Linfen City Japanese Division Headquarters, Division Commander Fujino slept very soundly last night.
Although the siege plan formulated by himself was abandoned halfway, it was over after all.
After relaxing the nerves that had been tense for the past two days, Fujino felt extremely tired and lay in bed and slept until eight o'clock in the morning.
"Chief of Staff, did something happen last night?" Lieutenant General Fujino asked as he walked into the headquarters.
The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "I didn't receive any special telegram!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer hurried over.
"Sir, something happened?"
"The Third Battalion received an urgent call. A reinforced squadron we sent to Songshan Pass yesterday was attacked by the Eighth Route Army last night and the entire army was destroyed!"
"What!" The division commander who had just sat down stood up from his seat.
He frowned and asked: "The army was attacked last night. Why do we know now what the third group does for food? Also, why didn't this squadron ask for help after the army was attacked?"
The chief of staff quickly answered the call of the Third Brigade, and a few minutes later, he reported solemnly.
"The division commander, the Third Battalion reported that they did not receive any telegram for help. If the transportation team had not been ordered to deliver ammunition supplies to them today, perhaps we would still not know the news that Songshan Pass was attacked by the Eighth Route Army again!"
"Also, there was no one alive in the entire battlefield, and it was cleaned very clean. Except for the corpses of the imperial army, nothing else was left. They don't know how the Eighth Route Army re-captured Songshan Pass!"
"Division Commander, do you think this could be a retaliatory attack by the Eighth Route Army against us?"
"Yesterday our aviation destroyed a large amount of their food and must have killed many of their troops. Then they sent troops to retaliate against us, tit for tat. The New Regiment's combat style has always been like this. They never suffer a loss when fighting us!"
Lieutenant General Fujino, the division commander, was very aggrieved.
On the Chinese battlefield, the Imperial Army has always been the one to retaliate against the Chinese Army, and the Imperial Army has never suffered a loss. Now here, everything has been reversed. This is definitely a shame for me, the division commander.
He frowned and ordered: "No matter what, the captain of the third brigade has an unshirkable responsibility~ Order: The captain of the third brigade is demoted to deputy captain and temporarily takes over as captain. If there is another accident.
If something happens, don’t be the vice-captain anymore, just become the center captain!”
The chief of staff knew that Fujino was angry. To intercede with the captain of the third brigade would be to scold him and get himself into trouble. Therefore, the chief of staff wisely shut his mouth and rushed to the telecommunications room to give the third brigade captain his help.
The brigade sent a telegram to give an explanation and comfort to the recently dismissed brigade captain!
After sending the telegram, he had just walked to the door of the war room when a combat staff officer under his command suddenly stopped in front of him.
"Sir, something seems to have happened to the Sixth Brigade!"
"As usual, we contacted all the brigades at eight o'clock in the morning, but no matter how many times we called, there was no response from the Sixth Brigade!"
"Routine radio contact at eight o'clock in the morning is a rule that every brigade knows. It is impossible for them not to know it. Moreover, the Sixth Brigade is equipped with a three-step radio station, and it is impossible for three radio stations to have problems at the same time. Therefore, I am suspicious of the Sixth Brigade.
Something happened to the brigade!"
The chief of staff's heart skipped a beat, and then a very bad premonition came into his mind.
Staring at the combat staff officer, he asked, "Have you sent anyone there?"
"Hi!" the combat staff replied quickly!
"The Sixth Brigade divided its troops and stationed them at four strongholds along the highway. I sent four communication teams to the four strongholds for communication!"
"I'll wait here with you! We already lost a reinforced squadron last night, so nothing can happen tonight!" the chief of staff decided with a stern face.
Time that usually flies by very fast now passes very slowly, which makes the Chief of Staff feel like his days are like years.
As time passed by, the chief of staff became more and more anxious, and the bad premonition in his mind became stronger and stronger.
At the beginning, I could sit quietly on a stool, or stand in front of a map and calmly look at it.
After staying up for half an hour, I couldn't stand it anymore and walked around the small room with my hands behind my back.
Just like an ant on a hot pot, anxious but without any solution!
"Sir, they're back!" The combat staff rushed in with several communications soldiers.
Seeing them breathing heavily, the chief of staff knew that they must have been galloping all the way over without resting in between.
He was so anxious that he couldn't care so much and asked directly: "How is it? Did anything happen to the Sixth Brigade? Is their radio station broken or the radio station is not turned on!"
The second lieutenant communications officer standing at the front, with a pale face, gasped and replied: "Sir, it's really tragic. In one reinforced squadron, more than two hundred imperial troops are all dead, and not a single one is left alive!"
"What did you say? Say it again?" The chief of staff turned into an angry lion, grabbed the second lieutenant by the collar, and asked with glaring eyes.
The second lieutenant, who was already out of breath, was so choked that his face turned red.
Suppressing the fear in his heart, he reported: "We arrived at the station of the Third Squadron. All the imperial troops in the station were killed, and they were killed by cavalry. The battlefield was full of horse hoof prints, and the warriors were also covered in
It’s a stab wound, almost no gunshot wound!”
"There are also many warrior corpses that have been trampled into pieces by war horses. It's really tragic!"
"Cavalry, are you sure they were attacked by cavalry?" The chief of staff stared at the second lieutenant as if he had discovered a new world and continued to ask.
"Confirmation of humble position!" the second lieutenant replied very definitely!
"In addition to a large number of horse hoof prints and knife wounds on the warriors' bodies, many warriors' heads were cut off directly!"
"It's over, we've been fooled!" The chief of staff left the second lieutenant breathing heavily and was stunned for a long time before he realized what he was doing.
Then he ordered: "This matter is too big, I must report it to the division commander immediately!"
"You stay here. When the other three communications troops come back, report any news directly to the war room!"
When the chief of staff returned to the war room with a sullen face, Lieutenant General Fujino's anger had calmed down a lot. What was he deducing while standing in front of the huge combat sandbox?
"Division commander, something happened on the front line again!" After walking to the division commander's side, the chief of staff reported in a low voice.
"Snapped……"
Lieutenant General Fujino said nothing and directly threw the baton in his hand on the sand table.
Then he stared at the chief of staff and asked: "What happened again? What happened!"
"We seem to have been tricked by a new group... The night before yesterday, the Eighth Route Army in the encirclement broke out from Songshan Pass. It was probably an illusion they deliberately created. The main force did not break out and was still hiding in this area!"
"Last night, a stronghold of the Sixth Brigade stationed along the highway was attacked by a new cavalry regiment. One reinforced squadron was completely wiped out. There is no news about the other squadrons. The communications troops who went to contact them should be back soon!
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"However, based on my humble judgment, they should have also been raided by a new cavalry regiment!"
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