"These Eighth Route Army did not retreat directly after turning around, but turned to other directions and continued to attack forward!" the lieutenant replied hesitantly.
Fujino's brows raised and he reacted: "Bagya Road, the purpose of this Eighth Route Army is not to attack, but to cut flesh!"
"Split some troops from us and concentrate our forces to kill the troops they split off!"
The lieutenant suddenly reacted: "Sir, in this case, at least one of our infantry brigade will be divided by them!"
"Let them move closer to the main force immediately. Once they become alone, and there is no rapid-fire artillery, in front of the Eighth Route Army armored forces, they can only be massacred. There is no other way to survive!" Lieutenant General Fujino ordered with a stern face.
At this moment, Lieutenant General Fujino had only one idea: hurry up before dawn, and let the aviation force come over earlier...
On a battlefield where he could not control the situation, he had no confidence at all.
At four o'clock in the morning, the operator finally told him a piece of extremely painful news.
"Division Commander, the two brigades in front sent farewell telegrams. There are less than one squadron of troops that can still fight around the headquarters. The Eighth Route Army is attacking them from all directions. They are ready to sacrifice their lives for His Majesty the Emperor!"
"boom……"
Fujino suddenly clenched his fist and slammed the ammunition box next to him.
It can be seen from the twitching expression on his face that the blow must have been very painful, but Fujino finally endured it.
Just as he was about to speak, a lieutenant who was still injured rushed in and threw himself to the ground. The injury must be very serious!
Two guards rushed over and helped him up. After a long time, the lieutenant endured the pain caused by the wound and reported: "Sir, it's over!"
"The troops separated by the Eighth Route Army armored forces were finished. Only one squadron reacted quickly and broke out in time. The others all died under their attack... It was too tragic. Many warriors were directly blown into pieces or killed by armored vehicles.
They were crushed into pulp by tanks, not even a single intact body was left behind!"
Seeing the fearful expression on the lieutenant's face, Fujino knew without asking that this man must have escaped from the battlefield.
The tragedy on the battlefield has formed a shadow in his heart, creating a heartfelt fear!
Lieutenant General Fujino's red face turned pale at this moment.
The heavy casualties made him feel desperate, and he hesitated for a long time before answering: "In other words, plus the casualties caused to us by the Eighth Route Army's divided troops, we lost another full infantry brigade in just a few hours!"
"It should be more than that!" The chief of staff really didn't want to intervene at this time, but as the chief of staff, he had to keep the division commander rational and aware of his own strength. He hesitated for a long time before answering bravely.
Fujino's cold gaze suddenly shifted to him.
The chief of staff immediately felt a chill coming from the front. If he guessed correctly, this chill was exactly what Fujino was looking at him.
At this moment, he regretted it.
But there is no regret medicine in this world, so I can only answer Fujino's eyes as he looks at me.
"Including the casualties caused to us by their armored force's assault, an infantry brigade should be about the same. But, division commander, you forgot about the ten-minute artillery bombardment before the armored force's assault."
"More than a thousand artillery shells hit the middle of our troops. Even if we evaded, the casualties would not be much smaller!"
"In my humble judgment, the casualties should be no less than two squadrons."
Lieutenant General Fujino remained calm and did not speak, but silence was also the best answer.
The atmosphere in the temporary headquarters suddenly became depressing, with everyone lowering their heads and saying nothing.
The constant sound of gunfire outside the headquarters sounded particularly clear and harsh at this moment.
When the chief of staff hesitated to speak to lighten the atmosphere, the shrill scream of artillery shells spread from far to near and reached the headquarters again.
"Shelling, a new round of shelling by the Eighth Route Army has begun!"
Fujino's already pale face turned even paler at this time.
In the first half of the night, they were attacked by the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army, resulting in the loss of more than 1,500 people. In the second half of the night, the Eighth Route Army was divided and surrounded by nearly three infantry brigades, and the losses reached nearly 3,000 people. This means that the number of troops in hand is as high as three in the world.
A little more than a thousand.
Even if this small force reaches Taiyue, the effect it can have is very limited.
But even so, the Eighth Route Army around him still had no intention of letting him go.
"Division commander, the Eighth Route Army seems to have concentrated all its artillery on us. There are at least twenty mountain cannons, ten infantry cannons, and twenty mortars!" the artillery staff officer nearby analyzed!
"According to the Eighth Route Army's style of play, at least 300 artillery shells will be fired into the trenches every minute!"
"Don't they even have enough bullets? Where did they come from with so many shells attacking us!"
Fujino had already had this question, and there was no need for the artillery staff to remind him.
He glared at the other party fiercely and replied: "Is it meaningful to discuss these now? What I want is a solution, how to minimize the casualties of the warriors!"
The artillery staff officer shook his head and replied: "Incompetent and humble..."
"We have run out of artillery shells. It is impossible to fight back. We can only be passively beaten!"
"The only way to reduce casualties is to disperse the troops as much as possible, so that the lethality of the artillery shells can be minimized!"
"Then why are you standing still? Why don't you go and give the order right away? I don't want our troops to be killed by the Eighth Route Army before the aviation troops come to kill us!" Fujino ordered, suppressing the rising anger in his stomach.
On the top of the mountain where Yan Song and Rong Jun were located, they were very excited as they watched the Japs at the foot of the mountain being blown away by artillery shells.
But after the excitement, the two people showed helpless expressions on their faces.
The casualties suffered by the troops in the two major battles just now were too great.
Despite having absolute artillery superiority and armored vehicle cover, the little Japs are just too ruthless.
After knowing that he could not survive, he would detonate the grenade and die with his troops as long as he still had breath.
On the battlefield that was completely shrouded in darkness, no matter how carefully the attacking troops searched, they could not guarantee that all the little Japs at their feet would be killed.
Therefore, on the offensive road, there were constant explosions among the attacking troops.
It's not the shells fired by the Japs, but the grenades they detonated!
In the violent explosion, the soldiers scattered around were killed or wounded. The losses were very heavy, and the attacking troops were unable to defend themselves!
After the two encirclement and annihilation battles, the casualties caused by the Japanese detonating grenades to the troops were actually greater than those caused by the frontal attack, and they were much greater. This was something the two battalion commanders did not expect!
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