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On the day when the main force of the 1st Division was wiped out, Neiji Okamura called General Umezu Yoshijiro for air support, but was refused.

If the 1st Division is still affiliated with the Kwantung Army, then Umezu Yoshijiro will definitely dispatch aircraft for reinforcements.

However, the 1st Division was already attached to the North China Front Army, so there was no need for Umezu Yoshijiro to take the risk of providing air support to the North China Front Army.

If a plane headed for North China encounters air support called by the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that none of the planes will be able to return.

Until dark, the main force of the 1st Division was wiped out in Northwest Shanxi, and the Kwantung Army did not dispatch a single plane to reinforce it.

The main force of the 1st Division was wiped out in Northwest Shanxi, and the North China Front Army lost consecutive battles against the Eighth Route Army, which greatly challenged Okamura Ningji's authority.

Not only the Japanese army headquarters and the cabinet were dissatisfied with him, but even many officers and soldiers in the North China Front Army were dissatisfied with Neiji Okamura.

This is the case in war, no matter how clever your strategy and tactics are, and whether your tactical command is appropriate, as long as you win, you are a hero, and if you lose, you are a shit.

but.

Neiji Okamura's background was strong enough, he suffered two major defeats in a row, and killed [-] Japanese soldiers, but he still did not step down.

of course.

Neiji Okamura's face was thick enough, even though everyone was dissatisfied with him, he did not voluntarily resign as the commander of the North China Front Army.

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

North China Front Army Command.

"Report to the Commander!"

"Just received an urgent call from the base camp."

In the war room, Neiji Okamura, Moritake Tanabe, Seizo Arisue, several combat staff officers, and Mitsuo Nakazawa of the 1st Division are holding a summary meeting.

A telegraph soldier hurried in with a telegram in his hand, and bowed his head to Okamura Neiji to report.

Neiji Okamura glanced at the communications staff officer, who hurriedly stood up, took the telegram from the telegraph soldier, and looked at it.

Seeing this, the communication staff officer's pupils suddenly shrank, and his face changed suddenly.

"What happened?"

Okamura Ningji thumped in his heart, and suddenly a bad feeling arose.

This telegram, could it be from the base camp, is it the telegram order from the commander of the North China Front Army?

[-] Japanese soldiers were killed in the two offensives in Northwest Shanxi. Half of the Japanese soldiers who died in the battle were still the elite of the Type A division. Every death of a well-trained elite soldier is one less. Those recruits who have been trained for several months, There is no way to compare with the elite.

The communication staff officer bowed slightly to Ningji Okamura and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, a telegram has been sent from the base camp. The 11th Army's third attack on Changsha failed, and the locust army suffered nearly 3 casualties."

"Nani?"

Okamura Ningji felt relieved at first, and when he heard the number of casualties, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils slightly.

When the 1st Division headed to Northwest Shanxi, in order to cope with the Japanese offensive in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, the Japanese 11th Army gathered heavy troops and attacked Changsha for the third time.

However, just in time for General Xue Yue's Tianlu tactics, the Japanese 11th Army was defeated and returned with extremely heavy losses.

Right now, the battle to eliminate the 1st Division in Northwest Shanxi is the first victory for the Allied Forces after the outbreak of the Pacific War, and the third battle of Changsha is the second.

Hearing this news, Mori Takeshi Tanabe, Seishi Yusue and the others couldn't help but feel a commotion.

The loss of the 11th Army this time is much greater than the loss of the 1st Division of the North China Front Army.

"Nan Xueyue and Beiyunlong are indeed worthy of their reputation."

Okamura Ningji's eyes were gloomy, but he couldn't help feeling emotional in his mouth.

Last time, the 11th Army attacked Changsha and the North China Front Army attacked Northwest Shanxi almost simultaneously, but both failed.

This time the 1st Division was defeated first, and the 11th Army was defeated later. Neji Okamura did not expect that the 11th Army would lose so badly.

The opponent of the Japanese 11th Army is Xue Yue, and the opponent of the North China Front Army is Li Yunlong, both of which are difficult opponents.

Since the 11th Army's defeat was even worse than that of the North China Front Army, his position as commander was temporarily preserved.

The 11th Army suffered a major defeat, and most of the eyes of the cabinet and the headquarters will definitely be focused on the 11th Army.

I just don’t know, will the base camp wear the hat of Anan Weiji, the commander of the 11th Army?
Dazed for a moment, Okamura Ningji waved his hand to signal the telegraph soldier to leave.

The telegraph soldier lowered his head, then turned around and walked away quickly, closing the door behind him.

"We continue."

Okamura Ningji said to everyone: "Where did you just say?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, I have just concluded the third point."

Moritake Tanabe stood up, took the folder and read: "The main reason why the 1st Division was ambushed in Northwest Shanxi this time. The third point is that the intelligence work failed. The scouts did not carry out reconnaissance two kilometers away from the road. The reconnaissance The aircraft did not carry out fire reconnaissance, etc."

