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Chapter 213 Ring
"Oh my god, how many troops would be needed to capture Tianjin and Beijing at the same time?"
When Li Yunlong heard Zheji Chensha reveal his plan, he was somewhat surprised at the appetite of the International Youth Column.
Tianjin and Beijing are cities that have been occupied by the Japanese for a long time. Now he has heard that the total number of Japanese in these two cities is no less than 300,000.
Originally, he thought that the reason their column was transferred to the capital was that the International Youth Column wanted to surround the capital and attack the reinforcements from Tianjin.
However, after learning about their column's current plan, Li Yunlong was no longer so confident.
Lu Chen saw Li Yunlong's worry, took his hand and walked into the command center, pointed to the map hanging on the wall, and introduced the various units and troops on it to Li Yunlong.
"Before General Huang left, he deployed nine regiments of reinforcement troops to the west of the capital. Now the capital is an isolated city. After the battle begins, we can advance slowly."
"The Japanese in the capital only have two divisions plus the railway guards, about 8,000 people, plus 2,000 to 3,000 military police, 10,000 puppet soldiers and puppet police, plus the guards of their headquarters, the total number should be around 100,000."
"We have five regiments of Zhang Zonglin's army with a total of 50,000 people, an officer regiment with 10,000 people, and your rapid response detachment, Captain Li. It will be no problem for us to capture the capital."
Before Li Yunlong could react, Zhang Zonglin interrupted and said, "It's not 100,000. To be precise, the only enemy left in the capital is their Imperial Guard Division."
"Moreover, the officers of the Fifth Division won a victory at the 72nd Company Battalion, annihilating more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers. After investigation, it was found that the Japanese soldiers in the capital came out to ambush them."
"The officers of the Fourth Division are free now. I have already applied to General Feng. There will be about 15,000 officers coming to support us in the battle."
Hearing this news, Zhejichensha was visibly stunned, and turned to Zhang Zonglin and asked, "The Fifth Division is about to withdraw the Thirteenth Brigade out of the border, and you transferred the Officer Division here. How can the Fifth Division still have mobile forces?"
Zhang Zonglin sneered and pointed to the capital on the map and said, "I can be sure that Ningci Gangcun is definitely not in the capital, otherwise his troops would not have ambushed the Fifth Division."
"The Fifth Division has already prepared several small regiments that can clear out the local bandit troubles at any time. I transferred the officer regiment here just to be prepared for any emergency."
Knowing that he couldn't win the argument with Zhang Zonglin, Zhejichensha didn't want to say more and continued to introduce the current arrangement to Li Yunlong.
"After our Luyu Corps went north, we pushed forward all the way and broke up the enemy's deployment. Now we have 200,000 troops stationed in Tianjin, ready to launch an attack at any time when the troops arrive."
"Now your detachment's mission is to support our siege troops in advancing, maintain stability after entering the city, and clear out the remaining Japanese enemies in the area we occupy."
Ding Wei seemed to understand what Zheji Chensha meant, and asked, "Your department means that we want to fight street battles with the devils, and our detachment will be the second-line troops to maintain stability in the area?"
"Yes, Captain Ding is right. Our siege troops have been deployed. What we lack now is the troops to maintain stability after entering the city."
As Zhang Zonglin spoke, he walked to the map, pointed in the direction of Shanhaiguan, and said, "Our three regiments here have annihilated the enemy in their direction, and now we have withdrawn two regiments to join our siege force."
Ding Wei nodded in understanding. If the strength of these two regiments was added, the number of siege troops alone would now exceed that of the Japanese.
Judging from the International Youth Column’s previous battle records, when the difference in troop strength between them and the Japanese was not much, the International Youth Column usually won a crushing victory.
"If that's the case, our detachment is willing to follow the arrangements of our friendly forces, right, Lao Li, Lao Li?"
Ding Wei shouted repeatedly, but Li Yunlong did not respond. He turned around and saw Li Yunlong staring at the defense map of the capital with a frown on his face.
"Old Li, the friendly forces have explained it so clearly, do you have anything else you want to ask?"
Thinking that Li Yunlong still had doubts, Ding Wei asked with a smile.
Li Yunlong stood up and walked in front of Zhang Zonglin. Looking at the face that looked similar to his own, he asked, "If I'm not mistaken, Commander Zhang wants to lead the troops to fight the devils in the streets, right?"
"Without advanced weapons and equipment, the difference between your individual soldiers and the Japs is not that big. I am confused as to why Commander Zhang would want to engage in a street fight with the Japs."
Hearing that Li Yunlong had guessed his intention, Zhang Zonglin chuckled, pointed to a few key points on the map, and said, "If Captain Li thinks the same as I do, then you should understand what I mean."
"Can these historical sites really be compared with the lives of soldiers?" Li Yunlong was a little confused. According to the style of the International Youth Brigade, protecting the lives of soldiers should be the first priority.
"This is the method voted by our officers who participated in the siege. We don't want this city, which was built during the Yongle period, to be destroyed by artillery fire before all of them die."
Zhang Zonglin looked at Li Yunlong and expressed his thoughts firmly.
"It's brave, but is it worth it?"
"It's all worth it. Listen, hasn't the siege already begun?"
Zhang Zonglin pointed in the direction of the capital, and everyone clearly heard the sound of cannons firing.
"Zhang Zonglin, you disobeyed orders on the battlefield again!" Zhejichensha looked at Zhang Zonglin with some shock and anger.
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The southern wall of the capital, where the Yongding Gate was located, had been destroyed by heavy artillery. A large number of players, under the cover of tanks, poured into the capital.
As a supporter of Zhang Zonglin, Ren Xiafeng joined the siege team with his own small group and was entrusted by Zhang Zonglin with the important task of commanding the front line.
As soon as they rushed into the city, the Type 92 heavy machine guns on the inner wall opened fire, and the dense crossfire was overwhelming. The suppressed players could not enter.
Ren Xiafeng led his small group and took a quick look at the map in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Did Buyu buy those houses near the city wall?"
"Buyu has been entangled with his ex, and because of a quarrel between them, they bought all the houses in this area." Jiu Tiange looked like he was enjoying a good show.
Ren Xiafeng seemed not to hear the sarcasm in Jiu Tian's words. He slapped the map in his hand and gave orders calmly.
"Ding Tiancang, Wu Ziru, the two of you bring in the artillery and blow down the inner city wall. Song Jianci will lead our people to rush into the city in the first wave and seize a favorable position."
"I understand, but Brother Feng, what if the higher-ups blame us?"
"No way! Our mission is to break into the capital city regardless of any obstacles!"
"Alright. Stop talking. It's not like we're going to flatten the capital. If the walls collapse, we can just repair them."