The wishful thinking of the Japanese wing commander to use mountain artillery to intercept did not come to fruition: the men and horses of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army turned around and retreated, no longer passing through the southern suburbs of Fengdian County; When they came out, they deliberately walked from Nancheng, the purpose was to deter the Japanese troops who were garrisoning the county, but now they announced the withdrawal of the troops before the battle, and the regiment commander Qin Zhong was filial piety and ordered the troops to turn directly from the northern foot of Guanmen Mountain to the direction of Da Yushu Mountain.

After receiving Kosuke Otsuka's urgent telegram, the Japanese mountain artillery team guarding the mountain pass of the small elm mountain immediately became nervous, and the muzzles of the two 75 mountain guns were usually facing the southern suburbs of Fengdian, and now the two gun positions quickly entered a state of full readiness. But after waiting and waiting, there was never a shadow of the Chinese army, and in the end, it was the truck team led by the wing commander Dazuo himself who appeared in the mountain artillery shooting field.

Kosuke Otsuka hurriedly returned to help, and was ready for a large-scale war with the Central Army, but unexpectedly, until the soldiers came to Fengdian City, they did not find a single soldier of the other side; It's like throwing a punch hard but hitting it empty. Knowing this, it was better to continue to stay at the western foot of Guanmen Mountain, take the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army to guard the mountain pass, and completely drive it into the mountains. The Wing Captain had a feeling of being played, and his anger was indescribable.

He vented all his anger on his deputy, entered the county seat, and scolded the deputy wing captain Aso Nakasa - according to Aso's report, the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, which attacked Beicheng with great fanfare in the early morning, suddenly died down and withdrew to Big Elm Mountain.

This is a set of military techniques that the people of China have skillfully used: encircling Wei to save Zhao! Sitting in the former county government and today's temporary wing headquarters, Yasuke Otsuka thought angrily.

Obviously, the 391st Regiment of the Central Army learned the information that the Imperial Army was attacking Guanmen Mountain, and took the opportunity to attack the county seat. This is an out-and-out feint!

What made the co-captain feel even more humiliating was that he had fallen for the same scheme of the Chinese people twice in a row within a few hours. The fooled Aso Nakasa deserves to die, but Dazuo himself, who was also at the foot of Guanmen Mountain before, was surrounded by a small number of cavalry of the Eighth Route Army to save Zhao, and as a result, the remnants of the Eighth Route Army in Hekou Village were let go.

Baga!

The more he thought about it, the more angry Kosuke Otsuka became, grabbed a teapot on the table of the Eight Immortals, and slammed it against the wall, startling the telecommunications staff officer who was about to come in to report.

It was the commander of the Hagiwara Brigade in Bunjo who called to inquire about the battle situation in Kawaguchi Village. On the way back to Toyoden from there, Kosuke Otsuka did not report to the brigade commander at the first time. Now, he grabbed the phone directly and called the brigade headquarters in Wencheng.

Major General Akira Hagiwara, who personally answered the phone at the brigade headquarters, did not give Captain Otsuka more accusations, but Wen Yan comforted the other party a few words, and asked him to temporarily sit in Fengdian for a few days, observe the movements of the Central Army in the Great Elm Mountain, and return to Wencheng after the situation is stable.

Hagiwara Akira was actually greatly relieved. According to the battle report, the night attack launched by the Eighth Route Army, which was specially aimed at the western foot of Guanmen Mountain, basically achieved the expected goal.

The Tyumen Infantry Brigade, which was personally supervised by the chief of staff on the riverside, completely conquered Xiping Village, annihilated countless Eighth Route Army, destroyed a large number of its baggage, and forced its remnants to flee into Guanmen Mountain. At this moment, the Tyumen brigade was on its way back to Wencheng on the automatic convoy of the brigade station; And Wencheng Railway Station has prepared two southbound military trains for them, which will depart at any time. If nothing else, this elite army borrowed from the division headquarters will arrive in Linfen this afternoon, so that it will return to Zhao after returning to the division commander, lieutenant general.

Of course, it cannot be said that it is a complete return to Zhao, because the chief of staff of the river has reported that in the night battle, the Tyumen brigade lost 100 people, including a lieutenant squadron leader, and more than 200 people were wounded to varying degrees. It is reported that Xiping Village is stationed in the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which has artillery. The fierceness of the fighting between the two sides greatly exceeded pre-war expectations. Moreover, the operation responsible for rescuing the prisoners of war of the cavalry wing of the division failed, and several cavalry prisoners of war, including the important figure Second Lieutenant Takamatsu, were not found in the village of Xiping. Hagiwara Akira analyzed that Second Lieutenant Takamatsu and others had either been killed by the Eighth Route Army or continued to be dragged into the mountains.

But on the whole, the results of the night attack on this road in Xiping Village are satisfactory.

As for the battle in Kawaguchi Village, which Kosuke Otsuka was in charge of, the regret was inevitably greater. The Wing Commander himself admitted that he eliminated the Eighth Route Army in the village and completely destroyed the village; However, the remnants of the Eighth Route Army successfully held the Guanmen Mountain Pass near Hekou Village; The number of Eighth Route Army troops who fled into the mountain pass is unknown, but since they still have the ability to defend, it shows that the attack on them is obviously insufficient. It seems that we can only wait for the opportunity to send troops to exterminate it in the future. Fortunately, the imperial army suffered little damage in this battle, and half of the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian army was killed and wounded.

