"Order the Imperial troops on the front line to stop the attack immediately!" Okamura decided to compromise.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he added: "Now our urgent need for delay is to withdraw from the southwest of Jinxi, relieve the pressure on other battlefields, and win this large-scale sweep against the Eighth Route Army!" As for the Jin Sui Army, we will clean up after winning this battle! ”

"When the time comes, I will return the shame I suffered today ten times and a hundred times the time that Jin Suijun has brought back!"

"In addition, contact the intelligence department, after the imperial army withdraws from the southwest of Jin, they want to find a way for me to create friction between the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army, so that they can fight among themselves as soon as possible. I don't care about the rest of the Eighth Route Army, the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Linfen will never allow any troops to go north to reinforce other battlefields! ”

When the news of the withdrawal reached the front line by telegram, the battle between the devil and the Jin Sui army had been going on for more than two hours.

The four infantry squadrons of the Japanese army all took turns to attack, and all the mountain artillery, mortars, and infantry guns equipped were also erected.

The losses of the Jin Sui army were very large, especially the mortar battery. Less than five minutes after the cannon was fired, it was locked by devil artillery and then destroyed.

"Regiment commander, the devil retreats!" The deputy commander of the regiment who was guarding his side replied with a sigh of relief.

"Finally retreated, if we don't retreat, our regiment will be beaten even if it is not killed by the little devils! However, we also killed at least 300 little devils, and this battle was not fought in vain! ”

At this moment, the operator suddenly rushed over: "Tuanzao, the division headquarters order!" ”

"The 109th Regiment was on its way over, and the division headquarters ordered us to stay still. After the 109th Regiment came, the garrison was handed over to the 109th Regiment and then the whole regiment retreated, and as a follow-up force, the 109th Regiment continued to follow and pursue the Japanese army! ”

"Call back to the division, I'll carry out the order!"

Under the harassment and destruction of the direct team, the rapidly retreating Japanese army and the pursuing Jin Sui army behind would stage a clash in different places almost every night.

Of course, these conflicts ended with the little devils voluntarily withdrawing from the army.

At the headquarters of the new 1st regiment, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong walked in with a complicated face, holding a telegram he had just received.

"The regiment commander, political commissar, and Li Wen of the directly subordinate team telegraphed: The Japanese troops scattered in various places have been assembled, and the total strength of the Japanese army plus the puppet army exceeds 25,000 people!"

"Heavy artillery, large-caliber mountain artillery, all towed by cars, field artillery, ordinary mountain artillery, infantry artillery, all towed by horses. In addition, these Japanese soldiers also brought more than 300 carts full of various supplies! ”

"No accident, as soon as it dawns tomorrow, they will enter our base and go straight to Linfen to kill!"

"In addition, the results of the direct team's actions in the past few days are very gratifying, although the Japanese army and the Jin Sui army are very cautious, there are still nearly a thousand little devils who have been killed on the way to assemble. However, the losses of the Jin Sui army were relatively large, and they should have exceeded three thousand! ”

Wang Ping replied with great satisfaction: "It's already very good that they can kill a thousand little devils!" ”

"If there is no direct team to intervene, these thousand little devils who have been killed will definitely enter our base and cause us a lot of pressure!"

"Political commissar, chief of staff, from now on, it will be our turn to be in the new regiment!"

"We first destroyed the road and slowed down the Japanese army's march. Don't move during the day, act at night, use guerrilla warfare, sports warfare, and have a good time with them! ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the puppet army of more than 20,000 days has been fighting positional warfare with the Jin Sui army on the front line in the southwest of Shanxi Province at the beginning, and they rarely fight with us, and they have not really seen our guerrilla warfare and movement warfare!"

"Next, we will take advantage of this weakness of the Japanese puppet army, consume them a lot, and expose more loopholes and fighters!"

"We still have the old rules, the political commissar, you stay behind, responsible for clearing the strong walls of the base area and destroying the road, and the chief of staff and I will go to the front line and directly command the troops to fight!"

With more than 25,000 puppet troops, plus a large number of artillery pieces and baggage vehicles, even though the marching army was very dense, the mighty procession still stretched for more than eight kilometers.

The division commander, Lieutenant General Kato, was the supreme commander of this Japanese puppet army.

Although he has not played against the new group, he is still very clear about the ability of his old partner Fujino.

Fujino entered Linfen with a division, but was killed by the new regiment in less than a year and a half, and he was also sent to a military court. This result was something Kato didn't expect, and at the same time, he also had a hint of jealousy about the opponent he was going to face next.

"Division commander, cross the mountain beam in front and enter the base of the Eighth Route Army!" Inside the armored command vehicle, the chief of staff pointed to a point on the map and reported.

"The forward troops reported that the Eighth Route Army, which was guarding the ridge of the hill, had retreated, leaving only an empty position. They have already crossed the position, and we still have an hour to get there! ”

"I can't wait!" Kato's eyes immediately sharpened, and he muttered to himself as he stared at the map.

"As far as I know, this new regiment has already caused several generals of the empire to collapse. I haven't met such an opponent for a long time! ”

"Order the troops to strengthen the alert, the forward troops, the flank covering troops, the escort aviation, it is necessary to make sure that there is no Eighth Route Army around us!"

"What they are best at is guerrilla warfare and sports warfare, although I haven't really seen it, but as long as we don't let them get close to us, no matter how powerful the tactics are, it will be useless in front of me!"

"Hey, go give the order right away!" The chief of staff hastened to answer.

Suddenly, a shrill brake sound reached the ears of the two people, and then the driver of the armored car heard the report.

"Sir, the line has stopped!"

Just as he was about to speak, the door of the armored car was opened, and a communications officer rushed in panting.

"Sir, the forward troops report that the only way for us to retreat has been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army~"

"The road must be repaired to move on, and the forward troops are waiting for your orders!"

As soon as he finished saying "Boom, ......" words, a faint explosion came from directly ahead.

Lieutenant General Kato's eyebrows were raised, and he heard the chief of staff next to him report: "The explosion is coming from the forward troops!" ”

"The armored command vehicle continues to move forward, and I will go to the mountain beam in front to observe the situation!" Kato couldn't sit still and immediately ordered.

In less than ten minutes, Kato climbed the mountain beam under the protection of the guards.

Standing on the already empty position, Kato condescendingly can see all the situation for several kilometers before and after the mountain beam!

Raising the binoculars, the forward troops, less than a kilometer past the mountain beam, came into his field of vision.

More than 200 people stopped on the road, and the road in front of them could no longer be seen, and there were potholes and deep ditches everywhere, as if the battlefield had been covered by artillery fire, and there was not even a flat place to be found.

When Kato's face became more and more solemn, a lieutenant climbed up out of breath: "Sir, when the forward troops were scouting, they encountered a mine buried on the road by the Eighth Route Army, and five imperial troops were killed or wounded, and reinforcements from the engineer wing are needed!" ”

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