"Commander, it's all my fault, it's me who didn't command the battle well, a battalion of soldiers, there are less than two companies left alive, you can punish me" After counting the losses of his own troops, the company commander who led the team ran to the commander Wang Nanhu with an angry face and said.

"It's not your reason, I've seen it all after the battle just now, it's not your reason, it's the little devil's counterattack that is too unexpected, how is it, how about the casualties of the troops:?" Wang Nanhu asked.

"Commander, three companies, a total of 360 people when they set out, only 210 people returned, and the rest of the fighters all fell under enemy fire." The company commander replied in a whisper. Looking at Wang Nanhu at this time, after hearing the casualty figures, his whole hands had been pinched by himself.

"Little devil, you wait, when the time comes, my Wang Nanhu will definitely let you get back twice the price." Wang Nanhu said angrily. "You, take the soldiers down to rest and replenish their strength and ammunition. When the time comes, I will let you play the striker, and where you fall, get up there, and let the little devil know that if he kills my soldier, I will kill him too. ”

"Yes, commander" After listening to Wang Nanhu's words, the sadness on the company commander's face disappeared immediately. Answered with excitement on his face.

At this time, not only the Eighth Route Army was demoralized because of the heavy casualties just now. In the same way, the army that stuck to the city wall was also not much better, just in the attack of the Eighth Route Army, the entire artillery squad was almost lost, and when the artillery of the Eighth Route Army stopped, the artillery position just now, there was only a pile of scrap iron left, there was not a single mortar, and the grenadier could continue to be used.

Let's talk about the remaining more than 100 puppet troops, under the double blow of the Eighth Route Army's mortars and heavy machine guns, there is less than a company of troops left. When Nakamura Shaoza felt even more angry, the puppet army with less than a company left, after withstanding the blow of ice and fire just now, almost all of them were snuggled in the corner, and almost as soon as they heard the sound of gunfire and cannons, they would tremble all over. The puppet army of the entire company lost its combat effectiveness and became a burden to the defending troops.

"Report to Your Excellency, Captain, there are now only 85 Imperial troops left on the entire city wall to continue fighting." Captain Ono came to the captain with a shocked face and said.

"Baga, how can this be, in an attack of the Eighth Route Army, we have lost so many elite Imperial Army soldiers," the captain asked with a scowl in his face.

"Hey, Your Excellency Captain, almost all of our soldiers died under the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army, the machine gun fire of the Eighth Route Army was too dense, and almost every light and heavy machine gun of ours had at least two machine guns of the Eighth Route Army to suppress the fire. Also, in the offensive units of the Eighth Route Army there was the presence of snipers. In the battle just now, at least 20 of our machine gunners were killed by the snipers of the Eighth Route Army. Captain Ono replied.

"Baga" listened to Captain Ono's words, and Nakamura Shosa was helpless, because he clearly saw that next to the dozen or so machine guns along the city wall, almost every machine gun was piled up with the corpses of his own people. And looking at the soldiers next to the machine guns, almost everyone was full of fear at the extremely strong search in front of them.

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is cunning and cunning, and orders all the soldiers not to stick out their heads casually. You, Ono, immediately return to the headquarters and ask for reinforcements from His Excellency the Commander. Quickly, let's just say that without the artillery support of the headquarters, we would be able to repel at most one attack by the [***] team. Also, bring all those puppet troops down, they no longer have any combat effectiveness, and coming here will only drag down our excellent imperial army. Nakamura commanded.

"Hey, Your Excellency Captain, I'm going to ask for reinforcements" After listening to Nakamura Shaosa's words, Captain Ono couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and before the captain in front of him could speak, he turned around and left the city wall with the puppet army that no longer had any combat effectiveness.

Just as Captain Ono was leaving, the shelling of the Eighth Route Army began again. Maybe Wang Nanhu wanted to take revenge on the army, or maybe Wang Nanhu wanted the commander of the army in the county to ask for help quickly. In short, the artillery fire this time was more fierce than the previous two, and in addition to the original 12 mountain guns, the mortar company of the Reading Regiment also participated in the shelling. Rounds of 24 shells kept falling on the city wall, and the fierce and accurate shells continued to take away the lives of the soldiers one by one. Tear apart all the obstacles that stand in the way of the Eighth Route Army.

