Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong immediately replied: "Commander, according to our original battle plan, the Japanese will enter Linfen City tonight. Through the two secret passages built in Linfen City during this period, we will mobilize elites to enter the city and fight them in Linfen City."
Street fighting, through close combat, night fighting, even if one life is worth one life, they will be severely damaged!"
"Now the two divisions of the Jinsui Army are closely following the Japs. They want to capture Linfen. I'm worried that they will suddenly join the battle when we are fighting fiercely with the Japs, and then take the opportunity to rush into Linfen City.
, I won’t leave until I stand in Linfen City!”
Wang Ping affirmed: "The Jinsui Army will definitely do this!"
"They are regular troops, and they hold the Shangfang Sword of the World War II Zone Headquarters in their hands. They offer to join the battle and enter Linfen City to cooperate in the battle. We really have no reason to refuse!"
"It is easier to invite gods than to send them away. Once they take the opportunity to enter Linfen City, they will definitely occupy it and not leave. Then they will recruit more troops to enter the city and occupy it and will not leave. At that time, Linfen City will naturally fall to Jinsui
In the hands of the army!"
"We must not allow the Jinsui Army to occupy Linfen City!" Li Wen replied with certainty.
"As long as Linfen City is occupied by them, they will not leave. At that time, Linfen City occupied by the Jinsui Army will become a nail again!"
"They will use this nail as the center and expand the opportunities to the surroundings step by step."
"At that time, the base area will become the base area half a year ago. No, the situation will definitely be worse than the base area half a year ago!"
"The Japs occupy Linfen City. As long as we deploy heavy troops around them, if the Japs dare to leave the city, we will attack them. But the Jinsui Army is not good at it. It cannot fight or kill. No matter how many troops we deploy, we can only watch them.
Go out of the city and rampage in our base area to expand their influence!"
Zhong Chenggong said with a serious face: "Captain, I agree with Captain Li's analysis!"
"After Linfen City is occupied by the Jinsui Army, it will become a time bomb that may explode at any time!"
Wang Ping hesitated for a long time and finally spoke.
"Then the Japanese will not be allowed to enter Linfen City. We will always occupy Linfen, so that the Jinsui Army will have no chance to enter Linfen!"
"If they want to help fight the Japanese, they can fight directly outside the city. As for Linfen City, our Eighth Route Army is guarding it, and we can hold it, so there is no need for them to intervene!"
Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong opened his mouth and asked with a shocked expression: "Commander, you mean to defend Linfen City, let the little devils station troops in Linfen City tonight, and we will destroy them outside Linfen City!"
"Not bad!" Wang Ping affirmed.
Zhong Chenggong's brain quickly started to work, and he studied the feasibility of this style of play as chief of staff.
Soon, the shocked expression on his face was covered by a smile.
“Captain, it’s feasible, it’s very feasible!”
"If you had proposed this idea yesterday, I would have firmly opposed it. But it is different today. The Japanese have no heavy artillery and are like a hungry wolf without fangs. Even if they still have more than 10,000 people, our new regiment can't
Don’t be afraid. What’s more, we are still fighting a defensive battle, and Linfen City has very strong fortifications.”
"It's better that the little Japs who rushed to the outside of Linfen City don't attack the city. If they really decide to attack the city, I guarantee that the solid fortifications of Linfen City will definitely become the graves of the Little Japs!"
Wang Ping immediately ordered: "Order, Xiao Yunshan and Xiong Changhe will enter the city immediately. The two of them did not defeat the Japanese last night, so they must have been itching for a long time. Let them fight in today's city defense battle!"
"Chief of Staff, you also enter the city and return all their mortars, mountain artillery, and infantry artillery to them. You are responsible for the entire city defense battle. The two of them will cooperate to ensure that Linfen City does not lose a gate!"
"I will personally take command of the other troops and strive to annihilate the Japanese troops outside Linfen City tonight."
At the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping, Neji Okamura had been standing in front of the huge combat sandbox for an hour. Apart from flipping through the information in his hands, there was no movement at all.
The chief of staff stood aside and said nothing. He glanced at Neji Okamura from time to time with his peripheral vision, looking for opportunities to speak.
It is certain that Okamura Neji must have been holding back his anger and had nowhere to vent his anger.
If I don't grasp the timing of my words well, it might become the spark that detonates Okamura Neji's powder keg, and then becomes the target for Okamura Neji to vent his anger.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the losses of the troops last night have been calculated!" After hesitating for a long time, the chief of staff finally took the opportunity and reported bravely.
"Say!" Okamura Neiji replied without raising his head, his eyes continuing to stare at the sand table.
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied carefully.
"According to statistics, last night's battle was a joint military operation between the Taihang Base Area of the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Base Area. Two of the participating troops were elites who had disappeared from the two base areas for nearly half a month, with a total strength of 20,000!"
"In addition, there are two brigades, one division, five main regiments, and more than 20 companies, battalions, and regiment-sized local troops participating in the battle in the two base areas!"
"They used the siege and reinforcement tactics to annihilate five of our reinforcements: two regiment-sized reinforcements and three brigade-sized reinforcements, and then took the opportunity to occupy the four counties controlled by the imperial army!"
"I want the final result, not the battle process. Your staff department deduced the specific battle process this morning. What's the point of reporting it again now?" Okamura Neiji suddenly interrupted.
Hearing the anger and murderous intent in Okamura Neji's tone, the chief of staff shook his hand and the list in his hand almost fell to the ground.
Then he quickly said: "So far, the Imperial Army has lost a total of two infantry regiments and three infantry brigades. In addition, there is also an infantry regiment and two infantry brigades that have been attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The losses have been huge. A total of losses
There are more than 8,900 people in the Imperial Army, and more than 5,400 people in the six regiments of the Imperial Army!"
"So many?" Even though Okamura Neiji was prepared, he was still frightened by this number.
The chief of staff affirmed: "The Eighth Route Army dispatched the main force, local troops, and two secret assault troops, totaling more than 50,000 people and nearly 20,000 people, and nearly 200 artillery pieces were used!"
Okamura Neji raised his eyebrows and continued to ask: "You just said that the number of casualties is only so far. What do you mean? Has the Eighth Route Army that attacked them not retreated yet? What does the aviation force do? Why don't they cover the troops?
Defeat the Eighth Route Army attacking them!"
The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "The main force of the Eighth Route Army has all retreated - no, not retreat, but moved to the mountains near the battlefield to hide!"
"Today, the total strength of the Imperial Army in this area of the battlefield is less than 5,000. They are divided into seven or eight counties and important villages and towns, and there are no reinforcements around. The Eighth Route Army, which has just won a great victory, will definitely not let this area go.
Opportunity to defeat!"
"Report from the front line, although the main force of the Eighth Route Army has left, there are still a large number of small groups of Eighth Route Army troops around them, sneaking up on them under the nose of our aviation force and waiting for dark!"
"They requested to abandon those towns immediately and withdraw from the war zone under the cover of aviation!"
Neji Okamura on the side ordered without thinking: "Retreat, let them retreat immediately. The loss is almost 10,000, and the remaining imperial army of less than 5,000 must not lose any more!"
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