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Chapter 583 Good news!
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No. 3 Iron Lion Alley, North China Front Army Command.

"Nani?"

"The 10th Cavalry Regiment was defeated by the Cavalry Battalion of the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment?"

Okamura Ningji looked at the communication staff officer in shock, and asked in disbelief, his tone full of doubts.

Arisue Seizo on the side also cast an unbelievably shocked gaze.

"Hi!" said the Communications Staff Officer affirmatively, "After I received the telegram, I confirmed with the front-line headquarters again that the 10th Cavalry Regiment was indeed defeated by the Eighth Route Shinyi Regiment Cavalry Battalion, and the regiment leader Takeo Takagi died for his country gone."

After a pause, the communication staff officer said again: "The 10th Cavalry Regiment lost three-quarters of its strength, and there are only more than 300 cavalry left to return to Anhua County."

Neiji Okamura was stunned, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

He couldn't imagine that the 1300th elite cavalry regiment with more than 10 cavalry and machine gun squadrons was defeated, and it was defeated so quickly.

Okamura Ningji asked in a deep voice: "How did this happen? Why was the 10th Cavalry Regiment defeated by the Eighth Route Cavalry with less than 600 cavalry?"

The locust army has a great advantage in strength, which cannot be compensated by the sabers and semi-automatic rifles equipped by the Eighth Route Cavalry.

But the result was hard for him to accept.

"I have already asked the front-line headquarters." The communications staff shook his head, "The reply was that the cavalry of the Eighth Route New Regiment was cheating, and when they were charging against the 10th Cavalry Regiment, they suddenly took out the Submachine guns, after two rounds, three-quarters of the cavalry regiment suffered casualties, the deputy captain took the remaining locust cavalry into Anhua County, and the new cavalry regiment of the Eighth Route Army did not pursue any further."

"Baga! Cunning Li Yunlong!" Okamura Ningji's cheeks twitched suddenly, furious.

Neiji Okamura put the hope of cutting off the supply line of the new regiment on the 10th Cavalry Regiment.

As the Xinyi Regiment's offensive accelerated, the supply line would inevitably be stretched. If the 10th Division was not allowed to fight the Xinyi Regiment, then the cavalry could only raid to the rear of the Eighth Route, occupy the commanding heights of the road, and cut off the supply line of the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment.

In this way, the 10th Division can last longer under the offensive of the Xinyi Regiment.

But Ningji Okamura never imagined that the 10th Cavalry Wing was defeated as soon as it attacked.

The speed of being defeated is too fast, right?
Could it be that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry wing of the Locust Army Division A is so vulnerable?
At this moment, a telegraph soldier hurried in with a telegram in his hand.

The devil's telegraph soldier paused and said to several people: "Report, the frontline headquarters is sending an urgent telegram!"

Seeing that Okamura Neiji didn't ask the telegraph soldier to read the telegram, Arisue Seizo took the telegram, and couldn't help but fix his eyes after reading it.

Arisue Seizo handed the telegram to Neiji Okamura, and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, Chief of Staff Tanabe and Lieutenant General Ishikawa, jointly request the 10th Division to fight the Shinichi Regiment."

Okamura Ningji heard the words, took the telegram and read it.

"Baga!" Okamura Ningji felt a little impetuous for a while.

However, Neiji Okamura was able to be promoted to the rank of general and to be the commander of the North China Front Army. He knew very well that the more he was at this critical moment, the more he had to remain calm.

Soon, Neiji Okamura adjusted his mentality, and asked Yusue Seishan expressionlessly, "Yousue-kun, what do you think of Tanabe-kun and Ishikawa-kun's request?"

Yusue Seizo first looked thoughtful, carefully considered the language, and then said: "Your Excellency, the combat effectiveness of the new regiment is indeed very strong, but I think the 10th Division is still capable of fighting. The main force of the 10th Division has chosen a position that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and will fight positional warfare, a war of attrition, and wheel warfare with the new regiment, and the 10th Division will definitely be able to hold on for 3 days."

After a pause, Yusue Seizo added another sentence, saying: "The joint request of Ishikawa-kun and Tanabe-kun shows that they are very confident that the 10th division will block the new attack."

The reason why I added this sentence is that Yusue Seizo actually wanted to throw the pot away.

If the 10th Division is finally defeated by the Shinichi regiment, it is Ishikawa Jiro and Tanabe Moritake who decided to fight the Shinichi regiment themselves, and it has nothing to do with Usue Seizo.

"That's the only way to go." Neji Okamura narrowed his eyes behind his glasses and nodded.

Neiji Okamura knew very well that it would be the worst strategy to let the 10th Division fight the Shinichi regiment, but at this time the Japanese army had no choice between the middle strategy and the best strategy.

The current situation is that either the 10th Division will fight the Xinyi Regiment in a desperate fight.

Either withdraw all five divisions to Datong and Taiyuan.

In the former option, the sweeping troops of the five divisions of the Japanese army still have a chance to severely damage the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi.

The latter option is a waste of all previous efforts.

Of course, the first choice is very risky. If the 10th Division is defeated, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but the 10th Division will also be disabled.

However, the high-level Japanese army has always been a gambler's mentality, and Neiji Okamura is no exception. He chose without hesitation to let the 10th Division fight the Shinichi regiment.

Okamura Ningji said: "Order, agree to the request of Tanabe-kun and Ishikawa-kun!"

"Tell Tanabe-kun and Ishikawa-kun to block the attack of the Eighth Route New First Regiment at all costs, and then wait until the other four divisions arrive to complete the encirclement of the Eighth Route New First Regiment!"

