At the Japanese brigade headquarters in Baoding, Zhongzuo walked into the war room with his head lowered, holding in his hand the investigation results just forwarded by the aviation force, with a very ugly expression on his face.
Major General Kawasaki was studying the map with furrowed brows and was in a bad mood.
Cun Shang Zhongzuo opened his mouth several times before summoning the courage to speak: "General, the reinforcement aircraft sent by the aviation force have arrived on the battlefield, and the reconnaissance results are not optimistic."
"Four of the six commando teams... have... been eliminated, their strongholds have been captured, and all the weapons and ammunition equipped by the commando teams have been stolen by the Eighth Route Army."
Having said this, Cun Shang Zhongzuo glanced at the brigade commander carefully and made sure that he had no signs of anger before continuing to report.
"The aviation force immediately patrolled the area of kilometers around the battlefield in an attempt to find the Eighth Route Army, but did not find any suspicious targets."
"The remaining two commandos were severely damaged, and the Eighth Route Army that attacked them withdrew from the battle half an hour before dawn."
"The commando team was worried that the Eighth Route Army would lure the snake out of its hole, so they did not dare to attack rashly. They could only watch them leave. The aviation force that reinforced them did not find any trace of this Eighth Route Army."
Major General Kawasaki has fought against the Yizhong Eighth Route Army not once or twice. He knows about them well, maybe 70% to 80%.
As long as they retreat voluntarily, it will be difficult for the imperial army to find them again, especially around their base areas.
Major General Kawasaki was not surprised at all by the results reported by the Chief of Staff.
At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind: the mixed brigade had lost troops again. As the brigade commander, how should he lead everyone through the current crisis, otherwise he would lose his position as the brigade commander who had not yet secured his seat.
But before that, he had to take revenge on the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army. Even if he couldn't inflict heavy damage, he still had to make them pay for last night's action.
The more than two thousand imperial troops who formed six commando teams cannot die in vain, and the weapons and ammunition they are equipped with cannot fall into their hands in vain.
After staring at the sand table and thinking for two minutes, he suddenly looked at the chief of staff: "Cun Shangjun, I remember that the intelligence department followed me two days ago. They seemed to have found the approximate location of the Duer Regiment headquarters."
"Hai..." Cun Shang Zhongzuo didn't know why the brigade leader suddenly thought of this problem, but he still pointed to a few villages on the sand table very dutifully.
"Just in this area..."
"Intelligence personnel found that there are a lot of cavalry coming and going here, and there are more Eighth Route Army commanders equipped with pistols than elsewhere. They should all be Eighth Route Army correspondents."
"There are six villages in total. The intelligence personnel have not yet determined which village the Duer Regiment's headquarters is in. Good news should come back soon."
"No need to check..." Major General Kawasaki interrupted without hesitation, raising his hand.
"Immediately contact the aviation force and ask them to dispatch at least eighteen planes to immediately bomb the six villages where the Du Er Regiment headquarters is located. I want to wipe them off the sand table, then destroy the Du Er Regiment headquarters and give them to the people who were shattered last night. Warriors take revenge."
"Go and execute it now."
"We have limited troops and cannot rely on infantry to retaliate against the Duer Regiment. But we have an air force, and if we use it well, its combat effectiveness is no less than that of two infantry brigades."
"If we can kill Kong Jie, the commander of the Duer Regiment, the supreme commander of the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong, during the bombing, the impact will not be less than the total annihilation of two to three thousand Eighth Route Army troops."
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"With one soldier and a nest of generals, the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong can grow stronger in a short period of time and pose a huge threat to us. Kong Jie plays a big role in it."
"It can be said that he is the soul of the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army. If Kong Jie is killed, the soul of the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army will be gone. The combat effectiveness will be greatly affected, and the pressure of sweeping the Yi Zhong Plain will be much less in the future."
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At the headquarters of the Duer Regiment, Chief of Staff Liu Sen was counting the results and losses of the various garrison regiments that had just been gathered here.
Outside the regiment headquarters, a company of new recruits was training not far away. The people were busy in the fields as usual. There was a busy scene everywhere...
"Buzz buzz..."
A faint roar of an airplane suddenly reached everyone's ears, and then
A few small black dots appeared on the edge of the sky.
It is located in a mountainous area and there are no targets worthy of Japanese bombing. The village has not been bombed in recent years.
From time to time, you can see several planes on missions flying overhead, and everyone has long been accustomed to it.
Faced with the sudden appearance of a Jaap plane, he did not make any overreaction and did whatever he should.
Soon three planes appeared over the village.
What was different from the past was that the three planes did not fly over the village, but circled around the village, and their flying altitude became lower and lower.
The huge roar of the engine was like thunder, instantly attracting the attention of everyone on the ground.
Liu Sen strode out of the headquarters and looked up to see a plane break away from the formation and dive down from high altitude to the ground at a very fast speed.
His face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted out loud: "No, we are being targeted by a Japanese plane... we will be transferred immediately..."
"Hurry up, don't take anything with you, retreat directly, all go to cover the people leaving the village, the Japs are starting to bomb... woo woo hoo... boom boom..."
The screams of bombs streaking across the sky soon sounded, and an orange-red fireball immediately rose in the middle of the village. Thick smoke was also wrapped in flames and rose into the sky. The thunderous explosions reached everyone's ears at the same time, deafening, and the ground beneath their feet They all trembled twice in the explosion.
