The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 584 The Culprit (Second Change)

The North China Front Army Headquarters of the Japanese Army in Beiping, Ningji Gangcun waited from early morning to nine o'clock in the morning, and finally received definite news about the Eighth Route Army outside the city.

"The Beiping guerrilla detachment...why have I never heard of this unit?" Neji Okamura asked after hearing the report.

The chief of staff then added: "Could this be a force deliberately fabricated by the Eighth Route Army to confuse us..."

"The humble staff knows the situation of the enemy around Beiping like the palm of their hands, but probably the situation is still known."

"As far as I know, there are only a few guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army around Beiping... They really wanted to establish a base area around Beiping and sent a lot of troops, but we wiped them out in the bud, and it's hard to become a big weapon."

"Commander, I don't think the Peiping guerrilla detachment mentioned in the report exists."

"In the Eighth Route Army, the detachment is organized at the brigade level, with at least three regiments."

"With such a large-scale army, no matter how concealed the march is, it is impossible to send the three regiments around Beiping quietly. This must be a bluff by the Eighth Route Army to confuse us."

The deputy chief of staff shook his head and objected: "But is it necessary for them to bluff with troops that have never existed?"

"Even if they can be sent to retake Tong County, there is a high possibility that these troops are not the opponents of the Eighth Route Army..."

Although Beiping has no extra troops, there are Tianjin and Fangshan counties dozens of kilometers away. From there, troops can be deployed to counterattack Tong County, and the opponent can still be eliminated, but it will take longer.

The brigade headquarters of the Japanese Army in Fangshan County, since the mopping up of the troops at the Zhoukou stronghold, the brigade commander has not received any good news.

"The Eighth Route Army took Tong County in just one night and wiped out the two main regiments of the Appeasement Army. This kind of combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the guerrilla detachment. Is it necessary for them to come up with a troop number that does not exist to confuse us?"

First, the troops were attacked by long-distance artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army during the search process, and the troops suffered heavy losses.

The radio operator shook his head again, fearing that the brigade commander might say something surprising, he hurriedly said, "The telegram was sent by the North China Front Army Command, not to sweep up the troops."

Just as he was about to repeat the order just now, the chief of staff just looked away from the sand table, frowned, and replied solemnly: "Your Excellency, Commander, I also want to destroy the Eighth Route Army occupying Tong County as soon as possible, but we have no soldiers at hand. "

Taking advantage of the lack of troops in Beiping, the Eighth Route Army suddenly gathered heavy troops to capture Tongxian and opened the east gate to Beiping.

For him, this is basically challenging his authority in the North China Front Army.

"We have just dispatched [-] elite reinforcements to Baoding, and we will definitely not be able to return in a short time. The Appeasement Army stationed in Tong County has been wiped out again, and there are only a few garrison brigades and one regiment of the Appeasement Army left in Beiping City. This is the last of Peking. The security force, in order to ensure the safety of Peiping, must not rush out of the city."

The chief of staff reacted very quickly this time, and he gave orders loudly after listening, and then looked at Neiji Okamura and continued to ask: "Then what should we do while we are waiting for reinforcements?"

After glancing at the sand table, he made a decision: "Although the remaining troops in Beiping City can't move, there are still many troops scattered outside the city. If they are assembled and mixed together, they will still be a very powerful military force."

After the troops entered the mountains, under the cover of terrain and trees, the role of aviation became less and less. The Eighth Route Army's long-range artillery raids against the mopping up troops directly turned into short-range fire raids, and the casualties of the troops also increased sharply.

Calculated in this way, I must send troops to retake Tong County as soon as possible, eliminate the opponent, and not give them any chance to threaten the safety of Beiping and establish a base here.

"Is there another unit that was raided by the Eighth Route Army's long-distance artillery fire and suffered heavy losses. Ask the brigade headquarters for reinforcements?" the brigade leader asked helplessly.

After subtracting the soldiers used to carry the wounded, the number of soldiers still able to fight in the sweeping force has dropped sharply to less than 2000.

Ningji Gangmura was very annoyed. The chief of staff seemed to have not gotten out of the horns just now. He frowned and studied the sand table, as if he had not heard his order, and remained motionless.

After such an analysis, he turned out to be the chief culprit in causing Beiping's current predicament.

Gangcun Ningci suddenly answered: "The Eighth Route Army occupying Tongxian County is really strong, so there is no need to bluff with us. But they may randomly make up a non-existent number to confuse us in order to cover up their true identity."

Gangcun Ningci had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and had so many things to manage every day that he even forgot to reinforce the five thousand troops in Baoding.He didn't remember until the chief of staff reminded him, and then he frowned and fell into deep thought.

"If the Eighth Route Army divides its forces and leaves Tong County, it will take the initiative to attack our checkpoints and outposts outside the city. Even if the reinforcements reach Tong County in time, it will be difficult to gather and wipe them out."

Just as he was frowning and thinking about how to break the situation, the telegraph operator he didn't want to see rushed into the war room again.

In order to save face, he waited for the troops to kill some of the Eighth Route Army before reporting the battle damage, so he did not report the accident to the headquarters.

