Major General Fujita agreed with the Chief of Staff's answer.
But he can be regarded as someone who suffered losses at the hands of the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army, and he still has the minimum vigilance.
Looking at the chief of staff, he replied seriously: "Although we have an absolute advantage on the current battlefield, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not sit still and wait for death..."
"Pass my order..."
"The front-line street fighting troops have strengthened their vigilance. No one can take the initiative to attack without orders from the headquarters."
"On the battlefield of street fighting, whoever takes the initiative will suffer..."
"Since we can wait for the Eighth Route Army to hit our guns and seek death, we don't need to take the initiative to hit their guns and lose a lot of soldiers in vain."
"You also need to keep an eye on every move of the Eighth Route Army on the front line and report any situation immediately!"
"When the enemy changes, we change..."
"If the Eighth Route Army comes up with new tactics and continues to attack the city center, our countermeasures will definitely have to change..."
Good times are often very short-lived.
Less than ten minutes after Major General Fujita gave the order, fierce firefights rang out around the headquarters.
Although the battlefield was still one or two kilometers away from the headquarters, Major General Fujita could still hear it clearly.
After a while, he stood up from his seat and went straight to the city defense map. As he walked, he ordered: "Find out immediately what happened on the front line and what method the Eighth Route Army used to attack..."
"If the offensive method does not change, the artillery will attack immediately and seize the opportunity to engage more Eighth Route Army troops."
"Although they have more troops than us, they are not so strong that they can fight them all..."
"As long as we cause them enough casualties, the Eighth Route Army will lose its offensive capabilities and Shijiazhuang will be saved!"
The firefight from the front line became more and more intense, but Major General Fujita did not hear a few explosions, indicating that mortar counterattacks were of little use in this round of attacks launched by the Eighth Route Army, otherwise they would have fled long ago.
A shadow suddenly fell over my heart.
In this case, he had no other way to break the situation except to wait.
"Your Excellency Commander..."
Finally, a messenger from the front line returned to the headquarters. Major General Fujita quickly asked: "How did the Eighth Route Army conduct its new round of offensive?"
"Why didn't the headquarters strengthen the artillery units on the front line to participate in the war... Could it be that with so many Eighth Route Army troops launching attacks on the front line, they couldn't even find a single target?"
The messenger seemed to be frightened by the battle on the front line, or was running too fast on the road. He had not yet caught his breath, so he took several deep breaths before speaking.
"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning..."
"They divided their troops into squads and platoons to attack us..."
"Instead of walking through the streets and alleys, they climbed over walls and climbed onto roofs...the artillery troops couldn't find their target at all..."
"Our troops ambushing on both sides of the streets and alleys have become ineffective because the Eighth Route Army gave up taking the streets and alleys!"
"and……"
When the messenger said this, he suddenly paused. Major General Fujita thought something big had happened on the front line. He was shocked and asked quickly: "And what?"
"Speak more clearly!"
"I'm so anxious..."
The ordering soldier took another deep breath and forced himself to stay calm before speaking again: "Because the Eighth Route Army did not take the usual route to attack us..."
"If the enemy is in the light and we are in the dark, the situation will become that both the enemy and ourselves are in the dark, and our advantage of preemptive strike will be gone..."
"Whoever is more vigilant on the battlefield and discovers the opponent first will be able to launch an attack and gain the upper hand..."
"In the face of a new round of offensive by the Eighth Route Army, in addition to our casualties beginning to increase sharply, the Eighth Route Army's casualties have actually been much smaller..."
While listening, the Chief of Staff reviewed the Eighth Route Army's new tactics on the map. Then he frowned and looked at the map with a solemn analysis: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"With such a change in the Eighth Route Army's offensive method, the two sides can only fight head-on on the street fighting battlefield, without any other tricks..."
Major General Fujita didn't answer, and kept frowning as he thought about ways to break the situation.
Two minutes later, he sighed and replied: "The Eighth Route Army divided its forces to attack us and did not take the usual route, which means that all our previous preparations have become meaningless."
"You're right. There is no other way to break the situation except to fight head-on with the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops."
"But we don't have any advantages at all..."
"The street fighting fortifications in the city were all transformed by the participating troops. No matter how the Eighth Route Army divided its forces or launched attacks in unusual ways, we are all more familiar with the street fighting fortifications in the city than they were."
"When fighting at close range, troops who are familiar with the terrain have a much better advantage than troops who are not familiar with the terrain..."
The Chief of Staff was not as optimistic as Major General Fujita, and immediately asked another question: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Even if we have the advantage of being familiar with the terrain, the losses of the troops on the street fighting battlefield are smaller than those of the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops..."
"But their total number of troops participating in the war is greater than ours..."
"If we continue to fight according to the current situation, we will definitely lose first if both sides fight hard..."
"The time we have to hold on to Shijiazhuang will also be greatly reduced, and we must prepare in advance..."
Major General Fujita was convinced and immediately asked: "Have the reinforcements that Commander Gangcun sent us from Baoding and Xiongxian counties set off..."
"How long will it take to force the independent baggage brigade to return to their base area!"
The chief of staff quickly answered: "Two reinforcements have already set off and are approaching the hinterland of the base area of the Sixth Army Division in the Wing..."
"Your Excellency, the Commander, decided to exchange the wings of the Independent Regiment to return reinforcements at the expense of two reinforcements to ensure that Shijiazhuang is still firmly in our hands."
"The reinforcements will be ready to take action in two days at the latest..."
"If everything goes well, the Yizhong Independent Brigade will receive a reinforcement order the next night and evacuate the Shijiazhuang battlefield..."
Major General Fujita's face did not change for the better because of these words, but he stared at the Chief of Staff and continued.
"This is not enough..."
"After the Yizhong Independent Brigade returns to the support base, other Eighth Route Army troops that were previously active outside Shijiazhuang City may not retreat..."
"They have six regiments, and their total strength is still more than ours..."
"If you continue to attack us through street fighting, Shijiazhuang will still miss..."
The chief of staff quickly explained: "Commander, please rest assured..."
"Although Commander Gangcun was attacking in the east and attacking in the west, forcing the independent brigade to return for reinforcements by attacking the base area of the Sixth Army Division in the Wing, he still sent four troops straight to Shijiazhuang..."
"Although they are fake troops used to confuse the Eighth Route Army. Most of the soldiers are ordinary people pretending to be ordinary people and have no combat effectiveness. But each army has a thousand real imperial troops and imperial alliance troops...the four troops combined
There are at least four thousand people!”
"With four thousand fresh troops joining the Shijiazhuang battlefield, we will not only be able to defend Shijiazhuang, but we may also turn defeat into victory and severely damage the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops."
