Higashino shouted into the phone several times, but could not hear any sound at all.
"What's going on!" Higashinoshima shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Major, your Excellency, it seems that the phone line has been blown out. I have sent maintenance personnel to check along the way!" A lieutenant stepped forward and said.
"Xinxi, check the route and send a message to the brigade commander to ask when the support troops will arrive!"
"Hai!" the lieutenant responded, and then asked: "What should we do over there in the county town? Do we need to send troops to support?"
Higashinojima thought for a moment and said: "Ignore him, if this matter is true, he will definitely continue to call.
Now our mission is to attack the enemy in front of us with all our strength and not give them any chance to break out!"
"Hai!" the lieutenant responded standing up and ran out quickly.
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"Baga!" Arai Toyoshichi hung up the phone angrily, gritting his teeth in anger.
It must have been due to the explosion of the artillery shell that the telephone line was blown out. As for the repair time, I don't know how long it will take.
There is no use counting on Higashinojima.
If the county town is lost, this is a serious crime. It is estimated that Tamaki Ling will not be able to protect herself, let alone that she should be involved in transporting supplies instead of staying in the county town.
Toyoshi Arai did not hesitate and decisively called the brigade commander for help.
Inside the office of the Fourth Brigade.
Hiragaku Yufu has just received the information from the support troops. The first troops will arrive at Sunset Slope in as soon as an hour.
Once the enemy forces in the direction of Sunset Slope are pinned down, the center will definitely blossom and achieve unexpected tactical effects.
Isamu Hiragaku was feeling proud when the phone on the table suddenly rang.
After the call was connected, an anxious voice suddenly sounded in the receiver: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I am the captain of the Arai Infantry Battalion, Arai Toyoshi!"
Hiragaku Isao is also quite familiar with the name. It is said that he seems to be Tamaki Rei's brother-in-law.
However, what trouble did he get into that he would actually bypass him, Tamaki Ling, and call him directly?
The next moment, Hiragaku Yufu suddenly realized, shouldn't this guy be fighting with the troops transporting supplies?
Before Hei Yaofu could speak, Arai Toyoshichi said anxiously: "Your Excellency, General, Dingyang County has been attacked by the enemy's fierce artillery fire and is about to lose its defense. Please send troops for support as soon as possible!"
"Nani, what did you say? Say it again!" Isamu Hiragaku suddenly stood up from his chair and shouted into the phone.
Arai Toyoshi told the story in detail.
The expression on Hiragaku Isamu's face instantly became serious. Judging from Arai Toyoyoshi's anxious tone, he believed that this matter would not go wrong.
Even if Arai Toyoyoshi is a fool, he cannot make fun of the fact that the county seat is being attacked.
Especially when he heard what Toyoshi Arai said, the attacking troops outside the city not only had machine guns, but even heavy weapons such as artillery.
Hiragakuo Yufu's heart suddenly sank.
"Where's Higashinojima, why don't you ask him for help?" Hiragakuo asked.
Arai Toyoyoshi felt that the gun at his waist was really in the way, so he took it off, slapped it on the table, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty the General, he led his troops to support Captain Tamaki, and our conversation just now was interrupted by a cannonball.
But... I have told him the news about Dingyang County being attacked, but he doesn’t believe it at all.”
After much deliberation, Arai Fuyoshi finally decided to report the matter normally.
After all, it was a violation of military discipline for him not to transport supplies. If he maliciously slandered his colleagues again, he would probably commit suicide immediately.
"You try to resist as much as possible, and I will send troops to the county for support!" Hirakawa Yongfu said coldly.
"Major Arai, you know the importance of Dingyang County. He must not fall into the hands of the Chinese!"
After saying that, without waiting for the other person to speak, Isamu Hiragaku hung up the phone.
Seeing this, a lieutenant commander next to him asked: "Your Excellency, general, what happened over there in Dingyang County?"
"Toyoshi Arai reported that a group of armed forces are attacking Dingyang County." Isao Hiragaku said solemnly.
"Nani, the Chinese armed forces are attacking the county town?" The lieutenant colonel on the side was a little confused and asked in surprise: "Are the Chinese people crazy? They dare to attack our county town."
After a pause, he continued: "Isn't Toyoshi Arai responsible for this transportation task? Why is he in the county?"
"They probably know that all our troops are out of the city to support, so these guys want to take advantage of the chaos to attack the county town." Hirakata Yongfu nodded slightly.
"Immediately order the 22nd Regiment and the 1st Infantry Brigade to go to Dingyang County for reinforcements!"
"A brigade?" Lieutenant Colonel replied: "Are the number of people too small?"
Hirakata Yongfu said confidently: "It doesn't matter, we just need to ensure that Dingyang County is not lost. Our focus now is to annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hai." The Japanese Major responded and walked away quickly.
