Takuya Mizuhara sneered, but his heart was a little shocked.

Okamura Ninji values him so much, it's not a good phenomenon, there are only two possibilities, one is that Okamura Ninji really appreciates his ability and is ready to focus on cultivating him.

The second is the East Window incident.

Ninji Okamura is now a cat play mouse.

Taku Mizuhara is also more inclined to the second possibility.

It seems that it is necessary to plan ahead and prepare in advance.

Fortunately, the sweep of the Eighth Route Army's bandit area in the northwest of Jin has not yet ended, and he has not leaked key information to the Kuomintang or the Communist Party, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army, so in line with the principle of not tossing, Okamura Ningji should not move him yet, so he still has enough time to prepare an escape plan.

I have to say that Takuya Mizuhara's vigilance is really high.

Okamura Ninji didn't know that Takuya Mizuhara had become wary of him.

Okamura Ninji took the long wooden pole from Masao Inamura's hand, pointed to the sand table and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, the deployment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army can be roughly divided into two parts. ”

"One is deployed in Lao County, Ping'an County and Anhua County."

"The intention was to block the highway and prevent the Imperial Army from pursuing it quickly."

"The other is deployed in the Wohu Mountains, the Jiugong Mountains, and the triangle between the three county towns, with the intention of blocking the roundabout passages of our two mountain divisions and protecting the rear of their main forces."

Speaking of this, Okamura Ninji used a long wooden pole to point hard near Chenzhuang.

He also said: "Now, due to the roundabout infiltration of my 15 infantry brigades, the Eighth Route Army has attracted the northern and southern flanks and the central triangle to the area near Chenzhuang. ”

"Therefore, at this time, the north and south wings must be empty of troops."

Speaking of this, Okamura Ninji suddenly straightened his face and shouted: "Order! ”

All the generals and officers in the entire battle hall stood in unison.

After a pause, Okamura Ningji said again: "The 26th Division immediately attacked and advanced in the direction of Jiugong Town, the 27th Division attacked and advanced in the direction of Malan Town, and the 75th Division and the 110th Division attacked and advanced in the direction of Yuanao Town and Sanqi Town further behind, and must block the rear road of the Eighth Route Army in Laoxian, Anhua and Ping'an County!" ”

"Hello!" Yasushi Inoue shook his head and turned around and walked into the communication class.

Masao Inamori, the head of the operations section, took a few operations and started sand table operations.

After a while, four groups of war games composed of four divisions (missing nine infantry brigades) were arranged into four arrows, pointing to Jiugong Town, Sanqi Town, Malan Town, and Yuanao Town from the north and south flanks.

……

At more than four o'clock in the morning, the eastern sky had slightly revealed the white of the fish's belly.

The brigade commander led the column headquarters organs to advance along the highway towards Wanmadu.

After all, the Northwest Column of Shanxi Province was only the prototype of a field army, and many of its organs were actually managed by local military districts, so the organizational setup was still very streamlined, and the retreat was very fast.

From the order to the evacuation of the agency, it was only half an hour.

Of course, this is also because the organs of the local military districts have already withdrawn first.

As he was moving forward, Li Yunlong led a militia captain to catch up breathlessly.

"Brigadier Commander." Li Yunlong shouted loudly, "There is a situation. ”

The brigade commander stopped and asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation?" ”

"Commander Chen." The militia captain saluted, "I am the captain of the district squad in Malan Town, after the main force of our second division was transferred, only half of our district squad was left in Malan Town, and this morning the sky was just bright, and a large group of devils pounced from the east, not to mention tens of thousands of people, as well as horse teams!" ”

"Tens of thousands of devils?" The brigade commander said awe-inspiringly, "And the horse team?!" ”

Li Yunlong said: "Brigade commander, it may be a certain main division of the devil!" ”

"Not a possibility, but a certainty." The brigade commander said awe-inspiringly, "Okamura Ningji, this old devil is really powerful, and he actually calculated that we would give up the county seat, so he sent heavy troops to intercept it in advance!" ”

"Fortunately, we are not stupid, and we evacuated the county seat ahead of dawn."

