The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 461 Kong Jie: I'm not dead yet, so it's not your turn to take the blame (second update)
Half an hour later, the calculated results of the battle damage were sent by his subordinates. The chief of staff only glanced at him before his expression sank, watching Lieutenant General Sato report carefully!
"Division commander... During the artillery raid just now, all four blocking positions were attacked..."

"Only some of the officers and artillerymen of the four infantry brigades defending there are equipped with gas masks, and ordinary soldiers are not prepared for any gas protection!"

"The Independence Regiment first disrupted us with high-explosive bombs, then fired poison gas bombs to force the defenders out of the bunker, and finally fired several rounds of high-explosive bombs to continue killing and wounding the troops we withdrew from the position..."

"According to statistics, more than 100 soldiers died directly from poison gas, nearly 400 died from high-explosive bombs, and more than 200 were seriously injured..."

"The four infantry brigades all suffered more than half of the casualties..."

"Because most of the losses are infantry, if we simply analyze the combat effectiveness, the four infantry brigades have less than [-]% of their strength left!"

"Combined with the loss last night... the entire Sato division has only more than 400 people left, including more than 700 seriously injured!"

"If you subtract the indispensable gunners and heavy machine gunners...there are less than 4000 infantrymen left who can actually fight, and they are mainly concentrated in the division guard brigade and the fifth infantry brigade..."

Lieutenant General Sato was very angry, but as the commander of the division, the hope of everyone in the army, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't show it.

Suppressing the anger that was bubbling up in my heart, I looked at the chief of staff and asked calmly: "Have you got all the gas masks that the military department airdropped for us?"

"Roms!"

The chief of staff nodded and said: "The military department allocated 500 gas masks to us. Nearly [-] were blown up in the firefight just now, and there are more than [-] left!"

"Including the [-] pairs of gas masks brought by the airdrop of the gas bombs yesterday, it can already reach the standard of one pair for each person... As long as you nod, I will send someone to distribute it immediately!"

"Send it now!" Lieutenant General Sato ordered anxiously!
"Although the Independence Regiment only took away more than 100 gas bombs last night... the exchange of fire just now happened to shoot out more than 100 bombs, but they are too cunning to guard against them!"

"In case there is a gas bomb hidden in the hand, the gas mask can minimize our losses!"

The chief of staff was dumbfounded, and asked back with a hint of disbelief: "Division commander...you mean that we will continue to fight!"

"Reconnaissance shows: In the exchange of fire just now, the independent regiment did not lose too much artillery, and the artillery advantage is still in their hands. We only have less than [-] combat troops left. Even with the help of poison gas bombs, they can use artillery fire to strike at a long distance We, kill our troops..."

"Continue to fight, we must be the losers!"

"The humble job recommends that the troops immediately withdraw from the base of the independent regiment and stop fighting!"

"The Sato Division must not end in our hands, please consider it carefully!"

The Sato division was silent for a while and replied: "If only our division is the main force in this big sweep, I will definitely retreat now..."

"Unfortunately, we are just a sweeping force in this big sweep..."

"Withdrawing or not withdrawing should not only consider the safety of the Sato Division, but also consider the overall situation!"

"If we persist in the independent regiment's base area for one more day, we can fight for one more day by sweeping the other two divisions in Northwest Shanxi!"

"According to the analysis of the battle situation reported to us by the military department, the progress of the other two sweeping troops is very smooth, and the situation they are facing is better than ours."

"As long as they successfully wipe out any unit of the New First Regiment or the New Second Regiment, they can immediately gather two infantry regiments to reinforce us, avenge us, and completely take down the Independent Regiment!"

"It's not that I don't want to retreat, but the overall situation forces us to retreat!"

The Chief of Staff understands!
The military department wants the disabled Sato division to continue to hold back the main force of the independent regiment and create opportunities for the other two main divisions to wipe out the enemy.

Although it may bring a fatal threat to the Sato Division, as long as the Northwest Shanxi can be won, the deal will not be a loss.

The Sato Division has suffered more than half of the casualties...

Using the remaining thousands of remnants to replace the Ten Thousand Eighth Route Army is profitable no matter how you analyze it.

As for the political impact of this victory, it is even more immeasurable!
But the chief of staff is not a person who wants to be cannon fodder. As soon as he understands the situation of the Sato division, he starts to think about ways to break the situation. He stared at Lieutenant General Sato expectantly and asked, "Division commander, how should we fight next?"

"Stay here!" Lieutenant General Sato blurted out.

"We only have this little force left... Continue to attack. Once we encounter heavy artillery, it will not be enough to give the independent regiment a gap!"

"If they are more courageous, set up a pocket array for us somewhere, and die faster!"

"Only by sticking to the ground can we grasp the initiative in the battle, use the terrain advantage for me, and persist for a longer time with the minimum cost!"

"I've figured it out... As long as we don't retreat, the independent regiment will gather heavy troops around to stare at us. There is no way to divide the troops to reinforce the new first regiment and the new second regiment. The mission assigned to us by the military department will be completed!"

This answer was just thought of by the chief of staff, and he flattered him immediately: "The commander of the division is wise..."