Listening to the more intense artillery fire behind him than the previous two times, the puppet army of a company following Captain Ono had already fallen and scattered, and he didn't know where he was hiding. However, at this time, Captain Ono couldn't control these puppet troops who no longer had any combat effectiveness, and only took a personal guard and ran quickly in the direction of the headquarters.

"Baga, stop advancing immediately, otherwise, you will die, you will die" Just when the gate of the headquarters was in the distance, several devil soldiers with bayonets suddenly flashed out from both sides of the road, blocking their way. Captain Ono stopped, and when he looked closely, he knew that this was the military police squadron in the city, the squadron that was responsible for encircling the headquarters.

"Baga, who are you, this is the headquarters, it is forbidden to enter and leave casually" A military officer walked up to Captain Ono with a smile on his face and whispered a bird language to stop Captain Ono from moving on. Because, in his eyes, the imperial army in front of him must have just escaped from the battlefield

"Baga, I'm Captain Ono, the leader of the first squadron of the defending army, I have an important situation to report to Your Excellency the Commander, you get out of the way immediately, otherwise, if you delay the military situation, you will all die" Captain Ono pulled out his command knife and scolded loudly, letting the soldiers in front of him give way.

"Ah, Captain Ono, I'm sorry I didn't know it was you, please forgive me for being rude just now." Cao Cao, who was still full of confidence just now, saw that the officer who was stopped by him in front of him turned out to be a captain, and quickly apologized.

"Yo Xi, my, I'm going to see His Excellency the Commander now, get out of the way immediately, quickly" Hearing the military cao in front of him apologize to himself, Captain Ono's tense face also smiled, and he put the command knife back into the scabbard and said.

"Your Excellency Captain, you also know that now the enemy is attacking the county, according to the order of His Excellency the Commander, without his order, it is forbidden for anyone to enter and leave the headquarters at will, please forgive Your Excellency Captain Ono, if you do not have the order of His Excellency the Commander, please go back!" The military cao in front of him still did not let Captain Ono enter the headquarters.

"The soldiers on the front line of Baga are fighting bravely to kill the enemy, you are actually here to obstruct the military situation, Bageya Road, get out of the way immediately, otherwise, I will shoot you now" Listening to the city wall that was still exploding behind him, he thought that his squadron might be wiped out because of this battle. This time, Captain Ono was really angry, pulled out his pistol, and pointed it at the head of the military cao in front of him.

"Ah, Your Excellency Captain, please calm your anger, I'll let you go, put your guns down, quickly" In this way, Captain Ono finally entered the heavily guarded headquarters. Because the county town was attacked, everyone in the headquarters came and went in a hurry, and no one noticed Captain Ono, who had just come down from the battlefield with a face full of gunpowder.

"Ono, aren't you guarding the city, why did you run here" Just when Captain Ono was at a loss, he remembered the voice of the chief of staff behind him.

"Ah, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I'm Xiao Ye, please send troops to reinforce the North Gate immediately, the North Gate is almost unguardable, please send troops quickly" Seeing the Chief of Staff, Captain Ono hurriedly said the purpose of his coming here.

"Nani, isn't there two squadrons of imperial troops and two battalions of puppet troops on the city wall, how can they not resist it?" The Chief of Staff's face was full of incredulity.

"Report to Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, and there are snipers in the troops of the Eighth Route Army, we have suffered heavy casualties, and now there are less than 100 imperial troops left on the city wall, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, send troops immediately, otherwise the Eighth Route Army will soon break through the North Gate." Ono replied anxiously.

"Ono, come with me to the headquarters and personally report this situation to His Excellency the Commander, and now I don't have the right to transfer troops at will. Yours, come with me at once. The chief of staff hurriedly brought Ono into the headquarters, Matsushita Daisa's office.