Speaking of this, he said: "If nothing else, there are probably devils over there in Jiugong Town." ”

Li Yunlong said: "Brigade commander, this is a little bad, there is no problem with our three detachments, and Lao Ding's detachment will definitely be in time, but Lao Kong's second detachment will most likely be made dumplings." ”

"So we can't let the devil close the door so quickly." The brigade commander said, "Li Yunlong, you immediately take a regiment to Malan Town to stop the devils, you don't have to fight hard with the devils, just drag the devils." ”

"Yes!" Li Yunlong agreed, then turned his head and yelled, "Shen Quan? Shen Quan?! ”

Shen Quan, the third head of the regiment, heard the sound and asked, "Commander, are you looking for me?" ”

Li Yunlong said: "Take the 3 regiments and follow me." ”

"Yes." Shen Quan responded, turned around and shouted, "3 regiments, all assemble!" ”

Soon, Li Yunlong took more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the 3rd Regiment towards Malan Town.

Seeing the figures of Li Yunlong and the officers and men of the 3rd Regiment disappearing, the brigade commander suddenly thought of another possibility, and immediately called Xing Zhiguo, the deputy commander of the 3rd Detachment, over.

The brigade commander said: "Xing Zhiguo, you take the 1st regiment to defend Yuan'ao Town to prevent the devils from outflanking us from a farther distance." ”

"But." Xing Zhiguo said with some embarrassment, "Brigade commander, Lao Li took the 3rd Regiment away, and the 2nd Regiment is cooperating with the 2nd Division in Chenzhuang to block the infiltrated Japanese army, if I take the 1st Regiment away again, there will only be a small number of guards and staff officers left in the headquarters, so your safety?" ”

"I'm going to be fine here." The brigade commander said in a deep voice.

"As long as you can hold Yuanao Town and Li Yunlong hold Malan Town, I will be fine!"

"Yes!" Xing Zhiguo didn't say more, and after saluting the brigade commander, he also left with the 1st regiment.

The brigade commander called the chief of the communications section to him and ordered: "Section Chief Liang, you immediately send a telegram to the detachment, and ask Ding Wei to send troops to defend Jiugong Town and Sanqi Town to ensure the safety of the passage." ”

"Yes." The chief of the communications section hurriedly asked people to set up the radio.

……

At the same time, Kong Jie also led the main force of the second detachment to evacuate Ping'an County.

The second detachment originally had three main regiments and directly subordinate troops, with more than 7,000 people, but now when it withdrew from Ping'an County, there were only more than 2,000 people left with Kong Jie.

Originally, there were more than 3,000 people.

But last night, Wen Zhaoqi took the 3rd regiment away.

Looking at the queue that has become much smaller, Kong Jie can't help but feel a little sad, damn, there are more than 7,000 officers and soldiers in a detachment, and there are only more than 2,000 people left after a few battles.

Just when Kong Jie was saddened, a continuous explosion suddenly sounded behind him.

Looking back in a hurry, I saw that the city of Ping'an County had already risen to the sky.

Guan Dashan, who was walking beside Kong Jie, laughed and said in a cruel voice: "Commander, this is enough for devils." ”

Before retreating, the second detachment planted a large number of mines and explosives packages on the position in accordance with the unified deployment of the column headquarters, and made a large series of mines.

I just don't know how many Japanese devils have been killed in this big explosion?

Kong Jie said: "The treacherous thunder exploded, and the devil should know that we have withdrawn, so he will definitely launch a crazy pursuit of us in the future." ”

"Oh, yes, yes." Guan Dashan hurriedly said, "Then we have to go faster." ”

"It's not enough to be fast." Kong Jie waved his hand and said, "I remember Xiao Wang told me that you can't put your eggs in one basket, so we divide our troops, Lao Guan, you take the 1st regiment to the north of Chenzhuang, and the 2nd regiment follows me to the south of Chenzhuang, by the way, see if you can rescue a few troops trapped in the battlefield of Chenzhuang, but remember not to fall in love with the war." ”

"Yes." Guan Dashan immediately took the 1st regiment to the north.

Kong Jie took the 2nd Regiment to the south.

……

Taiyuan, the combat hall of the headquarters of the 1st Army.

Takuya Mizuhara had just made another trip to Yoshinoya and ordered breakfast for everyone.

Of course, it was inevitable that the latest news was passed on to the Taiyuan Station of the Military Commander, in exchange for 100 gold.

