The headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Xiangfen County, the brigade commander, Major General Kawaguchi, was very happy.

Just half an hour earlier, the troops attacking the three battalions of the New First Regiment had sent good news that they had successfully broken through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army and entered the base area of the Eighth Route Army.

Because of the loss of an infantry brigade, Major General Kawaguchi was not in a good mood at all.

The arrival of the three good news made his bad mood immediately swept away, and he regained confidence in defeating the new group!

The brigade commander was in a better mood, and the chief of staff's tense heart was relaxed.

Seeing the new telegram sent by the three brigade commanders, as soon as he rushed to the brigade commander, he excitedly reported: "General, the three brigade commanders have sent another telegram, and the remaining Eighth Route Army on the battlefield is almost crushed in one blow, and they are killing the three main battalions of the new regiment according to the predetermined battle plan, destroying their garrisons, and knocking out their foundations!" ”

"Yo Xi, the three brigades are playing well!" Major General Kawaguchi was pleased with the result.

After a moment of hesitation, he ordered: "Give them a telegram back, let them fight steadily, and don't go deep alone." Despite the fact that the new regiment already did not have many troops, they were too cunning. Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention that they are all well-equipped and powerful Eighth Route Army! ”

"Hi ......"

Less than ten minutes later, when Major General Kawaguchi was still immersed in the sweet dream of taking out the new regiment, the chief of staff returned, looking hurried. The excited expression on his face was gone, replaced by a touch of solemnity and worry!

"General, half an hour ago was the routine contact time we agreed with the cavalry brigade. However, no matter how much we called on the radio, they did not respond...... The communications staff officer felt strange and contacted the aviation to search the road that the cavalry brigade had to pass, but half an hour passed, and the aviation found nothing! ”

"What section of road are they searching?" Major General Kawaguchi asked as he stared at the map with a frown.

"This section, a total of thirty kilometers, the cavalry brigade can climb here even if it climbs. After all, they camped here last night, less than ten kilometers from the section of the road searched by the air force, and it took two hours to march in a hurry, and from dawn to now, almost five hours have passed! ”

"Something must have happened!" Thinking of the infantry brigade that had just been ambushed and annihilated in the morning, Major General Kawaguchi suddenly had a very bad premonition in his mind.

Then he stared at the map and ordered: "Contact the aviation and expand the search area, especially the garrison of the cavalry brigade last night, we must focus on the search!" ”

The chief of staff immediately reacted: "General, you are worried that something happened to the cavalry brigade last night!" ”

"Quite possibly!" Major General Kawaguchi affirmed with a calm face.

"Don't you think it's strange that the cavalry brigade hasn't sent a single telegram from last night until now?"

"This is also my fault, there are too many troops participating in this encirclement and suppression, and they have been worrying about the third brigade being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army all morning, and they have ignored the cavalry brigade! Go send a telegram now and find out the situation of the cavalry brigade as soon as possible! ”

"Also, once again, remind the three brigades that have entered the base area of the Eighth Route Army that they must fight steadily and steadily, and cannot go deep into the ...... alone."

"If anything happens to the cavalry brigade, then there must be other Eighth Route Army units in Linfen that we don't know about. The three infantry brigades divided into the base area of the Eighth Route Army, if they are targeted by these mysterious troops, they can quietly kill one of our cavalry brigades, and they can kill one of our infantry brigades......"

This time, the chief of staff went for nearly half an hour before returning, and he rushed directly into the war room.

"General, something really happened to the cavalry brigade, just last night at their station!"

"The aviation has found a large number of corpses of the imperial army here, and I have already sent scouts to check it out, and there should be specific news coming back soon!"

Major General Kawaguchi's brows furrowed directly into a big Sichuan character, and the chief of staff ordered as soon as he finished speaking.

"We can't wait for specific news!"

"The cavalry brigade must have been attacked last night and then annihilated. Now that so much time has passed, no one knows where the Eighth Route Army, which attacked our cavalry brigade, is hiding? ”

"If I'm not mistaken, they must be hiding in the path of our three infantry brigades, just waiting for them to kill them, and then kill at least one of our infantry brigades."

"You know, after several days of bloody fighting, each infantry brigade lost at least one squadron of troops. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is certainly not comparable to one of our cavalry brigades and two reinforced squadrons! ”

The chief of staff anxiously asked, "Then what should we do next?" ”

"End this encirclement and suppression operation, the reinforcements of the new regiment have arrived, continue to fight, we will lose more troops!"

"Order the three infantry brigades that have already entered the base area of the Eighth Route Army to quickly retreat and directly withdraw to their own defense lines!"

The chief of staff immediately asked, "What about the second brigade that killed the first battalion of the new regiment?" They only had one day left to reach their goal, and it would take longer to retreat to the county seat of Xiangfen. ”

Major General Kawaguchi hesitated for a few seconds before ordering: "Continue to advance, join up with the Fifth Brigade, and withdraw directly to Linfen City!" ”

"Your Excellency General, in this case, we only have more than a thousand people here, and the real imperial army is not even a thousand people, and half of them are wounded soldiers and technical troops, will it be too dangerous...... You must know that if the Eighth Route Army can take Xiangfen County once, it will definitely be able to take Xiangfen County for the second time! ”

"Now that their reinforcements are here, and the brigade commander, you are in the city again, Xiangfen County is a big fat piece for them!"

Major General Kawaguchi, who had never thought about his safety, was startled at first, and then beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead.

He has just been promoted to major general and has become the commander of a mixed brigade in his own right. According to this development process, the future is definitely bright, and if he really dies here, it will be too much of a loss, and Major General Kawaguchi will not be reconciled in any case.

A decision was made immediately: "The order just now is withdrawn, and the second largest pair is allowed to retreat to Xiangfen County." After all the troops are safe, there will be a garrison brigade left in Xiangfen County, and all the others will return to Linfen with me! ”

"Finally, contact the three nearby counties and ask them to withdraw all the three mobile troops sent out of the city."

"Neither an infantry brigade nor a cavalry brigade of ours is a match for their reinforcements, let alone those mobile units composed of garrison troops!"

After the order was given to several main battalions, Wang Ping stared at the combat map, thinking about whether there were any fighters that he could grasp, kill and injure the devils as much as possible, and weaken the strength of the Japanese puppet army in Linfen.

At this moment, the communications staff officer and Jin Kai walked in at the same time, and their faces were very ugly.

"Commander, you guessed it right, the little devil has become alert to our actions."

"The three infantry brigades that entered our base area suddenly turned around and retreated just now. Fortunately, we gave the order to the three battalions to block them in advance, so that those devils did not withdraw from the base area......"

The most feared thing still happened, in order to take the supplies and ammunition of the Linfen Railway Station, although this order must have brought great casualties to the three battalions, he still gritted his teeth and ordered: "Give orders to the three battalion commanders, let them carry out the order, no matter how much it costs, these little devils must be dragged until tomorrow morning!" ”

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