Seeing the Chief of Staff disappear from the city gate with subsequent reinforcements, Colonel Kato's tense nerves did not relieve himself, and he pricked up his ears and listened to the gunshots coming from the city.

In less than five minutes, the firefighting sound from the city began to become dense, and there were many explosions of shells in the middle.

Colonel Kato said to himself: "The reinforcements have already traded fire with the city. I hope there will be no accidents in the next battle!"

The only remaining infantry brigade captain around him immediately comforted him: "Don't worry, the chief of staff brought the reinforcements into the city by 3,000 people, and they are equipped with a large number of artillery. They can kill all the national rescue troops in the city even if they spend money!"

Colonel Kato refused to comment: "I hope everything goes well. You can arrange a few observation posts to go to the city wall to observe the battlefield, and report to me every five minutes!"

As soon as the captain left, the communications officer ran over: "Captain, the plane that escorted us wants to evacuate the battlefield?"

Colonel Kato did not hesitate on this issue for too long, and after thinking about it, he made a decision: "We are fighting street battles now, and they can't provide us with any support even if they stay here."

“Instead of wasteing fuel in the sky, retreat!”

"Send them a signal and I agree to them evacuate the battlefield."

In less than ten minutes, the three planes that were cruising over everyone's heads began to return and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.

An observation post happened to come to report the situation: "Report to the corps leader, the reinforcements commanded by the chief of staff have fought with the national rescue army in the city. The troops were divided into three groups, advancing in unison, and quickly assaulted forward under the cover of artillery fire!"

"The National Salvation Army is no match at all. In less than five minutes of the fight between the two sides, the Chief of Staff has already attacked for nearly a hundred meters!"

"Yoxi!" At this time, Colonel Kato's tense nerves finally showed signs of soothing.

Looking at the observation post, I was very happy to order: "Continue to go to the city to watch the battles in the city. If there is any situation, I must report it to me as soon as possible!"

"Hayi!" After receiving the order, the observation post ran towards the city not far away.

At this moment, Zhou Cheng also received good news that the Japanese planes had evacuated the battlefield.

"It will be dark in more than half an hour. Even if the Japanese army immediately ask their air force for help, the plane that has returned cannot reach the battlefield again!" Zhou Cheng looked at the map and was very happy to analyze.

"Then can we close the net!" asked Deputy Chief of Staff Li Honghui, then expressed his thoughts.

"The Japanese are so cruel. They directly dispatched more than 3,000 people to the city to deal with the mobile camp and the guard camp, and also equipped with a large number of heavy weapons."

"Because I don't know that the Japanese brought rapid-fire cannons into the city, when they first started fighting, the two battalions suffered a lot of losses from rapid-fire cannons!"

"Although the combat mode was quickly adjusted, the Japanese and puppet troops had too obvious advantages in military strength, which led to the two battalions being suppressed and the combat pressure was very high."

"Our troops lying outside the city will close the net sooner, and their combat pressure will be relieved sooner!"

After hearing this, Zhou Cheng started to give orders without saying a single nonsense: "Immediately send telegrams to the three main battalions and the Shouyang Garrison. Our air threat has been lifted. All the lurking troops set off immediately and close the network according to the original combat plan. We must end the battle before the early morning!"

Outside Jinzhong City, Colonel Kato's mood is getting better and better. Observe the whistle to report the situation to him once, and his tense nerves should be relieved.

"Report to the wing captain, the reinforcements commanded by the chief of staff rushed forward for another hundred meters. The assault troops on both wings have begun to encircle and encircle them. At most half an hour, they can join the remaining national-savior army in the siege." Another observation post ran over to report.

"Very good!" Colonel Kato's smile became stronger.

"After you return to the city, you can send someone to contact the Chief of Staff. You must continue to fight steadily in the next battle, and you must not advance rashly."

"The attack just now has proved that the tactics they used are correct. As long as the troops continue to fight, the final victory will definitely belong to us!"

After Colonel Kato's words spread, all the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city became excited, feeling that victory had begun to wave to everyone.

After setting off from Taiyuan City, I learned that everyone's mission was to recapture Jinzhong from the National Salvation Army. All the Japanese and puppet troops were covered with a shadow, and I felt that there would be a fierce battle waiting for everyone today.

It is very likely that today will become a festival for most people.

Unexpectedly, the main force of the National Salvation Army retreated, leaving only a small number of troops to defend the city, and he did not even go to the battlefield. Friends and neighbors had already taken back Jinzhong.

