"Division Commander, I just had a phone call with Lieutenant General Aoki. Lieutenant General Aoki said that those who fired at the 56th Division were most likely the rocket launcher unit of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"

After a while, after giving the order, Seio Nishihara reported to Takamori Takaui with a solemn expression.

"Nani?" Takamori Takashi said in shock, "The rocket launcher unit of the Eighth Route New Regiment?"

Takashi Takamori had heard of the Eighth Route Army's rocket launcher unit, but didn't know much about it.

However, Lieutenant General Seiichi Aoki, who has led the 11th Army to Shanxi for more than half a year, needs to know more about this weapon of the Eighth Route Army.

"Hi!"

Seio Nishihara replied in a hurried tone, "The first time the Eighth Route Army used this weapon was when they attacked Datong where the 1st Division was stationed. The first time it was used, almost all of an elite brigade of the Locust Army was shattered!"

"The commander of the Locust Army Garrison in Mongolia, Lieutenant General Amakasu Shigetaro, and the commander of the 3rd Tank Division, Lieutenant General Nishihara Issaku, were killed by this weapon!"

"Judging from the explosion just now, the Eighth Route Army's rocket launcher unit has obviously strengthened again!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the enemy's rocket launcher unit must be coming towards our headquarters!"

"We must move in immediately!"

When Seio Nishihara said this, Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori immediately remembered it.

The headquarters of the Army Garrison in Mongolia and the headquarters of the 3rd Tank Division were killed by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

Think again of the Shimen City Locust Army headquarters being covered by artillery fire...

"Bagaya Road, turn to Baoding immediately!" Without enough time to think too much, Takamori Takashi tightened his grip, took the lieutenant general's sword on the table and walked out quickly.

Several fast horses arranged by Seihara Seihara were waiting outside, and Takamori Takashi got on the horse.

More than a hundred elite guards emerged from various hiding places and followed closely behind.

"Turn in now!"

After giving the order, Masio Nishihara quickly walked out of the headquarters, got on his horse and chased after Takamori Takashi.

At the same time, the Japanese headquarters of the 40th Division also immediately retreated.

The Japanese who were fighting the Eighth Route Army left some of them behind and retreated one after another.

Takamori Takashi and Seihara Nishihara had just withdrawn from that area with their headquarters.

After a while.

A large hail of rockets struck, completely covering the headquarters location where Takamori Takashi and Seio Nishihara were previously in a sea of ​​smoke and fire.

Although the Katyusha rocket launcher has powerful firepower.

However, the reloading time is long and it takes 10 minutes to reload and launch.

The second wave of rockets, guided by Duan Peng, shelled the 11th Division headquarters.

Of course, Duan Peng didn't know the specific location of the 11th Division, he only knew that there must be Japs in that area.

But it wasn't a big problem. More than 1,000 rockets directly covered that area with artillery fire.

"Bagaya road!"

Seeing that the previous headquarters was covered by artillery fire, Takashi Takamori cursed angrily.

The entire plan to attack and destroy the Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei was disrupted by the sudden heavy artillery fire.

Facing the heavy artillery fire in front of him, Takamori Takashi couldn't help but feel a hint of fear in his pupils.

How to fight this battle?

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, fortunately we moved in quickly, otherwise we would have been blown to pieces by now."

The face of the Chief of Staff, Colonel Masio Nishihara, was full of fear.

Faced with this kind of all-round artillery fire coverage, even Amaterasu would have to kneel down if he came.

"Nishihara-kun, have you arranged your transfer?"

Takamori asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to the division commander, everything has been arranged!" Nishihara Seio replied.

Being able to become the Chief of Staff of the 11th Division, Seio Nishihara is naturally no longer a loser.

Although Seiyo Nishihara's military rank is only Colonel, his military ability is stronger than that of the average Japanese major general.

Hearing this, Takashi Takamori breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that the troops have withdrawn. Now all he needs to do is withdraw the large troops and then transfer to Baoding.

The Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei would never dare to pursue it.

After a pause, Nishihara Seifu said again:

"However, the 56th Division Headquarters is still unable to be contacted. I have asked the division headquarters' communications team to bypass the 56th Division and issue transfer orders to each regiment and group of the 56th Division!"

