"Hello, farewell telegram!"

The communications staff officer of the First Army of the Devil paused breathlessly, and hurriedly handed the telegram in his hand to Okabe Naosaburo.

Okabe Naosaburo didn't care about reprimanding angrily, and snatched the telegram from the hand of the devil's communication staff officer, and quickly looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more solemn his eyes became.

"Go down!" In less than twenty seconds, Naosaburo Okabe waved his hand a little dejectedly and said to the devil's communication staff.

After the Devil's Communications Staff Officer left, Taro Miyano, the chief of staff of the First Army standing on the side, finally tried to step forward and whispered: "Your Excellency Commander, this is a farewell from Hiroshi Yamada?" Don't they still have at least 5,000 horses in their hands? How did it come so quickly to the point where you don't have to rush to electricity? ”。

"This is a farewell emergency telegram sent in advance, Yamada Hao is already preparing to gather the remaining forces of the Southern Road Imperial Army to break through to the west, preparing to move closer to the west and move closer to the reinforcements. It's just that Hiroshi Yamada sent a farewell in advance, because even Hiroshi Yamada is a little lacking in confidence! Miyano-kun, take a look! ”

Naosaburo Okabe said with a little frown, and then handed the telegram in his hand to Taro Miyano.

Taro Miyano was not polite, he took it directly and looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more solemn his eyes became.

After half a minute, Miyano Taro said in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency, commander, looking at the urgent telegram sent by Yamada Hao, there are at least more than 4,000 people left in the main force of the 2nd Division South Road Imperial Army in Mazhuang, and the strength is not weak. But just as Yamada Hiroshi feared, they gathered and tried to break through to the west and move closer to the reinforcements, but the ammunition in their hands could only last about twenty minutes. And right now, it may not be able to hold on for twenty minutes! ”。

"So, we have to find a way to rescue the main force of the Southern Road Imperial Army under the command of Hiroshi Yamada and Hiroaki Sakamoto! Otherwise, once Hiroshi Yamada's army is completely annihilated, then the 2nd Division will also be completely annihilated. And the 2nd Division was one of the two most capable divisions in the Empire. ”

Okabe Naosaburo said with a gloomy look in his eyes: "The headquarters of the 6th Division Gu Shoufu has been ambushed and annihilated by Li Yunlong and other troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Qiaogou Gorge more than ten miles east of Pingxing Pass. The 2nd Division is one of the two most capable divisions in the Empire, and the rest of this division must be rescued. Otherwise, the two most capable troops of our empire will be eaten by the same Chinese army, which is a shame for the empire! Miyano-kun, what can you do? ”。

Taro Miyano also felt that it was tricky, and at present, Yamada Hao's call situation, even Yamada Hao had sent a farewell telegram in advance, indicating that the situation in Mazhuang was extremely dangerous.

And Hiroshi Yamada's farewell telegram also said that the current difficult situation of the remnants of the main force of the Japanese army on the south route of the 2nd Division is not optimistic, and at this time, even Taro Miyano, who is known for his clever tricks, feels that there is nothing to be done.

It's just that Naosaburo Okabe said so, and Taro Miyano can only think about it as much as possible, and only after a minute does he suggest: "Your Excellency Commander, it is snowing heavily at the moment, and according to the current weather conditions, it is impossible to stop snowing for two or three days. At present, only the reinforcements from Laiyuan and other three places who went north to reinforce Mazhuang were strictly ordered to speed up, and they rushed to Mazhuang as much as possible, regardless of the enemy guerrillas who were harassing along the way. In addition, order Hiroshi Yamada, give up the breakthrough, defend the core position of Mazhuang, and wait for airdrop supplies! Hold out until reinforcements arrive! ”。

"Airdropping supplies is a good idea, but!"

Okabe Naosaburo smiled bitterly and pointed to the heavy snow that kept falling over the courtyard outside the gate of the military headquarters, and said, "Miyano-kun, you also said that the heavy snow cannot be stopped for at least two or three days. I'm afraid there is no way for the transport plane to lift up and transport airdropped supplies to Yamada Hiroshi and them! ”。

Miyano Taro said in a low voice: "Your Excellency Commander, there is no way. Although the heavy snow continued, the transport planes of the 3rd Air Force could only be ordered to take off from Datong Airport immediately and drop ammunition supplies to Yamada and others. Otherwise, judging from the content of the farewell telegram that Hiroshi Yamada just sent, their ammunition support is less than twenty minutes! Datong Airport is not far from Mazhuang, and within 20 minutes, you can risk death to transport supplies by air in this weather situation! There is no other way! Even if it is to sacrifice some transport planes, it is a helpless move! Your Excellency, Commander! ”。

"Okay!"

Okabe Naosaburo thought about it, and it would take at least an hour for the reinforcements on the ground to be able to kill Mazhuang, so they had to airdrop supplies to Yamada Hiroshi and them, and try to hide in Mazhuang and wait for reinforcements.

Otherwise, according to Yamada Hao's decision, they forcibly broke through to the west, and with their current strength, they could only find their own death.

"Immediately order all the transport planes of the 3rd Air Brigade directly under the control of the Imperial Military Department at Datong Airport to send out all the airlift supplies of grain, grass and ammunition, and airdrop supplies! Hurry up and drop! In addition, call back to Yamada Hiroshi sternly, ordering them that we have prepared airdrop supplies, so that they can give up their plans to forcibly break through, stick to the core position of Mazhuang, and wait for reinforcements! ”

Taro Miyano paused and said, "Hai, Your Excellency Commander, you understand your humble duties!" Subsequently, Taro Miyano hurriedly ran to the Devil's Communication Office on the side of the First Military Headquarters to directly supervise the Devil's Communication Corps to send reports.

At this time, after Okabe Naosaburo received Yamada's farewell telegram, he immediately dispatched a transport plane to drop supplies at the risk of death, supporting Yamada Hiroshi's troops to defend Mazhuang and wait for reinforcements to arrive, at this time, the battle in Mazhuang had become white-hot.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

Several mortar shells fired by the 2nd Battalion of the New 1st Regiment from the east of Mazhuang to attack and advance into Mazhuang accurately blew up the heavy machine-gun fire point of a small devil on the roof of the attack route.

The heavy machine gun fire point of the devil exploded by the huge explosion was shattered on the spot, and the power of the explosion shattered the corpse of the little devil, and along with the machine gun that was blown up and became the original part, it was blown into the sky, and then smashed down.

In the smoke of artillery fire, coupled with the snowflakes that are constantly howling from the north wind, there is such a scene in the battles everywhere in the horse village!

According to the Japanese troops guarding Mazhuang, the various units were defeated and retreated, and the building strongholds, light and heavy machine gun fire points, and the barricade fortifications that were built were constantly lost, so that Hiroshi Yamada and Hiroaki Sakamoto, who were sitting in the headquarters of the core position of Mazhuang, were all anxious!

"Report to the general, brigade commander, that the western position has been attacked by at least 1,800 enemy troops from the west, and most of our forces assembled in the west have been blocked! The divisions suffered heavy casualties, ask for reinforcements! ”

"Report to the general, the enemy forces in the south have hit the street less than sixty meters from the headquarters!"

"Report to the brigade commander, the general, the three divisions of Myokuma Jiro who blocked the attack from the north are less than a thousand people! Ask for reinforcements! ”