At this time, Major General Tsuda was even more certain of his judgment just now.
"I understand. The reason why Tubal Road keeps dividing its troops is to eliminate all our small strongholds scattered in Yangquan through one battle. We were deceived by them again!"
"Chief of Staff, immediately confirm whether there are our strongholds around Tubal Road after the division of troops, and immediately contact these strongholds to garrison. If the strongholds are no longer needed, abandon the strongholds immediately and retreat to the nearest county. You must be quick. Otherwise, Tubal Road will be surrounded.
They’re doomed!”
"Hi!" The chief of staff and a group of staff immediately searched and confirmed on the sand table!
He quickly gave Major General Tsuda a positive answer: "General Yingming, there are our strongholds around these Tubal Roads. However, some Tubal Roads are very close to the strongholds. It will take time for the headquarters to issue a retreat order, and it will definitely be too late!"
Major General Tsuda frowned and ordered with a firm look on his face: "Whether you have time or not, contact us now and issue an order. If you can withdraw an imperial army, you will withdraw it. We have lost more than 4,000 troops last night. Today, these strongholds
If we lose more troops, it will be a problem for our fourth mixed brigade to defend Yangquan and protect ourselves!"
"I really want to understand now: the battles on Tubal Road last night and tonight had only one goal, which was to consume a large amount of our troops. Although it is not clear what their ultimate purpose was, their goal has been achieved."
"Including tonight, we have lost nearly 5,000 people in just two days!"
For Major General Tsuda, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Communications staff officers kept rushing forward to report which stronghold was attacked and which stronghold lost contact under the Eighth Route Army's attack.
After finally making it to dawn, several communications staff officers dispersed.
But the chief of staff came over at this time, with a serious look on his face and a list in his hand!
"Chief of Staff, the losses have been calculated, right?" Major General Tsuda, with a gloomy face, could see the purpose of the Chief of Staff's coming here at just one glance, and asked with a frown!
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied in a serious tone.
"Last night, even though we promptly issued an order to abandon our strongholds and shrink our troops, 12 strongholds were still attacked before we had time to retreat! All twelve strongholds were captured by Tubal Road, with a total loss of 539 imperial troops.
There were 895 alliance troops, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were also lost!"
"The only thing that makes us happy is that your retreat order, General, was very timely, which saved us from losing at least 500 imperial troops and imperial alliance troops!"
"Baga!" The furious Major General Tsuda shouted with almost all his strength.
After finishing, the whole person felt as if his head was falling apart and he instantly collapsed in his seat.
However, the murderous intent and anger projected out of Major General Tsuda's eyes did not decrease but increased. After being silent for almost half a minute, he stared at the Chief of Staff and asked: "Have your reconnaissance team followed these Tubal Road and determined their specific location?"
!”
"Hi!" the chief of staff confirmed.
"After the battle, these Tubalu returned to the mountains and hid with their capture!"
"We must retaliate, and we must send troops to retaliate immediately!" Major General Tsuda shouted with a murderous look on his face.
Then he began to issue orders: "Contact the military headquarters and request the plane to take off immediately and bomb the hiding place on Tubal Road~"
The Japanese dispatched twelve bombers at once and rushed towards the temporary base of a team with murderous intent.
Although there were ground reconnaissance units that fired flares to guide bombing targets, the bombing effect was still very poor.
The forest where one team was hiding was too dense, and everyone was spread out. Even if an aerial bomb hit the target accurately, it wouldn't kill many people.
In the end, the Japanese Army Air Force could only hastily end this meaningless bombing.
"Detachment leader, the Japanese bombing caused us more than 500 casualties in total, of which 256 were directly killed. Although the rest survived, they basically lost their combat effectiveness!" Chief of Staff of the First Detachment Temporary Headquarters
As soon as he entered the tent, he reported in a serious tone.
"The Japanese are taking revenge on us!" Chen Zhengxiang analyzed with a frown.
"We had just eaten more than 500 of them, but they turned around and used planes to blow up more than 500 of us, killing and injuring more than 500 of us. It was like we fought the battle last night in vain!"
"Chief of Staff, plus the Yangquan Independent Regiment, how many of us can continue to fight!"
The chief of staff knew there was a combat mission as soon as he heard it. Without saying anything, he immediately replied: "Before the operation started, we had 7,500 people, and the Yangquan Independent Regiment had 1,500 people, for a total of 9,000 people."
"There are still 1,000 people in the Yangquan Independent Regiment, and each of our main regiments has between 1,000 and 1,500 people. There are still 5,500 people in total who can continue to fight!"
"In addition, although we lost nearly 3,500 people, our equipment has not decreased but increased!"
"In order to make up for the lack of troops, I allocated all the captured heavy equipment to each regiment. Now each regiment's mortar platoon has twelve mortars, and the heavy machine gun company has twelve heavy machine guns. The number of machine guns cannot be increased.
few!"
"We still have the strength to fight!" Chen Zhengxiang replied, his face slowly becoming serious.
"The headquarters just sent a telegram. There will be a big operation in the next three days. We must complete the task. If possible, we can attract some of the Japanese and puppet troops from Taiyuan City!"
"I estimate that the headquarters' so-called big operation must be related to Taiyuan City!"
"In order to complete the mission, I decided to continue to consume the Japs in Yangquan tonight. Their troops are now stretched thin. Unless they ask for help from the outside, they can only watch us attack them! Unless they are willing to abandon several counties around Yangquan and concentrate their forces
Get up and use it!”
"Here, tonight, gather all the main forces to attack this county and capture it."
At twelve o'clock in the evening, Major General Tsuda rarely closed his eyes after not having any rest for two consecutive nights.
But the good times didn't last long. Less than half an hour after he fell asleep, the anxious figure of the chief of staff broke into his room again.
"What happened again?" Major General Tsuda asked with a frown, his tone full of exhaustion and impatience.
"General, Shouyang County is under heavy siege by the Eighth Route Army and is requesting reinforcements!" the chief of staff reported in shocking words.
"The Eighth Route Army that attacked them not only had thunder cannons and mortars, but also at least ten mountain cannons. It must be the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army that has been active in Yangquan in the past few days!"
"The Shouyang garrison reported that the Eighth Route Army's offensive firepower was very fierce, the troops suffered heavy losses, and reinforcements are urgently needed. Otherwise, they will not be able to hold on for three hours!"
"Baga, what on earth do this Eighth Route Army want to do!" Major General Tsuda cursed loudly! Then he put on his military uniform and dragged his exhausted body to the war room.
"Are there any troops around Shouyang County that can provide reinforcements?" Major General Tsuda asked as soon as he arrived at the war room.
"Yes, but the scale is too small. I suggest not moving. Two days ago, we suffered a loss from Tubal Road's siege and reinforcements. We are worried that this is another conspiracy of Tubal Road!"
"No, this time is different!" Major General Tsuda shook his head and replied.
"We were fooled before because we didn't know the strength of the Eighth Route Army. Now we know the strength of the Eighth Route Army. As long as the reinforcements are large enough, not only will they not be ambushed, but they can also destroy the Eighth Route Army attacking Shouyang!"
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