Li Yunlong's face suddenly became very serious. He stared at Kong Jie seriously and said, "What you need to do now is to think of a solution."
"Okamura Neiji suddenly transferred so many artillery and anti-tank guns to the frontline troops, which is obviously aimed at the Eighth Route Army in our wing."
"We cannot lose our spirit just because we lost a battle."
"We have to find a way to fight back in kind."
“Where you fall, you get up.”
"Tell Neji Okamura."
"Without anti-tank guns, his iron walls cannot contain us."
"With anti-tank guns, his iron wall can't trap us."
Kong Jie immediately answered: "Li Yunlong's words are on point."
"Our Sixth Army division is not easy to take advantage of, even if the opponent is Okamura Neji."
"You kid has a quick mind, you must come up with a way to break the situation for us as soon as possible."
"You don't have to worry about other things, just leave them to me and Li Yunlong."
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At the Japanese Army's Baoding Garrison Headquarters, the deputy chief of staff rushed in with a happy face regardless of Okamura Neji sleeping: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Won……"
"The troops involved in the iron wall siege won."
"Not only did we successfully defeat the Eighth Route Army's new attack on our military base, we also destroyed more than ten of their tanks and more than twenty mountain field guns."
"Our army won a complete victory..."
Okamura Neji was very happy.
He had fought against the Yizhong Eighth Route Army for a year or two, and it was the first time he heard the word "big victory".
He grabbed the telegram handed over by the deputy chief of staff and sighed while reading it: "Well done..."
"Although our army's casualties were a bit higher than those of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
"But their troops are limited, and all the heavy equipment in their hands came from capture. As long as we can destroy their equipment, repel their attack, and let them gain nothing, we can still afford to lose twice as much equipment and troops."
"Immediately forward this telegram to all front-line wing headquarters so that other wing captains can learn from it."
"At the same time, we will summarize combat experience and strive to use the mountain artillery and anti-tank guns strengthened by the headquarters to destroy more Eighth Route Army troops."
"Send another telegram to the chief of staff and find a way to raise dozens more mountain cannons to send to Baoding."
"The frontline troops lost one artillery piece, and the former enemy headquarters gave them another one. Our blockade cannot be allowed to give the Eighth Route Army an opportunity because of a certain unit's lack of artillery."
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From the Eighth Route Army's former enemy headquarters, telegrams from Kong Jie and Li Yunlong asking for punishment were sent to the deputy commander-in-chief half an hour later.
Surprisingly, the deputy commander was not angry.
After reading it, he put the telegram on the table and sighed: "Ningji Okamura is worthy of being the commander of the North China Front."
"It is not too late."
"He did a good job with this countermeasure..."
"Secretly replenish heavy artillery and anti-tank guns to the front line, hide them without leaking, and deliver fatal blows to the Sixth Army Division at critical moments."
"Our troops cannot enter the Japanese military base for reconnaissance. Even the most cautious commander will be fooled."
"Even if I'm in the past, it's no exception."
"Fortunately, Kong Jie and the others reacted quickly and retreated from the battle when they found something was wrong, instead of engaging in a head-on fight with the Japanese."
"Otherwise, their losses tonight will be doubled or tripled."
"Immediately call Kong Jie and the others: "Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers..."
“Failure once does not mean failure in the future.”
"Now that we have found out what Neji Okamura was doing and suffered a big loss, let's fight him back in kind, and get up from where we fell."
"Chief of Staff, contact our intelligence personnel operating in the wing immediately."
"Find out where Okamura Neji got so many mountain guns, heavy artillery, and anti-tank guns."
"Mountain field guns are different from light and heavy machine guns."
"Even in the hands of well-equipped Japs, they are heavy weapons. Each main division is only equipped with one artillery regiment."
"Many local independent brigades were supposed to be equipped with a mountain artillery battalion, but due to the insufficient number of Japanese artillery, they were only equipped with one or two mountain artillery squadrons."
"So Okamura Neji also lacks artillery, especially mountain artillery and heavy artillery that are capable of attacking fortresses."
"The hundreds of artillery pieces that appeared on the battlefield in the center of the wing must have been created by him by demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall."
"As a result, the Japanese army's artillery strength on other battlefields will be greatly weakened."
"Artillery has always been the invincible trump card of the Japanese army in our Chinese battlefield. Without artillery, the Japanese would become tigers with only one fang left, and their combat effectiveness would be sharply reduced."
"As long as the intelligence department investigates the source of these artillery pieces."
"We can give the Eighth Route Army, which is active locally, an opportunity to take action."
"Taking advantage of the sharp decline in the strength of the Japanese artillery, tear off one or two pieces of fat from their bodies, so that Okamura Neji will be attacked from both sides, thereby reducing the counter-mopping pressure of the Sixth Army Division in the wing."
The deputy commander-in-chief's move cannot be too high-minded.
The Eighth Route Army has been fighting with the Japanese for more than a year or two.
After several years of development, the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness has been continuously increasing.
The Little Devils lost a large number of veterans, and their overall combat effectiveness was not as good as before.
If the Japanese army still had advantages in equipment and artillery fire, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in many base areas would have far exceeded that of the local little devils, and it would be no problem to launch a few local counterattacks.
If Okamura Neji transferred away the artillery equipped by the Japanese army, it would be like pulling out one of their fangs, which would further weaken the combat effectiveness of the local little devils. Maybe the battlefield advantage would go to the Eighth Route Army.
The troops took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. Even if they couldn't eliminate the local Japs, they could still mess up the area they occupied.
Although the Sixth Army Division in the Wings is a serious problem for Okamura Ningji.
But if the occupied areas of several provinces are thrown into chaos because of this one opponent, it will be a trade that outweighs the gains and losses for Okamura Neji.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Neji Okamura had to face a difficult choice.
Whether to continue attacking the Sixth Army Division in the Wing, or to ensure the stability of the occupied area.
Even if he only deploys part of the artillery to support the occupied areas, Kong Jie and the others will face much less pressure.
The chief of staff became more and more excited as he thought about it, and he immediately accepted the order: "I will make arrangements now."
"If Okamura Neji really has to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall."
"This battle may be a good opportunity for our Eighth Route Army."
"By the time he reacts, we will have turned the occupied areas in North China into a mess, and it will be difficult to clean up the mess."
"As for the Sixth Army Division in the Wing."
"Judging from this voluntary punishment report, although the participating troops suffered considerable losses in the night attack, their morale and fighting spirit were not affected."
"Based on what I know about Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Xiao Huang, I might have thought of a new way to break the situation now."
The deputy commander nodded: "Whether they have thought of a way to break the situation or not, we will still fight as we should."
"Neji Okamura has sent the fighter plane to us. It would be a shame if we didn't catch it."
