Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 367 Will
What Wang Xuexin didn't know was that Neiji Okamura, who was in the military headquarters of the Taiyuan First Army at this time, was having a big headache about the current situation.

The Battle of Zhongtiaoshan was declared victory No. 18 days after the start of the war.

The empire fought this battle very smoothly. It only took more than half a month to conquer Zhongtiao Mountain, which had not been conquered in the previous few years, and only a few hundred people were killed or injured. This made the Army Staff Headquarters rejoice.

The Army Staff Headquarters even ignored the more than 200 aircraft that were bombed at the two airfields and the loss of a large number of pilots and ground crews in this battle.

The reason is that the strategic location of Zhongtiao Mountain is extremely important. It is like a knife inserted horizontally in the land of Huaxia to divide it into two parts that cannot be connected with each other.

After taking Zhongtiao Mountain, the imperial army could threaten and cooperate with the coastal forces to encircle Chongqing in the south, and block and divide the Eighth Route Army in the north.

Therefore, after receiving the news of the victory in the Battle of Zhongjo Mountain, the Army Staff Headquarters immediately sent a telegram to congratulate Neiji Okamura and promoted him to general.

However, Okamura Ningji was not happy at all, because he had a premonition that the victory of this battle was not as brilliant as others imagined, because most of the enemies were not wiped out, which made him feel a little confused.

At this time, Shinozuka Yoshio handed him a telegram, saying: "Your Excellency, in this battle, although our army surrounded the Huaxia army in many places, they disappeared without a trace. Mr. Anda reported , They hid in the mountains to deal with our army!"

"Hiding in the mountains?" Neiji Okamura asked without raising his head: "Then, can't we go into the mountains to hunt them down? They have lost their will to fight, so it won't be difficult to wipe them out!"

"Your Excellency, General..." Shinozuka Yoshio replied with some embarrassment: "They seem to have learned the tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and broke up into pieces to fight against our army in the mountains!"

Neiji Okamura then shifted his gaze from the sand table to Yoshio Shinozuka, and asked in surprise: "Mr. Shinozuka, you once said that these Chinese troops don't know guerrilla tactics!"

The imperial army did a lot of intelligence work when attacking Zhongtiao Mountain, knowing that the Zhongtiao Mountain garrison had no experience in guerrilla warfare.

"Yes, Your Excellency General!" Yoshio Shinozuka replied, "But...according to the captive's answer, the Eighth Route Army has already infiltrated Zhongtiao Mountain and played a role in it!"

Okamura Ningji suddenly realized, he was silent for a while, and then sighed: "These guys actually took advantage of this moment to sneak in while we were still attacking!"

This is exactly where Wang Xuexin's suggestion came into play.

However, it was not completely penetrated at this time.

The intelligence personnel and underground workers of the Eighth Route Army are everywhere, and there are many in Zhongtiao Mountain, and many of them are capable of guerrilla warfare.

When these intelligence personnel and underground workers are surrounded by devils, there is actually no need to continue to disguise... Anyway, they will not be able to escape from the siege, and there is not much difference between disguise and non-disguise.

After receiving the order from the chief, they immediately organized and mobilized stubborn troops into the mountains to fight guerrillas.

At this time, the recalcitrant army had no other choice but to enter the mountains to deal with the devils, although many of them knew that they were following the Eighth Route Army.

This part of the stubborn army has at least [-] people.

As the saying goes, "the battlefield is a big melting pot", these people were constantly "purified" under the pressure of the devil's hunt and survival, and finally turned to the Eighth Route Army without exception.

This principle is somewhat similar to primitive society.

In the primitive society, the means of production were extremely limited and there were no surplus labor products, so everyone had to hunt, gather wild fruits, or do some work.

If someone does not work and enjoys what he gets, it will inevitably cause others to starve and die of exhaustion, and eventually the whole group will collapse.

To put it simply, the environment and conditions do not allow the phenomenon of "man exploiting man" in primitive society, so everyone is equal.

The problem with the stubborn army is that too many officials are domineering and do not do practical things. If this can be maintained at other times.

But entering the mountainous area that is almost isolated from the world... the power in the hands of officials is almost invalidated immediately. In order to survive, everyone must unify their thinking and reintegrate, otherwise it will be a dead end.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army's discipline, fairness, impartiality, and military-civilian cooperation will soon prevail.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army continued to provide assistance to them through various means, such as secretly transporting supplies to these remnants from the mountain roads or through the people and personnel who survived in the wild, so it was natural to bring these troops under its command.

This made Ningji Okamura frown.

Because he discovered that Zhongtiao Mountain was originally hoped to draw more troops to deal with the Eighth Route Army, but now Zhongtiao Mountain was handed over to the Eighth Route Army... The imperial army seemed to open the way for the Eighth Route Army. Where did they fight the Eighth Route Army? Wherever the base areas and the enemy's rear are opened up.

As a result, the situation has not improved, but worsened.

In fact, Neiji Okamura should have understood this a long time ago, because the stubborn army has been cooperating with the devils to encircle and block the Eighth Route Army.

Now that the devils have knocked out the stubborn army as a powerful "assistant", shouldn't the encirclement and blockade come by themselves?

And by the way, he pushed a large wave of stubborn troops into the arms of the Eighth Route Army.

But that's not all.

Then Shinozuka Yoshio reported again: "Your Excellency, it is said..."

"What did you say?" Neiji Okamura faintly felt that this was not good news.

Sure enough, Shinozuka Yoshio replied: "We have received information that the Eighth Route Army is actively seeking cooperation with the Jinsui Army. The Jinsui Army is likely to provide ammunition for the Eighth Route Army!"

Okamura Ningji was taken aback for a moment, but then he sighed helplessly.

This is what Okamura Ningji has been worried about, and it is also the reason why he followed the principle of "pull one faction to fight another faction".

Previously, the imperial army did a good job in this regard, that is, they used the internal contradictions of the Huaxia army to treat them differently. For example, they tried their best to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army but recruited the Jinsui Army and the Chongqing Army.

But this time, in order to be able to take the strategically important area of ​​Zhongtiao Mountain and threaten the flanks of the Eighth Route Army, he can only attack the Jinsui Army and the Chongqing Front Army.

The result of doing so will inevitably unite the Huaxia soldiers again.

It's just that Okamura Ningji didn't expect it to be so soon. He thought that this kind of unity would take at least a few months... It seems that the Eighth Route Army is becoming more and more mature in this regard.

After thinking for a while, Okamura Ningji turned his eyes to the sand table again, staring at Luliang Mountain in the north of Zhongtiao Mountain, gritted his teeth and said: "We must launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible. Only in this way can all Chinese soldiers understand that the Eighth Route Army Can't be their savior, thus completely destroying their will!"

(End of this chapter)