For two days, Linfen City has been extremely quiet, not a single gunshot was fired.
Neither the new regiment nor the Japanese want to provoke the other party's nerves and disrupt their own battle arrangements at this time.
Lieutenant General Ito was in a very good mood. After the troops took complete control of Linfen, the surrounding area of several kilometers had completely become the territory of the imperial army.
His request for supplies to the front army was also responded to. In order to get rid of the serious problem of the New Regiment, the front army all agreed. All supplies are in the process of being transferred. It only takes ten days for Linfen City to stockpile a sufficient amount of supplies and ammunition.
Satisfy yourself and attack a new regiment's base.
Of course, Lieutenant General Ito was not idle after receiving the good news.
The several battles with the New Regiment almost always ended in a disastrous defeat for the imperial army.
After some analysis, Lieutenant General Ito discovered that these disastrous defeats should never have happened. The imperial army had an absolute advantage in winning these battles. However, it still failed in the end. One of the most critical and fatal reasons was that the imperial army did not understand its opponent.
, does not know the opponent's combat strength, including military strength, firepower, and even the terrain of the battlefield!
In order to solve this problem, Lieutenant General Ito has been doing one thing for the past two days, collecting all information related to the new group, even if it is a small battle, he will not miss it.
At the same time, Lieutenant General Ito also asked the division's intelligence staff to bribe a large number of ordinary people with money to enter the Eighth Route Army base area to search for intelligence!
When he entered the war room in the morning, the first thing Lieutenant General Ito did was to analyze the various intelligence compiled on his desk overnight. From this intelligence, he could understand his opponent, at least to know himself and the enemy on the battlefield.
The chief of staff rushed in before my butt was still hot.
"Division Commander, something happened..."
Little things would never make the Chief of Staff so flustered. So, as soon as he saw the expression on the Chief of Staff's face, Lieutenant General Ito realized that something big had happened!
After a while, he stood up from his seat, stared at the chief of staff and asked: "Is one of the troops attacked by the Eighth Route Army?"
"No... Division Commander, you misunderstood. It was not our troops that were attacked, but other Imperial Army troops in the Taiyue area..." the Chief of Staff quickly explained.
"Only one night, our two troops attacking the Taiyue Military District of the Eighth Route Army suffered a devastating blow and have now lost contact. There was also a material supply battle that was also won by the Eighth Route Army. All materials were lost, including various bullets.
Five hundred thousand rounds, as well as more than 5,000 artillery shells of various calibers and a large number of other supplies!"
"The front army judged that last night's battle must have been a counterattack signal from the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army."
"Killing three thousand of our imperial troops in one night and seizing a large amount of equipment, the strength of the Taiyue Military Region must be even more powerful. As for our encirclement and suppression troops, because they lost two lines of encirclement and suppression troops, there were two gaps in the large network of encirclement and suppression of the Taiyue Military Region.
The Eighth Route Army can not only pick out our encirclement through these gaps, but also encircle and annihilate our remaining encirclement and suppression troops through these gaps!"
As an excellent commander, Lieutenant General Ito could see at a glance the huge risks exposed during the semester.
He frowned and analyzed: "If you want to continue the siege of Taiyue Military Region, the front army must immediately mobilize troops to fill these gaps to ensure the absolute advantage the imperial army has. If there are no troops, then retreat and drag on like this
, will only give the Eighth Route Army more opportunities to attack us!"
"The division commander is wise... This encirclement and suppression campaign was organized with great difficulty by the front army. It must not be abandoned halfway. The front army has already begun to mobilize troops to fill these gaps!" the chief of staff complimented at the right time.
Lieutenant General Ito's brows suddenly frowned, and a very bad premonition appeared in his mind.
Then he stared at the Chief of Staff and asked, "Just move the troops. Why are you panicking, Chief of Staff?"
The chief of staff gave an astonishing reply: "Division commander, I don't know why, but the front army asked us to deploy at least one infantry regiment to reinforce the encirclement and suppression troops and fill these gaps?"
"Nani, let us go!" The premonition became reality, Lieutenant General Ito still had an expression of disbelief.
Then he shook his head and refused: "No, our division's mission is to retake Linfen and kill the new regiment. The mission has just been completed halfway, and we can't divide our troops yet!"
"Directly call back to the front army and refuse. We can only divide our troops to reinforce other troops after we kill the new regiment. Moreover, we do not have the materials and ammunition in hand to ensure that our reinforcements join the battle now!"
Seeing that the chief of staff did not move, Lieutenant General Ito scolded directly: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you send a telegram!"
The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and then answered bravely: "There is still something in the telegram..."
"The commander said that we are the only troops in the entire Taiyue area that can be mobilized... They also said that if the battle to encircle and suppress other troops in the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army is lost, these Eighth Route Army will definitely reinforce a new regiment. By then, we want to kill them
The new regiment will face more Eighth Route Army troops!"
"The front army asked us to immediately mobilize our troops and march to the gap for the sake of the overall situation!"
"All the ammunition supplies required by these troops are provided by the garrison troops on the march, which absolutely guarantees that they will have sufficient ammunition and supplies to participate in the battle!"
Lieutenant General Ito became angry and cursed loudly: "Bage Ya Road, the front army is treating our division as firefighters - they will send us wherever there is danger!"
"The troops have been sent out, what troops should we use to encircle and suppress the new regiment!"
Although the division has lost a lot of troops since it was sent out, because the division has supplementary regiments, the main four infantry regiments are still at full strength so far.
Four full infantry regiments, one field artillery regiment, one heavy mountain artillery regiment, two cavalry regiments, one tank regiment, one baggage regiment, plus other units, the total strength is still 28,000
There are more than a thousand people, and the combat troops alone include nearly 20,000 people.
To encircle and suppress a regiment-level unit with so many troops is to use cannons to kill mosquitoes. It is impossible to have no troops.
The division commander said this for one reason. He was angry and very dissatisfied with the front army treating him as a firefighter.
However, he had to carry out the orders of the front army.
After hesitating for several seconds, he bit the bullet and asked: "Division commander, the front army's order to send troops..."
"Execute! The orders have been issued. Failure to execute them is disobedience to military orders. I don't want to be removed from the position of division commander for this reason..."
"Let the remaining infantry group of the 134th Regiment and the Supplementary Regiment pass over. They have more than 4,000 people, which just meets the troop deployment requirements of the front army."
"Also, the 134th Regiment has the largest number of new recruits. By transferring them there, the impact on the combat effectiveness of the entire division can be minimized!"
The chief of staff's eyes lit up and he immediately replied: "The division commander is wise! I am humble enough to go and give the order immediately!"
Due to the impact of the troop deployment, Lieutenant General Ito's good mood suddenly disappeared. For the next few days, he did things with a sullen face.
The new regiment headquarters, because Xiangfen County will definitely become a key target of the Japanese in the future, in order to command the troops nearby, Wang Ping directly moved the headquarters here.
In the telecommunications room next to the war room, several radio stations have been sending and receiving telegrams since they were turned on.
The latest intelligence from frontline teams and reconnaissance platoons, reporting telegrams from main battalions, as well as intelligence briefings and orders from military regions... Dozens of telegrams appear in Wang Ping's hands every day.
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