At seven o'clock in the morning, while Lieutenant Colonel Miki was having breakfast, the chief of staff hurried over with a solemn expression on his face: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant Colonel, Tanjiashan stronghold reported that a section of the road two kilometers southeast of them was damaged."
"Many large holes have been dug into the roadbed, which are 500 meters long. Large vehicles and cars cannot pass through until they are repaired."
"We also received a call from the Zhouwan stronghold: the one kilometer road east of the stronghold was man-made and was 300 meters long. Before repairs, cars and large vehicles could not pass."
At some point, Lieutenant Commander Miki had put down his bowls and chopsticks, and his expression became more and more solemn.
The chief of staff wanted to stop, but the military situation was so fierce that there was no delay. He could only bite the bullet and continue to report: "Songling stronghold reported that a section of more than 200 meters of road in their garrison area was also destroyed!"
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Lieutenant Colonel Miki slammed his fist on the table in front of him with anger, then gritted his teeth and cursed: "Bagheya Road, these people who destroyed the highway must be the same group as those who destroyed the railway last night."
"Have you found out who did it in several strongholds and how many people there are on the other side?"
"Hundreds of meters of road were destroyed. There is no way there is no movement at all. Someone must have seen these people."
The chief of staff nodded and replied: "Some evidence was found at the Tanjiashan stronghold."
"Judging from the military uniforms: it should be made by the Eighth Route Army. There are not many people, only more than ten or twenty!"
"Kill them!" Lieutenant Colonel Miki made the decision without hesitation.
"Order several strongholds to send troops immediately, find and kill these Eighth Route Army troops."
"At the same time, we will capture strong men in nearby villages and repair the roads destroyed by the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible."
"It will take several days for the railway to be restored to traffic. Materials heading south can now only be transported by road. If the road is also paralyzed, these materials will be blocked in Yixian County, and the front army headquarters will definitely hold us accountable."
At twelve o'clock at noon, the phone in the war room finally rang.
The chief of staff's first reaction was that several strongholds had repaired the paralyzed highway, and he personally picked up the phone to answer the call.
Contrary to expectations, what came out of the receiver was not good news.
Putting down the phone, he looked at Lieutenant Colonel Miki and reported seriously: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant Colonel, report from Tanjiashan stronghold."
"The Eighth Route Army that destroyed the highway was very cunning. They lurked near the highway and constantly harassed the imperial army with guerrilla warfare, preventing the imperial army from repairing the highway."
"In just one morning, we have killed six Imperial troops and five Imperial Alliance troops on the road."
"Baga, is their commander a stupid pig? Why don't you send troops to take the initiative and kill these cunning sneak attackers?" Lieutenant Colonel Miki cursed angrily.
The chief of staff quickly explained: "Sir, please calm down."
"They sent troops, and they sent them several times, but the Eighth Route Army was too cunning."
"They retreated when the imperial army was dispatched. After the imperial army retreated, they came back and continued to harass the imperial army from a distance with their rifles and machine guns."
Miki was very dissatisfied and asked: "Why did they retreat? Why didn't they chase these Eighth Route Army soldiers all the way until they were captured?"
The chief of staff continued to explain: "After being attacked, the Eighth Route Army headed directly into the nearest mountain."
"In order to prevent an ambush in the mountains, the pursuing troops usually stop at the edge of the forest and do not dare to go deep into the forest."
"Coward!" Miki cursed again.
"Isn't it just a forest? There's nothing to be afraid of."
"Although the Eighth Route Army is very good at fighting guerrilla warfare and mountain warfare, their troops are limited. Even if they prepare pocket formations for us to drill into, a handful of Eighth Route Army troops can't do much to our pursuit troops."
"Immediately issue an order to each stronghold: these Eighth Route Army troops must be found and eliminated. Before dawn tomorrow, all roads that have been destroyed must be intact, otherwise military law will be imposed."
The next morning, Lieutenant Colonel Miki walked into the war room and asked anxiously: "Have the damaged roads in Yi County been repaired? Have the Eighth Route Army who destroyed the roads been killed?"
