Chapter 582: Neiji Okamura: I Don't Believe They Can Turn Beans into Soldiers
At the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, a telephone soldier hurriedly walked to the deputy chief of staff on duty and reported: "Sir, the officer school established by the Pacification Army in Tong County was attacked. Both the school and the garrison suffered heavy losses."
"The Tongxian garrison has dispatched four main battalions to reinforce the battlefield. In order to prevent accidents, they specially called the headquarters to inform the headquarters."
The deputy chief of staff sincerely looked down on the appeasement army. After hearing this, he snorted coldly: "If you pick a weak persimmon, our enemies will dare to take advantage of the appeasement army."
"As far as I know, the enemy's main force has not appeared around Peiping for a long time. This battle should be caused by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas coming out to cause trouble. The appeasement army deliberately exaggerated the enemy's situation in order to show themselves to the imperial army. Tong County dispatched four main forces
If they can't win the battle, they will have no need to continue to exist."
"Don't worry about them. Just record this report and report to me if there is any situation."
After the deputy chief of staff finished speaking, he forgot about the matter and had no intention of reporting it to Neji Okamura.
At three o'clock in the morning, the deputy chief of staff was lying on the table in the war room, feeling dazed. A radio operator was holding a microphone and answering the phone in a low voice, for fear that he would wake up the commander if he was not paying attention.
But soon the operator couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up from his chair and shouted into the microphone with a look of disbelief on his face: "Ba Ge Ya Lu, what did you just say? Say it again..."
After listening for a few seconds, he covered the phone and reported to the deputy chief of staff: "Sir, something happened in Tong County."
"An accident happened to their troops who were reinforcing the military academy. The county town was suddenly attacked by unknown armed forces. The opponent was equipped with a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns, as well as mountain artillery to help. There was only one battalion of the Imperial Army and one squadron of the Imperial Army left in the county town. Immediately
I can’t stand it anymore…”
They set out at five in the morning and covered nearly 20 kilometers in three hours.
It was late at night at the Japanese garrison headquarters in Fangshan County, but the leader of the Japanese brigade was not sleepy at all.
"I have sent messengers on horseback to Tong County to check out the situation. News should come back soon..."
An hour passed, and Okamura Neiji did not receive any useful information. At 4:30 in the morning, a series of "rumbling" explosions suddenly reached the headquarters from the east gate direction.
"I don't want to listen to this nonsense. You just need to tell me whether Tongxian is still in our hands, who is attacking Tongxian, how many people there are, and what their equipment is. That's enough..."
The communications staff officer shook his head: "Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, I have tried both the phone and the radio, but there is no response from the Tong County garrison."
The two thousand people the intelligence officers saw were either guerrillas, prisoners of the puppet army pretending to be prisoners, or a group of dummies with only hats and military uniforms.
"Shut up..." Okamura Neji cursed unceremoniously.
"What are you still doing here? Go check it out quickly?"
The operator quickly dialed the number, trying to reconnect the phone, but no matter how he dialed, there was no response from the other party.
"The troops were divided into two groups and formed a wedge to surround the Eighth Route Army. First, they surrounded them and then gathered together to annihilate them."
"They call themselves the Second Regiment of the Peking Guerrilla Detachment. They have a small number of 2,000 people. They are well-equipped and have strong combat effectiveness. They have the mountain artillery and infantry artillery that were lost by the reinforcements. The intelligence officers can clearly see it."
"Boom..." The explosion continued, with no intention of stopping.
Little did they know that their real opponents only numbered more than a hundred people.
"Continue the investigation: I don't believe that the Eighth Route Army has the ability to conjure an elite force out of thin air."
An artillery staff officer hurriedly ran to Okamura Neiji: "Sir, the sound came from two kilometers east of the city. It was an explosion of mortar shells."
"The messenger who went to Tong County for reconnaissance just sent a telegram. The county seat has been occupied by the enemy. Judging from the enemy's military uniforms, it should be the Eighth Route Army... They have captured the checkpoint two kilometers east of Beiping City under the cover of artillery fire and are temporarily holding back."
The two planes roared over the troops and circled back and forth twice. After confirming that the ground troops were not in danger, they quickly disappeared from the sight of the Japanese and puppet troops and went to escort another mopping up troops.
While reporting, he marked the exact location of Wei Dayong on the map, and at the same time put forward his own ideas: "General, there is a large group of mobile troops in the city. Three infantry squadrons were withdrawn from surrounding strongholds during the day, and with the addition of the Imperial Alliance Army, we can immediately gather them together.
Qi three thousand troops surrounded and suppressed them."
"A bunch of stupid pigs!" Neji Okamura became even more angry and cursed through gritted teeth: "It's impossible for so many enemies to appear around Peiping out of thin air. What do the intelligence agencies and the garrisons in various places do for food? They didn't receive any information.
Related information, what do I want you to do?"
"They are not guerrillas, they are the main force of the Eighth Route Army..." the radio operator hurriedly added.
The combat staff pointed to the sand table and introduced: "There is an outpost and checkpoint of our army two kilometers east of the city. It is specially used to check suspicious people nearby in Peking. They must have been attacked by the enemy there."
