"Teacher Commander, if you cross the Taoer River ahead, it is Taonan City!" Chief of Staff Li Yuan handed the whip in his hand to the guards and walked towards Wang Rong!

"I didn't expect that we were making so fast, so Zhang Haipeng's puppet army couldn't help but fight!" Wang Rong couldn't help but sigh!

"Does the division commander hope that the puppet army can fight some?"

"This is not the case. I want to use these puppet troops to sharpen the knife in my hand!" Wang Rong sighed.

"I said to Master Wang, everyone else hopes that their opponents will be weaker, but you are better, but I hope that their opponents will be stronger!" Li Yuan shook his head and smiled.

"I don't want our opponents to be strong, but I don't want our opponents to be too weak. If we fight too many battles, it will easily make our soldiers feel proud and underestimated!" Wang Rong said.

"This is true. If you fight too many battles with the wind, you can indeed breed a sense of pride and underestimation of the enemy. The troops are now full of momentum and have a high morale. They have not encountered any resistance along the way. The troops' battles are very high!" Li Yuan said.

"Where is the division headquarters?" Wang Rong asked.

"In Deshun, there is a Mongolian town. The town office is quite small, enough to accommodate so many people in the division headquarters!" Li Yuan said.

"No, although President Lu ordered us to take Taonan within 48 hours, we cannot demand ourselves with this!" Wang Rong said, "Cross the river, the division headquarters is located south of Taoer River!"

"Teacher Commander, how safe is the division headquarters like this?" Li Yuan said worriedly.

"Don't worry, the Taoliao puppet army is not the Japanese army. They do not have the awareness of taking the initiative to attack. Now the Taonan city is in chaos!" Wang Rong said.

"Okay!" Li Yuan knew that what Wang Rong decided was difficult to change. But judging from the current situation, the puppet army was defeated and fled. He was basically defeated at one touch and did not encounter a strong resistance at all!

"Report, the first regiment and the first battalion have arrived at the city of Taonan!"

"Very good, order not to launch an attack yet. When will the city be attacked? Wait for the command center's order!" Wang Rong ordered.

"Chief of Staff, let's cross the river!"

Because of the severe cold weather, the Taoer River freezes completely. This brings great convenience to the army's advance. Besides, there is a bridge on the river. The Taoliao puppet army retreated too flustered and had no time to destroy the bridge.

Of course, even if they destroy it, it is useless.

After receiving the order, the division headquarters quickly crossed the river, and the division headquarters finally settled in Qiguanyingzi.

"Send a report to General Lu, saying that most of the 183rd Division has advanced to the south of the Taoer River, and a regiment has already progressed under the city of Taonan!"

"yes!"

"Teacher Commander. Work hard all the way, wipe your face!" The orderly soldier handed a hot towel and said.

"Thank you!" Wang Rong took the towel and wiped it. He handed it back, "ordered the departments to report on the progress!"

"The first regiment captured Taofu Township, the second regiment took a detour from Xiangyang and went straight to Heishui Town, blocking the way to the east of the Taonan defenders. The third regiment surrounded Anding. The guards of Anding were a battalion of the ** Cavalry Regiment of the Taoliao Army, which was surrounded by the regiment. Deputy Division Commander Li led the headquarters to advance westward and cleared the remnants of the puppet army in other townships in Taonan County!"

"Okay, it won't be long before we can surround Taonan!" Wang Rong smiled and drew a circle on the picture. He was quite satisfied with the progress of the troops!

"It seems that the task assigned to us by President Lu is not difficult to complete!" Li Yuan also smiled happily.

"The key is not that these small scattered puppet troops have basically no combat power. Together, they either surrender or flee at the news. What we want to take down Taonan City!" Wang Rong said, "Actually this is our highlight!"

"Chief of Staff, look, the layout of Taonan City..." Wang Rong pulled Li Yuan to study how to attack the city.

"Report!"

"General Lu's telegram is very satisfied with the progress of our troops, but he reminds us not to be careless and underestimate the enemy. Although the puppet army is a mob, it must have experienced the battle formation and will not surrender easily. Be careful of the artillery of the puppet army and a Japanese squadron stationed in Taonan City."

"There is also information that Zhang Haipeng, commander-in-chief of the Taonan puppet army, may have returned to Taonan!"

"Zhang Haipeng returns to Taonan, division commander, this battle is probably difficult to fight. Zhang Haipeng is a hard-core traitor. If this guy guards Taonan, our resistance to attack Taonan will increase by at least 30%!" Li Yuandao.

"Yes, Zhang Damazi is still a little capable, but even if it's not easy to fight, he's now a turtle in the jar. I think he has a chance to go out again!" Wang Rong sneered and threw the pencil on the map!

"This is the siege plan formulated by the Advisory Office according to the division commander, you will see it?"

"Oh, so fast?" Wang Rong glanced at Li Yuan in surprise. It seemed that this new chief of staff had two tricks!

"The teacher has decided on the general principles. We have just made some additions and pondered the details!" Li Yuan said modestly.

"There is a situation here. I wonder if the division commander is paying attention!"

