Lieutenant Matsumoto's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and his brows were twisted again!

There were not many cavalry in the Eighth Route Army, only the main force, and they generally fought with the infantry!

Now a cavalry platoon suddenly appeared outside the stronghold, there is only one possibility, and there are more main forces of the Eighth Route Army hidden outside the city!

The reason why it has not moved is that some conspiracy must be brewing!

Just as Lieutenant Matsumoto was racking his brains to analyze the purpose of the garrison regiment in doing this, the telegraph operator hurriedly ran over!

"Sir, the county garrison headquarters is in an emergency!"

"Let's immediately send scouts to search the three kilometers outside the stronghold to confirm whether there is the main force of the Eighth Route Army outside the stronghold!"

Matsumoto frowned and scolded, "Do you still need to search for this?" ”

"Their cavalry units are here, and the infantry must be following them, and they are lurking outside the stronghold, waiting for us to go out and die!"

Scolding and scolding, orders must be carried out!

Ten devil veterans left the stronghold under Matsumoto's orders and began to scout in a skirmish line!

Lieutenant Matsumoto stood guard on the central turret, his eyes fixed on the scouts he had sent out!

A squad leader stood next to him, holding a flare gun in his hand!

If there's an accident outside, give them an evacuation signal!

"Da Da Da ......"

Less than three hundred meters after the search force left the stronghold, a string of flames came out of the bushes farther away!

One of the scouts was beaten into a sieve on the spot, and before he could make a sound, he fell straight to the ground.

"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of gunfire was the signal, and in the blink of an eye, at least four more machine-gun tongues appeared in the night, bullets whizzed and flew in the night sky, and several more scouts were shot and fell to the ground!

Recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns, especially this kind of machine gun that suddenly fires!

Bullets whizz over, and the speed is so fast that even the most well-trained veteran has no time to make evasive moves!

What's more, the bullets fired by machine guns are far more powerful than rifles, and as long as they hit, they will either die or be injured!

The two sides are exchanging fire, and being injured means that the combat effectiveness is weakened, or even lost, and eventually to death!

Therefore, although Lieutenant Matsumoto sent out were all veterans, he still suffered heavy casualties under the simultaneous raid of five machine guns!

Lieutenant Matsumoto was very distressed and immediately shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, immediately send a signal to let the living warriors retreat!" ”

"A cavalry platoon appeared just now, and now five light machine guns have appeared, and if they don't come back, heavy machine guns and mortars will come out in a while!"

"There must be the main force of the garrison lurking outside the stronghold, and there are quite a few of them!"

Ten scouts were chased by five machine guns, and only three returned

A military officer ran into the turret and reported: "Sir, there are many Eighth Route Army hidden in the bushes east of the stronghold, and in addition to the five machine guns that were exposed just now, I also saw a large number of figures!"

"Have you seen how many people there are on the other side?" Matsumoto immediately asked!

Jun Cao shook his head and replied: "It's too dark, and the distance is far away, I can't see it very clearly, but there must be a lot!" ”

The team leader next to him reminded: "Sir, do you want to send someone out to investigate again!" ”

"Now that the specific hiding location of the Eighth Route Army has been figured out, it should be easy to investigate!"

"With the specific investigation results, we can also report to the headquarters!"

"Yaga, are you a stupid pig?" Lieutenant Matsumoto opened his mouth and scolded!

"We've already lost seven elites just now, do you still want to kill seven people in such an unknown way?"

"If it weren't for the fact that they were far enough away from the Eighth Route Army's lurking place and five machine guns were fired together, none of the ten people would have been able to escape!"

"Also, can you guarantee that there will be no Eighth Route Army lurking troops in other places except for that bush?"

"Don't forget, the sound of horses' hooves just now is in the other direction of the stronghold, not in the bushes!"

"In addition, our stronghold is so big, there must be the Eighth Route Army staring at it!"

"It's not impossible that we send people out, and they will know as soon as possible, and then set up a pocket array and wait for our scouts to throw themselves into the net!"

The squad leader was scolded for being bloody, and in the face of Lieutenant Matsumoto's questioning, he couldn't think of a word of rebuttal, so he could only retreat and ask, "Then how do we report to the headquarters?" ”

Lieutenant Matsumoto thought for a moment and replied: "The shot is a cavalry platoon and five light machine guns, with the combat style that the Eighth Route Army is used to hiding its strength, I judge that there are at least two main companies of the Eighth Route Army outside the stronghold, and it is possible to make a main battalion!" ”

"Call back to the headquarters immediately: there are at least 308th Route Army lurking outside the stronghold, and after reconnaissance, they are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, but no artillery has been found!"

"In addition, they have at least one cavalry platoon to fight together!"

"That's all, and what we report is true, they are indeed armed with a large number of machine guns and a cavalry platoon, it is not a lie about the military situation!"

As long as you don't let yourself go out and die, Matsumoto will be whatever it is!

And even if something goes wrong in the future, it's Matsumoto's responsibility!

Several officers complimented at the same time: "Wise sir! ”

The Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the report messages from each stronghold were sent to the army commander one after another!

When he was about to receive half of it, the commander's serious expression was obviously much more relaxed, and then he suddenly shouted with a look of enlightenment!

"I think I get it!"

"The reason why the Eighth Route Army left so many strongholds on the defense line and went directly into the hinterland of our occupied area was because it was not strong enough, but it wanted to break through each one and swallow the troops we arranged in this defense area in one bite, and then took such a risk!"

"At the risk of the attacking troops being cut off by us, making dumplings, all the way into our hinterland!"

"Not strong enough?"

This is the only reason for explanation that the chief of staff did not think of!

The garrison regiment took so many strongholds of the imperial army in one night, how could it be that the strength was not enough!

If the strength is really not enough, how dare they take the initiative to provoke a war, aren't they afraid that the opponent will be too strong and choke themselves to death!

Seeing that the expression on the commander's face was getting more and more relaxed, and a smile even flashed on the corner of his mouth, the chief of staff, who was holding back his doubts, hurriedly asked!

"Sir, how can they not be strong enough, the attacking troops are like a bamboo all the way, the lurking troops are hiding outside our stronghold, waiting for us to throw themselves into the net, the battle plan is so thorough, there are almost no loopholes, I can't figure it out!"

The commander seemed to be very sure of his judgment, put the telegram directly on the table, and asked with a confident face!

"Don't you see something in common in these telegrams?"

"What do you have in common?"

The chief of staff was blindsided for a moment before he reacted!

"There really is: although these sleeper units vary in number, they are all equipped with cavalry units, and they are armed with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, and very few are equipped with artillery!"