"Your Excellency, Commander, Chief of Staff, urgent call from the 2nd Guards Division!"
Taiyuan, First Army Headquarters, the communications staff walked into the war room with a telegram in his hand, put his legs together and lowered his head and said.
"read!"
Yoshio Shinozuka stared at the map and said without looking back.
"Hi!"
The communications staff officer took the telegram and read: "The 2nd Guards Division and the 5th Regiment were attacked by a mysterious bomber group on their way to rescue the search wing, the 3rd Regiment and the 4th Regiment. The 5th Regiment
All are in pieces. The division headquarters and artillery regiment are no longer able to rush to the rescue. They are moving towards the county seat of Liao County. The search regiment has been ordered. The 3rd regiment and the 4th regiment have broken out on their own. Long live His Majesty the Emperor, and long live the Imperial Army of Japan.
!”
The communications staff officer raised his hands and put his feet together to indicate that he had finished reading the telegram and was waiting for the next instruction.
However, Yoshio Shinozuka was still staring at the map, staring at the location of the skyline in southeast Shanxi on the map.
Motionless, the whole person is like a sculpture.
All the combat staff stopped moving and looked at the communications staff. The entire conference room was eerily quiet, which made the sound of sending and receiving telegrams in the communications room next door a little louder.
Kusuyama Hideyoshi also had a face full of shock, disbelief and disbelief.
Appeared, the mysterious bomber group appeared again.
The last time the mysterious aircraft group appeared, it caused the annihilation of the 9th Brigade. If the mysterious aircraft group appears again this time, will it lead to the annihilation of the 2nd Guards Division?
Because Shinozuka Yoshio had his back to everyone, Kusuyama Hideyoshi and a group of combat staff could not see his expression at this time.
All the officers felt that Commander Shinozuka's back was getting more and more stooped, but they didn't know that Yoshio Shinozuka's heart was turned upside down at this moment.
The 5th Regiment of the 2nd Guards Division was attacked by a mysterious bomber group and was completely wiped out. Then the 3rd Regiment and 4th Regiment were in danger.
The Eighth Route Army used hundreds of artillery pieces to attack the 3rd and 4th regiments. How long can these two regiments, which are trapped in a tight siege, hold on?
A communications soldier walked up to the communications staff officer and whispered a few words in his ear.
The communications staff officer then glanced at Yoshio Shinozuka and then at Hideyoshi Kusuyama.
Kusuyama Hideyoshi: "Sukegawa-kun, have you received any more information?"
"Hi!" the communications staff officer lowered his head and said, "The aviation force that went to assist the 2nd Guards Division just reported that in the canyon 3 kilometers east of the Eighth Route Arsenal, the Eighth Route Army and the Imperial Army are fighting hand-to-hand. The Eighth Route Army has a size of at least 15,000
Thousands of people, the situation of the imperial army is not optimistic!"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi asked: "Did the aviation destroy the Eighth Route Artillery position?"
The communications staff organized his speech before replying: "According to the aviation force, more than 20 suspected eight-way artillery positions were destroyed."
"Baga!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi yelled angrily: "What do you mean by destroying the suspected eight-way artillery position?"
Communications Staff Officer: "Similar to Changzhi, Licheng and outside Xiangyuan County, the Eighth Route Army built hundreds of fake artillery positions around the battle!"
"Baga, cunning Eight Road!"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi's tone was angry, but also helpless.
There may be real eight-way artillery positions among them, but you can't destroy all these hundreds of fake positions with aerial bombs, right?
How many aerial bombs will be used?
Japan's resources are not abundant, especially strategic weapons such as aerial bombs, and even fewer can be transferred to their First Army.
Hundreds of thousands of aerial bombs were used to blow up the fake artillery positions on the 8th Route. Wouldn’t that be a loss to grandma’s family? What’s more, the First Army did not have that many aerial bombs.
"Your Excellency Commander!"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi walked behind Yoshio Shinozuka, lowered his head and said: "We cannot give up the 3rd and 4th Regiments."
Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was hoarse: "Kusuyama-kun, do you have any good ideas?"
At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka really couldn't think of any way to save the 3rd and 4th Regiments of the 2nd Guards Division.
"You can order the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade to immediately change direction and rush to the rescue of the 2nd Guards Division!"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said in a hurried tone.
He didn't know how this battle was fought. After a good mopping up, how could it turn into a battle to defend the 37th Division, and then a battle to defend the 2nd Guards Division?
"What about the 37th Division? Did you let it go?"
Yoshio Shinozuka asked.
After a pause, he continued: "What's more, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade are too far away from the 2nd Guards Division at this time. I'm afraid the water from far away can't quench the thirst of the near."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "Then we can only order the 36th Regiment to give up the attack on the Eighth Route Arsenal and bypass Yixiantian and Shuiyao Mountain to meet the 3rd Regiment and 4th Regiment!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the communications soldier walked in again and handed a piece of telegram to the communications staff officer.
Yoshio Shinozuka was considering whether to let the 36th Regiment rush to reinforce the 2nd Guards Division.
The communications staff officer quickly picked up the telegram and read it. After reading the telegram, his pupils suddenly shrank.
He glanced at the back of Yoshio Shinozuka, then at Hideyoshi Kusuyama, picked up the telegram and read: "Commander, Chief of Staff, the 36th Regiment has an urgent call. Ten minutes ago, the 36th Regiment was attacked by the Eighth Route Army."
During the artillery bombardment of an artillery regiment, the scouts of the 36th regiment discovered a large number of Eighth Route Army troops in the surrounding area, with a strength of no less than 10,000. Colonel Wakisaka requested tactical guidance!"
"Nani?"
