Colonel Kato was stunned for a moment, and then he yelled: "Bagya Road, are you a stupid pig! If the Imperial Alliance Army can't stop the Independent Regiment's attack, can the Imperial Army stop it?"
Including the adjutant, several Japanese officers had expressions of disbelief on their faces, not believing that Kato Colonel had said what they just said.
In everyone's eyes, Colonel Kato has always been a very arrogant person, and he often has a saying on his lips: The Imperial Army's combat effectiveness is the strongest in the world.
And now, Colonel Kato actually compared the Imperial Army with the Imperial Japanese Army, whose combat effectiveness was inferior to that of the Eighth Route Army.
After seeing everyone's incomprehension and suspicion, Colonel Kato quickly explained: "Have you not seen what the situation on the outer defense line is like? Not only do they have no positions, but they are also subject to fierce artillery attacks from the independent regiment. In this case,
No matter how elite the imperial army is, they will only be bombed and passively beaten when they go up!"
"Don't you understand such a simple truth? Our warriors can die under the enemy's gun or bayonet. But they must not be killed by artillery shells without even seeing the enemy's shadow, and they will still die without any body parts!"
"Also, I have just sent a request for reinforcements to the General. The reinforcements will arrive in a few hours. In this process, I hope that one less of our imperial troops will die. On the battlefield,
If the Imperial Alliance Army can be allowed to fight, then let them join. The Empire will provide weapons and food to support them, and it must be effective. Even if they are used as cannon fodder, buying time for the Imperial Army and consuming the ammunition of the independent regiment, it also proves that they have the ability.
effect!"
"You've learned a lesson from your humble position!" several officers said complimentarily.
Then a major officer stood up and said: "Sir, I am here to urge the Sixth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army to go to the battlefield and defend the outer defense line of Huangtu Ridge!"
"Yoshi, let's do it! Two hours, as long as we let them guard for another two hours, we will win!" Kato Colonel replied with satisfaction.
At the Japanese Brigade Headquarters in Laiyuan City, Ono was woken up by his adjutant just as he fell asleep.
"Your Excellency General, something happened. The frontline mopping up troops were attacked heavily by the independent regiment. They suffered heavy losses. Please ask for reinforcements!"
"Nani?" Major General Ono suddenly sat up from the bed and walked to the war room.
As soon as they entered the war room, the staff officer on duty ran over and reported: "General, Colonel Kato reported: They were heavily besieged by the independent regiment in Huangtuling. As soon as the battle began, the artillery brigade was blown up by the explosives that the independent regiment had buried at the station in advance.
, the entire army was destroyed. Now the troops are defending with Huangtu Ridge as the center. Because the troops have lost artillery support, they have suffered heavy casualties. I hope the brigade headquarters will immediately dispatch troops to reinforce them!"
The chief of staff immediately suggested: "Your Majesty General, I think this is an excellent opportunity for us to eliminate the main force of the independent regiment at home."
"The troops commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Aoba are stationed in Hongqiao Village, less than 20 kilometers away from Huangtu Ridge. They can reach Huangtu Ridge by marching in three hours. We should contact Lieutenant Colonel Aoba immediately to send troops to reinforce Huangtu Ridge and defeat the siege.
The Eighth Route Army in Huangtuling."
"Yoshi, let's do this. Contact Lieutenant Colonel Aoba immediately, dispatch lightly, and march quickly to reinforce Huangtu Ridge. This time, we must kill the main force of the independent regiment!"
"Hi!" the chief of staff took the order with confidence.
But not long after, the chief of staff, who had left confidently just now, ran back with a look of shock on his face.
"General, something seems to have happened to Lieutenant Colonel Aoba, and all the radio stations have lost contact!"
Major General Ono also panicked. He immediately found the locations of Huangtuling and Hongqiao Village on the map, and then asked.
"Is there any other way to contact Lieutenant Commander Shan Qingye? Is it possible that there is something wrong with the radio station led by Lieutenant Colonel Qingye and we can't contact them!"
"Impossible!" the chief of staff replied firmly, shaking his head.
"It is because we are afraid that something will go wrong that we require each mopping up force to carry three radios, and the three radios must march separately. Even if an accident does happen, it cannot happen to all three radios at the same time. It must have happened to the mopping up troops in Huangtuling.
Already."
Major General Ono's face turned pale in a flash, and his eyes staring at the map dimmed. Then he said with a look of enlightenment: "I think I understand the Bagh Ya Road!"
"Look at the river next to Hongqiao Village. It directly divides our four-pronged encirclement and suppression troops into two. As long as Tuba Road blows up the bridge over the river, the four-pronged raiding forces will be unable to provide support."
"Although I don't know how Tubal Road caused Lieutenant Colonel Aoba in Hongqiao Village to lose contact with us. As long as Lieutenant Colonel Aoba does not send troops to reinforce Huangtu Ridge, Colonel Kato's army will become a lone army, and then be defeated by the Tubal Army with superior firepower.
The eight groups will be eaten one by one, and finally they will all be annihilated. This must be the case!"
"Then what should we do? Watch Colonel Kato and the others being wiped out by the independent group!" The chief of staff also became anxious and asked after him.
"Contact Major Nakamura and ask him to send light reinforcements to Huangtu Ridge!"
"Also, send communications troops to contact Lieutenant Colonel Aoba, convey the order from the brigade headquarters, set off lightly, and march quickly to reinforce Huangtu Ridge. Kato-kun has lost his artillery, and as far as I know, the independent regiment has an artillery force that cannot be underestimated in the century.
, I’m worried that he won’t last long!”
After the order was issued, Ono did not go back to his room to rest, but stayed in the war room waiting for news.
In order to deal with the independent group, he dispatched a total of four mopping up troops. Now that they were attacked along the way and suffered heavy losses, and lost contact along the way, Ono was also very nervous.
If something unexpected happened to these two mopping up troops, then the encirclement and suppression operation that he carefully planned to deal with the independent group would probably end in failure.
Ono sometimes stared at the map, and sometimes walked around the war room, waiting for news.
The battle in the direction of Huangtu Ridge has become tense.
The Imperial Alliance Army, which usually fights alone and does not have much combat effectiveness, directly exploded with unprecedented powerful combat effectiveness under the supervision of Japanese soldiers, and the victory or defeat of this battle was related to their own life and death.
At the outer defense line of Huangtuling Village, gunshots and explosions have been going off for nearly half an hour.
The Imperial Alliance Army who were guarding the position seemed to be unable to finish the battle. One platoon was lost in the front, and another platoon was immediately replaced from behind.
In the battle that lasted for half an hour, the sixth regiment of the Royal Association Army, which had just been reinforced, had already suffered losses of more than one battalion, not to mention the fifth regiment that had been defending its position.
It can be said that on the entire defense line, the fifth regiment can no longer find an organized infantry squad.
All the living people were scattered on the defense line, suppressing the fear in their hearts, like a machine, mechanically pulling the trigger outside the village amidst the shouts and curses of the officers and Japanese around them.
Under the desperate counterattack of the Imperial Alliance Army, the Independent Regiment also suffered heavy losses.
The three infantry companies charging at the front suffered more than half of their casualties. The Imperial Army troops lying on the ground were firing at each other. They could not charge forward or retreat, so they could only continue to hold on with their lives.
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