Seeing that the two regiments were still unable to break through the positions of the 2nd and 5th brigades of the People's Army, Yoshio Shinozuka became a little anxious.

If things continue like this, I'm afraid that before the reinforcements arrive at Anjiang Town, Yamashita Taro and others will have to go to the west.

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka continued to increase the intensity of the attack by the two regiments below, and also dispatched defenders from several nearby strongholds.

Previously, almost half of the defenders in these strongholds had been sent to support Dongjiang County. Currently, there are only half of the original defenders in the strongholds.

There were only less than a thousand troops, but under the orders of Yoshio Shinozuka, almost all of these thousand troops were mobilized to support Anjiang Town.

Yoshio Shinozuka's intention was very clear. Even if these strongholds were lost, it would not cause any accident to Taro Yamashita and others in Anjiang Town.

As he gave this order, several surrounding strongholds suddenly became empty. In this case.

If the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army attack these strongholds, they will be able to capture these strongholds without any effort.

It's just that if this happens, the People's Army will be in danger. I saw that they were inside the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army at this time.

The chief of staff hurriedly walked up to the commander of the 386th Brigade with a piece of information and said.

"Brigadier, we found out. Someone below just sent an urgent telegram about the People's Army."

"Sure enough, as you thought, brigade commander, the People's Army attacked Dongjiang County just to attract the attention of the Japs. Su Yu's real intention is Anjiang Town."

"To be precise, it's Taro Yamashita from Anjiang Town. Speaking of Taro Yamashita, you must be familiar with him, Brigadier."

"He is responsible for the intelligence department of the entire North China battlefield. This time it was Okamura Neiji who sent him to northwestern Shanxi."

"I don't know what the specific purpose is, but I don't know why the People's Army got the news, so they set up an ambush on the road that Taro Yamashita must pass beforehand."

"That is the current Anjiang Town. Su Yu has placed most of the People's Army troops near Anjiang Town and has surrounded Taro Yamashita."

"Based on the current offensive, Yamashita Taro's side won't be able to hold out for much longer, which makes Yoshio Shinozuka extremely anxious."

"Yoshio Shinozuka immediately dispatched four regiments to support Anjiang Town. However, due to distance problems, only two regiments have reached not far from Anjiang Town."

"But these two regiments were held back by the troops arranged by Su Yu. Now Shinozuka Yoshio has no choice but to draw people from surrounding strongholds."

"So at this time, those strongholds have the fewest defenders. If we take action, we can easily capture these strongholds."

Speaking of the latter, the chief of staff went directly to the map and marked all five strongholds. These were the strongholds with empty defenses.

In this regard, the chief of staff's intention is very obvious, that is, take this opportunity to remove these strongholds.

The Eighth Route Army has a much easier time, because the existence of these strongholds is not only to monitor every move of the People's Army.

It also blocked the communication between many units of the Eighth Route Army. It can be said that with these strongholds, many actions of the Eighth Route Army were restricted everywhere.

...........

It turned out that there was no other way, so I had to swallow this bad breath, but now it is different, such a good opportunity is right in front of me.

In the opinion of the Chief of Staff, this golden opportunity can be used to eliminate these strongholds.

Unexpectedly, after hearing these words, the commander of the 386th Brigade just shook his head and chuckled.

"I know you really want to take down these Jaap strongholds, but it's not the time yet. If we go to attack the Jaap strongholds."

"Isn't it dangerous over there with the People's Army? So I think now we should assist the People's Army in getting rid of those senior officers of the Japs."

"Pass me an order to have the Independent Regiment, the New Regiment, and the 772nd Regiment hold back this group of reinforcements. Let's think of it as us assisting the People's Army from the side."

"Brigadier, you..."

The brigade commander's order confused the chief of staff. After all, not long ago, he asked Li Yunlong to be wary of Su Yu.

It has only been a while now, and someone has come back to help the People's Army. In his opinion, this is the best time to capture the few strongholds of the Japs.

The brigade commander seemed to understand the thoughts of the chief of staff next to him, so he smiled lightly.

"Your vision is still too short. You can't just look at the small profits in front of you. You have to pay more attention to the long-term interests."

"If we assist the People's Army to ambush the reinforcements this time, wouldn't that make that boy Su Yu owe me a big favor?"

"Besides, if we can take this opportunity to get rid of this old boy Taro Yamashita, it will be a good thing for our entire Chinese army."

"So overall, choosing to block the Japs' reinforcements is the best choice. The benefits gained from this are far greater than those from attacking those strongholds."

"Besides, the People's Army cannot cross yet, and we must assist them. If the People's Army collapses, then the next target of the little devils will be our Eighth Route Army."

"It is no exaggeration to say that the main reason why our Eighth Route Army is able to develop so comfortably is because the People's Army has attracted the attention of the little devils."

In fact, there was one thing he didn't say, which was that he had also worked in intelligence before and was well aware of the power of this old boy, Taro Yamashita.

If Taro Yamashita can be eliminated with the help of the People's Army this time, it will be of huge benefit to the future development of the Eighth Route Army.

"Commander, you still see the long term, but my vision is still too short-sighted."

After the chief of staff heard these words from the brigade commander, his expression suddenly became unnatural.

Then according to the brigade commander's order, all the communication soldiers from the brigade headquarters were sent out. There was no other way. Who said the Eighth Route Army was poor?

Only the brigade headquarters level has radio stations. As for the regiment headquarters below, they can only use communications troops to transmit information.

Otherwise, if Li Yunlong and the others had a radio station, why would they need to go to such trouble.

Because the communications troops were lightly armed, they were definitely faster than those little Japanese reinforcements.

Before these reinforcements arrived at the Eighth Route Army's defense area, these communications soldiers had already brought the brigade headquarters' orders to Li Yunlong and others.

At this time, in the independent regiment, after Li Yunlong received the order from his immediate superior, he immediately called deputy commander Xing of the independent regiment to discuss the battle plan.
Chapter completed!