The Fourth Mixed Brigade temporarily set up camp, and the more than a thousand Japanese soldiers did not recharge their batteries in the village as Major General Miyazawa said.
Each one of them looked as if they had been frightened, feeling uneasy and not sleepy at all...
To be more precise: they dare not sleep because they are afraid that if they close their eyes, they will never be able to open them.
"Boom..." A violent explosion sounded again, and seven fireballs rose into the sky in the middle of the village. The filled nitrate instantly enveloped the two yards, and the thatched house was also turned into a pile of ruins in the explosion.
Less than half of the fifty or so Japs stationed in the yard were instantly blown over. The remaining Japs stood up from the ground as a reflex and rushed to the entrance of the yard. Each one ran faster than the other, wanting to leave the yard as soon as possible.
"Rumble..."
The second round of shells followed, and the mortars fired very fast. No matter how fast the Japanese reacted, there were still more than a dozen people who could not run out, and they were drowned in the gunfire on the spot...
The Japanese artillery squadron immediately adjusted its mortar firing crews in order to launch a counterattack.
But the artillery company fired two rounds of artillery shells and then began to move the formation.
This is not Lijiapo, where the Japanese were trapped on the top of the mountain. The space was limited and there was nowhere to move. In the end, they were beaten by the brigade artillery battalion and lost their temper.
As long as the artillery company is willing, it will be no problem to move to a few hundred meters away in one breath. When the Japanese shoot out the revenge shells from the barrel, the artillery company of the independent regiment will have already withdrawn to a hundred meters away!
After firing five rounds of shells in a row, none of the Japanese knew whether the artillery fire coverage just now had any effect, so they could only stop.
As a result, less than half an hour later, the Eighth Route Army's artillery attack appeared again...
The Japanese are so troublesome that even if they want to take revenge, they can't find a target...
Major General Miyazawa was very irritable, his eyes were red from exhaustion, and he was still not sleepy at all.
Major Yamada and Major Jiamu standing in the room also looked solemn.
"General, I underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army. I didn't expect that they could attack us with seven mortars at the same time. There are still enough shells!" Major Yamada was the first to speak. His face was very ugly. It was obvious that he was hit hard by the Eighth Route Army.
"I have made a rough estimate. The Eighth Route Army has destroyed more than 300 artillery shells tonight due to the sudden artillery attack tonight and the shells we received during the day. Each gun has almost fifty rounds!"
"Isn't it said that the Eighth Route Army has poor equipment, lacks ammunition, and is severely lacking in heavy weapons?"
"Why did the Eighth Route Army we encountered have all kinds of weapons, and they were also equipped with mortars and plenty of ammunition. Is this still the Eighth Route Army we know?"
Major General Miyazawa believed deeply: "I also underestimated this Eighth Route Army..."
"But the matter has come to this. What we can do now is to reduce casualties, preserve our strength, and quickly return to Yangquan after dawn!"
"The effect of artillery counterattack is very limited..." Major Jiamu continued.
"Two artillery squadrons have used five to six hundred artillery shells, but not a single Eighth Route Army mortar has been destroyed!"
"They are particularly cunning...not only do they arrange their artillery pieces separately, but they also move their positions after firing only two rounds of artillery shells. Now it is night again, which greatly increases the difficulty for the gunners to observe. It is difficult for us to even lock on to them, let alone kill them!"
"We have to fight back even if the effect is not good!" Major General Miyazawa replied decisively.
"Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army artillery unit will attack us more unscrupulously, and the casualties will increase!"
"Report..." The communications staff officer suddenly walked in with a particularly heavy expression.
After seeing this, Major General Miyazawa's face became even more ugly. He frowned and asked, "You haven't contacted the Fujiwara Brigade yet?"
The communications staff officer shook his head: "We started calling an hour ago and there was no interruption in the process. There is still no response from the Fujiwara brigade!"
"According to your order: Both parties must contact each other every hour..."
"We've been out of contact for two hours now!"
"There must be something wrong with the radio station equipped by Fujiwara Brigade!" Major Yoshiaki answered firmly.
"I remember that after the troops were divided, Mr. Fujiwara reported to the brigade commander: There is an Eighth Route Army that has been moving around to sneak attacks on them... The radio operator is the key target of the Eighth Route Army's sneak attacks, and the radio station is very likely to be destroyed!"
"I agree with this analysis!" Major Yamada immediately stood up to support.
"The total strength of the Fujiwara Brigade exceeds 800 people...it is impossible to be wiped out instantly even if it is attacked, and it is impossible not to even have time to send a telegram!"
"But we did not receive a telegram that the Fujiwara Brigade was in danger, which means they just had a problem with the radio!"
The analysis of his subordinates was well-founded, and Major General Miyazawa could not find any reason to refute it, so he could only agree with their judgment.
After thinking for a moment, he said: "The communications team continues to use the radio to contact the Fujiwara Brigade..."
"Judging from the time, it will take Fujiwara Brigade two hours to fight back to Yangquan... When they return to Yangquan, all our questions will be easily solved!"
