Chapter 524 Major General Zhang Gu: The Eighth Route Army Wants to Confuse The Second
Chapter 524 Major General Changgu: The Eighth Route Army wants to confuse the public (second update)
Kong Jie's support greatly boosted Huang Yu's confidence, and he immediately answered: "Let the reinforcements come empty-handed... and bring the baggage company with them by the way!"
"Shunping is the advance base for the Japanese and puppet troops to sweep away the base area. It has a large reserve of weapons and ammunition, all of which were captured by us. Not only can we make up for the equipment that the army lacks, but it can also form many new troops..."
"We also captured eight mortars...I plan to reinforce them all to two artillery companies. When the battle starts, the two artillery companies will join the battle together!"
"If you don't take action, that's it. If you do, you will definitely hit the little devils hard and give them a terrifying blow!"
At the Baoding Japanese Brigade Headquarters, Major General Hase entered the war room as usual and began to read the intelligence sent last night.
The good mood disappeared just by looking at it.
I looked through more than a dozen pieces of information, all of which were trivial. I didn't see a single piece of information about the Du Er Regiment's reinforcements.
He slammed the table and said, "What does the intelligence department do for food..."
"There are so many reinforcements from the Duer Regiment, it's impossible for them to disappear out of thin air... It's been a few days, and a wide-net search should have found them!"
After saying that, he stared at the chief of staff and ordered: "Tell this to the person in charge of intelligence for me!"
"Information about the reinforcements of the Duer Regiment must be sent to me within two days, otherwise military law will be imposed!"
In the telecommunications room next to the war room, the operator was making routine calls to Shunping County as usual.
Five minutes passed, and no response came from the headset.
Ten minutes have passed and the radio station still hasn’t received any signal from the other party!
The operator was a little panicked. He quickly put down his earphones and reported to the communications staff officer behind him: "Sir, I can't contact Shunping County in my humble position!"
“I’ve been calling for ten full minutes and there’s still no response from the other party!”
"Nani..."
Two communications staff officers were attracted at the same time. One of them immediately frowned and analyzed with a stern face!
"Radio is our only way of contacting Shunping County... If the radio station can't contact them, it will be dangerous... This matter must be reported to the brigade leader immediately!"
"If you want to go, you can go...I won't go anyway!" Another communications staff member shook his head and objected.
"The brigade commander is so angry that we can hear his curses from here!"
"To report this now is tantamount to asking for trouble!"
"I think your analysis just now is too unfounded..."
"Although Shunping is not big, the city defenses are extremely strong. It is impossible to take down the city with the combat power of the Duer Regiment!"
"We have not received any telegrams asking for help from Shunping, which means that the Junping garrison is very safe!"
"The reason why we can't contact them is probably because there is something wrong with the radio station!"
"Shunping garrison is only equipped with one radio station and has no maintenance personnel. Any accident may cause the radio station to be unable to send and receive telegrams!
The communications officer who proposed the idea of reporting the matter had a vague feeling that there was a conspiracy in this matter and it was not as simple as imagined, but he could not find a reason to refute it.
After thinking for a few seconds, he replied: "Now is really not the best time to find the brigade leader!"
"Keep calling on the radio!"
"If there is really a problem with the radio station equipped by the Junping garrison, they will definitely find a way to repair it, or send someone to contact us!"
"Wait a moment..."
"If we haven't contacted them in two hours, I will report to the brigade commander!"
Two hours later, Major General Hase regained his composure and was discussing something with his chief of staff. He burst into hearty laughter from time to time. Apparently, he was in a much better mood.
The communications staff officer seized the opportunity and walked in: "Report to the general... Our radio contact with Shunping County has been interrupted!"
“There is no response from Shunping County during our daily routine calls!”
"The humble official suspected that there was something wrong with their radio station and asked the operator to call every half hour..."
"More than two hours have passed and they still haven't responded..."
The good mood on Major General Hase's face suddenly disappeared, and he said unhappily: "Why is it Junpei again...can't you report some good news?"
"Immediately send a messenger to Shunping County to have a look...bring a radio station with you and report the news immediately!"
