The chief of staff grabbed the telegram and read it himself. After reading it, he was stunned for half a minute before speaking to Matsui.
"General, it's true. Where did the New Regiment come from with so many troops? Are there other Eighth Route Army troops coming to Fen?"
"Is this inference impossible?" Major General Matsui retorted without hesitation.
"The entire North China is executing the order of His Majesty the Commander, using the cage policy to block and divide the Eighth Route Army troops. If other Eighth Route Army troops enter Linfen, they will not escape our eyes no matter where they go!"
"Then how did they show up!" the chief of staff shouted in confusion.
"The new regiment only has that few troops, one main force in Linfen North, one main force in Tianxin Town, and now half a regiment has appeared in Fengyun Town. Where did they get so many troops!"
Matsui frowned and said nothing.
After staring at the map and thinking for half a minute, he suddenly realized what he was doing.
With a look of sudden realization, he shouted: "I understand. Do you remember that some time ago, many of our prisoners who were building gun towers were kidnapped by the Eighth Route Army? The Eighth Route Army who appeared in Fengyun Town must be these prisoners kidnapped by the Eighth Route Army."
Then he was angry and surprised and cursed: "Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army is developing its troops too fast. How long it took to train a group of weak prisoners into soldiers is completely beyond my imagination!"
The chief of staff also reacted and asked anxiously: "Then what should we do next!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another communications staff officer rushed over with the same anxious expression.
"General, there is an urgent call to the Fengyun Town stronghold. The Eighth Route Army has begun to attack the stronghold. They have artillery, and the morale of the puppet army is also very low. Please support!"
The chief of staff immediately asked: "There is only a small group of imperial troops left in the Fengyun Town stronghold. Even if there are strong gun towers for defense, they cannot hold out for long. General, we must send troops to reinforce Fengyun Town immediately!"
Major General Matsui frowned and cursed: "Sending troops to reinforce, didn't I know? The key is, where do we have the troops to reinforce Fengyun Town now!"
The chief of staff immediately thought that all the troops that Linfen City could send had been sent out, and now there were no more troops to send.
After hesitating for a while, he suggested: "Can we allocate half of the brigade from the troops returning to Tianxin Town to reinforce Fengyun Town?"
"No!" Matsui refused without hesitation.
"There is an old Chinese saying that tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. This is what your approach means. By then, not only will it not be able to serve as reinforcements, but the reinforcements after they are divided will probably be taken advantage of by the Eighth Route Army and defeated one by one!"
"Then we will just watch the Eighth Route Army take control of Fengyun Town!" the chief of staff shouted unwillingly.
In order to persuade the brigade commander to send reinforcements, the chief of staff took great pains and analyzed with a frown.
"In addition to Tianxin Town, which has been captured by the Eighth Route Army, if Fengyun Town is lost again, two towns in Linfen will be controlled by the Eighth Route Army."
"General, these two towns have the largest population and the most land in Linfen. Once occupied by the Eighth Route Army, the food we need to hand over for this autumn harvest will definitely be greatly affected. Please think twice, brigade commander!"
"Also, from the perspective of the benefits brought by the towns in Linfen to the imperial army, we would rather give up the mountainous and hilly north of Linfen than the south of Linfen with many fertile fields and large population!"
Major General Matsui frowned and said nothing.
When the chief of staff was about to continue his analysis, he suddenly interrupted: "We still have one unit idle and not fighting!"
"Now that the new regiment has come out of the mountain, and it fought so well outside the mountain, it will definitely not return to the mountain easily. Then our first group, which has deployed a blockade around the mountain, has been idle, guarding the stronghold and wasting its troops.
"Immediately give an order to the First Brigade: "The troops quickly assemble to reinforce Fengyun Town and kill the Eighth Route Army operating in Fengyun Town!"
Outside the Japanese and puppet army stronghold in Fengyun Town.
As a large stronghold, the Japanese not only built a ten-meter-high blockhouse in the middle of the stronghold, but also built several shorter telegraph towers around the blockhouse. Each bunker had a machine gun and several rifles, which blocked the roads outside the stronghold that could be attacked.
Basically everything is sealed tightly.
"Battal Commander, the Japanese machine gunners in the bunker are so tricky, their firepower is fierce and accurate, the soldiers can't rush through at all!" Fan Wenlong, the second company commander, frowned and complained.
After two consecutive attacks, the troops had dropped nearly thirty corpses outside the stronghold, but there was still no progress, and everyone was worried if they put them on them.
Rong Jun also frowned.
I originally thought that the Fengyun Town stronghold was a piece of fat, but in fact it was a piece of hard bone.
Frowning, he said: "The artillery towers and bunkers are all made of masonry, so mortars are of no use at all. The three mortars that were just captured by the Japs, except for the initial explosion of the Japanese and puppet troops outside the few artillery towers,
There's nothing we can do about them inside the blockhouse, so we have to think of other ways?"
"Buzz buzz..." As soon as he finished speaking, the huge roar from the Japanese plane reached Rong Jun's ears.
"It's a Japanese plane. Notify the troops, spread out and hide, and wait until the plane leaves before we attack!"
Fortunately, the Japanese stronghold was built in the middle of the town, surrounded by houses everywhere.
In less than two minutes, everyone disappeared from the town.
If it weren't for the large black smoke columns and unburned fires that were still rising from the Japanese stronghold due to the shelling, the Japanese pilots in the sky almost thought that there was no fighting here and that they had found the wrong target.
"Baga, where is the Eighth Route Army attacking the stronghold!" the Japanese pilot frowned and cursed.
He circled very cautiously in the air, getting lower and lower. After circling for five minutes without finding the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese pilot decisively decided to retreat.
Although he did not receive any punishment for the bombing mistake in the morning, the captain still severely reprimanded himself, and he also heard that the infantry below reported him directly to the headquarters for this matter. If the squadron leader had not stood up for him,
, maybe he has lost the qualification to continue flying combat.
Therefore, Japanese pilots are particularly cautious now. Unless they are 80% sure, they will never drop bombs casually.
Less than ten minutes after the Japanese and puppet troops guarding the stronghold breathed a sigh of relief, densely packed Eighth Route Army troops emerged from all directions again.
"We must find a way to end the battle as soon as possible, otherwise we will retreat every time the Japanese planes come, and we will not be able to capture the stronghold even after dark!" Rong Jun, who summoned several company commanders together, ordered with a frown.
"Also, no one knows when the Japanese reinforcements will arrive or where they will come from. It is too dangerous for the troops to gather together to attack Fengyun Town. We must fight quickly and then separate the troops."
"This way, even if the Japanese reinforcements come, they won't be able to wipe us out!"
"Think about it, is there any way to capture the Japanese stronghold as soon as possible!"
In the next hour, no matter whether they attacked with earthen tanks, sent out blasters to attack, or dug trenches to approach...all possible methods were used, but the troops still failed to capture the stronghold, and nearly another platoon was lost.
At this moment, instructor He Yun suddenly came over and reminded him with a worried look:
"Battal Commander, we have a situation. The stronghold cannot be captured for a long time, and with the constant harassment from Japanese planes, I find that the morale of the troops has begun to fluctuate!"
Rong Jun was suddenly startled and broke into cold sweat.
With a lingering fear on his face, he said: "I almost forgot, we are a newly formed army with a complicated personnel. It doesn't matter if we win the battle, but once we lose the battle, the army will definitely be in chaos, or even be defeated like a mountain!"
Then he quickly made a decision: "We can't stay here with the Japanese any longer. We must ensure the morale of the troops through continuous victory, otherwise our combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly affected!"
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