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

Chapter 635 Preparing for a General Offensive

The underground party's 12th Army, with three divisions totaling 120,000 troops, marched northward from the Central Plains and threatened Hebei.

The two divisions entered the Anyang area and posed a direct threat to the Japanese troops in Handan, Hebei.

One division was stationed in Puyang, with the main force of the Japanese army coming from Shandong in the east, acting as a flank.

The two divisions led by Ye Feng personally have launched an offensive against Shexian, Wuan, Cixian and other places.

As long as we capture these three places, we can directly face Handan City.

The Japanese also made preparations for a war to the death. With an army of 100,000, they blocked the Handan area with countless strongholds, bunkers, blockhouses, and heavy firepower networks.

All the counties, towns, and even villages in Handan were directly turned into solid turtle shells.

Even though Liu and Deng's First Column, totaling 7000 men, marched from Jinzhong, Shanxi, and launched an offensive from the western flank, they were unable to break through the heavily armed Japanese defenses in Handan.

With planes, tanks, heavy artillery, incendiary bombs, machine gun fire and so on, the Japanese were determined to defend Hebei to the end.

A week later, the underground party troops had no chance of retaking Handan City.

Even the outer areas such as Shexian and Cixian were not taken, and they were always blocked on the border between Central Plains and Hebei.

In response to this, many cadres and commanders at the regiment, battalion, and company levels were extremely worried and became increasingly anxious.

But no matter how many rounds of attacks they launched, apart from causing considerable damage, they still made no progress.

Commander Ye Feng, the highest military officer in charge of the Fourth Front Army, the Twelfth Army and the Thirteenth Army, was neither anxious nor impatient. He sat firmly in the headquarters, dealing with various military intelligence documents, agent intelligence, people's livelihood information, etc. every day. He did not issue any general orders at all, and still let the troops under him find opportunities to fight on their own.

"Commander, we have been stationed in Anyang for nearly ten days, but we have not achieved any results. This is not a solution!"

Zhang Ye, the headquarters liaison, said worriedly:

"The current situation is that not only are the commanders impatient, but many soldiers are also complaining. If this continues, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be unstable!"

Ye Feng asked back, "If our two divisions attack with all their strength, what do you think are our chances of winning?"

Zhang Ye thought for a moment and said, "The Japanese have assembled a large number of troops and deployed countless defensive lines. Between each line, there are layers of cover and the firepower network is extremely dense. I'm afraid the chances of winning are not very high."

Ye Feng said, "Charging forward now is like a moth flying into a flame, and it would be a waste of life."

Zhang Ye said, "But, Commander, when you were formulating the strategic plan, didn't you say that we should take advantage of the Japanese's lack of food, their unstable military spirit, and the fact that many of their main forces were tied up in Shandong, and directly attack half of Hebei in one go and recover a large area of ​​lost territory?"

Ye Feng said, "The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and many tactics must be adapted to local conditions. We can't just think one-track-mindedly."

"Send a telegram to Division Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng, telling them that the Second and Third Columns should switch from defense to offense."

"The Second Column set out from Datong, Shanxi, and marched eastwards, all the way to Zhangjiakou, Hebei."

"The Third Column marched eastward from Taiyuan and threatened Shijiazhuang, where the Japanese troops were stationed in Hebei."

"Five days later, at nine o'clock in the evening, we will launch a full-scale offensive."

After Zhang Ye finished recording, he quickly notified the radio operator to pass on the combat order, and sent people to notify the division commanders and regiment commanders of various units to be ready for a full-scale general offensive at any time.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

That night.

Ye Feng returned to his old job again, and went north alone, sneaking into Handan City without anyone noticing.

Using the scanning system on his body, he was able to get a clear picture of all the troop deployments, weapons and firepower configurations in Handan City.

to him.

The outlying areas such as Shexian, Cixian, Wuan, etc., due to the terrain, could definitely not withstand the charge of their 12th Army. The biggest tough nut to crack must be the main force of the Japanese army in Handan City.

The Japanese devil in charge of the military affairs of Handan City at this time was a Japanese lieutenant general named Akasaka Okuma. Although it sounds intimidating, he looked like a tall and strong devil, right?

But when Ye Feng sneaked into the enemy's office building, he found that Akasaka Daikuma was short and ugly, with a small tuft of beard on his philtrum. He looked as wretched as could be, and his face was covered with pockmarks, which made people lose their appetite.

Ye Feng originally wanted to take action and assassinate the enemy's supreme commander, leaving the enemy leaderless and completely defeated.

After changing his mind, he gave up the assassination attempt.

the reason is simple.

The Japanese High Command has issued an order to their army to be strictly enforced.

in case……

The highest Japanese commander on a battlefield was assassinated by a super agent.

From the moment of discovery.

All Japanese soldiers were mobilized to massacre all the Chinese people in nearby cities or counties.

It was this order from the Japanese Supreme Command that made Ye Feng hesitate to act rashly.

For example, when attacking Taiyuan in Shanxi, the battle was extremely fierce, with more than 20,000 to 30,000 people killed on both sides.

Why didn't Ye Feng sneak into Taiyuan? Why didn't he kill the Japanese commander?

It was precisely because if he carried out the "decapitation operation" and succeeded, the people of the entire Taiyuan city would be ruthlessly slaughtered by the angry Japanese soldiers, causing a bloody massacre.

Of course, the Japanese made Ye Feng afraid to act rashly. Ye Feng would not sit still and wait for death. He always conveyed a warning to the enemy:

"If you devils dare to wantonly massacre civilians, I, Ye Feng, will repay the blood debt a hundredfold, a thousandfold."

Because of this, both the enemy and us maintained a tacit understanding on the battlefield.

You don't kill my people.

Nor will I assassinate your officers.

All wins and losses.

Fight to the death on the battlefield, no matter win or lose, everyone will accept it.

This so-called "tacit understanding" would have been impossible for those ambitious Japanese officers who were completely immersed in the bloody war at the beginning of the full-scale war. After all, at that time, the Japanese officers were bloodthirsty and violent, and all they could think about was fighting, killing, fighting, and killing...

The situation is different now. The enemy and us are in a stalemate, and the Japanese are at a disadvantage.

The minds of those fanatical Japanese warmongers have been somewhat sobered up by the beatings.

Or.

Ye Feng led the underground party's troops and smashed the heads of the Japanese devils one by one, calming them down.

After dawn, Ye Feng also returned to the headquarters and began to make corresponding troop arrangements based on the Japanese troop deployment in Handan City.

It looks easy, but it is actually very complicated.

For example, how many troops do you need to deploy in the four directions of Handan City? Which officer will be in charge of each unit? How much firepower should they carry? When should they attack? When should they retreat? All these require detailed arrangements.

Why is General Su called the God of War?

He recorded all the war situations in his mind, constantly deduced the battlefield situation, and made corresponding arrangements. No matter what variables and accidents occurred during the war, he could make the most correct arrangements at the first time. This is the reason why General Su was victorious in every battle.

After studying the map for four consecutive days and frequently conducting field surveys, Ye Feng finally developed a detailed combat strategy.