"Sir, the fourth squadron is out......" Suddenly, a report interrupted Harada Shaosa's thoughts.

"Have you killed the Eighth Route Army in the forest...... Harada asked subconsciously.

Before his subordinates could speak, Harada frowned and said to himself, "No, it can't be so fast!" According to the original tactics, they had to drive the Eighth Route Army scattered in the forest together first, and then gather and annihilate it. However, I didn't hear any gunshots just now, how could I get out of the forest so quickly! ”

The signal soldier hesitated and replied: "They were driven out by the Eighth Route Army in the forest!" ”

Harada Shaoza was stunned on the spot for a moment, and a very bad premonition quickly flashed in his mind: his initial worries have become a reality!

Even if the Eighth Route Army in the forest has been crippled and has run out of ammunition and food, they are still in charge of the forest suitable for guerrilla warfare.

Staring at his subordinates, he asked, "What about casualties?" The casualties of the troops are not large! ”

"Very big!" The subordinate lowered his head and replied in a mosquito-like voice.

"An infantry squadron of the Imperial Army only rushed out of more than 40 people, not even an infantry squad, and two companies of the Imperial Association Army rushed out of more than 80 people, and lost more than half of them!"

Harada Shaoza stared at his subordinates with a pair of eyes, and asked with a look of disbelief: "How is it possible?" How long has it been since we lost more than 200 people? ”

"The result? Did they have statistics on how many Eighth Route Army they destroyed in the whole battle! ”

"Hey! After statistics, the three squads found a total of 42 corpses of the Eighth Route Army on the offensive road. They judged that the Eighth Route Army had at least the same number of wounded, if not more! The second lieutenant hastened to reply.

Harada Shaozo was furious and scolded: "Eight Grid Tooth Road, even if the Eighth Route Army suffers more than a hundred casualties, we will lose this battle." Don't forget, excluding the puppet army, we will lose more than a hundred people in the Emperor's Cooperative Army. How did they fight, I will send all their commanders to a court-martial! ”

After scolding for two full minutes, the anger on Harada Shaozuo's face subsided a lot.

The squadron leader of the third squadron, who was standing next to him, seized the opportunity to remind: "Sir, there is a problem that we must pay attention to!" ”

"It will be dark in just over an hour, and the plane escorting us will return in half an hour. And the Eighth Route Army in the forest, although it lost nearly a hundred people, they got all the weapons and ammunition left in the forest by our attacking troops! ”

"I'm afraid that after dark, they will forcibly break through and move to the larger surrounding woods after dark!"

This time, Harada Shaozo did not hesitate and made a very decisive decision: "Immediately send a telegram to the brigade headquarters, we request that the Eighth Route Army hiding in the forest be surrounded without attacking, and trap them in the forest!" ”

"Also, the Eighth Route Army has already obtained some ammunition supplies from our attacking troops, and after dark, it will definitely force a breakthrough. Please ask the brigade headquarters to send at least two more squads from the nearby garrison to reinforce our department, and ensure that the Eighth Route Army is trapped in the forest and not let them escape! ”

"Send the telegram at once!"

"In addition, let the troops that rushed out just now be reduced to an infantry squad, a company of the Imperial Allied Army, and reinforced to the middle of the defensive troops. Before the reinforcements come over, the Eighth Route Army in the forest must not be allowed to break out! ”

At the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Linfen City, Major General Matsumoto originally thought that the nightmare belonging to the imperial army was over. Next, there will definitely be feng shui in turn, and the imperial army will take turns to retaliate and counterattack the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

However, this dream didn't last long before it was shattered by a telegram from Harada Shaosa.

"What did Harada do, a remnant army of more than 200 people can't clean it up, what does the imperial army want to do with such waste? I'm going to take him to court-martial, he doesn't deserve to be an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army! Matsumoto held the telegram sent by the chief of staff in his hand and scolded without hesitation.

The chief of staff had to be much calmer, almost all the command received was bad news overnight, he was used to it.

Frowning and reminding, "General...... So how do we call Harada Shaoza back, it's going to be dark. After dark, it will definitely be more difficult to destroy the Eighth Route Army, which is good at guerrilla warfare......"

Matsumoto hesitated for a moment and replied: "Agree with his battle plan, but tell him that if he can't kill the remaining remnants of the Eighth Route Army in Linfenbei, he won't come back!" ”

It wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that Harada returned to the tent to get ready to rest.

After receiving Matsumoto's call back, Harada began to patrol the defensive line, asking questions about every light and heavy machine gun.

The orders and demands of the brigade commander in the return call scared him.

If you can't eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the forest, even if you are alive, you will commit suicide by disembowelment here.

Therefore, Harada Shaozo attaches great importance to the next encirclement and defense, and is deeply afraid that something will happen and let the Eighth Route Army in the forest run away, and he will die here.

One kilometer away, the real headquarters of the second battalion, there were three company commanders left in the second battalion, the commander of the heavy machine gun company and the commander of the mortar company from the regimental headquarters, all standing in front of Xiao Yunshan, their eyes shining, waiting for orders.

"Comrades, we now have two companies, I plan to divide the troops, the two infantry companies are equipped with half mortars and half heavy machine guns, touch the back of the Japanese army, and directly launch an attack."

There are not many Japanese puppet troops around the forest, we want heavy machine guns and mortars, and we want mortars to have mortars, and we are attacking from their backs, and we will definitely be able to kill them at the lowest cost.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The violent explosion suddenly woke up Harada Shaoza from his sleep.

"Where to explode!" Harada Shaosa, who sat up from the bed as soon as he got up, shouted to the door of the tent.

"Eighth Route Army, Eighth Route Army launched an attack from behind our troops, at least ten mortars, attacking our two infantry squads at the same time!" As soon as the squadron leader rushed into the tent, he shouted with fear.

"How is it possible, aren't the Eighth Route Army in Linfen North all disabled? How can there be such a powerful artillery unit! Harada Shaosa subconsciously retorted.

But within a few seconds, he reacted, stared at the adjutant and asked, "You just said that the Eighth Route Army that attacked us did not come out of the woods, but launched an attack from behind the troops!" ”

"Hey! All the shells came from behind, and a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army appeared behind us! The adjutant replied immediately, his face full of fear.

Harada Shaozo finally reacted at this time, and suddenly realized and shouted: "Eight Ge Yalu, we have been fooled!" ”

"The Eighth Route Army in the north of Linfen was not disabled by us at all, they were not only well-equipped, but also had plenty of ammunition. What's more, their strength is not two hundred, as we imagined, but four or five hundred! ”

"What the aviation forces see during the day is an illusion, and the Eighth Route Army deliberately wants us to see it."

"Gather our troops now, we're going to get out of here. The Eighth Route Army set this trap in order to annihilate us. Before the Eighth Route Army encircles us, we must leave here immediately! ”

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