Lieutenant General Fujino said nothing, but silence was the best answer to the deputy chief of staff's speculation.
A life-and-death decision for hundreds of imperial troops in an infantry brigade was related. No matter how courageous the deputy chief of staff was, he would not dare to say anything casually.
After a long time, Fujino made a decision: "The original order remains unchanged, break out and retreat immediately!"
"If they stick to Songshan Pass, they will definitely be killed. Even if they hold on until dawn, there won't be much of a brigade left. Although a breakout may lead to a surprise attack by the Eighth Route Army cavalry, no one can confirm that the new cavalry regiment is ambushing nearby. Therefore,
As long as they successfully break through, they have a 50% chance of surviving!"
Outside the Japanese Third Battalion's station, the third round of attacks by the newly formed Fourth Battalion was repelled again.
The battalion commander was about to order the troops to continue the attack with anger, but Wang Ping decisively stopped him!
"Suspend the attack... The Japanese have been operating this stronghold for nearly three years. There are two trenches outside the stronghold alone, and many semi-permanent defenses have been built in the middle of the trenches. Unless there are mountain cannons, they can only rely on the mortars in their hands.
It is difficult for infantry artillery and infantry artillery to knock out these firepower points!"
"If we don't take out these firepower points, it will be impossible for the troops to rush up even if they charge many times, and they will die in vain!"
"But our new fourth battalion is not equipped with mountain artillery!" the battalion commander replied helplessly.
Then he gritted his teeth and asked Wang Ping to fight: "Commander, give me another chance. I will personally lead the assault and I will definitely win the first line of defense of the Japanese army!"
Wang Ping cursed angrily: "How can we attack with the lives of soldiers?"
The battalion commander was stunned for a moment and then lowered his head. Wang Ping's words spoke to his heart, and there was no reason to refute him.
At this time, Wang Ping spoke: "Cheer up, isn't it just that you can't rush forward? It's not a big deal!"
"You have to remember that our goal tonight is not to capture this stronghold, but to kill a large number of the little Japs in the stronghold. They will not dare to besiege us even at dawn and with aircraft cover!"
Let "Didn't you notice that the soil beneath our feet is very soft?"
"Also, this is a plain. The strongholds and positions defended by the Japanese have no terrain advantages. The only thing they rely on are the semi-permanent fire points high above the ground and the bunkers and gun towers inside the strongholds. If we make these fire points useless, can we?
Get close to the Japanese defense line and kill them!"
"Trench digging..." Battalion Commander Li is a veteran who followed Wang Ping. He once saw Wang Ping use this tactic to deal with the Japs, and he immediately reacted!
"We dug trenches directly to 30 meters in front of the Japanese position. We used hand grenades, and we could definitely throw the grenades to the Japanese position at a distance of 30 meters. But the Japanese used grenades, and they had no terrain advantage.
Throw it twenty-five meters away. As long as we hide in the trenches, the Japs' grenades can't do anything to us. But the grenades we throw out can cause devastating blows to the Japs on the line of defense!" Wang Ping analyzed with a frown.
Battalion Commander Li hurriedly replied: "Good idea, I will arrange the troops to dig trenches~"
"Three companies work as platoons and dig forward in unison. They can advance from a hundred meters away to thirty meters in up to four hours!"
Before Wang Ping could speak, Battalion Commander Li rushed towards the battlefield like the wind.
Wang Ping could only order the commander of the guard company beside him: "All mortars, infantry guns, and grenades, be ready for battle!"
"The Japanese artillery will definitely fire to prevent us from digging trenches. I must suppress their artillery fire, or at least delay it!"
"Grenade, keep an eye on the Japanese grenade~"
"Light and heavy machine guns, and the remaining anti-aircraft machine guns of the anti-aircraft company, keep an eye on the Japanese positions. If they rush out to counterattack, kill them directly!"
Everyone was staring at the battlefield, watching the trenches extend little by little toward the Japanese positions.
A radio operator from the communications company suddenly rushed towards Wang Ping: "Commander, Battalion Commander Rong, there's an urgent call!"
"The Japs at Songshankou have broken through again, and the troops are pursuing them. However, the Japs are breaking through very quickly. They are constantly deploying troops to stop them. It is difficult to annihilate them all. Please request the regiment headquarters to deploy a cavalry battalion to bypass the Japs to surprise them and kill them."
them!"
"Agree, the original text of this telegram is forwarded to the cavalry camp!" Wang Ping answered without even frowning.
At the Japanese division headquarters in Linfen City, division commander Fujino kept his eyes fixed on the sand table.
After connecting the battles for several days, he vaguely felt something, but when he stared at the sand table to confirm, his mind went blank.
As an excellent commander, he had a hunch that the new regiment was playing tricks on themselves in this area again and again. The purpose was definitely not to kill some imperial troops and take advantage. There must be other conspiracies.
However, without any intelligence support, he didn't know what the conspiracy was?
At this moment, the deputy chief of staff hurried in with a smile on his face, which must have brought some good news.
"Division Commander, the Songshankou garrison successfully broke through. A total of more than 600 people broke out."
"Just break out of the encirclement. As for whether we can escape the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army and retreat successfully, it depends on God!" Lieutenant General Fujino's tense nerves also relaxed a lot.
He stared at the sand table and continued to ask: "Where are the other two brigades? How is the situation?"
The deputy chief of staff quickly replied: "The troops have suffered heavy losses, but there will definitely be no problem in holding on until dawn!"
"Yoshi!" Fujino completely relaxed his tense nerves.
"As long as we persist until dawn, the situation will be reversed!"
"Order the intelligence department to keep an eye on these exposed Eighth Route Army troops. We must know where they are hiding after dawn, and then send out planes to bomb them, make them pay the price, and avenge Yushan's Imperial Army!"
"I'll make arrangements right away!" the deputy chief of staff replied quickly.
On the battlefield shrouded in darkness, a group of little devils marched along the road, carrying weapons and torches.
In the midst of the tense team, officers kept standing up and reminding them.
"Speed up, the rear guard won't be able to hold on for too long. We finally broke out, and we definitely can't let the Eighth Route Army encircle us again!"
The captain walking in the middle of the team, even though he was riding a war horse, still had a very anxious expression on his face.
"Sir, the gunfire behind us is getting weaker and weaker, and the rear guard will definitely not be able to hold on for too long. I suggest that all the lightly wounded be left behind, set up defenses on the spot, and continue to block the Eighth Route Army that may be chasing them!" the adjutant next to him said.
He suggested with a nervous look on his face.
Although the captain was heartbroken, he still gritted his teeth and ordered: "Okay..."
"Leave all the lightly wounded and give them plenty of ammunition! Others speed up, the current marching speed is still too slow. Order the troops to throw away everything except weapons and ammunition!"
An hour later, the interrupted gunshots rang out again behind him.
The Japanese captain knew that the wounded he had left behind had fought with the Eighth Route Army's pursuing troops.
The nervous look on the adjutant's face disappeared, and he breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "We are six kilometers away from the blocking position set up by the wounded. The wounded can hold on for at least half an hour. By then, the distance between us and the Eighth Route Army's pursuit troops will be shortened."
It’s ten kilometers long. No matter how fast it goes, it’s impossible to catch up with us!”
"Yoshi, I can finally take a breath!" the captain said with a sigh of relief.
But he still reminded: "But we still can't relax, the marching speed cannot be changed, the farther away from the chasing troops, the safer we are!"
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