Yoshio Iwamatsu had no soldiers in his hands, and it was useless no matter how many tactics and tactics he thought of in his mind.
In order to reduce some unnecessary losses, he decisively ended all military operations and planned to wait for the return troops to arrive before dealing with them.
At six o'clock in the evening, cadres of more than a dozen battalions of the Eighth Route Army once again gathered at the Japanese Shanxi Garrison Headquarters.
"Comrades..."
Huang Yu took out the list he had prepared long ago and introduced: "Including those brought by each unit, our army has gathered a total of 4328 mules, horses and horses..."
"They have all been loaded with weapons and ammunition, and are gathered at various city gates to rest and stand ready."
"The bullets and grenades distributed to each soldier are also packed separately."
"After the troops arrived at the city gate, they collected mules, horses and ammunition in company units."
"Except for one squad of security troops..."
"The other soldiers each have a mule and horse, a bag of bullets and grenades."
"If you encounter an enemy situation on the march, everyone should avoid it if possible..."
"If we can't avoid it, we must find a way to end the battle in the shortest possible time, get rid of the danger, and continue to retreat towards the center of the wing!"
"The special regiment, the newly established air defense battalion, the cavalry unit... come with me on the road back to the base..."
"The troops set off overnight..."
"We will also march during the day and strive to return to the base tomorrow night."
Li Yunlong was not worried at all about the thousands of infantry he brought.
After evacuating Taiyuan, it takes five or six hours of march to enter the vast mountains.
The Eighth Route Army was all over the place there, and even if Yoshio Iwamatsu sent a brigade to hunt them down, he wouldn't be afraid.
The only thing I'm worried about is the special forces and hundreds of transport vehicles.
Such a huge convoy has a huge momentum, and no matter how concealed the march is, it cannot be silent.
If they were targeted by the Japanese, their planes and ground troops would definitely rush towards them like crazy.
If they are blocked halfway, it will really cause trouble every day, and the ground will not respond, and it will be too late for the base area to send troops to rescue.
But apart from taking the road, Li Yunlong couldn't think of any other way to return to the base. Starting from noon, his entire face was replaced by a look of worry.
He frowned wherever he went.
After Huang Yu finished giving the order, he said with a decisive expression: "Xiao Huang..."
"I don't know if there will be an accident if you go back by road..."
"I'm talking about what if..."
"What if the troops are blocked halfway by the Japanese and unable to advance or retreat..."
"I hope you will make a decisive decision, give up the loot immediately, and lead your troops to break through lightly."
"The trophies brought back by the mules and horses are enough. It's more than enough for you to bring back."
"Tanks and armored vehicles have nothing to do with each other..."
"Just throw it away..."
"Anyway, most of the armored battalion's tanks remain in the base area, so the overall combat effectiveness of the armored battalion will not be affected much if it is lost."
Seeing that Li Yunlong was getting more and more worried as he talked, and seemed to have decided that something would happen to him on the way back, Huang Yu hurriedly comforted him.
"Captain Li, don't worry..."
"If we are in danger on the road, I will immediately give up the loot and withdraw to the base!"
"But I'm sure we won't have an accident."
"Yoshio Iwamatsu only wants to block us in Taiyuan and annihilate us. He must not have thought of how to intercept our retreating troops."
"Even if he thinks of this, he can't determine our specific retreat route, and he can't stop us even if he wants to."
"And he doesn't have any troops to stop us."
"The troops have almost all the transport vehicles in Taiyuan City..."
"The little Japanese reinforcements from northwest Shanxi are fighting back to Taiyuan behind us."
"They are already very tired, and there is no transport truck to help. With only two legs, no matter how fast they run, they can't catch up with our four wheels!"
"As for the little devils along the way..."
"We already fought it once when we attacked Taiyuan."
"The Japanese North China Front is short of troops everywhere. Although many checkpoints and strongholds were reoccupied by the Japanese and puppet troops, they only have a small number of troops. The artillery towers and strongholds destroyed by us have not been repaired..."
"Their little strength is not enough to put a gap in our teeth."
"If someone comes to block the road without fear of death, I will definitely use tank guns to blast them into pieces!"
"Our troops are not the only one operating on the entire retreat..."
"I have contacted the head of the headquarters a long time ago and asked them to dispatch five or six regiments to assist us in our retreat."
"These troops are lurking along the highway in units of battalions and companies, ready to attack at any time to kill the little devils who want to block the road."
"This is why I asked the troops to load more ammunition into the transport truck!"
"After meeting them, I have to express my gratitude both emotionally and rationally."
"There is nothing else in Taiyuan City, but there are plenty of weapons and ammunition."
"At that time, each regiment will be sent several cannons, more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, two hundred rifles, and an additional 100,000 rounds of machine gun bullets and artillery shells to make up for their battle losses during the operation."
"I will send a telegram to the head of the headquarters now."
"We will start to retreat in three hours. Please contact the lurking troops along the line immediately to prepare for the response..."
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At the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff walked up to the deputy commander with a worried look on his face: "Boss... Xiao Huang and Li Yunlong have begun to retreat..."
"These two boys are so scary."
"In order to evacuate the Taiyuan Arsenal and Taiyuan Arsenal..."
"Not only did we purchase all the mules, horses and horses in Taiyuan City, we also bought hundreds of transport vehicles..."
"My dear..."
"The telegram said: The more than 4,000 mules, horses and horses they brought back to the base area all transported artillery shells, bullets, grenades..."
"In addition to their own ammunition, each soldier also carries five hundred rounds of ammunition and five grenades..."
"More than three hundred transport trucks are filled with weapons, ammunition and military equipment."
"Transport them all back to the base area. There will be no problem in forming four or five regiments in the Yi Zhong base area based on those equipment."
"We can also set up a small arsenal to produce small batches of rifle machine guns and large batches of rifle machine gun bullets and grenades..."
"Kong Jie also said in the telegram that he brought two mountain cannons, four mortars, four heavy machine guns, ten light machine guns, 300 rifles, and 100,000 rounds to each main force group that was supporting them along the way. Seed bullets and cannonballs..."
"When we meet the supporting troops, we can hand them over to them, reducing the load on the troops in the wing..."
The deputy commander smiled and answered: "This Xiao Huang..."
"It's still as grand as ever..."
"The attack is just an artillery battery and the equipment of a reinforced battalion..."
"Immediately give orders to the response troops..."
"From now on, we will try to prevent any Japanese and puppet troops from approaching the road Huang Yu is taking, let alone destroying the road..."
"If any road section is damaged, repair it immediately... and it must not affect the marching speed of the convoy!"
"Tell them the equipment and ammunition that Huang Yu promised them, so that everyone can be more motivated to work."
