Chapter 749 Chief: Okamura wants to break the deadlock in North China
Chapter 749 Chief: Okamura wants to break the deadlock in North China (first update)
Author: 574981
Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura Neiji also didn't sleep all night.
The city of Baoding is in danger, and I can't even sleep in bed.
I stayed in the war room, paying attention to the latest battle situation in Baoding, and at the same time contacted the Kwantung Army headquarters to urge the reinforcements to move south quickly.
"Your Excellency, Commander..." the communications staff rushed all the way to Okamura Neji to report.
"Something happened in Baoding City..."
"Kawazaki-kun has just sent a farewell telegram: All four walls of Baoding have been breached, the city defense garrison has suffered heavy casualties, and the Eighth Route Army, the fastest attacking force, has reached the headquarters."
"They are prepared to follow up the Eighth Route Army in the city and fight to the death, and they will live or die with Baoding City."
"How could it be so fast?" Neji Okamura was frightened and asked with disbelief on his face.
"Didn't Kawasaki-kun's last telegram say to shrink the troops and defend the west of the city?"
"It's only been half an hour. How come the war situation has deteriorated so quickly? Even the west of the city has been lost."
"How did he do it?"
"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong is a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general?"
The communications staff officer shook his head: "I don't know even if I'm in a humble position."
"This is a farewell telegram without any explanation."
"Kawasaki-kun hopes that the reinforcements will move south quickly to recapture Baoding from the Eighth Route Army to prevent them from evacuating Baoding and taking the weapons and ammunition in the city for themselves to increase their strength."
Okamura Neji's next reaction was particularly surprising.
He wasn't angry or angry. He was staring at the map and looked very calm.
It's not that he doesn't want to get angry, it's that he is so angry that he can't get angry even if he wants to, and it doesn't make any sense.
Baoding was hundreds of kilometers away and beyond his reach. No matter how big the fire was, it would not change the outcome of Baoding's fall.
The only thing we can do now is to stay rational and minimize the losses caused by the fall of Baoding to the North China Front.
He glanced at the chief of staff who hurried over and began to issue orders: "What Kawasaki said in his farewell telegram was quite right."
"Baoding can be thrown away, but the weapons, ammunition and supplies our army has stored in Baoding City cannot be thrown away."
"The Eighth Route Army has no experience in defending big cities and will not occupy big cities to confront us head-on and engage in positional warfare."
"As long as the reinforcements reach Baoding in time without attacking, Baoding City will be back in our hands."
"Weapons and ammunition are different."
"Once it is captured, it will be taken over by the Eighth Route Army, equipped with troops, and then attack us."
"By then we will definitely have to pay a lot more for sweeping the Yi Zhong base area."
"Contact the aviation force immediately."
"Send planes to bomb all the arsenals and material warehouses in Baoding as soon as dawn. The faster the better, without giving the Eighth Route Army any time to transport the loot."
"Send another telegram to the Kwantung Army Headquarters."
"The situation in Baoding has changed."
"The first batch of reinforcements of one brigade must set off before noon tomorrow, arrive in Peiping tomorrow night, replenish ammunition and supplies, and go to Baoding the day after tomorrow to join the battle and recapture Baoding."
"The aviation force must prepare enough aircraft to reinforce the battlefield."
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At the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the Chief of Staff ran in with a happy face: "Chief, good news..."
"Kong Jie and Li Yunlong won the battle."
"Less than an hour after the general offensive started, Li Yunlong was the first to enter Baoding City."
"This is the good news that Kong Jie just sent. All four walls of Baoding have been breached by them."
"There are only more than a thousand days left in the Baoding garrison and the puppet troops are still resisting desperately."
"They are confident that the fight will be over within two hours."
"Wait a minute..." the deputy commander looked at his watch and said, "They launched the attack at seven o'clock in the evening. It is now more than nine o'clock, and if we add two hours, it will be less than twelve o'clock."
"It means that it only took Kong Jie and the others half a night to capture Baoding, which was heavily defended by the Japanese and puppet troops."
"This speed is too fast."
"It's hard to describe it as a miracle."
"Is there any specific battle process?"
"I just want to know how they captured Baoding in half a night."
The chief of staff shook his head and explained: "Chief, to be precise, it should be six days and half a night, not half a night."
"Prepare for the past six days, and the decisive battle will take place in the middle of the night today."
The deputy commander shook his head and replied firmly: "Let alone six days of preparation, even if we prepare for half a month, it is a miracle that we can capture Baoding in half a night."
"No wonder they knew that the 50,000 Kwantung Army was about to move south to sweep them away, but they still insisted on attacking Baoding."
"It turns out that we were already sure of winning Baoding."
"In this way, the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong will have enough ammunition to fight the 50,000 Kwantung Army heading south to Baoding."
"The five main regiments in our reinforcement base area no longer need to worry about ammunition."
"The Eighth Route Army has no shortage of combat effectiveness and soldiers. The only thing it lacks is equipment and ammunition supplies."
"As long as this problem is solved, the five regiments can increase their combat effectiveness by at least 30%."
"With the remaining troops in the Yizhong base area, we might actually have the strength to fight against the 50,000 Kwantung Army."
"Even if you can't win, you won't have the power to parry."
The chief of staff immediately answered: "We know this, and Okamura Neji must also know the huge benefits that the Baoding arsenal may bring to the Yizhong base area."
"They will definitely try their best to destroy the Baoding arsenal and make the Yizhong base gain nothing in the battle against Baoding."
"Kong Jie must digest the results of the war as soon as possible, empty out the Baoding arsenal before Okamura Neji can cause damage, take all the loot for his own use, and arm himself."
The deputy commander nodded: "Hurry up and send a telegram to Kong Jie, mobilize all available forces, and transfer the loot as soon as possible without giving the Japanese army a chance to destroy it."
"The five main regiments to reinforce the Yizhong base area set off immediately and marched toward Baoding."
"Let Kong Jie prepare sufficient weapons and ammunition for them."
"Entering the Yizhong base area, all five main regiments are under the command of Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, with Kong Jie as the leader and Li Yunlong as the auxiliary."
"Strive to preserve the Yizhong base area and severely inflict heavy damage on the 50,000 Kwantung Army troops who marched south."
"It's really impossible to do anything, but I have to bite off a piece of fat from the 50,000 Kwantung Army and make Neji Okamura feel pain."
"Before dark, I thought about Okamura Neiji's real purpose of dispatching 50,000 Kwantung Army troops from the three eastern provinces."
"I feel that just sweeping the base area in Yizhong is not enough to reflect the value of the 50,000 Kwantung Army."
"After passing this village, there is no such shop."
"If I were Neji Okamura, I would definitely make the best use of everything."
"While the 50,000 Kwantung Army is in North China, attack a few more base areas to break the deadlock in North China."
"After they defeat the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, they will definitely go to raid other base areas in North China."
"The more Kwantung Army Kong Jie eliminates, the less counter-mopping pressure the other base areas in North China will face."
The chief of staff replied seriously: "This will put a heavier burden on the shoulders of Kong Jie and Li Yunlong."
The deputy commander responded confidently: "I believe in both of them."
"Both Li Yunlong and Kong Jie have long been capable of becoming brigade commanders. They just couldn't be promoted for some reasons, but with their strength there, they will definitely be able to fight this battle well."
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