Chapter 680 Okamura Neji: Overestimating one’s abilities (second update)

Author: 574981

"Wei Dayong..."

Huang Yu's face instantly became very serious, and he looked at him and asked seriously.

"This is a fatal mission. Are you sure you really want to take it on?"

Wei Dayong saluted Huang Yu with a military salute without hesitation.

"Captain, don't worry..."

"The bullets that the little devil used to shoot me haven't been produced yet."

"Monk, I am determined. I will definitely be able to successfully complete the mission and return to the tunnel alive."

"OK……"

Huang Yu stopped talking nonsense and said bluntly: "Just as you said."

"Deploy one hundred people from the second battalion to join the battle."

"After the meeting, we will prepare. We will leave the tunnel at three o'clock in the morning and enter the position."

"They are lurking in every corner of the town in squads."

"Each infantry squad is equipped with two light machine guns, and the rifleman carries enough grenades."

"Use all the weapons and ammunition we seized yesterday."

"Disrupt the Japanese demolition team at all costs."

"Other troops are ambushing all tunnel entrances and exits in the town."

"After the surface battle started, we took advantage of the situation and sneakily attacked the Japanese and puppet troops in the town."

"The counterattack force of the Second Battalion cannot hold on for long."

"After the battle begins, the participating troops must seize every time and opportunity."

"Kill the largest number of Japanese and puppet troops in the shortest time."

"If we can take the opportunity to cripple the Japanese demolition team, we can slow down their demolition speed and allow the tunnel to last longer."

Wei Dayong suddenly suggested: "Captain..."

"Can you give us some more mines..."

"Take advantage of the darkness to ambush around the lurking points of each squad."

"When the Japanese troops send out troops to outflank us, landmines can not only kill people, but also slow down their attack speed, allowing the counterattack troops to hold on for a while."

Huang Yu looked directly at Wang Lin: "The chief of staff will arrange it for you..."

"As long as the regiment has it, whether it's weapons, ammunition or other supplies, you can have whatever you want."

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At the Baoding Japanese Brigade Headquarters, Okamura Neiji did not disrupt his work and rest habits because of the large-scale raids.

When the time is up, go back to your room and sleep.

But tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Before he could close his eyes while lying in bed, the scream of cannonballs streaking across the sky reached his ears.

The sound became louder and louder, and the shells were obviously flying towards the headquarters.

As soon as he sat up from the bed, several guards opened the door and rushed toward him with nervous faces.

"Boom boom boom..."

It was only then that the sound of artillery shell explosions rang out all around, and the flames caused by the explosion could be faintly seen through the window paper.

A group of guards were even more nervous than before, holding Okamura Neji and rushing out.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the headquarters has been attacked by unknown artillery fire. You must move immediately..." The guard team leader explained to Okamura Neji while commanding his subordinates to form a human wall around Okamura Neji.

As the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji did not embarrass his subordinates.

If you don't move, you may be in danger at any time, and your subordinates will have to concentrate on protecting themselves, so they won't be able to fight with all their strength, and in the end they will mislead others and themselves.

Only when you are safe can you command your subordinates to launch a counterattack with all their strength.

His mind was running rapidly, and he was thinking about where the sudden artillery fire that hit the headquarters came from.

"Your Excellency Commander..."

When he left the room, he happened to meet the deputy chief of staff running towards him, and he opened his mouth to report.

"The enemy who attacked us was equipped with eight mountain cannons and set them up at the long-distance artillery headquarters in the east of the city."

"The city wall was also attacked by a large number of mortars and infantry artillery."

"The two cities in the east and south of the city were destroyed by shelling."

"The enemy attacking us is equipped with at least forty artillery pieces of various calibers."

"The city's security forces suffered heavy losses."

"The city defense troops are on their way to the battlefield."

Okamura Neji was shocked by this report.

You know, the most elite main force of the Kwantung Army is only equipped with more than 40 artillery pieces.

The proportion of artillery equipped by the Chinese army is much lower than that of the Kwantung Army.

If the enemy outside the city is really equipped with more than 40 artillery pieces, then their strength is at least 6,000.

Such a large force suddenly appeared outside Baoding City, and the Baoding garrison did not receive any news. How is this possible?

Okamura Neji's mind was full of questions and he asked immediately.

"Are you sure that the enemies attacking us outside the city are really equipped with more than 40 artillery pieces?"

"Hayi..."

The deputy chief of staff made the report very confidently.

"Eight mountain artillery attacks the brigade headquarters."

"Four infantry cannons attack the east and south gates of the city."

"There are more than thirty mortars left to attack the city."

"Every wall was hit by at least eight mortars."

"I dare to issue a military order in my humble position."

Okamura Neji was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

His eyes turned red, and he looked like an angry lion, roaring loudly at the deputy chief of staff.

"With so much artillery, there must be more infantry."

"Can you tell me where they all come from?"

"How did you lurk outside Baoding City?"

"What do the intelligence department and the reconnaissance force do?"

"So many enemies are hiding under our noses and we don't even notice?"

"A bunch of losers, stupid pigs, what do I want you to do?"

Okamura Neji became more and more angry as he scolded him, and when he was about to continue talking, a combat staff officer suddenly ran towards him from the war room.

"Your Excellency Commander..."

"Chengdong team report..."

"The Eighth Route Army just launched a company-sized attack and it has been defeated by them."

"But the enemy's artillery fire was very fierce, and the troops suffered heavy losses."

"Please ask the headquarters to immediately dispatch artillery to join the battle.

Okamura Neiji had a sullen expression and did not answer, turning to look at the deputy chief of staff.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you survive a hundred battles. He knows the situation of the Baoding garrison better than himself and is more suitable to give orders to the city defense troops.

The deputy chief of staff understood: "Report to the commander."

"In order to increase the artillery strength of the mopping up troops, the mountain artillery and field artillery stationed in the city will all strengthen the front-line combat troops."

"There are only two infantry artillery squadrons and two mortar squadrons left in the city."

"I'll let them fight back now."

"Destroy the Eighth Route Army artillery."

"Relying on the solid fortifications of Baoding City, even twice as many Eighth Route Army infantrymen cannot defeat it."
To be continued...