Shinozuka Yoshio paused and responded: "I have indeed heard about this. Mikami-kun has been blessed by the emperor and has successfully transferred the command post."
After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka continued: "No one knows where they are except himself."
Others really don't know where the Mikami command post is.
Even Yoshio Shinozuka and Neji Okamura would never have imagined that Shinji Mikami and his chief of staff Yutoru Kazama had been captured alive by Ding Wei.
Okamura Neji nodded with satisfaction.
Regarding the attack on the artillery regiment, the two men did not mention it at all, because they attacked smoothly all the way, and this major defeat was lifted high and put down gently.
The gains from the battle can already make up for the losses in the battle. In fact, the artillery they are currently using were all captured from the battlefield.
To put it more clearly, the various units of the Japanese army that were fighting originally had no artillery to use, but with the support of fighting, each unit actually replenished sufficient artillery.
In comparison, the loss is negligible.
The two Japs continued to play chess.
"Shinozuka-kun." Okamura Neji suddenly spoke.
"Hai!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused: "Commander, what are your orders?"
Okamura Neiji said: "Order Mikami-kun to go to Rencheng and temporarily use Rencheng as his wartime command post."
"Rencheng?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked doubtfully.
Yoshio Shinozuka had some memories of this city. After the imperial army won, many defeated soldiers were running towards the city.
Okamura Neiji nodded and said: "Yes, it is Rencheng. It is said that all the people in the city have fled and there are not many troops stationed there.
If we can occupy a county town, the war will be more smooth. Moreover, in order to continue to push the front line closer, we cannot let a city that is not under our control appear behind us."
Some people may think that it is just a ruined city and you can just go around it.
But it is indeed easy to get around, but logistics is a huge problem. If Rencheng can be captured, some of the passing imperial troops will have a place to rest.
Moreover, Rencheng is also a warehouse that can be used as a logistics supply warehouse.
To put it another way, even if they go around, if there are enemies in the city who come out to attack, they will lose more than they gain.
Rather than leaving a bomb that may explode at any time, it is better to take it down directly and save a lot of trouble.
So no matter what, Rencheng is a city they must win.
"I understand, Commander!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused and said.
Unlike Okamura Neji's cautiousness, without Okamura Neji's words, Shinozuka Yoshio would not care about this city.
He would control the surrounding railways and highways, turn the city into an isolated city, then surround them and starve all the people in the city to death.
"Shinozuka-kun, how much do you know about the situation in Rencheng?" Okamura Neji asked.
Yoshio Shinozuka replied: "The imperial army near Rencheng has achieved preliminary results, but the surrounding counties are already empty. No enemies or civilians have been found inside."
"Baga, these Chinese people are really cunning." Okamura Neiji said angrily.
Prisoners of war and civilians are a rare labor force. If some prisoners of war can be captured, the post-war reconstruction work will be much smoother.
After a pause, Okamura Neiji asked again: "Which army is currently closest to Rencheng?"
"Reporting to Your Excellency, General." Yoshio Shinozuka thought for a while, then paused and said: "The 33rd Division is currently around Rencheng, among which the 214th Regiment and the 213th Regiment are closest to Rencheng."
"Are they the team that Sakuma Qiaoyi and Miyasuke are in?" Neji Okamura thought for a moment and asked.
The reason why I can remember these two people is because before playing chess, Okamura Neji read the battle reports sent back by these two people.
This division was considered a relatively easy division to fight during World War II.
At least according to historical data, the combat effectiveness of this division has always been evaluated as a second- or third-rate Japanese division.
Some information even lists the division as a Class C division, but the 33rd Division is a serious Class B division, and its combat effectiveness is not weak.
Of course, this is relative.
"吆西."
Okamura Neiji nodded and said: "Except for the 214th and 213th regiments, order their other regiments to immediately cut off the two railways and roads near Rencheng, and cut off all their support routes."
As long as they can occupy the highway or the Rencheng Railway, these two important transportation lines, they can smash the defender's conspiracy to retreat and take away some equipment and equipment.
It can also cut off subsequent reinforcement routes and completely contain the remaining resistance forces on the battlefield.
"Congratulations, Commander." Yoshio Shinozuka said flatteringly: "In this way, the defenders here will be nothing more than a trapped beast fighting, and their strength will be greatly weakened, and our control over Shanxi will be one step closer."
"That's why we want to attack Rencheng. These routes all pass through Rencheng. If we just sit back and ignore him, the communication lines will not be in our hands.
