The clear coded telegram from the Eighth Route Army headquarters spread throughout the country immediately!
As long as there is a radio station and it is turned on, the organization and the troops...have received it!
The Japanese army is no exception!
When the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan first received the clear coded telegram from the Eighth Route Army, the first reaction of the staff on duty was that the news was false. It must have been deliberately released by the Eighth Route Army to disrupt the morale of the Imperial Army!
As Chongqing also sent out the same telegram, the military staff on duty panicked!
The capture of the Major General Brigade Commander is a big deal, and maybe the entire military department will be held accountable domestically!
The lieutenant general and major general, chief of staff, were woken up immediately!
"Have you contacted Lingqiu? Do you still have our troops in Lingqiu?" the commander walked into the war room and asked with a frown!
"Contacted, no reply!" the staff officer on duty quickly replied!
The commander's face was directly covered with anger, and he yelled: "Bagaya Road, then there is no doubt about this matter. The telegraph machine must be following the brigade commander. The radio has lost contact. The brigade commander must also be in danger."
, the clear telegrams between the Eighth Route Army and Chongqing are true!"
"If there is no solid evidence, they will definitely not invent the coded telegraph together. If they make a mistake, it will make an international joke!"
"Jingle Bell……"
Just when he was about to continue swearing, the red phone on the table rang!
This phone is directly connected to the front army headquarters, and the ringing sound means that something is wrong with the superiors!
It's still dark, and I called at this time. The result is self-evident. It must be related to the captain of the major general brigade who was captured in Lingqiu!
Everyone focused their attention on the military commander, waiting for him to answer the phone!
The entire call ended in less than two minutes. The originally angry military commander put down the phone, his face had turned red, his eyes were full of anger, and his whole person was like a powder keg that could explode at any time. A spark could do it.
Detonate it!
It’s hard for everyone to speak, and they are afraid that they will become this spark!
Look at the military commander motionless, waiting for him to give orders!
The atmosphere in the war room suddenly became solemn. Just when everyone was about to be overwhelmed by this atmosphere and almost out of breath, the military commander spoke and started to curse!
"Baghaya Road, the Eighth Route Army and Chongqing did not become an international joke, but we became an international joke!"
"The Imperial Army's performance on the Chinese battlefield has always been very good, and its international impression has always been that it is unrivaled and invincible!"
"After the clear coded telegram between Chongqing and the Eighth Route Army spread, many countries have begun to question the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army on the Chinese battlefield, questioning that our North China Front Army is not as powerful as advertised!"
"The commander of the front army is furious, telling us that we must minimize the negative impact of this incident on the imperial army and save the imperial army's loss of face in the world!"
The chief of staff bit the bullet and asked: "Sir, what should we do?"
"Recapture Lingqiu from the Eighth Route Army, kill this independent regiment, and rescue the brigade commander who was captured by them!" the army commander replied without thinking!
"As long as there are no more prisoners in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, they will be the ones being laughed at internationally, and the impact of this incident on the Imperial Army will be invisible!"
The chief of staff frowned and analyzed: "Sir, if you want to rescue a living brigade commander, I think it will be very difficult for me!"
"The Eighth Route Army is not a fool and must know the importance of prisoners to them!"
"Even if we finally recapture Lingqiu and kill the independent regiment, they will definitely die together with the captured brigade commander at the last moment!"
"Then kill the independent regiment and the captured major general brigade leader together, destroy the corpses and eliminate all traces!" the commander continued with a murderous look on his face!
The chief of staff immediately said: "We can definitely do this!"
"Kill the Independent Regiment and the prisoners together, and the Imperial Army can declare to the outside world that the brigade commander died in a bloody battle with the Eighth Route Army. This will also showcase the Imperial Army's spirit of Bushido to the international community, which would rather be shattered than destroyed!"
"Without the prisoners, even the corpses were snatched back by us in Lingqiu! If the Eighth Route Army captured our major general brigade commander's explicit power, it would become a joke, and it would also greatly reduce the influence of the Eighth Route Army and Chongqing in the world, and have a negative impact on the emperor."
There are so many benefits to the military!”
"I fully support this!"
The Lieutenant General immediately made a decision: "Then what are you waiting for? Organize troops immediately to encircle and annihilate the independent regiment!"
"I will raze the Lingqiu City they are defending to the ground and kill all the Eighth Route Army soldiers inside!"
"Tell the troops participating in the war not to have any worries when attacking. If you need to use artillery, use artillery. If the problem cannot be solved by artillery, please contact aircraft directly for bombing!"
"I will contact the aviation force to dedicate a squadron to support Lingqiu!"
"This time, no matter what, we must completely eliminate the hidden danger of the Independent Group!"
"Hi!" the major general's chief of staff replied quickly!
Just as he was about to issue an order and fulfill his duties as chief of staff, a communications staff officer barged in, and only after entering did he feel the oppressive atmosphere in the war room!
It was definitely impossible to withdraw, so he could only bite the bullet and report: "Sir, the troops returning to Lingqiu sent a telegram!"
"The Independent Regiment is still in Lingqiu City, and there are still sporadic imperial troops resisting in Lingqiu City! However, our mopping up troops on the way back to Lingqiu were attacked by the Eighth Route Army five kilometers away from Lingqiu. The entire army was almost wiped out.
The captain died in battle, there are less than 200 men left in the unit, and all heavy weapons are lost!"
"Nani!"
The lieutenant general who had just calmed down was angry again!
Staring at the communications staff officer with red eyes, he asked: "In other words, we have lost another reinforced brigade to the independent regiment!"
"Hi! The communications staff officer lowered his head and answered, not daring to look at the military commander who might get angry at any time!
"Bageya Road, this independent group must be killed. Not only did they capture one of our generals in one night, but they also killed more than two thousand of our soldiers. It is a great shame for the imperial army!"
"Chief of Staff, continue to mobilize troops to Lingqiu!"
"Didn't Lingqiu just lose a strengthened brigade? Send two more strengthened brigade over! Tell them, I want to wipe out the independent group, not a single one alive, kill them all!"
In the eyes of the Chief of Staff, even if the troops besieging Lingqiu lose one reinforced brigade, the remaining five reinforced brigade are enough to annihilate the independent regiment and recapture Lingqiu!
But after seeing the anger on the Lieutenant General's face, he swallowed back the advice that had just come to his lips!
The military commander is on the verge of a rage, and the pent-up anger may explode at any time. Going against his will will not only fail to dissuade him, but will also anger him, set him on fire, and make him unhappy!
Thinking of this, the chief of staff quickly replied: "I will mobilize my troops immediately!"
"This time we will definitely be able to annihilate the entire Independent Regiment and not let a single soldier of the Independent Regiment slip through the net!"
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