Shanxi, Yangquan.
Headquarters of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese First Army.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander."
Masao Yamano, whose face was stained by gunpowder smoke, walked in with the rank of Major on his shoulders, stood upright and paused.
Tsuda Mitake frowned.
With just a brief glance, he knew that the troops who went to support the train station must have suffered a defeat, otherwise they would never be in this embarrassed posture.
"We encountered the Eighth Route Army just after we left the city. The Eighth Route Army's firepower was very fierce. Mr. Gangcun... was shattered."
Okamura, another squadron leader, was hit by a rocket from the Super Bazooka during the battle and was blown to pieces. Bayi Chinese website
Seeing Tsuda Mitake's expression become extremely ugly, Yamano Masao suddenly said: "Brigade Commander, please give me another chance, I will definitely defeat the Eighth Route Army!"
"How many people were lost?" Tsuda Mitake's face was gloomy.
"More than 140 people have been lost, and the train station has been breached by the Eighth Route Army!" Masao Yamano said.
"idiot!"
The communications staff officer held a telegram in his hand, walked up to Mitake Tsuda, and gave him a military salute.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, telegram from General Shinozuka!"
Tsuda Mitake stared at the map and said without looking back: "Read it!"
"Hi!" The communications staff officer picked up the telegram and read out, "Both the Zhengtai Railway and the Tongpu Railway were attacked by the Eighth Route Army on a large scale. The staff department is formulating a counterattack plan. Your troops are on standby and are not allowed to attack without authorization. His Majesty the Emperor is on board. The Japanese Imperial Army is on board!”
Tsuda Mitake waved his hand, and Yamano Masao and the communications staff nodded, and then walked out.
After the two left, his face gradually turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and the situation was worse than imagined.
At first, he thought that the Eighth Route Army was only targeting the Fourth Brigade. He never expected that the Eighth Route Army would actually launch such a large battle in such a large area.
How many troops would be needed to attack so many strongholds at the same time? Fifty thousand? Or one hundred thousand?
"Baga!" Finally, Mitake Tsuda could only curse bitterly.
…
At Lion Rock, Li Yunlong looked towards Yangquan City with a telescope. The entire Yangquan City looked like a beast lying in the dark night.
Behind him, a new regiment of soldiers was busy building trenches, foxholes and other fortifications.
"Report to the captain, the Japanese have not left the city, the city gates are closed and the whole city is under martial law." Lu Yingjun ran to Li Yunlong and reported to him.
"Your Sharp Sword Squadron will continue to monitor the Japs in Yangquan and report any abnormalities immediately." Li Yunlong spoke calmly.
He expected that the Japanese would not come out at night for fear of being ambushed, but there would probably be a fierce battle tomorrow.
"Yes!" Lu Yingjun gave a military salute and turned to leave.
"Signal Corps!" Li Yunlong shouted loudly.
"Yes!" A young communications soldier with a slightly immature face but smart eyes ran up to Li Yunlong with a gun and saluted him.
"Report immediately to the brigade headquarters. Our new regiment has captured Yangquan Railway Station and Lion Rock!"
"Go!"
"Yes!" The communications soldier straightened up, then quickly ran over and got on his horse, and soon disappeared into the night along with the sound of horse hooves.
…
Yangjiacun, temporary brigade headquarters of the 386th Brigade.
Although it was late at night, the brigade commander, Deputy Brigadier Han, Chief of Staff Zhou, and all the combat staff were busy.
"Currently, the three regiments of our 386th Brigade participating in the railway attack, the 772nd Regiment, the New Second Regiment, and the Independent Regiment have all launched attacks on more than a dozen enemy strongholds."
"In addition, the new main offensive group has launched an attack on Yangquan Railway Station."
"Well..." The brigade commander raised his wrist and looked at his Roman watch, "There should be news soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, a horse neighed outside the door.
"The brigade commander is really good at predicting things." Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile.
Soon, a communications soldier hurried in and reported: "Report, the new regiment has captured Yangquan Railway Station and Lion Rock!"
"Li Yunlong did a great job!" The brigade commander cheered and said to Chief of Staff Zhou, "Chief of Staff, quickly mark it on the map."
"Yes!" Chief of Staff Zhou quickly picked up the red pen, circled Yangquan Railway Station on the map, and drew a red cross.
"It only took more than half an hour. It probably took less than 10 minutes to capture the train station. Li Yunlong was so fast." Chief of Staff Zhou said in amazement.
"Last month, the New Regiment took down more than 30 strongholds. I estimate that the New Regiment can take down the train station in less than 5 minutes." Deputy Brigadier Han said with a smile.
"After all, Yangquan Railway Station is very close to Yangquan City, and Li Yunlong and the others still have to face the pressure of Japanese reinforcements at any time." Chief of Staff Zhou said, "I dare to say that among the entire Eighth Route Army's raiding force tonight, Li Yunlong was the one who won the victory. First place."
"Li Yunlong has made a good start, and the other troops should be soon." The brigade commander smiled.
For this attack, the brigade commander robbed 35 rocket launchers from Li Yunlong and distributed them to the 772nd Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment that participated in the attack.
Each rocket launcher is equipped with two experienced rocket launchers. Even the reinforced concrete Jaap turret cannot stop the rockets at all.
If one rocket isn't enough, use two.
After the signal soldiers of the new regiment finished their report, they turned around and left without having time to drink water.
More than ten minutes later, another horse neighed outside the door.
A communications soldier ran in, saluted the brigade commander and reported: "Reporting to the commander, the 772nd Regiment has captured the two strongholds of Xiaozhuang and Xizhi!"