The chief of staff had been on duty here last night. Looking at the tired look on his face, the captain replied: "Sir, not only has it not been repaired, but several sections of the road were damaged by the Eighth Route Army last night."
"In addition, the pursuit troops sent out by the three strongholds all suffered heavy losses and had to stop the pursuit and exit the mountains and return to the stronghold."
"How could this happen?" Lieutenant Colonel Miki shouted in disbelief.
"The three Eighth Route Army units that destroyed the road together did not even have an infantry squad from the Imperial Army. They dispatched a mixed squad and a platoon from the Imperial Army to each of the three strongholds. Their total strength was more than five times that of the Eighth Route Army. How could they be defeated?
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The chief of staff lowered his head and explained: "The stronghold reported that the pursuit troops began to be attacked after entering the mountain. There were rifles, grenades, and mines. There were various attack methods. The imperial army entering the mountain was hard to guard against, and they could only
Being beaten passively, not even the Eighth Route Army could be found."
"In order to avoid greater losses, the three attacking troops decisively withdrew from the mountain after losing part of their strength and stopped pursuing."
"Is there no other way?" Lieutenant Colonel Miki asked with a roar.
"Just a few dozen Eighth Route Army troops have destroyed several strongholds like this. If the number of Eighth Route Army troops operating in Yixian increases to hundreds or even thousands, then we won't even be able to defend the county seat of Yixian County."
"They need reinforcements!" the chief of staff replied silently.
"The three strongholds that were attacked only had less than a hundred imperial troops and one company of the Imperial Alliance Army stationed there."
"Excluding the troops left behind at the stronghold and monitoring the young and strong troops repairing the road, there are fewer troops available to attack today due to yesterday's casualties. They are definitely no match for the Eighth Route Army."
"The three commanders assured me on the phone that if the county town reinforced each stronghold with a full squad, they would be confident to kill those Eighth Route Army troops."
Lieutenant Colonel Miki didn't have any good ideas. He sighed and replied: "Give them reinforcements, and draw three companies from the Imperial Alliance Army to reinforce them together."
"It takes most of a day from the county seat to the three strongholds. Tell the three commanders that I will receive good news tomorrow night that the Eighth Route Army has been wiped out and the road has been repaired. Otherwise, they will apologize to His Majesty the Emperor themselves."
At the Yixian Guerrilla Brigade Temporary Headquarters, the commando team immediately sent the news to Wang Xin about the dispatch of troops from the county.
"Captain, I suggest that after the Japanese and puppet reinforcements arrive, we find a way to kill one of the Japanese and puppet troops to give the Japanese a powerful blow!" the first company commander suggested with his eyes shining.
The other company commanders all showed expressions of approval.
In the past two days, the troops have been fighting guerrillas against the Japanese and puppet troops in the woods. Although they killed many Japanese and puppet troops and suffered very few casualties, because they did not fight a battle of annihilation, the troops captured almost nothing.
Seeing the Japanese hurriedly exiting the mountain with their corpses and extra weapons and ammunition, several company commanders wanted to go out and intercept them and kill them.
But the military orders were overwhelming, and until Wang Xin issued an order to annihilate the enemy, they could only use guerrilla warfare to deal with the Japanese.
"How is the training of the troops?" Wang Xin did not answer directly, but stared at several company commanders and asked.
"Every soldier in the company fired at least ten rounds of live ammunition!" the first company commander replied.
"The new recruits are obviously not as afraid of going to the battlefield as before, their shooting accuracy is much higher than before, and they execute orders more thoroughly than before."
The second company commander then reported: "The second company fought guerrillas with the Japanese who entered the mountains in squad units. Each soldier shot fifteen bullets, and the progress was very great."
The third company commander finally reported: "Each soldier of the third company also fired fifteen rounds of live ammunition."
After thinking for a moment, he added: "Now the soldiers are not only not afraid of going to the battlefield, but are looking forward to it, and their morale is very high."
"I think the morale of the military is at its best. I will take the opportunity to ambush the little devil and let everyone see what a real battle is like."
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