Nakata Yamaro has been standing in front of the sand table with a serious look on his face.
As time passes, the battle situation becomes more and more complex, and is developing in an unpredictable direction step by step.
This is a question that all military commanders fear, and Nakata Yamaro is no exception.
"Sir, Captain Yamamoto has an urgent message: The garrison attacking them is relying on its artillery superiority and is relying on artillery fire to strengthen its attack on them. It is as if artillery shells are free of charge, and they intend to use artillery shells to blow them all up."
"If the garrison's artillery fire continues to be so fierce, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties and may not even last until dawn."
The situation faced by Yamamoto United was clearly displayed on the sand table.
The four-pronged offensive force of the garrison was like four sharp knives, thrusting straight into the Yamamoto Regiment's garrison.
Two of the sharp knives have broken through the outer defense line of the station and are attacking the second line of defense.
The outer defense lines in the remaining two directions are also in danger of being breached.
Nakata Yamaro saw all this clearly.
Staring at the chief of staff, he asked: "How many people have the Yamamoto Regiment lost so far?"
The chief of staff took out a stack of telegrams, all from the Yamamoto Regiment. After a brief count, he reported solemnly: "The casualties are huge."
"The mountain artillery brigade and the heavy mortar squadron suffered more than half of their casualties from the beginning. Now they can only provide sporadic artillery support to the infantry."
"The two infantry squadrons were completely destroyed, and the two infantry squadrons suffered more than half of their casualties..."
"Including the sporadic casualties caused by the garrison regiment's shelling to other troops, the direct losses of the Yamamoto Regiment must have exceeded a thousand people."
Nakata Yamaro was angry, like an angry lion, he opened his mouth and cursed: "Bagya Road, what are the reinforcements doing? After such a long time, they can even climb to the battlefield. Why did Yamamoto
The regiment has not yet received reinforcements, are they going to watch the Yamamoto regiment being wiped out by the garrison?"
The chief of staff took out several other telegrams and reported: "Sir, they all want to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible to reinforce the Yamamoto Regiment and eliminate the garrison."
"However, the Eighth Route Army that blocked them along the way was too desperate."
"Land mines, sneak attacks, guerrilla warfare, frontal attacks, road destruction... all means are used to stop them at all costs."
"Three lines of reinforcements are already on their way as fast as they can, but they are still far away from the battlefield."
"Here is their latest battle report. It will take three hours for the troops closest to the Yamamoto Regiment to arrive on the battlefield. This is calculated based on their current marching speed. The difference is only half an hour at most."
"The heavy artillery brigade still has four hours to go."
"The furthest reinforcements will have to wait until dawn before they can reach the battlefield."
After saying that, the chief of staff looked at the brigade commander, waiting for him to get angry.
Surprisingly, not only did Nakata Yamaro not get angry, but he also suppressed his previous anger.
He replied in a deep voice: "These Eighth Route Army troops are indeed very hateful. I won't be able to vent the anger in my heart until I kill them all."
"However, their desperate efforts to intercept our reinforcements also proves a problem: our opponents are indeed making a desperate move, concentrating all their forces to attack the Yamamoto Regiment, and choosing the breakthrough point for anti-mopping up on the Yamamoto Regiment, otherwise these reinforcements would not be so desperate
."
"In this case, we must seize this opportunity and eliminate the garrison."
"Order: During the battle, the Yamamoto Regiment appropriately shrinks its defense line, shows weakness to its opponents, gives them the illusion that they are about to win, attracts the garrison to continue attacking them, and completely drags them on the battlefield, making them unable to retreat even if they want to."
"Reinforcements continue to gather pace."
"Tell them not to worry about the sporadic casualties along the way and not to worry about the Eighth Route Army sneak attack on them."
"Those people are small groups sent by the garrison. As long as we eliminate the main force of the garrison, those small groups will naturally be eliminated by us."
Until this moment, Nakata Yamaro was still dreaming about wiping out the garrison.
The telegram was sent out quickly, and Nakata Yamaro continued to wait for the result by the sand table.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the anxious look reappeared on his face little by little.
"General, urgent call from the heavy artillery brigade, they are in trouble!"
The communications staff officer suddenly rushed over and reported hurriedly without waiting for the brigade commander to speak, with a nervous look on his face.
The content of the telegram is too shocking. If the content is true, then the imperial army’s judgment was wrong from the beginning of tonight’s battle.
This was definitely a slap in the face to the brigade leader in front of him, and it was a very loud slap.
The chief of staff received the telegram and began to browse it.
After reading it, his face darkened and his eyes immediately widened, showing a shocked expression of disbelief.
It took a long time to react and quickly reported: "General, the heavy artillery brigade reported that they were besieged by a large number of cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. Request for reinforcements?"
"Before the war, in order to defend the garrison point and call for reinforcements, we specifically confirmed with Captain Yamamoto that the Eighth Route Army was there."
"And they definitely told us that the cavalry battalion of the garrison regiment is where they are!"
"Since the cavalry battalion of the garrison regiment is there, and the cavalry battalion attacking the heavy artillery brigade came out of nowhere, does it mean that the garrison regiment has two cavalry troops?"
This is also what the chief of staff doesn't understand.
He answered bravely: "I don't know about my humble position, but the reinforcement telegram from the Heavy Artillery Brigade is true."
"Lieutenant Colonel Furuta is a cautious man, and would never send a telegram unless it was really a critical moment."
Nakata Yamaro slowly accepted this fact in his heart and replied calmly: "The heavy artillery brigade must not have any accidents."
"On the battlefield, the garrison's artillery fire had an absolute advantage. If the heavy artillery brigade did not participate in the battle, even if the other two reinforcements arrived on the battlefield in time, the imperial army would be overwhelmed by them and suffer heavy losses."
"I cannot accept this result. Moreover, the heavy artillery brigade is too important. There is only one independent mixed brigade in the whole, and we cannot afford to lose it."
"Chief of Staff, check immediately to see if there are any of our troops nearby. If so, immediately reinforce the heavy artillery brigade."
"No matter where this cavalry unit comes from, the heavy artillery brigade must not have any accidents."
"Hi……"
The chief of staff answered quickly, and then rushed to the telecommunications room to give the order.
At this time, Nakata Yamaro was no longer as confident as before.
Huang Liang's sweet dream was shattered, his fists were clenched and his face became more and more solemn.
My family knows their own affairs. For this sweep, I have mobilized all the troops that can be mobilized nearby. There must be very few troops that can reinforce the heavy artillery brigade. This means that the heavy artillery brigade can only rely on its own strength to repel the cavalry attack, which is not difficult.
