Chapter 82: Okamura's Shock

Hirose Shousuke looked at Chengde Castle in the center of the sand table and said word by word: "Commander Masaemon of the Onemoto Masaemon has sent a telegram. In addition to the Fourth Cavalry Brigade and the Manchukuo Army Zhang Haipeng's troops stationed in Chifeng to clear the remnants of the Chinese army, the 11th and 36th Brigade and the division headquarters will arrive in Chengde on March 5, while the 8th Division of the West Yiyi belongs to the Fourth Infantry Brigade and the Third Cavalry Brigade and the Mixed 33rd Brigade. The Mixed 14th Brigade will also arrive in Chengde at noon on the 5th. Okamura Nishiji's deputy chief of staff will follow the 16th Division headquarters to Chengde."

Yuanbu and Ichiro took a deep breath and said, "Today is March 3rd, that means we only have half a day today and one day tomorrow to conquer Chengde?"

Hirose Shousuke nodded and said, "Or stay still? Judging from your attack today, how many casualties will our army need to occupy Chengde?"

Yuanbu and Ichiro put away their previous manic and arrogance and hesitated for a moment: "If I only use my 8th Brigade, I will need a week to capture the Chinese military positions on the side ridge of Majiagou with the cooperation of heavy artillery, chariots, and aviation troops. Of course, if the attack goes smoothly, my brigade will lose its combat effectiveness even if it defeats, and cannot join the street fighting in the city."

Hirose Shousuke nodded with satisfaction. The attitude of Toubu and Ichiro was very satisfied. As a senior commander, courage is certainly commendable, but the real foundation is to have a calm mind.

Hirose Shousuke walked back and forth in the tent for a few weeks: "So should we complete the encirclement of Chengde first? Use a force to sweep the surrounding area of ​​Chengde and set up a blocking line in the southeast of Caoling. The newly formed First Division is one of the few German-armed troops in the Nanjing government. If they attack them, they will be rescued. We will use this encirclement point to attack the aid, attracting the Chinese army defending the Great Wall to reinforce Chengde, and causing severe damage to it, paving the way for our army's next stage of campaign goals!"

Compared with the ambitious Hokusuke Hirose, the division headquarters of Naoki Matsuki Naoki's 14th Division was bleak. Not only did he return home in a defeat, but his most capable general, Major General Hiramatsu, was shot and killed by Chinese defenders' artillery fire when he arrived at the front line to inspect?

What does the death of a major general brigade commander mean? Naoliang Matsuki knew that this matter could never be concealed, and he could only report the news of Hiramatsu's death to the front command of Jinzhou while blocking the news. Naoliang Matsuki knew very well what the outcome he was going to face, looking at the monk Guanfeng who was not confused in the distance! Naoliang Matsuki hesitated and did not issue a general attack order. Years of military command experience told him that the more he was at such an urgent moment, the more calm he should be.

The Japanese Kwantung Army's frontier command post was located in the former Northeast Frontier Defense Force Jinzhou Guard Command. Although it was snowy outside at this moment, the heating inside the headquarters couldn't even wear a coat. This was because Okamura Yasuji ordered the forced requisition of supplies from Jinzhou and the twenty-one nearby prefectures.

The Great Japanese Empire could easily transport several divisions to North Korea and then transport them to anywhere in Manchuria by railway. The Great Japanese Empire's army was well-equipped and well-trained, but the Great Japanese Empire could not provide the food and food for their troops? The military-hardened Japanese land relied on Manchuria to plunder almost all the coal plundered by Manchuria. In winter, even most parts of the palace in Tokyo were extremely cold. Emperor Hirohito wore thick coats when he met with the ministers of the Army.

Compared with the native Manchuria, they are indeed much happier, because only the Great Japanese Imperial Army needs, they can get whatever they want, money, food, coal, supplies and even women, and they use bayonets to talk to the rebels!

As the deputy chief of staff of the Kanto Army, Okamura Yasuji made an indelible contribution to sending troops to Rekawa. The military expenditure of the 180,000 troops relied on the unstable Manchuria area to raise all the funds. In order to obtain enough coal, Okamura Yasuji did not even spare a little coal from ordinary households. In Jinzhou City alone, nearly 1,000 people were killed because they were found to have coal at home that was not handed over to the Imperial Army and their conscience was greatly damaged.

The murdered people are often killed, and the Japanese army will be killed naked on the street by women to warn those Manchus who are disloyal to the Imperial Army.

How many Chinese people in Manchuria will die in this winter, Okamura Yanji is not sure, nor do he want to know, the only thing he cares about is the evaluation of Commander Muto Nobuyoshi!

Suddenly, a major staff officer rushed in without knocking on the door and said, "His Excellency Deputy Chief of Staff, the Commander and Chief of Staff are waiting for you in the war room!"

The displeasure that rose on Okamura's face disappeared without a trace. He knew the Grand Secretary Taro in front of him, so he said in a deep voice: "Sokai should not be so panicked. Do you know that when something happens? As an imperial soldier, especially the Imperial Army's staff member, you must be more calm when something happens."

Okamura Yasuji asked while putting on his military cap, "What's the matter with Sora?"

Taro Hirasui stood up and said: "The 10th, the 14th Division failed in the first battle of attacking Chengde, and the commander of the 27th Infantry Brigade, Heimatsu Heimatsu, the commander of the 27th Infantry Brigade, was killed in the mid-air artillery! Hirose Shousuke and Matsuki Naoki, two division commanders, asked for instructions on the next combat."

"What?" Okamura Yanji's face suddenly turned aside. He didn't care about the changes that had just been taught by Taro Sora, and almost rushed to the combat room on the west side of the third floor at a trot speed.

When Okamura Yanji rushed to the war room, he found that the gloomy Kanto Army commander Muto Nobuyo and Chief of Staff Koiki Kyoi were talking. More than a dozen staff members were constantly marking the number of troops on the sand table and their promotion positions. Telegrams coming and going to the front were even signed and sent out. Muto Nobuyo and Koiki Kyoi came to attack the Great Wall for the next stage of the attack on the Great Wall. The surprising success of the first phase of the Rekawa Battle also made the front-line of the enemy command always full of relaxed atmosphere. Even when they greeted each other, they went to Peking to eat ramen and dumplings.

If Zhang Xuewu heard this, he would definitely despise the Japanese guys who had never seen the world. He could enjoy eating a bowl of ramen!

Muto Nobuyoshi saw Okamura Yiji coming and waved, "Okamura Jun, please come here!"

Okamura Yasuji hurriedly kowtowed Muto Nobuyoshi and Koiki Akira nodded and said, "You are so rude to the officials who rushed over!"

Muto Nobuyoshi shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to talk about etiquette. Do you know what the new first division of the Nanjing Central Army that is under Chengde?"
Chapter completed!