In the first week after the war broke out, the Chinese army thought that this was just another round of testing each other until they re-divided their control areas.
Although the island army had mobilized more troops than in the past two years, there was nothing to be afraid of.
However, as time passed, the Chinese army realized that the island army's style was very different from the past. It seemed that they were not in a hurry to find the main force of the Chinese army to fight. Instead, they relied on the railway and road network to slowly push forward the front line and reduce the space for the Chinese army to move.
It was only then that the Chinese army finally understood that the Japanese had come to eliminate all future troubles. Since the island army controlled almost all the main traffic routes, the Chinese army could only find remote and rugged roads and pass through villages. It was much more difficult to obtain supplies and march.
The Chinese army at the front line immediately organized their forces to break out of the encirclement and tried to join up with the main forces behind them. However, how could the island army, which had made up their mind to eliminate the Chinese army in Jin Province, let them do so easily?
"Regiment Commander, Fenxi is in front. It's already dark. Why don't we stop here today?”
At night, Gu Xun, who was discussing the route of the march with the other officers, received a suggestion to stop the march.
Gu Xun looked at the sunless sky and nodded."
"Send a message to all companies to set up camp on the spot and be on guard.”
"Yes, sir!"
Due to the system, Gu Xun was quite generous in terms of some technical equipment that was extremely useful but extremely scarce in the Chinese army.
For example, the Chinese army only distributed radio stations to the brigade and regiment level. In fact, only the division headquarters had a regular radio station.
Gu Xun, who was familiar with the history of war and knew how important the radio station's ability to transmit information in real time could be in a war, directly assigned the mobile radio station to the company level.
Therefore, during the transfer period, the 369th Regiment was also moving in units of companies, connecting with each other.
As for the 369th Regiment being able to rival half a regiment of a normal Chinese army, that was another story.
"Regiment Commander, we've been advancing along the Fen River. Although there are other allies helping us to hold off the Japanese, it's still too easy to be discovered. Fenxi is a big city ahead, so there's probably a lot of Japanese guards.”
Liu Rui, the chief of staff of the regiment headquarters, frowned and analyzed the current situation to Gu Xun.
Gu Xun nodded silently, agreeing with Liu Rui's judgment. However, he immediately added,"
"Chief of Staff Liu is right, but the movements of the Japanese can't be judged by common sense.”
"Under normal circumstances, a big city like Fenxi would definitely be the focus of the Japanese garrison. But now that the island army has used so many troops to cast a net to chase and intercept us, it is questionable how many troops can be left to guard the city.”
"Of course, the Japanese have mobilized a lot of troops from Hebei Province to participate in the encirclement and suppression. The friendly forces have already confirmed the number of the Japanese troops after the battle. With this, it was hard to say how much strength the devils would use to defend.”
Ever since the 369th Regiment moved, although they had tried their best to bypass the main force of the island army, there were always some checkpoints that were difficult to bypass when retreating from the original Linfeng area to the northwest of Shanxi.
As for the other Chinese troops, they chose different directions to break out of the encirclement. Some of them ran directly to the west of Shaanxi Province, while others ran to the south of Jinxi where the command center was located.
Of course, most of them would choose to retreat with Jinxi like Gu Xun. They would join forces with their allies and gradually crush the island army's encirclement.
" Along the way, many allies have gradually parted ways with us. The assistance we can receive is generally decreasing!”
"Although we have been trying to avoid fighting with the main force of the island army, if the situation requires it, we can also concentrate our forces to quickly break through the island army with moderate strength.”
"The 2nd Battalion located in the north of our regiment, let them send a platoon of soldiers to scout the situation in Fenxi in the dark. From the details such as the lights, it is easy to determine the strength of the garrison.”
"Of course, if the Japanese spread out all their troops and left the Huang Xie Army as the main garrison, then there's nothing to say. We'll attack at dawn!”
Gu Xun slapped his thigh and ordered.
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Outside Fenxi City, behind a mountain ridge.
A few warriors of Regiment 369, who only exposed their heads and looked at the military camp outside the city, gathered together and communicated with each other in a very low voice.
" Platoon Leader, how's the situation?"
The platoon leader replied softly,"
"There are quite a few of them. It seems that the enemy's vigilance is quite high.”
The platoon leader slightly turned the wheel on the telescope to adjust the magnifying power.
This was a good thing that Gu Xun had given to a small reconnaissance team. It had good image quality and high magnification. It could even be powered by batteries for a short period of time to complete night vision or infrared detection.
"It's a bit difficult…Let the regiment see if we can go around it.”
Before the platoon leader finished speaking, he suddenly said excitedly,
"Wait a minute, someone who looks like an officer is coming out!”
After observing for half a minute, the platoon leader couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and said in a low voice,"
"Good job. The ones stationed here are puppet troops. When you go back, report to the regiment commander. If you see puppet troops, don't f * ck them!”
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