my bright sword career

Chapter 449 Preaching
In the commander's office of the North China Front Army Headquarters in Beiping, Neji Okamura looked at the telegram that had just been delivered with a dull expression.

Anda 23, the newly appointed chief of staff of the North China Front Army, looked at Ningji Okamura with some concern. His commander had been in this position for more than 10 minutes. He stepped forward and called softly, "Your Excellency, Commander."

"Uh!"

As if summoning a soul, Okamura Ningji came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Anda 23, and then smiled: "It turned out to be Anda-kun, I was a little fascinated by the telegram, and I didn't notice that you also coming."

"Commander."

Anda 23 couldn't help but said: "The defeat of the 108th Division and the [-]th Division this time is not entirely due to the headquarters, but mainly because of Gao Hongming's too strong strength and many unexpected reasons. You don't have to worry too much about it. .”

"Having said that, I still feel anxious." Okamura Ningji sighed softly: "Since the imperial army entered China, it can be said that it has been victorious one after another, but what I can't figure out is why they are so angry when they encounter Gao Hongming's troops. Will it fail again and again?
Mr. Anda, you have served as the head of the 37th Division, and you have also fought against the Liantai militia in Zhongtiao Mountain. What do you think of the Liantai militia? "

Anda 23 pondered for a moment, with a hint of aftertaste and sadness on his face: "The army of the Liantai militia...it's really hard to describe. The biggest impression I have of them is that this army is only good in terms of the quality of its soldiers and tactics. It can be said that it is not bad, but their biggest feature is their fierce firepower, far surpassing the imperial army.

Can you imagine that each of their squads is equipped with the latest German general-purpose machine gun. The maximum rate of fire of this machine gun is as high as 1200 rounds per minute. Neither is the opponent of this machine gun.

Not only that, they are also equipped with a large number of submachine guns, and even each company has a firepower platoon. The firepower platoon has mortars, large-caliber machine guns, and grenades. In addition, they will call a large number of aircraft and artillery every time they engage in battle support.

In the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, when I led the 37th Division to fight against the Liantai Militia, I once sent two squadrons to launch a tentative attack. This attack only lasted less than 10 minutes and ended.

When the two squadrons withdrew, only less than 200 people came back, and the others were all swallowed up by the landmines laid by the Liantai militia, large-caliber artillery, and machine guns that made a sound like a chainsaw.Since then, I have understood that it is almost impossible to defeat the Liantai militia on the frontal battlefield without air supremacy. "

Although Anda 23 didn't say it clearly, Okamura Ningji could of course hear it. He was implicitly pointing out that the failure of the Sixth Division and the 108th Division was due to the lack of air supremacy, and it was also his mistake as the commander of the North China Front Army. .

Ningji Gangmura snorted softly: "Anda-kun, I know you are also accusing me of why I didn't mobilize the army aviation troops to fully support the 108th and [-]th divisions, which led to their defeat, right?"

"Don't dare to be humble." Anda 23 trembled, shrank his body, and then straightened his chest: "Your Excellency, as a subordinate, I dare not criticize your combat policy, but as a junior, I still have the guts to ask my senior for advice!"

"Ok?"

Ningji Okamura was slightly taken aback, and looked at Adachi 23 carefully, and the anger in his eyes began to dissipate slowly.

Of course he understands the meaning of Anda 23, both of them are graduates of Luda, the difference is that Gangcun Ningci is the 25th period, and Anda 23 is the 34th period.

This problem, if Adachi 23 is refuting the orders of the superiors in the capacity of the subordinates, this nature is very serious. If Okamura Ningji questioned and pursued it, he could even apply to the base camp to transfer him back to the mainland or even send him to a military court.

But it would be different if a junior was asking the seniors for advice. Most of the seniors would be tolerant to the offending juniors, or even just laugh it off. After all, who has never been young.

"Anda-kun." Gangcun Ningci, who had regained his calm, said quietly: "I want to ask you a question, if we question the mobilization of heavy troops to deal with the Liantai militia, can we completely wipe it out? Or can we kill Gao Hongming? ?”

"This one……"

Anda 23 hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "It's very difficult... After all, Gao Hongming is not a fool. If we don't care about casualties, if we mobilize three to four divisions into Shanxi, we may be able to severely damage the Liantai militia, but we want to kill Gao Hongming. Very difficult."

"You also know how difficult it is." Gangcun Ningci snorted coldly: "You are no longer the commander of the 37th Division, but the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, and you have to look at the issue from the perspective of the entire North China and even the entire China.

No matter how powerful the Liantai militia is, he can only influence Shanxi.But the Eighth Route Army has spread all over North China. The Hundred Regiments War launched by the Eighth Route Army last time, the damage caused to the Imperial Army, wouldn't it make you sober?

The total number of imperial aircraft in China was just over 1000, most of which were deployed in the Kwantung Army, and there were more than 600 aircraft in the Guan, and even fewer aircraft were allocated to the North China Front Army, with the number less than [-].

Are you going to ask me to transfer all the planes that were supposed to support the mopping up to Liantai County and Gao Hongming's plane to fight to the death?If all these planes are sold out, have you thought about the consequences? "

Anda 23 was stunned for a moment, and then he argued again: "Your Excellency, Commander, we can send a report to the headquarters of the China Expeditionary Army, requesting Commander Hata Junliu to dispatch aircraft from other theaters to support, as long as we can annihilate Gao Hongming's air force with one sentence." , and everything else will be easy to handle.”

"Anda-jun, you are too radical."

Neji Gangmura shook his head in disappointment: "The hatred for the Liantai militia and Gao Hongming has gone to your head, and you have lost even the basic view of the overall situation. It seems that you are still far from being a qualified senior officer. gap."

After finishing speaking, Okamura Neji ignored Anda 23, but pressed the button on the table, and soon a fat man ran in quickly.

"Miyamoto-kun, please record my order." Okamura Neiji said to Miyamoto Ichiro who came in: "Immediately call Kanda Shochu and Shimomoto Kumaya and order them to immediately build the fortifications on the spot, and never allow them to take the initiative." Launching an attack on the Liantai militia can delay the pace of the Liantai militia and prevent them from supporting the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, and anyone who violates the order will be issued!"

"Hi!"

Miyamoto Ichiro quickly recorded Okamura Neiji's order and handed the pen and paper to Okamura Neiji, and he left in a hurry after Okamura Neiji signed it.

(End of this chapter)