After the chief of staff arranged for his deputy to give the order, Okamura Ningji stared at the sand table and continued to ask.

"After the imperial army in this area fully retreats, how many troops can the Eighth Route Army deploy in this area to reinforce other battlefields!"

The chief of staff thought for a moment and replied: "According to the inference of the front-line combat troops, although they suffered heavy losses last night, the losses of the Eighth Route Army were not small, and they must not be less than 10,000 people. Excluding local troops, they can draw out nearly 30,000 main forces to reinforce other battlefields! ”

After Okamura Ninji heard this number, his face turned pale.

Then stared at the huge sand table in front of him and replied: "It's over, we lost this sweep~ Even if more than 20,000 imperial troops in southwest Jin join the battlefield, they can't save the imperial army from the defeat in the entire North China!" ”

"How so?" The chief of staff asked rhetorically with a look of disbelief.

"In total, we lost less than 14,000 men, and the imperial army from southwest Jin plus the imperial army of the Imperial Association exceeded 25,000. Not only can it make up for this loss, but it also has nearly 10,000 more elites! ”

Okamura shook his head and replied, "It is true that there are more than 10,000 people." But don't forget, the troops in the southwest of Jin have only arrived in Linfen City now, and it will take at least ten days to join the battlefield. Under the counteroffensive of the Eighth Route Army, the losses of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army in ten days were definitely more than 10,000 people! ”

When the chief of staff was about to continue arguing, a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded at the door, and then he saw the deputy chief of staff who had just left rushing in with a panicked face.

"Sir, the Kato division is in an emergency, something happened to them!"

While handing the telegram to the chief of staff, he continued to report: "Last night, their station, more than 20 kilometers southwest of Linfen City, was raided by a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army! ”

"The new regiment dispatched a large number of heavy artillery units, mountain artillery units, mortar units, and armored units!"

"The Kato Division suffered heavy losses, the Imperial Allied Army was completely annihilated, the Engineer Wing was wiped out, the Matsumoto Wing was almost completely annihilated, the Heavy Artillery Wing lost all the heavy artillery, and the Field Artillery Wing also lost nearly seventy percent of its artillery, almost losing its combat effectiveness!"

"They still have more than 13,000 people left, and they are hurrying to Linfen City."

"In order to prevent the same thing from happening tonight, they plan to enter Linfen City tonight!"

Command fell into a dead silence for a moment. Everyone was frightened by the news, their mouths open, and their faces were shocked.

The Kato Division was the only way for the North China side to salvage the defeat.

Because of the heavy losses of the North China Front last night, the Kato Division, which has more than 20,000 people, is no longer enough. Now I even tell everyone that in just one night, the Kato division has been sharply reduced from more than 20,000 to more than 10,000.

At this time, many people thought of Okamura Ninji's judgment just now, this premeditated sweep of the imperial army was lost.

Now it seems that the commander's judgment is very correct, and the North China Front has indeed lost. Even if the Kato Division, which has only more than 10,000 people left, joins the battlefield now, it will not be able to make up for the current gap of the imperial army, let alone save the defeat and turn defeat into victory!

"Send a telegram back to Lieutenant General Kato immediately!" To everyone's surprise, Okamura Ninji didn't get angry, but ordered with a serious face.

"The troops immediately occupied the city of Linfen and then stopped moving north. Take Linfen City as the station to hold on! ”

"Didn't Chief Yan in the Second War Zone want to exchange grain for the excess food in their hands? Change now, but it's not really an exchange! ”

"Tell Lieutenant General Kato to contact the World War II Zone right away and trade with them now. When you see the grain, just swallow it for me. I want food, weapons and ammunition! ”

"During this time, the Jin Sui army took a lot of advantage from the imperial army, and it is time to pay some price~"

"If I'm not mistaken, this Chief Yan also threatened the imperial army a few days ago, and this time I'm going to let him taste the consequences of threatening the imperial army!"

"10 million catties of food, enough for the remaining troops of the Kato Division to eat for a year!"

"Order Lieutenant General Kato, after occupying Linfen, hold on and wait for reinforcements. At the same time, use the surplus weapons and equipment in my hands to reorganize the 10,000 Imperial Allied Army troops, and run Linfen City into a permanent fortress that cannot be broken or broken, and wait for the situation to change! ”

The chief of staff opened his mouth and looked shocked, and he was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

After quickly recording the order, he stared at Okamura Ninji and asked rhetorically, "Your Excellency Commander, what are you!" ”

"Since you are defeated, then retreat, and retreat immediately!" Okamura Ninji replied directly.

"I've studied them, they're cunning, the intelligence system is pervasive, and they're very good at spotting fighters."

"Now that the Imperial Army has been defeated, for the Eighth Route Army, there are fighters everywhere. This sweep is doomed to failure, and the longer we continue from now on, the greater the losses of the Imperial Army! ”

"Also, there is a saying in guerrilla warfare that they are best at, I will advance when the enemy advances, and I will chase after the enemy when he retreats~ We must take advantage of the fact that the Eighth Route Army has not done a full-scale counteroffensive before we immediately stop the loss and order the troops that have penetrated into their base areas to retreat immediately!"

"Only in this way can we minimize the losses caused by this defeat, and then use the shortest time to recover our strength and launch a new round of larger-scale sweeps against the Eighth Route Army!"

"As for the Kato Division, since it no longer makes sense to withdraw from southwest Jinxi now, let's stay!"

"With them staring at Linfen City, the situation in the southwest of Jin will become more complicated, and for the imperial army, there is only good and no harm!"

"Also, if the Kato Division does not stay in Linfen, continue to go north. Do you think that in the case of losing heavy artillery, they may safely get out of the base of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army! ”

"For this new regiment, the Kato division is now a piece of fat!"

"As soon as it is exposed, they will pounce on it and bite it at the first opportunity!"

"The new regiment is too combat-ready, not to mention well-equipped, and it is also equipped with a large number of heavy artillery and armored vehicles. In the face of such an elite, I am very worried that if the Kato division continues to carry on its back, it will be swallowed by them one bite before it gets out of the new base area, and there will not be even a bit of scum left! ”

"Only by guarding Linfen City, with the strong fortifications of Linfen City, can they have a chance to survive surrounded by the heavy troops of the new regiment and continue to fight for the Great Japanese Empire."

"At that time, the tripartite forces of the Imperial Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army will be staggered together in the southwest of Jin, and the situation will definitely become worse and worse. It's not good that the Kato division can still be a fisherman, taking advantage of the contradiction between the Eighth Route Army and the Jin Sui Army to reap the benefits of the fisherman! ”

"Chief of Staff, you can arrange it now, make a plan for me to fully retreat the imperial army on the front line before dark, and strive for the imperial army to retreat tonight, the sooner the better, we must not let the Eighth Route Army know in advance, and give us a beating water dog!"

"The telegram to the Kato Division is also sent quickly, and now we will trade with the Jin Suijun, enter Linfen City before dark, and stop carrying it!"

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