"Ding ring ring..." The harsh phone ring rang again.
A staff officer on duty quickly grabbed the phone, rushed to the chief of staff in less than half a minute, and reported with a stern face: "Sir, the stronghold of Hushan Village south of Tianxin Town has been attacked, and contact is now lost!"
"There is a garrison team and a company of the Imperial Association Army in Hushan Village. They must all be dead!"
The deputy chief of staff's face suddenly became heavy, even a little panicked: "More than a hundred people were wiped out so quickly. Their offensive capabilities were too strong?"
"Also, Hushan Village is less than five kilometers away from the Tianxin Town stronghold. There are no artillery towers in the middle. The Eighth Route Army can kill it in an hour. Their attack speed is too fast!"
"Bageya Road, can any of you tell me where these Eighth Route Army troops came from?" The chief of staff, who was getting more and more anxious as he thought about it, panicked and asked loudly.
During the day, everyone thought that the main force of the new group had gone to the north of Linfen. Now so many people suddenly appeared, and their attack power was so powerful. No matter how hard they racked their brains to find their whereabouts, they couldn't find any clues in the end.
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The reaction of his subordinates made the chief of staff hold back his anger, but he had no place to vent his anger and could only curse loudly.
"You're a bunch of losers who don't know anything. What does the empire want from you?"
Then he rushed out of the war room to find Matsumoto.
It only took Matsumoto more than ten minutes to rush in with a frown on his face: "How many people are there in the Eighth Route Army who are going to Tianxin Town, and how are their equipment?"
"The number of troops exceeds one battalion, and the exact number is unclear. But they are equipped with infantry artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns... This was reported before the Hushan Village stronghold was destroyed."
Major General Matsumoto's temper suddenly rose: "Nani? You have lost so many gun towers and strongholds, and you have lost nearly a hundred imperial troops. You don't even know the situation of your opponents. What do you do for food!"
The deputy chief of staff hesitated and explained: "General, please calm down. In addition to the garrison, our intelligence personnel, mobile troops, and main forces operating in Tianxin Town are all north of Linfen. We can only understand some simple things through the garrison.
Condition."
"This is no reason!" Matsumoto continued to curse.
As soon as he finished speaking, a communications staff officer rushed over.
"General, urgent call from the Tianxin Town stronghold: a large number of Eighth Route Army troops have appeared around them and have surrounded them!"
"Did you ask for help?" Matsumoto asked, staring at the communications staff officer.
The communications staff member quickly shook his head and replied: "Not yet!"
"This is good. It means that the Eighth Route Army that appeared outside the Tianxin Town stronghold is not strong enough to threaten their safety."
Matsui, who breathed a sigh of relief, immediately made a judgment: "The news you received at the beginning must be a bluff by the Eighth Route Army. They want us to divide our troops and reduce the pressure on their main force!"
"The general is wise!" the chief of staff flattered him slightly.
Major General Matsumoto did not speak, and his mood was not as good as during the day. He frowned and sat on the stool next to him, lost in thought.
Although Tian Xinzhen's telegram calmed him down, the arrangements made by his old rival Wang Ping made him doubt his judgment during the day.
If the New Regiment can hide a force with such powerful attack power in Tianxin, it is possible that it may also hide ambushes elsewhere.
Although these ambushes will not bring a devastating blow to the imperial army, they can definitely cause heavy casualties to the imperial army, just like the Eighth Route Army currently attacking Tianxin Town.
A few minutes later! He reacted from his thoughts and made a decision: "Call back to the Tianxin Town garrison. Be sure to hold the stronghold and hold back the Eighth Route Army that is attacking them!"
"Send a telegram to the main force in the north of the city, telling them to end the battle tomorrow and return to their respective stations quickly!"
The chief of staff suggested: "Why don't we send two squadrons back first to kill the Eighth Route Army attacking Tianxin Town?"
Matsui shook his head and replied: "No, even though there are two infantry brigades in the north of the city, there are too many places they need to blockade. Without two squadrons, there is definitely no guarantee that the main force of the new regiment there will be captured at once!"
"The north of the city is surrounded by mountains and hilly terrain. Once a new group of fish slips into this area, it will definitely be difficult to eliminate them."
"I understand!" the chief of staff responded.
"General, you want to kill the main force of the new group first, and then surround and exterminate the small fish and shrimps in Tianxin Town!"
"As long as you destroy their main force and destroy their command system, those little soldiers will become stragglers and will not become a force. Just like when you, the general, personally led your troops to destroy the headquarters of the old and new regiments!"
Just as the chief of staff was about to give an order, the communications staff officer who had left not long ago rushed over again.
"General, something happened, the garrison in Tianxin Town needs an urgent call!"
"The Eighth Route Army began to attack the stronghold, dispatching a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns. The defenders suffered heavy losses. Please request reinforcements!"
"Impossible!" Matsui was the first to stand up and retort.
"I promised to hold the stronghold just now, but now it's only been a few minutes and I can no longer hold it. How could it change so fast?"
The chief of staff also stared at the communications staff officer and asked: "Are you mistaken? There are more than 200 imperial troops in Tianxin Town. They have strengthened artillery and heavy machine guns, and there is also a battalion of the Imperial Association Army. The Eighth Route Army does not
Sending out a regiment will not threaten them at all!"
The communications staff member hurriedly replied: "The garrison reported that the Eighth Route Army attacking them is a regiment!"
"There is also an infantry cannon, at least one company of mortars, and a large number of light and heavy machine guns!"
"The artillery tower at the commanding heights of the stronghold has been destroyed, and many imperial troops have been killed!"
The chief of staff snatched the telegram from the hands of the communications staff. Before he could finish reading it, his face became heavy!
"General, it's true. The telegram made it very clear that there is really a regiment of the Eighth Route Army attacking them. If there are no reinforcements, the stronghold will be breached in half an hour at most!"
"Another regiment of the Eighth Route Army, then tell me where they came from!" Matsumoto still looked unbelieving.
It's not that I don't believe my subordinates' reports, it's that I can't believe the fact.
Under their own blockade and bombing, the New Regiment should have only one infantry regiment left. But now, not only did they not have the infantry regiments, but two infantry regiments appeared all at once, which is not consistent with common sense at all.
Could it be that Wang Ping, the leader of the new regiment, has the ability to spread the beans and make soldiers? An idea suddenly came to Matsui's mind.
But as soon as the idea came up, he rejected it himself, with a self-deprecating smile on his face.
"If they really had the ability to spread their beans to form an army, the New Regiment wouldn't have been stuck in the mountains for more than a month!"
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