The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1378 The captain of the alliance was forced into panic (first update)

"Fuxin was attacked..." Umezu Umejiro took the telegram handed over by the chief of staff and read it twice before believing what he heard.

Then his eyes widened, he stared at the combat sand table and asked with disbelief: "What does the Eighth Route Army operating in the Northeast want to do?"

"Chaoyang has been occupied, Jinzhou has been thrown into chaos by them, and now even Fuxin is not spared. Aren't they afraid that their appetite will be too big and they will be stuffed to death?"

After saying that, he stared at the communications staff officer and asked: "Have the Fuxin garrison reported how many Eighth Route Army personnel are active in their defense area, what kind of equipment they have, and what is the real purpose of their sudden attack on Fuxin?"

"Is it possible to shoot and leave..."

"Don't forget that the reinforcements dispatched by the headquarters finally reached Fuxin. As a result, all the Eighth Route Army active in Fuxin ran away, leaving the reinforcements to rush in and nothing was gained."

The communications staff officer shook his head and replied: "The Fuxin garrison has not yet found any information about the Eighth Route Army in the territory..."

"It is only estimated that their total strength exceeds a thousand people, they are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and artillery, and they also have certain attack capabilities...other than that, there is no other news..."

Umezu Umejiro was very angry. He slapped his face on the table in front of him and cursed angrily: "Bagoya Road, what do the Fuxin garrison do for food?"

"We have lost a lot of troops since we fought with the Eighth Route Army. In the end, we don't even know how many people our opponents have. What are their eyes used for?"

"Check it out immediately..."

"We cannot act blindly and send troops for reinforcements without even finding out the strength of our opponent."

"If there are not enough reinforcements sent to Fuxin, it will be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth and dying in vain."

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Fuxin County Japanese Army Regiment Headquarters.

The co-captain was so upset by Li Yunlong that he didn't even eat breakfast.

He had just received news that overnight, with the Raoyang River stronghold as the center, nearly 25 kilometers of railway lines from north to south were destroyed. All the strongholds and gun towers along the line were attacked, and almost all the garrison troops were destroyed.

Also captured were more than a dozen settlement sites controlled by armed expatriates, resulting in the loss of more than 300 armed expatriates.

After finally getting to the sky, the aviation troops rushed to the battlefield, hoping to find the Eighth Route Army operating in Fuxin from the air and determine their strength and equipment. If possible, it would be best to attack them from the air.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army, which was overwhelmingly in power in Fuxin last night, seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. The aviation troops searched the entire battlefield and found no one. They could only see the ruins of the stronghold that had been bombed into ruins and still billowed with thick smoke...

"Captain... Our battle losses last night have been calculated..." The chief of staff quickly walked up to the commander and reported hesitantly.

"Tell me...I can bear it..." The captain knew that he had suffered a heavy loss last night when he looked at his subordinates' faces. A bad premonition flashed through his mind at the same time, and then he asked with a stern face.

"The main force lost a total of 1694 people..." the chief of staff replied facing his scalp.

To be honest, he was shocked when he first got the battle damage statistics from his subordinates.

In order to reinforce the North China Front, many of the Kwantung Army stationed in Fuxin were also transferred.

Today, the Kwantung Army stationed in Fuxin only has one full infantry regiment and one garrison brigade, with a total strength of less than 5,000 people.

As a result, 1,700 people were lost in one night, equivalent to one-third of the entire Kwantung Army in Fuxin.

The troops lost so many people all at once when their strength was already insufficient. If the Kwantung Army Headquarters fails to send troops to reinforce Fuxin in time, every place in Fuxin will fall into the dilemma of insufficient troops.

If the Eighth Route Army operating within the territory intends to continue the offensive, the remaining Kwantung Army in Fuxin will still have to be passively beaten. So from the moment he received the news, the chief of staff's face never looked good.

Facing the commander's increasingly solemn gaze, he continued to answer: "The Puppet Manchurian Army also lost more than 1,200 people...of which more than 300 were killed directly in battle and more than 800 were captured..."

"The armed expatriates protecting various settlement sites lost 328 people..."

"Throw away a lot of weapons, equipment and ammunition..."

"Not counting various light weapons, there are two infantry cannons, four mountain cannons, nearly twenty mortars, more than twenty heavy machine guns, and more than fifty light machine guns..."

"Each garrison and settlement point also lost more than 1.2 million jins of grain..."

"The latest intelligence received by me shows that the Eighth Route Army has recruited more than 140 new soldiers from the dozen or so settlement points it captured last night..."

"check……"

The captain was so angry that he punched the table in front of him, like an angry lion, staring at the chief of staff and giving orders.

"More than a hundred new recruits, more than 800 prisoners of the Puppet Manchuria Army, almost two regiments of equipment and ammunition, more than one million kilograms of grain and other supplies, it is absolutely impossible for them to disappear out of thin air in a few hours."

"Even if the Eighth Route Army moved them all into the mountains, it would be impossible to do so quietly. There must be a lot of traces left on the road."

"If we look for them, we can find them."

"Immediately send out all the scouts and intelligence personnel in the city, bring flares, search for the Eighth Route Army under the cover of aviation, find them, and direct the aviation to attack them from the air."

"We don't have enough troops to send troops to attack them directly, but we can use aviation to attack them, weaken their strength and combat effectiveness, and then gather them together to annihilate them after the reinforcements sent by the headquarters are in place."

Just as the chief of staff was about to give the order, the radio operator barged in directly from the door. Before the commander could speak, he reported anxiously: "Sir..."

"Urgent call from headquarters..."

"Let us immediately find out the strength, equipment and overall combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army operating in Fuxin."

"After reporting, the headquarters will send troops to reinforce us based on the enemy's situation."

The captain became anxious upon hearing this and subconsciously shouted: "Baga Yale, when that time comes, the entire Fuxin, except the county seat, will fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army..."

"It will be too late if the headquarters sends troops to reinforce us..."

The chief of staff was shocked by the commander's words.

In the highly hierarchical Japanese army, it is very taboo to question superior military orders in front of everyone.

If this matter reaches the Kwantung Army headquarters, not only will the commander who complained just now be reprimanded by the headquarters, but he, as the chief of staff, may also be affected.

Quick reminder: "Co-captain, be careful what you say..."

"Even if you have different opinions, you should send a telegram to the headquarters first..."

The commander of the regiment seemed to be really cornered. Every time he got angry, he asked: "What's the use of sending a telegram? Do you expect the headquarters to change the military order and slap you in the face?"

(End of this chapter)