The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 967 Okamura Neji: I want both
The firepower level of the Japanese army has dropped sharply. In the past, the military divisions were [-]% sure of capturing the strongholds and counties, but now they are at least [-]% sure.

The Japanese army that used to be [-]% certain to be eliminated is now at least [-]% certain.

That night, the three main regiments under the third division began to take action.

The attack went more smoothly than the commander imagined. Not only did they capture all the attack targets, the attack time was also one or two hours shorter than expected, and they achieved a complete victory.

"Commander, this opportunity cannot be missed... I suggest that the troops participating in the battle continue their operations tomorrow night and make persistent efforts to completely destroy the blockade built by the Japanese and puppet troops around us." The divisional political commissar made the suggestion with an eager face after receiving the battle report.

"You don't have to wait until tomorrow night..." the commander replied decisively.

"I thought tonight's battle would last at least five hours, but I didn't expect that the participating troops would successfully end the battle in only three hours."

"It was a full two hours shorter than expected, and the participating troops were not as tired as expected."

"Plus everyone just won a big victory, so the morale must be very high."

"There are still four or five hours before dawn. Even if it is dawn, the Japanese army calls for air support in time, and it will take more than an hour for the plane to arrive at the battlefield."

"So the Japanese army has at least six hours of fighting time left for us, which is enough for three main regiments to fight another battle."

"Order the three main regiments to replenish equipment and ammunition on the spot, bring all the captured heavy weapons, search for fighters on their own, and each kill another group of Japs."

Similar battles occurred in many places in North China.

At first, the local Japanese troops did not think there was any problem.

Only when the surrounding Eighth Route Army suddenly launched an attack.

As a result, such attacks became more and more frequent, and more and more Eighth Route Army troops participated in the battle. Japanese troops stationed in various places gradually realized that something was wrong and began to report the situation to the front army headquarters.

After a summary by the chief of staff of the headquarters, even a fool could see that this was a premeditated large-scale counterattack.

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At the Japanese Army's Baoding Garrison Headquarters, faced with endless offensive methods from the Sixth Army Division, Okamura Neji did not dare to relax.

When I have time, I stand next to the killing board and lead a few staff officers to conduct frontline battles and look for loopholes.

The deputy chief of staff suddenly walked up behind Neji Okamura with a serious look on his face. Regardless of whether his next words would interrupt the commander's thoughts, he reported directly: "Your Excellency, commander..."

"Other Eighth Route Army units operating in North China suddenly launched a large-scale attack on our army..."

"So far, we have lost four small cities, five large strongholds, eight medium strongholds, and more than twenty small strongholds."

"We lost more than 300 people from the Imperial Army and more than 6000 from the Imperial Army."

"A large amount of equipment, ammunition and supplies were also thrown away."

"Many troops sent telegrams to the headquarters requesting reinforcements, asking the headquarters to return the mountain artillery, mortars, and light and heavy machine guns that had been transferred to them as soon as possible."

"Otherwise they will lose a large number of troops in the Eighth Route Army's offensive."

After hearing this, Neji Okamura threw the baton in his hand on the sand table and strode to the huge military map covering the entire North China.

Several combat officers competed for hegemony and marked the newly lost county seat and large and medium-sized strongholds on the map.

Neji Okamura glanced at it and analyzed with a stern face: "The Eighth Route Army is indeed different from other Chinese armies."

"One unit was attacked, and other units immediately took action, wanting to support the Sixth Army Division in the Wing by attacking other Imperial Army units."

"They're doing a great job of swaying here and there..."

"The timing of the attack was also right..." "We just took away a large number of mortars and light and heavy machine guns from the garrison in various places, and they immediately launched the attack."

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have doubted whether there were people from the Eighth Route Army among us who knew so well what we were doing."

After hearing this, the chief of staff suddenly showed an expression of enlightenment: "Your Excellency, Commander, is wise..."

"At first I thought this was just an ordinary counterattack launched by the Eighth Route Army. After listening to your analysis, I found out that this was a major counterattack launched by the Eighth Route Army to support the Eighth Route Army in the center. I wanted to use this to force us to divide our troops to reinforce the rear area. By the way, the mountain field artillery and light and heavy machine guns equipped on the front line of the wing will be returned to each unit."

"If we are deceived, the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army can take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, severely damage our frontline mopping up troops, and take the opportunity to break our iron wall siege."

"If we insist on attacking the Sixth Army Division in the wing, other units of the Eighth Route Army will step up the offensive."

"Taking advantage of the lack of troops, firepower, and equipment in our rear areas, we launched massive attacks to expand our base areas and disrupt our occupied areas."

"This is really a dilemma..."

"Your Majesty Commander, what should we choose? Please make a decision as soon as possible..."

Okamura Neiji suddenly punched the table and said, "Whatever you choose, I want both."

"But we don't have that many weapons, ammunition and troops?" the deputy chief of staff asked, confused and confused.

“There is an old saying in China: You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”

"I think this is the situation we are facing now."

"If we want to keep the occupied areas as stable as Mount Tai and not be destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, we must mobilize reinforcements and return the heavy weapons loaned by the headquarters to various units."

"In this way, the imperial troops stationed in various parts of North China will have the strength to block the Eighth Route Army's attack and defend the occupied areas."

"But we don't have the troops and weapons and equipment needed for the rear garrison."

"Unless we don't attack the Sixth Army Division of Yi Zhong, we can spread out the troops gathered here to reinforce all parts of North China."

Okamura Neiji said confidently: "Destroy the Sixth Army Division in the Wing and eliminate all the Eighth Route Army here. We will have troops to return to support various occupied areas."

The chief of staff became anxious upon hearing this, thinking that Okamura Neji was confused, and quickly reminded: "That's what I said, but we have not destroyed the Sixth Army Division in the Wing."

"Based on the current battle situation, we cannot destroy the Sixth Army Division in the Wing in a short period of time. How can we get the mopping up troops to return to support each station? Commander, are you kidding us?"

"According to our current sweep progress, it will take another two months to completely eliminate the Sixth Army Division in the Wing."

"The Eighth Route Army attacking our occupied areas will certainly not give us such a long time."

"They will definitely seize the opportunity to attack everywhere, consume our troops, compress our living space, and expand their base area."

"Develop the occupied areas that once belonged to us into their base areas."

"By the time we eliminate the Sixth Army Division in the Wing, large areas of occupied areas have been developed by the Eighth Route Army into their base areas. It will be too late to deploy troops to reinforce each occupied area."

"Commander, please think twice."

"It is indeed important to eliminate the Sixth Army Division in the Wing, but it is also important to ensure the stability of the occupied area."

"Otherwise, the North China Front's hundreds of thousands of combat troops will have problems with their rations next year because of the loss of a large amount of occupied areas."

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