"Hi!" Arisue Seizo and communications staff Qi Qi nodded.

……

Tanabe Moritake and Ishikawa Jiro, who were far away in Heyuan County, soon received a telegram from Okamura Ningji agreeing to request a decisive battle.

But Moritake Tanabe and Jiro Ishikawa felt very heavy.

Because before Neiji Okamura's telegram came, two telegrams were received almost at the same time.

The first telegram was that the 10th Independent Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division of the Mongolian Army stationed in Datong to reinforce the 11th Division was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in the Maying Mountain area.

Although the 11th Independent Infantry Regiment did not suffer much, the Eighth Route Army has a large number of troops and fierce firepower. The 11th Independent Infantry Regiment may not be able to reinforce the 10th Division in a short time.

Another telegram was sent by the 10th Regiment of the 10th Division's Supplies.

The 10th Regiment of the Logistics Corps was ambushed by the Eight Routes in the area of ​​Baozi Mountain. The firepower of the Eight Routes was very strong, and the 10th Regiment of the Transport Corps suffered a lot, and its combat supplies were blown up or taken away.

In addition, the Eighth Route built fortifications on Baozi Mountain, intending to cut off the supply line of the 10th Division.

If the 10th Cavalry Regiment is not defeated and is still fully staffed, the 10th Cavalry Regiment can be sent to meet the 11th Regiment of the Independent Infantry or the 10th Regiment of the Supplies.

But now there are only more than 10 cavalry left in the 300th cavalry regiment. What use can a strengthened cavalry squadron be?

The logistics supply lines in the direction of Datong and Taiyuan were cut off, and now the 10th Division's combat supplies such as ammunition and food are only enough for 5 days.

This made the already unfavorable situation of the 10th Division even worse.

Before the war, Moritake Tanabe and Jiro Ishikawa never imagined that this time the sweeping operation would turn into such a situation.

Moreover, if the 10th Division is defeated, even the retreat will be blocked. Whether it is withdrawing to Taiyuan or Datong, it will not be so easy.

After receiving Okamura Ningji's order, Ishikawa Jiro immediately ordered the two brigade heads to be summoned from the front line to prepare for an emergency combat meeting to discuss the next combat plan.

Not long after, Saburo Miura, head of the 8th Brigade, and Motoji Okada, head of the 33rd Brigade, came to the division headquarters.

war room.

"Miura-kun, Okada-kun!"

Ishikawa Jiro looked at Miura Saburo and Okada Motoji, and said: "Commander Okamura has issued a death order to our 10th Division, and we must hold out for 3 days under the attack of the Eighth Route Shinichi Group, and we cast a wide net. The tactic has proven useless, so our 10th Division will have a decisive battle with the new regiment!"

"Agreed!" Miura Saburo said in a deep voice.

"I also agree to a decisive battle with the Shindantuan!" Okada Motoji also nodded.

Although the decisive battle has been personally agreed by Okamura Ningji, the two brigade leaders under him have a high degree of unity of opinion, and Ishikawa Jiro is still very happy.

Immediately afterwards, Ishikawa Jiro discussed the combat plan with Miura Saburo and Okada Motoji, and determined the position of the position and the candidate for the command.

The road towards Anhua County is under the command of Chief of Staff Ryoitsu Asada, the road towards Ping'an County is under the command of Major General Okada Motoji, and the road towards Heyuan County is under the command of Major General Miura Saburo.

After taking the order, Ryoichi Asada, Motoji Okada, and Saburo Miura immediately drove to the designated position to command the troops to build fortifications.

After the three left, Ishikawa Jiro immediately sent a report to Neiji Okamura, the commander of the North China Front Army, requesting that troops from the First Army be sent to reinforce the 10th Regiment of the Logistics Army and open up the logistics supply line.

If the logistics supply line is cut off, what about the 10th Division?

……

Northwest Shanxi.

Dagu Town.

The new regiment.

At this moment, Li Yunlong, Chen Feng and Xing Zhiguo went to inspect the battlefield and just returned to the regiment headquarters.

"Regimental Commander." Wang Dehou greeted him with a small face, and smiled, "The 2nd Independent Brigade, the 2th Battalion, the 2th Battalion, and the 10nd Cavalry Battalion just sent a telegram. Reinforced a regiment of the 1th Division, divided into the sixth and seventh battalions, ambushed the supply regiment of the 10th Division in the area of ​​Baozi Mountain, and captured a lot of money.”

"So, the Sixth Division and the Seventh Division have made a fortune?" Li Yunlong's mouth curled up slightly. The attacking troops from all walks of life went smoothly. Now the devil's reinforcements have been blocked and the logistics supply line has also been cut off. This is really good news!
As for the 2nd Brigade, Li Yunlong was not too worried.

5000 steel helmets, 300 light and heavy machine guns, and 3000 rifles have been airdropped to the 2nd Independent Brigade.

In addition, the weapons and ammunition seized in Miaoergou also belonged to the 2nd Brigade. The 2st Wing of the 1nd Brigade fought the devils, not to mention defeating them, but blocking them was no problem at all.

"Oh?" Zhao Gang walked in, just heard Wang Dehou's words, and said with a smile: "Old Li, you really are carelessly inserting willows and willows!?"

At the beginning, Li Yunlong asked the 2nd Independent Brigade, the 2th and 10th Battalions of the Division, and the [-]nd Cavalry Battalion to ambush in Maying Town and Baozi Mountain respectively, in order to cut off the retreat of the [-]th Division.

Unexpectedly, by mistake, they blocked the reinforcements of an infantry regiment of the Devil, and the troops of the Xinyi Regiment even ambushed the Devil's supply regiment.

(End of this chapter)