Chapter 996 Commander: If you can’t find out, fight it out
Okamura Neji's reaction also puzzled Li Yunlong.
I stared at the map and racked my brains for ten minutes without any clue.
Then he asked with a pair of suspicious eyes: "Chief of Staff... are you sure there is no movement from the little Japs on the front lines?"
"Okamura Neji is really indifferent to us destroying their two blockades?"
"Or they are hiding from us and deploying their troops secretly, planning to launch a fatal attack on us at the critical moment."
"Just like the last time the remaining troops in the base area raided the iron wall to encircle the forward blockade, this old devil demolished the east wall to repair the west wall, secretly transferred troops from other stations to reinforce the battlefield, and deliberately lurked, waiting for the critical moment to launch a counterattack and severely damage our offensive
force."
"In that attack, we used encirclement and reinforcements to kill many little Japs."
"However, the main attacking troops suffered heavy casualties due to the Japanese ambush and counterattack."
"This old devil took advantage once, and he might try his old trick again and find a way to take advantage a second time."
The chief of staff did not immediately refute, but frowned and replied: "Is it really possible?"
Li Yunlong's eyes immediately lit up and he quickly asked: "Can we find out?"
The chief of staff shook his head: "It's difficult..."
"Although we destroyed the two outer blockades of the Japanese army, there are still three blockades between us and the base area."
"Unless another blockade is destroyed, our reconnaissance troops will not be able to enter the little Japanese iron wall, and they will not be able to detect every move of the Japanese troops inside."
"Of course, even if a scout is lucky enough to get into the enemy's iron wall, there will be no way to investigate the Japanese army's squadron-based troop mobilization."
"There are too many little devils on the blockade. It's impossible to tell where there is a squadron missing or an extra squadron."
Li Yunlong's newly ignited hope was extinguished again, and he said helplessly: "Then there is nothing we can do..."
"Even if we know that Okamura Neji demolished the east wall to repair the west wall on the battlefield, we can't find out where they secretly transferred the troops."
"The Japanese set up an ambush on the battlefield, and we don't know the specific location of the ambush."
"In order to avoid some meaningless losses, we have to stand still on the battlefield."
The Chief of Staff didn't want to be a coward, but the situation was like this. The Independent Brigade wanted to continue to hit the Japanese in the heart, so they had no choice but to endure it until they had a clear understanding of the enemy's situation.
Looking at Li Yunlong, he said helplessly: "Brigadier..."
"It just so happens that the troops have just won a victory and are in urgent need of repairs and digestion of the results."
"How about we take this opportunity to investigate carefully."
"There is no airtight wall in the world. As long as we are willing to investigate, no matter how concealed Okamura Neji is, some flaws will be revealed."
Li Yunlong shook his head and refused: "I just thought about the situation you mentioned."
"But I'm worried that the little devil won't give us so long to investigate."
"In the past, we advanced ten kilometers to the base area each time during the iron wall encirclement, but now it has suddenly increased to twenty kilometers."
"In the past, the base area could be defended for two months, but now it is good to be able to defend it for one month."
"If we don't break Neji Okamura's iron wall encirclement, the entire Sixth Army Division in the Wing will be trampled under the iron hooves of the little Japs, and the remaining troops in the base area will also have to stand up and fight the Japs because of the reduced space for movement."
"Although our combat effectiveness is very strong, there is still a big gap compared with the tens of thousands of little Japs arranged by Okamura Neji on the blockade."
"If the two sides really have to fight face to face and fight a tough battle, we will definitely lose."
"So the iron wall siege must be crushed before the decisive battle between the two sides."
"correct……"
"I almost forgot about Xiao Huang."
"His mind spins faster than his hand, and he has one weird idea after another. Maybe the difficult problems we can't figure out will be solved in his hands."
"Operator, send a telegram to the headquarters right away... I'll dictate it, and you'll be responsible for recording it. Hurry..."
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Divisional Headquarters of the 6th Yizhong Army.
Huang Yu rode a horse for more than an hour to get back here, and his legs were almost worn out.
But he didn't want to waste a second, so he dismounted and rushed to the headquarters.
He knew his commander too well and would never send him an urgent telegram unless absolutely necessary.
Just over an hour ago, when he was training a special forces regiment, he received an urgent telegram from Kong Jie asking him to rush back to the headquarters immediately.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he asked anxiously: "Commander..."
"Did something happen on the front line?"
Kong Jie handed over the telegram sent by Li Yunlong and replied with a frown: 'Nothing happened on the front line, but Li Yunlong encountered some trouble. I want you to help think of a solution.'
"I thought about it for more than an hour on your way here, but I still couldn't think of a way to solve the problem."
After reading the telegram, Huang Yu frowned and sighed: "Before Okamura Neji used the iron wall to encircle us, no one thought that this iron wall was so powerful that it could also secretly mobilize troops."
"The deputy commander's concerns are not wrong."
"The little devils on the frontier can tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and the blockade line can also tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall."
"Coupled with the barrier between the blockade wall and the blockade ditch, even if we guess that Okamura Neji is demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall, there is no way to determine which east wall he is demolishing and which west wall he is repairing."
"If the enemy's situation is unclear and the troops launch an attack rashly, they will definitely suffer heavy losses."
"The independent brigade's decision to stand still for the time being is the right one."
Kong Jie didn't want to hear these nonsense and immediately asked: "Then you can't just sit still and be a tortoise?"
"The advancing distance of the Japanese army's iron wall encirclement has increased from ten kilometers to twenty kilometers. At this speed, in more than half a month, we will have to stand up and fight the Japanese."
"Only by crushing Okamura Neji's iron wall encirclement before this can we have a chance to avoid this doomed outcome."
"You kid must think of a way to break the situation for us as soon as possible?"
Huang Yu suddenly laughed, and then said to Kong Jie: "Since we can't find the Japs ambush with the help of scouts, let's find a way to break out the ambush."
"There are so many little Japs on the iron wall. If Okamura Neji wants to avoid our detection, he will definitely not draw too many troops from the front line."
"If we move to the third blockade line, we will add more than a thousand little devils to each station."
"If the independent brigade divides its troops into battalions to attack the Japanese third blockade like it did last night, it will definitely suffer heavy losses."
"But if we gather heavy troops to launch an attack, and each offensive force arranges a regiment, or the entire independent brigade forms a group, and only hits one of the targets, the ambush arranged by Okamura Neji will not threaten the safety of the independent brigade no matter how concealed it is."
"The deputy commander took advantage of the situation and knocked out a few ambushes. Neji Okamura would be heartbroken and withdraw the ambushes."
"After all, they all come from the front line."
"If everything is destroyed, how can we defend the front line?"
