Lieutenant General Kato did not answer with a calm face, but ordered: "Call me the commander of the engineer wing!" ”

Soon, the commander of the engineer wing, who was shouldering the rank of Zhongzuo, rushed over.

Without waiting for him to speak, Kato asked: "The engineer wing goes to the front to repair the road, ensure that the heavy artillery can pass, and also remove the mines on the road, how long can it be repaired in a day!" ”

"Five-kilometer ......," the engineer wing replied after taking a careful look at the road full of potholes and deep ravines.

Seeing that Lieutenant General Kato was about to get angry as soon as his brows twisted, the commander of the engineer wing hurriedly added: "Sir, this is still the engineering wing that can only do this by repairing the road day and night!" ”

Kato knew that it was useless to get angry, so he swallowed back the words that had already come to his lips and continued to ask.

"What about the Imperial Allied Army with three regiments?"

"Twenty kilometers!" The captain of the engineer wing hesitated for a moment and said affirmatively!

"There are nearly 5,000 people in the Imperial Cooperative Army plus the Engineer Wing, and the humble post can disperse all 5,000 people, repair five kilometers of roads at one time, and move forward quickly!"

"That's pretty much it!" Kato's face looked a lot better.

Then he ordered: "From now on, all the Imperial Allied Army will be under your command, bring the Engineer Wing and the Imperial Allied Army to reinforce the forward troops, clear mines and repair roads!" ”

Lieutenant General Kato, who had a tough encounter with the Eighth Route Army for the first time, obviously underestimated the might of the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare and movement warfare.

Since he couldn't go, Lieutenant General Kato, who returned to the command car, directly began to close his eyes and recuperate.

The Eighth Route Army was good at guerrilla warfare, sports warfare, and also at night warfare. He must be mentally prepared to deal with the night battle that the Eighth Route Army may launch, bring more troops out of the southwest of Jin, and reinforce other battlefields!

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

He had just rested for less than an hour when three dull explosions woke him up.

In addition to hearing the explosion, the alert Lieutenant General Kato heard several gunshots. Despite hiding behind the explosion, he still heard it clearly!

"What's going on!" Kato, who opened his eyes suddenly, asked as he stared at the adjutant who was guarding next to him.

Before the adjutant could speak, the chief of staff got in and reported with an angry face: "Division commander, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning to use stones as mines!" ”

"The sapper's mine detector has no effect, and it has no effect when placed next to the mine!"

"What about the gunshots? What's going on with the gunshots? Kato stared at the chief of staff and continued.

The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "I don't know, the engineer wing didn't say anything about the gunfire just now!" ”

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning, they took advantage of the explosion of the mine to shoot, and the explosion directly covered the gunshot. If you don't listen carefully, you won't be able to hear it......" Lieutenant General Kato scolded.

"Send them two more infantry squadrons to protect them, and make sure that there are no sneak attack troops of the Eighth Route Army near the road!"

"As for the mines, let the engineering wing figure it out on their own!"

Lieutenant General Kato had a good idea, and after giving the order, he closed his eyes again and waited for the troops to move forward after the road was repaired.

However, his dream was doomed to fail, and from the moment he closed his eyes, the scattered gunfire on both sides of the road never stopped.

The infantry of the two squadrons soon caught up with the Engineer Wing and the Imperial Allied Army, which were building the road.

And their arrival really saved the sapper wing from the attack.

However, he clearly underestimated the combat effectiveness of the new regiment.

The Eighth Route Army, which was active nearby, immediately changed the target of the sneak attack and stared at the devil infantry on both sides of the road.

There are two squadrons of devils scattered along the five-kilometer-long road, and almost every forty or fifty meters there is a sentry group of two little devils. With such a density of troops, no matter how vigilant they are, they are no match for the new regiment.

"The commander of the division, the two infantry squadrons protecting the engineering wing suffered heavy casualties. In less than two hours, more than half of the two squadrons have already suffered casualties! The chief of staff rushed into the armored command vehicle and reported with an anxious face.

Lieutenant General Kato didn't ask for any reason, stared at the chief of staff and scolded: "Bage Yalu, what are they eating, are the guns in their hands all burning sticks?" Why not fight back and take out those sneak attackers! ”

"And the aviation, so many Eighth Route Army sneak attack us, don't they know to attack from the air?"

The chief of staff hurriedly explained: "The division commander is angry, it's not that the warriors don't fight back, it's that the Eighth Route Army is too cunning!" ”

"They are all scattered, five or six people in an action group, the target is small, the aviation can't detect them at all, let alone attack!"

"Even though there were only five or six of them, they were very well equipped. Each squad is armed with a light machine gun, two submachine guns and a couple of rifles, and none of our combat detachments are opponents when they meet! ”

"In order to ensure that there is no Eighth Route Army along the road, the infantry protecting the engineers can only completely disperse their forces and guard each other fifty meters apart in groups of two!"

Lieutenant General Kato, who was angry and rising, could only suppress his anger when he heard these words.

He underestimated the strength of his opponent, and the troops sent out were too small and insufficient, and it was impossible for anyone to win the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army in that situation.

Therefore, if we really want to investigate the responsibility, I as the commander of the division also bears an unshirkable responsibility.

After hesitating for a long time, Lieutenant General Kato finally made a decision and ordered with a calm face: "Send two infantry brigades to reinforce the engineer wing!" ”

"Tell the reinforcements that their forces must not be too dispersed, and they must have the ability to fight back!"

"Once attacked, immediately counterattack and kill the sneak attack troops of the Eighth Route Army under the cover of aviation!"

"Also, report our situation here to the front army command truthfully, they must have a lot of ways to deal with guerrilla warfare and movement warfare of the Eighth Route Army! In addition, tell Your Excellency the Commander that because the Eighth Route Army has completely destroyed the road, it is impossible for us to reach the destination on time, please prepare for it in advance! ”

"Hey!"

At the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura Ninji was furious in his office again.

Lieutenant General Kato's telegram completely disrupted his deployment!

In his plan, in a maximum of ten days, the Kato division will be able to join the battlefield. Now it seems that they will not be able to participate in the war in half a month.

The extra five days directly meant that the North China Imperial Army would have to hold out for five more days under the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army in North China is now like a doping, desperate to attack itself, with one purpose, to consume a large number of imperial troops, and to minimize the impact of Kato's division joining the battle.

There is still no trace of the disappeared units of the Eighth Route Army's Jinchaji Base Area and Taihang Base Area, and Okamura Ningji has a hunch that the Eighth Route Army must be organizing a very large-scale operation. Once the operation is successful, the North China Front will definitely become very passive, and even if the Kato Division joins the battlefield, it will most likely not help.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji is more anxious than anyone else, looking forward to the Kato division joining the battlefield as soon as possible!

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