Hearing this, Tanaka shrank his head in fright, and quickly looked at the calm-faced Commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, not far away, as if asking for help.

After all, Tanaka abandoned the Sixth Division's rear defense in order to reinforce Taiyuan City and went to rescue Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Iwamatsu Yoshio coughed twice, feeling a little helpless in his heart, but he could only say: "Guancun-kun, calm down, this matter is my fault. Taiyuan City is in danger, and I urgently asked for help. Tanaka-kun is also worried about Taiyuan's loss. This

Just rush to reinforce!"

Seeing Iwamatsu Yoshio speaking for himself, Tanaka immediately stood up and retorted: "That's right, General Guancun, although I am also at fault in this matter, I also wanted to reinforce Taiyuan and return in time after the crisis in Taiyuan was resolved.<

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I thought that with the strength of your Sixth Division, it was more than enough to defeat these Eighth Route Army, let alone let the Eighth Route Army cut off the retreat, but who would have thought, who would have thought..."

"You!" Guan Cun was so angry that his face turned livid.

He ignored those promises and directly replied to Yoshio Iwamatsu, "Your Excellency, Commander, Taiyuan City is well defended! Reinforcements from all walks of life came in and it took more than a week to end the crisis.

I think this time we might as well not call it a May Day raid, but just call it the Taiyuan Reinforcement Operation!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu knew he was wrong and remained silent.

However, the division commander Harada resigned, and the troops that reinforced Taiyuan City were commanded by him.

"Mr. Guancun, what you said is hurtful. Those who besieged Taiyuan City were the main combat troops of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army has grown beyond its size. Even if it is a 120th Division unit, it must have more than 100,000 people. With so many main forces attacking Taiyuan, it took us many days to severely damage the Eighth Route Army and stabilize the situation.
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Is this also wrong?

Have you ever seen the Eighth Route Army that was decimated by us on that position?

Or is it that your Sixth Division wiped out too many Eighth Route Army soldiers during the raids, and they simply look down upon the Eighth Route Army troops we destroyed?"

"You..." Guancun was speechless. He finally saw that this place is the territory of the North China Front Army. How can they, the foreign generals, have much say?

Buntaichiro of the 13th Division continued to curse. He had the right to speak, and he scolded all the division commanders and army commanders who were in charge.

It was agreed that the May Day raids would destroy the Eighth Route Army's military depot in the Jizhong Military Region.

It was agreed that there would be multiple encirclements and a dragnet would be cast.

The result was not bad. None of you arrived at Jizhong on time, leaving only my 13th Division to fight alone.

Later, thinking about the disastrous defeat of the 13th Division when they evacuated in embarrassment, Buntaiichiro only felt it was a great shame and humiliation.

Especially the Royal Association Army troops fighting with the 13th Division, and the two security army divisions that were temporarily cobbled together from the country and were mostly composed of new soldiers.

The elite main force of his 13th Division managed to break through with many casualties.

However, the Imperial Association Army and the Public Security Army Division had mixed military qualities, and they were unable to withstand the brutal Eighth Route Army troops.

Buntaiichiro, who led the troops to evacuate, was filled with news every day that either security army troops had been wiped out or that security army troops had been captured in large numbers.

What is shameful about?

It was simply a one-sided defeat.

For example, during the evacuation, Buntaiichiro received news that a brigade of the nearby security division was captured by the Eighth Route Army.

Buntaichiro was a little dumbfounded after hearing the news.

In the early days of the Sino-Japanese War, let alone a brigade being captured, no team in the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces had a record of annihilating a Japanese brigade.

In Buntaichiro's view, it is simply unbelievable and unforgivable that the imperial warriors with the spirit of Bushido were captured, and captured on such a large scale.

He led his troops to reinforce and found out with a look of astonishment.

It was just a mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army, with at most a dozen armored vehicles and a company of troops. It was like a hungry wolf driving away sheep, guarding a Japanese brigade of nearly a thousand soldiers on both wings.

Advance with captives.

Therefore, Buntaiichiro cursed the officers who participated in the meeting, and almost everyone was spared.

Anyway, it’s just a dog biting a dog’s mouth.

After a meeting, no serious business was done. The officers blamed each other, abused each other, and passed the blame. No one was given face, and no one was left behind.

Okamura Neji, who was sitting in the first place, looked ugly, but he was helpless.

What can he do?

After suffering such a huge defeat this time, it is still unclear to any of the Japanese officers present.

I am afraid that Okamura will no longer be able to hold his position as commander-in-chief of the North China Front.

Most likely they will be transferred back to the reserve force, and they will all be dismissed anyway.

Which of the officers present here still dislikes him?

Maybe no one takes him seriously at all.

If we really talk about it, the responsibility for the disastrous failure of the North China Front Army's May Day raids this time must be shouldered more by him, the commander-in-chief.

At this point, the Japanese's unprecedented scale of May Day raids, which lasted for more than two months, finally came to an end.

There were only sporadic battles in various base areas of the Eighth Route Army.
Chapter completed!