On the surface, Major General Shibasaki obeyed the orders of the commander of the Fujino Division and called back directly to comply. In fact, Major General Shibasaki had his own ideas. He was so arrogant that he did not listen to those reminders and orders at all, and still went his own way and did things according to his own ideas.
"Rumble..."
Less than five minutes after the order was given, a series of explosions reached his ears.
"The explosion came from the direction of the forward troops. Contact the forward troops immediately. What happened?" Major General Shibasaki has very rich combat experience. Without other reports, he can determine the source of the explosion at a glance!
Soon, the deputy rushed over with an incredulous expression on his face.
"What's going on?" Major General Shibasaki asked, staring at his deputy.
"Land mines. The forward troops stepped on the land mines that the Eighth Route Army had buried on the road in advance. They were also serial mines. 14 people were killed and 5 were slightly or seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness!"
"Nani?" Major General Shibasaki was frightened by this result. He was stunned for a long time before he could react, and then asked with a look of disbelief.
"How is it possible? There are only a few landmines, and they are earth-made landmines produced by the Eighth Route Army itself. How can it cause us such heavy casualties and directly lose more than one combat unit of the imperial army?"
The deputy quickly replied: "The power of landmines is not very powerful, but these landmines were added with a large amount of gravel by the Eighth Route Army, which more than doubled the power!"
"Preliminary judgment is that this should be the work of the New Regiment. This is the area occupied by the Imperial Army. This road has always been very busy. A large number of Imperial Army troops pass by every day and have never been attacked. The attack just now was obviously
Targeted at us!”
"The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army operating in Linfen, they are really here!" Major General Shibasaki immediately thought of the reminder telegram just sent by the commander of the Fujino Division.
Then he thought about his order just now, and the explosion still echoed in his ears, like a slap in the face, making Major General Shibasaki's face turn red!
After a long time, he slowly calmed down.
"Stay the injured, contact Taiyuan City and ask them to send someone to take them back to Taiyuan City to recuperate!"
"The troops continue to move forward, but from now on, everyone must be on heightened alert. Reconnaissance troops and patrol troops along the way will ensure that there are no Chinese within 500 meters of the troops!"
"I don't want to hear any more news about the casualties caused by the Eighth Route Army's attacks along the way!"
"Also, twenty mules and horses will be mobilized from the baggage brigade to reinforce the forward troops. If there are landmines on the road, just use the mules and horses to detonate them!"
After the order was issued, Major General Shibasaki, who had a serious look on his face, gradually became murderous. He frowned and said to himself: "Xinyi Regiment, I will accept the threat you gave me. When I arrive in Linfen, I will definitely pay a blood debt."
I will pay with my blood and let you have a taste of my Shibazaki's methods!"
The former enemy headquarters of the New First Regiment was established the day after Commander Chen arrived at the New First Regiment, and the location was set at Dongping Village where the Japanese army would definitely camp after entering the base area.
"Regiment leader, commander, and the direct team sent an urgent call. They have sent over the situation of the Japanese!" Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong came in and reported.
"The direct-affiliated team is indeed a directly-affiliated team. We even have a clear count of how many heavy machine guns the Japanese are equipped with!" Commander Chen couldn't help but sigh after reading the telegram.
Then he analyzed: "The Japs are equipped with a total of forty-five heavy machine guns. From the number of heavy machine guns, it can be determined that there are three infantry brigades and one garrison brigade among the more than 8,000 Japs!"
"Looking at the number of mortars and mountain artillery they are equipped with, we can be sure that the infantry regiment coming from Peking is a reinforced regiment, and the three subordinate brigades are all strengthened brigades. They are equipped with a heavy machine gun squadron and a mortar squadron.
Gun squadron!"
"One of the mountain artillery of the two brigades must belong to this reinforced regiment, and the other was reinforced by the Japanese army in Taiyuan."
"In addition, this mixed brigade is also equipped with more than 300 cavalry, so its strength is not ordinary!"
"Wang Ping, how do you plan to fight! In addition, the brigade directly under the military region will come tonight. From now on, the brigade directly under your command will also be under your command, and I will be responsible for coordination!"
After saying that, Commander Chen turned his attention to the invitation.
Staring at the sand table just made by the reconnaissance company in front of him, Wang Ping frowned and asked: "Chief of Staff, has the intelligence department figured out who the leader of the Japanese mixed brigade is, where he comes from, and whether he has combat experience.
Rich~”
"Yes, the military region just forwarded it!" Zhong Chenggong took out a report from the document in his hand and said.
"Major General Shibasaki, the commander of the mixed brigade, was the commander of the major general brigade of the North China Front Army a few days ago. He was from the Kwantung Army. After being transferred to the North China Front Army, he won several great victories and was directly promoted to the rank of major general and became a senior officer.
Major General Captain!"
"Also, because this Major General Shibasaki fought against the government forces, and even though he had fought with us, it was only because of his imagination. Therefore, he doesn't know much about our Eighth Route Army, let alone our New Regiment!"
"There are also rumors that as the only highly qualified major general commander of the North China Front, he was favored by Neji Okamura. Therefore, he was very arrogant when he was in Peking and did not take our Eighth Route Army into consideration at all!"
"Just be arrogant!" Wang Ping interrupted happily.
"The more arrogant he is, the more I, Wang Ping, like him, and the faster he will die on the battlefield!"
"Wang Ping, don't underestimate the enemy!" Commander Chen reminded with a frown.
"To be able to match the commander of the Major General, and be valued by Neji Okamura, even if Major General Shibasaki is arrogant, he must have the capital to be arrogant ~ Needless to say, Neji Okamura's ability is the most difficult thing our Eighth Route Army has encountered in North China
Matoi's opponent. Being valued by him shows that Major General Shibasaki is an officer with real abilities!"
"Besides, he still has more than 8,000 elite Japanese soldiers and more than 3,000 puppet troops. This is the real opponent we have to deal with!"
When he was about to continue talking, a platoon leader from the communications company suddenly rushed in.
"Chief, urgent call from the direct team!"
Zhong Chenggong took the telegram and glanced at it before his face became heavy.
"Captain, the commander is right, this Major General Hamasaki is indeed a very difficult opponent!"
"Although he was arrogant, he was also very cautious. He ordered the troops to step up their alert just once when they were attacked by the directly-affiliated troops. As a result, the directly-affiliated troops could not find an opportunity to attack and could only sneak attack the alert and reconnaissance troops sent by the Japanese and make a small fuss!
"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "It doesn't matter if you are cautious!"
"As long as he doesn't understand me and doesn't understand me, that's fine!"
"Commander, the brigade under your direct control will also participate in this battle, and it is likely to be a critical battle. The equipment of the brigade under your direct control is okay, but the ammunition is definitely insufficient!"
"You should send a telegram to the brigade directly under your control now and ask them to report to the political commissar when they pass the regiment headquarters and replenish their ammunition!"
"The riflemen must have fifty rounds of ammunition each, the light machine guns must have five hundred rounds each, the heavy machine guns must have two thousand rounds of ammunition each, and each of the mortars, infantry guns, and mountain cannons must have fifty rounds.
Fire artillery shells. I will use one night to seriously injure or kill the little devils in this mixed brigade, and at least intercept the food and ammunition supplies they carry!"
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