"Impossible, how come there is the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Yixian County? Could it be that they made a mistake and fell into the Eighth Route Army's plan to attack the east and attack the west..." Major General Kawasaki stared at the Yixian County seat on the sand table and asked with disbelief on his face.
"Although a regiment of the Eighth Route Army was active there, they were still on the front line last night to deal with the commandos we sent. There was no sign of troop deployment after dawn. It has only been two hours since dark. Yixian County is dozens of kilometers away from the front line, and Wangdu is No matter how fast the garrison marches, it is impossible for them to suddenly appear outside Yi County."
"The request for assistance telegram said that the Eighth Route Army attacking the city is equipped with a large number of direct-fire artillery. They are different from mortars and must travel on the road to move quickly. However, our reconnaissance aircraft found no trace of the Eighth Route Army's artillery troops on the road." The brigade commander's analysis was reasonable. With evidence in hand, he was immediately confused by the question and couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal.
However, the content of the telegram was written clearly. If it was not more than 90% sure, the Yixian garrison would definitely not send this telegram.
Soon he thought of another problem: his brows furrowed immediately, and his entire face was replaced by worry at this moment. He looked at Major General Kawasaki and said anxiously.
"wrong……"
"Brigade commander, we seem to have missed a troop..."
"The Eighth Route Army operating in the Yizhong Plain not only has three garrison regiments, but also an independent regiment."
"Only three garrison regiments participated in the battle last night. The troops were divided into three groups to attack our six commandos. The only second regiment never showed up to participate in the battle."
"The humble officer thought that their recruit ratio was too high, the training time was too short, and the troops did not have combat effectiveness, so they had to stay in the mountains to continue training."
"If the Eighth Route Army attacking Yi County was the Duer Regiment, we not only underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Duer Regiment, but also fell into the Eighth Route Army's plan to secretly assassinate Chen Cang and lure the tiger away from the mountain."
"The three garrison regiments took the initiative to attack, consuming our army's commandos and at the same time attracting our army's attention, creating an opportunity for the Duer Regiment to attack Yixian County."
"Pa..." Major General Kawasaki's clenched fist hit the sand table in front of him hard, and the suspicious expression on his face turned into anger at this moment, and it turned red, like a powder barrel about to explode.
Although he didn't say a word, the overreaction on his face already told everyone the answer. It took a while before he spoke: "Secretly attacking Chen Cang, the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong has a really big appetite. They will not let go of any opportunity. They will beat us to death if we find any loopholes in our defense. It is too much to bully others."
"Contact the aviation force immediately and continue bombing the Eighth Route Army base in Yizhong tomorrow. We will blow up all the Eighth Route Army garrison and battalion-level headquarters that the intelligence department has previously targeted. I don't believe we can't defeat them."
"General, think twice..." Cun Shang Zhongzuo was startled by the brigade commander's impulsive decision and quickly reminded him.
"Today, the aviation force relied on a surprise attack to successfully destroy the headquarters of the Duer Regiment and severely damage the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
"Every experience gained leads to wisdom. The Eighth Route Army will definitely not make the same mistake again."
"It will definitely be transferred overnight tonight. No matter how many planes we send out, they will all come to nothing."
"But our garrisons scattered in various places are different. They must rely on various strongholds to ensure their own safety, maintain local security, and ensure that the occupied areas are always under our control."
"As long as the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong is bold enough, it can send troops to attack these strongholds at any time, further consuming our already small number of troops."
"If they are allowed to continue to conquer cities and territories in the occupied areas, we will definitely be the ones to suffer in the end, and we will be the first to be unable to hold on."
"Biji believes that the top priority now is to destroy the momentum of the Eighth Route Army to attack the occupied areas again and force them out of the occupied areas. The two sides will not interfere with each other."
"We will not send troops to sweep the Yizhong Plain until we gather enough strength." The anger on Major General Kawasaki's face was dissipating little by little. He stared at the sand table for another two minutes before giving an order: "Immediately send an emergency call to the Yixian garrison and let them We must defend the county seat at all costs, and we must not give up until we lose every soldier."
"The brigade headquarters will immediately mobilize heavy troops to support them, and aviation troops will provide them with air support after dawn."
"For defending the county town of Yixian and repelling the Eighth Route Army's siege troops, the brigade headquarters will receive many rewards. I will personally go to the front army headquarters to ask for credit." After listening to this, Cun Shangzhongzuo had a new question in his mind, and he hurriedly Reminder: "General, Baoding City can no longer send troops to reinforce Yixian County. Are you mistaken?"
"I know..." Major General Kawasaki replied calmly.
"Then where do you plan to mobilize the reinforcements you just mentioned?" Cun Shangzhongzuo listened more and more, and continued to ask.
Major General Kawasaki shook his head: "Not a single soldier will be transferred. The reinforcements are just a hope I give to the Yixian garrison."
"If they know that Baoding City is no longer able to reinforce them, the morale of the troops will definitely plummet, which will affect the troops' combat effectiveness and will to fight."
"Originally, they could kill thousands of Eighth Route Army troops in the battle to defend the city. Knowing that there are no reinforcements in Yixian County, it would be good to kill 780 Eighth Route Army troops in the battle."
"If you want to inflict maximum damage to the Eighth Route Army through the city defense battle and make the Yixian garrison's death worthwhile, you must let them see the hope of defending Yixian. Reinforcement troops are the hope." Cun Shang, center left, slowly revealed a look Realization expression.
