At the headquarters of the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Yangquan, the brigade commander, Major General Tsuda, had just laid down when the chief of staff broke into his room on his hind feet.

As a major general and a high-ranking officer of the Imperial Japanese Army, Tsuda usually pays great attention to the appearance of the army, both of his own and his subordinates.

Now seeing the panicked expression of the chief of staff, his brows instantly furrowed, and then he scolded very dissatisfied.

"Yaga, Chief of Staff, have you forgotten my usual request? Panic, what a system! ”

"Hey! Your Excellency, you must pay attention next time! The chief of staff hastened to answer.

I came here to report something bad, and if I provoked Major General Tsuda before the report. After he finished reporting the matter, the general's anger would definitely be even greater. Inevitably, there will definitely be some anger vented on yourself.

Therefore, after several seconds of hesitation, seeing that Major General Tsuda's face had regained his calmness, the chief of staff continued to report with a sigh of relief: "It's just that what happened just now was too important, so I took the liberty to come in!" ”

"Yuantian Shaozuo, the county seat of Pingding, has just sent an urgent telegram, and the county town has been attacked by at least one division of Tuba Road, which is not only equipped with a large number of flying thunder cannons, but also at least one company of mountain artillery, and the firepower is strong!"

"The defenders of Pingding County have suffered heavy losses and urgently need reinforcements!"

Major General Tsuda immediately got up from the bed, put on his military uniform and walked to the war room, frowning as he went.

"The news is true, Tubalu really dispatched a division of troops?"

"It shouldn't be wrong, the other side is equipped with a mountain artillery company, and with the equipment level of the Tubalu, the regimental troops only have a few mortars at most. Those who can equip mountain artillery companies are at least divisional units of three regiments! The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and affirmed.

"It shouldn't be!" Major General Tsuda's frowning brow furrowed even deeper at this time.

"Pingding County is not a strategic place, and there is no hoarding of materials, weapons and ammunition that are enough to make the Eighth Route Army excited, why did the Eighth Route Army send so many troops to attack it! There's definitely something wrong with that! ”

"General, will the earth eight roads be surrounded and reinforced!" The chief of staff also realized the problem and asked rhetorically with a frown.

"Possibly!" Major General Tsuda replied thoughtfully.

Then he walked to the huge sand table in the war room and stared at the sand table without saying a word.

Just then, a communications staff officer barged in again.

"General, the county seat of Pingding is in an emergency, and the offensive of Tuba Road is too fierce. Our troops are not equipped with mountain artillery, and they can only be beaten passively in front of the Tubalu Mountain Artillery Company, and there is no room for a fightback! ”

"Now that the troops have suffered more than one-third of the casualties, they can hold out for two hours at most, and I ask us to send reinforcements quickly, otherwise Pingding County will be occupied by Tuba Road!"

"Yaga! They attacked so fiercely, was it really just to occupy the county seat of Pingding, or did they have other purposes! Major General Tsuda directly turned into an angry lion and scolded loudly.

The chief of staff had to stand up and remind: "Your Excellency, you must make a decision, whether there is a conspiracy or not!" ”

"Harada Shaosa was born in a field division and has encountered any situation. If the situation had not reached a real crisis, he would never have sent a telegram asking for help! ”

Major General Tsuda still didn't make a decision, and asked rhetorically with a frown: "If Pingding County is lost, what will be the impact on us?" ”

"Yangquan, where the brigade is stationed, will be completely exposed to the troops of the Eighth Road. Also, without the base of Pingding County, more than a dozen surrounding bases will lose their support and be broken by each of the eight roads. At that time, dozens of towns south of Yangquan will be out of the control of the Imperial Japanese Army! ”

"In other words, if you can Pingding County, you won't lose it?" Rear Admiral Tsuda asked rhetorically.

"Hey!" The chief of staff did not hesitate and directly affirmed.

"If the county seat of Pingding is lost, more than a dozen surrounding strongholds will definitely be occupied by Tubalu. Then the total number of troops we have lost must be more than two thousand! ”

"What's more, the terrain around Binh Dinh County is complex and there are a lot of mineral resources. Once it is controlled by Tubalu, if the imperial army wants to recapture it, it will definitely have to pay a great price! ”

"Then send reinforcements!" Major General Tsuda finally made a decision.

"However, the reinforcements must be vigilant, the imperial army has suffered more than once from the siege of the city and sent reinforcements!"

"We can strengthen the strength and firepower configuration of the reinforcements as much as possible, so that the reinforcements are so strong that the Eighth Route Army cannot eliminate them!" The Chief of Staff made a suggestion that really couldn't be helped.

Then, in order to keep an eye on Major General Tsuda's determination to send troops, he continued to instigate: "General, is it possible for Tubalu to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and whether it is a conspiracy to attack and pacify the county seat, this is just our speculation." ”

"However, if our guesses are all wrong, and the reinforcements feel calmed down smoothly, then the reinforcements can pacify the defenders together, and destroy or severely damage the Tuba Road attacking and pacifying the defenders from inside and outside!"

"Also, I think that the general doesn't have to worry too much at all!"

"According to intelligence, there are not too many main forces of the Eighth Route Army in the nearly 100 kilometers around Yangquan. Now that they are concentrating their forces to attack the county seat of Pingding, it is impossible that there are still so many troops ambushing our reinforcements! ”

"Maybe I'm thinking too much!" Major General Tsuda finally made up his mind and began to give orders.

"The first infantry brigade, the first artillery squadron, the first cavalry squad, and the first regiment of the Imperial Association Army form reinforcements, and the first brigade Matsushita Nakasa serves as the commander-in-chief, and immediately set off to reinforce the county seat of Pingding!"

"Also, call back to Harada Shaoza who was pacified, reinforcements have already set out, and ask him to hold out for an hour!"

The sound of guns and cannons in Pingding County is still as lively as at the beginning, and the only difference is the flying thunder cannon equipped by artillery.

Under the counterattack of devil grenadiers and mortars, nine grenadiers had to shoot a bag of explosives and change positions.

But even so, the explosive packets that kept falling from the sky still brought huge damage to the Japanese puppet army.

Harada Shaosa, who had panicked since the beginning of the battle, had already regretted it at this time.

After sending the troops into battle, the number of Japanese puppet troops on the city wall skyrocketed, whether it was explosive bags falling from the sky or mountain artillery shells with screeching sounds, they brought huge casualties.

In just ten minutes, the Japanese puppet army lost more than 300 people, equivalent to 20% of the total strength in their hands.

On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army, which attacked the county seat of Pingding, immediately stopped its attack as soon as it saw the defenders' increased firepower, and only used long-range firepower to shoot at them, killing and wounding them in large numbers.

With no casualties among the enemy who attacked him, and his subordinates suffered heavy losses under the consumption of the opponent's firepower, Harada immediately realized that he had made a big mistake and should not have exposed all his strength to his opponent at once.

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