The remnants of the Central Army on the side of Fengdian were indeed hateful, and they even took advantage of the emptiness of the county town to send troops to harass. To a certain extent, this Zhina Army, which is lurking beside Fengdian, is more threatening than the Eighth Route Army, but they have been shrinking in the mountains, and it is not easy to send troops to suppress it. In the next step, this guy Otsuka should come up with a battle plan specifically for this central army.

In any case, the defeat of the Eighth Route Army got rid of an elbow and armpit problem, and the comfort women's secret camp in Songjiagou in Little Elm Mountain could be stabilized. Hiraiji Ichichusa is already working on a new plan for secretly recruiting comfort women. Looking at the ambitious posture of this new Zhongzuo, it seems that the future is promising.

The secret recruitment of comfort women will definitely be carried out in the area of Wencheng, including Fengdian, and if it goes well, it may as well be carried out along several towns along the Nantongpu Road Railway; But the secrecy work is also very arduous, and last time, thanks to the mind of Hirai Teriichi, he secretly recruited thirty-eight women in Taiyuan Castle. Now, if it is concocted in the same way, I am afraid it will not work. It is necessary to discuss several times with the relevant personnel, including the head of the Kojima Office, and strive to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

"General, there is a call from the regimental headquarters of the Taiyuan Shan Gang Division," the telecommunications staff officer of the brigade headquarters appeared at the door: "Inform the North China Front that the supplementary troops sent from Hebei have arrived in Taiyuan by train, and the five infantry supplementary brigades assigned to our division are expected to arrive in Wencheng this evening." ”

After listening to this report, Hagiwara Akira was overjoyed: It's just in time! Now, after Lieutenant General Sena led the main force of the division to capture Linfen, he will soon continue to move south, and the need for soldiers is obviously urgent. And Otsuka Kosuke's wing has also frequently lost troops for more than a month, and it also needs to be strongly replenished to ensure the three-point and first-line guarding forces of Wencheng, Songjiagou, and Fengdian.

"Immediately telegraph General Sena and ask for the opinion of His Excellency the Division Commander." Hagiwara commanded. Five supplementary brigades, the size of which is close to that of a brigade, how to distribute it is indeed a big deal. Major General Hagiwara sat in Bunjo, and in addition to commanding all the operations of the comfort women's secret camp, he also served as the rear base camp of the Nantong-Pulu combat troops, and he was at his disposal for the replenishment of baggage and even soldiers at the front.

Soon, the commander of the Sena Division called back from Linfen, asking the commander of the Hagiwara Brigade to supplement the brigade first to ensure the garrison and vigilance needs of the "secret camp at three points and one line", and the rest were all sent to Linfen.

The Japanese army's formation of front-line combat units, once the war began, has always maintained a one-to-one infantry replenishment scale, that is, the infantry brigade is the base point, and each infantry brigade has a supplementary brigade with the same number of people. As a rule, the Supplementary Brigade moves and moves together with the front-line troops. However, last year, the North China Front suffered relatively large losses in successive operations in Chahar, Shanxi, and Hebei, and the commander of the front army had already decided to launch the Battle of Xuzhou in the next step. And Shanxi, as a large rear, did not send a supplementary brigade until this moment, and did not achieve a one-to-one scale.

The two brigades under the jurisdiction of the Sena Division have a total of four infantry wings, and at this moment, three wings are all on the front line in the south and southwest of Jin, fighting against the Wei Lihuang and Yan Xishan Divisions of the China Army. For a time, Major General Hagiwara Akira was quite hesitant.

Eventually, he changed his mind and called Kosuke Otsuka, the co-captain of Toyoden, again, asking him to return to Bunjo immediately. Major General Brigade, the commander of the brigade, felt that Otsuka was the commander of this wing, and that he should clarify the detailed battle damage so far, weigh it himself, and then come up with a specific plan to control the source of troops.

From his own point of view, Major General Hagiwara naturally wanted to leave some additional troops for Kosuke Otsuka to ensure the smooth implementation of the "Wind Plan" in his own hands. However, he was also very aware of Lieutenant General Sena's situation, and His Excellency the division commander only commanded two infantry wings of the Kato Brigade to move southward, and according to the intention of the Front Army Headquarters, the Sena Division should not only completely occupy the southwestern part of Shanxi, but also be prepared to cross the Yellow River, enter Henan, and cut off the Longhai railway line of the Shina people. In the face of such a grand chess game, the chess pieces in General Sena's hand are obviously not enough.

Therefore, Hagiwara Akira wanted to give Lieutenant General Sena more support as much as possible. After all, the honor and disgrace of the division and regiment are also directly related to their own honor and disgrace.

He was well aware of the good intentions of His Excellency the division commander, and although the "Wind Plan" was currently being carried out by the Hagiwara Brigade alone, the North China Front actually entrusted this matter to the entire division. Lieutenant General Sena can be said to be dual-minded at the moment, his eyes are looking at the front line of the Nantongpu Road attack, but his ears are listening to the comfort women camp in Songjiagou.

The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. These five infantry supplementary brigades must all be used on the blade!