For these Japanese and puppet troops who were ready to die in battle, this good news is definitely more happy than a pie falling from the sky.

Since the battle in the city has been won firmly, everyone can enter the city in a short time, and the vigilance of the Japanese and puppet troops will naturally relax.

The three main battalions of the National Salvation Army and the Shouyang Garrison left their hiding place and rushed towards Jinzhong. The marching speed was very fast.

Because the Japanese and puppet troops were becoming less and less vigilant, they were exposed to the distance of one kilometer of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The battle to encircle and annihilate the third wave of reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops is about to break out.

"Boom..."

The artillery troops were the first to join the war, and roared together, mortars, infantry artillery, and mountain artillery.

Nearly forty shells flew into the sky with all kinds of screams. After five or six seconds of flight, they smashed into the Japanese and puppet artillery positions like rain.

With just one round of artillery fire, the unprepared Japanese artillery was blown upside down and fell into chaos.

Colonel Kato was so scared that he almost fell to the ground. He looked at the fireball rising from the air behind him and asked anxiously: "What happened? Find out what happened right now!"

"Report to the corps leader, we are surrounded by the National Rescue Army. There are National Rescue Army everywhere. We marched urgently to kill us. We were about to exchange fire with us in a few hundred meters!" A staff officer ran over to report with fear.

"The artillery troops were attacked unknown. The opponent prepared at least thirty artillery pieces to deal with them. Only one round of artillery fire covered the artillery troops and suffered heavy casualties!"

"Nani?"

Hearing this bad news, the captain felt his blood rushing up quickly, and a stream of liquid gushed out of his throat, with a strong smell of blood, almost spurting out of his mouth.

All subordinates were guarding around and staring at them. If they were so angry that they vomited blood on the spot when they saw that they were furious and were angry, everyone's morale and morale would definitely be seriously affected.

Even though a mouthful of blood had already poured into his mouth, he still suppressed the discomfort in his stomach and swallowed him back with his teeth. Then he took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and finally spoke.

"The troops immediately switched to defense and informed the Chief of Staff to retreat immediately. We were fooled. The troops must immediately gather together to break through and leave here, otherwise we will definitely be wiped out by the National Savior Army here!"

The captain was also shocked when he heard the bad news that he was surrounded by the National Salvation Army, but his reaction was not as exaggerated as the captain of the regiment.

In his opinion, the troops outside the city had more than 3,000 people, not only equipped with a large number of artillery, but also a squadron of chariots with more than a dozen tanks and more than a dozen armored vehicles to cooperate in combat. Even if they were surrounded, they would not be in danger of life.

Breakthrough is even simpler. With one round of artillery fire, armored vehicles and combat vehicles are covering it. No matter how many national rescue troops are blocking in front of everyone, he can fight out. So he couldn't understand why the captain of the regiment was so nervous. Before he could even get angry with the national rescue troops besieging everyone, he issued a retreat order.

Moreover, the Chief of Staff was fighting street battles with the National Rescue Army in the city. Before defeating the other party, he would definitely suffer a big loss at the hands of the National Rescue Army.

He felt that he had to do something.

As a member of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire, how could he not even meet his opponents and retreat without fighting? This is too embarrassing.

Hesitantly reminded: "Captain of the United Nations, I don't think we are yet to retreat and break through!"

"Although a large number of national rescue troops emerged around us and the artillery troops suffered heavy losses under their attacks, this does not mean that we lost."

"The Chief of Staff's attack in the city was very smooth, and in another hour or two, he would be able to wipe out all the national rescue troops in the city!"

"Although we were blocked by the National Salvation Army at the gate, the total force was still more than 3,000. If we were transferred to the defense on the spot, we would definitely block the National Salvation Army's attack."

"When the Chief of Staff takes over Jinzhong, we can retreat to the county town and use the strong city defense fortifications to continue to attack the National Salvation Army. With the support of the Chief of Staff, we can also launch a counterattack on the National Salvation Army that besieged us and defeat them!"

"Shut up..." Colonel Kato suddenly interrupted his subordinates' proposal that had not finished yet.

Looking at him, he cursed: "What do you know?"

"The national rescue army that besieged us did not appear early or late, but waited for the aviation troops to evacuate the battlefield again, which shows that this was a premeditated encirclement and annihilation battle!"

"Although the National Salvation Army is cunning, they never fight a war that they are unsure of."

"The troops besieged us severely damaged our artillery units as soon as they took action. They also divided our troops into two through street fighting and defeated them one by one. It was obvious that they wanted to eat us here!"

