The chief of staff's reaction was very dull. He had also experienced a scene when he attacked Wang Lin just now.
Mountain artillery shells rained down from the sky, instantly defeating the offensive force.
Looking at Lieutenant General Sakuragi's anxious analysis: "Division Commander..."
"I just attacked the two battalions of the Eighth Route Army behind me, but they were disintegrated by the Eighth Route Army's artillery..."
"The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was too fierce. Even if there were troops to break through their artillery fire interception, the breakout troops would suffer heavy losses and be blocked by the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops behind them."
"Their style of play is very powerful."
"First use mountain and field artillery to disrupt our offensive, reduce the combat pressure on the blocking troops, and at the same time consume our army's strength. Then let the infantry block us from the front, take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and completely eliminate us."
"I feel deeply humbled..."
"The best way now is to change the direction of the breakout."
"Launch the attack directly without any artillery preparations."
"Or we can launch an artillery strike on the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops while attacking. If we don't give the Eighth Route Artillery troops time to prepare, we won't be able to use artillery fire to consume our troops like now."
Hearing this, Lieutenant General Sakuragi's anger at the Chief of Staff's decision to abandon a reinforcement group suddenly dissipated a lot.
Faced with this ingenious blocking method, Lieutenant General Sakuragi believed that he had rich combat experience, but he could not think of any other way to break the situation in a short period of time, let alone his chief of staff, who had far less combat experience than himself.
After a little analysis in my mind, I decided to adopt the chief of staff's opinion.
"The breakout troops will retreat immediately..."
"The artillery unit immediately mobilized all its artillery to attack the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops due east, and fired all the artillery shells they carried."
"The breakout troops immediately gathered due south, and we broke out from there."
"No artillery preparations will be made."
"When the Eighth Route Army offensive troops rushed to the second line of defense, they suddenly launched a counterattack, directly tore a hole in the Eighth Route Army offensive troops and broke out of the encirclement."
After hearing this, the chief of staff showed an expression of admiration.
The division commander deserves to be the division commander.
I just thought of giving up artillery preparations, breaking out of the encirclement at close range, not giving the Eighth Route Artillery troops time to prepare, catching the Eighth Route Army by surprise, and taking the opportunity to break out.
The same fighting method will immediately turn into a breakout battle when the division leader adjusts it.
Regardless of whether the Eighth Route Army will be fooled or not, it will reduce a lot of combat pressure on the breakout troops.
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At the third battalion position, due to excessive blood loss, the third battalion commander's face turned very pale and he had to hold himself up to direct the battle.
Seeing the little devil in front of him suddenly turned around and retreated, his tense nerves suddenly relaxed and he fell into a coma.
"The battalion commander...the battalion commander is unconscious..."
As soon as the guard noticed something was wrong, he shouted to the instructor not far away.
The Chief of Staff of the 22nd Regiment happened to arrive with reinforcements. He raised his eyebrows and was dissatisfied with the order: "Where are the health workers?"
"Your battalion commander is so injured, why don't you bandage it..."
"Hurry and carry him down. All the troops here will follow my command..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the roar of horse hooves sounded from behind the position.
Nearly four hundred cavalrymen came from behind them in a mighty manner. Seeing that the Japanese breakout troops wanted to retreat and run away, the leading cavalrymen led the troops and chased after the Japanese soldiers without saying a word.
The Japanese had no defensive position and had just suffered a defeat. It was a time of chaos, the soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not find the soldiers.
The cavalry company took the opportunity to launch an assault, which would definitely accelerate the chaos of the Japanese army and beat up the drowned dogs.
If you're lucky enough, you might be able to kill the leader of the Japanese division as well.
The chief of staff, who had just taken over the command, was anxious.
At the cost of losing more than half of the troops, the Third Battalion managed to repel the Japanese breakout troops. However, the cavalry troops came over and beat up the drowned dogs. Isn't this peach picking?
Afraid that all the Japanese breakout troops would be wiped out by the cavalry, he drew his Mauser pistol and shouted at the troops.
"Comrades, the little devil who attacked us just now is finished."
"The results of the battle cannot all be taken away by the cavalry..."
"All the soldiers who can still move will fight out with me and join the cavalry in counterattacking the little Japanese breakout troops."
"kill……"
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Lieutenant General Sakuragi and his guards had just moved two hundred meters to the next breakout direction when the sound of cavalry's hooves sounded behind him. When he turned around, he saw hundreds of cavalry coming towards them.
The retreating breakout troops were defeated in one blow by the cavalry.
Before some soldiers had time to turn around, the sharp sabers had already roared towards him, slashing at his neck with a sound of wind.
The sharp blade easily cut through the skin and continued forward, slicing the prisoner's blood vessels and throat.
The blood suddenly turned into a fountain, gushing out from the knife edge, and the little devil fell to the ground at the same time, turning into a corpse.
"Division Commander, the Eighth Route Army cavalry has withdrawn from us and killed us..." The guard squadron leader, who is responsible for the security of Lieutenant General Sakuragi, was the first to react from the shock. He was holding the tortoise box in his hand and said anxiously.
"They are coming with great force. The breakout troops have just retreated and their formation is in chaos. They will definitely not be able to stop them..."
"There are too many of us, we will definitely be targeted..."
"I humbly ask the division commander to agree to our division of troops to break out."
"I will lead a small team to protect you from breaking out from the due south defense line."
"Other troops will cover us and we must rush out of the encirclement before the Eighth Route Cavalry comes over."
Lieutenant General Sakuragi was completely confused. He did not expect that as the commander of the Lieutenant General's division, he would be in such an embarrassing scene.
First, he was blocked by the Eighth Route Army in Chenjiazhuang and had to break out as a deserter.
Now that he failed to break through, he was chased and beaten by the Eighth Route Cavalry, turning him into a lost dog, and a lost dog that could lose his life at any time.
When the news reaches the Kwantung Army headquarters, he will definitely become the most embarrassing and useless division commander of the Kwantung Army.
When life and death are at stake, the squadron leader can't control that much.
Seeing that Lieutenant General Sakuragi didn't answer for a long time, he directly accepted his proposal as the division commander. Without saying a word, he led a small team to the new breakout point.
The other troops immediately dispersed, trying to attract the cavalry's attention and lure them away, giving Lieutenant General Sakuragi time to break out.
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At the enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, Huang Yu stood at the lookout and suddenly laughed: "The timing of the cavalry raid was very good."
"The Japanese breakout troops had just retreated, and the team was in chaos. They took the opportunity to launch an attack. The cavalry assault immediately turned into a massacre. No matter how many little Japs there were, they were no match for them."
Chief of Staff Liu Sen immediately answered: "The infantry will follow the cavalry to cover up the killing. Those who slip through the net without being killed by the cavalry will not be able to escape the fate of being killed."
"I just received news that there are indeed many fewer Japanese troops on the defense line."
"Each regiment is strengthening its attack and the battle should be over within twenty minutes."
"The cavalry and the Third Battalion of the 22nd Regiment will destroy the Japanese breakout force, and the middle route mopping up force prepared by Okamura Neji for us will be finished."