And near these transportation routes, Rencheng is an important location. Since they gave it up, we naturally have to accept it.
Once we occupy the communication line, we can transport troops to the front line faster and materials can be quickly put in place."
"What a pity!" Shinozuka Yoshio gritted his teeth and said harshly: "If it hadn't been for damn Ding Wei who attacked our railway line and caused heavy losses to us, we would have taken over Shanxi long ago."
After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka cursed again: "This damn guy, I really want to chop off his head now to wash away the shame of the past."
The person who hates Ding Wei the most is none other than Yoshio Shinozuka. The humiliation Ding Wei brought to him will never be forgotten by Yoshio Shinozuka for the rest of his life.
"When we finish dealing with these guys in front of us, we can let go of our hands and feet to deal with those gangsters!" Neji Okamura said fiercely.
His chief of staff was captured alive by the enemy before he even landed. Such humiliation was definitely not something the petty Okamura Neji could bear.
The reason why Okamura Neji has such confidence is very simple.
Although most of the heavy artillery was destroyed, they still captured a lot of large-caliber heavy artillery.
There were at least hundreds of artillery pieces, all of them large-caliber howitzers, that fell into the hands of the Japanese army due to the defeat.
In front of numerous artillery pieces, in Okamura Neiji's view, nothing could withstand a single bombardment from these artillery pieces.
Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, a fierce light flashing in his eyes.
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Rencheng.
Chi Yunfeng kept looking into the distance in silence, puffing on his cigarette without speaking.
He could feel that Chi Yunfeng was full of words, but Chi Yunfeng suddenly chose to remain silent, and Ding Wei did not continue to ask questions.
It wasn't until he took the last puff of cigarette that Chi Yunfeng threw the cigarette butt on the ground.
"Brother Ding." Chi Yunfeng suddenly said.
"Huh?" Ding Wei looked at Chi Yunfeng.
Chi Yunfeng said: "Brother Ding, if it were you, how would you defend this city? I have talked with Heipi. He is planning to mobilize tomorrow and then deploy a defense line on the outside."
Ding Weidao: "Simple, give up the outer positions, defend the county seat, and deal with the enemy inside the county seat."
"?" Chi Yunfeng looked at Ding Wei as if he were looking at a monster, and said in surprise: "It is a taboo for military strategists to bring the flames of war into the city. Have you never been to a military academy?"
Suddenly, Chi Yunfeng felt that he had made a mistake and explained: "Brother Ding, I'm sorry to go, I have no other intention..."
"I'm just wondering why I chose to start the war in the city?" Ding Wei said the second half of Chi Yunfeng's words.
"That's right." Chi Yunfeng nodded and said, "This is the first time I've seen your style of play."
"Standing at the top of the city or outside the city is completely stupid." Ding Wei said unceremoniously.
"madness?"
A voice sounded from behind Ding Wei.
"Okay, Chief Ding, I want to hear what's so stupid about this kind of defense?"
Turning around, Heipi suddenly appeared behind the two of them.
Heipi sneered and said: "Don't mind, I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just heard some movement, so I came to take a look."
Ding Wei is not angry either. This is a matter of life and death. It's time now. If he hides it any longer, he will be the one to die.
"Captain Black, you should be lucky that I am not an attacking Japanese army, otherwise your head would have been chopped off in front of the city." Ding Wei said coldly.
"According to your plan, which is full of mistakes, it will only take the Japanese army half a day at most to capture Rencheng. If it takes them even one day, it will be a disgrace."
"Lots of mistakes?" Hei Lili raised his eyelids and asked, "Okay, you can tell me where I made mistakes?"
The two of them were originally deployed in different positions, and they didn't deal with them at all. How could he endure Ding Wei's sarcastic and sinister remarks?
"It's stupid to put your troops at the top of the city and put your troops outside the city." Ding Wei said unceremoniously: "Especially at this time."
"Stupid?" Heipi said coldly: "I don't know if you have ever been to a military school. If this is all stupid, then what I learned in the military school are all bullshit?"
"The art of war is the art of war. When fighting, you can't just apply it mechanically. Will the enemy fight you according to the art of war?" Ding Wei asked rhetorically.
"The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Can you apply the tactics of war every time?"
The black skin is mute.
Ding Wei added: "Besides, to defend the city, what do you use to defend the city? How many heavy firearms do you have, how many artillery shells do you have, and how many troops do you have?"
