At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, an exclamation suddenly sounded at the door: "Report to the leader, Brigadier Chen... Captain Kong of the Independent Regiment reported good news... They also killed the Yamada Brigade of the fourth mixed brigade of the Little Devils... there were less than a hundred
A little Japs escaped, and all the more than 800 Japs below the captain were wiped out!"
"It's so surprising... You now think that Kong Jie's independent regiment is stronger than I thought... Brigadier Chen, you have a good subordinate..." The boss was shocked for a while before turning to Brigadier Chen.
Feeling.
"I just asked you to inform Kong Jie to come to the headquarters after the war, and I will personally give him combat missions..."
"No need now, I decided to go to the independent regiment station in person..."
"Call Kong Jie right away: Clean the battlefield as soon as possible and tally the battle damage and results. I will go to Chenjiayu to find him tomorrow morning!"
"This kid is getting more and more unexpected!"
"Not only is he great at recruiting troops and training troops, but he is also getting better and better at fighting!"
"As long as he can successfully complete the mission in the subsequent counter-mopping up, I can give him the establishment of two more main battalions!"
At the headquarters of the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Yangquan, only a few hours had passed, and Major General Miyazawa seemed to have aged more than ten years. He was slumped in a chair with no energy at all.
Seeing the communications staff hurriedly walking in, he managed to pull himself together and asked: "Have you contacted the Yamada brigade?"
The communications staff officer shook his head and replied: "We lost contact after receiving the telegram that the Yamada Brigade was blocked by the Eighth Route Army... The operators kept calling, but they did not respond."
The chief of staff pointed to the combat sandbox for analysis: "Your Excellency General..."
"The Yamada Brigade encountered the Eighth Route Army blocking force in Zhouzhuang..."
"The terrain here is flat, which is not very suitable for ambushes. On the contrary, it is conducive to the Yamada Brigade to use its heavy firepower..."
"Although the independent regiment's combat effectiveness is very strong, they lack heavy firepower... With the number of artillery pieces equipped by the Yamada Brigade, they can completely suppress them with artillery fire..."
"I think the possibility of Yamada Brigade encountering an accident is very low!"
"Even if the independent regiment deploys heavy troops to surround the Yamada Brigade, they can easily break out!"
"There must be something wrong with the radio, so we can't contact the Yamada Brigade!"
The comfort from the chief of staff did not make Major General Miyazawa feel better.
He fought against the Independent Regiment more than once, and his powerful combat effectiveness and endless combat methods left a deep impression on him...
To sum up, there is only one sentence: when fighting an independent regiment, you must not infer the results and the battle process according to common sense...
After the Yamada brigade was attacked, contact was cut off. He felt that the chance of something happening was very high, and the explanation given by the chief of staff just now was completely deceiving himself.
But it’s hard for him to refute without concrete evidence...
"Your Excellency General...there is news from Jiamu Brigade..." the intelligence staff officer ran into the war room to report.
"Our intelligence personnel lurking in the base of the Independent Regiment sent back a message..."
"In the first half of the night, there was a very fierce exchange of fire in the Huanglipo area, and a large number of mortars participated in the battle..."
"The exchange of fire lasted for less than half an hour. Intelligence personnel risked their lives to sneak into the battlefield for investigation and found a large number of corpses of the imperial army... After confirmation, they were the Jiamu Brigade that we could not contact..."
"Huang Lipo..."
Major General Miyazawa kept repeating these three words, then suddenly stood up from his chair, walked quickly to the sand table and said: "Where is Huanglipo? How far is Zhouzhuang, where Yamada's brigade was blocked..."
"Here..." a combat staff officer pointed to the sand table and introduced...
"The straight-line distance from Zhouzhuang is less than 20 kilometers, and the mountain road is about 28 kilometers... The Eighth Route Army can march from Huanglipo to Zhouzhuang in only four hours."
Major General Miyazawa's newly ignited hope was instantly shattered, and he once again turned into a little old man who was more than ten years old. He dragged heavy steps back to his seat and sat down on the chair...
Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Harada's face also became particularly ugly.
He had comforted himself just now, thinking that the independent regiment did not have the strength to completely annihilate the Yamada brigade in Zhouzhuang.
After hearing Major General Miyazawa's question, he didn't think so...
The Independent Regiment was able to annihilate the Jiamu Brigade within half an hour, so its combat effectiveness must be very strong. After seizing a large number of weapons and ammunition equipped by the Jiamu Brigade, the overall strength of the Independent Regiment increased instead of decreasing, and there was still enough time to rush to Zhouzhuang to arrange the battlefield.
We can definitely kill the Yamada Brigade...
At seven o'clock in the morning, the atmosphere in the headquarters was still the same as in the middle of the night, extremely depressing...
Major General Miyazawa slumped in his chair, with a sullen face and said nothing...
Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Harada frowned and walked back and forth in the war room with his hands behind his back, his expression nervous and anxious...
Several operational staff officers were very careful about what they were doing and did not dare to say a word...
After looking at the telecommunications room where there was still no movement, Lieutenant Colonel Harada felt that he could no longer wait like this and must take the initiative.
Bite the bullet, he walked up to Major General Miyazawa and asked for instructions: "Your Excellency General... it's dawn, do you want to contact the aviation force to go to Zhouzhuang to have a look..."
