When the Unique Battalion began to divide the spoils, the command of the front Japanese army was already in chaos.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Major General Honda, who had not slept all night, was still standing in front of the sand table waiting for news.

Can the sweep of the National Salvation Army continue? Can the sweeping troops take the opportunity to eliminate the Eighth Route Army guerrillas operating in the pacification territory? I hope it is all about Major Okamoto and the other attacking troops.

For normal marching, they should have captured the guerrilla base at three or four in the morning, and then set up a net there to prepare for a decisive battle with the guerrillas returning to the aid forces.

The two attack units each have a cavalry squadron. Although the battlefield is 10 or 20 kilometers from the county town, for the cavalry, it is not possible to walk it in an hour.

As long as the attacking troops win the battle on the front line, the battle report can reach here at most an hour.

But now it's dawn and the command center has not received any news yet.

Although no one spoke in the war room, many people already vaguely felt something was wrong with them.

Major General Honda's face became heavier and heavier, and the atmosphere in the war room became more and more depressing because of his change in his face.

The two attack troops are all mobile troops that the county can mobilize. If something happens to them, the county will lose all the troops that send ammunition supplies to the front line.

"Can't wait like this anymore!" Major General Honda decided not to sit still and wait for death.

"Chief of Staff, immediately send all the scouts in the city, follow the marching trajectory of the two attacking troops to investigate, and find out what happened to them."

"The two troops have six or seven hundred people, and they are also equipped with cavalry units. Even if they encounter the main force of the guerrillas, they still have the ability to fight. It is absolutely impossible for them to disappear out of thin air. Something must have happened?"

"The investigation troops will come back to report immediately after they find them, and they will almost make me anxious!"

The Chief of Staff was very quick. In less than ten minutes, he sent more than twenty scouts out of the city. In a group of two or three scouts, he quickly disappeared outside Pingding City.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, no scout returned to the county town...

At twelve o'clock noon, the shadow of the scout was not seen outside Pingding City...

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Major General Honda's scout was still unavailable.

They were like stones sinking into the sea, and they disappeared without a trace when they left the city.

At this time, the fool also guessed that something happened to them.

The scouts marched faster than the average force, and six hours were enough for them to run a round trip between the county and the battlefield.

However, no scouts returned to the county town successfully, which means that they either had an accident on the battlefield or found nothing, and were still searching on the battlefield, and the possibility of an accident was obviously greater.

"Contact the air force now and ask them to send planes to search the battlefield." Major General Honda continued to order.

"More than a thousand imperial troops and Imperial Army will never disappear out of thin air, and there is no troops in the guerrilla base that can eat so many of us quietly. Tell the air force involved in the search that I have to see people in my life and to see corpses when I die, and I must find the two attack troops."

After giving the order, the Chief of Staff returned to the combat room. Seeing Major General Honda want to speak but stop, hesitated for a long time before speaking: "General, could it be that the guerrillas have foreign aid that caused the two troops to lose contact?"

Major General Honda's brows were frowning, and his eyes lit up after hearing this proposal.

The guerrillas will definitely not be able to make the two attacking troops suddenly disappear with their own strength, but it will be different if there is foreign aid.

I immediately turned my attention to the intelligence officer who was standing aside.

He controlled the intelligence networks of several surrounding counties, and all the Eighth Route Army's actions in the occupied area were under his surveillance. If the guerrillas really had foreign aid, he would definitely be the first to know.

The intelligence officer was newly promoted by Major General Honda, with strong abilities. He denied it in line with the brigade commander's eyes: "Report to the commander, I can tell you that the other Eighth Route Army that are active in our occupied areas are all in their own bases, but if the Eighth Route Army in other places divides troops to reinforce guerrillas, Bei Zhi is not particularly clear. Bei Zhi's power is limited and has not monitored the strength of the Eighth Route Army in other occupied areas!"

The intelligence officer answered ambiguously. Major General Honda heard it as if he hadn't, and was very dissatisfied with the order: "Then find a way to find out!"

"Although you do not have the right to monitor the Eighth Route Army in other occupied areas, you can contact the intelligence departments that monitor these Eighth Route Army to cooperate with the operation."

"And Pingdingbei is within your surveillance. If other Eighth Route Army enter Pingdingbei and you do not receive any relevant information, it is your own negligence!"

The intelligence officer quickly received the order: "Don't worry, sir, go investigate now!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Major General Honda finally waited for a telegram, which was sent by the air force.

But the content of the telegram disappointed him.

The guerrilla bases of the two troops to attack were all intact and there were no signs of fire exchange.

The reconnaissance plane searched the ten kilometers of land around the garrison and found no trace of the two troops, nor did it find any established guerrillas and Eighth Route Army!

Major General Honda couldn't figure it out: "Did the attack troops really disappear out of thin air?"

The intelligence officer also hurried in: "Sir, I contacted the surrounding intelligence departments. The Eighth Route Army they monitored showed no signs of mobilization in the past few days, and they all moved in their own defense areas."

"Bizhi also contacted intelligence personnel who were active in Pingding North. No Eighth Route Army entered the guerrilla base within three days."

"Last night our attacking troops successfully entered the guerrilla base, and then for some reason, the troops suddenly divided their troops..."

"At around 1:00 a.m. and after 3:00 a.m., there was a very dense exchange of fire from the guerrilla camp, because intelligence personnel were unable to get close to the battlefield and did not know what was happening on the battlefield?"

The Chief of Staff also couldn't figure out what happened in the guerrilla base last night, but one thing was certain: something happened to both attacking troops, otherwise they would not have had any movement in the face of the search by the air force.

Look at Major General Honda immediately.

His face was also ugly, and he was obviously aware that something had happened to the two troops.

Before the Chief of Staff could speak, he began to issue an order: "From now on, all martial law in the city will be pacified, all left-behind troops will be prepared for combat, and prevent the enemy from attacking the county town."

"The two troops disappeared too suddenly, and they didn't even know the opponent. I think there must be a huge conspiracy against us hidden here!"

"Send a telegram to the frontline sweeping troops immediately. From now on, all troops must remain calm, cheer me up and strengthen my vigilance. Without my orders, no troops can take the initiative to attack."

"I don't move the enemy. Now we don't even know who the opponent is, nor do we know their purpose. The best way to break the situation is to wait for the opponent to take action first and then deal with it whenever he sees a move."
Chapter completed!