Lieutenant General Yamamoto did not deny Okamura Neji's ridicule.
If his attack was unfavorable, he would lose more than half of his main division. What awaits him must be accountability from the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
As expected, the position of commander of the Kwantung Army going south will definitely be lost, and maybe not even the position of division commander.
If he offended Neji Okamura, who had a great background, at this time, his military career would be completely over.
Moreover, Okamura Neji's analysis just now is also true. Even if he wants to refute it, he can't find an excuse.
The Eighth Route Army in Yizhong assembled heavy artillery and tank troops, and for most of the night, they killed a main division of the Kwantung Army, which was unable to parry. It suffered more than half of its casualties and almost lost its combat effectiveness.
If they try their best, any reinforced division heading south to North China will be no match.
Now there are only two main divisions left in the southward reinforcements, but the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong has the military strength to kill one of its own divisions.
If there are no reinforcements and the enemy continues to sweep the Eighth Route Army's base area in the wing according to the original battle plan, the enemy can easily crush this sweep and repel the Kwantung Army's attack by using various defeat methods.
Explain that not only will you lose the battle, but if not, you will lose another reinforced division, and the Kwantung Army's reinforcements going south will be completely ruined.
After thinking for a moment, he then said: "Commander Okamura is right... the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong is indeed more powerful than the humble officials imagined..."
"In terms of heavy weapons, their equipment level is no less than that of the Kwantung Army. Even with the same strength, they are equipped with more heavy artillery than the Kwantung Army."
"I will immediately send a telegram to the Kwantung Army Headquarters... to report this defeat, introduce the strength of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army to Your Excellency, Commander, and ask Your Excellency, Commander, to send more main elites south to reinforce the North China Front Army and eliminate the Yizhong Eighth Route Army tonight.
Revenge for the Kwantung Army officers and soldiers who died in the battle."
What Okamura Nei wanted most was this sentence, and he reciprocated the favor: "I will also give your commander a call..."
"Tell him that this defeat was mainly caused by the Yizhong Eighth Route Army hiding its strength and being too strong, so as to reduce your guilt, Yamamoto..."
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Yizhong Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
Kong Jie looked at Li Yunlong and asked seriously: "Old Li..."
"You must have thought about it carefully. You are planning to go to Liaoning to build a new base..."
"Think about it..." Li Yunlong replied readily.
"We are old comrades-in-arms who have only been out for a while. You should know my character very well."
"Although I have great command authority as the deputy commander of the Yi Zhong Base Area and can command a brigade of troops alone, I, Li Yunlong, have never liked being controlled by others."
"Instead of doing this, it is better to go deep into the three northeastern provinces and build a new base there where we can have the final say."
"Speaking of it, the Yizhong Base Area has its current scale and prospects, and I, Li Yunlong, have a lot of credit for it."
"As long as the head of the headquarters allows me to go to the Northeast, I will not separate from you."
"After all, the Yizhong base area will face heavy encirclement and suppression by the Kwantung Army in the next military operation, and the combat pressure will be very high."
"You only need to give me two thousand troops plus one Huang Yu..."
"I will choose the weapons, ammunition and supplies myself. Our base in the wing is not lacking in these. You shouldn't be reluctant to part with them..."
Seeing that Li Yunlong had made up his mind, Kong Jie stopped talking nonsense and answered readily: "Two thousand people are too few..."
"After all, Liaoning is the territory of the Kwantung Army, and the pressure to fight there is definitely much greater than in the base area."
"I will give you three thousand people..."
"After we severely damaged one of the Kwantung Army's main divisions in Gu'an County, the remaining two Kwantung Army divisions on the battlefield simply became cowards and did not dare to fight us rashly."
"It is said that Okamura Neiji has asked the Kwantung Army for reinforcements again."
"We plan to wait until the Kwantung Army headquarters dispatches more troops to go south before gathering heavy troops to encircle and suppress us."
"It can take as long as two or three months, or as short as one month, and the base area will not be threatened by any Japanese and puppet troops..."
"I am absolutely sure that I will use this time to expand the main force in the base area to 15,000 people. You taking away 3,000 people will not affect the base area's combat effectiveness too much."
"As for Xiao Huang...as long as he is willing, I agree to let him go."
"To be honest, I'm not worried about you going to the Northeast alone. If you take Zhuge Liang, Xiao Huang, with you, your chances of successfully establishing a foothold will be increased by at least 30%."
"Commander...an urgent message from headquarters...it's an encrypted message..." The operator suddenly walked up to the two of them and reported with a serious face.
"There must be news from the head of the headquarters..." Li Yunlong said expectantly.
Kong Jie grabbed the telegram handed over by the operator before he could speak.
The content of the telegram was very simple, with only two words: "Agree..."
Li Yunlong handed the telegram to Kong Jie, turned around and ordered to Huang Yu: "Xiao Huang..."
"You have the final say on how many people will be sent to go north with us...how many weapons, ammunition and supplies they will be equipped with..."
"While the Kwantung Army is constantly moving troops south to Pingjin, and the connections between North China and Northeast China are becoming more and more frequent, we should go north as soon as possible."
"If we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to go north to Liaoning under the nose of the Japanese army."
Huang Yu had already started preparing for this and immediately replied: "Deputy Commander...this is a list I made in advance..."
"The northward detachment is temporarily under the jurisdiction of three brigades, each with 900 men. The detachment is directly under the jurisdiction of a 300-man squadron, with a full complement of 3,000 men."
"The team of 300 people under direct supervision is mainly equipped with mountain artillery, anti-tank artillery, and anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns..."
"All heavy equipment was dismantled into parts and transported by mules and horses to ensure that the troops could march quickly on mountain roads."
"The three brigades are only equipped with rifles, heavy machine guns, grenades, and mortars..."
"But you must bring enough ammunition..."
"Each rifle is issued three hundred rounds of ammunition, the light machine gun is issued one thousand rounds of ammunition, the heavy machine gun is issued three thousand rounds of ammunition, the mortar is issued two hundred rounds of artillery shells, the mountain gun is issued two hundred rounds of artillery shells, and the anti-tank artillery
One hundred rounds of artillery shells are issued..."
"Equip each soldier with ten grenades and two hundred and fifty kilograms of food..."
"Another 3,000 mules and horses will be mobilized from the entire base area. Each soldier will be responsible for one mule and horse to transport their own food and ammunition. The extra transportation capacity will help transport artillery shells..."
"We also need to prepare a cotton military uniform and a military coat for every soldier going north..."
"I suggest that we directly use the Japanese cotton military uniforms we seized at the Tianjin pier without any modifications, and then deal with them according to the local environment after we enter Northeast China."
"We need to prepare more white cloth..."
"When winter comes in the Northeast, everything is covered with cuts."
"Soldiers wear a piece of white cloth on their bodies. If they encounter a Japanese fighter plane, they will blend in with the surrounding environment as soon as they lie down on the ground."
