At the headquarters of the Japanese garrison in Lingqiu City, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe sat in the position that should have belonged to Ida, with a solemn expression on his face.
A small county town lost a major, a lieutenant, and hundreds of imperial troops. This was unimaginable in the eyes of the Laiyuan City Brigade Headquarters.
After confirming that Lieutenant Colonel Ida was killed, the first thought of the brigade headquarters was that the main force of the First Division of the Eighth Route Army had come to Lingqiu.
But this judgment was not even maintained for a day before it was refuted by a battle report from the front line.
The main force of the first division ambushed the troops who entered their base area on a battlefield more than 60 kilometers away from Lingqiu, killing and wounding nearly a thousand Imperial and Imperial Alliance troops.
The heavy casualties caused to the imperial army in just over two hours must have been caused by the main force of the first division, there is no doubt about this!
This means that the Eighth Route Army operating in Lingqiu is not the main force in the first division.
After the brigade headquarters sent this judgment to Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe, Watanabe's first reaction was that he didn't believe it!
He killed more than a thousand people. Although most of them were Imperial Army soldiers, they were all soldiers armed to the teeth after all.
Coupled with Lieutenant Colonel Ida who had already died in the battle and the hundreds of imperial troops he brought into the Independent Company's garrison, he could not believe that this was just the work of a small group of Eighth Route Army troops.
If the small units of the Eighth Route Army have such strong combat effectiveness and can destroy so many Imperial Army and Imperial Army, then isn’t the combat effectiveness of their main force even stronger? Doesn’t it mean that the Imperial Army has no chance of winning in the face of such an elite force with powerful combat effectiveness?
However, after several days of investigation and intelligence collection,...
Facing the hard facts, he had to believe this shocking ending.
The Eighth Route Army that raided itself and killed Lieutenant Colonel Ida was not the main force of the First Division, but an independent company that had just been reorganized from local troops by the First Division!
So many imperial troops and imperial association troops were all defeated at the hands of a single company of the Eighth Route Army. They lost many troops and generals, and even the commander was killed!
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe can tell you that once this matter gets out, he will definitely become the military police of the entire division, and he will never be able to hold his head up!
"Snapped……"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe slammed his clenched fist on the table in front of him to vent his inner anger and dissatisfaction.
The officers sitting around the table all lowered their heads and said nothing.
Especially Tian Chengzhi, the commander of the security battalion. A few hours ago, a puppet company commander was shot on the spot because he annoyed the captain in front of him. There was no mercy at all.
In order not to follow in the footsteps of that company commander, even though I was pretending to have something to report, I could only ninja at the moment, for fear of drawing Watanabe's anger onto myself!
Whatever you are afraid of will happen.
When he subconsciously looked up at Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe stared at him with a pair of angry eyes.
Tian Chengzhi quickly retracted his gaze and lowered his head, trying to avoid Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe, but it was still too late.
"Battle Commander Tian, your department is responsible for collecting all information about the independent company. You should have gained something!"
"I want to know all the information about the independent company! What kind of Eighth Route Army unit is it that makes the imperial army fail in front of them time and time again, losing troops and generals!"
Tian Chengzhi stood up bravely: "Taijun, according to our investigation, although the independent company is only one company, their total strength has reached a battalion!"
"Unlike other Eighth Route Army units, the independent company is well-equipped and has sufficient ammunition."
"In terms of firepower, an independent company with the same strength has even surpassed the imperial army!"
"In addition, they fight with elusiveness and often fight unexpected and dangerous battles, making it difficult for people to guard against. They are very cunning. The imperial army suffered many losses in front of them and lost troops and generals!"
"According to intelligence, after the independent company captured the stronghold of Yantou Village, the two platoons of troops directly rushed out of the station, aggressively captured villages and towns in the area controlled by the imperial army, eliminated armed personnel who supported the imperial army, and recruited troops to expand the army!"
"Now they have occupied more than ten villages!"
