Li Yunlong sighed with some disappointment and said, "Hiroki Yamada is indeed an old fox!"

"Order the second echelon to join the battle immediately, eliminate the remaining enemies as soon as possible, and capture Xinzhuang."

"yes!"

A soldier next to him responded quickly and turned around to convey the order.

Following Li Yunlong's order, more than 2,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers from the second echelon immediately joined the battle.

Amidst the loud shouts of killing, the soldiers rushed forward and quickly rushed to the battlefield and joined the battle.

Seeing that Li Yunlong was a little disappointed, Zhao Gang quickly persuaded him: "Old Li, if Hiroki Yamada is not fooled, they won't be able to hold on much longer."

"On the back hill, in a place as big as a palm, there won't be many of them left at most. With the current strength of our army, it won't be too difficult to eliminate them."

"In other words, even if we don't launch an attack, we can trap them all to death on the mountain."

Li Yunlong nodded slightly and said, "Having said that, it's a pity that I couldn't kill them all in one fell swoop!"

"However, winning Xinzhuang can be regarded as a staged victory."

As the second echelon of soldiers entered the battle, the little devils could no longer hold on.

Under the crazy attack of the Eighth Route Army, the little Japanese were beaten back steadily, but Yamada Hiroki also issued a death order, requiring them to hold on to their position until the last moment and not retreat to the mountains.

Because Yamada Hiroki was worried that once they retreated to the mountain, the Eighth Route Army might take the opportunity to swarm up and attack the back mountain, and then the back mountain would not be able to be defended.

Now Yamada Hiroki really didn't dare to take any risks, so he issued a death order to the Xinzhuang defenders. They must persist until the last moment no matter what, and they must not retreat.

The little Japanese had no choice but to fight the oncoming Eighth Route Army.

Although the Ninth Division is the elite among the elite, after the exhaustion of several battles, its main force has been basically wiped out.

Many of the remaining little Japs are logistics units, and their combat effectiveness is relatively poor.

Although they fought tooth and nail, facing the Eighth Route Army soldiers coming from all directions, the remaining Japs were soon completely submerged in the sea of ​​people.

Yamada Hiroki looked at all the Japs at the foot of the mountain being wiped out, without saying anything, he turned around and got into the cave.

By this time, it was only a matter of time before they were killed.

Yamada Hiroki no longer even had any illusions, but due to Okamura Neiji's order, they could only continue to hold on.

Yamada Hiroki said helplessly: "Immediately send a telegram to the commander of Gangcun, saying that the enemy troops raided Xinzhuang and Xinzhuang Village was lost."

"Our troops were forced to retreat to the back mountains and continue to hold on. Currently, there are only more than a thousand of our troops left."

"Hai!"

The telegram was sent to Peking and Okamura Neiji's headquarters as quickly as possible.

At this moment, it is already early morning.

Neiji Okamura arrived at the headquarters early, and Hiroki Yamada gave him a big surprise as soon as he entered.

Okamura Ning slammed the table angrily and cursed: "What does Yamada Hiroki do for food? He promised me before that he would be able to keep it, but what about now?"

"Even Xinzhuang has been lost! This is really unreasonable."

Kasahara Yukio quickly advised: "Commander, please calm down!"

"These Tubalu have always been cunning, Yamada-kun must have been fooled by them again."

"According to reports from the front, these cunning enemies first launched continuous artillery bombardments and pretended to attack to confuse the imperial army."

"When the imperial army gradually relaxed its vigilance, they took the opportunity to launch a real attack. With a small number of troops, they made a sudden sneak attack and entered Xinzhuang Village, and then strangled the imperial army together."

"The enemy's main force took the opportunity to attack Xinzhuang and finally captured Xinzhuang."

Okamura Neiji waved his hand and said: "These are no longer important. What is important is that the Ninth Division is now in danger of being completely annihilated."

"We must never allow the Ninth Division to be completely wiped out by the enemy."

"This is the bottom line that the imperial army cannot bear."

Kasahara Yukio said quickly: "If this is the case, then we still have to give Yamada-kun and the others as much support as possible."

"As long as we can save their unit, we can announce to the outside world that the Ninth Division only suffered some losses and was not completely wiped out."

In fact, according to convention, if more than 90% of a unit is wiped out, it can be considered to have been completely wiped out.

In other words, the Ninth Division has actually been completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

However, the little devils have always made false propaganda. They deliberately exaggerated the results of the war and reduced the number of losses. They have done this kind of thing countless times.

Therefore, they will definitely not admit that the Ninth Division was completely wiped out, even if it is true.

After all, these little devils are the ones who want to save face.

Okamura Neiji frowned and asked: "We have been fully supporting Yamada Hiroki and the others, but the positions outside the village and Xinzhuang were still lost one after another."

"Now they have only one last position left. How long do you think they can hold on?"

Kasahara Yukio frowned and said: "The terrain of the back mountain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as Yamada-kun and the others stick to it, they should be able to hold on for a while."

Okamura Neiji asked: "I also want to believe that they can persist for a while. If they can be rescued, there is no need to say more."

"What if we can't be rescued? Do we have to announce to the public that the 9th Division was completely wiped out by Tubal Road?"

"The military headquarters has repeatedly stated that the Ninth Division cannot be completely wiped out under any circumstances."

"So we must also make corresponding preparations in advance to prevent accidents from happening."

Yukio Kasahara asked in confusion: "Then what else can we do?"

"If they are eliminated, then there will be no one left in the Ninth Division. We..."

Okamura Neiji said with a serious face: "Think of a way! We must cover up this matter no matter what. Anyway, we cannot admit that the 9th Division was completely wiped out."

"Hai!"

Kasahara Yukio responded quickly and said: "The humble official immediately began to study the corresponding remedial measures."

"What about the mountain behind?"

Okamura Neiji sighed helplessly and said: "Although the hope of getting them out is very slim, we still have to do our last bit."

"Order the corresponding troops to continue to fully support them and make sure they persist for a while longer."

"Hai!"

Kasahara Yukio responded respectfully and turned around to convey the order.

Okamura Neiji looked at the sand table in front of him, getting angrier and angrier as he looked at it.
Chapter completed!