The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 609 Okamura: I will fulfill them (first update)
"One or two thousand elite veterans, are you sure you are right?" The anger on Kawasaki's face was immediately replaced by shock, and he stared at Miyazawa with suspicion on his face and asked back.

"The humble job is confirmed..." Miyazawa felt that the brigade leader's anger against him was subsiding, so he quickly seized the opportunity to explain.

"On the way to retreat, I thought that the Eighth Route Army was bluffing. They used powerful artillery fire to frighten us, and then used a group of recruits to scare us and force us to retreat. They specially arranged for two reinforced squadrons to be in the rear, trying to kill the Eighth Route Army's pursuers and return their carbine."

"The operation went really smoothly at the beginning. The rear troops only fought for one minute and severely damaged a reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army."

"As a result, a commando team composed of all veterans suddenly came out and wiped out the rear troops in just 5 minutes."

"The troops withdrawn from the field artillery positions and the flank security positions also assured the humble officers that the Eighth Route Army attacking them is all elite veterans, well-equipped, and very strong in combat effectiveness. Each commando has three to 400 people, and the recruits follow behind the commando. According to preliminary estimates, these veterans add up to at least 500 people.

This result was unexpected by Kawasaki Dazuo, and it also broke Kawasaki Dazuo's idea of ​​immediately retaliating against the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong. "

He always felt that the defeat of the reinforcements in Peishan was caused by Miyazawa Osamu's command error, and that as long as another person was in command, the defeat could be turned into victory.

He planned to take revenge on the Yizhong Eighth Route Army as soon as the borrowed troops arrived and take back Yi County.

As a result, the real situation brought back by Dazuo Miyazawa directly overturned his understanding of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army.

As long as the opposing commander is a little more sensible, he won't do such a stupid thing.

After hearing these words, Colonel Kawasaki's last bit of hope was dashed immediately, and the idea of ​​revenge against the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong disappeared completely. He turned his head and ordered to Lieutenant Commander Cunshang, "Let the person in charge of intelligence come to see me immediately..."

What I brought was not good news, and it would definitely anger the commander.

From the Chief of Staff's point of view, this scene was probably the prelude to the explosion of the powder keg, and the atmosphere in the headquarters suddenly became very depressed. Everyone was very careful about what they were doing, for fear of attracting the commander's attention and setting themselves on fire.

"What did you say, say it again..." Neiji Okamura couldn't believe the result at all, he stared at the head of the intelligence section and asked nervously, hoping that he had heard it wrong just now.

Taking a deep breath, he stared at the head of the intelligence section, gritted his teeth and asked, "Can you confirm the authenticity of this intelligence content?"

After fighting all night, he didn't even know the true strength of his opponent, even if all the borrowed troops arrived in Baoding, he didn't dare to send troops rashly.

The commander is on the verge of an explosion, and the report now is like adding fuel to the fire. Maybe the powder keg of the commander will explode on the spot.

The advantage that had been obtained with great difficulty before was also wiped out because of his arrival.

Having fought several battles with the imperial army, no matter how powerful those veterans are, they will suffer losses. Based on this calculation, it is not bad that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army can have [-] veterans.

The head of the intelligence section did not dare to look Okamura Neiji in the eyes, and hesitated for a while before reporting in a low voice: "The intelligence says that the Beiping guerrilla detachment does not exist at all. It was pretended by the troops sent by the Yizhong Eighth Route Army. The real strength is less than one regiment."

Before the expansion of the Duer Regiment, there were only about 2000 people. Expanding to 5000 people in one step is already very risky. After deducting officers at all levels, each infantry squad can only be divided into two to three veterans on average.

"Report..." The head of the intelligence section suddenly appeared at the door of the war room.

"No...no..." The intelligence section chief was just about to shake his head and say it's all right, and planned to wait for the commander's anger to subside before reporting.

"Nani?" Neiji Okamura frowned immediately, looking at the head of the intelligence section with a puzzled face and asked back.

No matter how many Eighth Route armies there are in the Yizhong area now, they are all based on this regiment as the seed and gradually expanded.

The Eighth Route Army does not have the ability to turn beans into soldiers, and it is impossible to conjure troops out of thin air.

"To be clear, what happened to the Beiping guerrilla detachment? Did they escape from the encirclement?"

"In the Battle of Peishan, the Eighth Route Army used [-] veterans to form several commando teams, and under the cover of artillery fire, they attacked the reinforcements head-on. A single storm killed the reinforcements with heavy casualties, and they were routed."

"Dazuo Kawasaki's urgent telegram: The Eighth Route Army in Yizhong suddenly gathered heavy troops to attack Yi County. They thought it was the enemy's encirclement for reinforcements, and they planned to use their tactics to gather all the main forces to severely damage the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, so as to reduce the pressure of the next big sweep."

According to the telegram, the Eighth Route Army that besieged them not only consisted of 3000 to [-] pure veterans to form a commando team, but also a certain number of veterans served as officers and backbones in other units. It is impossible.

"Our intelligence personnel lurking in the mountainous area west of Fangshan just sent back a piece of information: But it is somewhat different from our understanding of the Beiping guerrilla detachment!"

