Chapter 590 When the emperor was angry, blood flowed like a river
After listening to the reports from several subordinates of the mixed brigade, Colonel Kawasaki turned his attention to the several captains who had come for reinforcements from Peiping. The result was that they could send troops at any time.
Turning his attention to his deputy again, he asked expectantly: "As far as I know, the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is also preparing for war during this time."
"Has the command received the latest intelligence about them?"
"Hai..." the deputy stood up and introduced.
"The Eighth Route Army operating in the wing has a total of one main force regiment and three local garrison regiments."
"The main regiment has a total strength of more than 2,000 people and has a field artillery battalion. We have suffered heavy losses at the hands of this field artillery unit several times, and this time we will destroy it at all costs."
"The three garrison regiments each have only about a thousand people, and are only equipped with a small number of mortars and heavy machine guns, and no other heavy weapons."
"There are more than 5,000 Eighth Route Army troops in total. If they are eliminated, there will be no more enemies in the Yizhong Plain that can threaten us."
"Investigation confirmed: Three garrison regiments are stationed in Mancheng, Shunping, and Wangdu counties respectively, and the main regiment is hiding in the mountains for training."
"They expanded too quickly. Only one battalion of the three garrison regiments has combat effectiveness. The remaining two battalions are all recruits who have just received weapons, and their combat effectiveness is almost zero."
"The main force of the regiment is slightly better, but the number of troops that can compete with us head-on is still less than a thousand."
"Our main opponents are these elite veterans."
"Kill them, and if the new recruits are left without attacking, the battlefield will collapse."
After the deputy introduced it, it was Colonel Kawasaki's turn to speak. He quickly glanced around at the eager subordinates in front of him and coughed twice before speaking: "Compared with the Eighth Route Army, we have twice the troop advantage, at least three times the firepower advantage, and
Air support and even the terrain advantage are on our side, so the chance of winning is almost 100%."
"I order... to report..."
Just as Colonel Kawasaki was preparing for a combat mission, the communications staff suddenly appeared at the door of the conference room.
He was holding a military meeting, and most people would never dare to come and disturb him.
The communications staff officer ran over and interrupted the meeting at the risk of irritating himself. He must have encountered an emergency situation that he could not make a decision on.
I felt very unhappy, but still let him in: "What's the matter?"
"The front army headquarters has an urgent message, asking you to call back immediately. I can only come and interrupt the meeting." The communications staff officer said as he handed the telegram in his hand to the brigade commander.
"Nani..."
Colonel Kawasaki just glanced at the contents of the telegram, frowned into a big "Kawa", stared at his big eyes and asked with confusion on his face: "How is this possible? The commander-in-chief has sent troops back for reinforcements before the big sweep has begun. Then
The reinforcements are not in vain."
"Sir, what happened?" The deputy came over and asked in a low voice.
"See for yourself!" Colonel Kawasaki was in a complicated mood and handed over the telegram.
The deputy was also taken aback by the content of the telegram and asked with furrowed brows: "Your Excellency, the Commander, knows the current situation in Baoding better than anyone else and knows that our large-scale sweep of the Yizhong Plain has not yet begun."
"We still require the reinforcements to return to Peiping quickly. Something must have happened in Peiping? Why don't you call the headquarters and ask."
Colonel Kawasaki did not answer, but he had already stood up from his position and walked quickly towards the war room. As he walked, he ordered: "The meeting is suspended and will continue in twenty minutes."
The deputy simply followed the brigade commander out, and twenty minutes later, they both returned to the war room at the same time.
Their brows were furrowed and their expressions were ugly. Compared with the high spirits before the meeting, they were like two roosters that had lost a fight, without any energy at all.
The sudden turn of events left all the attendees dumbfounded. They wanted to ask but didn't dare.
But they knew in their hearts that something big must have happened.
Just as the atmosphere in the conference room became more and more depressing, Colonel Kawasaki opened his mouth and began to issue orders: "The troops from Peking to reinforce Baoding will be assembled immediately. They will set off in half an hour and march back to Peking to reinforce Peiping."
"The original mopping up plan for the Yizhong Plain was temporarily terminated, and the brigade headquarters re-formulated a new mopping up plan."
"All units of the mixed brigade and all regiments of the Imperial Association Army will immediately return to their respective stations, seize the time to train troops, improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, and wait for the new combat plan to be approved before going to sweep the Yizhong Plain."
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At the Duer Regiment Headquarters, Kong Jie is making final preparations for the upcoming counter-mopping up.
The combat effectiveness of the troops was insufficient, so he could only make up for it with tunnels according to the combat ideas provided by Huang Yu.
During this time, whenever I have free time, I will check the tunnel fortifications everywhere.
He was busy until six o'clock in the afternoon, and then he dragged his exhausted body back to the war room.
Before they could take a sip of hot water, the reconnaissance company commander came in panting heavily. He stammered for a while without uttering a word. Kong Jie and Liu Sen looked worried, thinking that something had happened somewhere in the base.
"Don't worry, drink some water first, take a breath, and then tell us slowly..." Liu Sen picked up a glass of water and handed it to the reconnaissance company commander.
