Chapter 1071 Commander: This is a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army
As soon as Commander Wang spoke, three nearby battalion commanders and chiefs of staff gathered around him.
Like hungry wolves smelling the smell of blood, they both gleamed and asked: "Captain...what shall we fight next?"
"The ambush just now was too fast..."
"We haven't had such a neat victory in a long time..."
"If we kill a few hundred more little Japs, the loot captured alone will allow our sixteenth regiment to replace their guns with cannons and equip them with the same San Ba Gai."
Commander Wang shook his head and replied: "I don't know exactly where they will attack, but the Japanese and puppet troops returning to Shijiazhuang tonight are definitely not just in Zhengding County, and the superior leaders will definitely not let us idle."
"Let comrades take the time to rest and eat some solid food..."
"I guess the new orders given to us by our superiors are already on the way..."
After Commander Wang finished speaking, he took out a meat can that had just been seized, pried it open with a bayonet, inserted it into the can, and a piece of fat meat was poked out, fed it to his mouth, and started chewing it.
"tasty……"
"Let the soldiers not be reluctant to part with you."
"One can of meat for each person, eat it immediately, so that everyone will have enough strength to fight the little devil."
Half an hour later, the sound of horse hooves suddenly reached Captain Wang's ears. He looked up and saw two cavalrymen appearing at the end of the road, running towards him quickly.
"It's probably because the orders from superiors have arrived..." Captain Wang's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked towards the two cavalrymen.
Three minutes later, he returned to the group of subordinates and gave the order to everyone's eager eyes: "The superior ordered our regiment to set off immediately with all the equipment and rush to the Donggou area to ambush the Japanese and puppet reinforcements that may come from Jinzhou."
"Jinzhou is different from Zhengding County. The total number of Japanese and puppet troops stationed there exceeds 3,000. They can send up to 1,500 troops to reinforce Shijiazhuang, and they may also bring infantry artillery and armored vehicles."
"This ambush battle will be more powerful than the complete annihilation of the Japanese and puppet troops in Zhengding County. We must be cautious."
"I will give everyone five minutes to prepare... As soon as the time is up, the troops will set off and march quickly to Donggou."
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The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
The chief of staff walked up to the deputy commander-in-chief with a smile on his face, holding a telegram.
In order to understand the battle situation on the front line as soon as possible, make the latest analysis and judgment on the battle situation at any time, and change the style of play, the deputy commander did not rest all night and stayed in the war room to wait for news.
Judging from the current situation, this persistence is very cost-effective.
Almost every hour, the headquarters receives good news from the Shijiazhuang front line.
"Did the front line win another battle?" the deputy commander asked with a smile.
The chief of staff nodded: "Kong Jie and Li Yunlong set up the stage, and we put on a good show in Shijiazhuang..."
"In order to defend Shijiazhuang, the little devil not only gave up all the strongholds and county towns within 30 kilometers around it, but also gave up all the strongholds and county towns within 60 kilometers around it after learning that Li Yunlong and the others did not continue their journey."
"More and more Japanese and puppet troops abandoned their strongholds and county towns and marched urgently to reinforce Shijiazhuang."
"We only have three regiments of troops participating in the battle."
"After the independent brigade commanded by Li Yunlong stopped advancing, in order to take the opportunity to eliminate a few more Japanese and puppet troops, our participating troops have increased to six main regiments, more than ten local independent battalions, independent companies, county brigades, district squadrons... participating troops
The total strength exceeds 13,000."
"Even if we can't completely wipe out the Japanese and puppet troops returning to reinforcements, it will definitely be okay to eat 60-70% of them."
"This is the good news I just received."
"After an hour of bloody fighting, the 19th Regiment successfully eliminated more than 1,100 Japanese and puppet troops, including more than 300 little Japanese and more than 600 puppet troops, and seized a large number of weapons, equipment and ammunition supplies."
The deputy commander laughed after hearing this.
Staring at the map on the table, he said with admiration and praise: "Li Yunlong is really a clever guy."
"Deliberately slowing down the march speed seems to give the Shijiazhuang garrison more time to mobilize troops, but in fact it is to gain more fighter opportunities for the reinforcement troops."
"This is a good move."
"Immediately give an order to the frontline reinforcement troops."
"Let them carry forward the spirit of continuous fighting, not be afraid of hardship or fatigue, and make good use of this good opportunity created by the independent brigade to win more victory battles and eliminate more Japanese and puppet troops."
"When the independent brigade arrives outside Baoding City, I will give them two days to repair it."
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Japanese Army Shijiazhuang Garrison Headquarters.
A few hours ago, a dozen flags representing the returning troops were planted on the sand table in the war room.
So far, except for the two troops that have safely withdrawn into Shijiazhuang, more than half of the remaining reinforcements have either been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements or have lost contact. Only five or six flags are still planted on the sand table.
"Abandon all these strongholds and the county seat, and all the garrison troops will set off with light equipment and march back to Shijiazhuang to aid." Major General Fujita suddenly ordered, pointing to several strongholds on the sand table.
The chief of staff's first reaction was that the brigade commander was crazy.
Judging from the current battle situation, we will be lucky if two of the ten return troops can safely withdraw into Shijiazhuang.
As a result, the brigade commander wanted to mobilize troops from outside the city to come back to support Shijiazhuang. Wasn't this a clear sign that they were going to die?
The chief of staff couldn't understand and subconsciously refuted.
"Brigade commander, think twice..."
"The returning troops suffered too many casualties."
"Would it be a bit too much to continue to ask them to abandon their stronghold and return to Shijiazhuang to aid?"
Major General Fujita did not deny the Chief of Staff's analysis, but agreed with the answer: "It is true that the gains outweigh the losses..."
"But should we move our troops or should we continue to move our troops?"
"Why?" The chief of staff became more and more confused as he listened and could only continue to ask.
"Shijiazhuang is too important..." Major General Fujita replied with a long sigh.
"If Shijiazhuang is captured by the Eighth Route Army, it will not only severely damage the morale of the imperial army, but also greatly encourage the determination and courage of the Chinese army to resist the imperial army, and the political impact will be immeasurable."
"Not only us, but also Commander Okamura, and even the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters... cannot shoulder this responsibility."
"As long as we can defend Shijiazhuang, we will pay no matter what the cost."
"This is a conspiracy."
"The Yizhong Eighth Route Army obviously saw this, so it attacked Shijiazhuang with great fanfare, deliberately leaving us time to mobilize troops, and then sent troops to ambush our returning troops and consume our troops."
"Even if we know that the Eighth Route Army has laid a dragnet around Shijiazhuang and is waiting for the returning reinforcements to hit it, we should still mobilize our troops."
"Unless the front army headquarters is ready to lose Shijiazhuang."
"Otherwise we will continue to fight this battle."
"Of course, the war situation is not as bad as you said."
"The Eighth Route Army that ambushed us is not invulnerable. They also need to rest. Each ambush battle is in a different location."
"As long as our follow-up return troops advance lightly, abandon roads and take small roads so that the Eighth Route Army cannot trace our marching trajectory, the losses of the return troops will naturally be reduced."
