The adjutant also saw something, and boldly guessed: "Sir, does the Eighth Route Army want to repeat its old trick and create a large number of wounded for us through sneak attacks, which will then affect our marching speed and prevent us from returning to the no-man's land in time!" ”

After finishing speaking, he shook his head, and then frowned and analyzed: "It shouldn't be, the cost of the Eighth Route Army fighting like this is too great." ”

"Just two dozen seriously wounded brought us, and we lost a mortar and a heavy machine gun ourselves."

"These heavy weapons are the treasures of the Eighth Route Army, the number is very rare, and they need to be approved at various levels before they can be used on the battlefield, how can they be willing to destroy these heavy weapons to drag us down, it's incredible."

The thoughts that popped up in the captain's mind were exactly the same as those of the adjutant, and he hesitated after listening to the adjutant's analysis.

Dragging itself at the cost of the destruction of heavy weapons, the Eighth Route Army really did not have the arrogance to this point.

But how to explain the two sneak attacks that happened in front of me, are they really accidents, and I think too much......

Time is pressing, and the captain doesn't plan to waste too much brain and time on this matter.

If you can't figure it out, you don't want to, as long as you can successfully kill the no-man's land and complete the task.

Decisive order: "The troops continue to advance, even if the Eighth Route Army really slows down the march of the troops at the cost of the destruction of heavy weapons, as we think, we are not afraid." ”

"They are notoriously poor. Even if we take out all the heavy weapons we are equipped with, we will not be able to create too many wounded. ”

Once again, the Japanese underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

In the next half hour, two more heavy machine guns and two mortars appeared next to the group.

Although these heavy weapons were eventually destroyed by aircraft, the Japanese puppet army also paid a huge price for it.

In addition to the casualties caused by mines and rifle machine guns to the returning troops, there were more than 100 stretchers in the ranks.

Although the captain sent four soldiers to each wounded and took turns to carry the stretcher to march, the marching speed involuntarily slowed down as he walked, after all, the weight of each soldier in the stretcher team was sixty or seventy pounds more, and the road requirements were much higher than before.

"Sir, I just calculated that the troops are now marching at a speed of less than five kilometers per hour, and they are getting slower and slower."

"If this momentum continues, we will be at least 10 kilometers away from no man's land before dark."

"After dark, the Eighth Route Army, which has been harassing us all the way, will definitely come out, and even run to the front to block us, and it is almost impossible for everyone to return to the no-man's land on time."

The captain racked his brains and couldn't think of a way to break the game.

In the end, he had to give up, and with a long sigh ordered: "Send a telegram to the military department, directly saying that we can't get to the no-man's land on time, and ask them to take countermeasures in advance." ”

"As for the punishment, do what you have to do!"

At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the commander who was full of expectations was disappointed.

After reading the telegram sent by the reinforcements, the whole person suddenly collapsed in his chair.

It took a long time for a phrase to come out: "No man's land is over!" ”

"Chief of Staff, immediately formulate a retreat plan to reduce the losses of our army in the next battle as much as possible."

The chief of staff also knew that the matter could not be violated, and immediately replied: "The commander is wise! ”

"Now there are more than three hours left after dark, and all the stronghold garrisons in the no-man's land close to the area occupied by the imperial army have a chance to withdraw."

"I will immediately give them a retreat order, the whole army will withdraw from the no-man's land, and cooperate with the garrison in the occupied area to establish a new defense line on the edge of the no-man's land, so as to prevent the garrison regiment from continuing to expand outward after capturing the no-man's land."

Three days passed, and Datong City slowly returned to calm.

Ordinary people began to appear on the streets, and many shops also began to open......

Located in the center of the city, within the siege command of the Eighth Route Army, a negotiation on the ownership of Datong finally began.

On one side of the long table sat the negotiator of the Jin Sui Army, led by a lieutenant general.

Chief of Staff Zhou sat directly opposite him, and Li Hao sat next to Chief of Staff Zhou, all with serious faces.

The lieutenant general led by the Jin Suijun army obviously came with the determination to take Datong, and at the beginning of the negotiations, he took out several orders from the theater of operations, intending to strike first and seize the initiative in the entire negotiations.

looked at Chief of Staff Zhou and said directly in an ordered tone.

"Your Eighth Route Army is subordinate to the Second World War Zone, and from the perspective of the defense zone, Datong does not belong to any unit of the Eighth Route Army. That's why the theater gave an order to your subordinates, the whole army withdrew from Datong, and the Jin Sui army was stationed in Datong to clear the remnants of the Japanese puppet army in Datong and protect the territory and the people. ”

"This is an order given to your army by the theater of operations, I hope you will follow it, otherwise it will be disobedience, and it will not be good for the reputation of your Eighth Route Army, and it will also affect the cooperation between your army and us, and affect the united front."

Li Hao saw the other party's purpose at a glance.

This was intended to deduct the hat of the Eighth Route Army and threaten the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from Datong.

-for-tat replied: "The orders of the theater will definitely be carried out by our Eighth Route Army." ”

"But before our Eighth Route Army retreats, please send down the weapons, ammunition, supplies, and pensions for the sacrificed soldiers consumed by our attack on Datong."

"In any case, Datong was captured by our Eighth Route Army. If you want to take it, you can, but you can't make our Eighth Route Army suffer. ”

"Let the horses run, but don't give the horses grazing."

"Even if this matter is taken to Chongqing, the truth is on our side."

"As for the defense zone, I don't think that's a problem."

"A few days ago, this was a Japanese occupation area, as long as it is Chinese troops, anyone can come and fight."

"No one stipulates that only your Jin Sui Army can fight Datong, not our Eighth Route Army!"

"Therefore, it is not only wrong for our Eighth Route Army to attack Datong and eliminate thousands of puppet troops, but also meritorious."

"Only by merit can we serve the public and win the hearts of the military. As the superior of our Eighth Route Army, the theater should not only supplement the losses of our Eighth Route Army in this siege battle, but also commend all the troops of our Eighth Route Army who participated in the battle. ”

"I wonder how the war zone plans to reward us?"

"This!" The lieutenant general was blindsided.

I didn't expect Li Hao to be a person who played cards completely out of common sense.

Obviously, today's negotiations were to decide the issue of the ownership of Datong, but after he made such a detour, it turned into the Eighth Route Army asking for compensation and commendations from the theater.

What's more, what the other party said is reasonable and well-founded, and you can't avoid it if you want to.

But the lieutenant general's reaction was also very fast, and he immediately understood Li Hao's purpose for doing this.

He's retaliating with a tooth for a tooth.

The theater issued an order to retreat to the Eighth Route Army in the name of its nominal superior, and the Eighth Route Army in turn asked its superiors for compensation and commendation in the name of their subordinates.

You must know that before this incident, the Eighth Route Army rarely reported to the war zone when it won a battle, let alone reward and compensate.

Because they know that they will not give it if they ask for a war zone, at most they will send a few telegrams of commendation.

Now that I suddenly talk about this matter, it really means that I am stuck in the war zone by seven inches.

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