Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 587 Plan

The 12th Army formed in Shanghai successfully joined forces with the 13th Army in Jiangsu in Nanjing.

The headquarters of the 13th Army.

After the middle and senior level command cadres met and held a meeting, everyone else left to arrange the camp.

Ye Feng and Commander Su stayed to study the next strategic plan against the enemy.

"The Japanese troops in Jinling City are now isolated, but due to the geographical location, the Japanese headquarters has always held on. After nearly a month of continuous small-scale fighting, the morale of the Japanese has been almost destroyed."

Commander Su pointed at the map and continued:

"Jinling is sandwiched between Anhui and Jiangsu. To the northwest is the Central Plains. By cutting off this passage, we can say that half of Jinling City has been recovered."

"According to the intelligence our army has obtained in recent days, the main force of the Japanese in Nanjing is close to two divisions, and tens of thousands of Japanese troops suddenly disappeared in the Wuhan battlefield, and no less than tens of thousands of troops have also been assembled in the Central Plains."

"In general, to recapture Nanjing, we have to face nearly 60,000 Japanese troops."

Ye Feng looked at the map. Even though he had some psychological expectations, he did not expect that the Japanese devils would resist so stubbornly.

Do you want to rely on the complex terrain around Jinling and the city walls that are easy to defend and difficult to attack to fight to the death?

Ye Feng thought for a while and said:

"I brought two divisions from Shanghai this time. We mobilized a large number of troops along the way, but our total strength is actually less than the Japanese troops defending the city."

"General Su, I will lead the attack in this battle, and the Thirteenth Army under your command will be responsible for the distraction and the defense."

Logically speaking, General Su, who is known as the "God of War", has a higher level of battle command skills. He should be the one to coordinate the attack and be responsible for the mobilization of all troops, so that the probability of winning will be higher.

But the situation is different during this period!

The enemy on the opposite side was not a bunch of fools like the Yamashiro Army, but the extremely fierce Japanese Kwantung Army.

When your troops are fewer than the enemy and your firepower is weaker than the enemy, no one can win this kind of battle.

This does not mean to deny the command level of General Su. Sometimes, no matter how smart and well-calculated you are, if your overall strength is far weaker than that of the enemy, the probability of winning is very low.

Only Ye Feng.

Only a person like him who has cheats and a system on him, and uses unconventional means of warfare, can win.

Otherwise, both sides would have tens of thousands of troops.

In field combat, can tens of thousands of new recruits of the underground party stop the frenzied attack of tens of thousands of Japanese Kwantung Army?

In the decisive battle, could the underground party armed forces, which had no experience in siege, take the city when faced with tens of thousands of Japanese Kwantung Army defenders?

Whether inside or outside the city, the two sides have similar military strength and there is no possibility of winning.

Even if it was General Su’s command, it wouldn’t work.

General Su sighed and said, "The Japanese are absolutely determined to defend the city. In the past month, the enemy and us have fought many small-scale battles. We have the upper hand almost every time. However, after the battle, we found that our soldiers suffered more casualties and suffered heavier losses."

"In terms of the combat quality of our soldiers, we are still far behind the Japanese."

"Many new soldiers have difficulty in unifying themselves during combat, do not fully comprehend orders, and sometimes get so carried away that they completely ignore the battlefield situation."

"If the enemy is suppressed, the soldiers, who are blood-thirsty, will rush up like reckless men and directly hit the muzzles of the Japanese's guns."

"If we are temporarily suppressed by the enemy and fall into a passive position, the soldiers will be very emotional and it is easy for them to collapse."

"More importantly, the Japanese weapons and equipment, as well as their firepower output, are more than ten times higher than ours."

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Regarding the last sentence, Ye Feng smiled and said, "General Su, you don't have to worry about weapons and equipment. Most of the soldiers in the two reorganized divisions I brought are equipped with advanced weapons from the Ugly Country. In terms of firepower, there are also various cannons provided by the Ugly Country, which are no weaker than the Japanese."

Commander Su was stunned and asked in surprise, "The ugly country that has been flirting with the old man in Shancheng will provide arms to our underground party?"

Ye Feng said, "It is free military support. Mr. Yan An also agreed to this."

Commander Su's eyes lit up and he said, "Commander Ye, can you contact the top leaders of the Ugly Country again and see if they can get another batch of military support? The Thirteenth Army here is still equipped with millet and rifles!"

Ye Feng said, "After we capture Nanjing, we will let the Thirteenth Army select the supplies seized from the Japanese."

General Su became alert and began to talk to the map:

"The 12th Army will focus on attacking Nanjing. Our 13th Army will be divided into two parts. One part will block the Japanese reinforcements from the Central Plains, and the other part will block the Japanese reinforcements coming from the Wuhan battlefield. As for the Japanese forces that may come north from Guangdong and Guangxi, Commander Ye of the Fourth Front will be responsible for intercepting them."

Ye Feng said, "The battle in Wuhan is still going on, but I heard that both sides are still making a lot of noise but not much action. It seems that the old man in Shancheng is also thinking about Nanjing? I guess that once the battle to retake Nanjing starts, the old man in Shancheng will definitely take the opportunity to send troops, most likely from southern Anhui."

Commander Su said, "Commander Ye and I have discussed this. Shancheng will send a maximum of three divisions of troops. At that time, the four parties will also be divided into two parts. The armed forces of the two parts will intercept the Japanese troops in Guangdong and Guangxi and the troops in Shancheng respectively."

Ye Feng frowned, "This will put too much pressure on General Ye."

Commander Su said, "In order to stabilize the situation in Anhui, Commander Ye made a bold battle plan, changing from defense to active offense."

Take the initiative to attack?

How many people are there in the Fourth Front Army?

Even though Ye Feng provided a lot of guns, ammunition, food, military supplies and other materials to the Fourth Front Army several times.

However, the Fourth Front Army, which originally had less than 10,000 people, quickly recruited and expanded to more than 40,000 people in the past two or three months. Four-fifths of the army are new recruits, and they are definitely lacking in weapons and elders. How much combat effectiveness can they have?

According to the basic principles of warfare, when there are too many recruits, the troops are suitable for defense rather than offense.

Only when we occupy geographical advantages during defense and allow new recruits to see blood and build up their confidence, can the combat effectiveness of the troops be improved rapidly.

Otherwise, if you lead a bunch of new soldiers to attack, if the attack goes wrong, you may be defeated.

"Don't underestimate Commander Ye's abilities."

Commander Su smiled and said, "Back then, he led an iron army to the Northern Expedition. The backbone of the current Fourth Front Army is still composed of the elite veterans of that iron army."

"Moreover, Commander Ye has led the Fourth Front Army for a long time. His personal military charm has already radiated throughout the army."

"Although the Fourth Front Army has many new recruits, under the training of Commander Ye, the entire army has already been united as one, and its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated."

In this way, under the strategic plan discussed by the two, detailed plans for attack, defense, and interception came out.