"Cheng Shifa moved very quickly. In less than an hour, he defeated two strongholds." The chief of staff found the two strongholds of Xiaozhuang and Xizhi on the map and drew two crosses.
Not long after the communications soldiers of the 772nd Regiment left, the communications soldiers of the New Second Regiment also arrived and had already captured the Sangzhang Bridge and Yanzigou strongholds.
The independent regiment's communications troops arrived later, and it took another hour to arrive. However, the independent regiment even reached two strongholds in Langyu and Zhangjing, and a train station in Qinquan, arriving three at a time.
Immediately afterwards, the communications troops of the 772nd Regiment came to report that the other two stronghold missions were successfully terminated.
In the brigade headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhou drew circles on the map for the two strongholds that the 772nd Regiment had lost. He looked at his watch again and said in a surprised tone: "In 3 hours and 10 minutes, the first phase of our brigade's critical mission will be completed. It was all done 5 hours ahead of schedule.”
"Our brigade should be the first among all the attack troops to complete the first stage of the attack mission." Deputy Brigadier Han smiled happily.
"Brigadier Commander, it's still early. I suggest ordering the attack force to immediately start the second phase of the attack mission." Deputy Brigadier Han suggested.
"I think it's okay!" the brigade commander nodded, "Immediately ask the communications squad to convey the order to each regiment."
"In addition, immediately collect the strongholds, train stations, etc. that our brigade has lost and send them to the division headquarters."
Chief of Staff Zhou said: "I have already compiled it."
Then he tore the compiled list out of the notebook and handed it to the telegraph operator next to him, who sent it to the division headquarters.
The Eighth Route Army's communication methods are backward. The communications corps first reports to the brigade headquarters, and the brigade headquarters then reports to the division headquarters and headquarters, and the headquarters reports to the whole country.
…
After a night of raiding operations, all brigades and regiments basically completed their scheduled combat tasks.
Among them, the 386th Brigade, because it was equipped with bazooka rocket launchers, overfulfilled its mission and completed the second phase of the attack mission.
Although good results were achieved, it was not enough. The Eighth Route Army's goal was to completely destroy the Zhengtai Railway.
The first phase of the mission is to attack small and medium-sized strongholds, the second phase of the mission is to destroy medium-sized strongholds, and the third phase of the mission is to destroy large strongholds.
During this period, various ministries mobilized and organized the public to destroy railways, stations and their ancillary facilities using methods such as demolition, blasting, fire, and flooding.
The entire Zhengtai Railway was completely paralyzed.
After a whole night of fighting, the small Japanese strongholds were basically destroyed, leaving only some medium and large strongholds.
Communications on the Zhengtai Railway have been completely paralyzed. The Japanese and puppet troops in these strongholds are trembling, but they have no choice but to pray for reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible.
Early the next morning.
Yangquan, headquarters of the 4th Brigade.
Chief of Staff Kurosawa Shoji returned to the operations hall from the communications room.
Reported to Tsuda Mitake: "Captain of the brigade, the situation is very bad. The only ones we can still contact are several large strongholds with radio stations. Although not every large stronghold has a radio station, relatively speaking, large strongholds currently have It’s still safe.”
"Those small strongholds, and even some of the medium-sized strongholds, are likely to be breached by the Eighth Route Army."
"The Eighth Route Army is coming fiercely. They may want to eat my fourth brigade in one bite."
"What's worse is that the large strongholds that can be contacted are currently surrounded by eight routes, and it is very difficult to withdraw to Yangquan."
"Those medium-sized and large-sized strongholds that have not been contacted are also very likely to be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army."
"This is obvious. The Eighth Route Army will definitely launch attacks on medium and large strongholds."
"Baga!" Tsuda Mitake said angrily, "Are the Eighth Route Army crazy? They actually dare to attack medium-sized strongholds and large strongholds? Why do the Eighth Route Army?"
Kurosawa Shoji said: "Although the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is crude, they have always fought bravely. Fighting against the imperial army has always been a life-threatening style of play. If the Eighth Route Army is really willing to spend money, according to their life-saving style of play, these large and medium-sized strongholds will , I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on for long!”
Mibuto Tsuda said: "Kurosawa-kun, immediately report our situation to the headquarters and request tactical guidance from the headquarters."
"Hi!" Kurosawa Masaji nodded and walked towards the communication room.
Not long after, the communications room of the Fourth Brigade received an order from Yoshio Shinozuka.
Kurosawa Shoji walked into the war room holding the telegram, paused and said: "Brigade Commander, General Shinozuka, urgent telegram!"
Unable to wait for the other party to read the telegram, Tsuda Mitake snatched the telegram from Kurosawa Masaru's hand and started reading it.
The telegram read: Your troops must immediately assemble troops to attack westward along the railway from Yangquan, and attack from both sides with the 9th Brigade to drive away the Eighth Route Army that invades the Shotai Railway. His Majesty the Emperor will be on board, and the Imperial Japanese Army will be on board.
Although Yangquan only has two infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, and one tank squadron.
However, there are still many medium and large strongholds on the Zhengtai Railway that have not been breached by the Eighth Route Army.
Assemble the troops and push them all the way along the railway to rescue the troops in these strongholds. The troops will soon snowball to more than one regiment.
Coupled with the puppet troops, the number of troops in the east exceeded tens of thousands, and they were flanked by the 9th Brigade in the west.
The crisis can be solved!
"Yoshi, General Shinozuka is indeed a master tactician. He found the key to breaking the situation in one go."
Tsuda Mitake's expression was grim: "Kurosawa-kun, please pass on the order and leave one squadron and all Imperial Army troops to defend the city. All other troops must assemble at the west gate!"
Kurosawa Shoji: "Hi!"
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he encounters familiar people, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.
