This time, Wang Xuexin was not stingy. One hundred and seventeen missiles were divided into three batches and all headed for Chengde Airport.
The bombing effect was not ideal, and in the end only 28 missiles hit the airport.
Afterwards, the Japanese even launched a counterattack with "human missiles", and the Eighth Route Army once again "gave in" and stopped firing missiles.
At that time, Naosaburo Okabe had just returned to his headquarters in SJZ. He frowned when he heard that the Eighth Route Army was bombing Chengde Airport.
Ochito Sanji felt a little strange when he saw Okabe Naosaburo's expression.
"Your Excellency, General!" Ojodo Sanji asked: "The losses at Chengde Airport were not great. Only three fighter planes were lost. In addition, two supply warehouses were on fire. It will only take half a day to return to normal..."
"I know!" Naosaburo Okabe interrupted Ojoto Sanji: "That's not what I'm worried about, Ojoto-kun! Don't you find it strange? The performance of the Eighth Route Army's bombing this time was different from their bombing of the 39th Division
It’s different when you’re in an artillery position!”
"What do you mean, General, that the Eighth Route Army actually deliberately failed to bomb accurately?" Oshiro Sanji said and shook his head: "But if they think they can deceive us in this way, then..."
"It's not us they want to deceive!" Naosaburo Okabe said with a dark face: "It's the Iron and Stone Forces they want to deceive!"
"Iron and Stone Troops?" Sanji Ojoto looked confused, but after thinking about it, he understood: "Iron and Stone Troops have always suspected that Major General Yoshikawa intended to sacrifice the Iron and Stone Troops?"
Naosaburo Okabe nodded: "After all, they suffered more than half of their casualties in this battle, so they have always been worried about it!"
"But what we are telling you is the truth!" Sanji Oshiro was a little anxious: "Major General Yoshikawa's artillery was indeed suppressed by the enemy's missiles at the first opportunity. Our army's two artillery regiments had more than a hundred guns, and finally
Only a dozen cannons survived..."
"Is it useful?" Naosaburo Okabe asked, "They will think that it was blown up by the Eighth Route Army's artillery detection radar in the subsequent battle!"
These words immediately choked Ojoto Sanji.
Indeed, the small number of surviving artillery pieces does not mean much. The Eighth Route Army had artillery detection radar and air superiority. It was difficult for the imperial army to drag the artillery back when it was defeated. This did not prove that Major General Yoshikawa had done his best.
"So!" Naosaburo Okabe let out a long sigh: "The Eighth Route Army's bombing of Chengde Airport this time was for the iron and stone troops to see! I just told them that the Eighth Route Army has improved the accuracy of its missiles, and they can blow us up accurately.
Army artillery, now... the Eighth Route Army's missiles have lost their accuracy again, with only a dozen or so of the one hundred or so hitting the airport! If bombing of airports is like this, then how can more than fifty missiles suppress two artillery regiments?
"
"Well... we can explain it to the Iron and Steel troops again!" Sanji Oshiro was a little anxious: "This is a trick of the Eighth Route Army. Don't fall into the enemy's alienation plan because of this!"
"It's useless!" Naosaburo Okabe sat back in his chair helplessly: "They will only think that this is our excuse, because it verifies the suspicion in their hearts... Once there is suspicion in their hearts, there is also 'evidence'
Verification, it will be like a fuse being lit, and it is almost impossible to blow it out again!”
As he spoke, Naosaburo Okabe sighed again and said: "The Eighth Route Army, this move was very clever. It made us unable to respond. In an instant, the iron and stone troops and even the entire 'Manchukuo Army' were buried in the ground.
A bomb inside our army!”
No wonder Naosaburo Okabe is so frustrated.
The advantage of the Northeast compared to North China is that the Japs have controlled the Northeast for some years, the forces that resisted the Japs have been basically eliminated, and many places have even become "good citizens" under the Japs' brainwashing education.
This is one of the reasons why the Puppet Manchukuo Army was able to field an elite iron and stone force.
Originally, Naosaburo Okabe thought that fighting in the Northeast did not require at least the same vigilance against the puppet troops as in North China. For example, once the puppet troops knew about any military operations, it would be the same as notifying the Eighth Route Army.
But now, he could only watch helplessly as this advantage was taken away by the Eighth Route Army. It could even be said that it had collapsed, but it was just not visible on the surface.
Sanji Ojoto also wanted to understand the difficulty, so he said: "Your Excellency, General, now should we strengthen the control of the Iron and Stone Forces..."
It is reasonable for Ojoto Sanji to have such thoughts.
If it is expected that the iron and stone troops will have emotional and morale problems, of course, they must be dealt with as soon as possible to prevent them from happening.
But Naosaburo Okabe shook his head: "Doing this will only make them more suspicious!"
Sanji Ojoto was stunned, he had never thought of this.
But if you think about it more carefully, what Naosaburo Okabe said is obviously right. From the perspective of the Iron and Stone Forces, if the empire sends additional personnel to control them at this sensitive moment, is it a case of "guilty conscience"?
Another angle to prove the fact that Yoshikawa sacrificed the Iron Stone Troops?
However……
What can you do if you don't do this?
It's not right to let them go, nor is it right to tighten control. Should we send them to the battlefield again and consume them?
It doesn't seem to work, because this will force the Iron and Stone troops to surrender to the Eighth Route Army, and it will still give them this opportunity.
After thinking for a while, Naosaburo Okabe said: "It seems that we can only temporarily aggrieve Major General Yoshikawa!"
"What, Major General Yoshikawa?" Ochido Sanji looked at Naosaburo Okabe in surprise: "But, he didn't do anything wrong..."
"That's not important!" Naosaburo Okabe replied: "What's important is how to stabilize the morale of the military!"
This is an unchanging truth on the battlefield.
It doesn't matter what the truth is, what matters is whether there are benefits and whether there is a good outcome.
As a result, Yoshikawa Saki soon received an order to be dismissed from his post. In addition, two staff officers responsible for commanding the artillery were sent to a military court.
The information was quickly sent to Wang Xuexin's desktop.
To be honest, Wang Xuexin was quite surprised. He did not expect Naosaburo Okabe to use this method to solve this problem.
However, has this problem really been solved?
If the Japanese and puppet troops lose trust in each other, it will be like a broken mirror. It is impossible to put them back together. Even if they are put back together, there will be cracks.
What's more, Wang Xuexin's goal is not just the iron and stone troops.
The Iron and Stone Troops were nothing to the Eighth Route Army, and Wang Xuexin did not even want this unit to surrender... This was a unit whose hands were stained with the blood of revolutionary fighters, and they must pay for their debts with blood.
What Wang Xuexin hopes is to influence the Northeastern puppet army and even the entire Chinese puppet army by attacking the Iron and Stone troops.
At that time, they will all be thinking: When the puppet army ends, it will be the end of the iron and stone troops!