At this time, Major General Tsuda was even more sure of his judgment just now.

"I understand, the reason why Tubalu keeps dividing troops is to destroy all our small strongholds scattered in Yangquan through a single battle, and we have been deceived by them again!"

"Chief of Staff, immediately determine whether there are our strongholds around Tuba Road after the division of troops, immediately contact the garrisons of these strongholds, and if the strongholds are gone, immediately abandon the strongholds, and retreat to the nearest county seat, you must be fast. Otherwise, as soon as the dirt eight roads come up, they will be finished! ”

"Hey!" The chief of staff and a group of staff officers immediately searched and confirmed on the sand table!

Soon gave Major General Tsuda an affirmative answer: "General Yingming, there are our strongholds around these dirt roads. It's just that some of the dirt roads are already very close to the stronghold, and it will take time for the command to give the order to retreat, and it must be too late! ”

Major General Tsuda frowned, and ordered with a resolute expression: "Whether you have time or not, go and contact now and give orders." If we can withdraw one imperial army, we will withdraw one, we have already lost more than 4,000 troops last night, and if the troops in these strongholds are lost today, then our fourth mixed brigade company will hold Yangquan and protect itself is a problem! ”

"I've figured it out now: the battles of the Dirt Eight Road last night and tonight had only one goal, and a lot of our troops were consumed. It is not clear what they are doing so, but they have achieved it. ”

"Plus tonight, in just two days, we lost nearly 5,000 people!"

For Major General Tsuda, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

Communications staff officers constantly rushed to the front to report which stronghold had been attacked and which had lost contact with the Eighth Route Army.

It was not easy to stay up until dawn, and a few communications staff officers dispersed.

But the chief of staff came over at this time, with a solemn face and a list in his hand!

"Chief of Staff, the losses have been counted!" Major General Tsuda, who had a gloomy face, saw the purpose of the chief of staff coming over now at a glance, and asked with a frown!

"Hey!" The chief of staff replied in a heavy tone.

"Last night, despite our timely order to abandon our strongholds and shrink our forces, 12 strongholds were attacked before they had time to retreat! All twelve strongholds were captured by Tubalu, and a total of 539 imperial troops and 895 imperial troops were lost, in addition to a large number of weapons and ammunition! ”

"The only thing that makes us happy is that Your Excellency General's retreat order is very timely, allowing us to lose at least five hundred Imperial Army and Imperial Cooperative Army!"

"Yaga!" The furious Major General Tsuda shouted with almost all his strength.

After it was over, the whole person seemed to fall apart, and instantly collapsed on the seat.

However, the murderous intent and anger that shot out of Major General Tsuda's eyes did not decrease but increased, and after being silent for almost half a minute, he stared at the chief of staff and asked, "Has your reconnaissance detachment kept up with these dirt roads and determined their specific location!" ”

"Hey!" The chief of staff affirmed.

"After the battle, these dirt roads returned to the mountains with their captures and hid!"

"Revenge must be taken, and troops must be sent to retaliate immediately!" Major General Tsuda shouted with a murderous face.

Then he began to give orders: "Contact the military department and ask the plane to take off immediately and bomb the place where Tubalu is hiding~"

The devil dispatched twelve bombers at once, and pounced on a temporary detachment with murderous vigour.

Although some ground reconnaissance detachments released signal flares to guide the bombing targets, the bombing effect was still very poor.

The forest where the team was hiding was too dense, and everyone was very scattered, even if an aerial bomb hit the target accurately, it wouldn't blow up many people.

In the end, the devil army aviation can only hastily end this kind of bombing that does not make much sense.

"Detachment leader, the devil bombing caused us more than 500 casualties, of which 256 were directly killed. Although the rest did not die, they basically lost their combat effectiveness! "The temporary command of the first detachment, the chief of staff reported in a heavy tone as soon as he entered the tent.

"The devil is taking revenge on us!" Chen Zhengxiang frowned and analyzed.

"We just ate more than 500 of them, and they turned around and killed and injured more than 500 of us with planes, which is equivalent to last night's battle for nothing!"

"Chief of Staff, plus the Yangquan Independent Regiment, how many more of us can continue to fight!"

As soon as the chief of staff heard this, he knew that there was a combat mission, and without saying a word, he immediately replied: "Before the start of the operation, we had 7,500 people, and the Yangquan Independent Regiment had 1,500 people, a total of 9,000 people. ”

"Now there are still 1,000 people in the Yangquan Independent Regiment, and each of our main regiments has 1,000 to 1,500 people, and there are still 5,500 people in total who can continue to fight!"

"In addition, we have lost nearly 3,500 men. But the equipment is not decreasing, but increasing! ”

"In order to make up for the lack of troops, I divided all the captured heavy equipment to the regiments, and now each regiment has twelve mortars in the mortar platoon, and the heavy machine gun company has twelve heavy machine guns, and the machine guns have also increased a lot!"

"There's still the power to fight!" Chen Zhengxiang replied, and his face slowly became serious.

"There has just been a telegram from headquarters, there will be a big operation in the next three days, and we must complete the task. If possible, you can attract some of the Japanese puppet troops in Taiyuan City! ”

"I estimate that the so-called big operation of the headquarters must be related to Taiyuan City!"

"In order to complete the task, I have decided to continue to consume the devils in the territory of Yangquan tonight. Their forces are now stretched thin, and unless they call for help, they can only watch us attack them! Unless they are willing to give up a few counties around Yangquan and concentrate their forces for use! ”

"Here, tonight, gather all the main forces, attack this county seat, and take it."

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Major General Tsuda, who had not rested well for two consecutive nights, rarely closed his eyes.

But the good times didn't last long, and less than half an hour after he slept down, the anxious figure of the chief of staff broke into his room again.

"What's going on again?" Major General Tsuda asked with a frown, his tone full of exhaustion and impatience.

"General, Shouyang County Cheng was besieged by the Eighth Route Army and asked for reinforcements!" The chief of staff said in a startling voice.

"The Eighth Route Army that attacked them not only has flying thunder cannons, mortars, but also at least ten mountain artillery, and it must be the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army that has been active in Yangquan in the past few days!"

"The Shouyang garrison reported that the offensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army was very fierce, the troops suffered heavy losses, and reinforcements were urgently needed. Otherwise, you won't be able to hold on for even three hours! ”

"Baga, what does this Eighth Route Army want to do!" Major General Tsuda scolded loudly! Then put on a military uniform and dragged his tired body to the war room.

"Are there any troops around Shouyang County that can be reinforced?" As soon as he arrived at the war room, Major General Tsuda asked.

"Yes, but it's too small for a humble suggestion. Two days ago, we suffered the loss of the siege of Tubalu and sent reinforcements, and we are worried that this is another conspiracy of Tubalu! ”

"No, this time it's different!" Major General Tsuda shook his head and replied.

"Before, we didn't know the strength of the Eighth Route Army before we were fooled, but now we have a clear understanding of the strength of the Eighth Route Army. Only the reinforcements are large enough not only not to be ambushed, but also to wipe out the Eighth Route Army attacking Shouyang! ”

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