If the commander really wants to hold him accountable, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on the intelligence department.

After the Jingxing Coal Mine was conquered twice, in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, the Japanese army carried out a very large rectification of the mining area.

In addition to building large-scale fortifications within the coal mines and expanding the warning scope of various coal mines, all the people around the mining area were moved away.

In the eyes of the Japanese army, without the people as the foundation, the Eighth Route Army could not develop in the mining area and could not pose a threat to qualified coal mines.

But the Japanese ignored a very important issue: everything has two sides. After the people around the mining area were moved away, the intelligence personnel hiding among the people also moved away. In this way, there was no one in the intelligence network they formed in the mining area.

Before we knew it, the mining area became a vacuum area without intelligence personnel activities. Except for coal mines and coal mine garrisons, it is difficult for a living person to see other places.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of the Japanese army in collecting information in the mining area and also created an opportunity for the National Salvation Army to take advantage of.

Under Zhou Cheng's arrangement, the National Salvation Army used the company as a unit to avoid coal mines and coal mine garrisons. Like ants moving, they entered the mining area little by little and lurked. Without realizing it, they touched the Japanese army's noses.

After the battle to attack Jingxing Coal Mine began, all the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the coal mine were trapped in the positions. Under the night, even if there were fires from the bombs illuminated, they could only see the blurred figures of the National Salvation Army.

Even if the Japanese saw the identity of the National Rescue Army, they would die at the hands of the National Rescue Army before evacuating the position. Therefore, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Jingxing Coal Mine have not yet judged the specific identity of the opponent, so they cannot report the situation to the Shimen Command.

Many of the two Japanese soldiers raided by the National Savior Army also identified the identity of the National Savior Army during the battle, but they were killed by the raid troops before they could spread the news!

As for the Chief of Staff’s words to fix the problem, the intelligence officer had already started to do it.

But his opponent Zhou Cheng is obviously better than him.

Whether it was attacking Jingxing coal mines or raiding the Japanese and puppet army reinforcements, Zhou Chengdu arranged a large number of troops to patrol and guard around the battlefield, and the reconnaissance companies and reconnaissance teams with the strongest combat effectiveness of the National Salvation Army were scattered among them.

The people near the mining area have long been cleared by the Japanese and puppet troops, and the battlefield is a place where the people avoid. After the battle begins, ordinary people will never appear around.

If someone appears, 80% of them are Japanese and puppet military spies and scouts.

When the guards patrol, regardless of the situation, they will arrest the outsiders first to prevent the secrets of the National Salvation Army from entering the mining area from being leaked prematurely.

After the last investigation, most of the people arrested were inseparable. They were spies and scouts sent by the Japanese to find out the situation...

It is precisely because of these reasons that the intelligence and force configuration of the National Salvation Army entering the mining area has not been leaked.

The commander gave the intelligence officer an hour to the head of intelligence. When the intelligence officer was about to arrive, the intelligence officer still did not appear in the war room, but he waited for the communications officer to be even more nervous and hasty.

Holding the telegram in his hand, he ran into the war room and reported anxiously: "Commander, Jingxing County is in urgent need of telegram!"

"They were attacked by a large number of enemies. Judging from their uniforms, these enemies are very similar to the Eighth Route Army, and they should undoubtedly be the Eighth Route Army. But their equipment is better than the Eighth Route Army we have encountered before. Not only are they equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars, but also mountain cannons participating in the siege!"

"And these enemies have very sufficient ammunition, which is completely different from the Eighth Route Army we encountered before."

"As soon as we got up, we used mountain cannons and mortars to bombard the city, and then light and heavy machine guns were covered and infantry assaulted."

"In order not to give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of, all the troops left by the Mixed Brigade have gone to the city wall to participate in the battle, and the Imperial Army in the city has also gone to the battlefield!"

"If the city gate is broken, they don't even have a reserve team..."

"Please send troops to reinforce Jingxing County immediately, otherwise they will not be able to hold on with their existing troops even at dawn!"

The news brought by the Communications Consultant is shocking.

The commander could still calm himself down from being angry at the beginning. After listening, he pulled out his command knife and slashed at the table beside him.

A "swish..." sounded in the war room, and the two-inch thick corner of the table was cut off by him.

After that, he seemed to be unhappy and raised his command knife to slash at a large vase next to the table again. An antique vase that was worth a lot of money turned into a pile of fragments in the blink of an eye, which made the command staff very heartbroken!

