Chapter 1224 Okamura Neji: Let the support troops return
A minute passed without Okamura Neji saying a word...
Five minutes passed. Okamura Neji's eyes were still focused on the sand table, but he still didn't say a word or even move.
The atmosphere in the war room became increasingly depressing.
"Your Excellency, Commander..." Finally, it was the Deputy Chief of Staff who broke the oppressive atmosphere.
Looking at Okamura Neiji, he reminded anxiously: "I am now most worried about the guerrilla brigade defeating the chief of staff and leading troops to kill Peiping, taking advantage of the situation and threatening Peiping's security."
"Our troops are already insufficient, so we have sent a large number of troops south to reinforce Bazhou. The remaining troops have been deployed to defend Peiping, and we can no longer mobilize a single soldier."
"What if the guerrilla brigade enters Pingjin and then attacks Beiping Airport and Tianjin Wharf..."
"There is only one full infantry brigade garrison left at Peiping Airport... There is only one baggage regiment left at Tianjin Pier."
"No matter where the guerrilla brigade attacks, with the powerful assault capabilities they have demonstrated on the battlefield, they cannot defend both places."
"The purpose of our sending troops to reinforce Bazhou is to block the Yizhong Eighth Route Army heading north, prevent them from invading Beiping and Tianjin, and protect Beiping Airport and Tianjin Pier."
"If the reinforcements we sent out worked hard to block the North Wing Central Eighth Route Army in Bazhou, but the Tianjin Pier and Peking Airport were attacked by the guerrilla brigade and an accident occurred, then we might as well not send reinforcements to Bazhou."
"The total strength of the support force exceeds 6,000. It is completely possible to deploy a pocket formation in the Pingjin area to wipe out the guerrilla brigade that invaded Pingjin."
"They just severely damaged the more than 7,000 elite soldiers brought by the chief of staff to Fangshan."
"Kill the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred by yourself."
"No matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the guerrilla brigade is, the casualties of killing six to seven thousand of our people in a row will not be too small."
"As long as we find a way to gather two to three thousand more people and move the troops together without giving the guerrilla brigade any chance to defeat them individually, we should be able to wipe out all the guerrilla brigade that invaded Pingjin."
How could Okamura Neji not know this truth?
But now, let alone two or three thousand people, it is already difficult for him to mobilize even one thousand people.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have frowned for so long without saying a word.
Just when he was hesitating whether to send 2,000 troops from the troops who had gone south to reinforce Bazhou to return reinforcements, an exclamation from the door suddenly reached his ears.
"Your Excellency Commander..."
"Urgent report from the city defense troops in the east of the city..."
"There was a lot of firefighting coming from the direction of Peiping Airport, including the sound of shells exploding. The firefighting was very intensive... They judged that the airport was attacked by unknown enemies..."
"The guerrilla brigade has just finished the decisive battle with the troops commanded by the chief of staff, and it is impossible for Fei to suddenly appear at the Peking Airport..."
As soon as Neji Okamura finished speaking, the operator responsible for slapping him appeared at the door of the war room again. Compared with the anxiety just now, his face was obviously more panicked at this moment.
No……
It should be panic, fear of the future and one's own future.
He rushed all the way to Okamura Neji and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Beiping Airport urgent call..."
"They were attacked by thousands of Eighth Route Army troops. The opponent was equipped with a large number of mortars and light machine guns. The offensive was very fierce. The airport garrison suffered heavy casualties and was in urgent need of reinforcements..."
"in addition……"
Seeing that the operator hesitated for a long time without uttering a word, the deputy chief of staff beside him became anxious and immediately asked: "What else?"
"Report immediately."
"It's already this time, there's nothing else to say."
"The newspaper also said that... they are ready to lose the airport..."
"We are desperately trying to seize the tarmac..."
"If the Eighth Route Army breaks through the outer defense line of the airport and directly lets the pilots take off the fighter planes, how many of them can fly... Those that cannot fly will all be blown up before the troops are destroyed."
"Please Commander, please send troops to reinforce the airport as soon as possible, otherwise they will be really doomed."
Okamura Neiji suppressed his anger and asked the surrounding subordinates: "Can any of you tell me...where did the more than a thousand Eighth Route Army troops who attacked the airport come from..."
"When did the Eighth Route Army hide in the Pingjin area? Why didn't the intelligence department notice it at all?"
silence……
Faced with Okamura Neji's questioning, everyone had no choice but to remain silent.
Without intelligence support, they didn't know how to answer Neji Okamura's questions.
"Your Excellency, Commander..." Another operator rushed into the war room with a panic-stricken look on his face, and asked hurriedly before the deputy chief of staff and Okamura Neji could speak.
"Tianjin pier urgent call..."
"They were attacked by a large number of Eighth Route Army. The opponent was equipped with a large number of mortars and light machine guns. The Eighth Route Army had already crossed into the dock and asked for support..."
"Baghaya Road, how come there is still the presence of the Eighth Route Army in the peaceful territory..." Okamura Neiji no longer knew how to describe his bad mood at the moment.
Yes, it's just bad.
Because the accidents brought about by the telegram were completely out of his scope, and he had no preparations.
Even if he temporarily makes up for the situation, he will have no troops to send because of insufficient troops.
The deputy chief of staff could only repeat the thought in his mind: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Other than calling back support troops, we have no other way to resolve the current crisis."
“I don’t know where the Eighth Route Army troops who attacked Tianjin Pier and Beiping Airport came from, but it is a fact that Beiping Airport and Tianjin Pier are surrounded and worried.”
"If Beiping Airport and Tianjin Terminal are lost...then our support to Bazhou will become meaningless."
"It's better to let them return to support Peking Airport and Tianjin Terminal immediately."
"At least the Eighth Route Army attacking two places is not equipped with heavy weapons, only mortars and light and heavy machine guns. It is much easier to hit them than the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army on the back."
"If they are lucky enough to rescue the Peiping Airport and Tianjin Wharf, it will not be too late to move south to block the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
"At worst, we'll have a decisive battle directly with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army in the Pingjin area."
"If they don't return support, the Peking Airport and Tianjin Terminal will definitely be lost."
"In case the Eighth Route Army, which has captured two places, takes the opportunity to go south to Bazhou, it will cooperate with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army, which is heading north to Pingjin, to attack our supporting troops from the front and rear of Bazhou."
"In the end, not only will Tianjin Pier and Peking Airport be unable to be saved, but even the support troops we sent will suffer a devastating blow in Bazhou and the entire army will be wiped out."
"Commander, please be careful when opening this matter."
"Taking a step back, even if the support troops are late in returning reinforcements, the current strength of the support troops can still kill the Eighth Route Army attacking the two places."
Okamura Neiji suddenly punched the table and said with a vicious look on his face: "What a cunning Eighth Route Army..."
"We were fooled by them again."
"Immediately send a telegram to the support troops: upon receipt of the order, we will turn around and return to support Peking Airport and Tianjin Pier."
"I will give another order to the troops along the route of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army going north: I don't care if they destroy roads, lay landmines, or sneak attack the Eighth Route Army through guerrilla warfare, they must be dragged along the march at all costs, and the support troops can return to Peiping Airport and Tianjin.