Okamura Ninji was drinking porridge, and the head of the communications section, Yasushi Inoue, hurriedly walked in and immediately reported: "Your Excellency, the 26th Division and the 27th Division were both strongly blocked by the 386th Brigade in Jiugong Town and the 27th Division in Malan Town, and the 11th Independent Infantry Wing and one infantry squadron each of the 1st Infantry Wing of the Chinese Garrison Infantry were severely damaged. ”

"What?" Yoshimoto exclaimed, "This can't be! ”

Takuya Mizuhara said: "This should be the main force of the 386th Brigade in Lao County and Anhua County. ”

"The main force of the 386th Brigade?" Okamura Ningji asked with a fixed expression, "Mizuwon-kun, are you saying that Chen Gen and Wang Ye have foreseen that the main forces of the 386th Brigade in Lao County, Ping'an County, and Anhua are in danger, so they issued a retreat order in advance?" And also sent troops in advance to seize Malan Town and Jiugong Town to protect the security of the two wings? ”

Takuya Mizuhara nodded, "If nothing else, it must be so." ”

"It's unlikely, isn't it?" "If the main force of the 386th Brigade has really been evacuated from Lao County, Ping'an County and Anhua County, then why didn't the 1st Division and the other four divisions report?" That night, the attack of their five divisions on the three county towns never stopped. ”

Takuya Mizuhara smiled, "I guess there will be news soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, another communications staff officer hurriedly walked in.

"Your Excellency, General." The communications staff officer paused, "The 72nd Division is in a hurry, and their attack unit has suffered heavy damage from a large series of thunderbolts in the latest attack!" ”

"What?" Yoshimoto Sadachi lost his voice and said, "Large-scale serial thunder? ”

"Yes." The communications staff officer said, "The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army planted a large number of explosives and mines on several main streets in Ping'an County, making a large series of mines, and the attacking troops of the 72nd Division did not know that the 386th Brigade had withdrawn. ”

"Yaga!" Okamura Ninji gritted his teeth and said, "Cunning and cunning! ”

After a pause, Okamura Ningji said again: "Order the 72nd Division to pursue immediately, such a good opportunity to beat the water dogs must not be easily missed, and the living forces of the 386th Brigade must be killed and injured as much as possible!" ”

"Hello!" Inoue Yasushi was about to turn around and leave, when another communications staff officer came in.

"Your Excellency General, the 1st Division and the 74th Division are in an emergency, their attack troops in Lao County and Anhua County have all been attacked by the 386th Brigade, and they have suffered heavy casualties!"

"I see." Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice, "Order the 1st Division and the 74th Division to pursue the 386th Brigade, and telegraph to Nakazawa-kun and Yanagihara-kun that they must bite the 386th Brigade like a mad dog, and they must not let the 386th Brigade get out easily, even if they escape in the end, they must take off their skin!" ”

"Hello." Yasushi Inoue paused again.

……

Chongqing Huangshan official residence, Yunxiu Lou battle hall.

After Chang Kaishen got up, he didn't go for a walk on the trail by the Jialing River, but went straight to the battle hall.

Chu Yunfei and Tang Zong didn't sleep all night last night, they were both on duty, and when they saw Chang Kaishen coming in, they hurriedly saluted.

Chang Kaishen waved his hand, and then asked Tang Zongdao: "Naijian, did you have the latest news last night?" ”

"Yes." Tang Zong nodded, and continued, "In the middle of the night, Stationmaster Wang sent another secret telegram to report to us the latest progress of the war in the northwest of Shanxi. ”

Chu Yunfei continued: "It's all messed up. ”

"All messed up?" Chang Kaishen said, "What does it mean to be completely chaotic? ”

"Headmaster, look." Chu Yunfei pointed to the sand table and said, "The dozen or so infantry brigades that the Japanese army launched the infiltration have completely mixed up with the local troops of the 386th Brigade, and it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us. ”

Chang Kaishen lowered his head, his eyes fell on the simulated sand table, and sure enough, he saw that the Japanese army was divided into infantry squadrons and even infantry squads, and the Eighth Route Army was also divided into companies and platoons.

Seeing this, Chang Kaishen was a little confused.