Even Neiji Okamura, who has done intelligence work and has done a very good job in intelligence work, can't do anything about the failure of intelligence.

Moreover, senior agents were used to lurk in the Eighth Route Army base in Northwest Shanxi, but no news came out in time.

As for the small agents and spies arranged, they were either caught or killed.

In terms of counter-espionage, the Eighth Route Army has a wealth of experience.

"Your Excellency, the scouts did not conduct reconnaissance two kilometers away from the road. It is my dereliction of duty. I am willing to accept any punishment."

Mitsuo Nakazawa, head of the 1st Division, stood up, bowed his head and said in a deep voice.

The most uncomfortable thing was Sanfu Nakazawa. The 1st Division had just arrived in Northwest Shanxi before crossing the threshold of Northwest Shanxi, and the main force of the 1st Division was gone.

And it was wiped out in this way, who wouldn't feel bad?

"Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs." Okamura Ningji said, "Nakazawa-kun does not need to blame himself too much. The responsibility for the defeat of the 1st Division this time does not lie with Nakazawa-kun."

As for reconnaissance planes carrying out fire reconnaissance, who would have thought that tens of thousands of main forces were hidden in the ice and snow?

And if you want to not leave any flaws, it must be on a snowy night when the Eighth Route Army ambushed in the snow.

The freshly fallen snow concealed the traces of the Eighth Route Army's marches and ambushes.

"Thank you, Commander."

Mitsuo Nakazawa raised his head and sat back on the chair.

"Currently, the locust army's offensive is going smoothly in the Pacific and Southeast Asian battlefields."

Neiji Okamura looked at the group of devil officers and said:

"It can take two or three months at a slower rate, or half a year at a faster rate. The locust army will be able to capture Southeast Asia, and the United States will return to the negotiating table at that time."

"After the battle in Southeast Asia is over, the Locust Army will have more troops and supplies for the Chinese battlefield."

"At that time, the locust army will be able to completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army."

"The war in Southeast Asia is over and the United States is forced to return to the negotiating table, so the Japanese army can do their best to capture China."

"Then integrate the huge population and resources, and compete with Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States for hegemony in the world."

"..."

In order to cheer up the devils and officers, Okamura Ningji, like a corporate boss, began to draw cakes for the employees.

This cake is big and round.

Neiji Okamura also knew very well that if this situation continues, the Eighth Route Army in North China will definitely launch a major counterattack.

Let's see now whether it was the Eighth Route Army's counter-offensive first, or the Japanese army's war in Southeast Asia was smoother.

At the end of the meeting, Neiji Okamura looked at Sanfu Nakazawa and asked, "Mr. Nakazawa, how many troops are left in your 1st Division?"

"Report to Your Excellency, Commander." Mitsuo Nakazawa replied, "Only the Suzuki Regiment, the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment, and more than 5 people who escaped back are left, with a total strength of more than 1."

"Almost all the cavalry regiments, engineering regiments, and baggage regiments, and most of their baggage were taken away by the Eighth Route Army."

Hearing this, Neiji Okamura couldn't help but feel pain.

The main force of the 1st Division was basically wiped out in one battle. This is the most elite unit of the North China Front Army.

Okamura Ningji said: "The North China Front Army assigned to your 1st Division was directly under the Tanaka Regiment. It will go to Datong as soon as possible. I will send logistics troops to reorganize your 1st Division's engineering and transportation units. The 1st division is temporarily reorganized into a three-unit division, stationed in Datong to ensure the smooth flow of the Pingsui Railway, and the next time they attack Northwest Shanxi, the locust army will definitely cut off Li Yunlong's head."

Mitsuo Nakazawa stood up, bowed his head to Neiji Okamura and said:
"Thank you, General, the 1st Division will surely realize their shame and be brave, and cut off Li Yunlong's head as soon as possible."

From an angle that no one could see, Mitsuo Nakazawa had a bitter expression on his face.

At this time, what Sanfu Nakazawa wanted most was for the 1st Division to return to China or Manchuria to rest.

If he continued to stay in Northwest Shanxi, he might lose his life as the head of the division.

If your North China Front Army could cut off Li Yunlong's head, it would have been done long ago, why wait until now?

……

Northwest Shanxi.

Dagu Town.

New group.

"Captain."

"Boss Ding and Kong sent telegrams one after another, saying that they wanted Boss Chen's plane to transport half of their share of weapons and ammunition to Southeast Shanxi and hand them over to the brigade headquarters of the 386th Brigade."

In the regiment headquarters, Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.

"I already guessed."

Smiling, Li Yunlong said: "Lao Ding and Lao Kong will definitely hand over half of the weapons and ammunition to the brigade."