"If the contents of the telegram are true, even the headquarters has underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the Yizhong."

"Dare to issue a military order in a humble position!" In order to reduce the responsibility for his defeat, Miyazawa Miyazawa also went all out, and issued a military order in front of Kawasaki Colonel.

If the Duer Regiment expands from 2000 to 9000 in one step, each of their infantry squads will have at most one veteran, which means that the combat effectiveness of the troops will suddenly drop to zero, and it will be very difficult to pull them to the battlefield, let alone face-to-face with the imperial army. , took the initiative to attack the imperial army.

But when he thought of the importance of this matter, he quickly retracted the rest of the words, and reported boldly: "Humble job does have a very important matter to report..."

But in the end he held back.

With a thump in my heart, I realized that something went wrong again in North China.

Kong Jie, the newly appointed head of the Duer Regiment, was famous at the North China Front Army Command, and has very rich command experience. He repeatedly injured the imperial army on the battlefield in Northwest Shanxi, and was directly listed as a serious problem by the Shanxi garrison.

His hands were clenched into fists immediately, and his eyes became red.

"The purpose is to attract the [-] elite troops from the headquarters to reinforce Baoding and return to the Yizhong Plain after completing the task."

Okamura Ningji did not answer the call with a sullen face. He was skeptical about the telegram in his hand.

"Your Excellency, something happened in Baoding again."

When Kong Jie took office in the Duer Regiment, there was only one disabled infantry regiment in the entire Yizhong area, and the so-called Northwest Shanxi reinforcements were all fake.

"For this reason, three infantry brigades and field artillery brigades were prepared to attack Yizhong at the same time. As a result, an accident occurred in the Peishan area. Nearly 1000 reinforcements fought and only [-] people were left. More than [-] people returned to Baoding, and even Yi County was lost. gone."

At the North China Front Command of the Japanese Army in Beiping, Neiji Okamura had just finished his breakfast when he saw the chief of staff running towards him in a hurry.

In his memory, since he became the commander of the North China Front Army, he has never been humiliated like this.

To my disappointment, no matter how many times the intelligence chief said, what I heard with my ears and what I saw with my eyes all proved that I was tricked by the Eighth Route Army of Yizhong.

After all, he is a commander, and his heart is far stronger than ordinary people.

"The intelligence said that the Eighth Route Army in the Yizhong had just completed the expansion, and the proportion of veterans was very low, which caused the overall combat effectiveness to not increase but to decline. Now there are more than 1000 elite veterans suddenly appearing. Why is there no relevant news from the intelligence department? Eat dry food? Not only did not provide the headquarters with a little useful information, but it provided several wrong information, misleading the troops to defeat the battle on the battlefield."

Such a powerful commander will definitely not make the mistake of blindly expanding troops in pursuit of the number of troops.

There are also problems with the judgment of the total strength of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army.

Seeing that the head of the brigade found another scapegoat, Grand Master Miyazawa seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw in despair, and quickly echoed: "Sir, wise, if the intelligence department hadn't misjudged the Yizhong Eighth Route Army, the humble officer would never have been defeated like this awful."

After taking office in the Duer Regiment, relying on a crippled main regiment to severely damage the Imperial Army again, the Baoding mixed brigade almost lost its combat effectiveness and lost several counties in a row.

Neiji Okamura looked at the telegram and said nothing, but his expression became more and more serious.

As soon as he entered the door, he felt the oppressive atmosphere in the war room, and also saw the gloomy expression on Neiji Okamura's face, and he swallowed the words that came to his lips.

"According to their investigation, the real strength of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army has exceeded 8000 people, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and artillery, and the proportion of veterans is far beyond their estimates."

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He had just received an important piece of information about the Beiping guerrilla detachment, which completely overturned his cognition, and he had to report it to Neiji Okamura immediately.

The anger is surging upwards, and he may lose his temper at any time.

Staring at a pair of big eyes full of shock, he looked at Grand Master Miyazawa and asked seriously: "Are you sure that there is no exaggeration in your report just now?"

"There are only a few Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the mountains surrounded by our army, and there is no so-called Beiping guerrilla detachment. We have been tricked!"

"The total strength of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is more than 8000 people. The information they have provided us has always been more than 5000 people. Could it be that the extra 3000 people came out of the ground?"

As the fuse that ignites the gunpowder keg, I will definitely bear most of the commander's anger, then I will be in bad luck. I have nothing to do with myself, and I will be scolded for it, and may even cause some unnecessary troubles .

"Hayi!" Although the chief of the intelligence section lowered his head, he answered very firmly.

Okamura Ningji turned his anger back, and did not ignore the sudden arrival of the intelligence class. Seeing him enter the door, he showed a hesitant expression, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

"For the defeat of this battle, the intelligence department should bear at least [-]% of the responsibility..."

The last hope in Okamura Neji's heart was shattered, a wry smile flashed on his gloomy face, he shook his head, and said in a self-deprecating tone: "Bageyalu, I never thought that I, Okamura Neji, would be tricked sometimes."

"The Yizhong Eighth Route Army is really capable. It's too arrogant to dare to provoke me, Gangcun Ningci."

"Since these people want to die, I will fulfill them."

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