Yoshio Suzuka is very uncomfortable these days.

Although the strength of his First Army has been replenished on a large scale, the total strength and combat effectiveness are still far from the original.

He had sent many telegrams to North China asking for additional troops, but they were all refused.

Now the soldiers of the island country are basically replenished to the Pacific theater.

Not to mention Taiyuan, even the divisions and regiments fighting on the front line have no troops to replenish.

Moreover, in order to maintain the superiority of troops in the Pacific theater, the base camp of the island country even transferred more than a dozen divisions from the Kwantung Army.

This has fully demonstrated that the strength of their island nation is insufficient.

Yoshio Suzuka is very unhappy, are all the men in our island country gone?

Even the Kwantung Army, which is the general strategic reserve, has been transferred to more than a dozen divisions, and it seems that the war situation in the whole world is very unfavorable to their island country!

Their troops, as if they had not won since the Battle of Hengnan.

In Hengnan, the 11th Army lost six divisions.

In order to cut off the Yunnan-Burma road, they formed the 15th Army in the base camp of the island country, and invested seven divisions before and after, but all of them were annihilated.

This huge failure shocked the island nation and the whole country.

Although the news was tightly sealed, the people of the island country were still aware of it.

This is a huge blow to their entire country and their troops.

In these two wars, they lost a large number of excellent commanders.

Just the division commander, a dozen were lost!

The fifteenth army even lost two commanders in succession!

Shojiro Iida and Hideki Tojo are both among the best commanders in their empire!

Such commanders have been eliminated, which shocked Yoshio Suzuka's heart.

If you ask yourself, his command ability is far worse than the above two.

It was precisely because of the lack of command ability that he was sent to the First Army to be responsible for the garrison in Shanxi.

The situation in Shanxi as a whole is not optimistic.

The Eighth Route Army developed very quickly, and his first army was not shortly eroded.

After the Second Division was transferred south, the pressure on the First Army to defend was always great.

What frustrated him the most was that after the Second Division was transferred, the North China Dispatch Army never gave him additional troops.

In desperation, he could only increase the number of the Imperial Army.

The current number of Imperial Allies has exceeded the troops of their island country.

The armament is also very sophisticated.

Yoshio Suzuka was very worried that if this continued, the Imperial Association Army would not kill the troops of their island country.

My First Army is in great need of troop replenishment!

He was worried, and a devil Shaozuo hurriedly ran over: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the commander of the 15th Brigade of Datong has called that their troops have been fiercely attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

At present, the periphery of Zuoyun has been lost, and the two wings that went to reinforce were surrounded by the other party in the area of Huayan Temple and Qifeng Mountain, and suffered heavy losses.

Judging by the enemy's firepower, the total strength of the opponent's sortie this time is estimated to be more than 100,000. ”

Na, Nani!?

When Yoshio Suzuka heard the news, he chuckled in his heart and almost had a heart attack.

100,000 people?

Eighth route army!?

Are you kidding!

Although the Eighth Route Army is developing rapidly in Shanxi, its combat effectiveness is gradually improving.

But their total strength now, there are 100,000 people?

Yoshio Suzuka's first feeling was impossible.

Under his nose, there was actually a troop of 100,000 troops of the Eighth Route Army, and he didn't know it at all!

It's horrible!

And now, the Eighth Route Army is attacking Zuoyun on a large scale!

Yoshio Suzuka immediately walked quickly to the map, looked at Zuo Yun's position, and then looked at the position of the two wings that were surrounded.

After a few minutes, Yoshio Suzuka nodded.

Obviously, this was a typical encirclement and reinforcement operation.

The real purpose of the other party is not Zuo Yun, but their living force.

Then he glanced at the map again, and his eyes fell on the place of Datong.

His heart moved, and he understood.

Baga ......

The real goal of the other party should be Datong!

Datong!

That's the northern gateway to Shanxi.

If Datong is occupied by the other side, it will be able to cut off the connection between Suiyuan and the Japanese army in Shanxi.

This was very dangerous for his First Army.

Yoshio Suzuka immediately ordered the Suzuki Brigade stationed in San'in to go for reinforcements.

And ordered the flying regiment, sortie aircraft, air support to the two wings that were surrounded.

He telegraphed to the commander of the 15th Brigade, Sakata Noyoshi, that he must defend Datong well, and that the real purpose of the other side is Datong.

Now that Datong's troops are empty, it is necessary to prevent the opponent's troops from sneaking up.

According to Yoshio Suzuka's expectations, the two wings of the 15th Brigade were surrounded by no problem to support one day.

A day later, the Suzuki Brigade will be able to arrive at Mt. Qifeng, and when the time comes, together with the two wings of the 15th Brigade, they will be able to flank each other and win the victory.

The Suzuki Brigade was a reinforced brigade with a total strength of almost fifteen thousand troops.

Moreover, in the Suzuki Brigade, there is also a unit of the Imperial Cooperative Army, the number of which is about 10,000 people, the strength of a division.

