Chapter 761 Okamura Neji’s strong man breaks his wrist (first update)
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Chapter 761 Okamura Neji’s strong man breaks his wrist (first update)
The 24th Regiment followed the 26th Regiment and was the second to arrive at Baoding.
Facing the prepared garrison and equipment supplies of the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong, his reaction was the same as that of Li Zhong. He could not just take advantage of Yi Zhong and not suffer any losses. He must be worthy of those weapons and ammunition.
Tonight's battle is not only about killing Japanese soldiers and carrying out the task of annihilating the enemy, but also about giving thanks to the Yizhong Eighth Route Army for replenishing the 24th Regiment with so many weapons and ammunition.
The leader, Zhang Hao, personally led a battalion as a commando team, killing Buddhas if they stood in the way, and killing gods if they stood in the way of gods.
In just ten minutes, they advanced more than 100 meters and were less than 300 meters away from the temporary ring fortification built by the Japanese army.
"Commander, the Japanese have set up three heavy machine guns and six light machine guns in front of us. The casualties from a head-on charge will be too great. It's best to find a way to destroy these firepower points, even if they can destroy half of them." A battalion commander stared at the Japanese machine gun position.
Analysis with a worried face.
"Bring up the mortars," Zhang Hao ordered blurtly.
"We now have twelve mortars, and each mortar is equipped with fifty rounds of shells. Even if we use shells to hit them, I still have to kill the little devils in front and open the attack channel."
The first battalion commander did not move and reminded hesitantly: "I also want the artillery to blow them up."
"But all the mortars equipped in the regiment were borrowed by Deputy Chief of Staff Huang, and we couldn't get any of them out."
"Use the thunder cannon..." Zhang Hao then said another method that had just come to his mind.
The serious face of the battalion commander suddenly became happy.
He had used thunder cannons in the base area and knew how powerful the thunder cannons were.
As long as the torpedo cannon is placed under the nose of the Japanese army and the shooting is as close as possible, the accuracy will not be much worse than that of a grenade.
Even if the shooting error is relatively large, the powerful lethality and killing radius can make up for the artillery error.
He turned around and rushed towards the battlefield without even saying to take orders.
"Boom, boom..." Three explosive packets rolled and smashed towards the Japanese outpost.
None of them hit the target, but one of the explosive charges was only five or six meters away from the outpost.
With the explosive pack's killing radius of nearly thirty meters, the Japanese troops on the outpost were still within the killing radius.
Fire splashed, smoke billowed, and several light and heavy machine guns called Zheng Huan came to an abrupt halt.
"The bugler blows the charge horn, and the commando team and I press forward, charge..." The regiment leader Zhang Hao immediately got up from the ground, raised the box cannon and rushed forward, four times very quickly.
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At the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping, Okamura Neiji was awakened from his sleep by his subordinates.
According to the scheduled plan, the reinforcements would not be able to arrive in Baoding until after four o'clock in the morning to find out the real situation there.
Before this, no war will break out in the Yizhong Plain.
With this idea in mind, Okamura Neji went to bed not long after dark to recharge his energy for tomorrow's battle.
As a result, the accident happened.
When he walked into the war room, he asked calmly: "What is the current situation of the Nakamura Brigade? Are there many casualties, and how long can it last?"
"The army has been divided into two by the Yizhong Eighth Route Army..." the staff officer on duty reported seriously.
"There are less than 1,500 people in the Yamaguchi Regiment still holding on."
"Other troops follow Major General Nakamura, and there are more than 3,500 people left."
"The Eighth Route Army has surrounded them. From the analysis of the battle situation, it seems that the enemy intends to defeat them one by one."
"Besiege the Yamaguchi regiment first, and then concentrate our forces to besiege the main force of the Nakamura brigade."
"Major General Nakamura also reminded us that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army used more than 30 mountain field guns, more than a hundred mortars, and a large number of torpedo cannons in the battle. The firepower was very powerful, which resulted in heavy casualties in the raid."