It was not until this time that the Chief of Staff, who was also shocked, found a chance to speak and quickly comforted him: "Correspondent, please calm down! Jingxing County is in danger. Whether you need to send troops to reinforce immediately is required. You must make an idea, and a decision must be made as soon as possible!"

"Shimen is nearly twenty kilometers away from Jingxing County. It will take more than three hours for the reinforcements to march urgently. If we don't seize the time, the reinforcements will definitely not be able to arrive at the battlefield in time!"

The deputy chief of staff who was standing beside him suddenly interrupted: "Sir, I think Jingxing County must not be abandoned!"

"In order to ensure that the ammunition supply of nearly 10,000 troops in the mining area is not interrupted, and to avoid giving the Eighth Route Army the opportunity to support the war, the garrisons in the mining area only allocated one month of ammunition supply, and most of the ammunition supply exists in Jingxing County."

"If the Eighth Route Army was allowed to capture Jingxing County and obtain this batch of ammunition and grain, they could not only expand several main groups, but their overall strength would also be increased by several% due to sufficient ammunition, and it would definitely be more difficult to eliminate them at that time."

"In order not to give the Eighth Route Army the opportunity to grow and strengthen and ensure that the war situation in Hebei will not continue to deteriorate, we must immediately send troops to reinforce Jingxing to protect the ammunition and food."

The commander was a little scared tonight. He was frightened when he heard the word reinforcement and frowned and analyzed: "Although the Shimen garrison was similar to Jingxing County, the proportion of the Imperial Army was smaller than that of Jingxing County, and there was only one reinforcement corps of more than 4,000 people."

"Without affecting the safety of Shimen, we will at most draw two infantry brigades and two regiments of the Imperial Army to reinforce Jingxing County."

"Our opponents fought in the middle of the night and ate more than 5,000 of our imperial troops one after another. Can you guarantee that they will not eat more than 4,000 of our troops again in the middle of the night? If so, I will send troops immediately."

The deputy chief of staff's proposal was directly rejected by the commander's words.

I was originally trying to find some reasons to prove my proposal just now, but I still had no choice but to rack my brains.

Just then, a radio operator suddenly ran in and interrupted.

"Commander, Jingxing Coal Mine urgently: They have less than 600 people left to guard the last line of defense of the coal mine, and they will definitely not last until dawn. Please send troops to reinforce immediately!"

The commander's anger that had just suppressed surged into his heart again and cursed: "The reinforcements have been wiped out by the enemy. How can I still have so many troops to reinforce them?"

The Chief of Staff heard the commander's words all angry and quickly rescued the siege: "Corresist the anger. Jingxing Coal Mine and Jingxing County are both too important. Even if we really don't have troops, we must find a way to reinforce us!"

"If it really doesn't work, we must try our best to protect one place. We must not both places be occupied by the enemy, otherwise Commander, you will definitely not be able to protect your current position because of these losses."

No matter who it is, as long as it does not involve your own interests, you can ignore it and maintain an indifferent attitude.

Once something affects his future and future, he can't sit still.

The commander is no exception.

If any place in Jingxing Coal Mine or Jingxing County is lost, you will be punished by the Front Army Command, but the commander's position will definitely be kept.

As long as you have the chance in the future, you can take revenge at any time, wash away the shame of the past, and remove the punishment.

If both places are lost and a large number of imperial troops are lost in the battle, affecting the stability of the entire Hebei battle situation, the commander's position will be suspended.

If I am transferred, I will never have a chance to take revenge in the future.

For the sake of their own future, the two places really have to find ways to save one.

The best result is to save both places, so that your responsibility for losing troops will be minimized.

Otherwise, the Front Army Command would have said that it had been matched with his wife and lost troops. Not only did it not save the coal mine and county town, but it also failed to save the reinforcements.

The commander quickly calmed himself down and looked at the chief of staff and asked, "Which place do you think we should protect first?"

"It's better to save both places!" The Chief of Staff didn't think much about it, and watched the commander blurting out.

The commander who had just calmed down was angry again, thinking that the Chief of Staff was too ignorant.

I didn't dare to say the words just now. He, a chief of staff, dared to speak nonsense, and he was so disregardless of himself.

He snorted coldly and asked with a sarcastic expression: "Do you think we still have the strength to save two places at the same time? If we don't operate well, it will be difficult to save one place!"

"I know Chief of Staff, you don't want to face failure, and you don't want to be held accountable by the Front Command. But when we speak, we must be realistic and use our brains, rather than talking here to achieve some purpose!"

The commander's words just now were both ridiculous and included criticism, which can be said to be very strict.

