"General, we have lost contact with the Fengyun Town stronghold. I am worried that the stronghold has been breached by the Eighth Route Army!" the chief of staff walked into the war room and reported hesitantly.
The thing he was most worried about turned out to be true, and Major General Matsumoto's face suddenly turned gloomy.
He frowned and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to the reinforcements: speed up and reinforce the Fengyun Town stronghold. I want to know how the new regiment captured our heavily defended Fengyun Town stronghold!"
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied with a serious face.
After almost two hours, Matsumoto finally received a call back from the reinforcements.
After confirming that the Fengyun Town stronghold was indeed captured and the gun towers were destroyed, Major General Matsumoto was stunned for half a minute before he could react.
The casualties of more than three hundred Japs were nothing to Matsumoto, who had five to six thousand men. What really worried him was the rising combat effectiveness of the New Regiment.
More than half a month ago, the New Regiment could only kill at most one infantry squad of the Imperial Army in one night.
But now, one reinforced squadron, two garrison squads, and five Imperial Alliance Army companies are no match.
The fall of Fengyun Town stronghold made Matsumoto realize that all strongholds in Linfen were no longer safe, even though he had ordered the defenders of all small strongholds to move to medium and large strongholds.
Especially after learning that the New Regiment used heavy weapons such as infantry artillery at the Fengyun Town stronghold, this judgment became even more certain.
"General, we must mobilize the troops from the mountains!" A staff officer who had advocated stopping the raids last night once again expressed his opinion.
"The fighting power of the new regiment is too strong, and all of us have underestimated their true strength. According to the intensity of their attack on one of our large strongholds in one night, our stronghold outside Linfen City will be destroyed within a few days.
All fall!"
"When the time comes, if we want to restore these strongholds and restore local security, we will definitely pay a heavy price!"
"And when the new regiment attacks our strongholds, because we have limited troops, they give the opponent every opportunity to defeat us!"
"We don't have many troops anymore. The total number of troops in all the strongholds outside the city is only more than 600. If these people are lost again, we can only draw troops from the main force to supplement the major strongholds. By then, we can use them
There are even fewer mobile troops to encircle and suppress the new regiment!"
"Also, my troops who entered the mountain only brought ten days of combat supplies. Now half of the time has passed. They must persist for three more days at most before they must retreat. Now the retreat will only be advanced by three days, but we can let the mountain
We outside the mountain will lose at least three strongholds and hundreds of imperial soldiers!"
This time, the deputy chief of staff who objected yesterday did not speak.
There were more than 800 puppet troops in one night, and more than 2,000 people in three nights. Even if the Linfen garrison brigade had sufficient strength, it would not be able to withstand such a heavy loss.
Major General Matsumoto quickly made a decision: "We must immediately get rid of the situation of having no troops outside the mountain, and focus on encircling and suppressing the main force of the new regiment outside the mountain."
"As for the remnants of the New Regiment staying in the mountains, there is no cooperation from the troops outside the mountain, and there is no New Regiment leader Wang Ping. We only need to guard the blockade and let them fend for themselves!"
"Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the troops entering the mountain to stop the raid and withdraw from the mountain!"
"One regiment was left to strengthen the blockade. After learning that we were withdrawing our troops, I was worried that the new regiment would take the opportunity to retreat back to the mountains with a large amount of food and supplies seized from us!"
"Now that you have come out and caused so many casualties to us, don't go back!"
"The other brigade is divided into two, carrying radios, moving directly towards Fengyun Town, hiding and waiting!"
"Once they come out again, attack them immediately and surround and annihilate them!"
Third company commander Yang Huping and Li Wen were both injured.
Because they fought continuously and rarely rested, the exhausted two people were much less vigilant on the battlefield. Then they were attacked by the Japanese special forces in a counter-ambush on the battlefield. Not only did they lose more than half of the troops, one of them had his arm broken.
Although the wound has been covered with a bandage, the bright red blood is still seeping out of the bandage due to constant travel and exercise.
"Comrade Li Wen, I only have 18 men left in my hand. This is because the battalion commander gave me another 6 veterans and 6 new recruits. If the Japanese continue to press so hard and suppress us, they can hold on until tomorrow night at most.
, because of the continuous fighting, comrades are too tired."
"I only have three people left here, and I'm very tired. I can't hold on for long!" Li Wen replied in a serious tone.
Then he changed the topic and continued: "If it doesn't work out, we can only hide and seek with the Japanese in the mountains."
"However, with the tracking methods of the Japanese special forces, if we simply evade, the battalion commander and the others will be found by the Japanese within two days at most!"
"No!" Yang Huping immediately objected.
"The battalion commander must not be found by the Japanese. There are dozens of wounded soldiers there, all old comrades. Once found by the Japanese, they will definitely be massacred!"
"The worst we can do is fight the Japanese!"
At this point, both of them lost their sparks.
He closed his eyes with a sullen face and took the last moment to rest before dawn.
The rest time was short. The two people with dark circles ate a few mouthfuls of dry food and began to organize their equipment.
The same goes for the dozen or so soldiers around. Everyone is very quiet, sorting out their equipment, or eating dry food to replenish their strength.
After a long period of continuous fighting and surviving until now, the veterans have become real elites. The recruits have also become veterans without knowing it. Yang Huping and others do not need to remind them of these preparations, and they have done them well.
"Chi chi chi..." At this moment, the sound of feet stepping on leaves suddenly came over.
Yang Huping's expression changed, he quickly took the rifle in his hand and loaded the bullet.
Fortunately, when the sound got closer and closer, they heard the signal they had agreed on in advance.
"The comrades who monitored the Japanese are back. Don't be nervous, everyone!" Yang Huping said with a long sigh of relief.
Soon, an equally tired soldier rushed over. Although his face was very tired, Yang Huping saw excitement on his face.
"Company commander, good news, the Japanese have retreated!"
"They started having breakfast at dawn. I thought they were preparing to continue to encircle and suppress us. But after eating, not only did they not start sweeping up, but they started packing supplies and equipment and began to retreat outside the mountain!"
"Sure enough, I brought back good news!" Yang Huping shouted in his heart.
But it didn't show.
After several days of fighting, he realized that the Japanese were also very cunning, and maybe this was just a conspiracy, and it was all for nothing.
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