In Huang Yu's anti-mopping plan, those extra field artillery and heavy artillery were the trump card for the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong to defeat Okamura Neiji. Only when they were exposed when needed most could they achieve a fatal blow, and they could be hidden to a certain extent.
Okamura Neiji was completely unaware of this situation, and even mistakenly believed that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army did not capture much equipment and ammunition in Baoding.
Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
Before the big sweep started, Okamura Neji had problems with his understanding of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong. It was destined that the big sweep would not be as smooth as he imagined.
The commander of the Kwantung Army Division was very disappointed.
Without the Eighth Route Army in the city, he would not be able to save face and avenge his shame by attacking Baoding City.
But this kind of thing is not something he can decide.
God didn't give him a chance. No matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to accept it.
Immediately, he went to Gangcun Neiji and asked, "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Now that the engineers have cleared the city of mines, can we enter the city?"
"After all, Baoding is an important military town with complete defenses. The troops are stationed in the city and rely on the city's defenses to hold on. No matter how cunning the Eighth Route Army is, they can't attack us like they did last night!"
"The troops traveled all night last night and were constantly attacked by the Eighth Route Army. Every soldier is nervous, very tired, and in urgent need of rest...Give me the order..."
Okamura Neiji felt a little uneasy in his heart. He always felt that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army could not return Baoding to him so easily, and there must be some back-up plan that he didn't know about.
But the forward troops had already searched the city to confirm that there was indeed no Eighth Route Army in the city.
Even the mines they buried in the city had been dug out. Apart from tunnels, he couldn't think of any other means the Eighth Route Army had to deal with him.
However, the Eighth Route Army only occupied Baoding for two days. No matter how fast it was, it could not build large-scale tunnels in the city.
Besides, although the Yizhong Eighth Route Army captured Baoding and wiped out all the Baoding garrison, it did not eliminate the imperial agents and intelligence personnel hidden in the city.
Apart from the removal of some loot, there were no signs of tunneling in the city.
This judgment can also be overturned.
After such an analysis, Okamura Ningji racked his brains and couldn't think of any backup options that the Eighth Route Army might leave behind.
Shaking his head, he ordered decisively: "Baoding is so big. We have more than 20,000 troops and a large number of heavy artillery and tanks. It is definitely unrealistic to all enter the city!"
"Deploy four reinforcement brigades into the city, and station one reinforcement brigade in each of the four military camps in the city."
"Deploy another field artillery brigade and an infantry brigade as reserve teams to protect the safety of the headquarters."
"Other troops camped just outside the city against the city wall."
"Put the guard post farther away, and deploy an artillery brigade to be on standby. If the Eighth Route Army is discovered, use mortars to bombard it."
"Send out field artillery when the mortars can't reach us. We must not let the Eighth Route Army who want to sneak attack us get close to Baoding City."
"You take the division headquarters with me into the city and serve as my deputy for the time being."
"When the third wave of the Kwantung Army southward is in place, we will raid the Eighth Route Army's base area in the wing together to avenge our shame!"
The last two words of Neji Okamura were addressed to the division commander. After hearing this, the division commander smiled and accepted the order.
As the commander of a division with a large number of troops, when he was stationed in the Northeast, even if there was a war, it would be the commander and group captain below who would take command, and it would not be his turn as the powerful division commander.
In the past year, he had hardly experienced the brutal battle last night.
After finally arriving in a big city like Baoding, you must take the time to relax and calm down your tense nerves.
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In a ravine nearly five kilometers away from Baoding, Huang Yu was pacing back and forth at a simple headquarters made of a few tree trunks, feeling nervous and anxious.
Although the gift he prepared for Neji Okamura was disguised, that old devil Neji Okamura was too cunning. As long as he was cautious enough, no amount of disguise would be of any use.
Now I just hope that he will be confused by some superficial attacks and ignore the real gift he has prepared.
"Captain... some news has come back..." Chief of Staff Wang Lin rushed into the headquarters and reported while panting.
"Report from the following special forces team..."
"Ningji Okamura sent a brigade to the city one after another to search... and also sent a large number of engineers to the city to clear mines..."
"It seems that of the hundreds of mines we left in the city, we only hid less than ten!"
Speaking of this, Wang Lin couldn't help but flash a heartbroken expression on his face.
Hundreds of standard landmines were just wasted by the Japanese.
If this was used to sneak attack on the Japs on the battlefield of guerrilla warfare, it would be no problem to kill every Japs with one thunderbolt.
Huang Yu shook his head and replied seriously: "I can't bear to let the children trap the wolf... Only by letting the Japanese clear a sufficient number of mines will they believe that there is no danger in Baoding City and enter the city with confidence."
"Otherwise, Okamura Neji will definitely step forward for the great gift we have been preparing for."
Wang Lin understood the truth, but if hundreds of landmines disappeared like this, anyone would feel a little uncomfortable.
But when I thought about the big gift prepared by the regiment leader for the Japs, I felt much better, and immediately asked: "How about I contact the inner combat team members in the city and ask if the Japs have found the gift we prepared."
Huang Yu shook his head without hesitation: "You can't send a telegram..."
"The more than 20,000 Kwantung Army troops brought by Neji Okamura are not vegetarians. Any negligence may bring disaster to the lurking personnel."
"We made an agreement with the lurking members before the troops evacuated."
"If the Japs discover Dali in advance, they will launch an attack in advance. Every Japs can be killed."
"But we haven't heard any explosions now, which means the gift hasn't been exposed yet."
"The more critical the situation is, the more calm you must be."
"Captain..."
Duan Peng, captain of the special forces team, rushed over with a smile on his face. He was obviously very excited because he had encountered something good.
Before he could stand still, he hurriedly reported: "The Kwantung Army has entered the city..."
"Four strengthening brigades, one infantry brigade, one field artillery brigade, two headquarters..."
"They marched into Baoding in a hurry without any vigilance."
"There are more than 10,000 little Japs left camping outside the city along the city wall."
"In order to prevent us from launching another night attack at close range, their guard posts and patrols were placed two kilometers outside the city."
"Every Japs carry a flare gun."
"After being attacked, launch a signal flare to guide the artillery to bombard our sneak attack troops!"
Huang Yu smiled and said happily: "We won't have a sneak attack tonight..."
"The troops have prepared a big gift for Neji Okamura. The little victory brought by the sneak attack is not enough to fill the teeth of the comrades..."
"Let comrades have a good rest tonight. There will be no combat missions."
"After giving the big gift to Okamura Neji, we will return to the base area, where we will continue to deal with the little devils, and we will take revenge and complain..."
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