(Second update)

Author: 574981

(Second update)

The accident that happened on the front line definitely couldn't be hidden from the brigade commander, so the chief of staff had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer.

"The tunnels in the town are different from those outside the town. There are a lot of traps hidden inside."

"The demolition team suffered heavy losses."

"On average, one assault team is lost every time a section of tunnel is blasted."

"The Eighth Route Army hiding in the tunnel even took the initiative to get out of the tunnel..."

"Use the cover of darkness to sneak attack the demolition team at close range with machine guns and grenades."

"There are tunnel entrances and exits everywhere in the town, and we are hard to guard against."

"I can't think of a solution, so I can only come here and ask the general for help."

Major General Fujita thought for half a minute and then shook his head: "There is no other way but to fight hard."

"Unless we stop blasting the tunnel."

"But I want to completely capture Pingyang Town and eliminate the Shunping garrison."

"Blasting tunnels is our only way to force the enemy to ground positions."

"We can only find ways to reduce casualties."

"Let the demolition team step up their guard. When the engineers deploy explosives, try to let the Imperial Army advance into the tunnel to draw out the Eighth Route Army hiding in the tunnel. Then the commando team will go up and kill them."

Speaking of this, Major General Fujita seemed to think of something and suddenly stopped.

After staring at the map for a minute, he continued to order: "We are all in trouble. We can just hide if we can't win. Why should we fight to the end with the Eighth Route Army?"

"Fighting at night is more beneficial to the Eighth Route Army..."

"No matter how stupid you are, you can't use your own shortcomings to overcome the enemy's strong points."

"Let all demolition teams stop their operations and withdraw from Pingyang Town."

"We're not in a hurry. It's not too late to wait until daybreak to continue blasting in the center of the town."

"At that time, there would be no sneak attack troops of the Eighth Route Army on the ground, so the casualties would be much smaller."

"Contact the left and right mopping up troops and ask them to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible."

"Let's join forces."

"One tunnel fortification after another."

"First destroy their hiding place, and then find an opportunity to fight them decisively."

Major General Fujita is not the kind of fool who would let his troops die just to gain a moment of glory. Since the current battlefield situation is not good for him, he will do the next best thing and stop fighting for the time being.

I have plenty of time to fight with the Eighth Route Army.

For this major sweep, Okamura Neiji prepared a large amount of ammunition supplies in advance, which was enough to sweep the troops for half a month.

As the two sides continue to fight like this, the first one to be anxious must be the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong.

All the Chinese in the villages along the way were moved away by the Eighth Route Army.

It doesn't matter if the time is shorter.

As time goes by, those people will definitely clamor to go home.

The Eighth Route Army base areas cannot delay production for the sake of fighting, otherwise their autumn harvest will be affected.

…………

At the headquarters of the Second Regiment in Chenzhuang, Li Yunlong was frowning and studying the second telegram sent by Huang Yu.

The above describes in detail the Japanese army's method of cutting off tunnels by digging trenches.

"Snapped……"

Li Yunlong suddenly slapped the telegram on the table and analyzed it with a stern face.

"The devil is so cruel..."

"Just reduce the benefits that the tunnel brings to us by 30%."

"I dare to stay in Wangdu County and fight street fights with the Japs without fear of getting dumped."

"What we rely on is the underground passage from inside the city to outside the city."

"If these passages are cut off by the Japanese, no matter how bold I am, I will not dare to stay in the city."

"Now Xiao Huang is stuck in Pingyang Town."

"There are only two ways to save them."

"Either find a way to force the Japanese to end their raids and voluntarily evacuate Pingyang Town."

"Either we find a way to repel the Japanese mopping up troops, or we open a hole in their defense line surrounding Pingyang Town and get Xiao Huang out."

"Both approaches are very stressful."

"Now the mopping up troops from the left and right are moving closer to Pingyang Town."

"The Japanese have made it clear that they want to use Pingyang Town as bait to force us to go over and fight them, and then we can reunite and annihilate them."

"Before, we surrounded the points to provide reinforcements and consume their troops."

"I didn't expect that the Japanese would use this trick, and they would be unable to defeat us."

"Old Li..."

Kong Jie analyzed with a stern face.

"Xiao Huang must be rescued, but if we don't rush now, they will definitely be fine until tomorrow night."

"I'm worried that the battle in Pingyang Town is a signal for the Japanese to change their raiding methods."

"If they use the same method to deal with other tunnel fortifications in the base area, we really have no good way to break the situation and can only watch those tunnels being destroyed."

"There are no more tunnels to hide in."

"The troops will be completely exposed under the noses of the Japanese and puppet troops."

"There are still planes in the sky staring at us and bombing us. The counter-mopping pressure on the troops will be at least twice as high as before."

"Maybe we really have to give up the base outside the mountains and retreat to the mountains."

"We must not retreat..." Li Yunlong shook his head like a rattle and looked at Kong Jie and said firmly.

"I, Li Yunlong, have never said the word "retreat" in any battle."

"Isn't it just that the little devils arranged a trick and didn't attack us in the way we predicted?"

"No big deal."

"I think back then when we climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands, we did all the dangerous things."

"Now we need troops and ammunition, and there is no shortage of food for the troops."

"Nothing is too difficult to cut."

After saying that, he did not forget to threaten Kong Jie: "I tell you..."

"Kong Er is stupid."

"Although you are the leader of the Duer Regiment, you are also the person in charge of all the Eighth Route Army in the Yizhong Base Area."

"But if you give up your base outside the mountains and go into the mountains to become a deserter."

"Then don't blame me, Li Yunlong, for disobeying orders on the battlefield and opposing you."

"Get out of here..."

Kong Jie was very angry at Li Yunlong's words and cursed with dissatisfaction.

"I, Kong Jie, have never been a deserter in my whole life..."

"Is it possible that you are not afraid of death? The troops in the base area are all cowards."

"Don't think that I don't know what you have in mind."

"Aren't you just jealous when you see me commanding so many troops? You also want to taste what it's like to command tens of thousands of troops in battle."

"rest assured."

"You are the deputy leader of the Duer Regiment. There will be many opportunities for you to experience it in the future, and this is not the least of them."

"speak nicely."

"I will definitely not give up the base outside the mountains unless it is absolutely necessary."

"The top priority now is to break the situation."

"Let the Japs' new tactics lose their effect in front of us instead of bragging in front of me."
To be continued...