my bright sword career

Chapter 587

The booming gunfire at Niangziguan not only attracted the attention of the Japanese troops in Shanxi and North China, but also the six generals, Commander-in-Chief of the China Dispatch Army, Jun Hatatoshi.

At this time, Hata Junroku was sitting behind his desk, looking at a telegram in front of him, tapping the table with his fingers, his eyes seemed to be out of focus, as if he was wandering away.

After a long time, Hata Shunroku asked suddenly: "Kawabe-kun, what do you think of this telegram from Neiji Okamura?"

The Hebian Jun mentioned by Hata Shunroku is Lieutenant General Hebian Masamune, Chief of Staff of the China Dispatch Army.

After hearing Hata Junroku's words, Kawabe Masamune pondered for a while before slowly uttering a few words: "Not good?"

"Nani?"

Hearing Hata Shunroku's words, Kawabe Masamune was taken aback, what does the boss mean by these words?
Seeing Kawabe Masamune's puzzled eyes, Hata Shunroku smiled lightly, stood up and walked to the side sofa and made a gesture of invitation. After Kawabe Masamori sat down, he personally picked up the teapot and poured Kawabe Masamori a cup Tea.

"Hebian-kun, let me ask you, what kind of person is Okamura-kun in your impression?"

"Ningji Okamura is a man of great talent." Kawabe Shozo thanked him first, then put his left hand on the wrist of his right, and then drank it all in one gulp. Among the generals of the army, there are not many people who are as talented as Okamura Neiji."

"Oh!" Hata Shunroku glanced at him, "I didn't expect Kawabe-kun to have such a high opinion of Okamura-kun."

"Naturally, Okamura-kun is one of the so-called 'Three Feather Crows' (this name in Japan is similar to the meaning of the Three Heroes of China)."

Kawabe Masamune said solemnly: "And Neiji Okamura's achievements in China over the years are obvious to all. In Showa 13 (1938), he even led the [-]th Army to invade Wuhan, the capital of China. It's a testament to his excellence."

Hata Shunroku didn't expect his chief of staff to praise Neiji Okamura so much. He took a deep look at the other party, lifted the teapot and refilled Kawabe Masao, and said slowly: "There is an old saying in China that is called Chengya. Xiao He defeated Xiao He, I think it makes sense.

Mr. Okamura has always been prudent in battles, but this time he was obviously a little impatient when dealing with Gao Hongming. Don't you see it? "

"Maybe." Kawabe Shozo thought for a while: "I admit that Neiji Okamura took some risks this time, but isn't war full of uncertainty and chance?"

Hata Toshiroku snorted softly: "You're right, the war is indeed full of accidents and uncertainties, but this time it is obviously a battle that is almost certain to lose, and Okamura-kun still wants to put his own future on the line. Is it the wisdom of the general?"

Kawabe Shozo didn't expect Hata Shunroku to be so pessimistic about Neiji Okamura, he frowned: "Commander, I didn't expect you to hold such a pessimistic attitude, but why don't you dissuade or even stop Okamura-kun?"

"stop?"

Hata Toshiroku snorted softly, "How can I stop it? Are you giving orders in the name of the commander-in-chief?"

"This one……"

Kawabe Masamune went dumb for a moment. As the commander-in-chief of the China Dispatch Army, Hata Junliu actually had less power than most people imagined.

Of course, Hata Junliu has the right to order Okamura Ningji to cancel the battle in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Dispatch Army, but this is not how things are done, and the official is not like this.

It's certainly possible to do this, Neiji Okamura even wished he could do it.

But if the battle situation in Shanxi changes in the future, Hata Shunroku, who personally denied the battle at the beginning, will have to take the blame for Neji Okamura, so anyone with a bit of wisdom would not do this, and Hata Shunroku is of course no exception.

"Then you agreed to Okamura-kun's request to dispatch planes and reinforcements?"

"No."

Hata Shunroku shook his head.

"Neiji Okamura will not transfer a single plane or wing to Neiji Okamura. As the commander of the North China Front Army, he has 20 troops under his command. If he can't even deal with a mere local militia, then it is a problem of ability.

Besides, he has already ruined all the more than 300 planes of the entire North China Front Army, so why does he even want planes from me?Where did I transfer the plane for him? Who would be willing to give him the plane from the Central China Front Army or the South China Front Army? "

Kawabe Masamune stopped talking.

Airplanes are treasures no matter where they are. Who would be willing to lend their treasures to others, and there is a high probability that it is the case of a meat bun beating a dog.

Sighing softly in his heart, Masazo Kawabe bowed for the only one, "I see, I'll draft a telegram right away and call Okamura-kun back."

After finishing speaking, he was about to stand up, but was stopped by Hata Junroku, "Wait a minute, you have to remember that the tone of the telegram should be as gentle as possible, not too blunt."

"Hi!" Hebian Zhengsan agreed, and then walked out.

Xuehuashan Japanese army camp

More than a dozen [-]-type machine guns were crazily pouring out flames. Machine gun bullets passed through the low grass, grenades and [-]-type infantry guns fired non-stop, and hot shrapnel roared in the air.

The fierce firepower crushed the soldiers of the independent regiment who were in charge of the main attack. Li Yunlong lay in a depression, looking at the bullets whizzing past his head, feeling extremely anxious.

After occupying the front mountain of Xuehua Mountain, Li Yunlong was quite happy. He thought that if he could win Xuehua Mountain today, the independent regiment would show his face, but he never thought that he was too happy. In order to defend the 165th regiment However, after hard work, both the dark fort and the fortifications were built solidly and well-organized, which suppressed the independent regiment extremely hard for a while.

In addition, the dense grass in front of the Japanese positions acted as a barbed wire fence. Many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army fell into the grass and made it difficult to move. They were torn into two pieces by the 7.7mm heavy machine gun of the Japanese Type [-] heavy machine gun.

Seeing the troops being suppressed, Li Yunlong was extremely annoyed, and turned to ask the correspondent behind him: "Why isn't our plane coming?"

The correspondent replied with a bitter face: "Leader, most of our planes have gone to support Xinkou, and we can't take care of us for a while."

"Fart, the Jinsui Army in Xinkou has invested five divisions. Do they need so many planes to support them? I think the grandsons of the Jinsui Army are afraid of death!" Li Yunlong, who was furious, cursed:
The correspondent shrank his neck, not daring to offend his team leader at this juncture.

At this moment, Monk Wei who was following behind Li Yunlong suddenly pointed to the front and shouted: "Head, someone crawled over."

"Huh?" Li Yunlong looked intently, and sure enough, he saw an Eighth Route Army soldier crawling slowly from the grass towards the Japanese position.

(End of this chapter)