Commander Okamura Ninji continued with a grim face: "Katayama, this bastard, now asks to send fighter planes to support the Ikeda squadron besieged in Fuping City, and now the entire North China theater is fighting with the Eighth Route Army in an all-round way, and the fighters of the Imperial Japanese Army frequently appear in the most intense areas of the battlefield to bombard the positions of the Eighth Route Army, how can you send fighters to help in the air at this time?"

Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe, you immediately order the Katayama Brigade to rescue itself, and once Ikeda's squadron is defeated at Fuhei Castle, the commander of the Katayama Brigade will be held accountable and will not be forgiven. ”

At this time, the commander of the Katayama Brigade, who was restless, was as nervous as a rabbit when he sent a telegram requesting air support for Ikeda's squadron, for fear that General Okamura Ninji would criticize him again.

This time, he guessed again, and the combat staff officer personally handed over the telegram from the North China Command to the commander of the Katayama Brigade, and Katayama unfolded the telegram in fear, like a basin of cold water poured down from his head, and his body shook and took two steps back, if it weren't for Katayama being a general who had lived on the battlefield for a long time, I am afraid that he would be paralyzed on the ground.

The commander of the Katayama Brigade stared at the eagle-like fierce eyes with his desk in his hand, stared at Chief of Staff Noda and shouted: "Chief of Staff Noda, this is the attention that you, a senior staff member, gave Katayama, now you look at Commander Okamura's callback, how do you answer me?" Say——。 ”

The commander of the Katayama Brigade, who was extremely angry, threw the telegram in his hand to Chief of Staff Noda, and a telegram fluttered and fell to the ground like a fallen leaf.

Chief of Staff Noda did not know what telegram had been sent by the headquarters of the North China Front, which had frightened the conceited commander of the Katayama Brigade to such an extent, and he hurriedly bent down to pick up the telegram, looked at Katayama twice, and was as stunned as a wooden chicken for a moment.

In the war room of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, two high-ranking officers had a very unpleasant quarrel because of a telegram, and Chief of Staff Noda broke the deadlock with apprehension in his heart and said: "Commander of the Katayama Brigade, the tone of this telegram is so tough, it should have been personally issued by General Okamura Ninji, and my 4th Independent Mixed Brigade is currently being disturbed so much by a small Ikeda squadron, I don't know how Katayama-kun will rescue ...... next." ”

"Noda, you bastard, now ask me how to rescue Ikeda's squadron next, you are the chief of staff of the brigade, it is best to come up with an implementation plan in the shortest possible time, do you understand? Got it? The commander of the Katayama Brigade had never been reprimanded like this, and he couldn't help but roar out of shape.

Chief of Staff Noda frowned, this is the first time he has been reprimanded and insulted by Katayama's bastard, and he wants to refute it with anger in his heart for a while, but when he thinks about Katayama's status and prestige in the army, he is not a chief of staff who can shake it, and if he doesn't make trouble, he will be retaliated against by this bastard in the army.

He thought of this layer not only scared and sweated, in order to keep his position in the army, he had to accompany him carefully and said: "Katayama-kun, I Noda didn't expect General Okamura to call back like this in advance, this is my Noda's big mistake, please Katayama-kun don't cause you and me to discord because of my mistakes, and be laughed at, but please rest assured, once all the imperial soldiers of Ikeda's squadron are broken in Fuping Castle, and the peak will be held accountable, I, Noda, will bear it with all my might, and I will never shirk it." ”

The commander of the Katayama Brigade was extremely angry, and he wanted to vent General Okamura's rebuke to him, but Noda, a cunning guy, took the initiative to show favor and asked for full responsibility, he wanted to vent but was confused by Noda's flattering face at this time, suppressed the anger in his heart and glared at Noda fiercely.

Chief of Staff Noda saw that although the commander of the Katayama Brigade was still angry, this guy who was good at observing words and emotions had already seen that the commander of the Katayama Brigade would no longer be aggressive against him, and said with a little relaxation in his heart: "Katayama-kun, you are too tired, please rest first, and I will come back to see you in half an hour." ”

How cunning is Katayama? He saw that Noda was about to withdraw, and no longer paid attention to the Ikeda squadron that was besieged in Fuping City at this time, and suddenly had the feeling that Noda wanted to see his jokes, not only did he immediately change his tone and said with a smile: "Noda-kun, please don't care about my gaffe, the top priority is how to come up with how to rescue the Ikeda squadron from being besieged, Noda-kun might as well say your opinion." ”

Noda laughed secretly in his heart: You bastard, if you want to ask me to come forward to solve this dangerous matter at this time, then I will kill you with a soft knife and drag you to death, see what you can do with me.

