Major General Ikemoto Yuki, the Chief of Staff of the 12th Army of the Japanese, saw Yamamoto Teiko's shocked expression. He stopped the chess piece in his hand and threw it into the small pot."Commander, what's going on? Did something happen to the Imperial Guards?
Yamamoto handed the telegram to the Chief of Staff, Major General Ikemoto Yuki. He frowned and said,"Wei Jinwen called. Laiyang County's arsenal has been infiltrated by a small group of unknown enemy troops. The arsenal had already been razed to the ground by the huge power of the explosion. In a short period of time, they were unable to attack the Hutou Mountain 8th Route Army Independent Regiment and the Guo Army Qingyuan Guard Brigade.”。
"Keimei Keibun still doesn't know shame and requested reinforcements from the military. Trash!"
After reading the telegram, Yamamoto Teiko was already burning with anger. The rations, ammunition, and weapons that an exploration team needed for half a month's battle had been destroyed. Not only was Keibun feeling the pain, even Oyama Moto felt the pain.
Ikemoto Yuki took the telegram and read it for a full minute, shaking his head.
The Imperial Guard was in charge of a mixed regiment, with a force of eight to nine thousand men. With the Imperial Association Army, they were not at a disadvantage in controlling the battle in the Laiyang area.
Unexpectedly, the enemy found an opportunity and carelessly lost the arsenal of the county.
According to the emergency message sent by the Imperial Guard, the ammunition of the various exploration teams could only last for five days.
If the Qingyuan Garrison Brigade and the Hutoushan 8th Route Army Independent Regiment attacked Laiyang County at the same time, then if the war dragged on, the brigade of the Guards would definitely suffer heavy losses.
Perhaps, even the headquarters of the Imperial Guards, Laiyang County, might not be preserved.
"Commander, the armory of the Laiyang County Guards has been destroyed by the enemy and is now completely unusable. Most of the provisions, ammunition, weapons, and equipment in the arsenal had been destroyed.”
Major General Ikemoto Yuki also frowned, but he still tried to persuade him,""If the Qingyuan Garrison Brigade of the Guo Army and the Independent Regiment of the Hutou Mountain Eighth Route Army attack the Imperial Army troops stationed by the Guards Brigade in the towns around Laiyang, they will definitely find it difficult to fight for a long time. Commander, I suggest that we continue to transport supplies from Qin Island to the Guards Squadron.”。
It wasn't that Yamamoto Tadatsu didn't know, but he didn't expect Keibun to be so careless.
"Ding dong! Ding dong!"
At this moment, in the hut where the two old devils were, a wall clock rang.
Yamamoto turned his head and saw that it was already 3:30 in the morning!
"Communication advisor!"
When the Japanese communications staff officer heard Yamamoto Tadasu speak, he immediately kowtowed heavily and said," Commander!
"Call back the guard and tell him that the military already knows. I'll send a message to the commander of the Imperial Navy Base on Qin Island and ask him to replenish their exploration team with rations, ammunition, and some weapons and equipment for another month. He told Wei Jinwen that he had two months to take down Qingyuan's Guo Army Garrison Brigade and the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment on Tiger Head Mountain.”
Yamamoto Tadashi's expression was ferocious as he said sinisterly,"Why don't he commit suicide? They would have to trouble the military for this small amount of enemies! Trash!"
"Commander, are we going to do this?”The Japanese communications staff officer asked. No matter what, Keimei was also a brigade commander.
Major General rank. Yamamoto Tadashi didn't give face to Keibun by giving such an order.
"Pa!"
The Japanese communications advisor stood up and kowtowed."Yes, Commander! Yes, sir!" Then, he quickly walked out of the hut and returned to the military headquarters to report.
After the communications advisor left, Ikemoto Yuki smiled and said,""Commander, there's no need to calm down. Keibun also said that he was just a little careless.”。
"Wei Jinwen has been a little arrogant recently. The Guo Army Qingyuan Garrison Brigade and the Tiger Head Mountain Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment are all around him.”
Yamamoto Teiko ridiculed,"This guy thinks that he has already conquered Laiyang County and underestimated the enemy." It was either the Guo Army or the Hutoushan Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment that destroyed the Laiyang Armory.”。
"However, these two troops are indeed difficult to deal with.”
Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Ikemoto Yuki said,""Your Excellency Commander, there has been unrest in various parts of Lu Province recently. The Imperial Army stationed in various places have reported that a small group of troops that had been left behind had been ambushed by the enemy. This situation was already getting worse.”。
Yamamoto nodded, but he felt helpless after thinking about it.
Although the 12th division was an elite troop of the empire, it had the 21st division, the 32nd division, Du Li's 10th regiment, Du Li's 6th regiment, Du Li's 5th regiment, the Guards Brigade, and a part of the army under the command of the military headquarters.
The total strength of the 12th division was about 75,000 to 80,000 people.
If the Imperial Association Army was included, it could exceed 300,000!
However, although most of Lu Province had already been occupied by the empire, the division of forces had greatly reduced the number of mobile troops under Yamamoto Tadatsu's command.
In the urgent message sent by the guard, there was also a request to send more troops to support them.
However, Yamamoto Teiko didn't have any extra troops to allocate to Keibun's troops. He could only transfer supplies to Keibun, which was already considered good.
Therefore, a large number of armed forces were ambushing and harassing the small units of the imperial army that were left behind.
As things got worse, Yamamoto Tadatsu had no other choice!
