Daya Bay Headquarters.
The boss was currently circling anxiously in the room with his hands ready, glancing outside from time to time.
Inside the room, a group of combat staff members were sorting out information.
The Battle of Yangquan involved at least hundreds of surrounding combat units fighting the Japanese. For a time, the combat information sent from Daya Bay kept the staff busy.
Staff Officer Zuo looked at the silent boss standing at the door and frowned, as if he could see what he was thinking.
After making a cup of tea, Consultant Zuo handed it to the boss.
"Boss, I know you are worried about Lin Zhong, but..."
"Don't worry too much, Lin Zhong always has a lot of clever ideas."
Counselor Zuo said, although he said this, he did not feel confident at all, because the subsequent battle reports after the Yangquan battle were too dangerous.
Although there was no headquarters reconnaissance force on the Yangquan battlefield, reports from surrounding troops revealed that Yangquan had been besieged by nearly 100,000 Japanese elites for five days.
One hundred thousand elite Japs would be enough to destroy the entire Yangquan City in five days.
Previously, there were a few telegrams sent from the New First Brigade, but later it was concluded that the radio station of the New First Brigade was damaged, and there was no more telegrams.
The boss sighed softly and took the tea.
"Hey, if I had known it was so dangerous, I shouldn't have agreed to let him go in the first place."
"I told him to exercise, but what's the difference between that and sending him to death?"
"I have to admit that I regret it."
Counselor Zuo was silent for a while. He knew the boss's temper very well. He always slammed the table and shouted angrily, but this time he was so calm that it was a bit scary.
"Boss, it's not your fault. We only heard that a large-scale war broke out in Yangquan at first, and we didn't know about it until later."
"You don't have to blame yourself too much."
The boss placed the tea cup flat on the table without taking a sip.
Yi Linzhong's previous performance was fully capable of being the leader of a division, but he was too young and promoted too quickly. If he was promoted directly, he would probably be dissatisfied by many people, so he found an opportunity for Lin Zhong to practice.
But who would have thought that it would be like hell and hell as soon as it started?
"If Yan Laoxi really lets me lose my love to Yangquan, I will never end it with him." The boss said and his eyes became sharp.
In the next few hours, Daya Bay received good news one after another. After the First World War, the Eighth Route Army took advantage of the Japanese troops' lack of strength and occupied no less than ten cities.
After a bunch of telegrams, the boss only glanced at them with a dull expression, until the last telegram...
[A large number of national troops gathered in the direction of Yangquan, suspected of being Yangquan city defense reinforcements, were in fierce conflict with the Japanese troops, and the situation was chaotic. 】
The boss's eyes widened, and the Zuo staff officer beside him also widened his eyes and immediately became happy.
"Haha, boss, that's it. I think it's probably the reinforcements from Yangquan that have arrived. Once their reinforcements arrive, the crisis in Yangquan will naturally be resolved. By then, the new brigade will be able to withdraw smoothly." Staff Zuo smiled and his face soothed. Quite a few.
The boss still frowned while looking at the telegram, his expression complex and elusive.
"What's wrong, boss?" Staff Zuo couldn't help but ask.
"Lao Zuo, I'm afraid things can't be that simple."
"The scale of this battlefield plus the reinforcements is estimated to have reached 150,000. How many people are there in Lin Zhong's new brigade? It's only a few thousand people."
"It only takes a matter of minutes for thousands of troops to be annihilated on such a battlefield."
Staff Officer Zuo said nothing after hearing this, because...it makes so much sense.
When thousands of Eighth Route Army troops arrived on the battlefield with nearly 150,000 troops, it would only take a matter of minutes for them to be completely annihilated.
"I hope... the New 1st Brigade is well." Staff Officer Zuo sighed weakly at the end...
...
Half a day later, Lin Zhong led the large army to a fork in the road, and Lin Zhong suddenly stopped.
"Zhang Dabiao!"
"arrive!"
"You continue to move forward with the large troops, and the political commissar and I will go to the headquarters."
"It's the brigade commander!"
Five minutes later, Zhou Weiguo and Lin Zhong watched the large army leave.
"Let's go, I guess the boss and the others are impatient. It's a damn coincidence that both radio stations were bombed." Lin Zhong couldn't help but curse.
Zhou Weiguo smiled and said, "Based on the boss's temper, I'm sure he'll have to curse again soon."
"Swear? You can curse, but you can curse hard. You can curse nine times after following the boss for three days." Lin Zhong said helplessly.
After walking for a while, Lin Zhong couldn't help but look back in the direction of Yangquan, "I guess the little Japs are about to leave now."
Zhou Weiguo was stunned, "You said the little Japs will withdraw?"
"It stands to reason that both sides are evenly matched, how could they retreat so easily?"
Lin Zhong nodded, "Yes, the two sides are indeed evenly matched, but don't forget that the enemy's goal is Yangquan City."
"Now that a large number of reinforcements have arrived, the Japanese know that Yangquan is hopeless. Do you think they can continue to waste time there?"
"But the national army will let them go easily?" Zhou Weiguo couldn't help but ask.
Lin Zhong sneered, "National Army?"
"Are you referring to Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army or the Central Army over there?"
Zhou Weiguo understood what Lin Zhong meant. Indeed, although they were both members of the national army, they belonged to different factions. Who would risk their lives to intercept the little devil and start a life-or-death battle with the devil?
In fact, this was indeed the case. Less than two hours after the battle between the two sides in Yangquan, the Japanese began to retreat. However, the Jinsui Army and the reinforcements did not have any troops to intercept them. They only made superficial efforts to chase the Japanese.
Although Lin Zhong hadn't seen such a scene yet, he could make a rough guess.
The national army's subsequent defeat by our army was largely due to the split between factions.
Not long after, the news that the Japanese troops had withdrawn from Yangquan reached Daya Bay.
A correspondent in Daya Bay ran through the door.
"Report!"
"Report to the boss! News has arrived from Yangquan!" the correspondent said.
The boss who was reading the information immediately put down the information, stood up from his chair, stared at the correspondent, and said immediately: "Speak quickly!"
"It's the boss!"
"There is news from Yangquan that a war broke out between the two sides, saying that the Japanese have retreated."
"Have you found the troops of the new first brigade?" the boss shouted with his eyes wide open.
The communications soldier paused, "This... Brigadier Lin's troops were not found."
boom!
After the boss heard this, it was like a lightning strike. Eighty percent of the new brigade had been wiped out on the battlefield.
