Neji Okamura was furious in the war room, and he basically threw everything in the room that could be trashed.
After it was over, I was still not relieved.
He took out his command knife and slashed at the desk seven or eight times. The two-inch-thick corner of the desk was cut off, and he calmed down.
He especially wanted to get angry at his subordinates, but he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips.
Last night's battle plan was all handled by him from proposal to execution.
At the beginning, the combat staff reminded him: let him guard against the Eighth Route Army encircling the point for reinforcements.
At that time, I swore to the combat staff and told my analysis: Why is it that the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong has limited troops, and the remaining troops in the base area no longer have the strength to surround the points and provide reinforcements? It is too unfounded to worry...
As a result, the Yizhong Eighth Route Army slapped him hard in the face with reality.
Do you think that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army does not have the strength to encircle the point and provide reinforcements, so it can only attack the garrison by force, and it will definitely suffer heavy losses at the hands of the lurking troops in the garrison.
As a result, they went in the opposite direction and used what Okamura Neji thought was the most unlikely encirclement point to reinforce and eat away the two reinforced brigades on the front line.
Coupled with other random losses, the troops involved in the iron wall siege no longer had a reinforced unit.
The already scarce military strength will become increasingly insufficient.
If things continue like this, without the help of the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops, the remaining troops of the Sixth Army Division in the Eighth Route Army's wing alone will be able to break through their own iron wall.
This is an ending that Neji Okamura absolutely cannot accept.
He strode back to the sand table, looked at the battle process deduced by the combat staff, and analyzed it seriously: "Are you sure that the Eighth Route Army that participated in the battle last night really had seven main regiments!"
The deputy chief of staff replied firmly: "Only more, not less..."
"The regiment stationed in Zhouzhuang Town reported that they were attacked continuously by three main regiments and two artillery regiments of the Eighth Route Army, causing heavy losses to the troops."
"If the infantry had not suddenly launched a counterattack and eaten up the offensive troops of the two reinforced battalions of the Eighth Route Army, the station would have been occupied by the Eighth Route Army..."
"Report from the regiment to reinforce the battlefield: The reinforcements they sent were attacked just half an hour after setting off..."
"The other side also has three main regiments and two artillery regiments..."
"The remaining troops stationed in the area immediately sent reinforcements to cover the breakout of the troops surrounded by the Eighth Route Army..."
"As a result, the attacking troops were surrounded by another unit of the Eighth Route Army just one kilometer away from the station, resulting in the direct loss of two reinforced squadrons."
"In order to avoid greater losses, they can only watch the Eighth Route Army destroy the reinforcements under their noses..."
"Judging from this, there are at least three main regiments of the Eighth Route Army involved in the ambush...most likely four main regiments..."
"Where did they get so many troops?" Neji Okamura became more and more confused as he thought about it. He stared at the sand table and asked with confusion on his face.
"Who can give me a reasonable explanation..."
"Is it possible that the three newly formed garrison regiments in the Sixth Army Division have already formed combat effectiveness..."
"But this is too confusing!"
"The proportion of veterans in those three garrison regiments is less than 30%. The new recruits have only been in the army for more than a month. It is impossible to train so hard that they can develop combat effectiveness so quickly..."
The deputy chief of staff frowned and analyzed: "But apart from this reason... I can't find any other reason for my humble position..."
"I have strictly ordered the intelligence department to immediately collect all information about the three garrison regiments!"
"At the same time, find out the specific numbers of the Eighth Route Army troops participating in the battle last night. News should be sent back soon..."
Okamura Neji was obviously very dissatisfied with this answer. He frowned and analyzed: "It's useless even if you figure it out..."
"There is an ambush of the Eighth Route Army outside the iron wall. We can neither mobilize troops to reinforce the rear area, nor can we mobilize troops from the rear area to reinforce the front line..."
"If you accidentally reinforce the troops, they will be completely eaten by the Eighth Route Army ambush."
"The front-line combat troops were defeated one after another under the attack of the Eighth Route Army's remaining troops, losing troops and generals..."
"If this situation continues, it won't take long before the iron wall encircling the front line will fall into the embarrassing situation of having no available troops."
"Then the Eighth Route Army can break through our iron wall encirclement however they want..."
"We must find a way to break the situation as soon as possible..."
Speaking of this, Okamura Neji suddenly thought of something.
He picked up the baton and made two gestures on the sand table before asking directly to the deputy chief of staff...
"If the frontline troops attack 20 kilometers to establish a blockade in the Sixth Army Division in the Wing at once, will the current eight stations be turned into six..."
The deputy chief of staff instantly understood the true purpose of Neji Okamura's actions, and immediately ordered the combat staff aside: "Hurry up and calculate..."
"How much will the total length of the blockade be shortened after advancing twenty kilometers at a time? Can two regiments be saved..."
"If it can be saved, the problem of insufficient frontline troops will be solved."
"Each main force regiment participating in the war can also add an artillery brigade..."
"If the remaining troops of the Eighth Route Army still want to attack our base and consume our troops by encircling the points and providing reinforcements, we can severely damage them with artillery fire alone..."
Five minutes later, the calculation results appeared in the hands of the deputy chief of staff, with a smile flashing on his serious face.
When he walked up to Okamura Neji, he reported excitedly: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Your method is feasible..."
"The offensive troops advance twenty kilometers at a time, and the regiments are separated by twelve kilometers from each other. Only six main regiments are needed to complete the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army in the wing."
"After calculation, we can also strengthen each regiment with a mountain artillery battalion or a heavy artillery battalion, two anti-tank gun squadrons or rapid-fire gun squadrons, two mortar squadrons, and one or two heavy machine gun squadrons..."
"The overall combat effectiveness of each alliance can be increased by at least 10%..."
"Very good..." Okamura Neji happily punched the sand table with his fist. After confirming that there was no problem in doing so, he began to give orders: "You should formulate a plan immediately..."
"Determine the positions of the six regiments that will advance twenty kilometers..."
"I want the results in an hour."
"If there is no problem, send the battle plan to the front immediately and start taking action tomorrow morning to catch the Eighth Route Army by surprise..."
"Otherwise, they will definitely take advantage of our lack of troops on the front line and continue to sneak attacks on us..."
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At the temporary base of the Independent Brigade, Li Yunlong also received the good news that the remaining troops surrounded the point for reinforcements last night and killed two reinforced Japanese brigades.
The mood is not as good as expected.
According to the original plan, the attacking troops should also take down the Japanese garrison.
As a result, not only was it not captured, but it suffered a heavy setback from the Japanese ambush and lost two infantry battalions.
Li Yunlong was also the proposer of this plan, and now it seems that he still underestimated Okamura Neji's reaction speed.