Liu Sen's face turned even paler, and he rushed outside without even returning to the command post.
Seeing a few ordinary people running around in panic, they hurried over to greet them: "Folks, the village is being targeted by Japs' planes. Everyone must move away immediately. Follow me, hurry up..."
Several guards rushed over, and Liu Sen immediately handed over these people to them, and continued rushing into the village with the two guards.
There were still a large number of ordinary people there who had no time to move. No matter what, I couldn't leave them behind and run for my life alone.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
The second aerial bomb soon fell from the sky and hit them behind.
Liu Sen turned around and saw that the headquarters was filled with smoke and fireballs from the explosion, and the room where the headquarters was located was razed to the ground on the spot.
Fortunately, everyone ran fast, otherwise the headquarters of the Duer Regiment would have been destroyed.
But good luck did not always come to Liu Sen. As soon as he moved a dozen people out of the village, the scream of an aerial bomb across the sky reached his ears again, and the sound became louder and louder. The soldier's sixth sense made him realize The bomb was thrown towards him, and Gao Ma lay on the ground holding his head.
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"Rumble...
The sound of the explosion soon rang in his ears, and he felt that his ears were torn apart, and his body was crippled by the sound of the explosion, and then he lost consciousness.
Twenty minutes later, the three planes left a field of ruins and corpses and left the sky above the village in a show of force.
Several soldiers rushed into the village that was still filled with smoke like crazy, shouting as they ran: "Chief of Staff...Chief of Staff...Chief of Staff, where are you?"
"The chief of staff is here..." A cry of surprise suddenly sounded in the ruins.
Several soldiers ran over quickly, and the leading platoon leader shouted as he ran: "Health worker... where is the health worker... Come here quickly, the chief of staff is here..."
"Report to the platoon leader, chief of staff... the chief of staff has... died..." the soldier who first discovered Liu Sen's body said with grief on his face.
"He was killed by an aerial bomb at close range..."
The deputy battalion commander of the first battalion who was staying at the station ran over after hearing the news and saw Liu Sen lying motionless under a broken wall. There was a trace of blood oozing from the corners of his mouth, eyes, and nose. He was so frightened that he knelt on the ground on the spot.
He is a veteran of the Duer Regiment and is very familiar with Liu Sen. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the two of them would be separated forever.
"Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang, the chief of staff died, and the regiment is leaderless. You are the highest-ranking cadre in the headquarters. What should we do next? Do we still need you to make the decision?" Platoon Leader 1 was already confused by this accident. Look, The deputy battalion commander asked expectantly.
"The village cannot stay any longer..." the deputy battalion commander forced himself to calm down.
Come, he ordered with a sad look on his face.
"Take the body of the Chief of Staff and move it now. We'll go to the nearby woods and wait."
"I don't know where the regiment leader is, so I can only contact the deputy chief of staff and quickly send two people to the headquarters of the Shun Binh Garrison Regiment in Binh Duong Town to inform the deputy chief of staff of the death of the chief of staff and ask the deputy chief of staff to come to the regiment headquarters immediately to take charge. The big picture."
"The Junpei garrison has a radio station that allows the deputy chief of staff to contact the regimental commander."
"Other soldiers, working as squads, immediately entered the village to rescue the wounded. Whether they are our soldiers or ordinary people, we cannot give up as long as we still have breath."
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Huang Yu had just returned to Pingyang Town from the front line. As soon as he arrived at the town entrance, he saw two cavalry correspondents rushing towards him. They ran seven or eight meters away before jumping off their horses. Their expressions were very solemn, and they rushed to Huang Yu. Report in a hurry.
"Report to the deputy chief of staff: The regiment headquarters was attacked by Japanese air raids. The chief of staff died while covering the relocation of civilians. The headquarters is leaderless. Please return to the headquarters immediately to take charge of the overall situation."
"What did you say? Say it again..." Huang Yu's eyes widened quickly and he asked with a look of disbelief on his face.
"The regiment headquarters was attacked by an air attack and the chief of staff was killed. Please go to the headquarters immediately to take charge of the overall situation." The correspondent had to report again.
"Have you reported to the group leader..." Huang Yu asked quickly.
The correspondent shook his head: "The chief of staff died. None of us know where the regimental commander is. We don't know where to send someone even if we want to send someone to notify him?"
"What about the radio station? Why don't you contact the radio station?" Huang Yu asked with a frown.
"The Japanese bombing came so suddenly. As soon as the chief of staff asked us to move, the headquarters was bombed. Many things in the headquarters including the radio were not snatched away."
"The garrison has a radio. Please ask the deputy chief of staff to use the radio to contact the regiment commander immediately to report the attack on the headquarters."
After hearing this, Huang Yu gradually calmed down from his initial impulse.
Shaking his head, he replied with a serious face: "Can't contact me."
"The leader has a secret mission. The operation tonight is very important and must not be affected by the outside world."
"I will go to the regiment headquarters now to take charge of the overall situation."
After saying that, he ordered Wang Lin: "Chief of Staff, I will leave the Junping garrison to you. I will take the radio station away and contact the regiment leader at any time. If there is any situation here, send someone to the regiment headquarters to contact me immediately."
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