Chapter 985 Okamura Neji: Now we are in big trouble
Facing the deputy chief of staff's repeated rebuttals, the operator didn't know how to explain next and could only remain silent.
Just when the atmosphere in the headquarters was so tense that everyone was almost out of breath, Okamura Neiji suddenly said: "If our opponent is other Eighth Route Army, I don't believe that a breakout force dares to kill the pursuers surrounded by our heavy troops and turn around."
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"But their opponent is the Yizhong Eighth Route Army."
"This is a force that is particularly good at making unexpected moves, winning by surprise, and taking risks."
"Fighting against such an opponent, I believe in any unexpected moves they make."
The deputy chief of staff still looked in disbelief and asked, "But how did the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops do it?"
"Our pursuers have a fully formed regiment, more than 3,000 elite members of the imperial army."
"Even if they are attacked, they won't even have time to send a request for help or a farewell message, right?"
"Aren't the breakout troops of the Eighth Route Army worried that their counterattack will suddenly lead to a stalemate? If they are dragged on the battlefield by the pursuers, won't they be unable to escape?"
"If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army's breakout force, I would definitely be focused on breaking through our fourth blockade as quickly as possible, instead of killing the pursuers on the breakout road and turning back, putting the troops in a dangerous situation."
"So you are still the deputy chief of staff..." Neji Okamura asked with a stern face.
"If I remember correctly, many of the classmates who graduated with you have been promoted to major general brigade commanders, or even lieutenant general division commanders."
"But you have been serving as the deputy chief of staff for several years and have done nothing."
"The reason why the Eighth Route Army dared to take risks and kill the pursuers on the way to break out with a carbine shows that they have full confidence in this carbine and believe that they will be able to win the battle quickly."
"Otherwise, you think their commander is a fool, why would you do it even if you knew it would cause an accident?"
"If they were really so easy to fight, they wouldn't let us suffer defeat and embarrassment on the battlefield again and again."
"Order……"
"The several troops surrounding the breakout force of the Eighth Route Army continue to advance a little faster. If something unexpected happens to the pursuers and they are killed by the breakout force of the Eighth Route Army, and the whole army is wiped out, we must understand the entire battle process."
"Immediately contact the troops stationed on the fourth blockade line and closely monitor every move of the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops."
"If the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops attack them, they must report to the headquarters as soon as possible."
Until this moment, Okamura Neji still had not received the bad news that the fourth blockade had been breached by Li Yunlong.
In fact, this is also Okamura Neji’s own fault.
The Independent Brigade broke through three Japanese blockades in a row, with strong attacks and ambushes in between. It took a total of five or six hours.
This was enough time for Neji Okamura to gather all the security forces stationed on the fourth blockade in front of the independent brigade.
This resulted in that when a group launched an attack, the hundreds of Japanese on the blockade were all blocked by the blockade wall.
As luck would have it, the first round of artillery shells fired by the Independent Brigade Regiment hit the Japanese headquarters and destroyed the radio station.
The Japanese troops stationed on the blockade wall were unable to report the situation to Okamura Neiji until the entire army was destroyed.
By the time Okamura Neji received the news, it was already six o'clock in the morning the next day.
An encircling force followed the battle traces and pursued them all the way to the gap left by the Independence Brigade's breakthrough of the fourth line of defense. Only then did they realize that the Eighth Route Army they had been chasing all night had long since disappeared into the sea and disappeared without a trace.
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The Japanese Army's Baoding Garrison Headquarters faced one bad news after another, and the atmosphere became depressing again.
The deputy chief of staff walked up to Okamura Neiji with a sullen expression, and after opening his mouth several times in a row, he bravely reported: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Report from the troops who have arrived on the battlefield."
"The entire regiment that was chasing the breakout troops of the Eighth Route Army was wiped out, and all the weapons and ammunition they carried with them were snatched away by the Eighth Route Army."
"Reconnaissance showed that the Eighth Route Army participating in the battle had approximately two reinforced regiments, equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars, and a cavalry unit participated in the battle."
"In order to catch the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops, the pursuing troops had to give up their guard and speed up their march."
"The Eighth Route Army's breakout troops took the opportunity to set up an ambush on the road they must pass."
"When the pursuers are unwary and very tired, they suddenly launch an attack..."
"The battle ended in less than half an hour..."
"The fourth blockade was attacked by a reinforced regiment of the Eighth Route Army at the same time. It didn't even last for twenty minutes before it was broken through..."
"After analysis, they believe that the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops had crossed the fourth blockade at around three o'clock in the morning last night and fought their way out of the iron wall."
Although Okamura Neiji had already guessed the entire battle process, after actually hearing the deputy chief of staff's report, his face was still red with anger, he clenched his fists and said with a ferocious expression: "Now we are in big trouble..."
"The Eighth Route Army's breakout troops were ambushing outside the iron wall, like hungry wolves, ready to pounce on us at any time to give us a fatal attack."
"If we continue to deploy troops from the front line to support the rear area like last time, the returning troops may be eaten by the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops before they even break out of Baoding."
"Not only will the rear area not be saved, but a full infantry regiment will be lost in vain."
"But if we don't send troops back to support the rear area."
"The Eighth Route Army will step up its offensive wherever it operates, further compressing our living space and weakening our military strength."
The deputy chief of staff also looked very unhappy, and frowned as he answered: "Accidents may happen even during our iron wall encirclement."
"The Eighth Route Army's breakout troops can ambush our returning troops, or they can take the initiative to attack our blockades, destroy blockade walls and blockade ditches, and then break through our iron wall encirclement and relieve their troops who stay in the base area."
"They even attacked from inside and outside and actively attacked our troops stationed at the blockade."
"I just did the math."
"The total number of imperial troops we lost last night exceeded 8,000, of which more than 5,000 were from the front line."
"If one or two more regiments are eaten by them, our troops stationed at the blockade will no longer be able to maintain our strength advantage."
"To avoid such accidents."
"I sincerely request your Excellency, Commander, to immediately mobilize troops to search for the breakout troops of the Eighth Route Army. We must find a way to annihilate them all as soon as possible. Otherwise, our iron wall encirclement will never be peaceful. No one knows that they will rush into the blockade again and consume us."
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Okamura Neiji did not answer, but frowned and stared at the sand table, and suddenly asked the deputy chief of staff: "Where did the more than 5,000 imperial troops lost on the front line come from."
The deputy chief of staff pointed to the sand table and said: "These four stations are located exactly on both sides of the Eighth Route Army's breakout point."
"Half of the losses were caused by the remaining troops of the 18th Route Army pretending to attack our base, and the other half were caused by the breakout troops of the 18th Route Army ambushing the pursuing troops."
"The one with the greatest loss among the four stations still has more than 2,800 people left."