Now the 386 brigade has a strong army, and the brigade commander stipulates that, except for cannons and tanks, conventional weapons and ammunition equipped with infantry do not need to be handed over to the brigade headquarters.

Li Yunlong knew this situation.

But Li Yunlong also knew that the expansion of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment would inevitably require a large number of grassroots officers, so he could only find the brigade headquarters.

When Ding Wei and Kong Jie handed over their weapons and ammunition, the brigade commander would definitely give it to the grassroots officers generously, and everyone was happy.

Weapons and ammunition for 1 people, and it was produced by Boss Chen, calculated based on a regiment of more than 1 people.

This batch of weapons and ammunition is enough for the 386 brigade to expand to 6 to 8 infantry regiments.

Wang Dehou asked: "So, commander, you deliberately gave Ding Wei and Kong Jie so many weapons and ammunition, and didn't hand them over to the headquarters. You actually wanted to give them to Brigadier Chen, right?"

Li Yunlong smiled slightly, noncommittal.

At this moment, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo walked into the inner room of the regiment headquarters with a large stack of paper materials in their hands.

The information in their hands is not new business materials, but detailed information about the battle situation in the Pacific battlefield, the Southeast Asian battlefield, and the European battlefield.

In order to let Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang understand the actual battle situation as quickly as possible, Chen Feng would send Yan Shuangying to send the latest battle reports from other battlefields every once in a while.

Although Li Yunlong and the others will know the result after the battles on other battlefields are over.

But he only knew the result, and he couldn't understand some details of the battle right now, and the information given by Boss Chen was very detailed.

However, Li Yunlong didn't care much about other battlefields, and he was thinking about making the new regiment and the Eighth Route Army rich all day long.

If it weren't for the overall situation, Li Datuan would have taken the Xinyi regiment to attack Taiyuan long ago.

Seeing the serious faces of Xing Zhiguo and Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong asked, "What's going on? Judging by the expressions on your two faces, does it mean that the allied forces have been beaten badly?"

"That's right." Xing Zhiguo nodded and said, "In the Soviet-German battlefield, due to the sudden attack of the German army, the Soviet army was defeated all the way. In the Southeast Asian battlefield, the US and British troops were also defeated all the way. Less than two months after the Japanese army attacked, the US and British troops were defeated. Most of the colonies in Southeast Asia have been lost, and at this rate, the Japanese army is likely to occupy Southeast Asia."

"Oh?" Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes.

The defeat of the Soviet Army, the US Army, and the British Army was somewhat beyond Li Yunlong's expectations.

"A bunch of trash."

Captain Li snorted coldly:
"Let's not mention the Soviet-German battlefield. In the Southeast Asian battlefield, the U.S. and British troops are stronger than the little devil's in terms of strength and equipment. How did the battle end like this?"

"If all those weapons and equipment are given to our Eighth Route Army, our Eighth Route Army can beat all the shit out of devils in North China."

Li Yunlong didn't exaggerate at all.

In the Eighth Route Army, there are many people with better tactical command ability than him, and even he can achieve such a good record with assistance.

If the aid had been increased tenfold, as well as solid logistical supplies, and had been provided directly to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army would have driven the Japanese army out of North China long ago.

"The situation is very serious." Zhao Gang said with a solemn face, "Southeast Asia has a lot of war resources such as crude oil, rubber, and high-quality iron ore. If the Japanese army wins in Southeast Asia, it will not be good news for us in China."

In the final analysis, Northwest Shanxi is just a small pawn in the overall strategic pattern of the East.

Although the new group

"That's right." Wang Dehou said, "There is good news. It's a plain-coded telegram from the national army, and it's a good news."

Seeing the tense atmosphere of the crowd, Wang Dehou said with a smile.

"Good news?" Li Yunlong was surprised, "Did the national army win the battle?"

"That's right, and it was a big victory." Wang Dehou said, "The Japanese army's third attack on Changsha ended last month. The national army not only defended Changsha, but also killed and wounded nearly 3 Japanese troops."

"Kill nearly 6 Japanese troops?"

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo all showed surprise and joy in their eyes.

Surprisingly, the national army actually won the battle, and nearly 6 Japanese troops were killed and wounded. Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, this is really a rare victory.

The good news is that there are tens of thousands fewer devils.

Li Yunlong's philosophy is that the amount of land he regained is a fiction. There are more than 100 million devils in China, and killing one is one. This is the real deal.

"Could this be false propaganda by the national army?" Xing Zhiguo looked puzzled, "The national army always likes to engage in such false propaganda."

"Not this time." Wang Dehou said, "I have checked with the headquarters."

Zhao Gang immediately smiled and said, "Old Li, everyone calls you and General Xue Yue Nan Xueyue and Bei Yunlong. Our side just won a battle, and General Xue's side also won a big victory."

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(Yesterday's chapter was swallowed by a river crab beast, I don't know what went wrong, I feel uncomfortable)