"They were hidden in the woods five kilometers northwest of the Zhoukou stronghold. The intelligence department paid a huge price to find them."
"Listen to the explosion right next to the phone..."
"Let the telecommunications room send a telegram to Tong County. Maybe the radio contact has not been interrupted."
Okamura Neiji arrived at the war room five minutes later. When he entered the door, he stared at the communications staff officer and asked, "Have you not contacted the Tongxian garrison yet?"
"Is it possible that you really want to see the enemy bring artillery troops to the outside of Peiping and plunge Peiping into a war? Then our North China Front Army Headquarters will definitely be embarrassed."
"At the same time, the headquarters sent messengers to Tong County to check out the situation. They rode there and brought the radio with them. The speed was a little faster."
The brigade commander stared at the sand table and replied: "Contact the aviation force and dispatch aircraft to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance of this area at dawn and keep an eye on them. If the Eighth Route Army wants to escape, they can launch an attack directly from the sky."
"The enemies have all reached the outside of Peiping City, and we don't even know who is who... This is simply a shame for the North China Front."
In this situation, he couldn't sleep even if he lay in bed.
In the eyes of the brigade commander, the Second Regiment of the Peiping Guerrilla Detachment has a small number of 2,000 people, with refined equipment and a lot of heavy weapons. No matter whether it is moving or marching, the movement will not be small, and it is enough to let the planes keep an eye on them.
"I'm going to wake up the commander now. Tong County is the east gate of Beiping and the last gateway to protect Beiping. No accidents must occur."
Although they were far apart, it was night and there was no noise in the city. Neji Okamura could hear it clearly.
The communications staff officer lowered his head and did not answer. If he had known these answers, he would have answered them just now and would not have given the commander a chance to get angry.
"Weren't the enemies who attacked Tongxian Military Academy the Eighth Route Army guerrillas? When did they become so powerful that they even dared to attack the county seat?" The deputy chief of staff had not yet fully reacted. He looked at the phone caller and asked with disbelief.
"Eighth Route Army?" Now it was Neji Okamura's turn to be dumbfounded.
Just when a group of people were frowning, thinking about how to calm the commander's anger and solve the problem, the radio operator suddenly rushed over: "Sir, there is news from Tong County."
An unknown armed force suddenly appeared in Peiping, and they took over Tong County and marched outside Peiping City. This was indeed their responsibility and they couldn't shirk it even if they wanted to.
"Keep calling..." The deputy chief of staff finally realized something was wrong and gave the order in a hurry.
"General, we've found it. We've found the Eighth Route Army attacking the reinforcements..." A long-lost smile finally appeared on the chief of staff's serious face all day long, and he started reporting before he even ran to the brigade commander.
When the puppet troops formed a semi-encirclement and charged towards the battlefield for more than 3,000 days, Wei Dayong had already led the fourth company to leave the hiding spot, preparing to pull out the tiger's teeth, tear off two pieces of fat from the mopping up troops, and further inflict heavy damage on the Fangshan garrison.
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"Boom boom boom..."
The explosion of artillery shells suddenly sounded in the middle of the team, and thick smoke rose into the sky. Other Japanese and puppet troops who were overturned by the bombs and near the impact point immediately fell to the ground to avoid the artillery fire.
Putting down the phone, he met the deputy chief of staff's shocked eyes and continued to report: "The phone was disconnected. There were a few explosions from the receiver and then it went dead."
On the mountain road five kilometers east of the Zhoukou stronghold, more than a thousand puppet troops were panting and rushing forward.
"Is it because your command skills are too poor, or because Peiping has not been in danger for a long time, everyone has slacked off, and this allowed the enemy to take advantage of a loophole."
As long as nothing goes wrong in the ensuing march, we will be able to reach the battlefield at 9:30 in the morning, half an hour earlier than scheduled.
The subordinates were speechless when asked.
As long as the Eighth Route Army active in the defense area is not eliminated, the position of brigade commander under him will not be stable and may be lost at any time.
Staring at the sand table with a look of disbelief on his face, he asked: "This is impossible. Aren't they the only guerrillas around Peiping? When did there be a main force? Why don't I know any news at all?"
Before he could continue his report, several violent explosions came from the receiver, and then the call was disconnected.
"The ground encirclement and suppression will be carried out as you said. The troops will set off now and arrive on the battlefield before ten o'clock in the morning. They will launch an attack under the cover of the aviation force and strive to end the battle within two hours."
"Buzz buzz..."
"Bagaya Road, this battle has disgraced my wife..." Neji Okamura became more and more annoyed as he listened.
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"Sir, 80% of accidents have occurred in Tong County. Please make a decision immediately."
"Boom, boom, boom..." The second round of artillery shells followed. Although many Japanese and puppet soldiers were lying on the ground, as long as they were close enough to the impact point of the bullets, the violent explosion would still take their lives.
The Japanese leader was both angry and excited: "On Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army launched an attack as soon as the escort plane left the front foot. They are too cunning."
"The mortar squadron will counterattack immediately and kill them."
"If the aviation force cannot be relied upon, we will have to rely on ourselves. The main force will continue to advance. This must be a small force sent by the Eighth Route Army to harass us. We must not be deceived and affect the marching speed of the troops for their sake, delaying the general offensive in two hours."
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