"Call the person in charge of intelligence over here immediately!" The brigade commander was already 80% sure of his judgment and ordered anxiously towards the door.
Then he frowned and fell into deep thought, seeming to have forgotten the telegram that the Zhouji stronghold was under attack.
The combat staff quickly reminded: "General, do you want to send troops from surrounding strongholds to reinforce the Zhouji stronghold?"
The brigade leader waved his hands and ordered with an impatient look on his face: "Don't bother me with such trivial matters. You can give orders yourself on what to do."
"When the person in charge of intelligence arrives, let him come in and look for me. No notification is required."
While waiting anxiously, a telegram for help was also sent from a stronghold in the west of the city. It was also a medium-sized stronghold and needed help.
After waiting for another five minutes, the person in charge of intelligence with the rank of Major on his shoulders came running in with a puzzled look on his face.
The brigade commander was furious when he saw him.
If my judgment is true, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops must have poured into Datong, and the majority of them were garrison regiments.
But so far, the brigade headquarters has not received any relevant information.
Regardless of the ordinary troops of the garrison or the heavy artillery battalion, if you want to enter Datong, you must cross the blockade.
There are many bunkers and artillery towers there, and there are garrisons and intelligence personnel everywhere, but no one notices them. Are they all pigs?
If it weren't for the current military emergency and the need for people everywhere, the brigade commander would have the desire to kill people.
The major also felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere in the war room, so he hurriedly walked up to the brigade commander, like a child who had done something wrong, lowered his head and asked: "Your Excellency, General? Did something happen?"
"Give him all the rescue telegrams that the brigade headquarters just received. See for yourself what happened to Datong?" the brigade leader ordered angrily.
A few minutes later, the major's face was covered with shock. After reading the last telegram, he couldn't help shouting.
"This is impossible!"
"General, a few hours ago you asked me to find out how many Eighth Route Army troops there are in Datong. Although the specific results have not been released yet, they will definitely not exceed 2,000. And they are all guerrillas and local troops. The main force is very small and the equipment is small.
Not bad, how could it have such strong combat effectiveness and kill so many of our troops in just two nights?"
"There must be a conspiracy here that we don't know about!"
"Humph!" the brigade commander snorted and asked, "Do you think frontline commanders will lie about military information at the risk of going to court-martial?"
"Everything in the telegram is true."
"There are strongholds in the south, north and west of the city that are under attack by the Eighth Route Army and may be captured at any time."
"This does not include the chief of staff of Chengdong."
"He commanded more than 3,000 imperial troops and imperial associate troops to fight out of the city. In the battle of Chentouling alone, two-thirds of the troops were lost."
"The remaining troops have been diverted to raid the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions. No news has come back yet. There must be something wrong somewhere else?"
The major re-read the telegram in his hand with shock, and finally focused on a telegram sent back by the chief of staff.
It was like discovering the New World, and he reported with shock: "Heavy artillery..."
"General, there is a problem with attacking the Chief of Staff's troops. The Eighth Route Army in Datong cannot be equipped with heavy artillery, only the garrison in the southeast is equipped with it!"
"Did the garrison really come to Datong?"
Seeing that the major looked thoughtful, as if he had thought of something, the brigade leader quickly asked: "Has your intelligence department received relevant information?"
"Hi!" the major replied.
"In the past ten days, our intelligence officers lurking at the blockade have discovered that many Eighth Route Army troops are crossing the blockade back and forth between Datong and the garrison base area!"
When the brigade commander heard this, he understood clearly and was very convinced that the main force of the garrison had arrived in Datong.
If I had known the news in advance, I would have definitely been prepared and would have been much more cautious when sending troops out of the city.
Unlike now, more than 4,000 troops were sent out of the city to die in just two days because they were unprepared.
This is obviously a conspiracy of the garrison. They first entered Datong secretly, and when they were unprepared, they weakened the strength of the garrison in the city by encircling the points and providing reinforcements, and then realized their unknown purpose.
The more he thought about the brigade commander, the angrier he became. He stared at the major and scolded: "Since you have received relevant information, why didn't you report it!"
The major replied with an aggrieved look: "General, calm down!"
"I have reported my humble duty and also reported it to the military headquarters."
"But the reply given to us by the military department is that there are too many new recruits in the garrison, their combat effectiveness is very poor, they do not have offensive capabilities, and it is impossible to fight deep into the areas occupied by the imperial army."
"What we see is that the surrounding Eighth Route Army is transporting raw materials to the garrison arsenal, which only allows us to strengthen the border blockade."
"Then General, please ask us to turn our attention to the territory, collect intelligence on the surrounding Eighth Route Army, and cooperate with the main force to kill them."
When the brigade leader thought about it, this was really what happened.
The reports and orders from superiors were definitely correct. This was the brigade commander's first reaction after receiving the telegram from the military headquarters.
The military department was right, but the intelligence department under its command must have made a mistake.
In addition, the military has strictly ordered itself to strengthen the border blockade and not allow a single bullet casing to flow into the garrison base area.
He didn't think much about it and handed the task directly to the chief of staff. Then he focused on attacking the Eighth Route Army in Datong and thinking about how to eliminate them.
After calculating this, the real culprit for the reason why I was deceived in the past two days and caused the Datong garrison to lose troops and generals was actually the military department.
No matter how courageous the brigade commander was, he would not dare to cause trouble with the military headquarters, so he could only hold back his anger in his heart.
After taking a deep breath, he ordered: "I will not be held responsible for this matter."
"But it is a fact that the garrison has entered Datong. We must find out as soon as possible how many people there are, what their equipment is, and what is their final purpose?"
"If it's Datong City, everyone must do everything possible to increase the strength of the Datong garrison and stand firm to await reinforcements."
"Also, since the main force of the garrison has come to Datong, the military headquarters' report on the enemy situation of the garrison is false."
"The garrison base area must be empty of troops now."
"If an imperial army takes the opportunity to rush in, it will definitely achieve great results and push back the defense group that attacked us."
"I'll give you one day to figure these things out."
The major was relieved and ran faster than a rabbit. He left the war room in the blink of an eye, fearing that the grumpy brigade commander would change his mind.
"You two!" The brigade commander turned to look at the two nearest combat staff officers.
"Remember the 16 strongholds I picked out before? Send them a telegram now."
"The troops set off immediately, abandoned all their baggage and ammunition, marched lightly, and marched back to Datong City."
"There are too few troops in the city, and they are still dominated by the Imperial Army, which is very dangerous."
"If the target of the garrison is really us, with their fighting style, they will definitely not miss such a good opportunity to attack the city."
"I want to make up for the losses of the garrison as soon as possible without giving them any opportunity to take advantage."
The two staff officers immediately took the order: "I'll send them a telegram and call them right now!"
The brigade commander nodded, stared at another staff officer and continued the order: "Order the military police to summon all the Japanese in the city, issue them weapons and ammunition, and temporarily form an infantry brigade as a reserve in case of emergency."
"With these orders in mind for the time being, I will contact the military headquarters immediately and report my latest findings and judgment to the commander in person."
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