Bright Sword Military System

Then the feedback from the staff of the 23rd Regiment further verified the "guessing" of Okamura Ningji and others.

The staff officer of the 23rd Regiment was a captain named Masaichi Shintani, who actually had nothing to report at all.

If there is any report, it is that Ning Jie performed quite well in this battle. A battalion of the Eighth Route Army was firmly blocked by him and the 23rd regiment he led and could not move.

It is conceivable that if the entire Datong was garrisoned by Ning Jie's 23rd Regiment or commanded by Ning Jie, the Eighth Route Army would not be able to occupy Datong before reinforcements arrived...

Ning Jie's most powerful tactics is to disperse the troops in the houses to fight with the Eighth Route Army. This kind of melee will turn Datong into a quagmire, just like the battle of Stalingrad. war.

If the 23rd Regiment is equipped with enough anti-tank grenades, even the tanks of the main force of the Eighth Route Army may not be able to do anything to them... Tanks are actually the most afraid of street fighting, because the enemy only needs to hide in which ruins to hold them A few anti-tank grenades or dynamite packs are enough to pose a threat to a tank.

But Masahichi Shintani certainly couldn't say that.

Because if he reported it like this, wouldn't it appear that he was too incompetent as a staff officer?

What's more, the Kwantung Army was completely wiped out in Datong. How could his 23rd regiment retreat?

In particular, Shintani Masaichi was still in charge of supervising the 23rd Regiment. He should have ordered Ning Jie to fight to the last man on the battlefield, and no retreat was allowed without an order!

Now the 23rd Regiment withdrew after only paying more than two hundred casualties. What is going on?

Xingu Zhengyi was already in a tense state, worried that he would be punished by his superiors if he lost Datong, but now he was questioned by the Taiyuan Headquarters, which made him even more nervous and sweating on his forehead.

Then, without any hesitation, Xin Guzhengyi immediately shifted the responsibility to Ning Jie... The puppet army has always been used as a scapegoat for the dead. If they win a battle, it is the devil's credit. If they lose a battle, they have to take the blame. The devil has long been used to doing this up.

Therefore, the report received by Neiji Okamura was: "Your Excellency, during the battle, I repeatedly asked the 23rd regiment to stand firm, but Ningjie refused to carry out the order. I saw that Ningjie and his subordinates were rebelling, so I dare not stop them." , but had no choice but to retreat! As for why the Eighth Route Army didn’t stop the 23rd regiment from leaving the city and didn’t pursue it, I don’t know the situation either!”

The last sentence Xingu Zhengyi told the truth, he really didn't know.

But it is precisely this that adds to the authenticity of his report.

So Neiji Okamura decided that Ning Jie must have secretly "colluded" with the Eighth Route Army. They had formed a certain tacit understanding on the battlefield. The Eighth Route Army did not fight, encircle, or hunt down the 23rd Regiment. It is also impossible to try our best to defend Datong.

This can be said to be a kind of irony.

The 23rd Regiment, which contributed the most in Datong, was identified as a unit that "colluded" with the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield.

Ning Jie didn't even have a chance to explain. At this moment, he didn't even know about the situation. On the way of retreating, he was still thinking about how to stop the Eighth Route Army from advancing.

Shinta Kono said to Neiji Okamura: "Your Excellency, this situation must be severely punished, otherwise..."

Okamura Ningji nodded to express his understanding.

The pseudo-North China Security Army now has a scale of nearly 10 people. If Ning Jie's 23rd regiment makes a start... then it will be like the Chinese people say, "A single spark can start a prairie fire." This kind of surrender The ethos of this will soon spread throughout the North China security forces and even affect the Puppet Manchukuo National Army and the Peaceful National Army.

Neiji Okamura couldn't let this kind of thing happen. Therefore, it was necessary to beat down this tendency with a thunderbolt, not only to fight but also to fight hard, so as to form a deterrent to other troops.

Kono Shinta looked at the map and said, "Your Excellency, without further ado, let's stay in Dongxiao Village! When the time comes, remove Ning Jie's command and disarm the 23rd Regiment!"

Kono Shinta's suggestion is not innocuous.

Dongxiao Village is more than 23 kilometers away from Datong. If it is a forced march, it will be able to arrive at Dongxiao Village just at night.

(Note: The speed of forced marches during the Anti-Japanese War is different from that of modern modern troops. The People’s Liberation Army once marched 75 kilometers a day, which has already made the enemy feel incredible.)
Okamura Neji didn't think much, and immediately nodded in agreement with Kono Shinta's plan.

He issued several orders one after another:
"Order the 23rd Regiment to garrison in Dongxiao Village, and must arrive at the destination before dark!"

"Order Dongxiao Village to garrison and prepare for battle!"

After thinking about it, Okamura Ningji was worried that the garrison of a squadron in Dongxiaocun would not be able to control the more than 23 people in Ningjie's 2000rd Regiment, so he ordered: "Temporarily transfer the nearby troops to Dongxiaocun to concentrate them, and Dongxiaocun will command them!"

After a while, Neiji Okamura added: "All troop transfers must be done in secret, and the order to deal with the armed forces of the 23rd Regiment must also be kept secret!"

"Yes!" The staff responded.

This is necessary. If the 23rd Regiment knew the news in advance, it would be impossible for Ning Jie to bring his subordinates to Dongxiao Village to throw himself into the trap.

It's just that Okamura Ningji ignored one point... Wang Xuexin has been paying attention to the movement of the devil.

Since Wang Xuexin released the false information that was unfavorable to Ning Jie, Wang Xuexin asked the intelligence personnel to focus on the mobilization of the Dongxiang devils.

It is very easy to do this. The intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army are all over the world, and it only needs to issue a few orders.

When the devils near Dongxiao Village were transferred abnormally, Wang Xuexin knew that the devils had been fooled.

To be exact, Okamura Ningji was fooled.

Because if Neiji Okamura hadn't determined that Ning Jie had a problem, no one would have dared to take action against a regiment of the Puppet North China Security Force.

If things continued like this, there would be no need to talk about what happened next. The 23rd Regiment rushed to Dongxiao Village exhaustedly, and then was disarmed. After that, Ning Jie and all the commanders would be arrested and interrogated.

This is not what Wang Xuexin hopes for.

Because it doesn't mean much to the Eighth Route Army.

If there is any meaning, it is possible to use the hands of devils to get rid of the enemy Ning Jie.

But the 23rd regiment is still there, and those puppet troops are still there, and they will soon be reorganized by the devils and sent to the battlefield.

Therefore, Wang Xuexin will not let things develop like this.

He said to Zhang Zongping: "It's time, let the intelligence personnel give Ning Jie some information, saying that the devils suspect the 23rd Regiment and plan to disarm them in Dongxiao Village!"

These words made Chen Songyong and Zhang Zongping stunned on the spot.

Damn it, Captain Wang is singing a double reed, he has done all the good and bad guys!