"There is an artillery regiment surrounding the 36th Regiment, and the main force of 18,000 troops?"
"This is impossible!"
Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly turned his head, his tone and expression full of disbelief.
According to intelligence, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army has a main force of nearly 100,000 people.
But it includes the Taihang Military Region, Taiyue Military Region and Jinan Military Region, and the Japanese army mainly raided the Taihang Military Region this time.
The main force of the Taihang Military Region of the Eighth Route Army does not exceed 50,000 at most.
There are more than 30,000 main Eighth Route forces fighting street battles with the 37th Division in Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng, and the main Eighth Route forces blocking the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade each have several thousand people.
The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Yitiantian area does not exceed 10,000 people at most. How could there be more than 30,000 people?
Shinozuka Yoshio's expression was gloomy and uncertain. Something must have gone wrong. He looked at Kusuyama Hideyoshi: "Kusuyama-kun, where did the main force of the Eighth Route Army from the Taihang Bandit District come from with more than 20,000 people?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi's eyes flashed sharply: "Your Excellency, Commander, no matter where the extra 20,000 Eighth Route Army came from..."
"The Eighth Route Army does not leave reserves in reserve. The scouts of the 36th Regiment discovered that there are 10,000 main troops of the Eighth Route Army around. The total strength of the Eighth Route Army is probably no less than 15,000 people."
"At this time, the 36th Regiment is in extreme danger, and the 36th Regiment must be ordered to move in immediately."
It is impossible to rush for reinforcements. Now that the 36th Regiment is unable to protect itself, it is impossible to rush for reinforcements to the 2nd Guards Division.
Although the 36th Regiment has been reorganized and supplemented, its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the 36th Regiment in 1937, but it is still an elite force from the permanent division.
Neither of the two old Japanese soldiers wanted to see the 36th Regiment wiped out.
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Order, the 36th Regiment will turn in along the original route, and the 18th Brigade will separate a regiment to support the 36th Regiment!"
"Hi!"
The communications staff officer lowered his head, then turned and walked to the communications room next door.
Looking at the back of the communications staff officer, Yoshio Shinozuka looked gloomy. This time, the iron wall encirclement and sweep was in complete chaos.
How far can the 36th Regiment, the 3rd Regiment and the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Guards Division break through?
Yoshio Shinozuka felt unsure.
In the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base, there were no reinforcements, no logistical supplies, and being surrounded by tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops, it was destined to be a disaster.
The Yamazaki detachment is a lesson learned from the past.
How could a good fight end like this?
"Bagaya road!"
Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly reached out and pulled out the command saber from Kusuyama Hideyoshi's waist. The sword flashed and the sand table in front of him was immediately chopped to pieces.
Then, without even looking, Yoshio Shinozuka inserted the blade of the sword accurately into the scabbard on Kusuyama Hideyoshi's waist.
“Remake the sand table!”
Shinozuka Yoshio had no expression on his face, gave an order in a cold tone, and then walked towards the war room.
"Hi!"
Several combat staff members hurriedly paused in unison and glanced at the chopped sand table with surprised eyes.
Your Excellency, Commander, has such sharp swordsmanship!
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Boom boom boom, boom boom, boom boom boom...
Outside the front line, the Japanese 36th Regiment was being fiercely bombarded by the Eighth Route Artillery Group.
After the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters bombarded the 36th Regiment.
The boss ordered the troops to press forward, but they were quickly pushed back by the Japanese.
The 36th Regiment was the first Japanese unit to break into Jinling City and fought very tenaciously.
The Japanese tried to break out, but were quickly pushed back, and the battle was extremely fierce.
However, the mountain artillery group commanded by Li Yunlong was quickly finished, and he immediately ordered each mountain artillery group to support the head of the headquarters.
Each artillery group is scattered and hidden in the mountains, and the sky is naturally within the range of each mountain artillery group.
Under the guidance of the special forces members of the Sharp Sword Squadron, they bombarded the mountain artillery groups of the Japanese 2nd Guards Division, and turned the muzzles to bombard the Japanese 36th Regiment.
Including the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters, a total of more than 100 artillery pieces with a caliber of 75 or above were fired at the Japanese.
Coupled with the mortars equipped by each regiment, nearly 200 artillery pieces continued to drop shells on the heads of the Japanese 36th Regiment.
In the headquarters, the boss looked through the artillery mirror and saw that the defensive position hastily set up by the Japanese 36th Regiment had turned into a sea of flames.
"My dear, Chief of Staff, come and see, our artillery fire is really accurate."
Seeing the shells exploding with sharp whistling sounds as they landed on the Japanese position, the boss said with emotion.
Not to mention a year ago, even half a year ago, the boss would never have dreamed that the Eighth Route Army would have such powerful artillery and extremely high-quality artillery in such a short period of time.
"This density of artillery fire, tsk tsk..." the division commander couldn't help but sigh, "it's like a pot of steel broth."
The chief of staff raised his telescope and took a look and said: "The main credit for our artillery's accuracy is Li Yunlong's sword special forces. Without the guidance of observers, our artillery and cannons would be blind and deaf a few kilometers away and would not be able to fire at all."
Hit the target.”
The boss nodded in agreement: "The walkie-talkie is also particularly critical, which facilitates timely communication. The special forces observers convey the shooting details to the artillery, and modify the shooting details at any time."
The chief of staff held up the printed version of the "Special Forces Special Training Operations Manual" in Yang's hand and said: "It seems that the establishment of a special forces force directly under the headquarters will be put on the agenda."
The boss looked extremely interested and looked at the teacher: "This task will be left to you, teacher."
"Guaranteed to complete the mission." The division commander was also very interested and immediately stated, "When this battle is over, I will start to form a special force directly under the headquarters."