"Bageya Road, the cunning Tubalu, why do you want to attack Taiyuan instead of other cities!" Yoshio Shinozuka, who was holding back his anger, couldn't help but complain.

At this moment, the chief of staff suddenly barged in, with a solemn face, and then reported in a heavy tone.

"Your Excellency Commander, the offensive of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, and the attacking troops from all four directions have been killed outside the city. The defenders we set up in the turrets and checkpoints outside the city were all killed! ”

"How can it be so fast!" Yoshio Shinozuka immediately reacted from the anger just now.

"According to my inference, those defenders outside the city can hold the Eighth Route Army for at least two hours, or even longer. Now it's only an hour and a half to let the Eighth Route Army kill under Taiyuan City, what are they going to eat! ”

"Also, how did the Eighth Route Army do it, could it be that the Eighth Route Army that attacked us was particularly strong in combat!"

"No!" The chief of staff hurriedly shook his head in denial.

"The soldiers fought very bravely, and none of our imperial troops outside the city were deserters. However, the offensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army was too strong, completely subverting our understanding of the Eighth Route Army, as long as it touched the strong fortifications and turrets of the imperial army, it would be bombarded with artillery! ”

Seeing that Yoshio Shinozuka's face was getting heavier and heavier, and it seemed that he was on the verge of anger, Major General Tanaka changed his words and hurriedly reported a good news.

"But don't worry too much, Your Excellency, Commander!"

"Although the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army was strong, it did not play much role in the face of the strong fortifications of Taiyuan City."

"Now they have been blocked in the line of the wall, and no matter how fierce their artillery fire is, the wall stands still in front of them. And because the fortifications of the city are very strong, the losses of the defensive troops we have placed on the battlefield are very small! ”

"Humble affirmation: as long as the Eighth Route Army does not have new tactics and tactics, we can hold out until dawn by closely relying on the fortifications of the outer city!"

"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Shinozuka's heavy face finally looked a lot better.

With a frown, he ordered: "Chief of Staff, open the arsenal of Taiyuan City and try to strengthen the blocking fire of the defenders!" ”

"Send a telegram to the reinforcements we sent, get rid of contact with the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, return to Taiyuan City, and attack them from the back of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Call back to the front army headquarters: Our First Army is confident that it will hold Taiyuan City. If possible, the Eighth Route Army attacking Taiyuan City will be gathered and annihilated outside Taiyuan City. However, I hope that the front army will cooperate, contact the surrounding army aviation, and as long as there are conditions, immediately dispatch aviation to reinforce various battlefields and bomb the troops of the Eighth Route Army that are attacking us! ”

"Comrades, follow me!" Outside the north gate of Taiyuan City, where the guard regiment attacked, more than 100 Eighth Route Army, under the command of the company commander, rushed to the city gate with guns in hand. It didn't take long for them to rush to a position less than two hundred meters from the city gate.

Shaozuo, a devil hiding in the city fortifications, was startled at first and then reacted quickly.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, this must be a death squad sent by the Eighth Route Army. Fight your way to the gates under the cover of artillery fire, then blow up the walls with explosives packs! ”

"The troops immediately entered the position, shot and counterattacked, and they must be blocked no matter what, and they must not be allowed to get close to the city walls!"

Twice as many of the Imperial Allied troops rushed to the city with rifles, light machine guns, and heavy machine guns in their hands amid the screams and curses of the devils.

Because the Japanese puppet army, which was hiding in the fortifications and had almost no casualties, the casualties began to increase suddenly

As soon as many people rushed to the top of the city, they were blown up by shells falling from the sky.

In particular, the flying thunder cannon shell, which was as powerful as a heavy artillery, smashed down and exploded when an explosive bag was smashed, and all the Imperial Allied troops and devils within a radius of 20 meters around were blown over, and there was not a single living mouth.

Soon, the devil Shaozo realized that something was wrong. "Eight Ge Yalu, we were fooled. The Eighth Route Army did not attack at all! ”

"They are on a tentative offensive, exposing all our troops and firepower, and then massively depleting us with artillery shelling!"

"Do you want the troops to go back and attack our artillery at least one mortar battery, one mountain artillery company, and one thunder artillery company! In less than a minute, we lost nearly 100 people! The adjutant frowned and reminded!

"Nope! No refund! Shao Zuo resolutely refused.

"No one knows which of the Eighth Route Army's attacks is true. If we miss, 200 meters will not take 20 seconds to rush to the foot of the city wall, and then we will not be able to win if we want to counterattack!

"Let the troops be dispersed, as far as possible, and reduce the damage of shells to us!"

"Also, take out half of the troops out of the city, return to the fortifications to avoid artillery fire as a reserve, and wait for the loss of the troops on the city to go back to them!"

At the headquarters of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka has been standing in front of the sand table for almost half an hour.

Taiyuan, Yangquan, Shouyang...... The battles of more than a dozen county towns and cities are clearly marked on the sand table.

Despite the constant changes in the movements of friends and foes on the sand table, Yoshio Shinozuka was not happy at all and was very disappointed.

The Eighth Route Army, which attacked the county town and reinforcements, was like crazy, sticking to them regardless of casualties and ammunition consumption.

It has been more than half an hour since he gave the order to return to help, and the three reinforcements have only walked less than a kilometer in their desperate attempt to attack back.

As for the troops drawn from other surrounding counties, they didn't even have a chance to leave the city.

Once they decide to rush out of the city, the defensive battle will turn into a rout, not only will they not be able to reinforce Taiyuan City, but even they will be wiped out in the night battle that the Eighth Route Army is good at.

After the telegram was sent to Yoshio Shinozuka, although Yoshio Shinozuka was very unwilling, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, he could only order the troops to continue to hold on!

"Yaga, is this still the dirt eight roads we know? Did they really decide to take Taiyuan City even at the cost of a decisive battle with our First Army? Yoshio Shinozuka, who was becoming more and more unable to understand the battle, couldn't help but shout.

In Shinozuka Yoshio's view, the Eighth Route Army has always been reluctant to confront the Imperial Army head-on. In the words of the General Command, the Eighth Route Army still needs to recuperate, and only after it is strong enough to protect itself and attack outwards can it launch a counteroffensive and conduct a local decisive battle.

However, the abnormal behavior of the Eighth Route Army in front of him directly made him a little stunned!

At that moment, a staff officer burst in.

"Sir, the city defense forces report that the Eighth Route Army, which is attacking us, has begun to attack. When they attacked, the artillery bombardment did not stop, and they were completely in a deadly posture, and the troops suffered heavy casualties! ”

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka hadn't spoken yet, and the chief of staff had already taken the lead, staring at the staff officer and asking rhetorically.

"How big are the casualties, and how long the outer city defense line can hold out, I want specific news!"

"Hey, let's get in touch right away!" The combat staff officer immediately replied that he didn't want to stay here for a second!

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