"Yo Xi!"

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly felt happy.

The Usami Brigade has finally opened the Ushio Ridge passage!

This means that the troops of the first blockade line can continue to attack Yang Village.

This also means that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will be compressed into a narrower area.

By the time the follow-up Tsuda detachment arrived near Yangcun, the 386 Brigade was also in danger.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka hurriedly walked back to the sand table and asked, "Sakamoto-kun, where is the Tsuda detachment?" ”

"The Tsuda detachment just passed through Great Summer Bay five minutes ago." Ryuichi Sakamoto pointed to the sand table with the long wooden pole in his hand, and said, "It's about three kilometers away from Ushiwei Ridge. ”

At normal speed, three kilometers takes half an hour.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Order the Tsuda detachment to speed up!" ”

Takashi Sakamoto: "Your Excellency Commander, are you worried that Yangcun will not be able to hold it?" ”

"It's not that I'm worried, but Yangcun definitely won't be able to hold it." Yoshio Shinozuka said categorically, "If the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army continues to launch a fierce attack at any cost, the Mori Brigade will definitely not be able to stop it." ”

This is not that Yoshio Shinozuka is long and his ambition to destroy his own prestige,

Rather, it is a rational, objective, and pertinent assessment based on the combat effectiveness of both the enemy and the enemy.

Takashi Sakamoto: "But after breaking through the Yangcun defense line, the 386 Brigade is basically disabled. ”

"Huh?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned slightly when he heard this, he hadn't thought about it yet.

Ryuichi Sakamoto said again: "The combat effectiveness of the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is indeed strong, we must admit this, but after continuously forcibly breaking through the defense line of Niuweiling and Yangcun, how much combat power is left?" How much ammunition is left? Will this ammunition alone be able to break through the fourth blockade line of the Imperial Army? ”

After a pause, Ryuichi Sakamoto continued: "So, I'm more worried about another possibility. ”

"Another possibility?" Yoshio Shinozuka's heart skipped a beat, and he said in a deep voice, "What is possible?" ”

"I'm worried that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will be broken into pieces in advance." Takashi Sakamoto, "Then split up and broke through." ”

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka's face changed suddenly, if this is really the case, then it will be a big trouble.

So will the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army really be reduced to zero in advance? When you think about it, it seems that this possibility is really not small.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka's heart was raised, but the world is like this, the more you are afraid of something, the more you will come.

Just when Yoshio Shinozuka was worried that Ryuichi Sakamoto's guess would come true, another communication soldier hurriedly walked out of the communication class.

"Your Excellency, Commander."

The signal soldier walked up to Yoshio Shinozuka and paused.

"The Sen Brigade is in an emergency, and the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has been broken into pieces and broken through separately."

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka's face suddenly collapsed completely, but he still came.

Takuya Mizuhara is lit up in front of him, this is another news worth a thousand gold!

If it is sold to the Jin Sui Army, the Military Commander, the Central Commander, and even the Eighth Route Army through secret channels, it should make a lot of money, and it is necessary to quickly find an opportunity to return to the gendarmerie.

Those staff officers also blew up.

"Nani? Rounded to zero? ”

One of the operational staff officers shouted, "How is that possible? ”

"yes, how is that possible?" Another operational staff officer chimed in, "The Eighth Route Army is willing to give up those heavy equipment? ”

"yes." Yasuya Inoue echoed, "When you enter the mountain, you can't take away those heavy equipment?" Not to mention the Meiji 38-style field artillery, even heavy machine guns and mortars had to be abandoned. ”

Even the Type 97 81mm mortar weighed more than twenty kilograms.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun weighs more than 50 kilograms, and even if it is disassembled into two parts, the body and the bracket, each part still weighs more than 20 kilograms, and it is extremely inconvenient to take it on mountain roads.

What's more, this is not a simple mountain march.

Because the middle will definitely be surrounded and intercepted by the imperial army.

So in the end, in order to get rid of the pursuit of the imperial army, the Eighth Route Army,

There is a high chance that all weapons that may affect the march will be abandoned.

In a word, once you enter the mountain, you basically don't want to keep weapons weighing more than 20 kilograms.

