After Major General Yoshizawa received a farewell telegram from Nagamura Okatoyo, his heart suddenly cooled. The www.biquge.info lost the artillery support of the field artillery wing, and under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, the 26th Wing was completely unable to rush into the position of the Eighth Route Army, and the defeat was decided.

What frightened him even more was that the main reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army had arrived, and their purpose was naturally to annihilate their own independent brigades. This means that their troops are already in an extremely unfavorable situation, and the possibility of total annihilation is infinite.

Brigade Commander Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi, Brigade Chief of Staff Matsumoto Key Key, 26th Wing Commander Nobuki Morimoto, Captain Narumi Masakachi, Squadron Leader of the 1st Squadron of the 7th Engineer Wing, and other officers all gathered at the brigade headquarters, and everyone's faces were extremely solemn, they knew that this time the 13th Independent Brigade was going to carry a big heel, and if they really wanted to complete the encirclement for the reinforcements arrived by the Eighth Route Army, everyone present would return to the arms of Amaterasu.

Moreover, with the collapse of the 7th Field Artillery Wing, the only troops that can still fight in the 13th Brigade Regiment are the 26th Wing, which has suffered more than half of the casualties, and an engineer squadron, with a total strength of less than 3,000 men.

With such a weak force, facing the four or five thousand people on the position of the Eighth Route Army, they have already fallen into an absolute disadvantage, not to mention that there is an endless stream of reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army coming behind.

"Gentlemen, what shall we do now? The 7th Field Artillery Wing has been shattered, the casualties of the 26th Infantry Wing have exceeded half, and the rear branch of the Army is coming in a steady stream, and if we continue to fight like this, we will all perish. Major General Yoshizawa turned pale, and it was clear that the desperate battle situation had caused him to lose all his spirit.

"It's all Nobuki Morimoto's mistake, if he hadn't pursued too fiercely, causing a disconnect with the front and back of the artillery wing, we would never have ended up here, and we would have had any hope of winning."

"Datian-kun is very reasonable, if the 7th Field Artillery Wing has the protection of infantry, how can it be so easily wiped out by the Zhina! You know, the 7th Field Artillery Company is a powerful wing with more than 50 guns! ”

"Yaga! If it weren't for the mistake of the reconnaissance squadron and the failure to discover the trap of the Chinese people in advance, our infantry wing would never have fallen into the situation of being ambushed by the Chinese people. ”

In a desperate situation, the Japanese officers put aside the distinction between upper and lower ranks, regardless of whether they were high or low, and even blamed each other. Such a situation is obviously what Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi does not want to see, and with a "snap", he slapped the table heavily and scolded: "Yaga! Shut up all of them, is it time to pass the buck to each other? It is imperative to come up with a way to get our troops out of the encirclement and escape. ”

With Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi's frenzy, the brigade headquarters suddenly quieted down, and Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi set his eyes on Matsumoto, Chief of Staff, who had been silent before, and said sincerely: "Matsumoto-kun, if I had followed your advice at the beginning, our independent brigade would never have ended up in a state of exhaustion." Now that our brigade has reached a desperate situation, is there anything else you can do to turn our brigade from death to life? ”

Matsumoto pondered for a moment, and then suggested: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the current situation is as dangerous as an egg, and for today's plan, we can only break through." Although the people of China are outnumbered and surrounded by us, with the strong combat strength of our imperial warriors, even if there are losses, most of the troops should be able to stand out. ”

"Break through?" Major General Yoshizawa became even more desperate after hearing this, the troops could still survive if they broke through the encirclement, but as the commander of the defeated army, he had to commit suicide to be responsible for the defeat!

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, for the sake of today, we can only break through the siege and survive, as long as we can get out alive, there may not be no chance of revenge in the future." The other Japanese officers were all amazed when they heard the suggestion to break out, and with the strong individual ability of the Japanese army, as long as they desperately broke through the siege, they thought that the Chinese army would absolutely not be able to stop them.

"Why don't we send a telegram to Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo, as long as His Excellency Lieutenant General agrees to send troops to rescue us, maybe we can turn defeat into victory!" As long as it is a human being, no one wants to die, Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi still wants to work hard, if he wants to live, only the Japanese army can do it if the defeat turns into victory, so he wants to see if there is a chance to redeem the defeat.

"Hai, Your Excellency Brigade Commander." The Japanese officer replied respectfully.

The Battle of Xuzhou was in full swing, and the North China Front was overstretched, and compared with the Battle of Xuzhou, the battle that took place in Guancheng was insignificant.

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo would never send troops to rescue the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade, but after all, Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi was the commander, and once he made a decision, everyone would have to obey his orders.

Things also turned out as everyone expected, after receiving the report, Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo said that all the forces of the front army had been invested in the Battle of Xuzhou, and there was really no extra force to rescue the independent mixed into the 13th Brigade, Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo agreed that they could break through the siege and survive, and it would not be too late to settle accounts with the Eighth Route Army after the victory of the Battle of Xuzhou.

Intimidated by the strong firepower of the 23rd Regiment, the Japanese temporarily retreated to their positions and died down. In order to avoid too many casualties among the troops, and in addition to the fact that the main force of the Eighth Brigade was about to complete the encirclement of the Japanese army, Hu Tianming did not order the troops to immediately launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army, but only asked the soldiers to seize the time to rest, so as to prevent the Japanese dogs from jumping over the wall and breaking through to the position.

At this time, it was late at night, and the soldiers were lying on the ground with thin blankets to rest, and as long as the guns rang out, the soldiers could devote themselves to the battle as soon as possible.

Hu Tianming vaguely felt that the Japanese army would launch a breakthrough tonight, so even if it was late at night, he did not rest, but led the guards to inspect the position everywhere.

"Xiao Liu, order the troops to persist any longer, the main force of the brigade is about to launch a war of annihilation against the Japanese army, and the position of our regiment is very likely to be selected as the breakthrough point of the Japanese army, and all departments must strengthen their vigilance." Hu Tianming told Liu Huasheng, the commander of the second battalion.

"Yes, regiment commander, I also think that the Japanese army will definitely break through to our side, if they let the main force of the brigade complete the encirclement, there will be no chance to escape." Liu Huasheng very much agreed with the head of the regiment, and he was fully prepared for this.

Everyone knows that now the main force of the Eighth Brigade of more than 8,000 regular troops has been deployed in place, as long as Deng Hua gives an order, these two or three thousand Japanese troops can be wiped out, and the Japanese army can only wait for death if it does not break through.