"Speaking of the third detachment under Zhang Haipeng's command, although Zhang Haipeng's 3rd detachment was born in Green Forest, many people are not willing to follow Zhang Haipeng to work hard for the Japanese, so we can use the western aspect of the defense of the third detachment as a breakthrough!"

“Is the news reliable?”

"Did the commander forget what our Commander-in-Chief Lu started out?" Li Yuan smiled.

"intelligence!"

"Yes, our intelligence personnel have sneaked into Taonan and learned about some situations. However, the officers and soldiers of the Third Detachment tend to be unwilling to be accomplices of the tiger, but they lack a leader, so they have not yet formed a force. Now we are attacking Taonan, which may be an opportunity!" Li Yuandao.

"Anyway, join us?" Wang Rong's eyes lit up, "I'm afraid there is not enough time."

"Now the puppet army must know that we will attack the city next. According to the situation in Taonan City, how long we can defend is even clearer than us. So as long as we apply a little pressure, the resistance we encounter in siege will be much smaller!" Li Yuan said.

"Well, first fight psychologically, then oppress others by force, and defeat others without fighting. This is the best strategy in siege war!" Wang Rong nodded.

"No further ado, just do as the Chief of Staff said. Although our division has set up a stance, it is very difficult to rely on the headquarters to supplement our troops. It is unlikely that the headquarters will have the current policy of simplifying and compressing, so we can only do it!" Wang Rong said.

"Teacher, is this a decree first and then a report?"

"Does I have to take these puppet soldiers and let them go and continue to harm the neighbors?" Wang Rong said.

"That's right." Li Yuan nodded.

"The combat plan is reported to the headquarters immediately." Wang Rong said, "I don't know what happened to the Iron Commander?"

"Teacher Commander, Commander Iron is a powerful general, so there should be no trouble!" Li Yuan said.

"The Japanese army is coming in full force, with the purpose of Rehe. If we cannot defend Chifeng, then General Lu's strategy of moving westward and southward will be blocked!" Wang Rong couldn't help but show a hint of worry!

Taonan garrison envoy's office.

Zhang Haipeng had just accepted the appointment of the commander-in-chief of the front of the puppet Manchu Rehe General Station and rushed back to Taonan from Changchun. He was preparing to mobilize troops to go south to cooperate with the Japanese army to attack Chifeng. Unexpectedly, when he returned to Taonan, he received a report of the Eastern Anti-Japanese Army attacking Taonan before he could even sit down!

Zhang Haipeng suffered a lot in the first Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War. If the Japanese had not deliberately won over and paid the guns, and he had annexed many bandits by himself, he would have gradually gained tens of thousands of troops!

Because of the Japanese, he stationed his first and fourth detachments in Changchun to protect the safety of the capital.

There are about 6,700 troops garrison in Taonan now. There have been several confrontations with Li Haiqing before, but they all ended in failure.

It can be said that when it comes to the East Anti-Japanese War, the Taoliao puppet army basically did not have much fighting spirit. This is also the reason why Wang Rong led his army to advance all the way. It took only half a day to advance to the city of Taonan, which made Zhang Haipeng both shocked and angry.

What was surprised was that his subordinates were so timid in fighting, and thousands of soldiers fled without any resistance.

What was angry was that my capable subordinates who usually slapped their chests so loudly turned out to be so useless and cowardly!

At this time, I can't count on these incompetent people anymore, and it's still more reliable for the Japanese.

Those who came back with Zhang Haipeng also had four military advisers Sakuma Ryozo, Kanchuan Farming, Kuroo Beibu and Yoshigoro Izuda.

In desperation, he had no choice but to ask the Japanese advisor for advice!

Sakuma Ryozo and Zhang Haipeng are old acquaintances and know Zhang Haipeng very well. Besides, they are now grasshoppers on the same rope. After Zhang Haipeng is finished, he can't get better!

So Sakuma Liangsan gave Zhang Haipeng a move, which was to disperse a Japanese squadron stationed in Taonan and all sent to each detachment. One was to monitor each detachment, and the other was to serve as a supervising team!

As a result, the detachments that retreated to Taonan quickly stabilized. Then Zhang Haipeng bleeded and took out a large ocean to stabilize the morale of the army. In a two-pronged approach, the Taoliao puppet army actually ended the brief change of chaos and at a loss, and the morale of the army gradually stabilized!

But even so, Zhang Haipeng knew that Taonan City could never be maintained for too long. The only way to resolve the siege of Taonan was to rely on the Japanese!

"Sakukun, we have been old friends for many years. This time you have to save me no matter what!"

"Commander Zhang, you can rest assured that the Great Japanese Empire will not give up Taonan. Now that your army's morale has stabilized, with the help of our advisory team, I believe you can definitely stay in Taonan for a while!" Sakuma Ryo said three times.

"how long?"

"In just one week, there will be surprise changes in the Rehe battlefield, and the Taonan siege will be resolved!"

"One week is too long. I don't think we can last until that time?" Zhang Haipeng said with a bitter face.

"Commander Zhang, you have to believe in yourself and the Great Japanese Empire. For a week, you can do it!"
Chapter completed!