At that moment, Chang Kaishen asked: "Naijian and Yunfei, so who is beneficial to this situation?" ”

"Of course, it's good for the Japanese army." Tang Zong said, "In any case, the Japanese army has an absolute superiority in strength, and in the current situation, the north and south flanks of the 386th Brigade are equivalent to being undefended. ”

Chu Yunfei continued: "If the Japanese army invests four more mountain divisions to advance from the north and south of Jiugong Town and Malan Town, it will be able to complete the encirclement of the main force of the 386th Brigade in Lao County, Ping'an County and Anhua County, and the nearly one million people in the northwest of Jin Province who are stranded near Wanmadu will not be able to escape the catastrophe." ”

Chang Kaishen was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was silent.

At that moment, Chang Kaishen asked: "So is the Japanese army advancing from north to south?" ”

"There is no news yet...... Before Tang Zong could finish his sentence, a communications staff officer hurriedly walked in and handed a telegram to Tang Zong.

After reading it, Tang Zong's face showed a hint of weirdness.

"Naijian." Chang Kaishen asked, "Is it Wang Jialing's telegram?" ”

"Headmaster, it's Wang Jialing's telegram." Tang Zongdao, "It said above that Okamura Ningji has ordered the 26th Division and other four mountain divisions to attack and advance in the direction of Jiugong Town, Malan Town, Sanqi Town, and Yuanao Town, if nothing else, the 386th Brigade will definitely be finished this time." ”

Chu Yunfei was also silent when he heard this.

This time, he also felt that the 386th Brigade was afraid that it would be more than lucky.

"In this way, Okamura Ninji, this old devil, is really difficult." Chang Kaishen said in horror, "Fortunately, this old devil was transferred to North China, if he was still in Wuhan, the headache would be the national army." ”

Tang Zong said again: "But the 386th Brigade will definitely not be restrained. ”

"That's for sure." Chu Yunfei said, "The 386th Brigade will definitely fight back." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Yunfei said again: "With my understanding of this army, the more victory is in sight, the more you can't take it lightly, because no matter what kind of desperate situation you are in, this army can stab you with a deadly sword in places you can't think of!" ”

"In the words of one of the commanders of the 386th Brigade,"

"Even if it's a death, Lao Tzu will splash your blood."

"You're a tiger, and you're going to break off your fangs!"

Chang Kaishen said awe-inspiringly: "What is the name of this regiment leader?" ”

"His name is Li Yunlong." Chu Yunfei said, "Dabie Mountain people. ”

"Li Yunlong?" Chang Kaishen said, "Why does it sound familiar?" ”

Chu Yunfei said: "It's the person that the student mentioned to the principal last time." ”

"It turned out to be him." Chang Kaishen said happily, "Yunfei, the next time we meet, you will tell him that as long as he is willing to switch to the camp of the national army and serve the party-state, I will immediately appoint him as the deputy commander of the 89th Division!" By the way, if you still want to find a Wang Ye, let him be the chief of staff of the major general of the 89th Division, and let them listen to the order under Yunfei and you. ”

"Yes!" Chu Yunfei was overjoyed when he heard this.

……

Near Chenzhuang, a foxhole.

Wei Xilai dragged the corpse of the devil lying at the entrance of the cave back to the tunnel.

This devil has just been killed by Wei Xilai, and a knife stabbed into the lower abdomen of this devil, and the bladder was pierced.

Then Wei Xilai returned to the foxhole from the entrance of the cave, and as soon as he appeared, several rows of bullets came at the same time from several directions, causing the ground around the foxhole to smoke out.

If Wei Xilai hadn't shrunk quickly, he would have been beaten into a sieve directly.

"Donkey's Day." Wei Xilai retracted the tunnel and said to Wang Ye in the tunnel, "Captain, there are devils all around, we have broken into the devil's nest." ”

Duan Peng said: "It seems that the tunnels in this village have been occupied by devils. ”

"Damn, we're trapped right now." Wei Dayong said, "There are devils everywhere here, when will it take to clean them up one by one?" But if you walk from the ground, you will become a live target. ”

"Expected." Wang Ye said, "In fact, there may not be all devils around, there must be people from us, but we can't be sure whether we are friends or foes, so we can only shoot with us." ”

Wei Xi said, "Isn't this all messy? ”

"It's been messed up a long time ago, it's completely messed up." Wang Ye nodded and said, "The devil's dozen or so infantry brigades, as well as our three main regiments and the troops of the three military divisions, have been completely mixed up, and the more than 10,000 and nearly 20,000 people are trapped in the area of more than ten kilometers centered on Chenzhuang, and they are all mixed into a mess. ”

"A mess?" Duan Peng said, "How can you eat now?" I can't even put my mouth shut. ”

"You have to eat it if you can't put it in your mouth." Wei Dayong snorted and said, "I don't believe that a living person can suffocate urine." ”

"The monk is right, if you can't eat, you must eat, and if your stomach is burst, you have to eat!" Wang Ye said in a deep voice, "Everything is difficult at the beginning, let's gnaw out little by little from the center of this pulp!" ”

At that moment, Wang Ye returned to the tunnel with more than a dozen wolf warriors.

