If Neji Okamura was a little confident about this war before, then after Torajiro Iwai was captured, the commander of the Japanese North China Front who was always confident in the past was suddenly confused by the sudden bad news.
Okamura Neiji couldn't understand at night how a dignified division commander could have enough time to retreat even if the war was unfavorable. How could he be reduced to a prisoner, and be captured by an old man and a woman who had no power to restrain him?
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When he confirmed the authenticity of the incident, Okamura Neji was so angry that he almost drew his command knife and chopped in pieces the Chief of Staff Adachi Twenty-san who reported the news to him.
Fortunately, reason prevailed over impulse in the end, and Adachi twenty-three did not become the first chief of staff of the front army to be hacked to death by his superiors in Japanese history.
Even so, Adachi Twenty-san was also frightened. The red eyes of Okamura Neji just now were so frightening that he even suspected that he would be hacked to death in the next second.
After taking a few deep breaths and trying to calm down, Okamura Neji said after a while: "Adachi-kun, something unexpected happened during the battle. It seems that our plan will be implemented ahead of schedule.
Have the fifth mixed brigade and the eighth mixed brigade entered their scheduled positions? How is the 21st flying team?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, the 21st Flying Team has been urgently replenished, and the other two Hunyuan Brigades have also been ambushed on the left and right wings of Ping'an County. As long as the Chinese troops enter Ping'an County, they will immediately be attacked by these two brigades.
A head-on attack from the regiment.
Coupled with the cooperation of the 6th Division and the 47th Division, I am confident that we can severely damage the Liantai Militia and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army!" Anda Twenty-Three answered confidently.
"This is the best!"
Okamura Neiji said solemnly, "There must be no more accidents this time. If there are another accidents, there will be problems with the empire's rule in Shanxi."
Anda Twenty-Three didn't speak, just nodded.
As the new chief of staff of the North China Front, he certainly understands the dilemma the North China Front is facing now.
The originally good plan for a large-scale sweep was completely changed by the emergence of the Liantai militia. Due to the unfavorable situation in the battle in Shanxi, Okamura Neji had to continuously draw troops from the troops participating in the sweep.
The consequence of insufficient troops was that there were major flaws in the iron wall encirclement plan. Many Eighth Route Army troops were able to escape from the Japanese encirclement. Now, the mopping up troops in Shandong, Inner Mongolia and even Shanxi have called urgently to request for additional troops.
The commander of the small force even stated that if the front army did not send additional troops, they would not be able to ensure that the plan could continue to be implemented.
To be honest, as a newly promoted chief of staff of the front army, this was the first time Anda Twenty-san encountered such a situation.
In the past, as a division commander, he was only responsible for the operations of a division. As long as he did his part well, everything would be fine. But now that he has been promoted to chief of staff, he understands the difference between managing a division and a front army.
It was so big, so heavy that he sometimes felt like he couldn't breathe.
Hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting each other across millions of square kilometers. New information comes in almost every moment. Whether this information is true or not depends on him, the chief of staff, to judge and screen it, and then summarize it to Gangcun.
Neji, you can imagine the effort and energy that went into this.
But he didn't complain about it because he understood that the pressure faced by Okamura Neji was greater and heavier than him.
He felt so sad just doing some summary statistics, but Okamura Neji shouldered the life and death of the North China Front's more than 200,000 troops.
Whether it was his hometown, his base camp or even the emperor, he was always being watched, and every decision he made would attract countless discussions. He thought it would be difficult for him to bear such pressure.
Just as Adachi Twenty-three was deep in thought, Neji Okamura's voice rang in his ears: "Adachi-kun!"
Anda Twenty-Three hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed: "I am here to serve you!"
"Notice that the plan remains unchanged. As long as the Liantai Militia can be eliminated, what if the Sixth Division and the 47th Division are included?"
Adachi Twenty-Three was shocked. If Okamura Neji's words were spread back to his home country, he didn't know how much criticism it would cause.
The dark clouds in the sky began to move slowly from south to north, and the sudden light rain in the sky made the originally hot weather much cooler. A dozen No. 4 tanks driving in the fields wantonly crushed the wheat seedling tanks in the ground.
A large amount of yellow mud was dug up from the tracks, and each tank carried multiple infantrymen.
Huang Jianhua, who was half exposed from the control tower, carefully observed the surrounding situation. Although the rain kept hitting him, Huang Jianhua had no intention of closing the hatch cover.
The 1st Armored Battalion has basically not stopped attacking from the morning until now. Although it already feels a little tired, it is more excited.
"Brothers! We'll have lunch in Ping'an County!"
The voice of another tank commander not far away came from the unique leather cap of armored soldiers, which made Huang Jianhua laugh.
Arrive at Ping'an County for lunch. This was the slogan shouted by the battalion commander Li Changan through the radio after launching the attack. Judging from the current speed of the troops' advancement, it seems that there should be no problem in achieving this goal.
Ever since the news of Torajiro Iwai's capture spread, everyone knew that the 108th Division was completely finished. There was no point in existing for a unit that even had its division commander captured.
What happened next was very simple. The Japanese defense line, which had lost the cover of the right wing, was wide open. The four battalions of the Liantai Militia Regiment 6789 and the 385 Brigade, as well as the 2nd Armored Battalion, the 4th Artillery Battalion and nearly 20,000 troops were freed.
Without hesitation, he attacked the Sixth Division from the flank.
At this time, no matter how tenacious the Sixth Division was, it could no longer hold on, and the remaining more than 10,000 remaining soldiers retreated across the board.
While his illness threatened to kill him, Gao Hongming and Commander Liu did not hesitate to command the army to launch an all-out pursuit.
"Sir, I am Shanmao. A group of what looks like Japanese cavalry appeared at our 11 o'clock position."
At this moment, a report from the Bobcat search team ahead came through the headset.
Huang Jianhua picked up the telescope and took a look, and sure enough he saw a group of cavalry.
The ointment flags carried by the cavalry were clearly visible, and a bloodthirsty smile appeared on Huang Jianhua's face when he saw this scene.
At this time, the voice of Battalion Commander Li Changan sounded in the headset, "Attention, all tanks! In front of us is a group of Japanese soldiers, estimated to number about a hundred people. They are probably a search team like us. Each tank forms a combat team."
Surround me and remember to keep the Japanese behind and beat me hard."
"Understood all the time!"
"Erlian understands!"
"Sanlian understands!"
The Japanese cavalry who were ordered to conduct the search reined in their horses and stopped when they heard the noise of steel tracks and diesel engines coming from the distance. They also discovered the tank in front of them.