"Let them break through, and those millions of catties of grain will be given to a new group, and the more than 2,000 people in the transport team will die in vain?" The chief of staff asked rhetorically with a look of disbelief.

Fujino ordered with great certainty: "Execute the order!" ”

Waiting for the deputy chief of staff to give the order before explaining: "If we don't let them break through, what can we do?" ”

"Lose an infantry brigade in Songshan Pass as well!"

"Look at the sand table, the new group is too cunning, the Songshan Pass they chose is nearly twenty kilometers away from the two nearby checkpoints!"

"It will take at least five hours for our reinforcements to arrive, how long do you think a brigade of Imperial troops in Songshan Pass can hold out with the loss of all artillery. Five hours, three hours, or two hours? Do not forget that the new regiment is attacking them in the front and rear, and it is also armed with a large number of artillery. Our fortifications, telegrams, and turrets are simply vulnerable in the face of mountain artillery! ”

The chief of staff finally reacted: "The division commander, you are right, Songshan Pass will definitely not be able to hold it!" ”

"Since we know that Songshan Pass can't be defended, there's no need to let the imperial army continue to die there!"

"However, we finally surrounded them, and we were about to close the net, and now we have to release them in person, and it is so embarrassing to see them break through!"

Lieutenant General Fujino felt more aggrieved than anyone else, he led the whole battle by himself, and he also lost more than 2,000 imperial troops and millions of catties of food. After such a big layout, it turned out that not even a single hair of the Eighth Route Army was caught.

After taking a deep breath to forcibly calm down, he replied: "Aggrieved is aggrieved, but as commanders, we must remain calm!" ”

"Only by letting them break through will our losses be minimized! Otherwise, the imperial army of the Songshankou brigade would have to get in, and in the old Chinese saying, it would be to lose the lady and the army......"

The chief of staff also calmed down and asked Fujino, "Division commander, will the operation continue tomorrow?" ”

Fujino shook his head and replied: "The Eighth Route Army has run away, what's the use of continuing...... However, the defenses here must be strengthened! ”

"The food and ammunition we lost yesterday must be transported to us again by the front, and in order to prevent these food from being looted again, one of the three infantry brigades that arrived here yesterday will be left, and the other two brigades will return to their respective stations!"

"At the same time, the Imperial Allied Army we have formed must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Compared with the new regiment, the strength of the imperial army is still too small, and only by using the imperial army to make up for it, the imperial army can draw more troops to fight with the new regiment! ”

"Finally, and most importantly, although we let the Eighth Route Army break through in the encirclement, it doesn't mean that this battle is over, we will grit our teeth and swallow it ourselves!"

"When the Songshankou garrison retreated, they buried all the dozens of mines that were reinforced to them yesterday on the road, and used the mines to slow down the breakthrough speed of the Eighth Route Army!"

"In the meantime, leave a small number of reconnaissance troops and keep an eye on them for me!"

"Now there are less than four hours left before dark, and with the slowness of the mines, bringing millions of catties of food, it is definitely impossible for the Eighth Route Army, which can only take the road, to penetrate too far into their base area!"

"After dawn, the aviation units were immediately dispatched to carry out a covering bombing of the Eighth Route Army that broke through under the guidance of these reconnaissance units."

"Especially those food and ammunition, we can't get it, and the Eighth Route Army can't think of it!"

"In North China now, grain is more expensive than gold, and whoever has grain in his hands will be able to buy the hearts of the people and form more troops!"

"In addition, the intelligence department's intelligence network in the new regiment base area must be reorganized, looking for important targets that can be bombed in the new regiment base area, and then dispatching bombers to bomb them non-stop, so that they can not develop with peace of mind!"

At the Songshankou position, after the first round of attack was repulsed by the Japanese, the invalids immediately ordered the troops to launch a second round of attack.

Seeing a company rushing to the high ground under the cover of heavy machine guns, the invalids immediately raised their binoculars and stared at the high ground.

He was to find out what was left of the Japanese firepower on the high ground, and then order the artillery to destroy them.

"Battalion commander...... Something is wrong, our attacking troops have all gone up, why haven't the devils on the high ground moved at all? The deputy battalion commander next to him reminded with a frown.

The invalids didn't know what the devil was doing again, so he hesitated and judged: "It is likely that the heavy firepower in the hands of the devil has been blown up by us, and we plan to use close combat and bayonets to repel our attack!" ”

"Inform the attacking troops, let them be more vigilant, and if anything is wrong, retreat immediately!"

"Artillery, provide artillery support to the attacking troops at any time."

"Third Company, ready for battle, ready to rush up to reinforce and respond to the second company!"

When the order was given, the Invalids' eyes never left the high ground of the mountain.

Soon, the attacking troops rushed to a position less than fifty meters from the top of the hill, and then began to accelerate the assault, and the grenade was also held in their hands.

After rushing forward for another twenty meters, a rain of grenades flew to the top of the mountain.

In the violent explosion, more than 100 people with rifles and hungry wolves rushed to the high ground.

"Battalion commander, the devil has retreated...... Not only the devils on the high grounds, but also the devils in the stronghold have all retreated......"

The "retreat ......" The invalids were confused by this news.

In his opinion, what the devil should do now is to hold his position, block himself in the encirclement and wait for dawn. The path of active retreat should not appear on the devil at all, and I have never thought about it.

However, it only took him a few seconds to react.

"I know, if only our four battalions attack, the devils will definitely defend to the death. Now that there is one more six battalions to flank the front and back, Songshan Pass will definitely not be able to hold it. Since we can't hold it, there's no need to get in and fight with us with hundreds of little devils! ”

"The little devil commander is more difficult to deal with than we thought!"

After sighing, the Rongjun's face returned to seriousness, and then ordered: "Since Songshan Pass has been taken, immediately take all the cars to cross the Songshan Pass and join the Sixth Battalion, and hand over the cars and all the wounded to the Sixth Battalion!" ”

"Also, the guard company, the third company, will conduct a dragnet search around."

"It cannot be ruled out that after the main force of the devils retreated, a few secret sentinels were left to stare at us, so that they could see through this battle that the regiment commander had worked so hard to arrange!"

"Boom ......"

Ten minutes later, a violent explosion of sacrifice suddenly sounded on the road and reached the ears of the invalids!

Immediately after, two more of the same explosions were heard.

At first, I thought it was some kind of accident, but a very bad premonition directly appeared in my mind.

The communications soldier rushed over panting, and with a hint of panic on his face, he reported: "Battalion commander, it's a mine, the devil has planted a mine on the road!" ”

"Landmines, haven't the little devils always sneered at the laying of mines, saying that laying mines is not a means that soldiers should use! Now that they have used it themselves, they are not afraid to slap themselves in the face! The Invalids frowned and scolded.

Scolding and scolding, the Invalids' brains are not idle.

If the convoy wanted to pass through the Songshan Pass, the problem of mines had to be solved.

In addition, the devil planted mines on the highway for no reason, whether there is any other conspiracy, this also needs to be considered by yourself, otherwise, I don't know when I will get into the devil's pocket array!

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