Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 643 Brother Yunlong’s plan to kill people is very cruel. The Japanese will definitely kill e

A day and a half passed quickly. After rushing at full speed, part of the split armored regiment, together with the independent regiment and the 358th regiment, arrived at the suburbs of Shuiquan County. The Japanese and puppet troops who had already learned the news directly abandoned all the outer positions and ran into Shuiquan County.

After learning about the situation, Lin Zhenhua realized that more than 226 people in Shuiquan County were infected with the plague, and the plague was getting worse. The entire Shuiquan County was in a panic. The Japanese th Brigade was responsible for defending Shuiquan County, and its commander was Major General Kitamura Kazuki.

"Old Li, the situation is very favorable for us now. There are only about 3000 soldiers in Shuiquan County who can really fight. Even if we fight the Japanese in a street battle, our chances of winning are very high. In order to take over Shuiquan Oilfield as soon as possible and avoid more trouble at night, I decided to take over Shuiquan County within one day and Shuiquan Oilfield within two days at all costs. Only in this way can we solve our fuel crisis as soon as possible."

"If it were before, I really wouldn't be so anxious, but since the arsenal began to expand production, we have produced a large number of mechanized equipment, each of which is a big oil consumer. Not to mention that our arsenal has completed the trial production of small gunboats. Compared with the army, the navy has a greater demand for fuel. With the small oil field we have, it is simply impossible to supply oil for hundreds of gunboats."

"Originally, my ambition was not that big. I had no intention of developing the navy. After all, our current strength is not strong. But after learning about the strength of the Japanese inland fleet, I came up with this idea."

Li Yunlong directly interrupted what Lin Zhenhua was about to say. He strongly disagreed with the development of inland gunboats. The reason was actually very simple, that is, insufficient resources.

"College student, if you build a few experimental gunboats and equip one or two gunboat squadrons, I really have nothing to say, but if you equip gunboats on a large scale, I strongly disagree."

"Gunboats can indeed play a big role in the densely-connected waterways in the south, but they are not very useful in our north, not to mention that with our current strength, we cannot build a navy at all. At present, we can only produce small gunboats of dozens of tons at most. If we really encounter the Japanese fleet, we will be killed in one shot. We won't even have the ability to resist at all."

After waiting for Li Yunlong to finish speaking, Lin Zhenhua replied with a serious face: "Gunboats must be produced. Even if they are produced in small batches now, they must be gradually equipped to the troops. On the one hand, they can be used for daily patrols, and on the other hand, they can be used to accumulate experience. With the beginning of the counterattack, one day we will recover all the lost territory. It will not be enough to have coastal defense alone. With our current production capacity, we can't gain absolute air superiority, nor can we gain absolute sea superiority."

"There are too many things involved. I will talk to you about it later. Now let's talk about business. Not all the devils in Shuiquan County want to die with us. We should continue to adopt the tactic of surrounding three sides and leaving one side, and take the initiative to leave a way out for the devils, which can effectively reduce the casualties of the people in the city."

"I plan to arrange people to contact the devils in the city, and then increase the intensity of the bombing and shelling of Shuiquan County. I will use a combination of soft and hard tactics to take over Shuiquan County within 12 hours!"

After listening to it, Li Yunlong thought about it seriously and keenly noticed the loophole. He said with a worried look on his face: "College student, we have actually missed the best time to attack the city. I think the best way now is to airdrop medicine into Shuiquan County and let the Japanese kill each other to snatch it."

"Your previous proposal is actually very difficult to succeed. The Japanese are much crazier than we thought, and their Bushido spirit is also more terrible than we thought. It is very difficult to make the Japanese surrender voluntarily. The only way is to let the Japanese strife and kill each other. We only need to attack them when they are weakest. Even if the Japanese want to fight us in the streets at that time, it will be difficult for them to pose much threat to us."

"As for the puppet troops in the city, there is no need to worry. These cowardly guys have probably already prepared to flee. Not to mention that many puppet troops have been infected with the plague and have not received timely treatment. We only need to spread the word in Shuiquan County, and soon many puppet troops will run out of the city and surrender to us."

Li Yunlong talked for a full hour and his plan was very complete. After listening to it, Lin Zhenhua couldn't help but give him a thumbs up and decided to adopt the battle plan provided by Li Yunlong.