Seeing that Seio Nishihara had made arrangements, Takashi Takamori nodded, and then asked with a gloomy expression: "Where did this Eighth Route Army Rocket Force unit come from?"

At this moment, the communications staff officer of the 11th Division walked over quickly and bowed his head to Takamori Takashi to report: "Report to the division commander!"

"Just now Lieutenant Colonel Nagasaki Yoshio, commander of the 56th Infantry Regiment, reported that the enemy's artillery unit is due east, only a few kilometers away from the Infantry Regiment!"

Due to the tight fighting situation, the 11th Infantry Regiment and the 40th Infantry Regiment were both sent to the battlefield to attack the Jizhong Eighth Route Army positions.

The 56th Regiment of Heavy Troops was also sent to a large group on the battlefield.

Only two brigades of the 56th Baggage Troop Regiment were left guarding the forest. Therefore, when the members of the Sharp Sword Squadron were conducting reconnaissance, there were clearly cars and mules and horses from three baggage regiments, but only a thousand

The remaining people.

All the devils in the woods could clearly see the dense trajectory of rockets streaking through the air.

The communications staff officer continued: "Lieutenant Colonel Nagasaki Yoshio requested to lead troops to attack the enemy's artillery positions!"

Since the 56th Division headquarters was destroyed, Nagasaki Yoshio could not contact the 56th Division headquarters, so he directly contacted the 11th Division headquarters.

"Immediately order Lieutenant Colonel Nagasaki Yoshio to lead the troops to attack!"

"Destroy the enemy's artillery positions!"

After hearing this, Takamori issued the order without hesitation.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the baggage of the 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division are all in the woods. Once they are lost..."

Nishihara Seiyo advised with a worried tone.

"It doesn't matter if the baggage is lost!" Takamori Takashi said, "In Baoding and Peiping, there are plenty of supplies, but as long as we can destroy the Eighth Route Army's rocket launchers, or even capture the enemy's rocket launchers, it will be a great achievement."

Now that Takamori Takashi said so, Seio Nishihara stopped trying to persuade him. He had already done what a chief of staff should do.

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The communications staff member suddenly lowered his head, turned around and walked quickly towards the radio station.

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In the woods 3 kilometers away from the Jinju battlefield.

After receiving the order from Takamori Takashi, Lieutenant Colonel Nagasaki Yoshio suddenly looked fanatical.

The strength of the baggage regiments of the 40th Division and the 56th Division was approximately 3,000 men, while the strength of the baggage regiments of the 11th Division reached 5,000 men.

Nagasaki Yoshio also envied the captains of the 40th Baggage Regiment and the 11th Baggage Regiment for being able to lead their troops to fight on the battlefield.

He also wants to make contributions to the empire and His Majesty Tian Locust.

And now.

A perfect opportunity is right in front of you.

Eighth Route Artillery Position.

Right under your nose.

And it's a heavy artillery position.

As long as he leads his troops to attack, Potian's military exploits will be at his fingertips!

The three baggage regiments were well hidden in the woods and were never discovered by the Eighth Route Army's reconnaissance planes.

Otherwise, they would have been killed by Eighth Route Army planes.

Or perhaps the heavy artillery firepower from the Eighth Route Army just now came directly towards them.

Various circumstances indicate that Balu did not know.

An elite Locust Army unit was hiding not far from the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery position.

Although the Japanese army's baggage troops are logistics troops, they are mainly responsible for transporting materials, supplies, repairing and maintaining transportation, personnel transfer and rescue tasks.

The equipment of the baggage troops is inferior to that of the infantry regiments.

But whether it is tactical training or shooting training, the Japanese army's heavy equipment is the same as the Japanese army's infantry.

In the Battle of Pingxingguan that year, the 115th Eighth Route Army used its entire division to ambush the Japanese 5th Division's baggage regiment with regular field troops. In the end, it was a tragic victory.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army's baggage troops cannot be underestimated.

At present, Nagasaki Yoshio still has two baggage brigades with a total strength of about 1,700 people, more than 500 cars, and more than 3,000 mules and horses.
To be continued...