In front of the enemy headquarters of the Duer Regiment, Huang Yu jumped off his horse and ran to the war room, panting heavily.
More than three hours ago, he received an urgent message from Kong Jie asking him to rush back to the headquarters immediately.
Since I have known Kong Jie, I have never received such an urgent message.
Huang Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously felt that something had happened at the base.
Not daring to delay at all, he handed the team over to Chief of Staff Wang Lin and hurried here.
"Captain, what happened, are you so anxious?" Huang Yu's anxious voice came into the war room before anyone could enter the door.
"You're here, drink some water..." Kong Jieshun said, handing a full cup of tea on the table to Huang Yu, who was still in the dust, and then introduced him.
"Something happened to Commander Huang of the Mancheng Guards..."
"The headquarters received a telegram four hours ago. Huang Qi was hit by a heavy artillery shell during a street fight with the Japanese and fell unconscious on the spot."
"I'm awake now, but I was seriously injured by the shell and had to stay in bed."
"Three regiments in the Mancheng direction suddenly lost their commander-in-chief and were leaderless."
"I'm worried that there will be trouble there, and I plan to go over there and command the troops myself."
"No one can keep an eye on this place. I just thought of you."
"It was your boy who proposed the whole counter-mopping up. No one knows the battle plan better than you. You sit at the headquarters and coordinate all the participating troops. Li Yunlong and I can rest assured."
"From now on, your boy will be in charge here."
"All the Eighth Route Army troops below me in the Yizhong Base are under your command."
"After that old Japanese soldier Sakuragi arrives at Chenjiazhuang, you will also be responsible for the decisive battle against the Japanese mopping up the troops in the middle. I will be responsible for the Japanese mopping up the troops on the right, and Li Yunlong will capture the Japanese mopping up the troops on the left."
As he said that, he took out a good news that Li Yunlong sent not long ago: "This is a good news from Li Yunlong from the direction of Wangdu County."
"They fought a small-scale tunnel battle with the Japanese in Jiuguan Town."
"annihilated two Japanese infantry brigades and destroyed more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles."
"Let the Kwantung Army Hashimoto Brigade experience the power of tunnel warfare for the first time."
"At present, they have given up on the tunnel fortifications in Jiuguan Town and plan to use the next tunnel fortifications to continue to block the Kwantung Army."
"Before Huang Qi was injured, he fought two battles with the Japs' right-wing mopping up troops and eliminated a large group of young Japs."
"I won't introduce the center anti-mopping force you command. You know it better than I do."
"This is the latest battle situation in Yizhong Base..."
After Kong Jie finished speaking, he hurriedly left the headquarters with the guard company, very anxious.
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At the Japanese Army's Baoding Garrison Headquarters, Okamura Neiji suddenly slapped the telegram in his hand on the table, clenched his hands into fists, and said with a heartbroken face: "The price is too high..."
"In order to make the Kwantung Army realize the powerful power of tunnel warfare and make them pay attention to tunnel warfare, three reinforcement brigades and one tank brigade paid tuition. I really don't know what these arrogant warriors think."
"You have listened to us. We have attached great importance to the Eighth Route Army's tunnel warfare from the beginning. We want the headquarters to call for air support and combine aircraft to destroy the tunnels. Their losses can be reduced by at least half."
"A bunch of bastards who succeed more than they succeed."
There are too many things that the command requires Okamura Neiji to make decisions on. In order to avoid accidents and making wrong decisions, Okamura Neiji must regain his composure as soon as possible.
The deputy chief of staff stepped forward to comfort him at the right time: "General..."
"The tuition fees paid by the raiding force are a bit expensive."
"But as long as they really pay attention to tunnel warfare on time and don't make the mistake of underestimating the enemy in the next big sweep, the tuition will be worth it."
"After all, the mopping up force has more than 30,000 people, and this loss only accounts for one-tenth of their total strength."
"Coupled with air support, the remaining mopping up troops will definitely be able to match their opponent, completely destroy the tunnels in the center of the wing, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the center of the wing."
As soon as he finished speaking, a rush of footsteps sounded at the door of the war room.
The communications staff member hurriedly walked in and went straight to Okamura Neji: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"An urgent message from the commander of the Sakuragi Division of the central mopping up force..."
"Request the command center to immediately deploy aviation forces to support them. The larger the number, the better."
"They wanted to use aerial bombs to destroy the Eighth Route Army tunnel fortifications blocking the road."
The deputy chief of staff immediately answered: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is a change."
"If they had not suffered a big loss in front of the tunnel, Lieutenant General Sakuragi would never have asked the headquarters for air support."
"I immediately contacted the aviation force and dispatched six aircraft to continuously reinforce the middle route mopping up troops."
Neji Okamura's face looked much better, and he nodded and ordered: "Six planes are too few, just transfer nine planes to reinforce the Sakuragi Division."
"Let the aviation force prepare eighteen more aircraft, ready to reinforce the left and right mopping up troops at any time."
"The ground troops in this sweep are all from the Kwantung Army. We cannot give them all the meat. We, the North China Front Army, must also take the opportunity to drink soup."
"If the infantry is not on the battlefield, let the aviation force take its place."
"Lest the Kwantung Army say that we are stingy and let them do all the hard work, we ourselves can't even bear to provide air support."
As soon as the communications staff officer left with the order, another communications staff officer rushed in and also went straight to Nei Neji Okamura: "Your Excellency, Commander, Major General Hashimoto of the left sweep force is sending an urgent message."
"The Eighth Route Army that blocked them used tunnels and blocking positions to severely damage one of their infantry brigade again."
"Nani..." Neji Okamura was particularly annoyed when he heard this, and quickly grabbed the telegram handed over by the communications staff.
After reading ten lines at a glance, I couldn't help but cursed after reading half of it: "These arrogant soldiers are really arrogant."
"It's too arrogant to lose so many troops without learning a lesson."
"The headquarters has reminded them that artillery alone cannot destroy the tunnels and cannot win the tunnel war, but they just don't listen."
"Isn't this a disadvantage..."
"It is simply unreasonable for two squadrons to be wiped out on the battlefield by the Eighth Route Army just because they underestimated the enemy."
The deputy chief of staff also looked annoyed.
Just now, he was speaking to the mopping up troops and comforting the commander.
I felt that they would definitely learn a lesson after losing three brigades. However, Major General Hashimoto actually knew his mistakes and refused to correct them. He suffered a heavy loss at the hands of the Eighth Route Army and slapped himself hard.
He immediately proposed to Okamura Neji: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"The headquarters should immediately send a reprimanding telegram to the left mopping up department, asking them to pay attention to the Eighth Route Army's tunnel warfare and never underestimate the enemy again."
"We must strictly implement the countermeasures formulated by the headquarters against the Eighth Route Army's tunnel warfare, and completely destroy the tunnels through heavy artillery, aircraft, and blasting. We must not be opportunistic and think that we will win by destroying the entrances and exits of the tunnels and burying the enemy underground."
"Tunnel entrances and exits are everywhere, and it is impossible to destroy all entrances and exits by bombing alone."
"As long as there is one tunnel entrance and exit intact, the mopping up troops can't even think about burying them underground and suffocating them to death."
Okamura Neiji deeply believed: "In addition to reprimanding the telegram, we should also send the battle report of the left mopping up force on the loss of another half of the brigade to the other two mopping up troops to scare the monkeys."
"Otherwise, these arrogant warriors will never pay attention to tunnel warfare."
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