It turns out that the reinforcements that the brigade leader said did not exist, and everything was done to deceive the Yixian garrison and make them fight to the end for a reinforcements that did not exist.
Although this is a bit unkind, I feel sorry for the Yixian garrison. But for the future of the mixed brigade and for the sake of the overall situation, the troops must cut off their arms when they have to. Only by giving up can gains be achieved.
Major General Kawasaki did not give the chief of staff much time to digest. He looked at the sand table and continued to order: "Intelligence departments and reconnaissance forces, all come to me and find the Eighth Route Army operating in our occupied areas at all costs."
"When we raided the Eighth Route Army base areas, every move we made could not escape the eyes of the Eighth Route Army."
"Why can't we find even a single trace of the Eighth Route Army in the area occupied by the Imperial Army? This is outrageous."
"The intelligence department and the investigation team must give me an explanation."
"The aviation force is preparing a squadron to cooperate with us unconditionally."
"If we find an Eighth Route Army unit, we will send out planes to blow up one. If one plane is not enough, we will send out two. If we can't wipe them all out, we will blow them up, and we will have to withdraw from our occupied area."......
"Boom, boom..." Two thunderous explosions soon sounded on the outer wall of the Yixian Garrison Headquarters. Thick smoke billowed, and two large holes were blown out of the nearly three-meter-high brick wall in an instant.
In the violent explosion, a large area of Japanese and puppet troops hiding behind the brick wall was blown up at the same time, and screams could be heard endlessly.
"Rumble..." The same explosion sounded again, and the hole directly turned into a large gap, opening its arms to the attacking troops.
The sound of heavy machine gun fire sounded at the same time, and bullets flew into the yard along the gap, giving the Japanese and puppet troops no chance to block the gap.
A dozen soldiers rushed over in a battle formation. Some were holding light machine guns and firing while attacking; some were holding grenades, ready to throw them out after rushing forward for more than ten meters.
After a while, six grenades fell from the sky and hit the gap. Although the power is not as powerful as field artillery, it is still no problem to kill a few Japanese and puppet troops who are suppressed by heavy machine guns in the gap.
Before the explosion was over, a second round of grenades followed. Under the cover of the explosion, a dozen soldiers successfully rushed behind the brick walls on both sides of the gap.
Take out the grenade again, fire it, hold it in your hand for three seconds, and then throw it in along the gap to continue to eliminate the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the gap to minimize the risk of assault.
The two machine gunners looked at each other, nodded, and leaned out from behind the brick wall. The crooked handles in their arms were facing the front yard on the other side of the brick wall, and they opened fire. Several riflemen rushed in at the same time. Break the gap and rush into the garrison headquarters.
Dozens of Japanese and puppet troops who stood firm in the front yard of the headquarters were killed and wounded, and almost all of them lost their combat effectiveness.
A few little Japs who were still alive wanted to take the opportunity to make a cold shot, but the two machine gunners guarding the gap did not give them this chance.
The rain of bullets roared in, quickly beating their bodies into sieves. After occupying the front yard, the commandos continued to attack forward, sometimes using grenades to explode and sometimes using machine guns to fire. Within five minutes, the firefight in the headquarters' backyard stopped, and the company commander who led the team hurriedly ran to Kong Jie.
"Captain, the Yixian Japanese garrison headquarters has been captured by us. The only forty or so little Japs left in the city have all been wiped out in the backyard of the headquarters. Captain Shaozuo was killed by the commando. Kong Jie's face was already filled with joy. Looking at the combat map in the war room that had not been completely destroyed by the Japanese, he ordered with a smile: "The troops will clean the battlefield as soon as possible and tally the results and losses. I will know the results in an hour." "
"Immediately send a telegram to the chief of staff. The main force of the regiment has successfully captured Yixian County and wiped out all the Yixian County garrison. Please rest assured."
"Send another telegram to Deng Jingye and ask him to bring a battalion to take over the defense of Yixian County."
"Although we captured Yixian County, there are still many remaining Japanese and puppet forces in Yixian County."
"If we want to develop Yi County into a base area, we must first eliminate all these enemies."
"The mission of the main force of the regiment has been completed, and the rest will be left to them." Ten minutes later, the operator suddenly ran towards Kong Jie with a nervous look on his face: "Leader, we can't contact the chief of staff..." Kong Jie asked subconsciously. : "It shouldn't be... The regiment radio station is on 24 hours a day. How could we not be able to contact you? Have you called a few more times? Maybe the regiment radio station is sending and receiving messages and cannot contact us for the time being." The operator He answered firmly: "I contacted him. I contacted him five times within ten minutes, but there was no response from the regiment headquarters." After hearing this, Kong Jie still didn't expect that something would happen to the headquarters.
The Duer regiment headquarters is located deep in the mountains, and the possibility of exposure is very low. To put it bluntly, even if they were really exposed, the Japanese army would not be able to quietly pass through the defense areas of the three garrison regiments and penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Yi Zhong base, let alone sneak attack the regiment headquarters.
The operator looked confident and comforted: "There must be something wrong with the regimental radio station, don't worry too much."
"Send a telegram directly to the Shunping garrison where the deputy chief of staff is located, and ask the deputy chief of staff to send someone to tell the chief of staff that the main force of the regiment has captured the county seat of Yixian County and is expected to withdraw to the base tomorrow night."