A cold light flashed through Hiragaku Isamu's eyes behind his round glasses: "It's interesting that they would attack our county while we are out of town to support them.
His own troops were clearly under siege, but this commander did not provide support. He must be a very interesting guy!"
After thinking about it for a while, Isamu Hiragaku reported the matter to the division commander.
After his superior division commander received the news, he judged that the situation was similar to that of Hirakawa Yongfu and encouraged Hirakawa Yongfu.
The news was quickly delivered to Yoshio Shinozuka's desk.
Yoshio Shinozuka is reading the battle report.
So far, this military operation centered on Sunset Slope looks very successful.
The troops who went to support from all walks of life were like a catfish entering a tuna barrel, testing out many suspected and confirmed locations of the Eighth Route Army and the National Army.
Yoshio Shinozuka is already imagining how many places on the map there will be where their flags will be planted after this battle is over.
Just as he was thinking about it, news of the attack on Dingyang County reached Yoshio Shinozuka's desk.
"Dingyang County, attack, China troops?" Shinozuka Yoshio frowned slightly.
He didn't expect that the situation had become such a mess and that someone would dare to attack a county town, and it was an important county town like Dingyang County.
However, when Yoshio Shinozuka saw that reinforcements were already coming to support him, he didn't think much about it.
He just thought that the Eighth Route Army specially sent a force to attract firepower in order to relieve the pressure on the troops on Sunset Slope.
Ding Wei never expected that his attack on the county town would actually confirm the fact that Li Yunlong's side was the main force.
Yoshio Shinozuka stubbornly believed that it was impossible for anyone to dare to attack the county seat when the imperial army's support was on the way.
This is completely a waste of death, unless more benefits can be obtained from this sacrifice.
If Ding Wei knew Yoshio Shinozuka's inner thoughts, his teeth would definitely fall out of laughter. Yoshio Shinozuka simply thought too much.
The truth is exactly the opposite.
Li Yunlong's side is a feint attack, but Dingyang County is Ding Wei's real goal!
Outside Dingyang County.
Seeing that time was almost up, Ding Wei began to slow down the progress of the troops' attack. It was not that simple to capture the county with only a few infantry cannons.
Now the Japanese have completely retreated into the city, neither resisting nor asking for talks. They are either breaking the pot or waiting for supporting troops.
If we continue to carry out a strong attack, if the Japs jump over the wall in a hurry and send a large number of troops to the county town to support them, the gains will outweigh the losses.
The artillery battalion and the machine gun battalion have had enough fun. It's time for the independent battalion to perform an emergency call for help.
Ding Wei had already sent people to cut off the phone lines in the city.
All of this took a long time, but in fact only twenty minutes had passed, but these twenty minutes of hard work were enough.
Even with half the base amount of ammunition and a little longer attack time, you won't be able to hold on for long.
The gunfire outside Dingyang County gradually calmed down. Toyoshi Arai, who had been nestling in the garrison headquarters, suddenly raised his head and said, "Why are you going there right away? Why did the gunfire suddenly become quieter?"
"Hai!" A Japanese soldier ran out quickly.
Ten minutes later, he ran back again and said with surprise on his face: "Your Excellency, Major, the offensive outside the city has weakened, we can vaguely see our troops!"
"Our troops?"
Upon hearing this, Arai Toyoshi suddenly became energetic, stood up from his chair and said: "Take me to see it quickly!"
On the city wall.
Arai Toyoyoshi exposed half of his head and looked outside.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie were walking towards the city gate with the soldiers of the independent battalion.
When the Japanese soldiers on the top of the city saw Ding Wei and the others approaching, they were all filled with surprise and waved towards Ding Wei.
The Independent Battalion soldiers pretending to be Japanese soldiers also smiled and greeted them.
If it weren't for the fear of being exposed, they would have wanted to eat these Japs alive.
Because they were all wearing Japanese military uniforms, Toyoshi Arai lowered his guard and looked Ding Wei up and down.
"Are you reinforcements?" Arai Toyoshichi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his own military uniforms, stood up and asked.
"That's right, we got the news that the county town was attacked and came here to support you." Ding Wei said in fluent Japanese.
Arai Toyoyoshi was overjoyed and thought to himself: "No matter how hard you say you don't believe it, in the end we didn't send troops to support you."
Ding Wei frowned slightly and looked at the Japanese soldiers on the city wall.
He had already figured out the commander of the Dingyang County garrison. Although this guy was also a major, he looked completely different from Higashi Yejima.
What the hell is this?
Looking at Ding Wei's eyes, Arai Toyoshi felt a little scared. Then he thought about it, this troop came to the plane too fast.
Before Arai Toyoyoshi could ask, Ding Wei said: "Hey, who are you? Where is Higashinojima? It's obviously him who found someone to support him!"
