The 1st Infantry Regiment was attacked by an air attack?
Okamura Neji's eyes were gloomy.
Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Sei looked at each other, while Nakazawa Mitsuo's cheeks twitched.
Several old Japanese soldiers thought that the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army had not moved in northwestern Shanxi, and that the safe arrival of the First Infantry Regiment in Datong was a certainty.
But they never expected that the Eighth Route Army would actually call for air support and blow up the entire First Regiment.
That's outrageous.
Okamura had calculated everything except that the Eighth Route Army would call in bombers.
The last time the New Regiment dispatched bombers and fighter jets was during the Battle of Xinzhou. After April, the Eighth Route Army called for air support again.
In the last battle in northwest Shanxi, the fighting was so fierce that the Eighth Route Army did not call for bombers or fighter jets to attack the Japanese army, except for calling for airdrops of supplies.
Therefore, Okamura Neiji subconsciously felt that the Eighth Route Army no longer had the ability to call in bombers and fighter jets.
Okamura Neiji asked in a deep voice: "Nakazawa-kun, is the regiment flag of the 1st Infantry Regiment on the military column?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, General." Mitsuo Nakazawa nodded with an extremely ugly face, "The regiment flag of the 1st Infantry Regiment is kept by the 2nd Infantry Squadron, so it is on that military column."
Next, Okamura Neji didn't say anything more, and his face became more and more gloomy.
Neji Okamura was naturally very aware of the power of the bombers called by the Eighth Route Army.
It was a true carpet bombing, with no grass growing in its path. Especially the incendiary bombs were extremely powerful.
The regimental flag of the 1st Infantry Regiment is on that military column, which means that the Japanese infantry regiment has the first number.
Like the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the designation of the 1st Infantry Regiment has since been lost...
This had a great impact on the morale of the Japanese army.
Nakazawa Sanfu's complacent mood was also greatly shaken.
He knew that the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was not to be trifled with, but he did not expect that it would be so trivial.
The First Division's First Regiment was completely destroyed within a few days of arriving in North China?
Perhaps it was a wrong choice for the First Division to come to North China.
But this was an order from the base camp, something that not even the Kwantung Army headquarters could change, and there was nothing Mitsuo Nakazawa could do.
If possible, Sanfu Nakazawa would not want to compete with the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and Li Yunlong.
Such an opponent is truly terrifying.
You never know how many cards and strength your opponent has. The strength of the enemy you see may be just the tip of the iceberg.
"The Locust Army has defeated the US Pacific Fleet, and the Western Pacific is already dominated by the Locust Army Combined Fleet. How can there be planes that can carry out bombing activities on mainland China?"
Tanabe Moritake looked ugly and expressed his doubts to Okamura Neji, Nakazawa Mizuo and Arisu Seizo.
It stands to reason that the Japanese army has controlled the Western Pacific. Even if the Eighth Route Army's aid channel has an airport and military base offshore, it should have been exposed after such a long time.
What exactly is going on?
Okamura Neji and others also looked confused.
"This should be another air support provided by the Eighth Route Army's aid channel." Youmo Jingsan said in a deep voice.
After a pause, Youmo Jingsan said again: "This is already the fourth time. Every time the Eighth Route Army's air support appears, it will take away a full formation of the Locust Army."
The first time the Eighth Route Army air support appeared, it completely wiped out an infantry regiment of the Ninth Brigade, and the second time it appeared, it completely wiped out an infantry regiment of the Second Guards Division.
The third time they appeared, they completely wiped out the 108th Field Artillery Regiment. The fourth time they appeared, this time, they completely wiped out the First Infantry Regiment.
"That mysterious man named Chen Feng?"
Okamura Neji's eyes were gloomy. If the man named Chen Feng hadn't provided assistance to the Eighth Route Army, how could the situation in North China have become so corrupt?
"Chen Feng is probably a code name. It's not certain whether there is such a person."
"The intelligence department has not found any information about this person so far."
Tanabe Moritake frowned and said.
"I agree with Tanabe-kun."
Mitsuo Nakazawa glanced at Tanabe Moritake and said:
"Chen Feng is probably a codename. The real force behind Chen Feng is most likely the US military. The US military was defeated at Pearl Harbor this time, so they became angry and sent planes to deal with the first wing of the Locust Army."