"Please reinforce that the reinforcements must bring more heavy weapons to prevent them from being covered by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire."
"Reinforcements?" Okamura Neji laughed angrily and cursed directly.
"If he thinks that the North China Front can spread the beans into an army, will he get reinforcements if he wants them?"
"They are all seconded by me from the Northeast. How can I be so embarrassed?"
Despite the criticism, the problem still needs to be solved.
Okamura Neiji regained his composure and asked the chief of staff: "When will the second batch of reinforcements promised to us by the Kwantung Army arrive?"
"Tomorrow night at the earliest..." the chief of staff thought about the answer.
Okamura Neiji became angry again, smashed his fist on the table in front of him, and cursed unceremoniously: "If we get to Baoding tomorrow night, we won't be able to reach the battlefield until the morning of tomorrow at the earliest."
"Do you think the Nakamura Brigade can hold on until the morning of tomorrow?"
"A single surprise attack killed them with heavy casualties. The Kwantung Army's strength was reduced from more than 8,000 to less than 5,000. It was also split into two by the Eighth Route Army. The artillery unit almost lost its combat effectiveness."
"This is only one or two hours of battle damage."
"There are still two or three hours before dawn. Do you think they can survive until then?"
The chief of staff was silent for a while before he dared to answer: "If there are more than 5,000 people left in the Nakamura brigade gathered together, they will definitely be able to withstand the attack of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
"Now that they are divided into two, the Eighth Route Army in the Wing can gather its main force to defeat them one by one. The chances of winning until dawn are indeed not high."
"Then think of other ways?" Okamura Neji became more and more irritated as he listened, staring at the chief of staff and continued to ask.
"The North China Front has hundreds of thousands of troops. I don't believe that we can't even send out a single reinforcement."
Chief of Staff He immediately turned his attention to the sand table and racked his brains to recall all the garrison troops around Baoding.
Five minutes later I felt nothing but disappointment.
He could only face Neji Okamura's gaze and say bravely: "Commander, please calm down."
"In order to defend Baoding, we have mobilized all the troops that can be mobilized from the surrounding areas. There are no more troops available in the surrounding military towns."
"Only Peiping can dispatch two brigades for reinforcements, but they are beyond our reach."
"When they are assembled, they can march south in military columns into Baoding, and then march on foot to reach the battlefield. It will take ten hours at the fastest."
"And there are too few reinforcements for the two brigades."
"If the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong has the guts to take down the Nakamura Brigade, it will certainly be able to easily take down the two brigades sent by the headquarters."
"If you are not careful, the two reinforcements will never come back."
After the idea of sending troops to reinforce Baoding was rejected, the chief of staff was at a loss. He frowned and asked Okamura Neji: "What should we do?"
"It's impossible to just watch the Nakamura brigade being wiped out by the Yizhong Eighth Route Army."
"This will definitely have a huge impact on the morale of our army."
"A strong man cuts off his wrist..." Neji Okamura said something meaningless.
"The lion picks up the weak... Everyone just said that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army will definitely attack the Yamaguchi Regiment first, and then attack the main force of the Nakamura Brigade."
"This is their only chance."
"While the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong is gathering the main force to besiege the Yamaguchi Regiment, Major Nakamura will assemble the main force of the brigade to break out. They will definitely be able to break out of the encirclement."
"At the expense of the Yamaguchi Regiment, the main force of the Nakamura Brigade will be preserved."
"As long as Major General Nakamura successfully breaks out of the encirclement and marches towards Peiping, the Eighth Route Army in the Yizhong will not be able to continue to encircle and annihilate them."
Okamura Neji's idea sounds a little cruel, but I have to admit that this is the best way to reduce the losses of the Nakamura Brigade.
As long as the Nakamura Brigade successfully breaks through the encirclement of two to three thousand people, their establishment will still be there, and they can replenish new soldiers at any time and rebuild the Nakamura Brigade.
But if there is no breakthrough, the entire Nakamura brigade will be destroyed, and the organization will be cancelled.
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