they will be destroyed.

"Yoshi!"
To be continued...