Because the tunnel going forward has been blown up, I don't know if it was blown up by devils or by friendly forces, anyway, it collapsed, and I can't get through, so I can only dismantle it back and find another exit.

As usual, Lin Han walked at the front of the team, acting as a spearhead.

I didn't dare to use the flashlight, and walked twenty or thirty meters in the dark, when Lin Han suddenly stopped.

The players who followed up by pulling the corners of the front team's clothes stopped.

Then starting from Lin Han, slap the steel helmets of the team members behind one by one: the devils are hiding in front and ready to fight!

The best thing to use in the tunnel is a grenade, Lin Han took out a ninety-seven grenade from his waist, pulled out the safety and slammed it on the steel helmet, and immediately made a soft clanging sound.

The soft sound of "ding" was very abrupt in the silent tunnel.

The devil hiding in the opposite corner was immediately alarmed, and asked loudly: "What person?" Tell the password! ”

Lin Han naturally couldn't pay attention to them, and after waiting for about three seconds, he threw the grenade against the ground and rolled around the corner, and the smoking grenade rolled behind the corner.

"Baga, it's a grenade, lie down!"

"On the opposite side is the Eighth Route Army, kill them!"

"Damn it, kick it into the crater!"

A panicked roar immediately rang out across the corner.

Then there was a bang, and the dazzling red light suddenly bloomed.

This was followed by several screams, and gunpowder smoke swept down the tunnel.

The red light was annihilated, and silence returned to the tunnel, and all the wolf warriors held their breath so as not to interfere with Lin Han's judgment.

Lin Han listened attentively for a moment, and said to Wang Ye in a low voice: "There is still a living mouth!" ”

"Alright, I'll take care of the rest." Wang Yewan pulled out his bayonet with a thud.

Wei Dayong grabbed Wang Ye's arm and said, "Captain, let's go?" ”

"Shut up." Wang Ye reprimanded, "With my Wang Ye here, it is not your turn to make a move, Monk Wei." ”

Wei Dayong didn't dare to say anything more, but Wang Ye held the bayonet and touched it silently.

In the darkness, I don't know how long it took, maybe a few hours, maybe only a few seconds, when suddenly there was a sound on the other side, and then there was a soft pop, like a liquid rushing.

Then Wang Ye's voice sounded: "Come here, it's safe here." ”

More than a dozen team members hurried over, only to see that this section of the tunnel was connected to a foxhole, and there was a bright light leaking down.

Through this faint light, you can see five devils lying in the tunnel, and one of them is slumped at Wang Ye's feet, bleeding from his neck.

Wang Ye laughed and said, "This little devil pretends to be smart and wants to pretend to be dead to earn me." ”

"Then he's really looking for death." Wei Dayong said, "Fighting with our captain, isn't it because I think my life is long." ”

Wang Ye said to Lin Han, Duan Peng and several other team members with submachine guns: "Throw away all the submachine guns, change the rifles, and the captured grenades will belong to Lin Han." ”

Lin Han, Duan Peng and a few other team members threw away the submachine gun and picked up the devil's rifle.

He also divided the bullets on the devil's body, and gave a total of four grenades to Lin Han.

Wang Ye looked around and found that there were three forks here, and immediately chose a fork, and soon, more than a dozen wolf warriors went deep into the fork.

……

Around eight o'clock in the morning.

Kong Jie led the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Detachment to the vicinity of Xiaochenzhuang.

Since Xiaochenzhuang, people have been hiding in the tunnels, and almost every foxhole has hidden people, some are Japanese devils, and some are their own people.

When encountering devils, it is natural to resolutely eliminate them.

found that the others were decisive to rescue.

But the problem is, these devils are really hard to fight.

Because the ballade pit connected to the tunnel provides an excellent shelter for the devils.