"Because all the imperial troops are guarding the county town, the armed men outside the city are no match at all and will be defeated in one strike!"
"The independent company not only obtained a large number of weapons, ammunition and food supplies from them, but also recruited a large number of new soldiers to replenish the troops!"
"I sincerely request the Imperial Army to send troops immediately to kill these two Eighth Route Army troops. At the very least, we must drive them out of the areas occupied by the Imperial Army. We cannot let them continue to be arrogant!"
Lieutenant Commander Watanabe had a sullen expression and said nothing.
The adjutant next to him couldn't help shouting: "Sir, I support Battalion Commander Tian's proposal and send troops to kill these two Eighth Route Army troops!"
"They are too arrogant. If they continue like this, they will not only get a lot of supplies, but also recruit a lot of new soldiers!"
"Once they train the new soldiers into veterans and have sufficient food supplies, it will definitely be more difficult for us to eliminate them."
"Snapped……"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe's clenched fist hit the table in front of him.
Then he stared at everyone and asked, "Has everyone forgotten how Lieutenant Commander Ida died?"
"Two infantry squadrons, half an artillery squadron, half a heavy machine gun squadron, a guard squad, and more than 500 imperial troops can be easily killed by them. Can you guarantee that the troops we send out are more powerful than the troops commanded by Lieutenant Commander Ida?
, won’t they be completely wiped out by this so-called independent company?”
"Don't forget, in the entire Lingqiu County, all the gendarmerie and technical arms combined, the total strength of the imperial army is only over 800 people!"
"In order to ensure the safety of Lingqiu City, we simply cannot send many troops to attack!"
"There are too few troops to attack. If you rush out rashly, you will die. If you add fuel to the fire, let the independent company destroy more of our troops!"
A flash of unwillingness quickly flashed across the face of the deputy captain, and then he shouted: "Then we will just watch the independent company do whatever we want in our occupied area, continue to grow and develop, and then become a serious problem for the imperial army!"
The expression on Lieutenant Commander Ida's face became even more solemn.
With murderous intent flashing in his eyes, he replied with a serious face: "Just because we don't attack doesn't mean we can't use other methods!"
"Captain of the security camp Tian!"
Tian Chengzhi stood up and shouted with a compliment, "I'm here, Taijun!"
"If you have any tasks, Taijun, just tell me. I, Tian Chengzhi, promise to handle it for Taijun!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe shook his head and replied: "I don't need you to be fussy, as long as you can work seriously for the imperial army!"
"Although I am not the captain of the Lingqiu County Garrison Brigade, my superiors have asked me to hold the post temporarily, so I have the right to make decisions on Lingqiu's military and political affairs."
"I have decided to cancel the establishment of the security battalion and change it into a special agent team. You, Battalion Commander Tian, will be the captain!"
"Special agents generally have no military missions. They mainly focus on collecting intelligence, confronting enemy intelligence organizations, and harassing and destroying the enemy!"
"I request the newly established special agent team to take action immediately. Through assassinations and explosions, they will cause panic in the independent company's station and try to delay their development and growth!"
"At the same time, contact all the armed personnel in the areas occupied by the imperial army and ask them to cooperate with each other to harass the independent company! Threaten the common people not to join the Eighth Route Army, otherwise they will be prepared to face the imperial army's revenge!"
"I will ask the Imperial Army intelligence personnel and the Special High School Division in Lingqiu to assist you in this matter. I hope you will not disappoint me!"
"Other troops must ensure the safety of Lingqiu City!"
"I will contact the brigade headquarters immediately and request reinforcements!"
"Shangfeng asked me to continue to send troops to the base area of the first division of the Eighth Route Army and cooperate with the other two mopping up troops! If there are not enough reinforcements, I will definitely not be able to fight on two fronts! Not only to encircle and suppress the independent company in Lingqiu, but also to send troops to mop up the first division.
Base area!”
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