Therefore, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army suddenly broke into pieces and broke through separately, which really caught the Japanese army off guard, not only Yoshio Shinozuka did not expect it, but most of the staff officers did not expect it.

At this time, the communication soldier said again: "However, the Sen Brigade suspects that this is the Eighth Route Army fishing. ”

"Fishing?" Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes lit up suddenly, and he grabbed a straw like a drowning man, and said in a loud voice, "Oh yes, it's fishing, it's definitely fishing." ”

"Wang Ye, this guy has always been cunning."

"This must be a trap designed by Wang Ye."

"The purpose is to lure the Mori Brigade to attack."

"Wait for the forest brigade to attack, and then fight a sharp counter-assault."

"In this way, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army can easily break through the Yangcun blockade line."

The more Yoshio Shinozuka spoke, the more he felt that this possibility was extremely high, and the whole person came to life again.

At that moment, he said to the head of the communications section, Inoue-kun: "Inoue-kun, immediately call the Sen Brigade and let them hold Yangcun, no matter what the Eighth Route Army does, don't rush to pursue." ”

"Hello!" Yasushi Inoue turned around and hurried away.

Ryuichi Sakamoto still said dutifully: "Your Excellency, Commander." ”

"I don't dare to assert that this must not be a trap designed by Wang Ye."

"But I also think that the possibility of a separate breakthrough of the 386 Brigade seems to be greater."

"So I think we have to be prepared to be prepared so that we don't get caught off guard."

Yoshio Shinozuka said with a slight expression: "You mean, send those 18 advance teams?" ”

"Yes, the 18 advance teams were originally specially prepared for the headquarters organs of the Eighth Route Army and the regimental and brigade-level command organs, but in the end they failed to play any role." Sakamoto shook his head, and then said, "But now, it's time for them to show their skills. ”

"Well, you're right."

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded happily.

He added: "Order, all the advancing teams immediately split up and enter the mountain." ”

"Please tell them to do everything possible to find and bite the small unit of the Eighth Route Army that has been broken into pieces."

"If there is a chance, destroy them, if there is no chance, then there is no need to be reluctant, you can wait for the pursuit of the army to arrive, and then it is not too late to encircle and suppress them."

"In addition, the troops on the first and second blockade lines, all the troops,"

"Immediately divide the brigade into the mountain, and if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has really broken into pieces and broken through separately, we will launch a dragnet sweep against it!"

"If this is just fishing,"

"It's not too late for the various brigades to gather again."

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "By the way, if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army breaks through separately, it is likely that the radio silence will be lifted, so the telecommunications monitoring detachment must also follow." ”

Now, Takuya Mizuhara finally got an excuse to leave.

At that moment, Takuya Mizuhara asked, "Your Excellency, do we need to do something in the special high class?" ”

This is the genius of Takuya Mizuhara, he doesn't directly say what needs to be done in the special high class, but lets Yoshio Shinozuka order them to do something in the special high class, and it is amazing.

"Oh." Yoshio Shinozuka said with a deep groan.

"Your special high class should also strengthen monitoring from the intelligence level."

"In case the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army successfully breaks through, it is necessary to determine their whereabouts as soon as possible."

"Hello!" Takuya Mizuhara slammed his head, and then hurried back to the gendarmerie.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there is one more matter." Ryuichi Sakamoto said, "The fourth blockade line also needs to be strengthened, and it must be ensured that all river valleys, passes, and all passages within a radius of 50 kilometers are guarded. ”

"Hmm." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded heavily, "Immediately call the 4th and 8th Mixed Brigades of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and tell Cheng Sang and Zhong Sang that I will trouble them to work harder during this time, and when this time is over, I will definitely reward them, and at the same time, I will also ask for credit from His Excellency the General for the two of them and the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Cooperative Army." ”

……

It was twelve o'clock in the evening.

Fang Ligong left the office and prepared to go back to the dormitory to sleep.

When I turned my head, I found that the lights in the war room were still on.

"Which careless ghost is this? The lights are not turned off. Fang Ligong shook his head, pushed the door and walked into the war room.

However, as soon as he entered the door, he found that it was actually Chu Yunfei and two operational staff officers who were doing a war game.

