When the chief of staff was still frowning and analyzing how there were such large casualties, Matsumoto, who also had a calm face, had already seen the conspiracy behind these casualties.

"There's a problem...... Matsumoto said suddenly.

"In one day, the entire blockade line was attacked, and the Eighth Route Army only fought patrols, and retreated after firing a shot, even if one person attacked our patrol several times in a row, the new regiment would not have so many troops!"

"Also, the telegram said that judging from the bullet casings left on the battlefield, every time the Eighth Route Army attacked our patrol was a platoon, and using a platoon to attack one of our patrols, that is, a squad, was a complete waste of troops and bullets, and it was completely inconsistent with the previous guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army!"

"If I guessed correctly, the battle that took place on the blockade line today is not at all what you judged, the Eighth Route Army sneaked up on our patrol through guerrilla warfare, killed and wounded us in large numbers, and weakened our garrison on the blockade line!"

"What's that?" The chief of staff asked rhetorically with a frown.

"Training?" Matsumoto makes a judgment with a surprising statement!

"On the training ground, we trained with captured Chinese soldiers, practicing bayonets and hand-to-hand combat. Our old opponent Wang Ping will take his new regiment on our blockade line today, use the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army to train soldiers and train soldiers in marksmanship! ”

"How is that possible?" The chief of staff seemed to have heard a big joke, his face was shocked, his mouth was open, and he didn't react for a long time.

Major General Matsumoto frowned and analyzed: "More than 30 people, ambushing one of our patrol squads, and only killing five or six of us, even if each person only shoots one bullet, it is impossible for ordinary troops to achieve this result." But if this is the case, it means that the new regiment that attacked us was a new regiment of recruits! ”

"Beat us veterans with new recruits, and every battle is as good as a mold carved out, you say, isn't this a training what is?"

The chief of staff slowly believed it, and a very bold idea popped into his head.

"General, do you say that there is such a possibility, the new regiment will send the remaining veterans out of the mountains through secret channels, fight guerrilla attacks with us, and attack us secretly. At the same time, use the battle to prove to the Chinese people in the territory of Linfen that they have not been wiped out by us, expand their influence, and by the way, accumulate materials and expand the army. The rest of the recruits all stayed in the mountains for training, and when they saw that our troops had finally left the turrets and pillboxes for patrol, they immediately seized the opportunity to use our patrol to practice marksmanship. ”

"It's possible, but you're still overlooking one thing!" The more he analyzed, the more ugly Matsumoto's face became.

Because he suddenly found that the battle situation had developed to the present, and all the information he had mastered seemed to be fake.

If that's the case, then things are in trouble.

After taking a deep breath and suppressing the bad premonition in his heart as much as possible, he analyzed with a frown.

"The new regiment is trained in platoons, and there are so many battles on the blockade line in one day, and the blockade line is long, which means that the new regiment will send no less than ten platoons of recruits, or even more!"

"I'm sure that our bombing of the new regiment some time ago did not produce the desired results."

"The casualties of the new regiment are certainly not as great as we thought! The material reserves have not been completely destroyed either! ”

The chief of staff once again showed an expression of disbelief on his face: "How is it possible, we are using incendiary bombs, not ordinary aerial bombs." Even if I didn't go to the battlefield in person, I was sure that the new regimental garrison would have been burned to ashes! ”

Matsumoto, who had a calm face, seemed to think of something, and his already frowning brow wrinkled even deeper at this time.

Then he replied with a sudden realization: "Cunning rabbit three holes, I understand!" ”

"Our opponent is too cunning, and the Chinese have a habit since ancient times not to put their things together, but to hide them separately, so as not to be served by the opponent!"

"The new regiment must be the same."

"In addition to the camps we bombed and burned to ashes, there must be camps that we didn't know about."

"It's this secret camp that allows them to continue to live in the woods after losing their main camp!"

"Bage Yalu, they are too cunning, we have been deceived!"

Speaking of this, Major General Matsumoto also had a painful and regretful expression on his face.

I regret that I didn't think of this earlier, and let the remnants of the new regiment train and rest in the forest for so long.

As for the chief of staff, the shock on his face could no longer be described in words.

After finally reacting to it, he stared at Matsumoto and asked, "General, do you want me to use the old method to find out their secret station, and then send aviation to bomb it!" ”

Matsumoto shook his head and replied, "It's useless!" ”

"Since they knew about the Three Holes of the Cunning Rabbit in the first place, they must have done the same now. What's more, there was a station that was bombed by us just now, and they must be very vigilant and will not be fooled again! ”

The chief of staff was anxious and immediately asked, "What should I do then?" Watch them grow in the mountains, and watch them train with our patrols! ”

"Training!" Hearing these two words, a sneer flashed directly at the corner of Major General Matsumoto's mouth.

Because he still has a hole card in his hand that has not been played.

In the last battle, the performance of the special brigade made him very dissatisfied.

After the battle, Major General Matsumoto personally intervened and conducted training for the special brigade.

After more than half a month of intensive training, Matsumoto was very satisfied with the performance of these people. Although it is still far from the standard of the old special forces, it is no longer a problem to deal with ordinary troops.

And it should be clear to anyone that the fastest place to improve the combat effectiveness of the special brigade is not a training ground, but a real battlefield.

Since the new regiment uses its own patrols to train troops on the battlefield, he doesn't mind taking the new regiment's group of recruits to his own special forces to train his troops.

Thinking of this, Matsumoto shouted directly to the door: "Inform Harada Nakasa of the Special Brigade, come to me to report immediately, and be fast!" ”

After finishing, he stared at the chief of staff and continued to ask: "A car transport squadron reinforced by the headquarters has arrived, and there are still six armored cars and dozens of motorcycles in it, chief of staff, you will immediately divide it according to the standard of three three-wheeled motorcycles, one armored car, and three ordinary cars in a large stronghold." ”

"The remaining cars remained in the county seat to form two mechanized reinforced squadrons."

"If there is a situation where the garrison of the stronghold can't cope with it, the county town will send troops directly!"

"In addition, with the availability of motorcycles and armoured vehicles, the garrisons of the strongholds must conduct non-stop patrols of the main roads in their jurisdictions. By controlling the highway and controlling the villages around the highway, the whole of Linfen was cut into small pieces that the Eighth Route Army could not communicate with! ”

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