"What's over?" The chief of staff next to him had not yet reacted.
Lieutenant General Ito frowned and asked: "Do you still remember the telegrams sent by several infantry brigades this morning? Last night, the Eighth Route Army beat them all night, but did not launch a strong attack, and the losses were very small!"
"I was very happy at the time and thought that our tactics were right. As long as we defended our position, the Eighth Route Army could not do anything to us. Now it seems that I was wrong. It was not that the Eighth Route Army could not do anything to us, but that they did not want to station thousands of troops on the front line for us.
There will be too many casualties!"
"Through continuous probing attacks, the ammunition of our frontline troops has been consumed. After we run out of ammunition and food, we can launch an attack again~"
The chief of staff finally reacted: "That must be the case~"
"Division commander, several brigades are out of ammunition tonight... If the Eighth Route Army continues to attack us like last night, then these brigades will definitely run out of ammunition in the middle of the battle!"
"Without ammunition, they can't even withstand the attack of the Eighth Route Army's local troops, let alone the main force! Division commander, you must think of a solution now, otherwise these brigades will definitely be finished today!"
"Retreat...There is no other way to save these infantry brigades except retreat!" Lieutenant General Ito replied through gritted teeth.
Then he frowned and ordered: "Send a telegram to these brigades and ask them to move to the troops closest to you. After daybreak, all troops will retreat and retreat to Linfen under the cover of aviation!"
"Then what should we do with the new regiment's base area we captured?" the chief of staff subconsciously asked.
"Give up, give up everything!" Lieutenant General Ito replied solemnly.
"Compared to the thousands of imperial troops on the front line, those base areas are nothing. As long as the troops are still there, if they are lost this time, we will take them back during the next raid!"
"However, when the troops retreat, burn all the villages and towns they pass along the way! Since the people who support the Eighth Route Army like to run away, then we will burn their houses. Winter is coming soon, and for them
, Houses and food are equally important. Since they support the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial Army must teach them a lesson and make them pay the price!"
"Didn't the Eighth Route Army promise to protect those people? We burned down the people's houses to make their promise empty words!"
The chief of staff's eyes lit up and he replied: "Destroy the Eighth Route Army's prestige among the people!"
"Without prestige, for the Eighth Route Army without complete logistics supplies, whether it is recruiting troops or collecting food, it will be a huge trouble!"
"Of course, the New Group can also choose to help people repair their houses before winter. However, it is almost impossible for the New Group, which has only more than 10,000 people, to repair all the houses of hundreds of thousands of people!
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"So, if we do this, it will definitely damage their prestige, and it will also put huge pressure on the Eighth Route Army's weak logistics, and may even cause them to go bankrupt!"
As soon as it got dark, crackling gunshots rang out around the nine Japanese garrison stations on the front line.
The Japanese Third Battalion attacked by the Second Battalion did not have much except for artillery shells, whether rifles or heavy machine gun bullets.
As soon as the gunfire rang out outside the station, the Japanese captain became anxious.
"The troops must save ammunition, we don't have much ammunition anymore!" This was the first order issued by the Japanese Major.
The adjutant reminded: "Sir, even so, we only have enough ammunition left in our hands for three or four hours!"
"Let's survive these three or four hours first!" The major, who had no other choice, replied helplessly.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
The sound of gunfire and the explosion of artillery shells only lasted for less than an hour, and the firepower east of the station was obviously weakened.
"Sir, the Second Squadron to the east is almost out of ammunition!"
"Send the two thousand rounds of ammunition that the security forces just extracted so that they can use them sparingly!" the major ordered, the worried expression on his face becoming more and more serious, and he told the adjutant again and again.
As soon as the adjutant left, a subordinate rushed over.
The major, who thought another squadron had a problem, was about to speak when his subordinates rushed over and reported: "Sir, order from the division headquarters!"
"Let us break out and retreat immediately, move to the 2nd or 4th Infantry Brigade nearby, and after daybreak, under the cover of the aviation force, withdraw from the new regiment's base area!"
In the past, the major would have been shocked upon receiving the order to retreat, and would not have wanted to carry it out. He felt that retreating in front of the Eighth Route Army would be a humiliation for himself.
However, he did not have such an expression at this moment, and his tense and anxious face even showed a happy and relaxed expression.
With almost no hesitation, he directly ordered: "Artillery, concentrate all artillery and launch a ten-minute artillery fire attack on the Eighth Route Army position east of the station..."
"The garrison in other directions will leave behind all the puppet troops who are cooperating with them and continue to block the Eighth Route Army's attack. All other troops will move to the east of the position. We will break through in ten minutes!"
"All the remaining ammunition of the brigade was sent to the Second Squadron...During the breakout battle, the Second Squadron acted as the vanguard, and other troops followed suit!"
Outside the station, Second Battalion Commander Xiao Yunshan did not know that the Japanese wanted to break out.
However, he still knew that the Japanese were short of ammunition in the encirclement!
"Boom boom boom..."
The sudden artillery attack from the Japanese army undoubtedly shocked him.
"Battal Commander, the Japanese are crazy. They concentrated so many artillery pieces to bombard our second company..." Wu Yanrong, the instructor next to Xiao Yunshan, shouted in surprise.
"They are not crazy..." Xiao Yunshan replied with a frown.
"There are two possibilities for the Japanese to do this: One is that they want to break out and use artillery shells to create a breakthrough in our encirclement!"
"One is that they have no ammunition in their hands and want to use artillery shells to make up for their lack of bullets!"
"No matter what the possibility is, the east is our key defense direction!"
"The new recruit company, artillery company, mountain artillery company, and the garrison battalion that cooperates with our actions, all go over and reinforce the second company!"
Xiao Yunshan was very careful and did not give the Japanese and puppet troops a chance. He directly transferred all the mobile troops at his disposal!
Without any preparation, hundreds of artillery shells hit the Second Company's position. Even if the Second Company was made of iron, it would be blown to pieces, not to mention that the Second Company was not made of iron.
After ten minutes of sudden artillery fire, the entire second company had less than fifty soldiers who were still able to move, and more than half of them were lost.
At this moment, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers who had received a large supply of ammunition came to kill them as if they were risking their lives.
"Ready to fight……"
The second company commander climbed up from the mud, regardless of the mud on his body, and ordered loudly.
"Da da da..." The enemy's firepower was very fierce. The concentrated light and heavy firepower overwhelmed the second company in one fell swoop.
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