It took several seconds to calm down. Looking at Okamura Neji with a face full of disbelief, he asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, you don't doubt that the Eighth Route Army wants to wipe out the troops in the middle of Wei Zhuang, do you?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Only two regiments of the Eighth Route Army are active on the left to mop up the surrounding areas."
"After continuous fighting, at most one of these two regiments is left."
"Even if the opponent is a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, there is no way a single regiment of soldiers can annihilate six to seven thousand elite Kwantung Army troops."
"Stop joking with your humble position."
I have to admit that Okamura Neji has a very sharp vision, and he could guess the impromptu plan of Li Yunlong with just a few words.
It's just a guess. Without evidence to prove his guess, Okamura Neji couldn't rely on guesswork to issue combat orders.
But he could still refute the reasons put forward by his deputy. He stared at the sand table and analyzed: "Weizhuang is only more than thirty kilometers away from Chenjiazhuang."
"The troops can march quickly for more than six hours and kill them."
"If the Yizhong Eighth Route Army really wants to fight a battle of annihilation in Weizhuang, the Eighth Route Army active in Chenjiazhuang can go over and join the battle at any time."
"Uh..." The deputy chief of staff was choked on the spot.
But he soon found another reason to refute: "They can indeed rush to Wei Zhuang to join the war."
"But the Eighth Route Army active in Chenjiazhuang must have been very tired after fighting two major battles in a row."
"If they have to travel for more than six hours, will they still have the ability to fight?"
"It will be daybreak soon. As soon as our aviation force appears on the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army will not dare to show its head again, nor will it dare to march in the daytime."
"Based on this calculation, the Eighth Route Army operating in Chenjiazhuang will not be able to reach Weizhuang until early tomorrow night at the earliest."
"Minus the repair time, you may not be able to join the battle at one o'clock in the morning."
"The left sweep troops are about to reach Wei Zhuang, and there is a steady stream of air support. I don't believe the Eighth Route Army can hold them off for more than ten hours in such a small village."
Okamura Neiji did not answer the deputy chief of staff's message. Instead, he asked with a serious face: "Then do you believe that six regiments of the Eighth Route Army can eat our eight or nine thousand elite Kwantung Army overnight?"
"Do you believe that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army can achieve victory in the anti-mopping campaign?"
"Before the war started, none of us believed it."
"But the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong just did it."
"This is an unpredictable force. When fighting with them, you must not act according to common sense."
The deputy chief of staff was choked on the spot again and did not know how to refute.
Just when the two were at an impasse and no one could convince the other, the person in charge of intelligence suddenly walked in.
After the incident that the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong received five additional regiments of reinforcements, the person in charge of intelligence stayed in the war room all the time except sleeping, personally checking every piece of intelligence sent from below to prevent his subordinates from missing important information again.
More than half an hour ago, a message from Wangdu caught his attention.
While the east-route mopping up troops were marching urgently to reinforce Chenjiazhuang, the Eighth Route Army active in Wangdu should be on the way halfway to provide reinforcements.
It must be unusual for thousands of Eighth Route Army troops to suddenly appear and rush behind the mopping up troops at this time.
After confirming that the information is correct, immediately rush to the headquarters.
"Your Excellency Commander... I just received a piece of information..."
"About three hours ago, nearly a thousand Eighth Route Army troops divided into battalions and rushed to Weizhuang for an unknown purpose."
"I suspect that the Eighth Route Army is up to something big again. I will send it over if the information is correct."
After listening to the intelligence chief's report, the most shocked person in the headquarters was the deputy chief of staff.
He had just refuted Neji Okamura's speculation more than once, and felt that the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong did not have the strength to fight another battle of annihilation in Wei Zhuang.
In the end, this piece of information was like a loud slap, which made his face turn red and he dared not look into Okamura Neji's eyes.
But Okamura Neji was not dissatisfied at all because of the deputy staff officer's rebuttal.
As a commander, what he needs is a deputy who can provide him with opinions, even raise objections at critical moments, and check for his flaws, instead of a deputy who just agrees, compliments, and listens to him in everything.
After a quick glance at the intelligence handed over by the intelligence chief, he turned to look at the sand table. He stared at Wei Zhuang and asked the deputy chief of staff: "The 1,000 Eighth Route Army is defending Wei Zhuang. How long do you think it will take for the left flank mopping up troops to defeat it?"
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The deputy chief of staff quickly made a judgment: "If there is no tunnel, the left sweep force will only need two hours to break through Wei Zhuang under the cover of the aviation force and continue to evacuate Yi Zhong."
"But the mopping up troops fought a battle in Weizhuang when they were reinforcing Chenjiazhuang."
"The battle report shows that two companies of the Eighth Route Army relied on the Weizhuang Tunnel to hold off the mopping up troops for an hour."
"In the end, the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to abandon its position, and the mopping up troops successfully passed through Weizhuang and continued to reinforce Chenjiazhuang."
The deputy chief of staff made the introduction while looking for telegrams about the battle, and then handed them to Neji Okamura.
Looking at the sand table, he continued: "The Eighth Route Army arrived at Weizhuang early to definitely not rest."
"We will definitely repair the fortifications, strengthen the tunnels, and even deepen the tunnels before the mopping up troops attack them, making the tunnel network there more complex and difficult to attack."
"You said..."
"We cannot rely on common sense to deal with the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
"I don't know the scale of the disguised tunnels repaired by the Eighth Route Army, nor do I know how strong their ground fortifications are."
"It's impossible to draw a conclusion at the moment."
Okamura Neiji very much agreed with the deputy chief of staff's answer and continued to ask: "Can you estimate it first?"
"I can definitely hold on for a day..." The deputy chief of staff thought about it and decided to take the bigger step.
"Then the Wei Zhuang annihilation battle we guessed before will probably happen..." Okamura Neji was not happy because he had predicted this battle in advance. Instead, he sighed and frowned.
He had no troops in his hands, so even if he predicted in advance that the Eighth Route Army would launch a battle of annihilation in Wei Zhuang, nothing could be done.
There are simply no words to describe the frustration in my heart.
"Your Excellency, Commander..." The deputy chief of staff was silent for a while before answering.
"Except for the mopping up troops on the right who can reinforce the mopping up on the left, we can no longer spare any soldiers to reinforce them."
"Why don't we let the right-wing mopping up troops kill us..."
Okamura Neji continued to have a sullen expression and did not answer.
He had thought of this method just now, but he still couldn't make up his mind.
Under normal circumstances, if the Eighth Route Army in the Wing Center eats three of its troops, it will be completely destroyed and lose its combat effectiveness. It will definitely not threaten the safety of the right flank mopping up troops.
If the left and right mopping up troops join forces, no matter how strong the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is, they will not be able to take down this hard nut. They will have to watch helplessly as they fight their way out of the Yizhong base, and both armies will be rescued by then.
But the Eighth Route Army in the Wing is too difficult to figure out.
All the inferences just made are derived from normal conditions.
In the event of an accident, the right mopping up troops would not only be unable to save the left mopping up troops, but would also involve themselves.
You should know that although the right-wing mopping up troops were blocked on their way back, their retreat speed was not greatly affected.
When the aviation troops are in place, their breakout speed will become faster and faster, and they will definitely be able to evacuate the wing before dark tomorrow.
