At this moment, the scream of a string of artillery shells streaking across the sky sounded above their heads.
"Boom boom boom..."
In the blink of an eye, a fireball mixed with a large amount of black smoke rose among the group of Japanese soldiers dozens of meters away, and the sound of explosions reached their ears.
"The reinforcements, the artillery battery must be reinforcements for us. Comrades, be ready for battle and resolutely repel the Japs' attack!" the second company commander ordered with murderous intent.
The Japanese captain sat down on the ground and was stunned for a long time before he realized: "We are finished!"
"The Eighth Route Army is obviously well prepared. It cannot break out, and it has no ammunition. We have no other option but to capture them without mercy!"
After finishing speaking, the major seemed to realize that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and he immediately reacted.
"No... we are the most elite imperial army of the Japanese Empire. Even if we are all killed in battle, we cannot just surrender!"
"Now I order each squadron to return to their respective stations and continue fighting!"
"When you run out of bullets, use grenades. When you run out of grenades, use artillery shells and bayonets. Fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army!"
After a night of bloody fighting, the three Japanese infantry brigades were completely wiped out by the new regiment.
At the Japanese division headquarters in Linfen City, Lieutenant General Ito's office has been hearing the sound of smashing cups since dawn.
"Bage Ya Road, what do they do for food? Three infantry brigades were killed in one night. At this rate of loss, the remaining six brigades on our front line can't even hold on for two nights!"
After the curse, Lieutenant General Ito calmed down a lot.
"No, if the remaining six infantry brigades hold on where they are, they won't be able to hold on tonight!"
"Chief of Staff, immediately give an order to the remaining six infantry brigades: let them quickly withdraw from the Eighth Route Army base area and return to Linfen under the cover of aviation!"
"Also, dispatch transport planes to air-drop ammunition to them, ensuring that each soldier has fifty rounds of ammunition!"
"Also, and the most important thing, I will destroy all the villages and towns I encounter during the retreat!"
"The intelligence department and reconnaissance force will continue to search for the main force and important targets of the New Regiment in the New Regiment's base area, and guide the aviation forces to kill them!"
The chief of staff was stunned for a long time before he realized that once this order was issued, it would mean that the counter-mopping up in front of him was over, and the division commander in front of him, Lieutenant General Ito, admitted the failure!
By then, even if the front army does not hold the division commander accountable, the division commander will become the laughing stock of his colleagues.
After hesitating for several seconds, he asked without giving up: "Division Commander, is this sweep over?"
"The battle on the frontal battlefield is over, and we lost!" Lieutenant General Ito answered with a calm face and very directly.
This sentence must have made the chief of staff's face become extremely depressed. Just as he was about to speak, Lieutenant General Ito changed the subject and added immediately.
"Even if we lose, the Eighth Route Army will have to pay a heavy price!"
"Also, although the battle on the frontal battlefield is over, it does not mean that the entire sweep is over. Don't forget that we still have several infantry brigades behind the enemy lines... Although these brigades cannot kill or severely damage the Eighth Route Army, they can give
It’s okay for them to cause huge losses~”
"Send telegrams to several of their brigades and ask them to seize the daylight hours and, under the cover of aviation, kill as many Eighth Route Army troops as possible and destroy important targets in the hinterland of the base!"
After the good news about the enemy's headquarters of the New Regiment, which had killed three Japanese infantry brigades, came here, the atmosphere in the headquarters suddenly became relaxed.
But it didn't last long before a communications staff officer rushed in.
"Captain, something happened!"
"The remaining six infantry brigades of the Japanese will begin to retreat at dawn!"
"This is good news! Although it will be very difficult for us to kill them after they retreat. However, we won this counter-mopping operation after all!" Seeing the anxious expression on the face of the communications staff, Zhong Chenggong frowned and asked.
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The communications staff officer took a breath and replied: "They retreated, but the Japanese who retreated were too ruthless... All the villages and towns they passed along the way were set on fire and burned to ashes~"
"Now five villages and towns have been burned down by the Japanese, and more than 600 houses have been damaged~"
"Pah~" Wang Ping punched the table in front of him, and the smile on his face instantly became heavy.
"The little devil is taking revenge on us and will create a big trouble for us before retreating!"
"There are at least 100,000 houses in the Japs-occupied area. Our Eighth Route Army must protect these houses from being destroyed out of emotion and reason. If we fail to protect them well, then the prestige of our Eighth Route Army in the base area will definitely be severely damaged!"
"Also, winter is coming soon. Without houses, people may freeze to death in the winter!"
"As long as half of the 100,000 houses are destroyed, it will affect hundreds of thousands, or even 100,000 or 200,000 people living in the winter!"
"Our Eighth Route Army failed to protect these houses, and we have to help them repair them regardless of emotion or reason. This is definitely a huge pressure on the weak logistics system of our new regiment!"
"This little devil's move is very cruel! He kicked us directly in our weak spot!"
"Then what should we do? Commander!" Wang Ping's analysis directly made the relaxed atmosphere of the headquarters instantly tense. Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong asked anxiously.
"An eye for an eye!" Wang Ping replied calmly.
"The devils destroy the houses in our base area, then we will kill their soldiers!"
"Look at the map, it's nearly fifty kilometers from the Japs' current location to the time they evacuate our base. They will also burn down our villages and towns along the way. No matter how fast they go, they can only cover forty kilometers a day!"
"We can't do anything to them during the day, but we can at night!"
"Concentrate our forces and kill them tonight. At least I will kill three infantry brigades and half of the little Japs!"
"There are also the little devils in the hinterland of our base, hurry up and find them and kill them!"
"They have killed so many of our soldiers and civilians, and they must pay with their blood!"
"Tell the political commissar and Xiong Changhe that not a single one of the little devils who enter our base area will be spared. I will kill them all!"
Less than an hour after the order was issued, the communications staff rushed in again.
"Captain, there is an urgent call from the Third Battalion~ Just now, the Japanese aircraft dropped a lot of ammunition supplies to their ground troops!"
"Also, their six scattered infantry brigades are gathering. They must be worried that we will defeat them one by one. Now there are four infantry brigades assembled into two lines of troops, each with more than a thousand people, and the remaining two
The brigade is also moving closer to them. After the assembly is completed, each of the two groups of devils will have at least 1,600 people, well-equipped, and a lot more ammunition reserves. It will be very difficult to kill them tonight!"
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