He didn't have enough soldiers. Controlling important cities like Quancheng had already left Yamamoto Tadashi with no more mobile soldiers.
The new batch of soldiers had just finished their recruitment, and it would take at least a few months for them to be sent to Huaxia to be assigned to various armies.
Although his 12th army was the closest to the Wei Nation, it was still uncertain whether they would be able to receive a new batch of reinforcements.
How could there be any extra troops allocated to this guy, Hidebun?
"In the recent situation, let the Imperial Association Army move out more. A small portion of the Imperial Army will hold the line and carry out the clean-up.”
As the chief of staff, Ikemoto Yuki felt helpless.
After the 12th army took over Lu Province, they realized that it was already very difficult for the 12th army to control the main cities in Lu Province.
As for the vast villages, small towns, and other places, they could only rely on the puppet troops and a large number of local tyrants and evil gentry to control them.
Thinking of this, Ikemoto Yuki felt rather helpless.
However, the situation was still under the control of the 12th division.
"That's the only way, Commander!”Ikemoto Yuki said helplessly.
It was already 3:40 am. Yamamoto Tadashi put away his serious face and smiled at Chief of Staff Ikemoto Yuki."The Imperial Guard still has so many soldiers, they only lost an arsenal. Chief of Staff, let's continue playing chess!"
"Commander, aren't you tired?”
" Haha!" Yamamoto Teiko laughed out loud." I received an urgent call from Keibun. I was a little sleepy just now, but it's gone now. Let's play chess!" "Calm down!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Ikemoto Yuki saw that Yamamoto Teiko's expression changed so quickly and secretly praised him. As expected of the commander of the 12th division, his transformation speed was indeed very fast!
But thinking about it, it made sense. At the very least, the Imperial Guard still had an exploration team left. They had only lost some of their forces.
Even if the Qingyuan Garrison Brigade and the Tiger Head Mountain 8th Route Army Independent Regiment attacked at the same time, the Guards would be able to hold them off.
Moreover, it would only take a few days to send reinforcements from Qin Island and Quan City to Laiyang!
Therefore, Yamamoto Tadashi and Chief of Staff Ikemoto Yuki continued to play Chinese chess under the light of the house in the early morning.
......
At the same time, a few minutes later, in Laiyang County, the commander of the Japanese Guards Brigade, Kyugebun, listened to Mizutani Taiichi take back the telegram and report the contents of the military's call back to Kyugebun.
He saw that the guard's expression was a little strange. The military actually did not send reinforcements.
They only expressed that they knew about the explosion of the arsenal and would order the naval base stationed on Qin Island to transport another month's supply of grain and ammunition. However, weapons and equipment were only a part of the supply.
After the report, Mizutani Taiichi, the new Chief of Staff of the Guards Brigade, said,""Your Excellency, the military has been seriously short of troops recently, and they are also waiting for local recruits to replenish them. For the time being, we can only rely on ourselves.”。
"Fortunately, the Commander did not scold us. He even transferred a month's worth of rations and ammunition from the Qin Island naval base to Laiyang County.”
The guard smiled bitterly and said,""Mizutani-kun, of course I understand. However, we only have a little over seven thousand soldiers now. However, if we split our forces, once the Guo Army Qingyuan Garrison Brigade and the Tiger Head Mountain 8th Route Army Independent Regiment attack our Guards at the same time, our losses will be huge.”。
"General, there's no other way.”
Mizutani Taiyi thought for a moment and said,""But General, I wonder who is the one who is destroying my arsenal? It could have been done by the Qingyuan Garrison Brigade of the Guo Army, or it could have been done by the independent regiment of the 8th Route Army of Hutou Mountain, or it could not have been done by these two forces. Right now, we need to figure out who is the one who destroyed our arsenal.”。
"Mizutani, you will be personally responsible for this matter! Can you investigate it within three days?”When the guard heard this, he only said solemnly.
"General, to be honest, we don't have any leads at the moment." Mizutani Taiichi shook his head. We can only try our best to send out our elite intelligence agents to investigate. Three days is probably not enough.”。
"I'll try my best!"
Keibun waved his hand and said bitterly.
"Yes, General!"
"Then, General, I'll go deal with these things first," said Mizutani Taiyi.”。
"Thank you Mizutani-kun!"
At this moment, the old Japanese guard was a little embarrassed.
Previously, he had some conflicts with Mizutani Taiichi. However, when Mizutani Taiichi became the Chief of Staff of the exploration team, he did things in an orderly manner and made the guards impeccable.
However, after Mizutani Taiichi left, Keibun slapped the teacups on the table in front of him and said," Baka, my arsenal! If they found out who did it, they would definitely be chopped into pieces and die!”
However, at this moment, the guards would not know that it was the battalion commander of the Clear Wind Camp's Independent Battalion, Zhou Weiguo, who had personally led his men to do it. At this time, Zhou Weiguo had already led the members of the Snow Leopard Special Squad back to Clear Wind Camp on horseback.
Time passed. It was ten o'clock in the morning.
Laiyang County's arsenal had been destroyed by an unknown force, turning it into ruins.
Not only were there Guo Army members lurking in Laiyang County, but there were also people from the Hutou Mountain Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment lurking in Laiyang County.
Two hours later, the investigator of the Independent Regiment who had rushed back to Hutou Mountain from Laiyang County reported the huge situation to Qiu Ming.
Qiu Ming, the commander of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army at Hutou Mountain, was shocked when he learned that the arsenal of the Laiyang devils had been blown to ruins.
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