The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 158

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, an exclamation suddenly sounded at the door: "Report to the chief, Brigadier Chen... The independent regiment commander Kong has a good news... They also killed the Yamada Brigade of the Little Devil's Fourth Mixed Brigade... Only less than one hundred One little devil escaped, and more than [-] devils under the captain were all wiped out!"

"It's so surprising... You now think that Kong Jie's independent regiment is stronger than I imagined... Brigadier Chen, you have a good subordinate..." The boss was shocked for a while before turning to Brigadier Chen emotion.

"Just now I asked you to inform Kong Jiezhan to visit the headquarters later, and I will personally give him a combat mission..."

"I don't need it now, I decided to go to the independent regiment station myself..."

"Call Kong Jie back immediately: Clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, and count the battle damage and results. I will go to Chenjiayu tomorrow morning to find him!"

"This kid is getting more and more unexpected!"

"Not only is it very good at pulling troops and training troops, but it is also getting better and better at fighting!"

"As long as he can successfully complete the task in the next anti-sweep, I can give him two more main battalions!"

Only a few hours had passed in the headquarters of the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Yangquan. Major General Miyazawa seemed to be ten years old.

Seeing the communications staff officer rushing in, he pulled himself together and asked, "Have you contacted Team Yamada?"

The communications staff officer shook his head and replied: "After receiving the telegram that the Yamada Brigade was blocked by the Eighth Route Army, we lost contact... The telegraphers have been calling, but they have not responded."

The chief of staff pointed to the combat sand table and analyzed: "Your Excellency, General..."

"The Yamada Brigade encountered the Eighth Route Army blocking troops in Zhouzhuang..."

"The terrain here is flat, not very suitable for ambushes, but it is conducive to the Yamada brigade's heavy firepower..."

"Although the combat capability of the Independent Regiment is very strong, their heavy firepower is insufficient... With the number of artillery equipped by the Yamada Brigade, they can completely suppress them with artillery fire..."

"I think the possibility of the Yamada brigade encountering an accident is very low!"

"Even if the independent regiment deploys heavy troops to encircle the Yamada brigade, they can easily break out!"

"There must be a problem with the radio station, so we can't contact the Yamada brigade!"

The chief of staff's comfort did not make Major General Miyazawa feel better.

He has fought against the Independence Regiment more than once, and the Independence Regiment's strong combat effectiveness and endless combat methods have left a deep impression on him...

To sum it up in one sentence: Fighting against an independent regiment must not be based on common sense to infer the outcome and the course of the battle...

After the Yamada Brigade was attacked, they cut off contact. He felt that the chances of something going wrong were very high. The chief of staff's explanation just now was completely self-deception.

But without concrete evidence, he can't refute...

"Your Excellency, General... Jiamu Brigade has news..." The intelligence staff ran into the war room to report.

"Our intelligence personnel lurking in the base of the Independent Regiment sent back a message..."

"In the first half of the night, there was a very intense exchange of fire in the Huanglipo area, and a large number of mortars participated in the battle..."

"The sound of firefighting lasted less than half an hour. The intelligence personnel risked their lives to sneak into the battlefield to investigate and found a large number of corpses of the imperial army... It was determined that they were the Jiamu Brigade that we could not contact..."

"Huang Lipo..."

Major General Gong Ze kept repeating these three words, then suddenly stood up from the chair, walked quickly to the side of the sand table and said, "Where is Huang Lipo, how far is it from Zhouzhuang, where the Shantian Brigade was blocked..."

"Here..." A combat staff officer pointed to the sand table and introduced...

"The straight-line distance from Zhouzhuang is less than [-] kilometers, and the mountain road is about [-] kilometers... It only takes four hours for the Eighth Route Army to march from Huanglipo to Zhouzhuang in a hurry."

The hope that Major General Miyazawa had just ignited was shattered in an instant, and he turned back into a teenage old man again, dragging his heavy steps back to his position, and sat down on the chair...

Chief of Staff Hara Tanaka Sato's complexion also became particularly ugly.

He comforted himself just now, thinking that the independent regiment did not have the strength to wipe out the Yamada brigade in Zhouzhuang.

He didn't think so after hearing Major General Miyazawa's question...

The independent regiment can wipe out the Jiamu brigade in half an hour, and its combat effectiveness must be very strong.After seizing a large number of weapons and ammunition equipped by the Jiamu Brigade, the overall strength of the Independent Regiment has not declined but increased, and there is still enough time to rush to Zhouzhuang to set up the battlefield, and it will definitely be able to kill the Yamada Brigade...

At seven o'clock in the morning, the atmosphere in the headquarters was still the same as in the second half of the night, especially depressing...

Major General Miyazawa sat slumped on the chair with a sullen face, without saying a word...

Chief of Staff Harada Nakasa frowned, walking back and forth in the war room with his hands behind his back, his expression was tense and anxious...

Several combat staff officers were very careful about what they were doing, and they didn't dare to say a word...

After looking at the telecommunications room where there was still no movement, Harada Nakasa felt that he could not wait any longer and had to take the initiative.

Bite the bullet and walk up to Major General Miyazawa and ask for instructions: "Your Excellency... it's dawn, should you contact the aviation unit to visit Zhouzhuang..."

