The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 823 Neiji Okamura's Strange Move (Part [-])
Seeing that his subordinates bet their lives, Okamura Ningji chose to trust him again.

After five seconds of silence, he began to give an order: "The reinforcements that have been assembled in the city will set off immediately..."

"Use the supply team and all the troop vehicles that can be collected in the city, and send them to the edge of the Eighth Route Army's Yizhong base as quickly as possible, and then move forward on foot, marching urgently to reinforce Chenjiazhuang."

"The troops advanced lightly. Except for mortars, heavy machine guns, and mountain artillery that can be transported by mules and horses, all other heavy weapons were launched."

"Be sure to reach Chenjiazhuang before three o'clock in the morning."

"Send another telegram to Sakuragi-kun."

"It doesn't matter whether the mopping forces on the left and right can reach Chenjiazhuang on time."

"An infantry regiment sent by Baoding City can be in place before three o'clock in the morning, please insist on it until the reinforcements arrive."

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On the Chenjiazhuang battlefield, Huang Yu didn't know that Neji Okamura had dispatched an infantry regiment from Baoding City to join the battle.

At this moment, all his attention was focused on the encirclement and annihilation battle in front of him.

The sooner the participating troops end the battle, the sooner the Yizhong base will be relieved of danger.

If the other two sweeping troops of the Kwantung Army didn't know each other and insisted on continuing to sweep the Yizhong base, Huang Yu wouldn't mind taking advantage of the victory to pursue and eat up the sweeping troops along the way.

"Xiao Huang..." Chief of Staff Liu Sen walked in front of Huang Yu with a happy face.

"Shunping Garrison Regiment, 26th Regiment, 23rd Regiment, 22nd Regiment, 21st Regiment, the [-]rd Battalion of the Duer Regiment, and artillery are all in place and ready to attack at any time."

"The little devils in the encirclement are still hurrying to repair the fortifications."

"The outer line of defense seems to have been built, and the second and third lines of defense are being repaired."

"They also want to use layers of blocking ideas, build a few more blocking positions, and slowly fight with us, so as to persist for a longer time."

Huang Yu replied with a cold snort: "Dreaming..."

"The battlefield is really big, and it's useless for them to rush to repair more defensive positions."

"Notify all regiments to launch an attack in 5 minutes."

"Strive to break through the Kwantung Army's outer line of defense within an hour and wipe out all the little devils there."

"There are only more than 6000 Japanese soldiers in our encirclement."

"If we kill one less, as long as everyone advances steadily, the final victory will definitely belong to us."

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Lieutenant General Sakuragi was listening to the report of his subordinates at the Japanese Army Headquarters, with a very unsightly expression on his face.

After previous consumption, the loss of troops far exceeded his estimate.

But the strength of the opponent was far beyond his imagination.

The terrain advantage is also in the hands of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army. Facing such an unequal battle, to be honest, Lieutenant General Sakuragi felt helpless and without confidence for the first time.

"Division commander..." The communication staff officer ran over in time to make a rescue.

"Urgent telegram from the former enemy headquarters: Your Excellency the Commander has asked us not to hold out until three o'clock in the morning."

"Even if the mopping-up troops on the left and right sides fail to arrive on time, the reinforcements sent by Baoding City can reach Chenjiazhuang before three o'clock in the morning."

"Baoding has dispatched troops..." Lieutenant General Yingmu's serious face immediately flashed a look of joy.

All the solemn faces just now are partly because the strength of the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield is too great, and the advantage is almost all in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.If the two sides really want to fight, their chances of winning are very low.

On the other hand, it is because the situation faced by the left and right sweeping troops is also very bad.

In order to cooperate well, the three parties joined forces to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation. Lieutenant General Sakuragi just got in touch with the mopping forces on the left and right.

The moment I received the call back, my fiery heart instantly turned cold.

The two mopping-up troops were all resolutely blocked by the Eighth Route Army, not to mention the casualties, and the advancing speed was extremely slow.

It is almost impossible to reach Chenjiazhuang on time.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if they reach Chenjiazhuang on time, there will be very few troops left.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army who blocked them along the way would certainly not allow them to join the battle easily.

Maybe the two mopping-up troops would not only be unable to reinforce the battlefield, but would also trap themselves in it, and finally lost their wife and lost their troops.

In desperation, Neiji Okamura even dispatched an infantry regiment from Baoding to reinforce him.

Let Lieutenant General Yingmu feel like he has survived a desperate situation, and once again sees the hope of defeating the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Yizhong was either besieging itself, or blocking the left and right mopping up troops. Except for some armed forces in some places along the line from Baoding to Chenjiazhuang, there was no main force.

The reinforcements marched lightly, and the Eighth Route Army's destruction of the road did not affect their marching speed.

Neiji Okamura said that if they can reach Chenjiazhuang before three o'clock in the morning, they will definitely arrive.

Lieutenant General Sakuragi seemed to be a different person, and suddenly he had the fighting spirit.

Stride to the hand-painted map of the combat staff and order: "Our first line of defense has been completed, and we are rushing to repair the second line of defense."

"In order to buy enough time for the troops to rush to repair the position, the front-line peripheral positions must be held for two hours."

"In addition to the heavy artillery and field artillery, the rest of the mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and mortars were all scattered to each squadron, and concentrated firepower to bombard the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops, slowing down their attack speed and reducing the combat pressure of the defenders."

"The field artillery and heavy artillery brigades are always ready to kill the mountain artillery and heavy artillery units that the Eighth Route Army has never shown up."

"They pose too great a threat to our steadfast positions, and we must strike late and destroy them in the shortest possible time."

"That way we'll have a chance to keep watch at three o'clock in the morning."

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"Boom boom boom..."

The sound of artillery soon rang out on the battlefield, centered on Lieutenant General Sakuragi's headquarters, surrounded by the sound of shell explosions.

The whole sky was dyed red by artillery fire.

When the artillery shells from both sides came and went, the attacking troops lined up in skirmish lines, bent over, and slowly moved towards the outer positions of the Kwantung Army.

Among the infantry, there were quite a few flying thunder gunners.

In a group of two, they carried the barrel made of gasoline barrels and followed closely behind the infantry.

"Fei Lei Pao... The Eighth Route Army has brought up the Fei Lai Pao, quickly fire and kill them..." A sharp-eyed ghost squadron leader shouted in panic from the Japanese blocking position.

He had seen the power of the Thunder Cannon in previous battles.

Once a large piece was blown up, until now, that terrifying picture is still reflected in my mind, and it has not dissipated for a long time.

More than 100 soldiers under his command defended a 200-meter-long position.

With the powerful lethality of the Flying Thunder Cannon, there is no need to hit the target. As long as four or five explosives are dropped near the position, the entire defense line is over.

"Boom boom boom..." The four mortars attached to him quickly joined the battle,

Flames splashed, smoke billowed, and a flying thunder cannon team was instantly submerged in the artillery fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

The second round of shells quickly hit the next Flying Thunder Cannon team.

The squadron leader couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief. As long as the Feilei Cannons didn't participate in the battle, he wouldn't be afraid no matter how many mortars the Eighth Route Army used to attack the position.

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