The annihilation of the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the death of Masaro Baba in battle dealt a huge blow to Naosaburo Okabe, because this not only meant that the mission of intercepting Soviet equipment had completely failed, but also meant that the Japanese army was targeting Chahar for independence.
The regiment's tactics are likely to have serious problems. If tactical innovation is not carried out early, the situation will only get worse!
In the afternoon after receiving the call, Naosaburo Okabe set off for Peiping.
Early the next morning, Naosaburo Okabe drove hundreds of miles and arrived at the North China Front Army Headquarters in a dusty environment.
At this time, Anami Yuichi had already summoned relevant personnel from the Operations Section of the General Staff Headquarters to wait in the war room. As soon as Okabe Naosaburo arrived at the headquarters, he was invited into the war room by Anami Yuichi before he even had time to wash his face.
As soon as he entered the war room, Naosaburo Okabe came directly in front of Anami Yuki, then he nodded heavily and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, your humble position is useless, I have let you down."
Anami Weiji was naturally extremely disappointed in his heart, but he did not show it. Although this old devil was not smart, he still knew how to use people. He knew that scolding Naosaburo Okabe at this time would not only be useless, but would only make people discouraged.
, and if you give gentle words of comfort at this time, it will make him realize his shame and become brave again.
At that moment, Anami patted Naosaburo Okabe on the shoulder and said, "Okabe-kun, don't mind."
After a few words of relief, Anami asked Naosaburo Okabe to sit at the long conference table, then turned his head and waved his hand, indicating that Kanemitsu Keijiro could start.
Kanemitsu Keijiro snapped his head, then picked up the command staff and pointed at the drawing board and explained: "Your Excellency, Commander, General Okabe and all colleagues, after receiving the battle report from the Mongolian Army last night, the staff of our Operations Section spent the whole night
Without sleeping, I performed a high-level restoration of the battles that took place in the second series, and then looked through the many previous battles commanded by Xu Rui, and found a very serious problem."
After a pause, Kanemitsu Keijiro continued: "This is also an issue that has been ignored by us before."
"Oh, really?" Anan Weiji's eyes flashed and he asked in a deep voice, "What kind of question is it?"
Jinguang Keijiro Hay said, "This serious problem is that almost none of the battles commanded by Xu Rui were won by relying on strength. Almost all of them were won by conspiracy. Except for this, Xu Rui
This guy seems to always know the intelligence and weaknesses of the imperial army in advance, and then make tit-for-tat arrangements!"
"Sodes!" Naosaburo Okabe suddenly nodded and said, "After the battle, I sent a cavalry team to the battlefield for on-the-spot investigation and found that the reason why the 1st Cavalry Brigade suffered a defeat was not because its combat effectiveness was inferior to others, but because its combat effectiveness was inferior to others.
It’s because Xu Rui took advantage of the terrain and prepared heavy machine gun positions in advance!”
After a pause, Naosaburo Okabe added: "Moreover, Xu Rui does seem to be able to know the movements of the imperial army. Judging from his battlefield deployment, it would be appropriate to say that he did not know the general movements of the First Cavalry Brigade in advance.
With the terrain, it was impossible for Xu Rui to complete the ambush because he had no idea which direction the imperial army would move in."
Anan Weiji said: "The first point is not a problem. Xu Rui has always been cunning. If he can outwit him, he will never be defeated. However, he is not absolutely invincible. Back then, Central China sent the Condemnation Army
During the second sweep of Dameishan, not only did they encounter frontal resistance from the Dameishan Independent Regiment led by Xu Rui, but also during the second and third Songhu battles, Xu Rui faced the emperor with only one regiment.
Several divisions of the army, even the Guards Division, are not falling behind. This is not just a sign of being able to use conspiracy and tricks, right?"
"Hai." Kanemitsu Keijiro quickly corrected his statement, "This is indeed a humble negligence."
Kanemitsu Keijiro was indeed negligent. He only read Xu Rui's battle reports after he arrived in Baotou, but did not read Xu Rui's battle reports in Dameishan and Shanghai. Of course, this was also related to the tight time, because it was just
In one night, we have to review so much information and make a summary. Time is really tight.
Therefore, Kanemitsu Keijiro only screened out a few battles after Xu Rui arrived in Wuyuan.
After a pause, Anan Weiji added: "However, the second point mentioned by Jin Guangjun deserves careful analysis."
Jinguang Keijiro paused again and said: "If Xu Rui wants to grasp the movements of the imperial army in time, there are only two ways. One is through lurking spies, and the other is through the tracking, targeting and spying of special forces. Last night, the humble post was analyzed
, believes that the possibility of spies providing intelligence is unlikely, because the Imperial Army was not accompanied by the Imperial Army in this attack, so the possibility of a spy leaking information to Xu Rui is basically ruled out."
Anan Weiji said: "In other words, this is all done by Lang Ya?"
