Chapter 1069 The chief of staff’s words awakened the dreamer
"Nani..." Fujita passed the chief of staff and walked directly to the scout, staring at him with a serious face and asking.
"Immediately tell me again what you saw on the battlefield...the more detailed the better, hurry..."
"Ha Yi..." the scout could only report while recalling.
"When we arrived at the battlefield, the enemy had already cleared the battlefield."
"Except for more than two hundred corpses of the Imperial Army and more than a hundred corpses of the Imperial Alliance Army, not a single living Imperial Army was found..."
"After our unremitting search, we finally found two injured puppet soldiers among a pile of corpses."
"According to their account, they were attacked by two battalions of the Eighth Route Army, equipped with light and heavy machine guns, but no mortars."
"After the ambush started, the Imperial Army was heavily attacked by the Eighth Route Army. As soon as they suffered more than half of their casualties, the Eighth Route Army launched an attack and ended the battle with bayonets."
"There were more than a hundred prisoners of the Royal Association Army left on the battlefield who helped the Eighth Route Army carry the wounded and corpses to quickly evacuate the battlefield. We arrived half an hour late."
"I have been ordered to return to the city to report the situation."
"The captain and the remaining three scouts are chasing along the traces left by the Eighth Route Army when they retreated, hoping to find them."
"Sir..."
Before Yoshiro Fujita could react to the shock of this bad news, another scout rushed in in a panic, with a nervous expression on his face.
The chief of staff quickly walked over and asked, "What happened again?"
When speaking, he did not forget to wink at the scout and ask him to speak in a lower voice.
The brigade commander was furious, and any accident could ignite the powder keg and anger the brigade commander.
But the news brought by the scouts was so great that no matter how bold he was, he would not dare to hide it, so he answered with all his courage: "The Zhengding County garrison was attacked by unknown armed forces six kilometers out of the city.
"More than a thousand imperial troops and the Imperial Alliance Army were completely destroyed, and all the weapons, equipment, ammunition and baggage they carried were also snatched by the enemy..."
"boom……"
Fujita Yoshiro slammed his clenched fist on the table in front of him, suppressing his anger and cursed: "Who is..."
"Can anyone tell me which Eighth Route Army was responsible for these two battles?"
"How did they know that we were sending troops from Zhengding back to Shijiazhuang to aid..."
"Does it mean that the Eighth Route Army can suppress the enemy?"
"The retreat order was issued suddenly by the headquarters. Even if the Eighth Route Army received the news temporarily, it would not have time to mobilize troops to set up an ambush."
"But they used two ambush battles to eat three of our reinforced squadrons and three battalions of the Imperial Alliance Army alive."
"Could it be that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army reached Shijiazhuang Le in advance?"
"Their attack target is us. Only they could guess that we would deploy troops from surrounding strongholds and county towns to defend Shijiazhuang, and then set up an ambush in advance."
The chief of staff's face also became extremely solemn.
The garrison in Shijiazhuang is insufficient. Only by gathering all the garrison troops from surrounding strongholds and county towns to Shijiazhuang can we have the confidence to block the attack of the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.
As a result, these reinforcements suffered a devastating blow before they even entered the city, and the entire army was destroyed.
These two battles not only destroyed everyone's confidence in defending Shijiazhuang, but also destroyed the morale and morale of the Shijiazhuang garrison.
He quickly walked to his desk, flipped through the telegrams he had just received, and after finding the telegram he wanted, he returned to Fujita Yoshiro and reported with a serious face: "Your Excellency, General..."
"The telegram from the intelligence department clearly shows that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army Independent Brigade is still on its way to Shijiazhuang, and is at least fifty kilometers away from us."
"Even if we march rapidly day and night, it will take more than ten hours to reach the outside of Shijiazhuang City."
"The Eighth Route Army that attacked our returning troops was certainly not the Yi Zhong Independent Brigade."
"If I guessed correctly, they should be the Eighth Route Army operating around Shijiazhuang."
"The reason why we had the opportunity to ambush our returning troops must be related to the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
"General, don't forget, they all belong to the Eighth Route Army."
"They can absolutely cooperate with each other on the battlefield."
The chief of staff's words awakened the dreamer.
Fujita Yoshiro slapped himself on the head and said with regret on his face: "Bagya Road..."
"After learning that the independent brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong was coming to attack Shijiazhuang, everyone in the headquarters, including myself, focused on this behemoth and forgot about the Eighth Route Army operating around us."
"Although these Eighth Route Army troops are poorly equipped and have few troops, their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated."
"As long as they are not allowed to attack the city, they will still cause us considerable losses on the battlefield at night."
"Eighty percent of the returning troops were killed by them."
At this point, the expression of regret on Fujita Yoshiro's face suddenly turned into fear. He strode to the sand table and analyzed nervously: "These Eighth Route Army can eat two of our returning troops in just a few hours. I'm sure
They also have the strength to eat up our other returning troops."
"Immediately send someone to contact other returning troops, asking them to step up their vigilance, abandon all baggage and ammunition, and march to Shijiazhuang as quickly as possible without giving the Eighth Route Army any time to set up an ambush or prepare."
"If the troops are attacked on the road, concentrate all firepower to break out in the direction of Shijiazhuang, and do not fight with the Eighth Route Army."
"I risked my life and fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army."
"The Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong wants to attack Shijiazhuang. The more troops stationed in the city, the harder it is for them to attack."
"That's why we tried every means to hinder the returning troops and eliminate them outside the city."
"Tell all the leading officers that I will give credit to whoever brings the troops safely back to Shijiazhuang."
After finishing speaking, he stared at the sand table again, picked up the baton, and pointed to several surrounding counties and strongholds that were further away.
"Let them also give up their strongholds and county towns, give up their baggage and ammunition, set out with light equipment, and make a hasty march to Shijiazhuang."
"There are at least three main regiments of the Eighth Route Army operating near us."
"We usually have strongholds and county towns as our support, and these Eighth Route Army troops can't do anything to us."
"Now that the county seat and stronghold are gone, the Eighth Route Army will definitely try every means to attack us and consume our troops."
"Several troops returning to support Shijiazhuang will definitely suffer heavy casualties under their attack."
"We will be lucky if 1,500 people can evacuate safely into Shijiazhuang."
"This small number of troops is obviously not enough for us to defend Shijiazhuang, so we can only mobilize troops from further away."
After saying that, he turned his attention to the lieutenant next to him: "Murakami-kun..."
"The more troops stationed in the city, the greater our chances of holding Shijiazhuang."
"Immediately mobilize the expatriates in the city to help us defend Shijiazhuang. Many expatriates are retired soldiers and have considerable combat effectiveness."
"By organizing them, we can form at least two squadrons."
"You take charge of this matter personally, equip them with the best weapons and equipment, replace the gendarmerie, and maintain law and order in the city."
"The original military police force served as the headquarters reserve team, ready to go to the battlefield at any time."
