"Sir, the Fourth Squadron is out..." Suddenly, a report interrupted Major Harada's thoughts.
"Have you killed the Eighth Route Army in the woods..." Harada asked subconsciously.
Before his subordinates could speak, Harada frowned and said to himself: "No, it can't be so fast! According to the original battle method, they must first drive the Eighth Route Army scattered in the woods together, and then gather together to annihilate them.
"But, I didn't hear any gunshots just now, how could I come out of the forest so quickly!"
The communications soldier hesitated and replied: "They were driven out by the Eighth Route Army in the woods!"
Major Harada was stunned on the spot, and a very bad premonition flashed through his mind: his initial worries had become a reality!
Even though the Eighth Route Army in the forest has been defeated and has run out of ammunition and food, they are still the masters in the forest suitable for guerrilla warfare.
He stared at his subordinates and asked: "Where are the casualties? Are the casualties of the troops heavy?"
"Very big!" The subordinate lowered his head and replied in a mosquito-like voice.
"One infantry squadron of the Imperial Army only charged out with more than 40 people, not even an infantry squad. Two companies of Imperial Army soldiers rushed out with more than 80 people, but more than half of them were lost!"
Major Harada stared at his subordinates with wide eyes and asked with disbelief: "How is it possible? How long has it been since we lost more than 200 people?"
"Where's the result? Did they keep statistics on how many Eighth Route Army troops were wiped out in the entire battle?"
"Hi! According to statistics, the three teams found a total of 42 Eighth Route Army corpses on the attack route. They judged that the Eighth Route Army had at least the same number of wounded, or even more!" the second lieutenant replied quickly.
Major Harada became angry and cursed loudly: "Bagya Road, even if the Eighth Route Army suffered more than a hundred casualties, we still lost in this battle. Don't forget, excluding the puppet troops, we lost more than a hundred people from the Guanghuang Alliance Army.
How did they fight? I will send all their commanders to a military court!"
After scolding for two full minutes, the anger on Major Harada's face calmed down a lot.
The captain of the 3rd Squadron standing nearby seized the opportunity and reminded: "Sir, there is an issue we must pay attention to!"
"It will be dark in more than an hour, and the plane escorting us will return in half an hour. Although the Eighth Route Army in the woods lost nearly a hundred people, they got all the weapons left by our attacking troops in the woods.
ammunition!"
"I'm worried that after dark, after regaining a large amount of weapons and ammunition, they will forcefully break out and move to the surrounding larger woods!"
This time, Major Harada did not hesitate and made a very decisive decision: "Send a telegram to the brigade headquarters immediately. We request that the Eighth Route Army hiding in the woods be surrounded and not attacked, and they be trapped in the woods to death!"
"Also, the Eighth Route Army has obtained some ammunition supplies from our offensive troops. After dark, they will definitely break through by force. Please ask the brigade headquarters to dispatch at least two more squads from nearby garrison troops to reinforce our troops and ensure that the forest is trapped.
The Eighth Route Army inside, don’t let them escape!”
"Send the telegram immediately!"
"In addition, let the troops that just rushed out be reduced into an infantry squad, and a company of the Imperial Association Army be reinforced to the middle of the defensive troops. Before the reinforcements come over, the Eighth Route Army in the woods must not be allowed to break out!"
At the Japanese Brigade Headquarters in Linfen City, Major General Matsumoto originally thought that the nightmare belonging to the Imperial Army was over. Things would definitely turn around next, and it would be the Imperial Army's turn to retaliate and counterattack the Eighth Route Army troops.
However, this sweet dream did not last long before it was broken by a telegram sent by Major Harada.
"What did Harada do? A remnant army of more than 200 people can't take care of it. Why does the imperial army want such a waste? I will send him to a military court. He is not worthy of being an officer of the Imperial Army of Japan!" Matsumoto held it in his hands
Taking the telegram sent by the chief of staff, he cursed without hesitation.
The chief of staff is much calmer. The command headquarters receives bad news almost overnight, and he is used to it.
Frowning, he reminded: "General... Then how do we call Major Harada back? It's going to be dark. After dark, it will definitely be more difficult to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, which is good at guerrilla warfare..."
Matsumoto hesitated and replied: "I agree with his battle plan, but tell him that if he cannot kill the remaining remnants of the Eighth Route Army in the north of Linfen, he will not come back!"
After staying up until ten o'clock in the evening, Major Harada returned to the tent and prepared to rest.
After receiving Matsumoto's call back, Harada began to patrol the defense line. He even asked about every light and heavy machine gun.
The brigade commander's orders and requests in his reply frightened him.
If the Eighth Route Army in the forest cannot be eliminated, even if he is alive, he will commit suicide here by caesarean section.
Therefore, Major Harada attached great importance to the subsequent encirclement and defense, fearing that something unexpected would happen and the Eighth Route Army in the woods would escape, and he would die here.
The real second battalion headquarters was one kilometer away. There were three company commanders left in the second battalion. The heavy machine gun company commander and the mortar company commander came over from the regiment headquarters. They all stood in front of Xiao Yunshan, their eyes shining, waiting for orders.
"Comrades, we now have two companies. I plan to split the troops. The two infantry companies will be equipped with half of the mortars and half of the heavy machine guns. They will touch the back of the Japanese army and launch an attack directly."
There are not many Japanese and puppet troops around the woods anymore. We need heavy machine guns and heavy machine guns, mortars and mortars, and we will attack from their backs. We will definitely be able to kill them at the minimum cost.
"Boom boom boom..."
The violent explosion suddenly woke up Major Harada from his sleep.
"Where's the explosion!" Major Harada sat up from the bed and shouted towards the tent door.
"The Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army launched an attack from behind our troops. At least ten mortars attacked our two infantry squads at the same time!" the squadron leader shouted with fear as soon as he rushed into the tent.
"How is it possible? Haven't the Eighth Route Army in the north of Linfen been crippled? How come there is still such a powerful artillery unit!" Major Harada retorted subconsciously.
But he came to his senses within a few seconds, stared at the adjutant and asked: "You just said that the Eighth Route Army that attacked us did not come out of the woods, but attacked from behind the troops!"
"Hey! All the artillery shells came from behind, and a large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared behind us!" the adjutant replied immediately, with fear on his face.
Major Harada finally came to his senses at this time, with a look of realization on his face and shouted: "Bagaya Road, we have been fooled!"
"The Eighth Route Army in the north of Linfen was not crippled by us at all. They are not only well-equipped, but also have sufficient ammunition. More importantly, their strength is not the two hundred we imagined, but four to five hundred!"
"What the aviation force saw during the day was all an illusion. The Eighth Route Army deliberately wanted us to see it."
"Assemble the troops immediately, we have to leave here. The Eighth Route Army set this trap just to annihilate us. We must leave here immediately before the Eighth Route Army surrounds us!"
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