The atmosphere at the Japanese brigade headquarters was very depressing.
Everyone kept their heads down, busy with the matter at hand, and said nothing, fearing that their words would offend the brigade commander, and then vent all the anger they had held in their stomachs on themselves.
"General, telegram from Colonel Matsumoto!" the chief of staff suddenly walked in and reported bravely.
"Why is he sending a telegram here now? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me about losing three infantry squadrons?" the brigade commander cursed angrily.
The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "No, Mr. Matsumoto sent a telegram to remind us that after the losses last night, the main force of the Eighth Route Army will definitely come out to attack us in the next two days to grab food. Let us be prepared!"
"The county garrison must be ready to send troops to reinforce the three granaries at any time after dark!"
"Also, Colonel Matsumoto has judged that if the Eighth Route Army goes out to grab food, the most likely target of attack is the granary in Fengling Town. As long as Fengling Town is captured, Tubal Road can solve its food shortage problem once and for all!"
"Matsumoto-kun guarantees that once Fengling Town is attacked, the special forces will directly scream for battle and hold the position for at least an hour. The reinforcements sent by the county must arrive on the battlefield within an hour to block the Eighth Route Army's retreat, so that we can still have front and rear
It is possible to attack the Eighth Route Army from a flank and turn defeat into victory in the end!"
The anger on the Major General's brigade leader's face had unknowingly dropped a lot.
He frowned and stared at the map for half a minute and then asked: "Chief of Staff, what do you think?"
"I agree with Colonel Matsumoto. If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely send heavy troops to attack Fengling Town and solve the problem of food shortage in the army once and for all!" the chief of staff affirmed after thinking about it.
Then he hesitated for a moment, then changed the topic and continued: "But this is just our inference after all! The Eighth Route Army is really cunning and often makes some unexpected decisions. No one can guarantee 100% before they take concrete actions!"
"Yeah!" The brigade leader nodded, and then fell into deep thought again.
A minute later, a pair of eyes quickly shot out two rays of light. Then he stared at the chief of staff and began to give orders: "Call back to Colonel Matsumoto: From now on, all the garrison troops in Songling Town will be under the command of Matsumoto-kun. Once Songling Town is attacked,
Reinforcements from at least one infantry brigade of the Imperial Army are guaranteed to arrive in half an hour. By then, all the troops in Fengling Town will be under his command. Please be sure to hold Fengling Town and severely damage or completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army attacking Fengling Town!"
"Send a telegram to the other two brigade captains. From now on, the troops will be on heightened alert. It is not ruled out that the Eighth Route Army will choose to attack them!"
"Chief of Staff, you organize the garrison in the city, leaving two infantry squadrons of the Imperial Army, one regiment of the Imperial Association Army, one squadron of artillery, and one squadron of heavy machine guns. All the others are organized as reinforcements to reinforce our forces outside the county at any time.
Three granaries!”
All command rights of the garrison and reinforcements in Fengling Town were given to Colonel Matsumoto. The chief of staff initially thought that the brigade commander intended to ease the relationship between the two and show his goodwill to Colonel Matsumoto by giving him command rights.
After all three orders came out of the mouth of the brigade commander, the chief of staff suddenly understood.
The brigade commander's order to give Matsumoto command was not a sign of goodwill at all, but to tie Colonel Matsumoto to his own chariot.
If Fengling Town was defended in the hands of Colonel Matsumoto, both men would be credited.
If you fail to hold on and lose troops and generals, you have a responsibility. As the direct commander of the battle of Fengling Town, Colonel Matsumoto, your responsibility is even heavier.
Thinking of this, the chief of staff couldn't help but admire the brigade commander, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "You are still hotter when you are old!"
After the order was sent to Matsumoto, Matsumoto saw the brigade commander's conspiracy at a glance.
However, not only did he not refuse, but he also telegraphed his approval directly.
"Captain, I don't understand why you agreed! If Fengling Town is lost under your command, all the responsibility will be on you!" the squadron leader frowned and reminded.
"Do you want to take revenge? Do you want to kill the Eighth Route Army special forces?" Colonel Matsumoto did not answer, but asked with a murderous look on his face.
"Of course I do! But, does this have anything to do with whether or not I have command authority over the Fengling Town garrison?" The squadron leader still frowned, but he didn't know when he had a thick expression of doubt on his face.
"I need the absolute cooperation of the Fengling Town garrison and reinforcements to kill the Eighth Route Army special forces and avenge the warriors who died in their hands!" Colonel Matsumoto did not hide anything and answered to the point.
The puzzled expression on the squadron leader's face suddenly disappeared: "The captain is wise. Only when they have command authority will they absolutely cooperate with our special forces!"
"Captain, how do you plan to fight?"
Matsumoto thought about it and replied: "The remaining garrison in Fengling Town still has two infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squadron, a mortar squadron, and an infantry artillery squadron."
"Except for the infantry artillery squad, the others are divided into three. Each of our three special squads leads a mixed force and deploys the defenses personally. I want to arrange Fengling Town to be the tomb of the Eighth Route Army. Even if they come in, they will not be able to get out.
go!"
To the surprise of Matsumoto and the brigade commander, they were not attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army that night.
Although there were several gun battles in the three granaries, they were all caused by the active attack by the Eighth Route Army special forces.
As soon as three o'clock in the morning arrived, all these sneak attacks stopped.
Just when everyone in the puppet army was scratching their heads and wondering what the Eighth Route Army would do next.
The two main regiments of the 386th Brigade, plus two battalions each of the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment, and a newly formed regiment, totaling more than 5,300 people, are using the cover of night to fight towards their target.
Brigadier Chen took the headquarters one step ahead and met Wang Ping exactly at three o'clock in the morning.
At the same time, the Japanese brigade commander also received news that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was coming out of the mountain.
Because the Eighth Route Army special forces stopped attacking, the Japanese and puppet troops who had just relaxed in the three granaries were nervous again, waiting for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to come over!
"General, the Eighth Route Army did not directly attack our three granaries after they came out of the mountain. They must be hiding somewhere and waiting for darkness!" Looking at the bright sky outside the headquarters, the chief of staff faced the brigade commander who also had not slept all night.
reminded.
Then he did not forget to add: "How about sending troops to find them, and then sending out planes to bomb! There are thousands of troops, even if they hide, they will leave some traces!"
"No!" the brigade leader refused without thinking!
Then he explained: "Don't forget, the Eighth Route Army has special forces. Maybe these special forces are watching us now."
"They are too powerful. If there are fewer troops going out, we will give them victory results. If there are too many troops going out, we don't have much chance of winning in front of the special forces."
"And we don't have many troops to begin with. We don't have any extra troops to send out to train the Eighth Route Army's special forces!"
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