Hearing Higashinojima's name, Arai Toyoyoshi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Higashino-kun has gone to Sunset Slope to provide support. My name is Arai Toyoyoshi, and I will temporarily take over the position of commander of the garrison!"
"Major Arai, we are here to support you, are you going to leave us outside the city?" Ding Wei said coldly.
"Simi Masai, it's my fault, I will open the door for you right now!" Toyoyoshi Arai said, and said a few words to the laughter of the people around him.
I saw the city gate really slowly opening.
Kong Jie suddenly beamed with joy. He didn't expect them to let the Japanese open the door so easily.
"Old Ding, that's awesome." Kong Jie whispered and smiled.
"Keep your voice down, the Japanese are coming. Remember what I say. If you don't speak Japanese, don't speak. If anyone wants to talk to you, just stare at them!" Ding Wei warned.
"Thank you for coming to support me. If it weren't for you, I really don't know what I would have done." Toyoshi Arai said fearfully.
"Don't worry, the enemy has been eliminated by us." Ding Wei comforted: "Looking at you, the losses are also heavy. How many people are left?"
Arai Toyoyoshi sighed and said: "The casualties have not yet been calculated, but it should be very heavy. The only remaining people at the main entrance are here!"
Saying that, Toyoshi Arai motioned to Ding Wei to look.
A dozen Japanese soldiers and seven or eight puppet troops constituted the entire defense force at the main gate of Dingyang County.
Ding Wei nodded slightly, with a bit of disdain on his face. It was just a few dishes, so it was easy to put them away.
Arai Toyoyoshi added: "The enemy attacked from three sides, which caused our troops to be diluted a lot. If it weren't for the large troops..."
After a pause, he shook his head and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. You go to the city to rest. With you here, I believe those Chinese people will not dare to invade."
Saying that, Arai Toyoyoshi stood in front and led the way.
As soon as he finished speaking, several Japanese soldiers following Toyoshi Arai immediately cheered and saluted Ding Wei and the others.
Ding Wei nodded slightly, like a superior person, followed Arai Toyoyoshi, put his hands behind his back, and made a few gestures towards the back.
Deal with the current enemies, disperse in batches, and deal with the remaining enemies in the city.
The soldiers understood immediately. After entering the county, about three platoons of soldiers stayed in place.
The soldiers headed by Shen Quan smiled and moved towards the remaining Japanese and puppet troops to surround them.
However, those Japanese and puppet soldiers did not know that they were about to die, but they still greeted Shen Quan with a smile.
Taking advantage of them, Shen Quan took action decisively and stabbed the nearest Japanese soldier to death.
All this happened very quickly, and before the remaining Japanese soldiers could react, the other soldiers immediately rushed towards them, each solving their own goals.
Hearing some movement behind him, Toyoshi Arai looked back and saw Shen Quan and the others hugging each other.
Ding Wei frowned slightly, looked back, and said with a smile: "Look how happy they are, celebrating their hard-won victory."
Interrupted by Ding Wei, Arai Toyoshichi said with a smile: "We were all about to die just now. It's really worth celebrating."
"Arai-kun, I wonder if there are any treasures in your county?" Ding Wei asked calmly.
"Baby? What good things can be found in this small county?" Arai Toyoyoshi looked careless.
"I heard that Captain Yumu extorted a lot of money from the landlords here." Ding Wei said with a smile.
Hearing this, Arai Toyoshi had a bad look on his face: "The Tamaki United serve the country, and the Chinese people contribute voluntarily. How can we call it blackmail!"
Although this kind of thing is not allowed on the surface, extorting Chinese people has become an unwritten rule within the Japanese army.
Ding Wei's words were obviously provoking trouble.
Arai Toyoshi was about to speak, but found that he still didn't know Ding Wei's name until now: "I wonder what your name is and which army you belong to?"
Ding Wei smiled and said crisply: "Ding Wei, commander of the 28th Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."
"Nani?" Hearing Ding Wei's self-introduction, Toyoshi Arai was dumbfounded.
He did not expect that the friendly troops he greeted would actually be an Eighth Route Army unit.
He subconsciously pulled out his gun, but it came up empty. Then he remembered that when he was on the phone in the office just now, he took the gun down because he didn't want it to be in the way.
The gun is lying on the table now.
The only self-defense weapon was gone, and Arai Toyoshi's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.
Then, Toyoshi Arai made an action that made Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others very confused.
"thump!"
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, my brother-in-law is the brigade leader!" Arai Toyoyoshi knelt down directly.
"..." Ding Wei and Kong Jie looked at each other.
Neither of them, including the soldiers behind them, expected that this guy would be so straightforward and just kneel down and surrender.
"Fuck!" Kong Jie cursed, holding two shell guns, and said coldly: "Hand over all the weapons you have, otherwise don't blame me for not having eyes on the guns!"