I don't know if it was intentional on the part of the chief of staff, but he came in just after the half hour he had agreed on, with a very ugly look on his face.
"Say it! No need to hesitate or hide it!" Lieutenant General Fujino, who had already realized something from the look on his face, took a deep breath and said.
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied bravely.
"Division Commander, as you judged during the artillery bombardment, the troop casualties were very high!"
"Three sudden artillery fire attacks caused a total of more than 820 casualties to us. More than 650 people died directly in combat or due to lack of timely rescue. In addition, more than 170 people were injured and basically lost their combat effectiveness.
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"In other words, after three sudden artillery attacks, the Eighth Route Army killed one of our infantry brigade without losing a single soldier?" Although he was prepared, Fujino was still frightened by this number and asked with a stern face.
"Yes!" the chief of staff affirmed.
Fujino was stunned for a long time without speaking. It was not until the escort plane roared overhead that he suddenly reacted. Then he stared at the chief of staff and continued to ask: "How many people in the army can continue to fight now?"
The chief of staff quickly replied: "There are more than 2,400 people. Two of the infantry brigades have basically remained at full strength because they have not participated in the battle. Each has lost less than one squadron. One infantry corps has lost more than half. The other two infantry brigades were lost in two battles last night.
The artillery units of each unit were lucky enough to return. Finally, there were the guards, with almost no casualties!"
Fujinoma immediately made a decision: "All the artillery will be used to supplement the two infantry brigades, so that the two infantry brigades are fully staffed. The extra troops will be used to supplement another brigade, ensuring that this brigade has two full squadrons!"
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied immediately.
"I promise to complete the task within half an hour!"
Fujino then made a decision: "Then we will set off in half an hour!"
The heavy casualties suffered by the troops made Fujino particularly cautious in the subsequent use of troops.
Because the forward troops were tasked with probing attacks and were the key targets of the Eighth Route Army's attacks, they were easily wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. Fujino directly reduced the forward troops from an infantry squad to a combat detachment.
"Buzz buzz..."
Amidst the roar of the huge engine, the silver-white plane was like a cannonball falling from the sky, slamming down to the ground!
When it was still five hundred meters above the ground, it quickly raised its head and climbed up. At this moment, two bombs with a screaming sound broke away from the fuselage and continued to hit the ground along the trajectory of the plane's dive.
"Boom..."
Two explosions sounded, and in the earthquake-shaking explosion, two thick black smoke rose into the sky. The huge fireball quickly spread around, covering the entire area dozens of meters around the impact point...
After six bombs were dropped in succession and thick smoke enveloped the entire position, the Japanese infantry began to attack.
An infantry squadron lined up in a skirmish line, holding rifles and under the cover of more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns behind them, and quickly approached the Eighth Route Army's blocking position.
The deputy commander of the fourth battalion got up from the ground with a look of pain on the simple shell-proof cave that was almost destroyed by the bombing.
When he heard the warning shots that had been fired outside, he immediately shouted: "Anyone who can still move, follow me out to fight the Japanese!"
After saying that, the deputy battalion commander picked up a light machine gun, picked up three magazine magazines, and rushed out of the anti-gun hole!
When we entered the position in the morning, there were more than 400 people in one battalion. After repelling the Japanese attack and being attacked by two consecutive air raids, not even 150 people could still move.
On the position where the trenches were no longer visible, more than a hundred people were scattered in the crater.
"Shoot, fight off the little devils in front of us and we will retreat!" the deputy battalion commander shouted.
A light machine gun was fired on the ground, and it opened fire on a Japanese squad leader a hundred meters away.
The bullets that flew towards him beat the Japanese squad leader and a soldier next to him into pieces on the spot.
"Da da da……"
At this moment, a hail of heavy machine gun bullets suddenly flew toward the deputy battalion commander.
Alert, he dropped the machine gun and fell into the crater. One of the bullets flew backwards almost close to his scalp.
Ignoring his head that was leaking sticky blood, he held the light machine gun, rolled around and touched a crater next to him, and continued shooting!
"Division commander, there are still a lot of Eighth Route Army troops on the battlefield, and the casualties among the warriors are almost half of the infantry squad!" the chief of staff next to him reminded.
Fujino's face was gloomy and frightening. The new group's powerful fighting power once again exceeded his imagination.
After two aviation bombings, there were still people alive on the position. Fujino himself couldn't figure out how they survived.
After being reminded by the chief of staff, he gritted his teeth and replied: "I would rather use more aerial bombs to reduce casualties. Order the offensive troops to retreat immediately, and the planes continue to bomb. I don't believe that the Eighth Route Army in front of me is made of iron. So many bombs will drop down."
Still can’t kill them!”
Half an hour later, Fujino finally captured the position that had been abandoned by the Fourth Battalion.
Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the gunshots and explosions that he hated so much at this moment came from the front again!
"Sir, there is still an Eighth Route Army blocking position ahead... The attacking troops have retreated, but they still lost more than 20 imperial troops. They judged that there were at least 300 Eighth Route Army troops guarding the position, equipped with at least 20 light and heavy machine guns.
?" A communications soldier rushed over and reported.
The chief of staff looked at Fujino, with a shocked expression on his face.
"Division Commander, this is already the fourth blocking position we have encountered. Although the casualties in taking each position are not large, the total number of casualties still exceeds 200~"
"And it takes at least an hour for us to capture each position. It's almost noon now. There are still positions blocking us in front. I suspect there are such blocking positions behind us. They let us attack one by one and drag us here. But
When it gets dark, then kill us!"
Fujino replied solemnly: "It's not doubt, it's affirmation!"
"Our opponents are too cunning. If we guessed correctly, starting from last night's departure, we have walked step by step into the big trap they prepared for us!"
"BaGeYa Road, this time against the new group, we lost again! They must have judged in advance that we planned to go to Taiyue, and then prepared this dragnet for us here!"
"Then there's nothing we can do?" the chief of staff asked with a look of reluctance!
Fujino shook his head and replied helplessly: "With so many troops, it is impossible to bring them to Taiyue in an organized manner!"
"If you want to ask the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army to pursue and intercept you, there is only one last way..."
The chief of staff asked anxiously: "What can we do?"
"Disperse and break out..." Fujino gave a surprising answer!
"The New Regiment here must not have many troops, otherwise they would never have only shelled without attacking in the last few hours last night. Only when the troops are dispersed can we take advantage of the New Regiment's limited strength and withdraw more troops from their base area.
More troops!"
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