In this way, the entire Suzuki Brigade has a total of more than 25,000 people.

Now the two wings of Qifeng Mountain, minus the casualties, should also be around 5,000 people.

In this case, their strength will reach 30,000.

Although the opponent's troops have 40,000 or 50,000 people, their equipment is not good at all.

His 30,000 men won the battle.

The chief of staff of the First Army is a huge fat devil named Takeshi Sakurada.

He said to Yoshio Suzuka: "Your Excellency, the other party is only forty or fifty thousand people, and we have sent so many troops, is it too much. ”

Judging by previous experience, they could almost achieve victory with a maximum of 10,000 troops.

Yoshio Suzuka shook his head: "Sakurada-kun, you are wrong. Haven't you noticed that our opponents are now getting stronger and stronger, and the combat effectiveness of our troops is rapidly declining.

When we were in Hengnan, our 11th Army had 100,000 troops, while Tiger Boy's troops were only more than 200,000.

However, as you have seen, almost all of them have been wiped out.

Later, the 15th Army, with seven divisions and regiments, and 150,000 people. Although we don't know the exact strength of the other side's troops, according to my estimates, it is at most 200,000 people.

The result? Not only was the 15th Army completely annihilated, but even such an excellent commander as Okamura-kun was shattered.

If we had looked at the war in the same way that we had seen it before, we would have lost it. ”

This time, the other party took the initiative to attack, and the target was still Datong, which made Yoshio Suzuka vigilant.

The other party is not good!

Moreover, the fact that the other party was able to surround his two wings fully shows that the combat effectiveness of this army should not be underestimated.

Just in case, he still felt that it was more reassuring to send the Suzuki brigade over.

Coupled with the air support of the flying regiment to annihilate this force, he is still sure.

It took a day for the Suzuki brigade to reach the Seven Peaks Mountain on the outskirts of Datong, but the plane did not need it.

From Taiyuan Airport, it only takes two hours, and their plane can fly over Datong.

At this time, the first and second battalions of the temporary regiment had already compressed the encirclement very small.

Because there was only one Japanese wing commander left in the two wings, it was more troublesome to command.

Under the powerful offensive of the 1st and 2nd battalions, it was simply impossible to organize an effective defense.

For Li Da and Zhou Weiguo, the combat effectiveness of these two Japanese wings was not very good at all.

The 15th Army of the Japanese Army, which they fought abroad, was not at the same level at all.

Very weak chicken.

This is the army of devils?

Li Da even has an illusion, how can he feel like the army of two devils?

Also, whether the 1st and 2nd Battalions were in Hengnan or Hanyang, or later participated in the expeditionary force, they were the main forces.

The field troops of the frontal and devils are tough.

Even the most elite troops of the devils are not their opponents, and the second-line troops of these devils are naturally even worse.

Although no howitzers or tanks were used, the fight was still smooth.

They're all American!

The weapons used by the fighters were a large number of semi-automatic rifles and M3 submachine guns.

The firepower is stronger than the devil's 38 Gaier, I don't know how many times.

The devils fired one shot, and their fighters had already fired three shots.

I have to say that this semi-automatic rifle is really good to make.

There is no need to pull the bolt within 10 rounds.

After the bullet is finished, the bullet bar automatically exits, and you can continue shooting by inserting a new bullet bar directly.

It's so convenient.

Although it can't be compared with a submachine gun, it can also be used as a half-impulse gun.

Grandma's, without planes and tanks, our temporary regiment is still the most powerful troops.

The devil had never seen a semi-automatic rifle used by the temporary group at all, and he was a little confused for a while.

It looks like a rifle, but the bullet fires several times faster than their rifle.

Coupled with the advantage in the number of opponents, in terms of firepower, the devil is not half a star.

The first battalion has launched a ground offensive, but Zhou Weiguo's second battalion is still carrying out artillery bombardment.

In order not to injure the first battalion by mistake, Zhou Weiguo ordered the artillery to adjust the angle of the gun.

Zhou Weiguo's fighting style is completely different from Li Da's ability.

He preferred to use artillery.

The second battalion shelled for another 10 minutes before attacking.

At this time, the first battalion had already killed the devils.

Although the ground forces of the 2nd Battalion attacked 10 minutes late, the speed was not much slower than that of the 1st Battalion.

In the area of Huayan Temple and Qifeng Mountain, there are gunshots and shouts of killing everywhere.

The devil looked at the troops of the Eighth Route Army who were constantly surging around, and he didn't know how to resist at all.

The Japanese wing commander had never seen such a formation, and the command knife in his hand trembled and raised it and put it down.

It used to be their troops who were attacking, but now they are besieged by opponents several times their size, and the defense is a joke.

A devil Shaozuo hurried over: "Report to Your Excellency the Wing Commander, the brigade commander has called and ordered us to hold on for a day."

A day later, reinforcements will arrive. ”