Just then, the screech of a string of cannonballs streaked across the sky above them.

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

In the blink of an eye, a fireball mixed with a large amount of black smoke rose in the middle of the group of devils dozens of meters away, and the sound of the explosion followed to their ears.

"Reinforcements, it must be the artillery company that reinforces us~ Comrades, prepare for battle and resolutely repel the attack of the little devils!" The second company commander ordered with murderous aura.

The captain of the Japanese army sat on the ground and was stunned for a long time before he reacted: "We're finished!" ”

"The Eighth Route Army is obviously prepared, it can't break through, and there is no ammunition, so we have no other way than to capture it with our hands tied!"

After finishing speaking, Shao Zuo seemed to realize that he had said something that he shouldn't have said, and immediately reacted.

"No...... We are the most elite Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire, and even if we all die in battle, we can't be captured! ”

"Now I order, all squadrons return to their stations and continue to fight!"

"If the bullet is gone, use grenades, and if the grenade is gone, use artillery shells, use bayonets, and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army!"

After a night of bloody fighting, the three infantry brigades of the Japanese army were completely wiped out by the new regiment.

At the headquarters of the Japanese division in Linfen City, the office of Lieutenant General Ito kept ringing with the sound of smashing cups from dawn.

"Bage Yalu, what are they doing to eat, they were killed three infantry brigades in one night. At such a rate of loss, the six remaining brigades of our front line will not be able to hold out even for two nights! ”

After a lot of scolding, Lieutenant General Ito calmed down a lot.

"No, if the remaining six infantry brigades hold on to their place, they won't be able to hold out tonight!"

"Chief of Staff, immediately give an order to the remaining six infantry brigades: let them quickly withdraw from the base area of the Eighth Route Army and return to Linfen under the cover of aviation!"

"Also, send out transport planes and give them air-dropped ammunition to ensure that each soldier has fifty rounds of ammunition!"

"Also, and the most important one, all the villages and towns I encountered on the way to retreat will be destroyed by me!"

"The intelligence department, the reconnaissance unit, continue to look for the main force and important targets of the new regiment in the base area of the new regiment, and guide the aviation to kill them!"

The chief of staff was stunned for a long time before he reacted, once this order was issued, it meant that the counter-sweep in front of him was over, and the division commander in front of him, Lieutenant General Ito, admitted this defeat!

At that time, even if the front army does not hold the division commander accountable, the division commander will become a laughing stock for his colleagues.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he didn't give up and asked, "Division commander, then this sweep is over?" ”

"The battle on the frontal battlefield is over, and we have lost!" Lieutenant General Ito calmly replied very directly.

This sentence must have made the chief of staff's face unusually low. Just as he was about to speak, Lieutenant General Ito changed his words and added.

"Even if we lose, we will make the Eighth Route Army pay a very heavy price!"

"Also, although the battle on the frontal battlefield is over, it does not mean that the whole sweep is over. Do not forget that we still have several infantry brigades behind enemy lines...... Although these brigades can't kill or severely damage the Eighth Route Army, it's no problem to inflict huge losses on them~"

"Send a telegram to a few brigades, let them seize the time of daylight, under the cover of aviation, kill as many Eighth Route Army as possible and destroy important targets in the hinterland of the base area!"

After the good news of the new regiment's former enemy headquarters and the three infantry brigades of the devils reached here, the atmosphere at the headquarters suddenly became relaxed.

But it didn't last long before a communications staff officer rushed in.

"Commander, something happened!"

"The devil has six infantry brigades left, and they will start retreating as soon as dawn!"

"This is good news~ Although it is very difficult for us to kill them again after they retreat. However, we won this counter-sweep after all! Seeing the anxious expression on the face of the communications staff officer, Zhong Chenggong asked with a frown.

The communications staff officer took a breath and replied: "They are retreating, but the retreating devils are too ruthless...... The villages and towns they passed along the way were all set on fire and burned to ashes~"

"Now there are five villages and towns that have been burned down by devils, and more than 600 houses have been damaged~"

"Smack~" Wang Ping slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and the smile on his face instantly became heavy.

"The little devil is taking revenge on us and causing us a big trouble before retreating!"

"There are at least 100,000 houses in the area occupied by the devils, and our Eighth Route Army must protect these houses from being destroyed, if we don't protect them well, then the prestige of our Eighth Route Army in the base area will definitely be greatly damaged!"

"Also, winter is coming soon, and if there are no houses, it is possible for ordinary people to freeze to death in winter!"

"100,000 houses, as long as half of them are destroyed, it will affect hundreds of thousands, or even 120,000 people, to spend the winter!"

"Our Eighth Route Army did not protect these houses well, and it is reasonable to help them repair them, which is definitely a very huge pressure on our new regiment's weak logistics system!"

"The little devil's trick is very ruthless! Kicked directly in our soft underbelly! ”

"So what do we do? Head! Wang Ping's analysis directly made the relaxed atmosphere of the command instantly become solemn, and the chief of staff, Zhong Chenggong, asked anxiously.

"A tooth for a tooth!" Wang Ping replied with a calm face.

"If the devils destroy the houses in our base area, then we will kill their soldiers!"

"If you look at the map, it is nearly fifty kilometers from the current location of the devil to the withdrawal from our base. They will burn down our villages and towns along the way, no matter how fast they are, they can only walk 40 kilometers a day! ”

"We can't help them during the day, but we can at night!"

"Concentrate your forces, kill them tonight, at least kill three infantry brigades for me, half of the little devils!"

"And the little devils in the hinterland of our base, hurry up and find them and kill them!"

"Killing so many of our soldiers and civilians, we must make them pay with blood!"

"Tell the political commissar and Xiong Changhe that the little devils who have entered our base area can't let go of any of them, and kill them all!"

Less than an hour after the order was given, the communications staff officer rushed in again.

"Regiment commander, the third battalion is in an emergency~ Just now, the Japanese planes airdropped a lot of ammunition supplies to their ground troops!"

"Also, their scattered six infantry brigades are being assembled, and they must be worried that we will break them down, and now there are four infantry brigades assembled into two lines, each with more than a thousand men, and the remaining two brigades are also moving closer to them. After completing the assembly, there will be at least 1,600 people on each of the two devils, well-equipped, and the ammunition reserves have also increased a lot, and it will be very difficult to kill them tonight! ”

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