"It seems that the Locust Army was right to attack Pearl Harbor in the United States." Okamura Neiji nodded and snorted, "The US military has long been secretly supporting the Eighth Route Army in dealing with the Locust Army."
At present, there are only a handful of countries that have the military strength to confront Asia's biggest brother, Japan.
Near Chinese territory, the only countries that could dispatch bombers and fighter jets to assist the Eighth Route Army in confronting the Japanese army were the Beautiful Country and the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union has signed a non-aggression treaty with the Japanese army, and the main force of the Soviet Union is currently fighting the German army. At this time, the Soviet Union will definitely not create a strong enemy for itself.
Then the only possibility is the US military.
Okamura Neiji snorted again: "That bunch of trash in the Navy, they haven't even found the US military base offshore for so long. They are really a bunch of stupid pigs."
He blamed all this on the navy and the incompetence of the navy, which led to the army being bombed frequently and losing four regiments in vain.
This resulted in a steady stream of aid from the outside being transported to Shanxi by plane.
Thinking of this, Okamura Neji looked at Tanabe Moritake: "Tanabe-kun, please write a report and send it to the base camp as soon as possible, reporting on the situation of the first wing being hit by an air raid and all being shattered, and requesting the cabinet to give an order to the navy so that the navy can immediately
Increase the search of offshore waters to find and destroy US military bases."
"Hi!" Tanabe Moritake lowered his head and said.
Tanabe Moritake immediately understood that Okamura Neiji wanted to shift the responsibility for the destruction of the entire First Regiment to the Navy.
Even if the entire responsibility cannot be shied away, the Navy must bear part of the responsibility.
The number one Japanese regiment was wiped out. This is no small matter. If the cabinet and Tian Locust pursue it, it will be enough for Okamura Neji to drink a pot.
"Your Excellency, General."
"The First Infantry Regiment has been completely destroyed. How should other troops go to northwest Shanxi?"
Sanfu Nakazawa asked in a deep voice.
He knew very well that since enemy bombers and fighter jets could accurately obtain information about the first infantry regiment, there was a high probability that they could also obtain information about the follow-up units.
Before the troops of the First Division reach northwestern Shanxi, the First Division may have been killed by bombers called by the Eighth Route Army.
Okamura Neiji was also silenced. The Eighth Route Army's air support was so powerful that it came without any warning.
Previously, the staff of the North China Front Army Headquarters had calculated that air support from a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army would only occur once every few months.
If the U.S. military is really supporting the Eighth Route Army behind the scenes, then the U.S. military's offshore military bases may frequently dispatch aircraft to reinforce the Eighth Route Army.
Even if the First Division is lucky enough to arrive in northwestern Shanxi, life will probably not be easy.
"Nakazawa-kun, put your heart back in your stomach."
"There are many ways for the First Division to reach northwest Shanxi safely. Just be careful."
Okamura Neji gave Nakazawa Mitsuo a reassurance.
What worried Okamura Neiji the most was that if enemy bombers came to sneak attack the North China Front headquarters, it would be very bad.
It's not impossible, and it's very likely.
"Your Excellency, General." Mitsuo Nakazawa nodded, and then said in a worried tone: "The entire First Infantry Regiment is in pieces. In terms of infantry strength, our First Division is probably far lower than the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
The main infantry force of the First Division is mainly the 1st Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Infantry Brigade.
The 1st Infantry Brigade has the 1st Infantry Regiment and the 49th Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Infantry Brigade has the 3rd Infantry Regiment and the 57th Infantry Regiment.
Among them, the 1st Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment are the most elite units.
However, both the 1st Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment were all shattered into pieces, and even the regiment flags were destroyed in the battle, which meant that all their serial numbers were lost.
After the original 3rd Infantry Regiment was defeated, the base camp added the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 8th Division to the 1st Division.
With the 1st Infantry Regiment eliminated, there are now only 3 infantry regiments left in the 1st Division.
The 1st Infantry Regiment, which has just gone through a special exercise, can completely defeat the two to three infantry regiments of the second-line division, regardless of its equipment, combat level or soldiers' fighting will.
The destruction of the 1st Infantry Regiment not only greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the First Division, but also had a great impact on the morale of the First Division.
To be continued...