At the command of the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Yangquan, Major General Tsuda, the commander of the brigade, just lay down, the chief of staff broke into his room.

As a major general and a senior officer of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire, Tsuda usually pays great attention to military appearance, with his own and subordinates.

Now seeing the Chief of Staff's panic expression, his brows frowned instantly, and then he cursed very dissatisfiedly.

"Baga, Chief of Staff, have you forgotten my usual request? How can you be so panicked!"

"Hi! General, please be careful next time!" The Chief of Staff quickly answered.

I came here to report bad things. If I anger Major General Tsuda before the report, then after I finished reporting the matter, the general's anger would definitely be even stronger. Inevitably, some anger would definitely be released on me.

So, after several seconds of hesitation, seeing Major General Tsuda's face calm again, the Chief of Staff breathed a sigh of relief and continued to report: "But what happened just now was really too important, so I took the liberty to come in!"

"Master Harada, the prime minister of Pingding County, just came to an emergency call. The county was attacked by at least one division of the Eighth Tu Route Army. The Eighth Tu Route not only equipped with a large number of flying thunder cannons, but also at least one company of mountain cannons, with strong firepower!"

"The defenders of Pingding County have suffered heavy losses and need reinforcements in urgent need of reinforcements!"

Major General Tsuda stood up from the bed, put on his military uniform and walked towards the war room, and asked with a frown as he walked.

"The news is true that the Eighth Route Army has really dispatched a division's troops?"

"It should be no mistake. The opponent is equipped with a mountain artillery company. With the equipment level of the Eighth Route Army, the regiment-level troops only have a few mortars at most. Those who can equip the mountain artillery company will also be at least three division-level troops of the regiment!" The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and affirmed.

"It shouldn't be!" Major General Tsuda's frown deeper at this time.

"Putting down the county is not a strategic location, and there are no stockpiling of supplies, weapons and ammunition that have attracted enough to make the Eighth Route Army excited. Why did the Eighth Route Army draw so many troops to attack it? There must be problems here!"

"General, will the Eighth Route Army Group beside the siege and attack the aid!" The Chief of Staff also realized the problem and frowned and asked.

"It's possible!" Major General Tsuda answered thoughtfully.

Then he walked to the huge sand table in the war room and stared at the sand table without saying a word.

At this moment, a communications consultant broke in again.

"General, I'm pressing the county town and the offensive of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce. Our troops are not equipped with mountain artillery, and they can only be passively beaten in front of the Tuba Route Army's mountain artillery company, and there is no room for anything to do!"

"Now, one-third of the troops have suffered casualties, and they can last for up to two hours. Please send reinforcements, otherwise Pingding County will be occupied by the Turkish Eighth Route Army!"

"Baga! Their attacks are so fierce. Is it really just to occupy and pacify the county town or have other purposes?" Major General Tsuda turned into an angry lion and cursed loudly.

The Chief of Staff had to come forward and reminded: "Your Excellency General, you must make a decision, regardless of whether there is any conspiracy here!"

"Master Harada is from a field division and has encountered all kinds of situations. If the situation was not at a real crisis, he would never ask for help telegrams!"

Major General Tsuda still did not make a decision, frowned and asked, "What impact will it have on us if Pingding Prefecture is lost?"

"The brigade station Yangquan will be completely exposed to the military front of the Turkish Eighth Route Army. Also, without the strongholds of Pingding County, the dozens of surrounding strongholds will lose their support and be defeated by the Turkish Eighth Route Army. At that time, dozens of towns south of Yangquan will be out of control of the Imperial Japanese Army!"

"In other words, if you can't lose the county town if you don't lose it?" Major General Tsuda asked back.

"Hi!" The Chief of Staff said directly without hesitation.

"If the county town is lost, the dozen strongholds around will definitely be occupied by the Tujiao Route Army. Then all the troops we lost will definitely exceed two thousand!"

"More importantly, Pingding County has a complex terrain and a large amount of mineral resources. Once controlled by the Eighth Route Army, if the Imperial Army wants to retake it, it will definitely cost a lot!"

"Then send troops to reinforce!" Major General Tsuda finally made a decision.

"However, the reinforcements must be vigilant. The Imperial Army has suffered more than once the siege of the Eighth Route Army besieged the city and attacked the aid!"

"We can strengthen the force and firepower configuration of the reinforcements as much as possible, so that the reinforcements are so powerful that the Eighth Route Army cannot eliminate them!" The Chief of Staff made a suggestion that there was no way to do so.

Then, in order to keep a close eye on Major General Tsuda's determination to send troops, he continued to instigate: "General, is it possible for the Eighth Route Army to siege the city and attack and fight aid? Is it a conspiracy to attack and pacify the county? This is just a guess."

"But if our guesses are wrong and the reinforcements feel pacified successfully, then the reinforcements can work with the pacifying defenders, and attack internally and externally to eliminate or severely damage the pacified Tu Eighth Route Army!"

"Also, I think the general doesn't have to worry too much!"

"According to information, there are not too many main forces of the Eighth Route Army nearly 100 kilometers around Yangquan. Now they are concentrating their forces to attack and pacify the county town, and it is impossible that there are so many troops to ambush our reinforcements!"

"Maybe I'm really thinking too much!" Major General Tsuda finally made up his mind to start giving orders.

"The first infantry brigade, the first artillery squadron, the first cavalry brigade, and the first imperial army registrar, form a reinforcement force. The first battalion, Nakasa Panasonic, serves as the commander-in-chief, immediately come out to reinforce and pacify the county town!"

"Also, I called back to the pacified Major Harada. The reinforcements have already been issued and asked him to hold on for an hour!"

The sound of guns and cannons in Pingding County was still as lively as it was at the beginning. The only difference was the flying thunder cannons equipped by artillery soldiers.

Under the counterattack of the Japanese grenade launchers and mortars, the nine-grenade launchers had to shoot an explosive pack and change their positions.

But even so, the explosive packs that kept falling from the sky still brought huge damage to the Japanese and puppet troops.

Major Harada, who had been a little panicked since the beginning of the battle, had already regretted it at this time.

After sending the troops to the battlefield, the number of Japanese and puppet troops on the city walls increased sharply. Whether it was explosive packs falling from the sky or mountain cannons with screaming sounds, they all caused huge casualties.

In just over a dozen minutes, the Japanese and puppet troops lost more than 300 people, equivalent to 20% of the total force in their hands.

The Eighth Route Army that attacked and pacified the county was just the opposite. When they saw that the defenders had increased their firepower, they immediately stopped attacking and used only long-range firepower to shoot against them, killing them in large quantities.

The enemy who attacked him did not suffer any casualties, but his subordinates suffered heavy losses due to the opponent's firepower consumption. Harada immediately realized that he had made a huge mistake and should not expose all the strength in his hands to the opponent at once.
Chapter completed!