Okamura has always regarded himself as a 'Huaxia Pass'.

He thought that he knew everything about the politics, economy, military, and culture of China, especially in the military aspect, and he thought that he knew the situation of the Republic of China very well, and even the relationship between various factions was well understood.

In his opinion, after the empire launched a war against the Republic of China, the previous Battle of Fengtian and even the Great Wall War of Resistance, the fighting will and weapons and equipment of the Chinese army were four inferior, and their troops could be invincible at that time.

Although after the Songhu War of Resistance and the Battle of Nanjing, including the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan, the fighting will and weapons and equipment of the Zhina Army were much better, resulting in the loss of many soldiers, but correspondingly, the losses of the Zhina Army were definitely greater!

Since the end of the Battle of Wuhan, he has devoted himself to studying the characteristics of his main opponent, that is, the 9th Theater Army commanded by Xue Yue.

In his opinion, since the Battle of Wuhan, although the empire has produced such a big enemy as the Independent Regiment, the enemy's elite forces have already been lost in the previous battles, and the opponent's combat effectiveness must have declined very rapidly.

Therefore, for this Changsha operation, before the battle began, Okamura Ningji was confident of victory.

Okamura believes that after the Battle of Wuhan, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army has been declining day by day, even to the point of being vulnerable.

Therefore, when formulating this battle plan, his combat class calculated the combat effectiveness based on the strength of one brigade equal to one division of the defending army, whereas in the past it was usually calculated on the basis that one wing was equal to one division of the defending army.

Okamura Ninji also believed that if his air superiority and artillery superiority were combined, one brigade would be completely sure to defeat one division of the defenders.

Judging from past combat practice, except for such an outlier as the independent regiment, it is true that one division of the defending army can rarely defeat one brigade of the Japanese army.

And this is also the confidence of Okamura Ninji to take the initiative to provoke a war with 100,000 troops this time against the 300,000 troops of the Ninth War Zone.

However, what Okamura did not expect was that he not only greatly underestimated the combat effectiveness of the defending troops in this operation, but also underestimated General Xue Yue's determination in the war against Japan!

General Xue Yue was jealous of the Japanese and had a very strong attitude towards Japan, and in this battle of Changsha, the Tianlu battle method he formulated was not only to repel the Japanese army, but to inflict heavy damage or even annihilate the Japanese army!

For this reason, he even insisted on going his own way under the obstruction of Jiang someone, which shows how tough General Xue Yue's attitude towards the Japanese army is!

Under such circumstances, the troops he led will naturally not be greedy for life and afraid of death, let alone afraid of war and cowardice, and the will to fight is absolutely unprecedentedly firm, which must not be ignored!

More importantly, he also overlooked a factor that could not be ignored, and that was the power of the local people!

Before the battle began, the local people, under the organization of the government, cooperated with the defending troops, and completely destroyed the main communication arteries between the Xinqiang River and the Laodao River, and even the land between this area was turned over and became new soil, so that the Japanese army's mechanized troops could not be used, and their combat effectiveness was correspondingly weakened, and even logistics could not be completely guaranteed.

The tactics and strategy of such a strong wall and clear field made the Japanese army even if it advanced one kilometer, the price paid was very huge, as seen in the current battle situation, now in order to advance the battle to Changsha City, so far, its troops have lost about one-third, which can be described as very heavy!

Moreover, having lost so many soldiers, they have not yet made great progress!

You must know that there is a considerable factor in the Japanese army's advance of the battle line to the city of Changsha because General Xue Yue did it intentionally, otherwise, if the defenders are stubbornly blocked, the Japanese army will lose at least half of its troops if it wants to advance here!

At this moment, in Xianning's headquarters, Okamura Ningji frowned, and his face was confused.

He looked at the telegram that had just come back from the front in his hand, and with a confused look on his face, he sat alone in a chair, meditating.

"What does this mean exactly? What exactly does the Chinese army want to do? ”

Although he really took advantage of the infighting between the Chinese army and took advantage of the internal strife in the past, after that, the other party quickly reacted and launched a counterattack against them, causing them to lose a lot.

Just when Okamura Ningji thought that their biggest fighter had ended, who would have thought that the opponent's offensive had slowed down again, and they had now actually hit Changsha City.

This made Okamura Ninji a little puzzled, what the other party's idea was!

Because on the surface, it doesn't make any sense at all!

"No, it's definitely not that simple! The decision of the Chinese army is a conspiracy! Okamura Ningji stared at him and muttered.

"We need to find out what the Zhina Army thinks as soon as possible, otherwise, once there is an accident, our army will not be able to respond quickly at all!"

Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji immediately said, "Someone! ”

"Your Excellency Commander, please command!" A staff officer came over, saluted, and said respectfully.

"Immediately convey my order, send a telegram to all the troops on the front, ask them to send reconnaissance troops, and at the same time let the staff activate the intelligence department, and be sure to find out the true intentions of the Chinese army in the shortest possible time!" Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice.

"Hey!" Hearing this, the officer immediately bowed and saluted, and said in response.

Then he saw that Okamura Ninji had no other orders, so he left and went down to deliver the order.

And at this moment, when Okamura Ninji looked at the back of the officer leaving, a warning suddenly arose in his heart, as if something bad was about to happen, which made his mood panic.

But he couldn't figure out what the reason was, which made Okamura Ningji very uncomfortable.

"Damn! I didn't find it before, but now I suddenly realized that we actually didn't know anything about the combat intentions of the Chinese army, which is really undeserved! The intelligence services of the Empire, what a bunch of rubbish! Okamura Ninji couldn't help frowning and said.

At such a critical moment, they were ignorant of the enemy's intentions and even their movements, which was simply a taboo on the march.

And he didn't care about it before, but he didn't think of this aspect at all, and now he suddenly woke up, but he sensed the warning in his heart, and he was afraid that it was a little late.

But, no matter what, before the final result appeared, Okamura Ninji could only beg that everything was still in time.

(End of chapter)