"Your Excellency Commander, the North Gate is in a hurry This is Captain Ono, and he reported that there are less than 100 Imperial Army soldiers left in the North Gate now, and they are about to be broken by the Eighth Route Army." Having entered Matsushita Daisa's office, the chief of staff hurriedly reported.

However, none of them knew that when Captain Ono left, there were indeed less than 100 Imperial troops left on the city wall. However, after the heavy artillery fire just now, the number of defenders on the city wall has now dropped to 50 people, and there is not even a small squad left.

"Nani, how can this be" After listening to the report of the chief of staff, Matsushita Daisa's face was full of incredulity.

"Yes, Your Excellency Daisaku, this is what Captain Ono personally told me, let's send reinforcements immediately, otherwise the North Gate will not be safe," the chief of staff reminded.

"Baga, what are you still doing in a daze, immediately order the third squadron to reinforce the north gate, and the artillery squadron will set off immediately to reinforce the north gate" Matsushita Osa finally reacted and ordered loudly.

"Hi" received the order, and the chief of staff turned around and left the command.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the Eighth Route Army is very cunning," Panasonic scolded as he walked out of his office, and soon came to the radio room, at this time, several operators in the radio room were nervously receiving and receiving telegrams.

"Ah, Your Excellency Commander, why are you here" At this time, a staff officer finally found Commander Matsushita Daisa standing at the door.

"Quick, immediately send a telegram to Tang County and Wangdu County, our Shunping County was attacked by the main force of the Third Division of the Eighth Route Army, and now the troops have lost more than half, and I request the two counties to quickly eliminate and send reinforcements for reinforcements" Matsushita Dazuo finally lost his arrogant face, put down his Dazuo figure, and asked for help from the two small counties next to him.

"Hi" communications staff officer, took the telegram, and immediately ordered a telegraph operator next to him to send it. In less than a few minutes, I received a call back from two counties.

"Your Excellency Commander, the two counties call back." The communications staff officer quickly picked up the telegram that had just been translated and came to Commander Matsushita Daisa.

"Reading" Matsushita Dazuo, looking at the communication staff officer in front of him, did not say a word, "Hey, the two county towns called back, and a large number of Eighth Route Army forces were also found around the county, according to reconnaissance, the number of armed forces in each unit exceeded 1,000 people, and these armed forces have had many small-scale siege battles, but they were all repulsed. Therefore, the troops of the two counties were only enough for defense, and they were not able to send reinforcements at all, so the two counties suggested that we ask for help from Major General Katsuzo Kitamura in Baoding. The communications staff officer handed the telegram to the commander with an angry face, turned and entered the radio room, fleeing from the powder keg that was suspiciously exploding at any moment.

"Baga, what do the Eighth Route Army want to do when they fall to the ground, where did they come from so many troops Bage Yalu" Matsushita Osa angrily tore the telegram in his hand to shreds. Scolded loudly. However, Matsushita, as the commander, quickly recovered and came to the telegraph room again.

"Communications Staff, record the telegram immediately," Panasonic shouted loudly to the busy Communications Staff.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, please command" The communications staff officer quickly put down his work and came to Matsushita Daisa.

"Record: Your Excellency Brigade Commander: Commander of Shunping County, this morning, Shunping County was surrounded by a large number of [***] teams, according to statistics, there were at least three regiments of the Eighth Route Army surrounding our department, and they carried a large number of mountain artillery and mortars. At eight o'clock, the Eighth Route Army outside the city began to attack the city, and in less than an hour, the Eighth Route Army had launched two strong attacks in succession, and our troops suffered heavy losses. In just one hour, our unit has lost two squadrons of imperial troops and two battalions of puppet troops, with a total loss of nearly 1,000 soldiers, and we have lost almost half of our combat effectiveness. Your Excellency, Commander, not only Shunping County was attacked, but Tang County, which was on the periphery of the Third Division of the Eighth Route Army, and Wangdu County was also attacked by the Eighth Route Army. Your Excellency the Commander, with the current strength of our department, we can hold on for less than a day at most, for the sake of the same Emperor Ben [***] official, please hurry up and send troops to reinforce the commander of Shunping County: Matsushita Dazuo. Matsushita Osa sighed and finished the telegram.