"They are fast, and they should be able to find out the whereabouts of the Yamada Brigade soon..."

Major General Miyazawa nodded helplessly: "Go, this should be my last order from the brigade commander!"

"In case something happens to the Yamada Brigade, I will definitely not be able to stay in the Fourth Mixed Brigade..."

Hearing these words, Harada Nakasa's expression was also very depressed...

Major General Miyazawa served in the [-]th Mixed Brigade, and his own situation is similar...

If the head of the brigade was sent to a military court because of the disastrous defeat of the two infantry brigades... his own result would not be much better!
But he is only a lieutenant and chief of staff. He has no power, no money, no money, so he can only stand on the last post and wait for his superiors to punish him...

Major General Miyazawa seemed to see his worry, he hesitated to comfort him: "You don't have to worry too much!"

"I will bear the main responsibility for this defeat... It doesn't matter that you are just a chief of staff... The newly appointed brigade commander also needs an old man to help him adapt to the army. The military department will definitely not touch you..."

"Thank you, General!" The tension in Harada's heart suddenly eased, and he turned and walked towards the telecommunications room.

"General...the Yamada brigade has news..." The communications staff hurriedly rushed into the war room to report.

"A soldier broke out from Zhouzhuang and ran to the nearest stronghold to contact us!"

"The Yamada Brigade was besieged by the Eighth Route Army in Zhouzhuang, and only a few troops stood out from the encirclement..."

"The safety of Captain Yamada is unknown, and it is not clear how many people they broke out of!"

The last hope of Major General Miyazawa was shattered in an instant, he waved his hand to signal the communications staff to leave... Then he lay down on the table and drafted a telegram of apology...

As soon as Yoshio Shinozuka learned of the bad news of the failed raid of the Yamamoto Special Forces at the First Army Headquarters of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan, he asked his subordinates to contact the Fourth Mixed Brigade.

After knowing that Major General Miyazawa had given the three-way attacking force a retreat order, he immediately felt relieved.

But his tense nerves did not ease, especially after knowing that the Yamamoto Secret Service team ran for several hours before sending back the news of the defeat, the worry directly appeared on his face.

"Your Excellency, Commander... Do you think that the independent regiment will use the hours of Yamamoto's special team to find the radio station?" The chief of staff asked Yoshio Shinozuka, who looked worried.

"I don't think so, it's definitely..." Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head, expressing his worry without hesitation!
"Based on what I know about the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely use this time to make trouble!"

"In case any attacking troops are targeted, with the fighting strength of the independent regiment, we are fully capable of eating them!"

At [-]:[-] in the morning, Major General Miyazawa's telegram of apology was sent to Yoshio Shinozuka. After reading it, he frowned and fell into deep thought without saying a word...

The chief of staff was surprised after reading it, and looked at Shinozuka Yoshio with a little more admiration...

The commander is hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield, and without any intelligence support, he guessed the situation on the battlefield with perfect accuracy. This is amazing!
Originally, he wanted to flatter him, but seeing Shinozuka Yoshio's frown deepened, he decisively chose to shut up...

A minute later, Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly said: "I have been trying to overestimate the fighting power of the independent regiment as much as possible, but I didn't expect to underestimate their fighting power and appetite in the end."

"Continuous combat, eating up our two infantry brigades in one night..."

"If it wasn't clearly written in the telegram, I absolutely don't believe it was done by a group!"

"From now on, we can no longer treat the independent regiment as an ordinary opponent!"

"Pass me an order: From today onwards, list the Independence Regiment as the confidant of the Shanxi garrison, and the primary target of attack..."

"A regiment can have such a strong combat effectiveness. With the speed of the Eighth Route Army pulling troops, when the independent regiment develops into an independent brigade, they are not going to eat up our infantry regiment...!"

The chief of staff didn't expect Shinozuka Yoshio to attach such importance to the independent regiment, so he quickly took orders.

Then he asked another question in the telegram: "Major General Miyazawa hopes that the military department will transfer him from the Fourth Mixed Brigade. He feels that he is not capable enough to be qualified for the position of the Fourth Mixed Brigade!"

"What do you think about this?" Shinozuka Yoshio didn't answer this question directly, but asked back with a frown.

The chief of staff replied while thinking: "Miyaze-kun has been committing crimes and meritorious deeds, any mistake may send him to a military court!"

"Last night, two infantry brigades were lost at once, which is equivalent to the loss of more than [-]% of the Fourth Mixed Brigade's strength, and the loss of a large number of heavy weapons!"

"If the Front Army Headquarters wants to pursue the responsibility, Mr. Miyazawa will be blamed..."

"Instead of waiting for the front army to punish him, it's better to ask for punishment and leave a good impression on him!"

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't seem to agree with this idea, and thought for a while before answering: "I don't think the loss of two infantry brigades by the Fourth Mixed Brigade has anything to do with Miyazawa-kun!"

"As soon as I received the news of the failure of the Yamamoto Special Forces operation, I ordered the attacking troops to retreat. Not only did they not make any mistakes, but they were also very timely... Anyway, I can't find where he made a mistake in command!"

"Since the command is fine, why did the military department punish him? Is it because of his status as a criminal and meritorious service?"

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