"If we don't break through and retreat immediately when the National Rescue Army just surrounded us and the encirclement is not very tight."

"When their encirclement shrinks and smaller, and the purpose of encircling and annihilation is exposed, it will be too late to retreat!"

"Go now to inform the Chief of Staff and let them retreat immediately."

"If the National Rescue Army in the city takes the opportunity to launch a counterattack and prevent them from retreating, immediately draw the Imperial Army to the back hall, drag the National Rescue Army to the counterattack force, and give the Imperial Army time to retreat."

"The outside of the city immediately turned into a defensive state, and must block the National Savior Army that besieged us three hundred meters away. The artillery troops immediately moved and brought as many artillery as possible."

"The chariot squadron moved to the west. As soon as the Chief of Staff retreated from the county town, we joined forces to break through the west and marched straight to Taiyuan!"

In Jinzhong City, when Zhou Cheng issued a order to close the net to the main force of the regiment, the Guard Battalion and the Mobile Battalion also received counterattack orders.

They only left a small part of their troops to continue to block the Japanese and puppet troops, and most of them began to move behind the Japanese and puppet troops, preparing to intercept them on the way to retreat, drag them into the city, and buy time for the main force of the regiment to close the net.

"The front team changed to the back team, and the back team changed to the front team, retreat immediately, marched urgently to evacuate the county town..." As soon as the chief of staff received the retreat order from the corps leader, he realized that something big happened outside the city. He did not hesitate for a second and chose to execute the order without hesitation.

"Dadadada...Badaba...Badaboo..." The National Salvation Army standing in front had long known that the Japanese and puppet troops were about to run away. Seeing their offensive suddenly slowed down, they decisively came out of their hiding point. Light machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, grenade launchers, mortars... all the weapons that could be used were greeted to them.

"Chief of Staff, the National Salvation Army in the city must have guessed that we were going to retreat and we must send troops to block them, otherwise we would definitely be chased by them behind us." The captain of the second brigade reminded with a calm face.

During the attack just now, the second team kept rushing to the front, and was in the match.

After the troops began to retreat, the team that rushed in the front during the attack naturally became the team that ran at the end.

If the National Rescue Army in the city chased and beat the retreating troops behind, the Second Battalion would definitely be the first to bear the brunt.

"Let the Imperial Army go!" The Chief of Staff made a decision without thinking.

This is not just the command of the brigade captain, but also his own thoughts.

He always believed that the Imperial Army was formed to serve as cannon fodder for the Imperial Army. As long as the Imperial Army could be reduced, the Imperial Army that brought into the city would not be heartbroken.

The commander of the Imperial Army knew that he had become a Japanese hero who had cut off his arm, and he was very unwilling to accept it, but his status in front of the Japanese was too low. An ordinary squadron leader could shout at him, let alone the chief of staff of the corps.

In front of him, he was not even qualified to negotiate terms, let alone refuse to execute the order just now.

If he gets angry and kills himself with one shot, there is no place to complain.

He could only lower his head and answered with a flattering look on his face: "I will arrange the troops behind now to ensure that the Imperial Army can get enough time to retreat."

The Chief of Staff nodded his head to the Imperial Army Commander, and he was too lazy to say anything encouraged.

He looked directly at the two captains beside him and ordered: "Let's go now!"

"If the National Salvation Army in the city really noticed that we were going to retreat, they would definitely send people to go around behind us to block the city gate. If you want to run away, there is no way to go!"

"We must break out of the county before the National Rescue Army responds!"

The Chief of the Japanese Staff responded very quickly in the battle, but the Guard Battalion and Mobile Battalion responded faster.

More than a hundred Japanese who had just changed from the back team to the front team had not had time to move, the dull sound of heavy machine gun strafing sounded behind a broken wall that they had just destroyed with rapid-fire cannons not far away.

The dense large-diameter bullets whizzed from the gap in the broken wall, easily penetrated the body of the Japanese in the front row. The remaining power continued to penetrate into the body of the Japanese in the second row and passed by the chest again. Finally, they stayed in the body of the Japanese in the third row...

The Japanese behind quickly lay down and fought back. When the three grenade launchers were about to launch the grenade, the dull sound of heavy machine guns had already stopped.

Three grenades quickly smashed into the machine gun position behind the broken wall.

But except for hearing three explosions, there was no scream.

As expected, the National Salvation Army, who had just been hiding behind the broken wall, slipped away before the grenade landed on the ground.
Chapter completed!