Yoshio Shinozuka waited in agony for more than an hour.
I wonder what happened to the 225th Regiment?
Arriving at the communications room next door, Yoshio Shinozuka found communications staff officer Toshimatsu Kasai and asked, "Kasai-kun, has there been any news from the 225th Regiment?"
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu hurriedly paused, "I haven't reported to the general yet!"
"Baga!" Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily, "How long has it been since the time when Zhenmei Wuji asked for tactical guidance?"
Toshimatsu Kasai raised his hand and looked at his wrist watch, and said: "The last communication from the 225th Wing was at 3:22 in the morning, and now it is 4:43 in the morning. Almost one and a half hours have passed.
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"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, "It's been almost an hour and a half?"
"Yes!" Kasai Toshiatsu said immediately, "At 3:22 in the morning, the communication team of the 225th Regiment suddenly sent an urgent message to the 37th Division and the headquarters requesting tactical guidance. They were attacked by the Eighth Route Army in Moshiwa.
In response to a large-scale artillery attack, the 225th Regiment prepared to move toward Heshun County and requested the headquarters to order the Heshun County garrison to respond."
"It is possible that the 225th Regiment was on its way to Heshun County and did not turn on the radio!"
"The Heshun defenders have called. They have sent more than 400 imperial soldiers to Moshiwa for support. News should be sent back to the headquarters soon!"
"Yoshi..." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, "Continue to call the 225th Regiment. I don't believe it. The 225th Regiment was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu paused quickly.
After saying that, Yoshio Shinozuka returned to the combat hall next door.
Upon seeing this, Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi came over and asked worriedly: "Your Excellency, Commander, is there no news about the 225th Regiment yet?"
"There is no news yet." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, "Heshun County Imperial Soldiers have gone to receive support, and there should be news soon."
"General, there is no need to worry too much." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army has not yet eaten up the strength of the 225th Regiment. At most, the 225th Regiment will be driven back to Heshun County."
Although Hideyoshi Kusuyama said this, Yoshio Shinozuka's worry decreased instead of increasing.
They were just afraid that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army would play a trick of encircling a certain point for reinforcements and deliberately attack Liao County and Yushe County, but in fact secretly assembled the main force to besiege the 225th Regiment.
After all, judging from the exposed strength of the 8th Route 129th Division in the Battle of Zhengtai, the strength of the 8th Route 129th Division was at least close to 30 regiments.
In addition to receiving external assistance, all the food, weapons and ammunition in Yangquan and Shouyang also fell into the hands of the 129th Division. The combat effectiveness of the 129th Division has been greatly enhanced.
Moreover, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army also had Li Yunlong, a brave and skilled general.
Judging from the performance of the confrontation with the 4th Brigade Headquarters at the Lion Mountain in Yangquan, the on-paper combat effectiveness displayed by Li Yunlong's troops was probably not weaker than that of the elite Japanese regiment.
Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, not wanting to be in a better mood. After thinking deeply, he suddenly became unsettled and felt more and more that the 225th Regiment was in danger.
At this moment, Toshimatsu Kasai looked ugly and hurriedly walked into the war room holding a telegram.
Arriving in front of Yoshio Shinozuka, he said: "General, there is news about the 225th Regiment. The fourth brigade stationed in Heshun, Inoue Shigeyoshi, is sending an emergency call!"
"Oh?" Yoshio Shinozuka looked shocked and turned to look at Toshimatsu Kasai, but when he saw the ugly expression on his face, his heart sank suddenly.
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"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu picked up the telegram and read, "The 225th Regiment's camp in Moshiwa was attacked fiercely by two artillery regiments from the Eighth Route Army around 3:20 in the morning. It suffered heavy losses and was attacked again.
More than 2,000 people were besieged by the Eighth Route Army. The firepower of the Eighth Route Army was very fierce. The 225th Regiment Headquarters was also bombarded. The head of the town, Takeji Daizuo and Iwasaki Toyoji, the center left, were killed on the spot!"
"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned for a moment, "What did you say?"
Although he had vaguely guessed this result in his heart, Kasai Toshimatsu's report still made Yoshio Shinozuka unbelievable.
Next to him, Kusuyama Hideyoshi and all the combat staff looked at him in disbelief and shock.
Even the captain and adjutant of the 225th Regiment were shattered. The 225th Regiment, which has lost its command system, may not be much better.
Kusuyama Hideyoshi asked in a deep voice: "How many soldiers transferred to Heshun County? Is the regiment flag lost?"
Kasai Toshimatsu said: "I personally talked to Inoue Shigeyoshi Shao Zuo using the radio."
"According to what he said, the Eighth Route Army pursued and attacked them all the way, and when they reached the 225th Wing, there were only more than 200 people left."
"The flag of the 225th Regiment was brought out safely."
"It's good if the alliance flag is brought out." Kusuyama Hideyoshi breathed a sigh of relief.
The regiment flag is the most important flag of the Japanese army. Each regiment flag is protected by a squadron. Many Japanese soldiers believe that this flag is even more important than their lives.
Japan's coalition flags are all awarded by the Emperor of Japan personally. Each coalition's flag is unique and therefore extremely precious.
In the Japanese army, the regiment flag only exists in the organization of the unit. If the regiment flag is not present, the organization of the unit will not exist.
