"Order the Imperial Army on the front line to stop the attack immediately!" Okamura Yasuji decided to compromise.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he added: "Now our urgent need to withdraw from southwest Shanxi, alleviate the pressure on other battlefields, and win this large-scale sweep against the Eighth Route Army! As for the Jinsui Army, we will clean up after we win this battle!"

"At that time, I will return the Jinsui Army ten times a hundred times the shame that I have suffered today!"

"In addition, contact the intelligence department. After the Imperial Army withdrew from southwest Shanxi, they would find a way to create friction between the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army, so that they could fight in the internal struggle as soon as possible. I don't care about other Eighth Route Army. The New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Linfen will never allow troops to go north and reinforce other battlefields!"

When the news of the withdrawal was transmitted to the front line through telegrams, the battle between the Japanese and Jinsui Army had lasted for more than two hours.

All four Japanese infantry squadrons launched an attack in turn, and all the equipment mountain cannons, mortars and infantry cannons were set up.

The Shanxi Sui Army suffered a great loss, especially the mortar company. It was locked by the Japanese artillery less than five minutes after firing the artillery and was then destroyed.

"Captain of the regiment, the Japanese retreated!" The deputy regiment commander who was guarding by his side replied with relief.

"We finally retreated. If we don't retreat, our regiment will be beaten to pieces even if we are not killed by the Japanese! However, we have also killed at least 300 Japanese. This battle has not been in vain!"

At this moment, the radio operator suddenly rushed over: "Royal Headquarters, the division headquarters ordered!"

"The 109th Regiment is on the way here, and the division headquarters ordered us to remain calm. After the 109th Regiment comes, hand over the garrison to the 109th Regiment and then retreat the entire regiment, and follow the 109th Regiment as a follow-up force to continue to follow the Japanese army!"

"Call back to the teacher's seat and I will execute the order!"

Under the harassment and destruction of the direct team, the Japanese troops who retreated quickly and the Jinsui army pursuing behind them would stage a conflict in different places almost every night.

Of course, these conflicts ended with the Japanese voluntarily retreating their troops.

At the command center of the New First Regiment, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong walked in with a complicated look on his face, holding a message he had just received.

"Telegram from Li Wen, the regiment commander, political commissar, and the direct-affiliated team: The Japanese troops scattered in various places have completed assembly, and the Japanese army and the puppet army have a total force of more than 25,000!"

"Heavy artillery and large-caliber mountain cannons are all towed by cars, field cannons, ordinary mountain cannons, infantry cannons, all towed by slow horses. In addition, these Japanese troops also brought more than 300 large chariots loaded with various supplies with the army!"

"Anything happens, they will enter our base area as soon as tomorrow dawn and head straight for Linfen to kill!"

"In addition, the results of the direct-affiliated team's operations in the past few days are very gratifying. Although both the Japanese and Jinsui Army were very cautious, nearly a thousand Japanese were still killed on the way to assemble. However, the Jinsui Army suffered a relatively large loss, and it should have exceeded 3,000 people!"

Wang Ping answered with satisfaction: "It's already great that they can kill a thousand Japanese devils!"

"If there was no direct team, the killing of the Japanese devils would definitely break into our base, causing a lot of pressure to us!"

"Political commissar, Chief of Staff, from now on, it's our turn to join the new regiment!"

"We first destroy the highway and slow down the Japanese army's march speed. We will not move during the day, and act at night, use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, and have fun with them!"

"If I remember correctly, these more than 20,000 Japanese and puppet troops fought positional wars with the Jinsui Army on the southwestern frontline of Shanxi from the beginning. They rarely fought with us, and had never really seen our guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare!"

"Next, we will take advantage of this weakness of the Japanese and puppet troops and consume them a lot, so that they can expose more loopholes and fighter jets!"

"We are still the same rule. You are left behind by the political commissar. We are responsible for strengthening the base area and clearing the fields and destroying the roads. The Chief of Staff and I go to the front line and directly command the troops to fight!"

More than 25,000 Japanese and puppet troops, plus a large number of artillery and large supplies, even though the marching queues were very dense, the vast army still stretched for more than eight kilometers.

The division commander Lieutenant General Kato was the supreme commander of this Japanese and puppet army.

Although he has never fought with Shinichi, he is still very clear about the ability of his old partner Fujino.

Fujino brought a division into Linfen, and was killed by the Xinyi regiment within a year and a half, and he was also sent to the military court. This result was something Kato did not expect, and at the same time he also developed a sense of fear of the opponent he would face next.

"The division commander, cross the ridge in front and enter the Eighth Route Army base!" Inside the armored command vehicle, the chief of staff pointed to a point on the map and reported.

"The vanguard troops reported that the Eighth Route Army guarding the ridge had retreated, leaving only an empty position. They had crossed the position and we would be able to get there in an hour!"

"I can't wait!" Kato's eyes immediately became sharper, and he stared at the map and said to himself.

"As far as I know, this new regiment has failed several generals of the Empire. I haven't encountered such an opponent for a long time!"

"Order the troops to strengthen their vigilance, the vanguard troops, the two wings cover troops, and the escort air force, and make sure that there are no Eighth Route Army around us!"

"What they are best at is guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare. Although they have never really seen it, as long as they don't let them get close to us, no matter how powerful the tactics are, they will be useless in front of me!"

"Hi, I will give orders immediately!" the Chief of Staff quickly answered.

Suddenly, a harsh sound of brakes reached the ears of both of them, and then the report from the driver of the armored vehicle was heard.

"Sir, the team has stopped!"

As soon as he was about to speak, the door of the armored vehicle was opened and a communications officer rushed in with panting.

"Sir, the vanguard troops reported that the only way we retreat was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army~"

"The road must be repaired to continue moving forward, the forward troops are waiting for your order!"

"Boom..." As soon as he finished speaking, a faint explosion came from the front.

Lieutenant General Kato raised his brow and heard the chief of staff report next to him: "The explosion was heard from the vanguard troops!"

"The armored command car continues to move forward, I want to go to the ridge in front to observe the situation!" Kato couldn't sit still and immediately ordered.

In less than ten minutes, Kato climbed up the ridge under the protection of the guards.

Standing on an empty position, Kato was able to see all the situations of several kilometers in front and behind the ridge!

Raising his telescope, the vanguard troops, who had crossed the mountain ridge, entered his field of view.

More than 200 people stopped on the highway. The road ahead could no longer be seen. There were potholes and deep ditches everywhere, just like a battlefield covered by artillery fire, and even a flat place could not be found.

As Kato's face became more and more serious, a lieutenant climbed up panting: "Sir, during the investigation of the vanguard troops, they encountered landmines buried on the road by the Eighth Route Army, and five imperial troops were injured and killed and needed reinforcements from the Engineers' Regiment!"

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