"The headquarters asked us to immediately assemble two reinforced brigades and rush to Tong County as quickly as possible. After gathering the reinforcements from Tianjin, we will encircle and annihilate the Eighth Route Army occupying Tong County and rescue Beiping."

If the fight continues like this, not only will the sweeping troops have no chance of finding the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but they will be defeated by the harassment troops of the Eighth Route Army and lose their combat effectiveness.

If the opponent's real purpose is to attack Peiping, they can go outside the city of Peiping tonight and threaten the safety of Peiping with artillery fire.

"Order, immediately deploy two reinforced squadrons from the airport, and then transfer two squadrons from surrounding strongholds to temporarily form a reinforced brigade. Under the cover of aviation, surround Tong County and block the Eighth Route Army in the city. Gather and annihilate them."

The later I send my troops, the more difficult it will be to eliminate them. Maybe it is really possible for them to gain a firm foothold outside Beiping.

After finishing speaking, he stared at the chief of staff and ordered: "Immediately organize troops to retake Tong County and destroy all the Eighth Route Army occupying Tong County."

"This……"

The chief of staff really wanted to refute the deputy's words, but he couldn't find a reason to refute after racking his brains.

The Beiping guerrilla detachment was the first to appear in Fangshan, killing more than 1000 of its own people, forcing itself to abandon its stronghold outside the city.

"Aviators prepare their planes, reinforce the battlefield at any time, and attack the enemy from the air."

Now this Eighth Route Army not only was not wiped out by itself, but instead ran to the east of Beiping City, wiped out all the quasi-armies in Tong County in one night, and took down the east gate of Beiping... This is too crazy.

"Sir, you are wise."

If the Beiping guerrillas have made such a big commotion around Beiping, the headquarters will definitely investigate to the end. The information that they first appeared in Fangshan County will appear in front of Gangcun Ningci sooner or later.

"Bageya Road, why is this happening?" The head of the brigade started to panic.

"But no matter what the purpose of the Eighth Route Army is, as long as we eliminate them in the shortest possible time and prevent them from continuing to rampant around Beiping, the crisis will be resolved."

Rather than being found out by the headquarters, it is better to report it yourself and be frank and lenient.

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If Neji Gangmura knew about this, he would definitely lose the position under his buttocks.

"Nani...Tong County was occupied by the Eighth Route Army... How is this possible? It is the last gateway to the east of Beiping. There are more than 4000 troops stationed there. After losing it, the enemy can take it and cross Tong County, threatening the safety of Peiping. Such a big deal How come I don't know."

After glancing at the sand table, he began to give orders: "Call the Tianjin Garrison immediately and ask them to dispatch a reinforced brigade to march to reinforce Tong County."

But if this was intentional by the Eighth Route Army, then things would be a big deal.

Seeing the radio operator shaking his head, the brigade commander became anxious and asked quickly, "Did the Eighth Route Army come up with some new tricks? The mopping up troops were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses."

The radio operator continued to report: "The telegram said that Tong County was captured by the Eighth Route Army in the middle of the night last night."

"The three brigades joined forces to encircle and wipe out all the Eighth Route Army that captured Tonghua."

"The two main regiments of the Appeasement Army stationed in Tong County were completely wiped out, and this Eighth Route Army was also called the Beiping Guerrilla Detachment."

If the troops do not have any battle damage, two reinforced brigades can be assembled immediately to reinforce Tonghua.

"Although a strengthened brigade may not be an opponent of the Tongxian Eighth Route Army, it will definitely be no problem to encircle Tongxian under the cover of aviation."

Gangcun Ningci has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and handles countless difficult things every day. This small problem is not difficult for him,

"Make another call to the mixed brigade stationed in Fangshan County: "Let them deploy two reinforcement brigades to reinforce Tong County. "

Besides, the Fangshan County Garrison is a mixed brigade, minus the three brigades that reinforced Baoding, and there are two large brigades and some garrison teams.

If it's unintentional, then there's nothing to worry about.

If I had reported the matter of the Beiping guerrilla detachment to Peiping earlier and asked the Tongxian garrison to strengthen their guard in advance, maybe they would not be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and Tongxian would not fall into the enemy's hands.

"The three regiments of the Appeasement Army stationed in Beiping are different from other imperial association armies. The officers are basically from the officer school, well-trained and well-equipped. Each regiment has nearly 2000 people and is equipped with a special mortar company. , The fighting power is very strong."

This so-called Beiping guerrilla detachment took advantage of the emptiness of Beiping's troops to capture Tongxian, whether it was an unintentional move or a deliberate move.

If their purpose is to take the opportunity to disrupt Beiping and establish a base in Beiping, they will not leave...

As a result, the Beiping guerrilla detachment wiped out one of its reinforced brigades as soon as it made a move, and now it has wiped out half of its own infantry brigade through mobile warfare.

Now let him assemble an infantry brigade, even the Tongxian Junjun can't move it out.

Besides, Fangshan County still has a regiment of the Beiping Guerrilla Detachment. If all the troops are taken away, this army will definitely come out of the dark to make trouble and affect the stability of Fangshan County.

After thinking about it, he decided to admit his mistake to Gangcun Ningci first, and then find a way to refuse the order to transfer troops. In any case, he must first eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the area under his jurisdiction.

(End of this chapter)