"...The 17th Division has a glorious history. It has galloped on the Siberian snowfields and defeated the German army in Qingdao. Commander Sawada ordered me to inspect the 17th Division first, and welcome the 17th Division to be included in the 13th Army. I think that with a brave and good-for-war division like you, a more brilliant victory will not be long, and it will definitely be recorded in the history of the Locust Army's conquest in the future..."

The 17th Japanese Division was established in Himeji City in November 1907. During World War I, the division participated in attacking Germany's territory in China and participating in Siberian troops dispatched.

However, the 17th Division was not considered the elite of the Japanese army. In 1925, the 17th Division became one of the four divisions that the Japanese government was disbanded for saving military expenditure. It was not until April 1938 that it was reorganized and became part of the Chinese dispatched troops to participate in the Wuhan Battle.

Sakurai Shizuo was obviously applying makeup on the face of the 17th Division, which also boosted morale and morale. When the officers of the 17th Division present felt warm and felt very comfortable when they heard this praise.

"To complete the mission of holy war, we must carry forward the heroic spirit of the Locust Army, eliminate the New Seventh Army, occupy Yongcheng in one fell swoop, establish merits for the dispatched army, repay His Majesty's kindness, and promote the national prestige of the Great Japanese Empire..."

Sakurai Satomi's speech became louder and louder, his attitude became more and more exciting, and his arms kept waving in the air to enhance his tone and momentum. His voice spread around, and then bumped back on the wall, echoing in the room.

The Japanese officers present were watching without blinking their eyes or listening without listening, listening to Sakurai Sakumi's arrogant clamor like wooden stakes.

Miyamoto sat upright, but his eyes glanced at the officers around him. Seeing that they were listening attentively, there was no expression on their faces, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

"Under the enemy, arrogant." Miyamoto made his own judgment. He did not think that he could easily defeat the New Seventh Army and occupy the Nengcheng base. This Sakurai Shizuo obviously did not understand the New Seventh Army thoroughly and Yang Tianfeng. But he did not say anything, waiting to listen to Sakurai Shizuo's military plan.

Sakurai Shizuo finally ended his encouragement and clamor, took the folder and deployed a sweep plan that will start on October 25th.

The winter sweep will be mainly composed of the 17th Division, and its 53rd and 54th infantry regiments, the 23rd field artillery regiments, and the 17th engineer regiments will be dispatched. At the same time, the 13th Army will transfer the Independent Mixed 12th Brigade, the Independent Mixed 13th Brigade, and some garrison troops from Suxian and Xiaoxian to participate in the sweep.

Miyamoto frowned slightly, feeling that the troops seemed to be quite large, but it was not a big advantage after careful calculation.

You think, the 17th Division will draw two infantry corpses, one field artillery and one engineer corps. Then the areas and railway lines of these troops that were originally stationed should not be left there without any care, right? In other words, one of the two independent mixed brigades must be of a kind of defense replacement, which will not only reduce the force of the original stationed area, but also reduce the force of direct sweep.

Miyamoto simply calculated that Xiaoxian could dispatch two brigades, Suxian was one, which was three thousand people. In addition, the main force of the division and an independent mixed brigade, there were more than 20,000 people in total. The sweeping plan deployed by Sakurai Temple was still to advance in two directions and attack the Nagashi base.

I'm afraid it won't work! Miyamoto grinned secretly, feeling that his confidence was a bit lacking.

With the strength of the New Seventh Army alone, even if more than 20,000 locust army cannot fight and win, there will be no danger. But will the New Seventh Army fight alone? Will the National Army in western Henan not reinforce? Not to mention anything else, the First Cavalry Division, the 14th Cavalry Brigade, and Sun Tongxuan's Third Army will not sit idly by. Perhaps there will be Liao Lei's 21st Army, the Eighth Route Army's Hebei-Shandong-Yuan, and the Sulu-Yuan Detachment, which may also help with the war?

Miyamoto, who has a deep study of Yang Tianfeng and the New Seventh Army, knows how popular Yang Tianfeng is. Although he does not know the core secrets of the base, he knows that Yang Tianfeng has received many help from friendly forces in previous battles.

In Miyamoto's view, if you want to defeat the New Seventh Army and occupy the Yongcheng base, you cannot be anxious. You must plan and prepare patiently and strive to make a decision in one battle. The most confident tactic is not this single-line sweeping attack, but a siege, and the total force should be more than 60,000.

With the forces close to a division, that is, about 20,000 people, not only did the New Seventh Army not defeat them one by one, but also carried out tactical actions such as roundabout plagiarism in units of ten thousand. The three armies slowly and firmly pressed over from the north and the east, forcing the New Seventh Army to carry out head-on combat, and the victory of the Locust Army was not far away.

The sweeping plan now is very different from Miyamoto's expectations and ideas. He believes that it is very difficult to completely destroy the Yongcheng base and eliminate the New Seventh Army. The ideal result may be that the New Seventh Army suffered considerable losses and lost some territory.

After the basic deployment of Sakurai Shinzo was completed, he began to talk about the key points of the battle and said viciously from his mouth such as "destroy, kill them all".

Alas, the Chief of Staff of the First Army had no idea. Miyamoto's mouth moved slightly, and contempt appeared in his heart.

Among Miyamoto's research results, changing the policy of prisoners is also one of them. The Japanese army killed prisoners indiscriminately, and even killed prisoners in front of the battlefield to deter the enemy. However, this deterrence did not play any role, especially when it was used reversely by Yang Tianfeng. The officers and soldiers of the New Seventh Army all knew one truth: if they retreated in the last battle, they would be subject to battlefield discipline, and they would not be able to escape being captured by the Japanese, so they could only fight tenaciously and fight to the death.

Obviously, Miyamoto believed that continuing to kill prisoners was actually to enhance the enemy's resistance. Similarly, he believed that burning, killing, lewd and looting against the Chinese civilians also had the opposite effect and needed to be changed.

This is not that Miyamoto likes Chinese people, on the contrary, he hates the Chinese people, especially those who help the anti-Japanese armed forces. But he believes that hatred and killing are not very effective. The key is to prevent them from helping the enemy, submitting to the locust army, living peacefully with the locust army, and then helping the locust army, so as to achieve the goal of conquering China...

Hum, atrocities will cause cycles of consequences. They not only cause strong reactions internationally, damage the reputation of the locust army, but also are used by anti-Japanese armed forces, inciting more resistance forces. Don’t you even understand this?

Miyamoto listened to Sakurai Shizumi's fierce order and arrogantly shouted, and he looked down on the chief of staff more and more. He couldn't help but sigh in secret. Anhui and Jiangsu assigned to the 13th Army, and the powerful arms of the North China dispatched troops would not have any effect. Can he continue to implement his strategy and implement his proposal?

"After the meeting, the preparatory stage for the total combat began. With Xiaoxian and Suxian as the center, we will clean up and attack the enemy's base area, and strive to occupy a more favorable forward base..." Sakurai Shizo mentioned Xiaoxian, and Miyamoto's spirit immediately concentrated.

"The Longhai Railway must be recovered at a faster pace and become a solid and indestructible iron chain, firmly tied around the enemy's neck. Judging from the statistics over the past month, the progress of building a railway in Xiaoxian, which is close to the enemy area, is too slow. The military headquarters will dispatch engineers to assist the local garrison." Sakurai Shimozu did not know Miyamoto, nor did he know who the leader of the garrison in Xiaoxian was, but this criticism made Miyamoto feel unhappy.

He didn't understand the situation and made such a judgment based on the data on paper. Miyamoto was dissatisfied and wanted to open his mouth to argue, but he still closed his mouth.
Chapter completed!