The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

"Boom boom boom..."

There was a sudden explosion on the blockade line more than 1000 meters away from the station, and the sound of machine gun fire was transmitted to the headquarters at the same time.

The chief of staff's face immediately turned pale, and he cried out: "It's not good..."

"The [-]st and [-]nd Brigades returning to the reinforcement station were attacked..."

The artillery staff officer on the side responded: "The Eighth Route Army used at least thirty mortars to attack our returning troops."

The commander of the regiment was completely desperate. He looked at the chief of staff and asked, "The returning troops were engaged in an encounter with the Eighth Route Army and were attacked by more than 30 mortars at the same time. Do you think they still have a chance to reach the station?"

As the shelling continued, the chief of staff's face turned white...

He hesitated for several seconds before shaking his head at the captain!
"If the Eighth Route Army knew in advance that the returning troops were equipped with anti-tank weapons..."

"First gather more than 30 mortars to attack anti-tank weapons...the returning troops will definitely be defeated..."

"Sir..." Another messenger rushed towards the headquarters.

"The Eighth Route Army soldiers who entered the station were divided into three groups. Under the cover of cavalry and chariots, they went straight to the other three defense forces of the station..."

"The troops stationed in the south and north directions of the station are not invincible to the Eighth Route Army, they have been defeated..."

"The troops stationed due west are still waiting for reinforcements..."

"When the Eighth Route Army defeats the garrison due west, it will definitely come towards the headquarters..."

"You must move immediately..."

The captain sneered and mocked himself: "Transfer..."

"The base is gone, where else can we move..."

"The Empire of Japan went straight to the Imperial Army who died in battle, and there were no deserters..."

"If the Eighth Route Army really comes towards us, and the returning troops fail to reach the battlefield in time, the whole army will fight to the death with the attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army from myself down, and no one can be a deserter."

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In front of the enemy headquarters in the Sixth Army Division of Yi Zhong, Huang Yu ordered with a happy face: "The little devils in the station are finished..."

"All offensive troops on the battlefield were completely decommissioned, and the troops were divided into companies and platoons to quickly annihilate the remaining Japanese troops on the battlefield..."

"The mountain artillery unit and the heavy artillery unit will move immediately and return to the base area."

"Telegram to the commander, deputy commander..."

"We have captured the Japanese garrison and the battle will be over soon..."

"Ask them to evacuate the battlefield after the reinforcements are sent out and return to the base on their own, instead of joining us at the base."

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Japanese Baoding Garrison Headquarters.

Neji Okamura was furious in the war room. After reading the farewell telegram, he slapped the table and cursed: "What do the intelligence agencies do for food..."

"Didn't you say that there was no change in the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong? Where did the troops attacking our blockade come from?"

"Sixty or seventy mountain field guns and heavy artillery, more than 100 mortars, more than 20 tanks..."

"They have assembled so many weapons, but the intelligence department has not received any news... I have even dispatched a large number of scouts from the frontline troops to support you..."

"A bunch of trash..."

The deputy chief of staff frowned and reminded: "Your Excellency, Commander..."

"Things have already happened, and accountability will have to wait until the battle is over..."

"The top priority now is to remedy the situation..." "The Sixth Army Division can attack our station in just one hour, which shows that they have found a way to crack our army's heavy artillery and anti-tank weapons."

"If our blockade is not adjusted immediately, there will be a second main force, or even a third main force, that will be attacked..."

The anger on Ningci's face slowly calmed down, and the deputy chief of staff saw the opportunity to continue his analysis.

"The farewell telegram stated that the Eighth Route Army used a large number of thunder cannons and cavalry in the offensive, making the anti-tank weapons equipped by the front-line troops almost useless."

"They also used scattered artillery in artillery battles."

"Our artillery is concentrated in the garrison and has a very small range of activity. However, the Eighth Route Army artillery can deploy artillery positions anywhere around our garrison."

"I don't know what method they used to ensure that all the mountain artillery and heavy artillery fired together and fired at the same target at the same time..."

"When the two sides are fighting."

"Our artillery can only attack more than 20 of their artillery pieces at one time, but their artillery can attack all our artillery pieces at one time."

"Who wins and who loses? The outcome of the artillery battle between the two sides was determined as soon as it started."

"The artillery failed to severely damage the Eighth Route Army's artillery, and the anti-tank weapons failed to severely damage the Eighth Route Army. The only advantage of the blockade garrison was gone..."

"The main force of the Sixth Army Division of Yi Zhong gathered heavy troops to defeat them one by one. It is difficult for us to be undefeated..."

Okamura Neji's face became increasingly serious. He picked up the farewell telegram and read it again before suddenly asking: "How did we deal with the Eighth Route Army's flying thunder cannons and cavalry assaults in the past!"

"The flying thunder cannon is simple..." the deputy chief of staff replied.

"It seems powerful, but it has two fatal flaws..."

"One is that the shooting accuracy is poor...the other is that the shooting range is short!"

"Based on these two shortcomings, our army has specially developed a method of fighting against flying thunder cannons."

"When the thunder cannon is fired, a large amount of flames will be ejected from the muzzle, thus exposing the target."

"Our army concentrated a large number of mortars and grenades to counterattack, and did not give them a chance to launch a second round of explosive packages..."

"Cavalry is easier to deal with..."

"Although they have strong assault capabilities on plain battlefields, cavalry are afraid of machine guns and even more afraid of invulnerable tanks!"

"As long as we equip the front-line troops with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and a certain number of combat vehicles, even a single cavalry regiment dispatched by the Sixth Army Division of the Wing Center will not be able to take advantage of us."

"Tonight, a very important reason why they easily broke into our station with a cavalry battalion is that the flying mine cannons destroyed all the light and heavy machine guns equipped by the blocking troops."

"Without machine guns, a group of remnants equipped with rifle machine guns will never be able to stop a cavalry assault."

"Later, the tank troops that reinforced the battlefield were due to the timely use of anti-tank guns by the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops, which rendered their tanks useless. We could only watch the Eighth Route Cavalry rampage at the station."

After hearing this, Neji Okamura relaxed his frown and said calmly: "Now let me add mountain artillery and heavy artillery to the blockade garrison. It may be difficult to do it with the current strength of the North China Front."

"But light and heavy machine guns and mortars are no problem..."

"As much as you want."

"Immediately send a telegram to the chief of staff of the left-behind headquarters: ask him to immediately dispatch [-] light and heavy machine guns and [-] mortars to reinforce Baoding, all equipped with the imperial troops stationed in various garrison locations."

"As for the troops operating on the blockade..."

"Since the Eighth Route Army already knows that they are equipped with a large number of anti-tank weapons, then don't hide it..."

"Let the engineers make some fake anti-tank guns to equip the troops. Since the Eighth Route Army wants to blow them up, let them blow them up. If they are real or fake, there will always be a few real anti-tank guns that survive the fire and attack their tank troops... …”

"Destroy a few of their tanks in one battle, and fight a few more battles, and the Eighth Route Army's tank troops will be wiped out!"

(End of this chapter)