The Eighth Route Army has strong firepower, and these devils will not hesitate to retract into the tunnel, but if you are not careful, these devils will drill out of the tunnel and shoot you.

It took a lot of effort for the 2nd Regiment to capture more than a dozen foxholes in Xiaochenzhuang.

But the devil didn't kill a few at all, but sacrificed a lot of soldiers.

"Fuck." Kong Jie scolded angrily, "This is really lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot, Xiao Wang's groundhog defense line is now being used by devils to beat us!" ”

"Commander, what should I do?" 2 The head of the regiment said, "Isn't this the way to go on?" ”

As he spoke, the roar of an airplane engine suddenly sounded in the sky overhead.

Kong Jie hurriedly looked up and saw that a devil plane with a plaster pattern under the wings had come out of the clouds.

"Damn, this is a devil's reconnaissance plane!" Kong Jie's face immediately fell, and he said with a dark face, "Pass my order, and the troops will immediately enter the bud valley!" ”

You can't spend any more time here with devils.

If it continues to be consumed, the devil bomber will be in trouble as soon as it arrives.

Kong Jie gave an order, and the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Detachment immediately evacuated and quickly entered the surrounding bud valley.

Kong Jie's order was given in a very timely manner, and the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Detachment had just been evacuated, and more than a dozen Type 96 land long-range attack planes appeared in the sky over Xiaochenzhuang.

……

The combat hall of the headquarters of the 1st Army in Taiyuan.

Inoue Jing reported: "Your Excellency, the 26th Division is in Jiugong Town, the 27th Division has been deployed in Malan Town, and the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has also been determined, and it is indeed the main force of the 386th Brigade, in addition, the 1st Division has occupied Lao County, the 72nd Division has occupied Ping'an County, and the 74th Division has also occupied Anhua County. ”

"Also, the 1st Division, the 71st Division, and the 73rd Division have launched a pursuit of the 386th Brigade."

"Among them, the 71st Division has already advanced to the vicinity of Xiaochenzhuang and discovered the troops that broke through last night."

After a pause, Inoue continued: "However, the dozen or so infantry brigades that broke into last night have completely messed up the formation, and most of them are scattered in an area of nearly ten kilometers with infantry squads or even detachments, and there are not only the imperial army in the area, but also a large number of Eighth Route Army, and the two sides have been completely mixed up, messed up, and completely messed up. ”

"So what are you waiting for?" Yoshimoto Sadachi frowned and said, "Hurry up and order the 71st Division to clear the Eighth Route Army in the area, and then gather the imperial troops scattered everywhere and then return to each other." ”

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid it's impossible." Inoue Jing shook his head and said, "As I said just now, the Imperial Army and the Eighth Route Army in this area have been completely mixed up, and both sides have already messed up the formation, and they are scattered everywhere in small detachments, so they can't use heavy weapons to attack, otherwise they will definitely injure the Imperial Army by mistake." ”

After a pause, Inoue Yasushi said again: "Not only heavy weapons, but even light and heavy machines cannot be used, because the foxholes controlled by the Eighth Route Army and the Imperial Army are you and me, and I have you, and it is easy to accidentally injure your own people with machine gun shooting, so you can only put in infantry for fixed-point killing, but the cost is too great, and it will last for a long time." ”

"Yaga." Yoshimoto sadachi scolded, "How did it come to be like this? ”

After a pause, Yoshimoto said again: "Doesn't this mean that those dozen or so elite infantry brigades are trapped there?" No longer able to participate in the follow-up battles? ”

"It's fine." Okamura Ninji smiled and said, "Although the more than a dozen elite infantry brigades of the Imperial Army are trapped there, the more than 10,000 people of the Eighth Route Army are also trapped there and cannot move, so this is actually beneficial to the Imperial Army, because it doesn't matter much if the Imperial Army lacks those dozen or so infantry brigades, but if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army lacks more than 10,000 troops, the strength will immediately be greatly reduced, which will inevitably have a serious impact on the next battle." ”

After a pause, Okamura Ninji said again: "Order the 71st Division to leave an infantry brigade to be responsible for clearing the remnants of the Eighth Route Army in the area near Chenzhuang, and the main force of the division will continue to attack in the direction of Wanmadu!" ”

"Hello!" Inoue paused.

……

The day passed quickly.

After all, the Japanese army still failed to create a miracle.

In the evening, the headquarters of the Northwest Column of Jin Province successfully retreated to Wanmadu.