"It's just that our current strength is nearly 2000 fewer than yesterday. If we continue to use yesterday to build defensive positions, our strength will definitely be somewhat insufficient..."

"Humble job proposal: give up all peripheral positions immediately..."

"Wide and deepen the defensive positions on the inner line...Arrange 500 people in each direction...The remaining troops will be used as a reserve team, stationed around the division headquarters, ready to go to the battlefield at any time!"

"The original artillery positions are all retreated 500 meters!"

Lieutenant General Sato thought about it and added: "One line of defense is not enough!"

"Last night, a small unit of the Independence Regiment broke through our two lines of defense, inside and outside, straight into the artillery positions, and took away a large number of gas bombs from us!"

"If they use the same style of attack to attack us again, they don't want to go directly to the division headquarters!"

"The original inner line position was expanded into an outer line of defense...an inner line position was built between the outer line of defense and the artillery position, and an infantry squadron was stationed, just in case!"

"You go to set up positions, and I will send a telegram to the military headquarters to inform the commander that the independent regiment fired gas bombs at our army. In the name of the military department, we will put pressure on the World War II zone and try to take down the independent regiment leader Kong Jie... ...At the very least, transfer him away from Shanxi!"

"I have known about this army: Kong Jie has contributed a lot to the independent regiment's existence today!"

"He is the soul of the Independence Regiment. If you transfer him away from Shanxi, the soul of the Independence Regiment will be gone. It will be much easier to destroy them!"

The atmosphere at the former enemy headquarters of the Independence Regiment was particularly depressing.

Both Kong Jie and Li Wensheng were sullen, thinking about how to deal with the aftermath and how to minimize the impact of this incident.

Half an hour after the battle, Huang Yu returned here in a hurry.

As soon as he entered the door, he felt something unusual, and several eyes focused on him at the same time.

Several staff officers hesitated to speak, and wanted to remind Huang Yu.

After seeing the solemn expression on Kong Jie's face, he decisively chose to shut up...

At the same time, I pray to Huang Yu in my heart, hoping that he can overcome this difficulty...

Huang Yu had been prepared for a long time, took a deep breath, and strode up to Kong Jie: "Leader, Chief of Staff... I'm from Please punish me!"

"I ordered the special forces and the artillery to shoot out the gas bombs. If you want to punish me, punish me!"

"If the superiors come to seek accountability, I will take all the responsibilities and guarantee that the reputation of the independent group will not be affected..."

"Bullshit..." Kong Jie got even angrier after hearing this, and cursed.

"I'm not dead yet, I'm the one who takes the blame, and it's not your turn..."

The chief of staff answered, "I've discussed it with the regimental commander... the order to use gas bombs was issued by me and the regimental commander together, and has nothing to do with you!"

"We're angry because you kid is too self-righteous... You don't discuss such a big matter with us... In case of an accident, who will fix it for you!"

As soon as Huang Yu heard it, he knew that his unauthorized use of gas bombs had been passed by the regimental commander and the chief of staff. He let out a long breath, and replied with an embarrassed face: "Isn't it because you are afraid that you will disagree?"

Seeing that Kong Jie's face softened a lot, he immediately came back and said what he had thought up on the way.

"Captain, I don't think this is a big deal!"

"The gas bomb belongs to the little devil and has nothing to do with us!"

"During the exchange of fire just now, the artillery shells fired by our army unfortunately hit the poisonous gas bombs stored by the devils on the ground, detonating the gas bombs, causing a large number of little devils to be poisoned and killed..."

"The little devil himself is to blame for this matter!"

"Who told them to risk the disgrace of the world and use poison gas bombs that are banned by all troops... This is called self-inflicted, asking for trouble!"

Kong Jie was almost laughed out of anger, and couldn't help cursing: "You're asking for trouble... You treat everyone else as fools, and you mean what you say?"

Huang Yu explained very firmly: "Because others are not fools, others will believe our words!"

"Our army is notoriously poor. We can't even have a rifle, let alone advanced gas bombs!"

"Even if we tell outsiders that the Independent Regiment is equipped with gas bombs, I guess no one will believe it!"

"The independent regiment is not equipped with gas bombs, how to attack the little devil with gas bombs!"

Kong Jie held back his anger, and when faced with Huang Yu's rhetorical question, he felt speechless.

Chief of Staff Li Wensheng was directly moved by Huang Yu's words, looked at Kong Jie thoughtfully and said, "Commander, I think Xiao Huang's words are very reasonable!"

"It is impossible for our independent regiment to be equipped with gas bombs, so we have no chance to attack the little devil with gas bombs!"

After finishing speaking, he stared at Huang Yu and continued to ask: "Xiao Huang, if you have any other ideas, tell them all..."

"Take the initiative to send a telegram to the brigade headquarters to report that we detonated the devil's gas bomb during the shelling, so as to prevent the little devil from beating us up and threatening us!"

"Then report the gas bomb attack on us to the war zone... Let everyone know about the devil's gas bomb attack on the Independence Regiment."

"It will be preconceived and let everyone know that the devils used poison gas bombs on us first, causing a lot of casualties to the troops. Even if the Sato division wants to make use of what happened just now, no one will believe it."

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(End of this chapter)