The eyes of the staff in the war room at the chief of staff changed at that time. Some admired them, some were complacent, and some were looking at a high expression that was not related to their own affairs...

The Deputy Chief of Staff is to thank the Chief of Staff.

When he was so cowardly that he had nothing to say, the Chief of Staff stood up in time to rescue him and put forward a similar idea to him, which was tantamount to extending a helping hand to himself in despair.

After hearing the commander's sarcasm and dissatisfaction, he did not stand up in time to rescue himself.

The headquarters is all in one place. As the deputy chief of staff of the headquarters, the best way to be promoted to the chief of staff is to squeeze out the chief of staff.

The Chief of Staff angered the commander because of one sentence, and then he would have a chance to squeeze out the Chief of Staff. He was too happy to be too late, and it would never be possible to risk offend the Chief of Staff to rescue the Chief of Staff.

So at first he also showed a complacent expression, but later he felt that he had done this too much. He stood up after the commander's anger was completely calmed down: "Sir, calm down, but the Chief of Staff's answer just now is inappropriate, but I believe that he will definitely not be aimless. Otherwise, we will listen to the Chief of Staff to finish his words and give you an explanation!"

The deputy chief of staff said this very ruthlessly. On the surface, it was a persuasion, but in fact it was to put the chief of staff on the fire.

Except for the Chief of Staff, everyone in the entire war room, including the commander, felt that only one of the Jingxing Coal Mine and Jingxing County could be saved, and it is very likely that neither of them could be saved.

Under this circumstance, the Deputy Chief of Staff asked the Chief of Staff to explain his rude statement just now. Wouldn't that further intensify the conflict between the Chief of Staff and the Commander?

In a blink of an eye, most of the people in the headquarters figured out the proposal of the Deputy Chief of Staff to take the opportunity to plot against the Chief of Staff, and then stared at the Chief of Staff with a joke-looking expression, waiting for him to answer the conversation.

The commander also figured it out, but he was angry and did not intend to further intensify the conflict between him and the chief of staff, nor did he take the opportunity to replace the chief of staff.

He glared at the deputy chief of staff. The chief of staff, who was about to speak to stop this matter, had been scolded by him, actually agreed.

He rushed to the front of the commander and replied: "Commander, Bei Zhi does have his own ideas. Please give Bei Zhi a chance to explain!"

The Chief of Staff is not a particularly arrogant person at ordinary times, and the commander also wants to know if he took the wrong medicine tonight and why he said such arrogant words to himself.

With a hint of worry, "Say, if you can give me a reasonable explanation, I will not blame you if you just now!"

"Your Excellency Commander, wise!" After receiving the approval of the commander, the Chief of Staff glared at the Deputy Chief of Staff. If he could kill someone with his eyes, he would definitely kill this ungrateful guy on the spot, and then point to the map to introduce it.

"In the first half of the night just passed, the enemy who were active in the mining area not only severely damaged the coal mine garrison, but also attacked Jingxing Coal Mine and Jingxing County to constantly seek help from the outside world, but also ate more than 5,000 of our reinforcements through continuous combat."

The Chief of Staff was about to continue speaking, but the commander suddenly interrupted with an impatient look: "We don't know what you said, so there is no need to listen to it again. Time is limited, so just tell us the key points."

"Hayi!" The Chief of Staff reorganized the thought report in his mind.

"I'll do it. In the first half of the night, we lost at least 6,500 imperial troops, of which more than 5,000 were lost in the raids, and less than a thousand were lost in the battle to defend the city!"

"Everyone knows the combat effectiveness of the mixed brigade. Although it is not as good as the front-line field troops, they are definitely stronger than the Chinese army."

"As the saying goes, killing one thousand enemies will damage eight hundred by yourself. The enemy will wipe out more than five thousand of us through raids. No matter how strong the opponent's combat power is, it will lose four thousand people."

"Although we only lost less than a thousand people in the battle to defend the coal mine, don't forget that we belong to the defender and the enemy belong to the siege."

"Under normal circumstances, the casualties of the attacking side should be more than three times that of the defending side. This time the enemy attacked us was very strong. We calculated it by twice. The opponent lost at least 1,500 people in the battle to attack Jingxing County and Jingxing Coal Mine."

"In addition, the losses in the raid battle were more than 5,000 people."

"So I think the enemy who is active in the mining area has suffered more than half of the casualties in the first half of the night."

"The remaining troops are going to attack Jingxing coal mines and Jingxing County. There is no extra troops to attack the reinforcements, let alone ambush our reinforcements!"

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