The Communications Section quickly set up the radio station and made contact with several detachments.

After reading the telegram just sent by the Communications Section, Ma Yuan, chief of the Operations Section, reported: "Commander, the main force of the first detachment has retreated to the line of Sanqi Town, the main force of the third detachment has retreated to the line of Yuan'ao Town, the main force of the second detachment has also retreated to the vicinity of Anshi Town, and the three detachments have formed an arc-shaped defensive line. ”

This arc-shaped defensive line was conceived by the brigade commander during the retreat.

This was a temporary decision, but fortunately the fortifications were ready-made.

As mentioned above, the marmot defense line designed by Wang Ye spread throughout the entire military region, and almost every market town and village in the military region was covered with fortifications.

So as long as the main forces of the three detachments can seize the fortifications in time,

can quickly form an arc-shaped defense line around Wanmadu.

Not only Wanmadu is within the arc defense line, but the entire industrial area, including the arsenal, is also within this arc defense line.

In addition, there was a more favorable factor, that is, the frontal width of this arc-shaped defensive line was less than thirty kilometers, so the disadvantage of insufficient troops of the northwest column of Jin would be greatly alleviated.

In turn, the superiority of the Japanese army in strength became an ineffective advantage.

The reason is very simple, there are too many troops to use it at all.

Hearing that the three detachments had gained a firm foothold in Sanqi Town, Yuan'ao Town, and Anshi Town, the brigade commander couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed that the situation had stabilized for the time being, and the most dangerous moment had passed.

In other words, the people stranded in the vicinity of Wanmadu can calmly cross the river again.

What's more, their Northwest Column can continue to obtain ammunition replenishment from the arsenal, and they can let go of their hands and feet to do things with devils.

Now the only thing that reassures the brigade commander is that

It was the troops trapped near Chenzhuang, including Wang Ye's wolf brigade.

At that moment, the brigade commander asked again: "Pony, is the radio of the Wolf Warrior Brigade still unreachable?" ”

"yes, I still can't get in touch." Ma Yuan sighed, and then said, "But the communication department will call every half an hour, and once they are contacted, they will report as soon as possible." ”

"Okay." The brigade commander sighed and said, "Boss, they must be worried now, pony, you quickly summarize the situation and report it to the headquarters office." ”

Ma Yuan said: "Yes." ”

……

The combat hall of the headquarters of the 1st Army in Taiyuan.

Okamura Ninji's face was already embarrassed.

You must know that the situation was still very good in the morning, when the 386th Brigade was absolutely caught off guard by them, and it was about to be routed and collapsed.

But in the evening, I found that it was not the case at all.

The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army did not collapse, but quickly built an arc defense line on the way to retreat, and with this arc defense line, it blocked the onslaught of the imperial army.

Seeing that this arc-shaped defense line had been formed on the sand table, Okamura Ninji couldn't believe it.

"Yaga!" Okamura Ninji gritted his teeth and scolded, "How is this possible? The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has been defeated by the Imperial Army, so how could it be possible to quickly build a defensive line on the way to escape? ”

"yes, it's unbelievable." Yoshimoto said thoughtfully.

"It's hard to build a defensive line on a retreat, let alone on a rout."

After a pause, he said: "A rout army that has already fled, but still has the ability to quickly establish a defensive line?" What kind of god is this Chen Gen? ”

Takuya Suhara said: "The arc-shaped defense line relying on Sanqi Town, Anshi Town and Yuan'ao Town has been formed, and the frontal width of this arc-shaped defense line is limited, at most about 30 kilometers, which can barely deploy the strength of three divisions, that is to say, the next battle can only be invested in three divisions at most." ”

Hearing this, Okamura Ninji's face became even more embarrassed.

Only three divisions can be deployed, which makes people very speechless.

At this moment, Okamura Ninji felt a heavy punch hit the cotton, and there was no place to use the force.

At this time, Masao Inamori, the commander of the operations section, suddenly said: "This arc-shaped defense line of the 386th Brigade has just taken shape, and its solidity must be very limited, if all participating divisions and regiments are ordered to launch a fierce attack in turn at any cost, there may still be a chance to break through its defense line in a short period of time, and then completely annihilate the 386th Brigade." ”

Takuya Mizuhara shook his head and said, "It's impossible. ”

Masao Inamori was unconvinced: "Why is it impossible? ”

Takuya Mizuhara spread his hands and said: "The reason is very simple, although this arc-shaped defense line of the 386th Brigade has just taken shape, the fortifications that make up this arc-shaped defense line have already been repaired. ”

"This ......," Masao Inamori was speechless when he heard this.