After a pause, Ding Wei continued: "It is certainly possible to defend the city, but you have the capital. The Japanese support war with war, and I don't know how many artillery pieces have been captured at the moment.
With such a difference in strength, if you still want to defend the city, the Japanese army will probably laugh out loud when they see you."
"How to say?" Heipi asked.
Ding Weidao: "No matter from any angle, we are at an absolute disadvantage this time, and Rencheng is isolated and helpless.
The Japanese will definitely cut off our lines of communication, and Rencheng will be an isolated city by then. I think you are also aware of the surrounding situation, and no one will care about this place."
If someone really cared about it, it wouldn't be like this here now. There would only be one battalion commander guarding here.
"The Japs will definitely find a way to capture this city. Do you think the Japs won't use heavy artillery?" Ding Wei asked.
"Deploying troops at the top of the city, aren't you just waiting to be bombed by the Japanese? How many of you can withstand how many rounds of Japanese bombings?
The city is only so big in total, and there are only so many troops that can be mobilized. Do you want these remaining soldiers to line up to die?"
After a pause, Ding Wei continued: "If you really do this, it won't take long for these soldiers to start fighting among themselves. They will hang you on the city wall first, and maybe they will surrender directly."
Ding Wei's words completely shocked Heipi.
He suddenly realized a very serious problem. Although there were more than a thousand troops in the city, most of them were not his own troops, but were mixed together.
There was no trouble at the moment because they were not hungry and the Japanese army had not yet attacked.
But after saying this, Heipi still wanted to struggle: "But we can just hide in the city?"
Ding Wei shook his head and said: "We can't hide, but the enemy can't bomb us accurately. Streets and houses are our best defenses.
If you spread out your troops outside the city, you are not seeking death. One round of bombing by the Japanese will smash your defense line to pieces.
Only within the city can the power of Japanese artillery be weakened."
Speaking of this, Ding Wei couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Maybe when you are bombed, you will find that the shells that bombed you are all your own artillery."
Ding Wei continued: "Besides, I don't belong to your rank. In terms of military rank, I'm at least three levels higher than you, and you can't command me.
If you want to go out and die, you can go and I will never stop you. Of course, the premise is that you will not be beaten to death after giving this order."
Ding Wei's words made it very clear. Any veteran with an above-average IQ would not foolishly run out to die and waste his life in vain.
There was something unnatural on the black-skinned face. There were indeed some troops who gave up their positions and retreated. In order to retreat faster, heavy artillery, which could slow down the retreat, must be given up.
What Ding Wei said makes sense.
Rencheng was already an empty city. Even if Rencheng was blown to pieces, the Japanese army would still have a dilapidated city.
It's not the early stage of the battle. How could the Japanese be willing to turn this city into ruins?
If they really wanted to, they would have sent bombers to carry out the bombing long ago, why let the infantry fight?
"Then what do you think we should do?" Heipi asked.
Ding Weidao: "Simple, urban combat."
"Urban combat?" Hei Pi was a little confused.
This word was indeed a bit unfamiliar to him. He was exposed to large corps fighting, and when the battlefield was suddenly moved to the city, he was a little at a loss what to do.
"That's right, small-scale battles with the Japs, street fighting." Ding Wei said: "Gradually weaken their strength. As long as the Japs enter the city, their forces will naturally disperse.
Once they choose to disperse their forces, the strength of this group of devils will be greatly reduced, and urban combat will inevitably leave the devils at a loss."
"Chief Ding, are you capable of winning this battle?" Heipi asked.
"I'm not confident in this battle, but if I defend the city for a few days and delay the Japanese attack, it won't be a big problem," Ding Wei said.
Are you kidding me, I am leading a second battalion to resist tens of thousands, or even 100,000 level Japs?
Although Ding Wei is confident in his self-confidence, he is not confident enough to be so blindly arrogant. The failure of this battle is a foregone conclusion. At present, he can only recover the losses as much as possible.
In fact, Ding Wei could have stayed out of this matter, but by saving them, he was saving himself.
"Heipi, Captain Ding does have this strength, otherwise he wouldn't be able to save us." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Chi Yunfeng opened his mouth to relax.
Heipi took a deep breath and said: "Okay, Chief Ding, I agree with your idea. In that case, I have one thing to ask of you!"
"Say!" Ding Weiwei waved his hand.
"Please also take over the command of Ren Cheng!" Heipi said solemnly.