The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1155 A surprise for Neji Okamura (first update)

Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping.

The operator hurriedly ran to Okamura Neiji, as if in a panic, and reported nervously: "Your Excellency, Commander..."

"Xiong County just sent a farewell telegram..."

"The fortifications in the east of the city have been breached by the Eighth Route Army. There is less than one squadron left in the city fighting the Eighth Route Army. They can hold on for ten minutes at most. I am sending a farewell telegram..."

This result was expected by Neji Okamura. After hearing this, his face was calm and there was no reaction at all.

The chief of staff on the side suddenly interjected: "Did the farewell telegram report the casualties of the Eighth Route Army in the siege battle?"

Seeing the operator shaking his head, the chief of staff immediately ordered: "While the Xiong County Garrison Headquarters has not been captured by the Eighth Route Army, call them back quickly and report immediately the casualties of the Eighth Route Army in the siege."

"Hurry up, otherwise the radio contact between the two parties will be cut off."

Okamura Neji shook his head and ordered: "What's the hurry?"

"The Xiongxian garrison has been staying in the city to fight defensive battles and has never left the city. How can it be possible to know the casualties of the Eighth Route Army in the siege battle? Even if they report a series of figures, they are their own estimates. They only have reference value and are not precise."

"I know you are worried that the Eighth Route Army suffered too few casualties in the battle to attack Xiongxian, which would affect the safety of the reinforcements going south and prevent them from successfully retaking Xiongxian."

“But no matter how anxious we are, we must prescribe the right medicine, rather than just grabbing everything.”

After saying that, he turned his attention to the person in charge of intelligence on the side: "The offensive and defensive battle in Xiong County has been going on for so long, there must be many intelligence personnel gathered on the battlefield to find out the situation."

"Intelligence personnel were operating behind the Eighth Route Army and could clearly see the number of wounded and corpses being transported to the rear by the Eighth Route Army."

"Using these data to determine the Eighth Route Army's casualties is much more accurate than the results reported by the Xiongxian garrison."

The person in charge of the intelligence understood the situation and immediately took over the task: "Commander, please make arrangements now, and the results will be delivered to you before dawn."

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Japanese Army Xiongxian Garrison Headquarters.

When Huang Yu arrived here, the corpses of the Japanese and puppet troops in the headquarters had been cleared away. Except for the bullet holes made by the bullets and the blood stains on the ground, it was almost impossible to tell that a bloody battle had just occurred here.

"Deputy Chief of Staff..."

The commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Sole Brigade rushed to Huang Yu with a disappointed look on his face: "The little devil blew up the Xiong County Arsenal..."

"Although we reached the arsenal in time, we only managed to snatch less than 30% of the ammunition. The remaining equipment and ammunition were all blown into scrap by the little devils..."

"Fortunately, the Japanese have stockpiled a large amount of ammunition at various city walls. We captured them before they had time to destroy them. Otherwise, we would have suffered a huge loss from this attack!"

Several regiment leaders came to Huang Yu one after another, and the results reported were similar to those of the fourth regiment.

Because the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Xiong County are ready to live and die with the county and fight to the end.

Therefore, they arranged explosives in the arsenal and some important locations in advance. When the Eighth Route Army broke through the city defenses and entered the city, and the Xiongxian garrison was unable to recover, they blew up all the unused weapons and ammunition, allowing the Eighth Route Army to fight hard on their own. There is nothing good that can be gained from Xiongxian County.

This was used to weaken the war potential of the Eighth Route Army in Yinzhong, making them weaker and weaker on the battlefield, and finally completely lost their combat effectiveness due to exhaustion of ammunition.

This is also what Okamura Neji requested. Most of the ammunition of the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong comes from captured artillery shells, especially artillery shells of various calibers. Every time one is fired, one is missing.

If they use up all the ammunition carried by the troops in the battle to attack Xiongxian, and do not get replenishment in Xiongxian city, the heavy artillery and mountain field artillery equipped by the Eighth Route Army in the wing will become a display.

The heavy artillery brigade under the reinforcements going south can dominate the entire battlefield and suppress the Eighth Route Army.

If the Eighth Route Army in the Wings does not want to be passively bombed on the battlefield. The best way is to take the remaining soldiers and abandon the Xiong County they just captured and return to the base empty-handed.

Reinforcements going south can take advantage of the situation to retake Xiongxian and continue to blockade the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, making it impossible for them to do their best to expand their sphere of influence and expand their military power.

Judging from the current situation, Okamura Neji has obviously done it.

But Huang Yu didn't pay attention to the little ammunition that the Japanese army had stored in the Xiongxian arsenal.

Compared with the ammunition stored by the North China Front at the Tianjin dock, the little ammunition stored in the Xiongxian arsenal is not worth mentioning at all.

As for how the Sole Brigade will fight next.

Not only Okamura Neiji himself, but all the other little devils greatly underestimated the determination of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong to continue fighting.

Under normal circumstances, even if the base area sends troops to attack, it will leave a large amount of ammunition to deal with various accidents that may occur.

But because the next target of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong was the Tianjin Pier, where mountains of weapons and ammunition were stored, in order to make room for the loot, the base area used 90% of the ammunition reserves to attack Hexiong County, Baoding, and kill or severely damage Gang. Cun Ningci sent troops from the Pingjin area.

The Only Brigade did consume a lot of ammunition in the battle to storm Xiongxian, especially heavy artillery shells and mountain field artillery shells.

But consumption does not mean lighting.

Before entering the city, he received news from the commander of the heavy artillery regiment that the entire army still had more than 1,500 rounds of heavy artillery shells and mountain artillery shells, enough for the artillery unit to fight another artillery battle with the Japanese.

Although there are more than 10,000 reinforcements sent by Okamura Neiji from Pingjin, there is only one heavy artillery brigade.

Even if the two sides exchange fire and engage in an artillery battle, more than 1,500 artillery shells can easily destroy the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, eliminating in one fell swoop the artillery threat that the troops may face in the battle.

Therefore, Huang Yu was not worried at all about the southward reinforcements sent by Okamura Neji, nor was he worried that the troops had not been captured in Xiong County.

Looking at the disappointed faces, everyone smiled and comforted: "Isn't it just that we didn't seize the weapons and ammunition that everyone expected?"

"It's no big deal. As long as the soldiers still have ammunition in their hands, and the scattered ammunition we captured at the top of the city can replenish the troops' battle losses, we can continue to fight against the Japanese..."

"Everyone has heard about the reinforcements sent south by Neji Okamura. The Xiong County we just occupied bore the brunt and should be their first target of attack."

"My idea is simple: There is no reason not to eat the fat meat that Okamura Neji puts on our lips!"

"The troops rely on the remaining city defenses in Xiongxian County, plus our temporary repairs, to keep the enemy out of Xiongxian City. It is best if they can annihilate them all. If they cannot annihilate them all, they must find ways to severely damage them and make them lose the threat. Influence the next action plan of the Eighth Route Army in Yinzhong!"

"Another surprise for Neji Okamura!"

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　　(End of this chapter)