Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping.
The operator hurriedly ran to Okamura Neji, as if in a panic, and reported nervously: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Xiong County just sent a farewell telegram..."
"The city defenses in the east of the city have been breached by the Eighth Route Army. There is less than one squadron left in the city fighting the Eighth Route Army. They can hold on for ten minutes at most. I am sending a farewell telegram..."
This result was expected by Neji Okamura. After hearing this, his face was calm and there was no reaction at all.
The chief of staff on the side suddenly interjected: "Did the farewell telegram report the casualties of the Eighth Route Army in the siege battle?"
Seeing the radio operator shaking his head, the chief of staff immediately ordered: "While the Xiong County Garrison Headquarters has not been captured by the Eighth Route Army, call them back quickly and report immediately the casualties of the Eighth Route Army during the siege."
"Hurry up, otherwise the radio contact between the two parties will be cut off."
Okamura Neji shook his head and ordered: "What's the hurry?"
"The Xiongxian garrison has been staying in the city to fight defensive battles and has never left the city. How can it be possible to know the casualties of the Eighth Route Army in the siege battle? Even if they report a series of figures, they are their own estimates. They only have reference value and are not
precise."
"I know you are worried that the Eighth Route Army suffered too few casualties in the attack on Xiongxian, which would affect the safety of the reinforcements going south and prevent them from successfully retaking Xiongxian."
"But no matter how anxious we are, we must prescribe the right medicine instead of just grabbing it randomly."
After saying that, he turned his attention to the person in charge of intelligence on the side: "The offensive and defensive battle in Xiong County has been going on for so long, there must be many intelligence personnel gathered on the battlefield to investigate the situation."
"Intelligence personnel were operating behind the Eighth Route Army and could clearly see the number of wounded and corpses being transported to the rear by the Eighth Route Army."
"Using these data to determine the casualties of the Eighth Route Army is much more accurate than the results reported by the Xiongxian garrison."
The person in charge of intelligence understood the situation and immediately took over the task: "Commander, please make arrangements now, and the results will be delivered to you before dawn."
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Japanese Army Xiong County Garrison Headquarters.
When Huang Yu arrived here, the corpses of the Japanese and puppet soldiers in the headquarters had been cleared away. Except for the bullet holes made by bullets and the blood stains on the ground, it was almost impossible to tell that this place had just experienced a bloody battle.
"Deputy Chief of Staff..."
The commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Sole Brigade rushed to Huang Yu with a face full of disappointment: "The little devil blew up the Xiongxian Arsenal..."
"Although we reached the arsenal in time, we only managed to snatch less than 30% of the ammunition. The remaining equipment and ammunition were all blown into scrap by the little devils..."
"Fortunately, the Japanese have stored a large amount of ammunition at the top of each city. We captured them before they had time to destroy them. Otherwise, we would have suffered a huge loss from this attack!"
Several regiment leaders came to Huang Yu one after another, and the results reported were similar to those of the fourth regiment.
Because the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Xiong County were ready to live or die with the county and fight to the death.
So they arranged explosives in the arsenal and some important locations in advance. When the Eighth Route Army broke through the city defenses and entered the city, and the Xiongxian garrison was unable to recover, they blew up all the unused weapons and ammunition, allowing the Eighth Route Army to fight hard on their own.
Nothing good can be gained from Xiongxian County.
This was used to weaken the war potential of the Eighth Route Army in Yinzhong, making them weaker and weaker on the battlefield, and finally completely lost their combat effectiveness due to exhaustion of ammunition.
This is also what Neji Okamura requested.
Most of the ammunition of the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army comes from captured artillery shells, especially artillery shells of various calibers. Every time one is fired, one will be missing.
If they use up all the ammunition carried by the troops in the attack on Xiongxian, and do not get replenishment in Xiongxian city, the heavy artillery and mountain field artillery equipped by the Eighth Route Army in the wing will become a display.
The heavy artillery brigade under the reinforcements sent south can dominate the entire battlefield and suppress the Eighth Route Army.
If the Yizhong Eighth Route Army does not want to be passively bombed on the battlefield, the best way is to take the remaining soldiers to abandon the Xiong County they just captured and return to the base empty-handed.
Reinforcement troops going south can take advantage of the situation to retake Xiong County and continue to blockade the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, making it impossible for them to do their best to expand their sphere of influence and expand their military power.
Judging from the current situation, Okamura Neji has obviously done it.
But Huang Yu didn't pay attention to the little ammunition that the Japanese army had stored in the Xiongxian arsenal.
Compared with the ammunition stored by the North China Front at the Tianjin dock, the little ammunition stored in the Xiongxian arsenal is not worth mentioning at all.
As for how the Sole Brigade will fight next.
Not only Okamura Neiji himself, but all the other little Japs greatly underestimated the determination of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army to continue fighting.
Under normal circumstances, even if the base area sends troops to attack, it will leave a large amount of ammunition to deal with various accidents that may occur.
But because the next target of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong was the Tianjin Pier, where mountains of weapons and ammunition were stored, in order to make room for the loot, the base area used 90% of the ammunition reserves to attack Baoding and Xiong County, killing or severely injuring Gang.
Troops sent by Ningji Murura from the Pingjin area.
The Sole Brigade did consume a lot of ammunition in the battle to storm Xiongxian, especially heavy artillery shells and mountain field artillery shells.
But consumption does not mean lighting.
Before entering the city, he received news from the commander of the heavy artillery regiment that the entire army still had more than 1,500 rounds of heavy artillery shells and mountain artillery shells, enough for the artillery unit to fight another artillery battle with the Japanese.
Although there were more than 10,000 reinforcements sent by Okamura Neiji from Pingjin, there was only one heavy artillery brigade.
Even if the two sides exchanged fire and engaged in an artillery battle, more than 1,500 rounds of artillery shells could easily destroy the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, eliminating in one fell swoop the artillery threat the troops might face in the battle.
Therefore, Huang Yu was not worried at all about the reinforcement troops sent south by Neji Okamura, nor was he worried that the troops had not been captured in Xiong County.
Looking at the disappointed people, he smiled and comforted: "Isn't it just that the weapons and ammunition that everyone expected were not seized?"
"It's no big deal. As long as the soldiers still have ammunition in their hands, and the scattered ammunition we captured at the top of the city can replenish the troops' battle losses, we can continue to fight against the Japanese..."
"Everyone has heard about the reinforcements sent south by Neji Okamura. Xiong County, which we just occupied, is bearing the brunt and should be their first attack target."
"My idea is simple: There is no reason not to eat the fat meat that Okamura Neji puts on our lips!"
"The troops rely on the remaining city defenses in Xiongxian County, plus our temporary city defenses to keep the enemy out of Xiongxian City. It is best if they can annihilate them all. If they cannot annihilate them all, they must find ways to severely damage them and make them lose the threat.
Influence the next action plan of the Eighth Route Army in Yinzhong!"