Then he suddenly remembered the marmot fortifications that dotted the bandit area.

Yoshimoto Sadachi frowned and said, "In other words, it is difficult to break through the arc defense line of the 386th Brigade in a short period of time, right?" ”

"I'm afraid so." Takuya Mizuhara nodded, "Since the defensive front is greatly shortened, the 386th Brigade only needs 10,000 people, which is enough to hold the entire defensive line, and the 386th Brigade is backed by an industrial zone and can get a steady stream of ammunition replenishment from the arsenal, so there is no shortage of ammunition." ”

Yoshimoto Sadachi: "This means that the imperial army will only be able to watch the people of China stranded in Wanmadu cross the Yellow River west and enter the loop, right?" ”

Takuya Mizuhara said, "Yes." ”

When Yoshimoto Sadachi was about to say more, Okamura Ninji finally became popular.

"That's enough." Okamura Ninji said, "Yoshimoto-kun, I don't need you to remind me of this. ”

"Hello." Yoshimoto Sadashi paused, "Your Excellency, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that, I just talked about things, and I definitely didn't mean to make fun of or ridicule you." ”

Okamura Ninji's face suddenly turned black to the bottom of the pot.

Yoshimoto is almost openly challenging his authority.

However, what made Okamura Ningji even more angry was that he had no way to attack yet.

The reality is so cruel, as a commander, once the command mistakes and eats a defeat, it will inevitably deal a blow to his prestige, this battle in the northwest of Shanxi has been fought until now, Okamura Ningji can be said to have suffered defeat after defeat, if in the end not only more than one million people in the northwest of Shanxi escaped, but also the 386th Brigade, then Okamura Ningji will definitely lose his prestige, and he will no longer have the face to remain in the post of commander of the North China Front.

……

Okamura Ninji was in a bad mood, but the boss was relieved.

After listening to the report of the deputy chief of general staff, the boss said with relief: "So, the Northwest Column of Shanxi Province has turned the danger into a disaster?" At least it's not dangerous for a short time, right? ”

"Yes." The deputy chief of general staff said, "Now the defense line of the Northwest Column of Jin has been greatly shortened, and the strength of the Japanese army that can be put into the battlefield will also be greatly reduced, so the situation has eased, according to the past performance of the Northwest Column of Jin, as long as there are no major accidents, it is definitely more than enough to hold on for half a month." ”

"Then there's really no problem." The boss smiled and said, "Half a month, it doesn't take half a month at all, as long as five days, the people stranded at the ferry can all cross the river." ”

The deputy chief of the general staff said with a smile: "Boss, it's time to think about where the northwest column of Shanxi Province is going, and let them follow the west crossing of the Yellow River to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia?" Or go south to Taiyue District? Or come to our Taihang District? ”

The boss said: "I haven't thought about this yet, what do you think, chief of staff?" ”

"Me?" The deputy chief of general staff said with a smile, "Of course, I hope that they can come to the Taihang Military Region, so that we will have an extra strong combat unit in our hands, and we can consider going south to northern Henan." ”

"Northern Henan?" The boss said thoughtfully, "I'll think about it again." ”

After a pause, the boss asked again: "By the way, did Xiao Wang's wolf warrior brigade come out of Chen Zhuang?" ”

"This ......," the deputy chief of general staff heard this, and said, "Xiao Wang's wolf warrior brigade is still trapped near Chenzhuang, not only the wolf warrior brigade, but also the local troops of the three military divisions that were put into the blocking battle last night and the three regiments of the northwest column of Jin, all of which are also trapped near Chenzhuang, it is said that the Chinese and Japanese armies have me and I have you, and they have completely become a mess, and now not only us, Okamura Ningji is estimated to also feel a very headache. ”

After a pause, the deputy chief of general staff smiled and said: "The old devil not only has a headache and can't solve the mess in Chenzhuang, but also because Chenzhuang has locked the road, so that the Japanese mechanized troops cannot pass, which will inevitably have a great impact on the next stage of the Japanese army's offensive operations." ”

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