Chapter 1172 Okamura Neji: We are not defeated yet!
At the critical moment, Okamura Neji suddenly interjected: "We seem to have missed a few troops?"
One word awakens the dreamer.
The chief of staff followed Okamura Neji's gaze to the sand table and understood. Then he frowned and asked: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"You are referring to the several units of the Eighth Route Army left behind in the base area..."
Okamura Neiji nodded, and then his face sank: "The Eighth Route Army in the Wings not only has two main brigades, a heavy artillery regiment, and a special forces regiment..."
"They also have a guard regiment directly under the military division, and three independent regiments..."
"Stay in the base area to eliminate the raiding troops we sent out..."
"With the help of the tunnels, they don't need so many main forces to stay in the base area. At most, one independent regiment is enough."
"With the addition of a main regiment, half a heavy artillery regiment, and half a special forces regiment in the Xiong County return base area... we can completely guarantee the security of the base area and eliminate all the troops we sent out..."
"Our attention has been on Xiong County, and we only focused on the Independent Brigade and the Only Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong. We forgot that they also have three independent regiments and a guard regiment."
"If there is a need on the front line, the Eighth Route Army can completely dispatch two independent regiments and a guard regiment from the base area to reinforce Xiong County and besiege the reinforcements moving south!"
"Their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated."
Although the person in charge of intelligence felt that Okamura Neji's analysis was very reasonable, he still felt that something was wrong. He frowned and asked: "This is not right either..."
"The total strength of two independent regiments plus a guard regiment exceeds 5,000 people, and it is very likely that there are more than 6,000 people..."
"No matter how cautious the Eighth Route Army is in mobilizing troops on such a large scale, it will never be possible to do so quietly!"
"Although the intelligence personnel sent out by the intelligence department focused their attention on the Sole Brigade and the Independent Brigade, we still arranged a lot of people to cover all the traffic arteries leading to the Eighth Route Army base area."
"Fifty-six thousand Eighth Route Army troops are reinforcing Xiongxian County from their base area... No matter how stupid the intelligence personnel sent from humble positions are, there is no way they can fail to detect some information..."
"besides……"
"Biancheng Major General was very cautious. Before the main force arrived in Xiong County, he sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the Eighth Route Army's every move, and also deployed a large number of guard posts around Xiong County."
"It can be said that with Xiong County as the center, every move within a radius of ten kilometers cannot escape the eyes of the border town major general."
"If the Eighth Route Army mobilizes troops from the base area to reinforce Xiongxian, even if the intelligence department does not receive the news, it can receive relevant information in advance, immediately end the offensive in Xiongxian, and lead the troops to withdraw from the battlefield, without giving the Eighth Route Army any chance to encircle and annihilate them."
"But we have not received any news about the evacuation of southward reinforcements from Xiong County..."
"Even if the Eighth Route Army base in Yizhong had the strength to mobilize troops to reinforce Xiongxian, I still can't figure out how they escaped the eyes of our intelligence officers and scouts. They quietly reached outside Xiongxian City and killed the reinforcements heading south. They were caught off guard and beaten.
They didn’t even have a chance to send a telegram to the headquarters!”
The intelligence chief's rhetorical question is also a question that many operational staff officers in the headquarters cannot understand.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a chorus of agreement.
At this moment, a combat staff officer who knew the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong suddenly stood up and reported with a frown: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"There is a way to hide the Eighth Route Army reinforcements from the eyes of our intelligence officers and scouts..."
The chief of staff answered at the same time: "Divide troops to reinforce Xiong County!"
At this point, the chief of staff's face was already red with anger. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to explain: "If the Eighth Route Army reinforcements are divided into companies and platoons and take small routes to reinforce Xiong County, even if our intelligence personnel and scouts discover them,
We will only regard them as local troops and guerrillas, and will never think of them as the main force..."
"Hiss, hiss..."
The huge war room immediately heard a loud intake of breath, and many people had expressions of shock and realization on their faces.
Then we gathered around the sand table to study the feasibility of this reinforcement method...
The atmosphere in the war room became increasingly depressing as a result.
Because the more they study, the more they feel that this method of reinforcement is very feasible, which means that the possibility of an accident in Xiong County among the reinforcement troops going south is very high.
For a moment, everyone focused their attention on Okamura Neji, waiting for him to make the final decision.
Okamura Neiji also believed that there was a high possibility of an accident happening to the reinforcements heading south, but he did not completely despair and still held on to a lot of hope.
If the Yizhong Eighth Route Army really mobilizes troops from its base area to reinforce Xiongxian County, accidents may indeed occur to the reinforcement troops going south...
But after all, they had more than 10,000 people. Even if they suffered some losses in the battle to attack Xiongxian, there would definitely be 8,000 or 9,000 people.
Even if the Eighth Route Army transferred five or six thousand men from the base area to reinforce Xiong County, with the strength of eight or nine thousand reinforcements from the south, it would be very easy to break out of the encirclement. It would be absolutely impossible to defeat them without even having the chance to send a telegram.
Now the radio contact between the headquarters and them has been interrupted, and the reinforcements going south have not sent them a telegram. This means that there has been an accident on the battlefield in Xiong County that they have not deduced. Maybe the reinforcements going south are still intact, but they are unable to contact them.
Just go to headquarters.
Although this possibility is very low, Okamura Neiji did not give up hope and ordered with a stern face: "Let the communications department continue to use radio to contact the southbound reinforcements..."
"The brigade headquarters radio station, the radio stations equipped by each brigade... all make continuous calls..."
After giving the order, he turned his attention to the person in charge of the intelligence. Seeing that he looked guilty, he was afraid that he would hold the intelligence department responsible, so he immediately comforted him...
"If the Eighth Route Army really mobilizes troops from the base area to reinforce Xiong County, it is not your fault... All of us have missed this unit, and everyone in the headquarters is responsible..."
"And it is still unknown whether the reinforcements going south had an accident in Xiong County..."
"Cheer up, we are not defeated yet..."
"Even if you really lose, there is still a chance to turn defeat into victory."
"Immediately contact the intelligence personnel operating around Xiongxian County, rush to the Xiongxian battlefield as quickly as possible, find the reinforcements going south, and report their specific situation and the specific battle situation in Xiongxian County. I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death..."
"There are more than 10,000 elite reinforcements going south, as well as a heavy artillery brigade and a tank brigade. It is absolutely impossible for them to be completely wiped out by the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army in just a few hours."
"Even if the two main brigades work together to besiege the reinforcements going south, they can't do it..."
The intelligence chief breathed a sigh of relief and reported: "I'll make arrangements now..."
"We must use the shortest possible time to find out the latest situation of the reinforcements heading south..."