Looking at the communications staff officer who quickly left in front of him, the chief of staff always felt that things were not that simple.
But he can't just think that something happened there because he lost contact with Shunping County, and then start a war!
Besides, Junpei still had eight or nine hundred defenders anyway. Even if there was an accident and he was attacked, there would be no time to send a telegram.
After some analysis, I suppressed my inner doubts and worries decisively and thought like the brigade leader that this was an accident!
Then he put this matter behind him, returned his attention to the sand table, and continued the discussion just now.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the communications staff came over again.
His face was obviously uglier than that in the morning. No matter what Major General Hase's mood was, he opened his mouth and reported: "Commander of the brigade... something might really happen in Shunping County!"
"The humble post sent out two groups of messengers, all on horseback, and they also brought a radio..."
"A normal march will return to Baoding at around one o'clock in the afternoon. At least two telegrams will be sent back!"
"But these messengers are as if they have disappeared. They have neither returned to Baoding nor sent a telegram. They are as if they have disappeared and there is no news!"
"Nani?" Major General Hase was confused for a while before he could react.
He walked quickly to the sand table, stared at Shunping County above and asked with disbelief: "No way, nothing can happen to Shunping County!"
"There are more than 800 people from the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army in the city, and the arsenal also stores a large amount of weapons and ammunition... Even if the Eighth Route Army gathers a regiment of troops, it will be difficult to take it down!"
"We haven't received any telegrams asking for help from Shunping County!"
"Do you think the Eighth Route Army has the strength to capture Shunping quietly, leaving the Shunping garrison without even having time to send a telegram?"
The chief of staff, the communications staff officer, several combat staff officers... were all left speechless by the question.
When the atmosphere in the war room became more and more depressing, Major General Hase slammed the table and said.
"Yoshi...I seem to have guessed something!"
"The troops from the Northwest Shanxi Independent Regiment reinforcing the Independent Regiment happen to be operating in Shunping!"
"Only by cutting off our ground connection with Junping and making us mistakenly believe that an accident occurred there, we will send troops to reinforce Junping, and they will have the opportunity to surround the point and fight for reinforcements!"
The chief of staff was the first to react: "General... you mean that the Eighth Route Army is confusing the public and deliberately cutting off our ground connection with Shunping County!"
The more Major General Hase thought about it, the more he felt that his inference was correct, and he firmly replied: "Eighty percent so!"
"In the past two days, I have been studying the Northwest Shanxi Independent Regiment!"
"They especially like to take things by surprise when fighting, and surround them for reinforcements!"
"I just concluded that it is very similar to their fighting method!"
After saying that, he stared at the communication staff's order: "There must be an Eighth Route Army ambush on the road from Baoding to Shunping... No matter how many scouts and messengers we send, it will be like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and we will not reach Shunping!"
"You can line up some more scouts and messengers, and send some puppet troops by the way, and have them pretend to be Chinese and go to Shunping to investigate. I don't believe you can't figure out the real situation in Shunping!"
After saying that, he glanced at his watch, shook his head and continued: "It's too late now, it's definitely too late to contact the aviation force!"
"Let the aviation force send a plane to conduct a low-altitude reconnaissance of Shunping County tomorrow morning..."
"Although they can't reach the ground, they can still get an overview from the air. It should be easy to judge whether the county town is still in our hands!"
The communications staff officer immediately accepted the order: "Sir Yingming, please go and make arrangements for your humble position now... By the way, we will also transfer some elites from the special agent team to Shunping..."
"They are basically local people. It should be easy for them to escape the interception of the Eighth Route Army and enter Shunping County!"
Major General Hase nodded: "It's a good idea..."
"As long as we can find out the true situation in Shunping County, you can send whoever you want!"
As soon as the communications staff officer left, everyone forgot about the matter.
Even if one or two staff officers feel that this matter is not that simple, the brigade commander has given the order, and they have nothing to say and can only follow his judgment.
Little did they know that the one intercepting the scouts was the Duer Regiment Special Forces, a special force specializing in infiltration and assassination. No matter how well hidden the Japs scouts and messengers were, they could not escape their eyes.
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