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

Chapter 778 This battle is a life-or-death struggle for my 12th Army. I entrust everything to you al

Yoshio Shinotsuka listened to the argument among his men, his expression unusually grave. As the commander of the 12th Army, he was under immense pressure.

He had already tasted the bitter fruit of letting Li Yunlong and his men develop unchecked. Now he had no way out and had to stop them no matter what. He absolutely could not let Li Yunlong and his men get out of the base area.

"Gentlemen, the current situation is extremely dire, and we have few options left!"

“Last night, I called the General Headquarters to request support. The General Headquarters plans to mobilize the 11th Army to assist us, and command will be transferred to Commander Okamura.”

"What I'm afraid of is that Li Yunlong and his men won't give us this opportunity. According to my latest information, the enemy has already completed the mobilization of all its military supplies."

"The only thing we're missing now is the deployment of our main force. The situation is already very bad for us. Despite our efforts to build fortifications throughout the winter, we can't hold out for long against the enemy's bombing and air raids."

"I decided not to engage the enemy head-on, but to use harassment tactics, focusing on launching surprise attacks on the enemy's logistics and transportation, rendering their tanks and armored vehicles ineffective due to lack of fuel and ammunition."

"This will be a do-or-die battle for our 12th Army. We will use battalions as the combat unit to launch a full-scale attack on the enemy's base, disrupt the enemy's combat deployment, and buy time for the 11th Army to come to our aid."

"In order to help us block the Chinese army, the Kwantung Army will send two divisions to help us. According to the orders of the General Headquarters, the 72nd and 76th Divisions of the Kwantung Army have begun to move north and will arrive here in ten days at most."

"Yamamoto, have your special forces get ready. Your mission is to disrupt the enemy's base and prevent them from producing properly."

"We also need to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's leaders and find a way to eliminate them in order to disrupt their counter-offensive plans!"

"Fujino-kun, your mission is the most important. I require you to concentrate all your fighter jets to help us open a breakthrough, to bring the flames of war to the enemy's base, and to greatly deplete the enemy's war potential!"

"Mitsui-kun, your mission is the most important. Weapons, ammunition and other logistical supplies for all units must be adequately supplied. This battle will be the battle for the survival of our 12th Army."

"If we lose this battle, everyone, including myself, will have no choice but to commit seppuku as an act of atonement, and we will become objects of public scorn!"

"Gentlemen, let us unite as one and cooperate sincerely. May the empire's military fortunes endure. I entrust everything to you all!"

Yoshio Shinotsuka bowed deeply to everyone, and Mitsui Ichihei and the others immediately stood up and returned the bow.

Following the conclusion of this operational meeting, the Japanese 12th Army acted swiftly, with a large number of personnel and supplies being redeployed, and even one of the two divisions responsible for ensuring rear security was urgently recalled.

The two colonial divisions that had been acquired earlier were also immediately deployed to the battlefield to reinforce the 12th Army's defenses.

In order to gather enough food and other military supplies, the Japanese intensified their looting of the occupied areas, resulting in many civilians losing even their winter rations. This infuriated Lin Zhenhua and his men, who were eager to launch an attack immediately.