Kato Osa was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "Bage Yalu, are you a stupid pig!" If the Imperial Allied Army can't stop the attack of the Independent Regiment, can the Imperial Army stop it? ”

Including the adjutant, several devil officers cried with disbelief on their faces, not believing that what they just said was said by Kato Daisa. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In everyone's eyes, Kato Daisa has always been a very arrogant person, and there is often a sentence on his lips: The combat effectiveness of the imperial army is the strongest in the world.

And now, Kato Daisa actually compares the imperial army with the imperial army, which is not even as effective as the Eighth Route Army.

After seeing everyone's incomprehension and suspicion, Kato Osa quickly explained: "Don't you see what the situation is in the outer defense line? Not only did there be no position, but they were also subjected to heavy artillery fire from the Separate Regiment. In this case, no matter how elite the imperial army troops are, they can only be bombed and beaten passively after they go up! ”

"Don't you know such a simple reason! Our warriors can die at the guns of the enemy, under bayonets. But you must not be killed by a shell without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, and there is no corpse in it! ”

"Also, I have just sent a telegram to His Excellency the General asking for help, and reinforcements will arrive in a few hours. In the process, I hope that our Imperial Army troops will die one less. On the battlefield, if you can let the Imperial Alliance Army fight, let them go, and the empire will provide weapons and food to support them, which will also have an effect. Even if they are cannon fodder, buy time for the Imperial Army, and consume the ammunition of the Independent Regiment, then it proves that they are effective! ”

"Humble, teachable!" Several officers complimented.

Then a young officer stood up: "Sir, go and urge the Sixth Regiment of the Imperial Alliance Army to go to the battlefield now and hold the outer defense line of the Loess Ridge!" ”

"Yo Xi, go ahead and do it! Two hours, just let them hold on for another two hours, and we'll win! Kato replied with satisfaction.

At the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Laiyuan City, Ono was woken up by the adjutant as soon as he fell asleep.

"Your Excellency General, something happened, the front-line sweeping troops were heavily attacked by the Independent Regiment and suffered heavy losses, ask for reinforcements!"

"Nani?" Major General Ono sat up from the bed abruptly, and then walked to the war room.

As soon as he entered the war room, the staff officer on duty ran over and reported: "General, Kato Daisa reports: They are under heavy siege by the Independent Regiment in Loess Ridge. As soon as the battle began, the artillery brigade was blown up by the explosives buried in advance by the independent regiment in the station, and the whole army was annihilated. Now the troops are holding on to the Loess Ridge as the center, because the troops have lost artillery support and have suffered heavy casualties, and I hope that the brigade headquarters will immediately send troops to reinforce them! ”

The Chief of Staff immediately proposed: "Your Excellency, I think that this is a perfect opportunity for us not to destroy the main force of the Independent Regiment at home. ”

"The troops under the command of Aoba Nakasa were stationed in Hongqiao Village, less than twenty kilometers away from the Loess Ridge, and they could reach the Loess Ridge in three hours on a rapid march. We should immediately contact Aoba Nakasa to send troops to reinforce the Loess Ridge and eat the Eighth Route Army besieging the Loess Ridge. ”

"Yo Xi, just do it, immediately contact Aoba Nakasa, travel lightly, and march urgently to reinforce the Loess Ridge. This time, we must take out the main force of the Independent Regiment! ”

"Hey!" The chief of staff took the order with a confident face.

But it didn't take long for the chief of staff, who had left confidently just now, to run back with a shocked face.

"General, there seems to be an accident over there in Aoba Nakasa, and several radio stations have lost contact!"

Major General Ono also panicked, and immediately found the location of Loess Ridge and Hongqiao Village on the map, and then asked.

"Is there any other way to contact Shan Aoba Nakasa, is it possible that there is a problem with the radio station brought by Aoba Nakasa, we can't contact them!"

"Impossible!" The chief of staff replied with a very affirmative shake of his head.

"It was because we were afraid that something would go wrong, so we demanded that each sweeping unit bring three radios, and that the three radios should march separately. Even if an accident does occur, it cannot happen to three stations at the same time. It must have been an accident with the sweeping troops in the Loess Ridge. ”

Major General Ono's face turned pale with a brush, and the pair of eyes staring at the map also dimmed, and then he suddenly said with a look of realization: "Eight Grid Yalu, I seem to understand!" ”

"Look at the river next to Hongqiao Village, it directly divides our four-way encirclement and suppression troops into two, as long as the Tuba Road blows up the bridge over the river, the four-way sweeping troops will have no way to support."

"Although I don't know how Tsuchibachi Road made Aoba Nakasa in Hongqiao Village lose contact with us, as long as Aoba Nakasa does not send troops to reinforce Loess Ridge, Kato Osa's troops will become a lone army, and then be eaten by Tsubachi Road, which has the advantage of firepower, one bite at a time, and finally annihilate them all, it must be like this!"

"So what do we do? Watching Kato Daisa, they were wiped out by the Independent Regiment! The chief of staff was also anxious and asked after him.

"Contact Nakamura Shaozo and ask him to send someone to reinforce Loess Ridge lightly!"

"Also, send a signal corps to contact Aoba Nakasa, convey the order of the brigade headquarters, set off lightly, and march quickly to reinforce the Loess Ridge. Kato-kun lost his artillery, and as far as I know, the independent regiment has an artillery that should not be underestimated in the century, and I fear that he will not hold out for long! ”

After the order was given, Ono did not go back to the room to rest, but stayed in the war room and waited for news.

In order to deal with the independent regiment, he dispatched a total of four sweeping troops. Now that he has been attacked all the way and has suffered heavy losses, and has lost contact all the way, Ono is also very nervous.

If something happens to these two sweeping troops, then the encirclement and suppression operation carefully planned by themselves in order to deal with the independent regiment is likely to end in failure.

Ono sometimes stared at the map, sometimes walked around the war room, waiting for news.

The battle in the direction of Loess Ridge has become scorching.

The Imperial Cooperative Army, which usually fights alone and does not have much combat effectiveness, is under the supervision of the devil, and the victory or loss of this battle is still related to their own life and death. They directly burst out with unprecedented combat effectiveness.

On the outer defense line of Huangtuling Village, the sound of gunfire and explosions has continued for nearly half an hour.

The Imperial Allied Army guarding the position seemed to be unable to finish the battle, losing a platoon in front, and immediately making up a platoon in the back.

In the half-hour-long battle, the 6th Regiment of the Imperial Allied Army, which had just been reinforced, had already lost more than a battalion, not to mention the 5th Regiment that had been holding the position.

It can be said that on the entire defensive line, the Fifth Regiment could no longer find a single formed infantry squad.

All the living people were scattered along the defensive line, holding back their fears, like a machine, pulling the trigger mechanically outside the village amid the shouts and curses of the officers and devils around it.

Under the desperate counterattack of the Imperial Allied Army, the losses of the Independent Regiment were also large.

The three infantry companies that rushed to the front all suffered more than half of the casualties, and the Imperial Allied troops lying on the position fired at each other, but they could not rush up or retreat, so they could only continue to hold on with their lives.

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