The reconnaissance company commander was indeed thirsty, and he was not polite. He drank all the water in the tank in one breath, wiped the corners of his mouth, and then calmed down. He looked at Kong Jie and reported excitedly: "Commander, Chief of Staff,
The 5,000 Japs who had reinforced Baoding in Peiping withdrew..."
"I originally thought they were going to attack us, so I kept an eye on them to conduct reconnaissance. But instead of going to our base, these Japanese soldiers marched northward and are now nearly fifteen kilometers away from Baoding."
This time it was Kong Tiemeng's turn to circle around. His eyes widened again and he looked at the reconnaissance company commander. He didn't react for a long time.
A minute later, he suddenly slapped himself to confirm that he had heard correctly, and then his face lit up with joy, and he said happily: "It's true, I didn't dream, the little Japs from Peiping who were reinforcing Baoding have really evacuated.
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"Xiao Huang's actions in Peiping must have worked."
"He did it. With just one reinforced battalion, Peiping was so disrupted that Neji Okamura had to send troops back for reinforcements."
"This is absolutely a miracle, an unprecedented miracle."
After getting excited, he ordered Liu Sen: "We have to do two things now."
"Continue to send people to keep an eye on the little Japs in Baoding City."
"The mixed brigade has been fully established, and a field artillery brigade and three regiments of the Imperial Association Army have been added. Even if there are no reinforcements from Peiping, they will not defend Baoding and eat nothing. They will definitely try their best to recapture Wangdu.
We have to defend the three county towns of Chengdu and Shunping."
"Second thing: The reconnaissance company continues to keep a close eye on the five thousand little Japs who are returning to Peiping to help prevent them from killing us. That would be a big joke."
"I will send a telegram to Xiao Huang right now to tell him the good news and ask him to choose the right time to evacuate Peking. Don't be blocked by the Japanese reinforcements in Peiping. That will mean that the sky is not working and the ground is not responding."
"Inform all the main battalions and garrison regiments again. Although the Japs from Peiping have retreated, it does not mean that we can sit back and relax. Baoding's mixed brigade, which has been restored to full strength, can still continue to attack our base area."
"All troops must seize the time to train and improve their combat effectiveness."
"Forging iron requires hard work. Only when the troops are well trained can we hold our base and not be afraid of any Japanese and puppet attacks."
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From the Eighth Route Army General Headquarters, Kong Jie immediately sent the good news of the Japanese retreat here.
The deputy commander-in-chief was shocked and admired. He did not expect that the crisis facing the Yizhong base was actually solved by a reinforced battalion in Huang Yu's hands.
The deputy chief of staff looked at the problem more comprehensively than Kong Jie. He stared at the map and analyzed with interest: "Okamura Neji is so anxious to transfer the five thousand elite troops to reinforce Baoding. It must be because Xiao Huang has done something to make him anxious.
Son."
"I really want to go to Peiping to see in person how Xiao Huang used the strength of a reinforced battalion to severely inflict heavy damage on the Peking garrison, leaving Neji Gangmura completely helpless."
"I want to know too!" the deputy commander answered.
"This is definitely a great example of a long-distance run."
"Didn't Kong Jie already send a telegram to Huang Yu, asking him to withdraw the camera to the base?"
"We also sent a telegram to Kong Jie: When Huang Yuyi comes back, he will report to the headquarters and personally report to us all his military operations on the northbound trip."
"If you don't have time to come to the headquarters, or if conditions don't allow it, you must hand-write a report and hand it in."
"I also need to remind Kong Jie."
"Although the immediate crisis was resolved, their solution also angered Okamura Neji and made him lose face."
"After the matter is exposed, there will definitely be crazy revenge from the Japanese North China Front."
"At that time, the number of Japanese and puppet troops sweeping the Yizhong Plain was perhaps 20,000, or even more."
"They must be mentally prepared in advance and start preparing now for this unprecedented sweep."
The smile on the deputy chief of staff's face disappeared.
War is like this, especially on the battlefield in North China.
The Eighth Route Army had just taken a huge advantage from the Japanese. With the Japanese's unyielding character, they would definitely find ways to take advantage in the following battles, which would also cost the Eighth Route Army a huge price.
What Kong Jie and Huang Yu angered this time was not a brigade or a division, but the commander of the Japanese North China Front.
The blood of an ordinary man was splashed three feet in anger, and the emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses. Although Okamura Neiji was not as good as the emperor, in North China, his status was almost the same as that of the Tu emperor.
The bloody revenge that the Yizhong base will face in the future will definitely be unprecedented.
He looked at the map and replied seriously: "Chief, we should no longer transfer two more troops to Yi Zhong."
"If the Duer Regiment is really in danger, these two troops can still handle it."
The deputy commander shook his head: "It's useless. The Yizhong Plain is different from other base areas. The terrain there is flat. In front of the little devils with planes, tanks, and artillery, no matter how many troops are sent there, they will die."
"Kong Jie has a lot of troops in his hands. Although he is only a regiment leader, he controls four regiments, and he also has that weirdo Huang Yu as his deputy."
"As long as they seize the time to train their troops and build their base into a railway, they still have a great chance of resisting Neji Okamura's revenge."
"Just like in northwest Shanxi, no one believed that he could carry a Japanese division with one regiment, but in the end he did it. The same miracle will definitely happen in the Yizhong Plain."
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