He pretended to have a helpless expression and said humbly: "Katayama-kun, if there is no air fighter reinforcement, if you want to relieve the Ikeda squadron, there is really no good way, I wonder if Katayama-kun has a good plan?" ”

The commander of the Katayama Brigade saw the mind of Noda's cunning guy at a glance, he looked at Noda with a 'haha' laugh, preemptively forced Noda into a corner, and said with a very intriguing expression: "Noda-kun, you are the most prestigious chief of staff of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of my Imperial Japanese Army, and such a trivial matter as rescuing Ikeda's squadron will never be difficult for my chief of staff, do you say Noda-kun?" ”

Noda scolded in his heart: "Bastard, cunning man, you bastard actually prevaricated to me about this dangerous matter of trying to be held accountable, I, Noda, is really hard to shirk, what a sinister guy, then wait, I will drag you into this mud nest together, no one can escape." ”

He said with a smile on his face: "Katayama-kun, I don't have a mature plan yet, please give me fifteen minutes, let me think about it, and ask the wise Katayama-kun to come up with a better plan of action, and then we will discuss it together and then make sure, are you optimistic?" ”

"Hahaha, let's discuss together, Yixi, then see you in fifteen minutes." Katayama looked at the back of Noda who walked out of the war room, shook his head and sneered: "Don't play with fire, play with fire to find a good partner, otherwise you will self-immolate." ”

At the critical moment when they were unable to reinforce the Ikeda squadron trapped in Fuping City, the two high-ranking officers of the devil who had their own intentions actually played their own tricks and treated the Ikeda squadron as a meal on a plate, and they couldn't just look at it.

It was not that these two senior officers of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army did not have a sense of the overall situation, but that the troops were engaged with the Eighth Route Army in different areas, and the distance was far away, even if they sent rapid reinforcements, they could not rescue Ikeda's squadron that had been trapped in the bunkers, and if the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army launched a general attack, it would only be a matter of time before the three pillboxes were destroyed.

The commander of the Katayama Brigade and Chief of Staff Noda were making superficial statements knowing that they could not do anything, and at this time, Squadron Leader Ikeda, who was trapped in the main pillbox, found that the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army was mobilizing troops, and once a strong attack was launched, he did not know how long he could hold out.

In order to prevent Ikeda's squadron from being annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, Captain Ikeda sent another telegram, once again giving a earnest explanation of the comparison of the enemy's forces and firepower in Fuping Castle, and imploring Captain Matsumoto to send a large force to reinforce it as soon as possible.

After Ikeda sent the telegram, he shouted in a wail: "If Captain Matsumoto does not send reinforcements within four or five hours, the Imperial warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army of Ikeda's squadron will be buried in Fuhei Castle, and all the jade will be shattered on the land of Shina." ”

The commander of the Eighth Route Army, the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which surrounded the three pillboxes of Ikeda's squadron, moved the command post forward again, and he had already adjusted the troops in place in accordance with the combat deployment of Lei Jian, and ordered the commanders of all units to prepare for a general attack and launch an attack on the enemy's pillboxes at 3:17 p.m.

After receiving Li Gang's order, the commanders of all units immediately mobilized their soldiers to make preparations for attacking the enemy's pillboxes, and once the battle began, they should complete the combat tasks assigned by Regiment Commander Lei at all costs and completely destroy the enemy's pillboxes.

Twenty minutes before the launch of the general attack, Li Gang led a guard squad to quickly rush to various positions to inspect the preparatory work for attacking the enemy's pillboxes, and he clearly pointed out: "The commander of every unit responsible for attacking the enemy's pillboxes must sum up the lessons and lessons of the previous failures in the attack, and destroy the enemy's pillboxes in the shortest time with the most ferocious firepower and the lowest cost. ”

At 3:17 p.m., Zhou Peng fired the first shot of the general assault on the enemy's pillbox, and immediately the units of the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army launched the most ferocious attack on the enemy's three pillboxes.

Zhou Peng ordered Gong Zhijian, who had just been promoted to battalion commander: "You lead the 11th and 10th companies as reserves, and I will take the 12th company to feint to attack the enemy's main artillery tower. ”

"Report to the chief of staff, I understand, what you mean, as long as you lure the devils to keep consuming a lot of bullets, and when the ghosts in the bunker run out, we will fight well, right, Chief of Staff?"

"Okay, your Gong Zhijian's brain is not stupid, that's it." Chief of Staff Zhou Peng shouted to the soldiers of the Twelfth Company: "With the help of concealment, launch an attack on the main pillbox of the devils, but don't rush in, pay attention to concealment, minimize casualties, and rush——。 ”

At one time, the first battalion, the third battalion and all units of the only regiment, under the unified deployment of Lei Jian, launched the most fierce attack on the remaining enemy in Fuping City.

(End of chapter)