"No need!" Okamura Neji replied with suppressed anger.
The Peiping guerrilla detachment suddenly retreated, leaving the five thousand elites who had rushed all the way back from Baoding to nothing. He was the angriest.
The decision to reinforce Baoding with 5,000 elite soldiers was made by him. He wanted to nip the rapidly rising Eighth Route Army in the bud in the Yizhong Plain and not give them a chance to develop and grow.
As a result, before the large-scale raids on the Yizhong Plain began, another incident occurred in Beiping.
They had to temporarily terminate the operational plan to sweep the Yizhong Plain and withdraw to protect Peiping.
He never expected that the Peiping guerrilla detachment would run away at the last moment, leaving the five thousand elite troops he had finally mobilized to miss again.
If the Peiping guerrilla detachment finally ran away, the five thousand elites marching on the road would have traveled back and forth in vain, running back and forth, and in the end they would be in vain.
Okamura Neiji will never allow this to happen, and will destroy the Peiping guerrilla detachment no matter what.
After hearing the news that the Peiping guerrilla detachment had abandoned Tong County, I walked to the killing board to study their possible retreat direction.
Then the chief of staff suggested with certainty: "There is no need to divide the troops to search, they will definitely go to Fangshan."
"There are thousands of them, plus the prisoners they took away, the food in the mountains won't last long."
"Although the five thousand elite troops from the headquarters who reinforced us have retreated, it does not mean that there are no troops around us."
The more Osaka Kawasaki talked, the more excited he became, as if he had discovered a new continent and made a decisive decision: "Just do it like this?"
"After calculation, the reinforcements we received are much more than the 5,000 people transferred from Peking."
"The Fangshan mixed brigade is far worse than we thought. Even if we strictly order them to send troops to stop the Peking guerrilla detachment, it would be good if we can deploy three or four squadrons."
"They will definitely be closely watched by the second regiment of the guerrilla detachment. Once the battle starts, they will be attacked from both sides."
At the Japanese brigade headquarters in Baoding, Colonel Kawasaki and his deputies were discussing a new raid plan with the chief of staff.
"I will call the Commander now and report this matter in person. I will definitely convince the Commander to agree to our raid plan."
As long as there is a chance, he will not give up easily.
"Issuing another military order to the Cangzhou and Dezhou garrison: each will dispatch a reinforcement brigade to reinforce Baoding, and move faster."
"If they really enter the mountain, it won't take long for them to come out and fight us. Otherwise, we can trap them in the mountain to death."
Colonel Kawasaki said confidently: "Although we belong to two armies, we all belong to the North China Front. As long as the commander nods, they will not dare to disobey no matter what their opinions are."
At the Japanese North China Front Headquarters, looking at the battle report just sent from the Fangshan garrison, Okamura Neji felt both happy and disappointed.
The North China Front Army has been fighting against the Eighth Route Army for several years, and most of its defeats were fought in the mountains.
That phone can only be dialed by the headquarters of the brigade or above, and will generally not be used in non-emergency situations. Okamura Neji frowned again, thinking that something had happened again, so he hurried over to answer the call.
The Eighth Route Army operating in the Yizhong Plain is not a god. As long as you use the right method, you will definitely be able to help the mixed brigade avenge their past humiliation and defeat them.
Just after giving the order, the phone in Okamura Neji's room suddenly rang.
"I will send a telegram to the participating troops now and ask them to march towards Fangshan County to pursue the Peking guerrilla detachment."
"In the end, not only did we fail to stop the main force of the Peiping guerrilla detachment, we also lost more than half of the force in vain. The gain outweighed the loss."
Okamura Neji subconsciously nodded.
He immediately shook his head and objected: "No!"
The only shortcoming was that the returning reinforcements failed to destroy the Peiping guerrilla detachment outside the mountains, allowing them to flee into the mountains.
"As long as the Peiping guerrilla detachment wants to continue to establish a base around Peiping, it will not hide in the mountains and be a coward."
Although the returning troops have successfully occupied the Zhoukou stronghold, helped the Fangshan garrison restore the blockade, and trapped all the Peiping guerrilla detachments in the mountains, no one knows how long it will take to completely annihilate them.
When they complete their training and the troops are fully combat effective, the two mixed brigades combined may not be an opponent.
"Is it possible to mobilize troops from so many places?" the deputy first asked.
"Although there is no garrison nearby that can mobilize 5,000 people to reinforce us at once, it is still no problem to reinforce one or two brigades in one place. If we add up, we can gather 5,000 people no matter what."
If the mopping-up operation is delayed for one more day, the Eighth Route Army on the Yizhong Plain will have one more combat capability.
"Borrowing troops?" I don't know how long it took, but Colonel Kawasaki suddenly uttered two words.
"There is a chariot brigade and a cavalry brigade stationed in Zhangjiakou. We can definitely dispatch a chariot brigade and a cavalry brigade to reinforce us."
"As long as the Peiping guerrilla detachment still wants to establish a base around Peiping, it will definitely come out of the mountains, and it will not be too late to eliminate them by then."
"No matter how hard the troops sent by Fangshan can fight, they can't last more than two hours."
Dreams are beautiful, but reality is very cruel.