"General, there is a situation outside the village!" A captain rushed in with a face full of fear, forgetting to even knock on the door.
When he saw Major General Miyazawa, he began to report, regardless of Major Yamada and Yoshiaki standing aside.
"The guard post outside the village was suddenly attacked, and most of the light and dark sentinels have lost contact..."
"A large number of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly appeared around the village, with at least one battalion in each direction. We also found a large number of heavy machine guns and grenade launchers in their ranks..."
"and……"
Major General Miyazawa stood up from his chair at some point, walked quickly to the captain, looked into his eyes and asked anxiously: "And what? Tell me everything you saw..."
"Hurry up, I'm so anxious!"
"And they are digging trenches and building offensive positions outside the village!" the captain reported bravely.
"The trenches are surrounding the village, as if they are trying to surround us here!"
"Nani?" Major General Miyazawa did not expect that the situation he least wanted to face would happen so soon.
He raised his legs and ran outside the headquarters, climbed up to the roof, raised his telescope to observe the surroundings, and ordered while watching: "Immediately launch two flares towards the south of the village..."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
The flare flew into the sky with a scream, reached its highest point, exploded into a ball of dazzling white light, and slowly fell to the ground.
The battlefield that was pitch dark just now was instantly illuminated into daylight!
The Eighth Route Army was everywhere outside the village, and there were hundreds of people just east of the village...
Except for a few soldiers who were on guard with guns, most of the soldiers were digging trenches...
The location of the main trench has been revealed!
Three to four hundred meters away from the village, we dug a complete circle around the village...
Facing this scene, the fool also knew that the village was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. They wanted to continue their efforts and eat up the remaining two brigades of the Fourth Mixed Brigade.
"General...minus the casualties caused by the sudden artillery attacks just now, there are still 1,700 people left in the two brigades..."
"Including more than 400 gunners and machine gunners, more than 100 transport troops, and more than 1,100 combat soldiers!"
"If the Eighth Route Army has enough ammunition and continues to attack us with mortars from a long distance, the army will lose at least 200 people before dawn, and the number of combat soldiers is likely to drop sharply to less than 1,000!"
"I heard that the Eighth Route Army dispatched an artillery battalion when they attacked the Yamazaki Brigade. If they move this artillery battalion here, our losses in the artillery fire will triple, and the number of soldiers who can actually fight will be reduced to less than 600. , I definitely won’t last long!”
Major General Miyazawa is arrogant, but that doesn't mean he has no brains.
With a little analysis, you can see that you are in a dangerous situation. It is difficult to break out of the Eighth Route Army base area with only the remaining troops on hand.
Immediately order: "Send a telegram to the military headquarters immediately!"
"We are about to be heavily besieged by the Eighth Route Army. The total strength has been reduced sharply to 1,700 people. We may be surrounded and annihilated by the Eighth Route Army at any time. Please ask the military department to order the reinforcements of Li Jiapo to move closer to me immediately!"
"The Yamazaki Brigade failed to complete the task of blooming in the center and severely damaging the Eighth Route Army..."
"Our fourth mixed brigade will help him finish it!"
"How about we report the loss of contact between Yangquan County and the Fujiwara Brigade to the military headquarters and ask the military headquarters to send a plane to help us investigate after dawn!" Major Jiamu suggested.
"No!" Major General Miyazawa rejected it without hesitation.
"The Fujiwara Brigade just lost contact. There is no evidence that they had an accident. This is the result of your analysis just now. There is no need to make a fuss and alert the military."
"Although Yangquan County has lost contact, as long as the Fujiwara Brigade returns on time, we can control it again and minimize the negative impact of the Eighth Route Army's attack on Yangquan."
"If we report it to the military headquarters now, the entire North China Front Army will know that an accident occurred at the Fourth Mixed Brigade Regiment!"
"Even if we regain control of Yangquan, the face of the Fourth Mixed Brigade will be lost!"
"For the honor of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, this matter will not be reported if possible!"
At the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan, after learning that the Yamazaki Battalion was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, Yoshio Shinozuka was very angry and dropped three teacups in a row to calm down his anger.
After giving the reinforcements the order to retreat, they began to study the sand table and look for the next opportunity to severely damage the Eighth Route Army.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Fourth Mixed Brigade has an urgent call... They are being heavily besieged by the Eighth Route Army. They plan to imitate the Yamasaki Battalion and wait for reinforcements, creating opportunities for the main force of the Imperial Army to encircle and destroy the Eighth Route Army, and complete the mission that the Yamasaki Battalion has not completed... Please ask the military department immediately Send troops and reinforcements.”
"The telegram also said: Their total strength has been reduced sharply to 1,700, and there are only more than 1,100 combat troops left. The Eighth Route Army that besieged them is well-equipped and has sufficient ammunition. The subsequent losses of the troops will be heavy. I hope that reinforcements will be sent soon." Kill it at once!"
"This is impossible..." Yoshio Shinozuka felt that he had heard a big joke.
"The Eighth Route Army has poor equipment, lacks ammunition, and has no ability to fight continuously!"
