"Eight Grid Tooth Road, how is this possible!"

In the Guangzhou military headquarters, Takashi Sakai and Tadayoshi Sano roared loudly, not wanting to believe that the news from the latest battle situation would be true - Ito Wufu's infantry regiment was just about to cross the border between China and Hong Kong, and it was beaten by the head, more than 1,100 people were killed, the wounded were not counted, the 229th Infantry Wing suffered heavy casualties, and even the wing commander Ryozaburo Tanaka was killed on the spot!

If it is said that the huge losses caused by yesterday's air raid to the imperial army may have been caused by a mistake by the Hong Kong side, then the heavy losses suffered by the infantry wing this time absolutely show one point, that is, the Hong Kong side absolutely has military intelligence on its side!

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Hong Kong to hit the fate of the empire's attack so accurately every time!

"How is it possible to leak secrets? What went wrong? ”

Sano Tadayoshi's eyes were blood-red, and he looked like he was about to eat people.

"Damn it!"

Takashi Sakai also scolded with tears in his eyes: "I wanted to make as few killings in Hong Kong as possible if possible, which would be conducive to our army's rule over Hong Kong, and to provoke the British less, but now it seems that these British are simply stubborn, do they really think that with their little men, they can really block the iron cavalry of our imperial army?" Once our army takes Hong Kong, I will definitely execute all those British Yankees, so that these self-righteous white pigs know how miserable the end will be if they oppose the Empire......"

"Lord Sakai, don't worry!"

Although Sano Tadayoshi was also angry, he finally maintained a certain calm, and when he heard this, he said: "The Hong Kong side is taking the lead step by step, and if we continue to attack according to the original plan, our army may suffer even greater casualties - how about letting the troops stand still for the time being, and then launching an attack after our fighter and artillery groups are all mobilized in place?" ”

"Lieutenant General Sano, your concerns are very reasonable, and I can understand it - however, the attack must not be suspended!"

Sakai said sharply: "You should know that the current situation of our empire is already in danger, Your Excellency Tojo took the risk of becoming an enemy of the whole world, stood up and turned the tide, our battle is to cooperate with Pearl Harbor, Malaysia and other wars in the whole of East Asia, these battles, once fully successful, will greatly boost the declining morale of our army, enhance the influence of Prime Minister Tojo in our empire, and let the military and civilians of the whole empire unite as one, under the command of Prime Minister Tojo, complete the hegemony of the East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere......"

"Now that the war in Pearl Harbor, Malaysia and other places is going well, if our side fails to successfully complete the battle plan against Hong Kong, it will become a laughing stock in the eyes of the rest of the ministries, and it will affect the reputation of His Excellency Prime Minister Tojo, and maybe the entire empire will be in a catastrophe from which it will never recover—if that is the case, I, and Lieutenant General Sano, will be the sinners of my Japanese Empire for the ages......"

Takashi Sakai continued.

Sano Tadayoshi sighed and said: "Commander Sakai, I know this, but the problem now is that our army's battle plan is likely to have been leaked, and our fighters and artillery fire cannot take advantage, if we forcibly attack, then we can only let the warriors of my empire take their lives to fill it - the casualties will be unimaginable!" ”

"Your Excellency Sano, although I said that the attack should not be suspended, I also did not say that I must force the attack and let the Imperial warriors go to their deaths - I am not crazy to that extent!"

Sakai opened the military map with a bang, pointed to the place where the previous exchange of fire had suffered heavy losses, and said: "According to the report of Major General Ito Takeo, the Hong Kong side has accumulated heavy troops and artillery fire here, and the number of people is definitely more than 5,000 - do you know how many elite forces in Hong Kong have in the total attack?" ”

Sano Tadayi nodded, of course he couldn't have known how many people there were in the defense force of the Hong Kong side, otherwise he wouldn't be worthy of being a lieutenant general in the empire at all!

The total strength of the Hong Kong side is about 15,000 people, of which the most elite Anglo-Indian army is almost 6,000 people, and the rest are some improvised volunteers and the Canadian army that has just been sent over, although these people have nearly 10,000 people, they do not have much combat effectiveness at all!

Takashi Sakai nodded and sneered: "Now, the Hong Kong side has gathered nearly 5,000 elites to place them on the border to block our army, then their interior will be empty!" ”

Tadayoshi Sano's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Commander Sakai has a clever plan, please come quickly!" ”

Takashi Sakai's hand slammed into the Shekou position and said, "Your Excellency, do you still remember the plan of Second Lieutenant Saburo Ito?" ”

Tadayoshi Sato frowned, Saburo Ito was a former member of the Olympic swimming team, the pride of the empire, how could he not remember?

Saburo Sato had asked for the formation of a death squad to cross Victoria Harbour directly from the area around To Kwa Wan's Cha Kwo Ling, and land in the vicinity of North Point and Edwin Bay, and to cooperate with the troops attacking from the border from behind to flank the Hong Kong fortress Lei Yue Mun.

The plan was a good plan, but Saburo Sato withdrew in order to reduce the detection target by the coalition forces stationed in Hong Kong, so he was ready to use the method of swimming directly across the sea - he was a swimmer who had participated in the Olympics, of course, he was not afraid, but he obviously overestimated the swimming level of the rest of the Japanese soldiers who signed up for the death squad.

Before the plan could be implemented, dozens of them drowned during the training, and the plan was aborted.

Takashi Sakai is now revisiting this plan, of course, he will not be stupid enough to let the imperial soldiers cross the sea shirtless, firstly, ordinary soldiers cannot have the swimming level of Saburo Sato, and secondly, it is winter, although the climate in Guangdong and Hong Kong is much warmer than other places in China, but it is definitely not Africa where summer is all year round.

"Although the White Pigs have laid out a tight defensive line along the coast of North Point, but now they have used a large number of troops to resist the attack launched by our army from the border, the defensive force in the area of Edwin Bay in North Point will inevitably weaken, and the British fleet has left Hong Kong - the failure of the border attack may not be a good thing for us to lose the east corner and harvest the mulberry!"

Takashi Sakai smirked.

"Commander Sakai is really wise!" Tadayoshi Sano was also overjoyed when he heard this.

"However, the Hong Kong side has obviously made all the preparations for our army's attack, and we still need to be careful!"

Takashi Sakai thought for a while and said: "Ito Wolf's infantry regiment continues to exert pressure in the direction of the border position, mobilizes the fighters and artillery, and tries to attack this side as much as possible, so that our army will always put on the posture of breaking through from this side, attacking the Victoria Reservoir in the Great Smoky Mountains, cutting off Hong Kong's water supply, and forcing those white-skinned pigs to increase their troops to this side and block our army!" ”

(End of chapter)