Chu Yunfei, who had just settled the troops, also came over at this time. After listening to Li Yunlong's battle plan, he praised with amazement: "Brother Yunlong, this is a real killer. We only need to release medicine once every hour, and the amount will be less and less each time. The Japanese will soon start killing each other."

"When people are desperate, they will do anything to survive. If we use the tactic of surrounding the Japanese on three sides and leaving one side empty, there will definitely be many Japanese soldiers escaping Shuiquan County. Even if some of them are very stubborn, there won't be too many of them. I estimate that there will be no more than 1000 of them. With our strength, it will only take three or four hours to kill all of them. We can definitely take Shuiquan County before dark tomorrow night."

"In order to make the Japanese feel relieved when they escape, we must show them our strength. The college students said before that the Japanese are envious of the strong. As long as we show that we are stronger than the Japanese, they will not want to get up, and the psychological burden will be much less. We can also take this opportunity to capture more Japanese prisoners and send them to the rear to help us mine and solve the problem of insufficient raw materials in the arsenal."

Lin Zhenhua agreed with a smile on his face: "Sending the Japanese back to the rear to mine is indeed a very good idea. The damn Japanese killed so many civilians. We must let them atone for their sins and reform through labor. Only then will these damn Japanese realize the severity of their sins."

The three of them reached a consensus and quickly began the pre-war preparations. They were busy until about eight o'clock in the evening, and finally arranged the troops. The three of them had a simple dinner together, perfected the attack plan for tomorrow, and went back to sleep.

In the evening, a rumor spread in Shuiquan County that the independent regiment would airdrop medicine that could treat the plague into Shuiquan County the next morning. The rumor sounded so convincing that it was remembered by many people.

The news soon reached Kitamura Yimu's ears, which made him very worried. But when he thought about the panic situation in Shuiquan County, he became even more anxious.

"General, the situation is worse than we expected. According to the news brought back by the reconnaissance team, our enemy has dispatched tens of thousands of troops to besiege Shuiquan County. The entire county, except for the South Gate, has been surrounded."

"I specially sent people to investigate outside the south city gate, but found no movement and no ambush. It is certain that the enemy deliberately left a loophole for us, wanting to disrupt our resistance. If it were in the past, no imperial warriors would want to escape, but the plague has caused panic in Shuiquan County. If we hadn't been using the method of zoning isolation, I'm afraid the entire Shuiquan County would have become a dead city!" Kitada Taro said with a depressed tone, bowing his head.

Kitamura Ikki sat on the chair beside him and replied with a painful face: "If it weren't for this damn plague, Li Yunlong would never have been able to reach Shuiquan County, let alone defeat the eastern attack group. We can't get any reinforcements now, and we only have 5000 soldiers who can really defend the city. These 5000 people have to be discounted greatly. Those puppet troops are unlikely to defend the city wholeheartedly. The real force that can be used to defend the city is only more than 3300 people. The situation can really be called precarious!"

"I just asked for help from the Taiyuan Command, but I didn't receive any response. It shows that the situation in Taiyuan City is not optimistic. I'm afraid that the Taiyuan Command is also in trouble. We can only seek self-help now. My suggestion is to transfer our main force to Shuiquan Oilfield and defend Shuiquan Oilfield at all costs. Shuiquan County will be left to the enemy. However, after we leave, the entire Shuiquan County must be blown up, leaving the enemy with a damaged county."

"I couldn't make up my mind before, but now that we have no reinforcements, there is no need to hope for anything. We should immediately implement the city destruction plan. Tonight, the main force will withdraw from Shuiquan County, and let those who don't want to leave live and die with Shuiquan County!"

Kitada Taro didn't expect Kitamura Ikki to be so crazy. He was going to persuade him, but after seeing the stern look of the brigade commander, he had to swallow his words back. He bowed his head with a serious face and said, "Ha! I'll do it right away!"

Under the order of Kitamura Ikki, Kitada Taro immediately mobilized a large battalion of troops to carry out the plan to destroy the city. Although it was agreed to keep it confidential beforehand, some sporadic news leaked out, which immediately caused chaos in Shuiquan County.

Li Yunlong, who was paying close attention to the movements in Shuiquan County, quickly sent people to investigate after learning about the situation, and then anxiously waited for news in the command center.