Early the next morning, the new group became famous!

The newspapers and radio stations all propagated the news that the new regiment had taken Xiangfen County and annihilated the 2,000-day puppet army after a bloody battle.

Because it is a fact, the radio station controlled by the little devils is not easy to refute, which is equivalent to the Japanese admitting that Xiangfen County was returned from the devils by the Eighth Route Army.

While many people were celebrating this victory, the North China Front Headquarters was overcast and the atmosphere was very solemn.

The news and telegrams sent by Chongqing directly alarmed the top bosses of the front army.

Faced with this news of weakening the morale of the imperial army and raising the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the Chinese, the superiors were furious and demanded that the North China Front army must retake the county seat of Xiangfen as soon as possible and eliminate the new regiment that brought great shame to the Japanese army.

Tadajun, who was being overwhelmed by the large-scale sabotage battle of the Eighth Route Army, was in a bad mood in the face of the rebuke of his immediate boss.

"Your Excellency Commander, because of the large-scale sabotage of the Eighth Route Army, our transportation lines in North China are almost paralyzed, and the garrisons everywhere are almost too busy to take care of themselves, and there is no extra force to reinforce Linfen at all, unless the mobile troops of several field divisions and regiments of the Front Army are mobilized!"

"However, these field divisions are all preparing for the next retaliatory artillery shells against the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and once any unit is transferred in advance, our plan may go bankrupt!"

"Also, troops were transferred from other places to reinforce Linfen, and in the case of a complete paralysis of the transportation line, the troops could only rely on two legs to kill it. Not only is this a waste of time, but it also costs a lot of money on the way to reinforcements. After all, all this way was the so-called base of the Eighth Route Army, and the Imperial Army had little to do to deal with their guerrilla warfare and movement warfare! ”

"Is there no way around it?" Tada Jun frowned and asked with a dissatisfied expression!

The chief of staff knew that Tada Jun was angry, and immediately replied: "There are two solutions!" ”

"One is to launch a retaliatory sweep of the Eighth Route Army in advance, and all troops will be dispatched, so that the Eighth Route Army everywhere will have no time to take care of itself. Then dispatch an elite team to kill Xiangfen County with lightning speed and kill this new group! ”

"No way!" Tada Jun refused without hesitation.

"If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan! Our retaliatory sweep is not ready, and the rash proposal to make a sortie will certainly not achieve the planned result of the sweep. We can't let a small county town of Xiangfen affect a battle that affects the entire war situation in North China! ”

"If this is really the case, I would rather be scolded by the commander than attack Xiangfen!"

The chief of staff said: "Then there is only one way!" ”

"Send a telegram to the imperial army on the front line in the northwest of Jin, and ask them to release Major General Kawaguchi to Linfen in advance!"

"A field infantry wing in the hands of Major General Kawaguchi, plus the recruit units being trained in Linfen City, will definitely allow him to gather a sufficient number of troops to attack Xiangfen and eliminate the new regiment!"

On the northwestern front of Jin, Major General Kawaguchi's face was not good-looking at all, and he had been standing motionless in front of the map with a calm face for almost half an hour.

The electricity from Chongqing, he heard it early in the morning.

As an officer with a keen sense of smell, he realized as soon as he heard the telegram that his superiors would definitely be furious about this telegram.

As the newly appointed brigade commander in Linfen, all the pressure must be concentrated on himself in the end.

Therefore, from the moment he received the power, he found the map of Linfen and hung it on the wall, thinking about how to break the enemy.

"General, the front army headquarters telegraphed, asking us to set off immediately, lead the troops to Linfen, recapture Xiangfen County, and eliminate the new regiment!" Adjutant Ikeda Shaosa suddenly walked over and reported.

"Even if we go to Linfen now, we don't have more than half a month to prepare, and it is impossible to act rashly and directly attack to recapture Xiangfen!" Major General Kawaguchi replied angrily.

"Xiangfen is dozens of kilometers away from Linfen, and they are all in the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army, so the car has no way to pass through it, so it can only rely on two legs to kill it!"

"If the troops are not fully prepared, when the time comes, not only will they not be able to recapture Xiangfen from the new regiment, but the attacking troops will also lose their troops!"

"Our opponent is just too cunning, this battle is not as easy to fight as you think!"

Ikeda Shaoza was puzzled, frowned and asked: "General, we have aviation support and heavy artillery, so do you still have to worry about the new regiment!" ”

"I think that as long as we dispatch an infantry brigade, we can recapture Xiangfen under the cover of aviation!"

"It's not that easy, the new regiment commander is not stupid!" Major General Kawaguchi shook his head in denial.

"Let's talk about your heavy artillery first, if the Eighth Route Army destroys the road, how can our heavy artillery enter their base area. You may say that you can walk while building roads, but there is one way, if you march like this, the speed is too slow, and the road that can be completed in one day may not be completed in three days. This meant that the attacking troops had to spend the night in the base area of the Eighth Route Army! ”

"Do you know what that means? After dark, our planes had to turn back. When the time comes, the Eighth Route Army, which is active in the surrounding area, will certainly not let go of this opportunity to attack our attacking troops at night. ”

"Not to mention the attacking troops of one brigade, even if we have two infantry brigades, we can't withstand such attrition!"

With that, Major General Kawaguchi took his gaze back from the map.

Then he stared at the adjutant and asked: "What did His Excellency the commander of the division of the command say about the order of the front army command!" ”

"Our attack mission tomorrow has been changed by the division commander to other troops, and we can lead the troops to Linfen at any time!"

"In addition, His Excellency the division commander also prepared a base ammunition for us, a field artillery squadron, and a cavalry brigade, let us take it to Linfen together!"

"What's more, as long as the general agrees, there will be a military column that can cooperate with us to rush to Linfen tomorrow. Otherwise, it will take us at least five days to reach Linfen City by marching on foot! ”

Major General Kawaguchi immediately replied: "I will go to the headquarters in a moment, and I must personally thank His Excellency the division commander for his kindness!" ”

"Also, inform the troops, tomorrow we will rest for a day, and the day after tomorrow we will set off and go to Linfen on foot!"

"As for the military columns, it's too dangerous. If the Eighth Route Army had planted explosives on the railway, it would have taken out one explosives pack to take out one of our infantry brigades. ”

"It's a bit slow to hike to Linfen, but it's safe. Now that Xiangfen has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, I don't care if it is occupied by them for a few more days! ”

"Finally, call back to the front army headquarters, and we will leave for Linfen the day after tomorrow to recapture Xiangfen within a month."

"As for the elimination of the new group, it will definitely take a long time!"

As the sky slowly brightened, the political commissar decisively ordered the troops to stop transferring supplies and seizing them, and all the troops moved to hide outside the city.

As for the county seat, only two companies were left on guard.

Early in the morning, as soon as Wang Ping was about to rest, the communication platoon commander rushed in, and the clear code that Chongqing had just sent out in his hand was energized!

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