"Your Excellency Commander, will you send it out now?" Looking at the content of the telegram in his hand, the communications staff officer didn't believe his eyes a little, Matsushita Daisa, who has always been arrogant, actually bowed his head today, although it was to his own commander.

"Of course Baga has to be sent out, do you want to become a prisoner of the Eighth Route Army in the end? Immediately give Baoding's Major General Kitamura Katsuzo a magic weapon, be fast. If the military situation is delayed, the military law will deal with it" After listening to the words of the staff officer, Matsushita Dazuo scolded loudly. Watching the telegraph operator start sending telegrams, Matsushita turned around and left the telegraph room, and returned to his office in a huff.

As soon as Matsushita Daisa's telegram was sent, the Baoding Army Headquarters received the telegram.

"Report to Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Shunping sent a telegram for help" The communications staff officer, holding a telegram for help from Shunping County that had just been translated, hurried to the headquarters and reported to the chief of staff.

"Nani, Shunping County?" The chief of staff looked at Shunping County, which was dozens of kilometers away from Baoding, on the map, and took the telegram suspiciously, seeing that he was reading it.

"Baga is yours again from the Eighth Route Army, pay attention to the telegram from Shunping County at any time, and go immediately," the chief of staff finished speaking, and hurriedly took the telegram and ran to the office of the commander, Major General Kitamura Katsuzo.

"Your Excellency Commander, no, something has happened," just pushed open the door of the office, and the chief of staff said eagerly before he had time to call out the report.

"Baga, Chief of Staff, please maintain the most basic military appearance as an officer of the Imperial Army" Seeing the chief of staff who rushed in and forgot even the military salute, Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, who was disturbed, scolded loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency, I'll be sure to pay attention next time. Your Excellency Commander, Matsushita Daisa of Shunping County sent an urgent telegram that Shunping County was besieged by the Eighth Route Army and asked for reinforcements" The chief of staff replied.

"Nani, Shunping County was attacked by the Eighth Route Army? Panasonic actually asked for reinforcements. Impossible, absolutely impossible, Panasonic has a reinforced brigade in his hands, even if the middle [***] team of a division attacks, he can withstand it. How is that possible? Listening to the words of the chief of staff, Major General Katsuzo Kitamura laughed and denied.

"Your Excellency Commander, this is true, Panasonic can't hold out much, not only Shunping County, Tang County around the Third Division of the Eighth Route Army, Wangdu County has also been attacked by the Eighth Route Army, this is Panasonic's request for help, please make plans as soon as possible, Your Excellency Commander." As he spoke, the chief of staff put his feet together and solemnly handed the telegram in his hand to the hands of the commander, Major General Kitamura Katsuzo, who was full of doubts.

Seeing that the chief of staff in front of him was solemn and not like a joke, Major General Katsuzo Kitamura hesitantly took the telegram and began to look. However, before he could see half of it, the chief of staff had already noticed that the major general's brows had been brought together, and the expression that had just hesitated was gone, and now only his face was full of surprise and anger.

"Where did the Eighth Route Army come from, with so many troops Baga, how could they have so many heavy weapons? In less than an hour, the average defender of the city was lost. Bage Yalu, Matsushita is simply a fool, I'm going to shoot him" After reading the telegram, Major General Kitamura Katsuzo couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore and scolded loudly.

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander is right, I don't know about this either. However, when it is delayed now, it is necessary to immediately rescue Matsushita Daisa in Shunping County. If the Eighth Route Army eliminated the defenders of Shunping County and occupied the county seat, then the troops of the Third Division of the Eighth Route Army could unscrupulously develop to the periphery of the mountainous area. Looking at Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, who was full of anger, the chief of staff hurriedly reminded.

(To be continued)