The captain of the alliance can die, but the alliance flag can be lost.
When a Japanese army is about to be wiped out, the Japanese army will perform a "burning" ceremony and burn the regiment flag.
Therefore, no regimental flag was ever captured during World War II.
Even Li Yunlong completely wiped out the Black Island Cavalry Regiment and failed to capture the regiment flag.
After a pause, Kusuyama Hideyoshi continued: "As long as the flag of the 225th Regiment is still there, you can apply to replenish troops from the mainland and reorganize the 225th Regiment."
Shinozuka Yoshio's cheeks twitched and his voice was hoarse: "But we lost the chief military officer Wuji Daizuo and more than 3,000 imperial warriors."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi also said: "If something happens to the 225th Regiment rushing to the rescue, then the warriors in Yushe County and Liaoxian County will definitely not be able to survive."
"Baga!" Shinozuka Yoshio said angrily, "This revenge must be avenged!"
"Your Majesty Commander, now is not the time to take action against the Eighth Route Army."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi was startled by Shinozuka Yoshio's words and angry expression. He was afraid that Shinozuka Yoshio would become angry and make some irrational decision.
"Although the Eighth Route Army's expansion speed is astonishing, its destructive power is also stronger than other Chinese armies. They have even taken advantage of them in these few battles."
"However, it is not a good thing for the Eighth Route Army to expand so quickly."
"Although there is some external support, it is just a drop in the bucket."
"The more the troops expand, the greater the cost of launching a campaign. It won't be long before the Eighth Route Army will fall into a weak period with supply difficulties."
"Moreover, the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack the imperial army before they were fully fledged this time, exposing their cards in advance. This is a taboo in the game of cards."
"I believe that the base camp has begun to pay attention to these mud-legged people hiding in the ravines, and it won't be long before more troops are sent to North China."
"By the time…"
After finishing speaking, Kusuyama Hideyoshi's eyes flashed sharply.
Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief, his tone filled with murderous intent: "Just let these mud-legged people dance around for a few more days."
After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka asked: "How is the construction of the airport going?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "At present, the reconstruction of the runway of Xincheng Airport has been completed, but facilities such as towers, aircraft shelters, arsenals, oil depots, and dormitories are still under construction."
"In addition, the Wusu Airport in the south of the city will be completed in about half a month."
After the First Army's aircraft were completely lost, Yoshio Shinozuka planned to reorganize the First Army's flying team.
Learning from the shelling of Xincheng Airport, he was not going to put all his eggs in one basket this time, so he ordered the construction of Wusu Airport outside the south of the city.
He also ordered the construction of aircraft nests to hide aircraft. The aircraft nests were all constructed of reinforced concrete and must be able to withstand the power of 75mm mountain field guns to be considered qualified.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery can only destroy the runway at most, but cannot damage the aircraft.
"Hey!" said Yoshio Shinozuka, "order to speed up the construction of the airport. Both airports must be completed within half a month."
"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi said.
Yoshio Shinozuka said in a stern tone: "Although the Imperial Army suffered a loss, once the Imperial Army adjusts, it will definitely carry out an unprecedented sweep of the Eighth Route Bandit Area."
"Your Excellency, Commander," Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I have a mature idea regarding the raid on the Eighth Route Bandit Area."
"Oh?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked with an expression on his face, "Kusuyama-kun, do you have any good ideas?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "I have carefully studied the Imperial Army's previous encircling sweeps of the Eighth Route Army. Every time the Eighth Route Army faced the Imperial Army's sweeps, the Eighth Route Army's response was almost to break into pieces and run away. Although the Imperial Army was able to eliminate some sporadic Eighth Route Army
, but it was never possible to truly eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"Yes, the Eighth Route Army's tactics are flexible, cunning and fierce." Yoshio Shinozuka sighed, "Their main force did not fight head-on with the Imperial Army at all, so the Imperial Army never found a chance to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi's eyes were deep: "Since the main force of the Eighth Route Army avoids fighting, we can use tricks to force them to fight the imperial army."
"When the next raid against the Eighth Route Army is launched, our imperial army will secretly move to the outskirts of the Eighth Route Bandit Area and first send an advance force into the Eighth Route Bandit Area to burn, kill, and loot."
"Then the Eighth Route Army will definitely send its main force to besiege this advance force."
"At this time, our mopping up troops quickly moved closer to the advance troops from all directions and besieged the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"In this way, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army does not want to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army, they can't help it."
Yoshio Shinozuka figured out the key after just a moment of thought.
The advance troops entered the Eighth Route bandit area and burned, killed, and looted. If the Eighth Route Army did not concentrate their forces, they would destroy this Japanese army that penetrated deep into the Eighth Route Army's hinterland.
Then not only the morale of the Eighth Route Army will be affected, but the people in the base areas will also lose trust in the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army can establish a strong base area only because of the support of the people. Once there is a crisis of trust between the people and the Eighth Route Army, it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to gain a foothold.
This is called conspiracy.
"Kusuyama-kun's plan is very clever." Yoshio Shinozuka praised, "If the plan is implemented, it will force the Eighth Route Army to fight the main force of the Japanese army, and then the victory will be completed in one battle."
"Your Excellency, Commander, is very complimentary." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I call it the central blooming tactic."
This chapter has been completed!