"They are fast and should be able to find out the whereabouts of the Yamada Brigade soon..."
Major General Miyazawa nodded helplessly: "Go ahead, this should be the last order I give as the brigade commander!"
"If something happens to the Yamada Brigade, I will definitely not be able to stay in the Fourth Mixed Brigade..."
After hearing these words, Lieutenant Commander Harada also looked very depressed...
Major General Miyazawa served a crime in the Fourth Mixed Brigade, and his own situation is similar...
If the brigade commander was sent to a military court for the disastrous defeat of the two infantry brigades... his own outcome would not be much better!
But he is just a lieutenant general and chief of staff. He wants power but no power, and money but no money. He can only stand at the last post and wait for punishment from his superiors...
Major General Miyazawa seemed to see his worry and hesitated to comfort him: "You don't have to worry too much!"
"I will bear the main responsibility for this defeat... You are just the chief of staff and it doesn't matter much... The newly appointed brigade commander also needs an old man to help him adapt to the army. The military department will definitely not touch you..."
"Thank you, General!" Lieutenant Colonel Harada's nervousness suddenly eased, and he turned around and walked towards the telecommunications room.
"General... there is news from the Yamada Brigade..." the communications staff hurriedly rushed into the war room to report.
"Soldiers broke out from Zhouzhuang and ran to the nearest stronghold to contact us!"
"The Yamada Brigade was besieged by the Eighth Route Army in Zhouzhuang, and only a few troops broke through the encirclement..."
"The safety of the captain, Major Yamada, is unknown, and we don't know exactly how many people they broke out of!"
Major General Miyazawa's last hope was shattered in an instant. He waved his hand to signal the communications staff to leave... and then he lay on the table drafting a confession telegram...
In the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka asked his subordinates to contact the Fourth Mixed Brigade as soon as he learned the bad news about the failed raid of Yamamoto's special agent team.
After knowing that Major General Miyazawa had given the retreat order to the three attacking troops, I immediately felt relieved.
But his tense nerves did not calm down. Especially after knowing that Yamamoto's special agent team had been running for several hours to get back the news of the defeat, worry appeared directly on his face.
"Your Excellency, Commander... do you think the independent group will use the few hours that the Yamamoto special forces spend searching for the radio station to cause trouble?" the chief of staff asked, looking at Yoshio Shinozuka who looked worried.
"It's not that I think it, it's that I definitely..." Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head and said he was worried without hesitation!
"Based on my understanding of the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely use this time to cause trouble!"
"If any attacking troops are targeted, with the combat power of an independent regiment, we are fully capable of eating them!"
At 7:30 in the morning, Major General Miyazawa's apology telegram was delivered to Yoshio Shinozuka. After reading it, he frowned and fell into deep thought without saying a word...
The chief of staff looked surprised after reading it, and looked at Yoshio Shinozuka with a hint of admiration...
The commander was hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield, without any intelligence support, and yet he guessed the situation on the battlefield very closely. This is amazing!
I originally wanted to flatter him, but when I saw Yoshio Shinozuka’s frown getting deeper and deeper, I decisively chose to shut up...
After a minute, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly said: "I have tried my best to overestimate the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment, but I didn't expect that I ended up underestimating their combat effectiveness and appetite."
"Fight continuously and eat up two of our infantry brigades in one night..."
"If it hadn't been written clearly in the telegram, I would never have believed that this was done by a group!"
"From now on, we can no longer treat the Independent Regiment as an ordinary opponent!"
"Pass me an order: From today on, the Independent Regiment will be listed as a serious threat to the Shanxi garrison and the primary target of attack..."
"A regiment can have such a strong combat effectiveness. With the speed at which the Eighth Route Army recruits troops, when the independent regiment develops into an independent brigade, they are not going to eat up one of our infantry regiments in one bite...!"
The chief of staff did not expect that Yoshio Shinozuka would attach such importance to the independent regiment, so he quickly accepted the order.
Then another question in the telegram was raised: "Major General Miyazawa hopes that the military department will transfer him from the Fourth Mixed Brigade. He feels that he is not capable enough to be qualified for the position of the Fourth Mixed Brigade!"
"What do you think of this?" Yoshio Shinozuka did not answer the question directly, but asked with a frown.
The chief of staff thought and replied: "Miyazawa-kun has been doing meritorious service for his crimes. Any mistake may lead to him being sent to a military court!"
"We lost two infantry brigades at once last night, which is equivalent to losing more than 30% of the strength of the fourth mixed brigade, and also lost a large number of heavy weapons!"
"If the front army headquarters wants to pursue the responsibility, Miyazawa-kun will not be able to escape the blame..."
"Instead of waiting for the front army to punish him, it is better to ask for punishment yourself and leave a good impression on the superiors!"
Yoshio Shinozuka didn't seem to agree with this idea. He thought for a while before answering: "I don't think the loss of two infantry brigades in the Fourth Mixed Brigade has anything to do with Miyazawa-kun!"
"As soon as I received the news that Yamamoto's special agent team had failed, he ordered the attacking troops to retreat. Not only did he not make any mistakes, he was also very timely... Anyway, I can't find any mistakes in his command!"
"Since there is no problem with the command, why should the military punish him? Is it because of his status of meritorious service?"
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