"Division commander, I will immediately dispatch a rapid-fire artillery squadron to reinforce the artillery positions and destroy these two tanks!" The chief of staff reminded anxiously.

"It's too late!" The division commander shook his head and replied.

"The artillery is over, and it's too late to go now...... The speed of the tank assault is too fast, and here is far from the artillery position, and by the time the reinforcements kill it, the artillery position has already fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army! ”

"What then? Watch those field artillery and heavy artillery being snatched away by the Eighth Route Army! The chief of staff shouted with an unwilling expression.

"Let them keep it for the time being, wait for our reinforcements to rush back, especially the tanks, and then recapture those heavy artillery from the Eighth Route Army." Lieutenant General Ito made a decision with a helpless face.

Then he continued to order: "However, we must not allow these Eighth Route Army to enter our infantry station. Otherwise, no matter which line of defense they attack, our troops will collapse under the internal and external attacks of the Eighth Route Army, resulting in the complete collapse of the three defense lines! ”

"Chief of Staff, you immediately transfer troops, reorganize a defensive line at the junction of infantry and artillery garrisons, and resolutely block the Eighth Route Army attacking our artillery positions to continue to assault us!"

"Also, the two artillery brigades will definitely return a lot of artillery, although they are all technical arms, but now they can't manage so much, we can only survive by blocking the offensive of the Eighth Route Army. So, as soon as they come over you distribute infantry weapons to them and let them join the fight! ”

"Please rest assured, the division commander, I will report immediately~ In this way, we can at least have one more brigade of troops!" The chief of staff immediately replied.

As soon as he reached the door of the tent, one of his subordinates, who was about to rush in, collided with him.

The communications officer, who wanted to come in, saw that he had actually bumped into the chief of staff, and his face turned pale with a brush.

However, the telegram in his hand made him not care so much, and he did not see the angry expression on the face of the chief of staff, and rushed in to report.

"The division commander ~ the chariot brigade called back, when they were passing through the stone bridge, the Eighth Route Army blew up the stone bridge, and the chariot brigade lost a tank, and there was no way to return to the division headquarters through the stone bridge!"

"And ...... The 136th Wing was in a hurry, and their reinforcements were blocked by the troops of the Eighth Route Army as soon as they set off, and the speed of the march could not be fast at all, at least until dawn to reach the division headquarters! ”

"It's over!"

The division commander, who was about to curse just now, was directly frightened and sat on the stool at this time.

The chief of staff, who had just stepped out of the tent, retracted his right foot, and hurriedly rushed to Lieutenant General Ito's side: "Division commander, you must not be fine!" The division is in danger, and you are still needed to command! ”

"Rest assured...... I can't die yet! Lieutenant General Ito slowly opened his forced eyes and said in a cold light.

Then he stared at the chief of staff and asked rhetorically: "Without the reinforcements of the tank and the 136th Wing, how long can we hold out with the troops in our hands alone!" ”

"I want a true answer, not to exaggerate at all, this is at stake for the lives of all of us here?"

"Hey!" The chief of staff's face immediately became serious, and he replied to the eyes of the division commander looking at him: "Two hours~ This is still the case of putting all the artillery into battle!" ”

"It could have lasted three hours, or more. But after the artillery was lost, because the artillery of the Eighth Route Army could shell us unscrupulously and provide fire cover for their infantry. So, the sticking time is directly shortened to two hours! ”

"No...... We can only hold out for an hour! Lieutenant General Ito shook his head and judged.

"Chief of Staff, you only calculated the time shortened after we lost all our artillery, and forgot to calculate the enormous pressure that the Eighth Route Army may bring to us after putting our captured artillery into battle."

The chief of staff was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "The division commander reminded me!" ”

"Twelve field artillery pieces and twelve heavy artillery, if we are bombarded by the Eighth Route Army, we will definitely not be able to hold out for an hour!"

"The power of the heavy artillery is too great, if a shell is smashed down, all the targets within a radius of tens of meters will be killed, and not a single live mouth can be left!"

"As for the armored vehicles in our hands, although they can withstand mortar shelling, they are absolutely vulnerable in the face of field artillery and heavy artillery shells!"

After speaking, he stared at Lieutenant General Ito and asked, "I can't hold it even for an hour, and the reinforcements will definitely not be able to catch up in an hour...... What's next? Please ask the division commander to decide! ”

"Withdraw the troops~" Lieutenant General Ito said in a shocking voice.

Saying this, the whole person was like a few years old, and his whole body was weak and collapsed on the stool again.

"There are still hours before dawn before the air force can come and reinforce us. And in a few hours, whether for us or for reinforcements, there may be a large number of casualties under the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and it is even possible to be completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army! ”

"At this time, only the withdrawal of troops can minimize the losses!"

"Order, leave a reinforced squad for each defense line to hold on, and the others will all concentrate on the division and regiment headquarters, and then under the cover of all the remaining armored vehicles of the tank brigade, break through to the brain, and then turn directly and retreat to Linfen!"

"The reinforcements sent by the 136th Wing quickly retreated, and after dawn, protect all the artillery and retreat directly to Linfen!"

"The cavalry wing, the chariot brigade, continue to reinforce the 135th wing, and after rescuing the 135th wing, the whole army retreats to Linfen~"

"If I didn't make a mistake, after this night battle, there are not many people left in either the 135th Wing or the 137th Wing, except for retreating to Linfen and ending this encirclement and suppression operation. If we continue to persevere, not only will we not be able to threaten our opponents, but we will also create a lot of opportunities for them to attack us! ”

It took more than ten minutes for more than 1,300 cavalry from the two brigades of the cavalry wing to finally cross the Broken Corpse Mountain.

"The troops continue to rush forward and reinforce the 135th Wing!" The commander of the cavalry wing commanded loudly.

Soon, the roaring hooves of horses sounded on the road.

"Da Da Da ......"

Suddenly, heavy machine-gun fire sounded in front, and the fast-advancing cavalry team suddenly stopped.

"Sir, there is a blocking position of the Eighth Route Army in front, they are equipped with three heavy machine guns and three light machine guns, the specific strength is unknown!" The Wing Commander was just about to send someone to the front to inquire about the situation, when a communications officer rushed over on horseback.

"It must be the blocking force sent by the Eighth Route Army to buy time for them to eliminate the 135th Wing!" The Wing Captain made a judgment with a frown.

Then he ordered: "Didn't we also bring mortars and heavy machine guns!" Let them go, cooperate with the second brigade, break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army, and kill them! ”

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