"Hai!" Kanemitsu Kejiro paused again and said, "I dare to say that it was Lang Ya who did it."
"Then, this is a brand new topic." Anan Weiji said in a deep voice, "The emergence of Langya has completely changed the methods and even the process of war! If we cannot make corresponding tactical innovations in time,
Then next time, it is inevitable that the Langya troops will suffer heavy losses."
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Five days later, Baotou Recruitment Office.
A broad-shouldered Mongolian young man with a height of over 1.9 meters, like a frightened chicken, scurried out of a small alley, looked around and saw no one around, then tiptoed to the recruitment office, and asked the person in charge of recruiting soldiers.
The staff member said: "Comrade, I want to be a soldier."
The staff at the recruitment office immediately picked up the roster and got ready to register.
However, the staff member quickly put down the roster in his hand and said angrily: "Isn't this Zhuoligetu? Why are you here again?"
The Mongolian young man named Zhuoligetu immediately smiled shyly.
In recent days, this young man has become familiar with the people at the recruitment office, because this is not the first time he has come here. Counting it down, this is already the ninth time Zhuoligetu has asked to be a soldier. However, every time
Every time he was arrested, his mother would take him back. Even though he had registered the previous few times, he was still taken back by his mother.
The staff member shook his head and said, "Okay, let's go back."
"I won't go back." Zhuoligetu shook his head repeatedly and said, "I want to be a soldier."
"Stop making trouble." The staff member said angrily, "Why do you want to be a soldier? Your mother will come again later."
"No, my mother won't come this time." Zhuoligetu continued to shake his head, "This time I ran out secretly."
When the staff heard this, they immediately laughed and said, "Okay, okay, you didn't run out secretly, but how often can you deceive your mother?"
As soon as he finished speaking, an angry voice suddenly sounded from the street in front: "Zhuo Ligetu, little bastard! Are you sneaking out behind my back and wanting to become a soldier again?"
The staff and Zhuoligetu looked back and saw an old Mongolian woman striding down the street. The old woman's face was covered with criss-crossing zou lines, and her skin was dark. This dark complexion and criss-crossing zou lines
, which is enough to prove that her past life was not very good, and even very miserable.
Seeing the old Mongolian woman approaching, Zhuoligetu was immediately frightened and did not dare to move.
Soon, the old Mongolian woman arrived in front of the recruitment office. She smiled apologetically at the staff, and then reached out to pull Zhuoligetu's ears. However, her son was too tall, so she couldn't pull him.
With a muffled grunt, Zhuoligetu was so frightened that he squatted down and obediently let my mother grab his ears.
At the same time, she shouted with a grimace: "Mom, please be gentler, please be gentler, your ears have been pulled off."
"Pull them down and pull them down." The old Mongolian woman said angrily, "It's useless to keep your ears anyway. How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to join the army? Why don't you listen?"
Zhuoligetu said: "Mom, I just want to be a soldier."
"No." The old Mongolian woman said, "Your brother has already joined the army. If you join the army, who will graze the cattle and sheep that the family has just received? Who will take care of the pastures?"
Zhuoligetu was immediately speechless.
Speaking of which, the Zhuoligetu family is really miserable.
Zhuoligetu's family originally had cattle, sheep and pasture, but one year the entire grassland was hit by a disaster, and all the cattle and sheep froze to death. The family could not survive the winter, so his father mortgaged the pasture to Mr. Prayut's family, and then the whole family
He became a farmhand, and later because he lost a lamb, his father was severely beaten by Master Prayut and died within a few days.
Zhuoligetu and her two sons begged all the way to Baotou and barely survived.
After the Chahar Independent Regiment entered Baotou, the anti-Japanese democratic government was immediately formed. The democratic government suppressed a large number of local tyrants and evil gentry such as Mr. Prayut, and distributed the pastures they had plundered to the herdsmen. The Zhuoligetu family also
We were allotted a large pasture with more than 100 cattle and sheep.
As soon as the pastures and cattle and sheep were separated, my mother sent her eldest son Batu to the recruitment office.
Before leaving, my mother repeatedly told her eldest son Batu that he must serve as a soldier and fight the Japanese. Although my mother had no education, she felt like a mirror in her heart. It was the Communist Party of China that brought hope to their family. Therefore,
Protecting the Communist Party means protecting their own cattle and sheep pastures.
However, being a soldier is always dangerous. What if one day we are gone?
Therefore, I never want my youngest son to join the army.
"Let's go!" I said while dragging Zhuoligetu's son back, "Follow me home."
The staff at the recruitment office was also very familiar with my mother, so she smiled and said, "Mother Batu, walk slowly."
The old lady responded with a warm voice, and when she turned around, she suddenly saw many familiar villagers running outside. At that moment, she didn't bother to pull Zhuoligetu's ears anymore and asked: "Zhamuhe, what are you doing here?"
