readsfreenovel Chapter 313: Sending Troops to Qingzhou
Chapter 313: Sending Troops to Qingzhou
After receiving Fang Guoxuan's order, officers from the First War Zone rushed to Ning Ling as quickly as possible.
When they heard that they were going to go to war with Qi Yuan's dwarf locust army, the officers naturally looked excited.
Zhang Wei was the first to ask: "Commander, is our strategic goal to drive the dwarf locusts out of Qiyuan, or something else?"
He knew that if he really wanted to drive the dwarf locust out of the new country, he could have done it before and would not have dragged it on until now. The chairman was a decisive person and naturally had his own ideas. He just had to execute them.
"No, what the Chairman means is that we should do our best to eliminate the manpower of the Dwarf Locust Army." Fang Guoxuan smiled and introduced Fang Jian'an's strategic goals to everyone.
"Now, three divisions of the Little Locust, Asada, Andong, and Yamane, have landed in Qiyuan. The remaining two divisions, Yamauchi and Fujii, are already at sea and will be able to land in Qiyuan soon."
"The Chairman's idea is that it would be best if we could destroy two divisions of the Dwarf Locust before the other two divisions arrive."
"At the same time, we cannot occupy Qichang."
Once Qichang fell, the dwarf locusts would have no choice but to retreat to Qingzhou or coastal cities.
Without the support of inland cities, Fang Jian was worried that they would abandon Qiyuan and land in New China from other places, making it more difficult to guard against the dwarf locusts.
After all, the new country of Diyuan Star is similar to the Dragon Country of Blue Star, with many coastal cities in the east.
This provides many convenient conditions for the dwarf locust's attack.
The same was true during the Blue Star Dragon Kingdom period. If the Dwarf Locusts had not first occupied Korea, then stationed troops in the Northeast, and finally taken over the three northeastern provinces.
If they fail to gain an advantage in the north, they may start to occupy the Dragon Kingdom from Shanghai or Guangzhou. If these two places fail, they will consider Shandong, Fujian and other places.
No matter where you are, as long as you have a firm foothold, your center of gravity will naturally be there.
What Fang Jian is facing now is that the dwarf locust has just extended its hand into the new country. He has already deployed his troops and naturally does not want the dwarf locust to change its combat objectives.
Hearing Fang Guoxuan's words, everyone felt a little embarrassed, but no one complained. They were all thinking about countermeasures.
Suddenly, Li Zhongwu's eyes lit up. He came to the map at the back and pointed to Qingzhou on the map.
"Commander, since the dwarf locusts have landed in Qingzhou, why don't we pretend to send troops to Qingzhou and lure out one of their armies to rescue Qingzhou."
"Then send another part to advance towards Qizhou, creating the illusion of attacking Qichang."
"I think the dwarf locusts will not give up on Qingzhou and Qizhou. We will then increase our offensive against the two places based on their reactions."
Fang Guoxuan frowned. He came to the map and looked back and forth between Qichang, Qizhou and Qingdao.
Fang Guoxuan also agreed with Li Zhongwu's idea, but he was afraid that the dwarf locust army would not be fooled and would all retreat to Qichang.
Hearing Fang Guoxuan's concerns, Zhang Wei smiled and said, "Commander, you are worrying too much."
"These little locusts are arrogant and look down on the new people. Knowing that we have sent troops to two places, they may take the initiative to attack us."
"However, in order not to scare them, we can send two divisions to attack Qingzhou, and only one division is needed to attack Qizhou."
"With such a small army, given the arrogant nature of the Dwarf Locusts, they will definitely send troops to stop us."
"After the front army occupies Qishan, our main force can be moved to Zaozhou and Linqi. We can fully support Qizhou or cut off the retreat of the Qingzhou dwarf locust army."
After Zhang Wei gave his analysis, he looked at Fang Guoxuan, waiting for his decision.
The commanders of the other divisions also nodded and agreed with his battle plan.
Fang Guoxuan didn't think for long before making a decision: "Okay, let's arrange it this way."
"Commander Zhang, you will lead the first and second divisions from Shangyuan, along Zaozhou, Linqi, and Qishan, and approach Qingzhou."
"Chief of Staff Li, after Commander Zhang takes Qishan, you will temporarily lead the 16th Division northward and prepare to attack Qizhou."
"Yes." Everyone answered at the same time.
The reason why Zhang Wei and Li Zhongwu were appointed as commanders is that several more divisions might be sent in the two subsequent directions, and sending them out would make it easier to command.
After the meeting, all officers from the First War Zone returned to their units and prepared to set off.
All the departments had already made preparations for the march, so they could take action quickly.
In the Second War Zone, Cai Tingwu also organized officers from various units to attend a meeting, and then ordered each unit to march towards Shangyuan to take over the defense zone of the First War Zone.
Two days later, Qichang, in the banquet hall of the new headquarters.
Today, Ito Mifumi hosted a banquet for three division commanders, naturally to discuss how to deal with the Nanshan government.
Naturally, the movements of the Nanshan Army could not be concealed from the dwarf locusts. Since the arrival of the reinforcements, Ito Mizufumi arranged a number of dwarf locust agents who knew the language of the new country to go to Heyuan to collect intelligence on the Nanshan government.
After knowing that the Nanshan Army had taken action, Ito Mifumi was not too panicked. Now he had nearly 90,000 people in Qiyuan, so he was able to fight.
Upon receiving the news of the Nanshan Army's advance, the three division commanders did not take it seriously.
Asada Motoji looked extremely disdainful: "General Ito, these new people are weak in combat power and have backward equipment. What do you have to worry about?"
"We have nearly 90,000 troops, and the Nanshan government has only over 400,000 troops stationed in Heyuan."
Ito Mifumi's mouth twitched. My goodness, did they regard the Nanshan Army as the warlords of the New Country?
Not to mention the artillery they are equipped with, the Nanshan Army is equipped with a lot of automatic firepower, and they have no advantage at all.
Moreover, their divisions are equipped with more artillery than theirs, and this is called backward equipment. Then what is the name of the equipment of their little locust army?
"Haha, that's right, General Ito, just leave the fighting to us. We promise that the Nanshan government will not take any advantage." Anton Xinyu also laughed and didn't care about the Nanshan Army at all.
Yamane Xingnian also stood up and agreed: "That's right, that's right, just leave the fighting to us."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The three division commanders looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
It's not that they really don't take the Nanshan Army seriously. After all, they have already wiped out three dwarf locust divisions.
The reason they say this is to fight for the right to speak, not only for the right to speak in the new country, but also to take the command of the troops into their own hands.
Although they are division commanders and have military power, they are ultimately just division commanders.
Ito Mifumi is the commander in New Zealand, in charge of all matters concerning the Dwarf Locusts in New Zealand, including the army, which means that they are nominally under the command of Ito Mifumi.
The three division commanders naturally did not want to be controlled by Ito Mifumi.
Ito Mifumi had a gloomy look on his face, but he didn't show it directly.
"Three division commanders, according to regulations, you should accept the command of the new headquarters. It will be difficult to explain to the country if you act on your own."
Asada Genji looked displeased: "Why, General Ito, because of your reckless command, the Empire lost three divisions in Xinguo, do you want to bury our three divisions in Xinguo as well?"
"That's right. If you insist on commanding us, we can only report to the country and you will be responsible." Anton Xinyu and Yamane Xingnen echoed.