"Tuanza, why are you?" Fang Ligong was stunned and asked, "Why don't you go to sleep so late?" ”

Chu Yunfei shook his head and said, "I can't sleep, so I just do a war game with the two of them to see if the 386 Brigade has a chance to break out of the encirclement?" ”

Co-authored Chu Yunfei still didn't give up.

Fang Ligong shook his head and said, "Tuanzao, are you sorry for Li Yunlong?" ”

"That's right, I'm sorry for Li Yunlong." Chu Yunfei sighed and said, "Although this person is a mud leg, his tactical command ability is extraordinary, and he is talented." ”

"Talent?" Fang Ligong smiled dumbly, "Tuanzao wouldn't be trying to recruit this person, right?" ”

Chu Yunfei smiled and said: "Meritorious brother, don't say it, I really have this idea, but it's not now, now that the national disaster is at hand, we should still take fighting the Japanese invaders as the first priority." ”

Fang Ligong said: "I'm afraid this idea of the group seat will come to naught. ”

"Not really." Chu Yunfei waved his hand and said, "Maybe a miracle will happen." ”

"Tuanza, no miracle can happen." Fang Ligong shook his head and said, "The 40,000 Japanese army has surrounded Shuiyao Mountain, with only the little strength of the 386 Brigade, those few guns, oh and a few tanks, want to break through?" This is simply wishful thinking, and Wang Ye's wolf squadron has a chance to break through. ”

Chu Yunfei immediately fell silent, they had done many wargames throughout the day, and the results were all the same.

The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army trapped in Shuiyao Mountain was completely annihilated by the Japanese army without any suspense, and he Chu Yunfei played the Eighth Route Army and did his best, but he did not let a miracle happen.

At this moment, an intelligence staff officer on night duty hurriedly walked into the war room.

"Report!" The intelligence staff officer stood up and saluted, "An urgent call has been sent from Taiyuan's internal line!" ”

"Taiyuan's telegram?" Fang Ligong hurriedly took the telegram, and when he saw it, he was immediately stupid.

Seeing that Fang Ligong's expression was different, Chu Yunfei's expression moved, and he asked, "Brother Ligong, what's the matter?" ”

Fang Ligong didn't seem to hear it, and still stood there stupidly, just looking at the telegram in his hand in a daze, revealing a look of disbelief.

In the end, he even muttered.

"This can't be, how is this possible? It's impossible! ”

Chu Yunfei strode over, snatched the telegram directly from Fang Ligong's hand, and then looked down.

Seeing this, Chu Yunfei also exclaimed: "What? The 386 Brigade actually broke through? And is it also a heavy encirclement protruding from the front of the water kiln pass? ”

"What?"

"Frontal breakout?"

The two operational staff officers were also stunned on the spot.

It's amazing, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is really amazing?

Forty thousand Japanese troops failed to trap them? All of them broke through from the front?

"Incredible, simply incredible!" Chu Yunfei slapped the telegram on the edge of the sand case, and said repeatedly, "I can't imagine how the Eighth Route Army did it?" ”

A miracle happened!

……

Qiulin Town, Northern Shaanxi, Second War Zone Governor's Department.

Chief Yan hasn't been sleeping well lately, and he always wakes up in the middle of the night.

Tonight was no exception, and I slept until about twelve o'clock and woke up again.

At that moment, he got up and was about to relieve himself, but as soon as he got off the ground, there was a knock on the door of the shell.

"Who?" Chief Yan said angrily, "In the middle of the night, don't let people sleep?" ”

"Boss, it's Russia, and Russia has an urgent report." The voice of the attendant adjutant Zhang Riming sounded outside the door.

"It's you." Chief Yan said angrily, "Come in, the bedroom door is not locked." ”

The bedroom door was pushed open, and the attendant adjutant Zhang Riming hurriedly walked in, also disheveled, and probably had just been woken up from his sleep.

"What is the matter?"

Chief Yan yawned and asked.

Zhang Riming took a breath of cold air and said in a low voice: "General seat, the 386 Brigade has broken through." ”

"The 386 Brigade broke through? Break through and break through, this is a lot of fuss. ”

Chief Yan muttered angrily, then jumped up from the edge of the bed and shouted, "What, Riming, what did you just say?" The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army broke through? ”

"Hmm." Zhang Riming nodded heavily.