"Aviation report: Before the Yamazaki Brigade was eliminated, at least three of their main regiments were disabled. Do you think the Eighth Route Army that besieged the Yamazaki Brigade still has the strength to surround and annihilate the fourth mixed brigade?"
"Then what's the request for help from the Fourth Mixed Brigade?" The chief of staff became more and more confused as he listened.
"Miyazawa-kun is a very stable brigade commander, and he will definitely not lie about the battle situation!"
"He said that the Fourth Mixed Brigade suffered heavy casualties. The total strength has been reduced sharply to 1,700 people, and the combat troops are less than 1,100 people..."
"If the Eighth Route Army besieging them was not the main force, the Fourth Mixed Brigade would never have suffered such heavy casualties!"
"This is what I can't understand!" Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head, his brows furrowed into a big "Sichuan" sign, and he continued to analyze.
"The Eighth Route Army that besieged the Yamazaki Brigade certainly does not have the strength to fight continuously, but they took huge risks to besiege the Fourth Mixed Brigade. There must be a conspiracy that we don't know about!"
Twenty taels of silver was a bit too small, but in modern times it was still around eight thousand to ten thousand yuan.
At present, an ordinary soldier in the Yu Dynasty can only earn one tael of silver per month at most, and a centurion can earn three taels of silver per month.
Maybe he will accept it.
In addition, Qin Hu is also planning to draw a big pie for Li Xiaokun. After all, Qin Hu used to have money.
Now it depends on whether he and Qin An can survive the night.
"Little Marquis, I may not be able to survive. I'm so hungry, my hands and feet are frozen with cold." Qin An said in a daze.
"Xiao Anzi, Xiao Anzi, hold on, hold on, you can't stay still, get up and run. Only in this way can you survive."
In fact, Qin Hu himself is in trouble. Although he was a special soldier in his previous life, this body is not what he used to be. All he has now is a perseverance.
"Wait!"
Qin Hu's eyes were like cold stars, and he suddenly shouted in a low voice. A reflection and a rustling sound that appeared just ten meters away from the camp aroused his alertness.
With the professional sense of smell of a special scout, he felt that it was the enemy.
But should we notify Li Xiaokun?
Qin Hu hesitated a little. What if he saw it wrong? You know, his current physical condition is completely different from before.
If a false alarm causes night terrors or camp roars, and someone gets a handle on it, they will be killed without mercy.
"Xiao Anzi, hand me the bow and arrow."
Qin Hu crawled under the carriage and whispered.
But Qin An's next words scared him so much that he almost jumped up.
"Bow and arrow, what are bow and arrow?"
What, there are no bows and arrows in this era?
Qin Hu looked around and found a wooden stick with a sharpened top placed under the wheel. It was two meters long. It was thick at the handle and became thinner as it went up.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a weapon.
Wooden gun, this is the iconic building of the cannon fodder.
"Come closer, come closer..." After a few breaths, Qin Hu was sure that he was right.
The other party may be the enemy's scouts, called scouts in this era. They are trying to enter the camp and conduct reconnaissance.
Of course, if conditions permit, you can also poison, set fire to, or perform a beheading operation.
"one two three……"
He and Qin An lay motionless on the ground until then, he suddenly jumped up and threw the wooden spear as a javelin.
"puff!"
It was impossible for the scout to wear armor because he had difficulty moving, so the shot pierced his chest directly.
Following Qin Hu, he picked up the wooden gun belonging to Qin An, jumped out of the carriage, and chased in the opposite direction desperately.
For the reliability of intelligence, the scouts are required to monitor each other and are not allowed to act alone, so there are at least two.
After a few moments, Qin Hu threw another black shadow to the ground.
Then he strangled his neck with a wooden gun. There was a crisp sound and the man's head hung down.
"Hoo ho, ho ho!" Qin Hu was sweating profusely and almost collapsed. He lay on the ground gasping for air. His body was really too weak.
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Just to break the enemy's neck, before he could just use his hands, but just now he had to rely on the power of a wooden gun.
"Qin An, come here and search me for me."
Qin Hu is familiar with the rules of the battlefield. He must collect all the trophies from these two guys as quickly as possible.
"Two daggers, two horizontal knives, a level, seven or eight taels of broken silver, two grain bags, five scout flags, a kettle, two sets of cotton-padded clothes, two pot helmets, bacon..."
"Qin An, brother, hurry up, hurry up, eat something quickly, you are saved..."
Qin Hu tremblingly grabbed a handful of fried beans from the grain bag and stuffed it into Qin An's mouth, then filled him with water and put on the captured cotton-padded clothes.
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Before dawn, Qin Hu cut off the scout's head before the sentry on duty arrived, carried it into Shi Chang's camp, and reported what happened yesterday.
This was done to prevent others from taking credit, and he knew what kind of environment he was in now.
"Thirty taels of silver for one head, you are rich."
The chief's name was Gundam. He was a tall, muscular man with a beard.
At first, he didn't believe it until he saw the trophies captured by Qin Hu and the two corpses.
At this moment, his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
"It's not me who gets rich, it's everyone who gets rich. This is the result of the ten of us."
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