"Boom~! Boom~!"

The Eighth Route Army's artillery shells fell one after another on the Japanese positions, causing violent explosions.

Hashimoto Gun angrily cursed: "Baga Yalu, why don't the artillery regiment carry out artillery suppression?"

"It turned out that the artillery fire on Tubal Road was so rampant."

At this time, a Japanese officer said: "Your Excellency, division commander, please calm down. Our artillery regiment was shelled by the enemy on the way. It didn't even have time to launch, and it suffered heavy losses."

"I'm afraid it's no longer possible to suppress the enemy's artillery fire."

Hearing this, Hashimoto's expression became even uglier, and he cursed angrily: "A bunch of stupid pigs, all of them are stupid pigs. The Imperial Army has lost all of its face by you stupid pigs."

Hashimoto was almost furious, but their current situation was quite critical, and the old devil didn't know what to do for a while.

Whether they break through or continue to hold on, there are certain dangers for the little devils.

The Hashimoto group was a little hard to make a decision for a while, because they had already lost, and now the Hashimoto group was also worried about gains and losses.

He wants to minimize the loss, but he doesn't know how to minimize the loss.

So this old devil was a little at a loss when faced with this situation.

It was also because this old devil was not prepared enough. He thought he would win before and was full of confidence, but in the end he was completely defeated. As a result, this old guy was hit hard. By now he was a little panicked and at a loss.

"what to do?"

Hashimoto Qun was also silently asking himself.

At this time, a Japanese officer said: "Your Excellency, division commander, more and more enemy troops are gathering around, and the situation is unknown."

"So I think it's better that we don't break out rashly."

As soon as he finished speaking, a Japanese officer ran over in a panic and said breathlessly: "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, we have just received news that the enemies in Hongshan have defeated the Imperial Alliance Army troops in the rear.

Most of the bastards surrendered to the enemy."

"Now their main force has caught up."

"Nani?"

Hashimoto's eyes widened even more.

The Japanese officer continued: "Your Excellency, division commander, we are now surrounded by enemy forces."

Hashimoto was even more panicked, and big beads of sweat continued to break out from his forehead.

The Hashimoto group did not take these Tubal Routers seriously before, but it is different now. The main force of the Eighth Route Army from Jin Province has arrived.

And these main forces of the Eighth Route Army had once destroyed the Ninth Division.

Although the Little Devils have not admitted to the outside world that the Ninth Division was completely wiped out, they have been covering up the truth.

But most of them, those at the top, know the truth.

The Ninth Division was a standing division, and it was all wiped out by these Eighth Route Army troops.

Since these Eighth Route Army have the strength to destroy the Ninth Division, they must also have the strength to destroy the Hashimoto Division.

Although Hashimoto is also very proud, he still has some self-awareness. Compared with the Ninth Division in its heyday, their Hashimoto Division is not even a bit different.

Thinking of this, Hashimoto's group felt extremely anxious.

Hashimoto Group deliberately pretended to be calm and asked: "What do you think we should do next?"

"Should we take advantage of the danger and wait for help, or should we take the opportunity to break out?"

The Japanese officers present at the scene looked at me and I looked at you. They were all silent.

After a while, a Japanese officer spoke cautiously: "Your Excellency, the division commander, I think that we should not break through rashly."

"It's night now, the situation is unclear, and judging from the current situation, the enemy is obviously well prepared."

"If we break out rashly, we can easily fall into their trap."

"It's better to wait for reinforcements and wait until daybreak before breaking out."

"We can ask Army Aviation for assistance tomorrow morning. With their assistance, we will be more confident in breaking through."

Hashimoto nodded slightly. He felt that this proposal still made some sense.

At this time, another Japanese officer said: "But there are still almost eight hours until dawn. If the enemy takes advantage of this time to strengthen the encirclement, I'm afraid it will be more difficult for us to break through."

The officer said: "The enemy has no planes, but we have planes as cover. It is not too difficult to carve out a bloody path."

"I think we don't need to take risks. We just need to wait patiently. After daybreak, we can break out with all our strength."

Hashimoto thought for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "It makes sense, so I'll do as you say."

"Immediately send an order to all troops to hold tight and wait for reinforcements."

"Hai~!"

The Japanese officers present responded in unison.

At this time, even the Japanese officers who objected obediently shut up when they heard Hashimoto's words.

Because they are not sure, breaking out at night is really a wise choice.

They even said that none of them could determine whether it would be better to break out after dawn or now.

Hashimoto thought for a moment, then shouted: "Sato-kun."

"Hai!"

Major Sato next to him quickly responded.

Hashimoto ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to the headquarters to report the situation and ask the Commander to send a plane tomorrow morning to cover our breakout."

"Hai!"

Major Sato responded respectfully, and then went to the confidential room to send a telegram.

…

Yukio Kasahara came to Neiji Okamura with the telegram and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Hashimoto Division needs an urgent telegram."

Okamura Neiji frowned and said, "Has something happened on the front line again?"

Yukio Kasahara nodded and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the enemy has defeated the rear-end troops of Hashimoto Division, and now has formed an encirclement of Hashimoto Division on all sides."

"And the enemy has a large number of troops. According to preliminary estimates, they should have tens of thousands of troops."

"Maybe even close to 100,000 people."

Because Li Yunlong and the more than 10,000 main troops of the Jinan Military Region had deliberately bluffed, the more than 20,000 people created an aura of 40,000 to 50,000 people.

This resulted in the little Japs not knowing the specific strength of Li Yunlong and the others.

So with the tens of thousands of troops surrounded by Boss Liu from three sides, the little devil really thought that the Eighth Route Army had nearly a hundred thousand troops.

In fact, the Eighth Route Army only had more than 70,000 troops.

"so much?"

Okamura Neiji's face also became even more ugly.

Yukio Kasahara nodded and said: "Now it is basically certain that the Eighth Route Army of Shanxi Province has dispatched at least tens of thousands of people to support the southern Hebei region."
Chapter completed!