He added: "And it's also a frontal breakthrough!" ”

"What? Or is it a perimeter that breaks through from the front? "Chief Yan's whole person is not good.

"Ahh I don't know how many there were, but Chief Yan said again, "It's amazing, it's really amazing, the 386 Brigade is so capable of fighting?" ”

……

Chongqing, Huangshan Mansion Yunxiu Tower.

Although it was already early in the morning, Chang Kaishen still did not rest.

Chang Kaishen maintains a military style, and his work and rest time is still very regular, unless there are special circumstances, he must go to bed early and get up early, but there are special circumstances tonight.

Because Dai Yunong, deputy director of the Military Command Bureau, asked to see him overnight.

"Yunong, what's the matter at such a late hour?"

Chang Kaishen rubbed his eyebrows twice, feeling a little tired.

"Headmaster, there's bad news." Dai Yunong whispered.

"The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which was trapped in Shuiyao Mountain, broke through."

"What?" Chang Kaishen almost suspected that something was wrong with his ears.

Dai Yunong said again: "Principal, just a few hours ago, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which was trapped in Shuiyao Mountain, had already broken through from the front!" ”

Chang Kaishen was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, no one knew what Chang Kaishen was thinking.

After a long time, Chang Kaishen let out a long sigh and said with annoyance: "When the Japanese army beat our Central Army, it was really called a murderous, our Central Army often pulled a whole division to the battlefield, and let the Japanese army eat it in a few hours, but how can it be replaced by the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese army will not work?" ”

"More than 40,000 Japanese troops, there must be two divisions here, right?"

"Two divisions of the Japanese army dealt with a brigade of the Eighth Route Army and surrounded it."

"But in the end, not to mention the failure to completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army, and let the Eighth Route Army break out of the encirclement from the front?"

"It's so hard to fight our Central Army, but it's so hard to fight the Eighth Route Army, isn't this bullying? Isn't this a deliberate attempt to get along with our national government? ”

Dai Yunong stood respectfully at the desk.

"Headmaster, don't worry too much."

"Although the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army broke through from Shuiyao Mountain,"

"But that doesn't mean they've escaped."

The Military Command Bureau has a lot of money, and the information it has purchased is more and more clear than that of the Jin Sui Army.

"Oh?" Chang Kaishen's heart moved slightly, and he said, "Yunong, how do you say this?" ”

Dai Yunong took the opportunity to say: "Principal, here's the thing, the people at the Taiyuan Station of our Military Command Bureau bribed an operational staff officer of the Japanese 1st Army Headquarters. ”

"A lot of top-secret information has been obtained through this combat staff officer."

"According to the information we have, the Japanese army has set up four blockades inside and outside the area within a radius of 50 kilometers outside Shuiyao Mountain, that is to say, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has only broken the first blockade, and there are second, third and even fourth blockades waiting for them later."

"Oh, I see."

Chang Kaishen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

In that case, I'm relieved.

……

In Mount Taiyue.

The brigade commander was baking a fire in the war room.

The work at hand is not finished yet, so I can only continue to work while baking the fire.

The chief of staff hurriedly walked into the war room and reported to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, I have just received a telegram from the headquarters, saying that we have obtained an important piece of information from the inner line of the Taiyuan Station of the Military Command Bureau. ”

"Oh yes?" The brigade commander asked, "What kind of information?" ”

The chief of staff said: "About Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie. ”

When the brigade commander heard this, he jumped up and said hurriedly: "How are they?" ”

The chief of staff said: "They have broken the first blockade line of the devils, and they are still breaking through head-on!" ”

"Great!" The brigade commander smacked hard, "I know, I know, I know that the little devils of the dog day can't trap them, haha, they really broke through!" ”

The chief of staff said: "But there is also bad news. ”

"You're saying there's more blockades ahead, right?"

The brigade commander guessed everything at once, and said with a smile: "The first blockade failed to trap them, and the later blockade is even more of a problem, Xiao Wang, they will definitely be able to deal with it." ”

"That's right." When the chief of staff heard this, he was also relieved.

"Chief of Staff, I'm hungry." As soon as the brigade commander was in a good mood, he felt a little hungry.

The chief of staff smiled and said, "I'll go get a few potatoes and roast them in the fire." ”

(End of chapter)