After a day of discussion, Colonel Kawasaki not only failed to find a way to deal with the Duer Regiment, but his determination to sweep the Yizhong Plain was also weakened.
Okamura Neiji couldn't even think of a good solution, so he could only say helplessly: "Let's do this for now. Let the return troops temporarily station in Fangshan to guard and wait for the opportunity."
The chief of staff suddenly slapped his head, looked at Okamura Neji with a look of fear on his face and said: "Sir, you are wise, but you didn't consider it well because of your humble position, and you almost missed a major event."
All the Peiping guerrillas were driven into the mountains, the crisis in Peiping that hung over him was finally lifted, and Tong County was back in his own hands. No matter how you analyze it, it is a happy thing.
"Five thousand elite troops of our army fought all the way back to Peiping from Baoding with great momentum. This group of Eighth Route Army should have received the news in advance and knew that they could not hold Tongxian County and had to retreat temporarily."
Frowning his brows, his mind was working rapidly, and he continued to think of ways to break the situation.
If the Peiping guerrilla detachment did not take the initiative to go out of the mountains and wait for the reinforcements to enter the mountains to encircle and suppress them, the price they would pay would be very high.
"The main force of the Peiping guerrilla detachment withdrew to Fangshan carrying a large amount of loot, and it was impossible for the second regiment operating there not to send troops to support them."
"The Cangzhou garrison also has a reinforced regiment. There is no problem in deploying an infantry brigade."
"The Peiping guerrilla detachment has a very strong fighting capacity and good equipment. Now that they are on the road to escape, they will definitely fight to the death."
After saying that, he turned his attention to Texas: "The garrison here exceeds one infantry regiment, and an infantry brigade can be deployed to reinforce Baoding."
Although the five thousand elite troops from Peiping who had reinforced Baoding had withdrawn, Colonel Kawasaki's determination to destroy the Duer Regiment and regain all the occupied areas remained unchanged.
"If everything goes well, the reinforcements will set off in two days. The closer reinforcements will arrive in Baoding within two days, and the further reinforcements will only take three days. We will make a raid plan in advance and start taking action as soon as the reinforcements arrive. We will definitely be able to
Kill the Eighth Route Army by surprise."
"If they don't take the initiative to come out, they will starve out after they finish eating all the food they brought into the mountains."
"There is no problem with places like Cangzhou and SJZ. After all, they are all under the same army. As long as the military headquarters nods, there will be no problem. The Zhangjiakou garrison and ours belong to two armies. We are just a mixed brigade. Sir, you still have the rank of colonel. Can I ask?
Are they going to get reinforcements?"
"Looking at the surrounding areas of Peiping, only Fangshan is suitable for the guerrilla detachment to engage in mobile warfare with us. Minimizing our armor advantage and artillery advantage is the most conducive to their combat."
At this moment, he suddenly saw the small blue flag planted in Fangshan County on the sand table. It was the flag representing the Eighth Route Army. A small blue flag represented a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
Looking at the sand table, SJZ first pointed to the southwest of Baoding and said with certainty: "The North China Front has stationed a mixed brigade here. It is completely possible to dispatch two infantry brigades to reinforce us without affecting their safety."
"Zhangjiakou will also dispatch a chariot brigade and a cavalry brigade to march urgently to reinforce Baoding."
But he still didn't want to give up this golden opportunity.
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"If the Peiping guerrilla detachment is overtaken by the Tianjin reinforcements and the two sides fight, the returning troops must reach the battlefield within half an hour and kill the Eighth Route Army at all costs, otherwise the North China Front will lose face."
The chief of staff's mind was still in confusion just now. After listening to Okamura Neiji's analysis, his mind gradually became clearer. He stared at the sand table and said with approval: "Your Excellency, Commander, now that the retreat direction of the Peiping guerrilla detachment has been determined, what do you think?
Don't send a telegram to the Fangshan garrison and ask them to send troops to intercept it, slow down the march of the guerrilla detachment a little, and try to block the Eighth Route Army outside the mountain and annihilate it."
There is a way to play with more troops when there are more troops, and there is a way to play with less troops when there are fewer troops.
"The five thousand returning reinforcements immediately turned around, gave up reinforcing Tong County, and went straight to Fangshan County."
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"We must be more vigilant on the road to prevent being killed by the Eighth Route Army."
After returning to the war room twenty minutes later, he opened his mouth and began to issue orders: "Immediately send a telegram to the SJZ garrison: Immediately dispatch two reinforcement brigades to march urgently to reinforce Baoding. Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law."
"Immediately send a telegram to the Tianjin reinforcements and ask them to set off immediately and pursue the pursuit in the direction of Fangshan County."
It would be great if the Peiping guerrilla detachment could be blocked in the plains and annihilated, and the price paid by the returning reinforcements would be much smaller.
"Captain Kawasaki decided to continue sweeping the Wing Center Plains, but he didn't have enough troops, so he thought of a way to borrow troops and asked the headquarters to help."
"Compared with the crisis just resolved in Peking, the crisis facing Baoding cannot be underestimated. Otherwise, I would not have dispatched 5,000 elite troops from Peking to reinforce them."
"Kawasaki-kun has a way to solve the problem by himself without relying on reinforcements from the headquarters. The headquarters must help."
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