"Boss, I just received the information that it was the 18th Wing of the Japanese Army that was advancing towards the arsenal from the direction of Shexian County."

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff held a telegram and immediately reported it to the boss after reading it.

At the moment, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has not been transferred near the arsenal.

"Where is this 36th Wing advancing at the moment?" The boss asked without replying.

"To the area of Heshanjian, here."

The Chief of Staff pointed out on the map where the current advance of the 36th Wing of the Japanese Army was:

"At present, the 36th Wing involved in the attack is the New Fifth Regiment of the 386th Brigade, and the 7th Regiment of the Third Column of the Decisive Death."

"There are these two regiments to block the attack, so the 36th Wing can't reach Huangya Cave for the time being."

"This 18th Brigade and its 36th Wing participated in the battle against Jinling a few years ago."

Hearing the chief of staff's words, the boss raised his head, and his eyes were full of cold killing intent.

The Japanese troops attacking Jinling must have participated in that massacre, and the 18th Brigade and this 36th Wing deserve to die.

"How many regiments are in reserve at the moment?" The boss asked in a deep voice.

"We only have 3 regiments in reserve, and in the morning we sent 2 more regiments to block the 2nd Guards Division."

The chief of staff knew that the boss wanted to kill the 36th Wing raised by the bitch, but the current troops in his hands were not enough.

And although these three regiments are also the main regiments, they are all regiments of more than 1,600 people, and their combat effectiveness is still almost meaningless.

What's more, if the reserves of these 3 regiments are transferred to fight the 36th Wing, once the 2nd Guards Division reaches the Huangyadong Arsenal, it will be dangerous.

The boss sighed that if Li Yunlong and his new group were here, it wouldn't take much effort to clean up the 36th Wing raised by this son of a bitch.

After a pause, the chief of staff said: "Boss, now that the 18th Brigade has been transferred to the First Army, are you still worried that there is no chance to kill it, sooner or later, what about the 4th Brigade and the 9th Brigade, which are known as the elite of the Japanese army, have not been revoked by our Eighth Route Army." ”

If it weren't for the lack of troops, this 36th Wing would have been killed long ago if it dared to go deep into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army like this.

However, the most important thing that is putting the most pressure on the Eighth Route Army now is the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army.

The offensive of this division was very fierce, and it desperately advanced to attack the Huangyadong Arsenal.

The boss asked, "Where is the 2nd Guards Division?" ”

The chief of staff said: "At present, the 2nd Guards Division has attacked Liaoyang, and it is only 20 kilometers away from the arsenal in a straight line. ”

"At present, our four infantry regiments and divisional artillery regiments are resisting layer by layer, blocking and blocking one by one."

The boss nodded and said, "How is the evacuation situation at the arsenal?" ”

The chief of staff said: "At present, all production lines have been suspended, and all personnel are digging pits to bury machine tools and equipment, ready to evacuate at any time. ”

If it was just a wing of the Japanese army attacking the Huangyadong Arsenal, there would be no need to transfer it at all.

But there is another 2nd Guards Division, and this 2nd Guards Division is still a Japanese unit with strong combat effectiveness.

Under the attack of a wing and a division, as well as the onslaught of aircraft and artillery, the Huangyadong Arsenal will definitely not be able to hold it.

At that time, all units such as the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the field hospital, the Northern Bureau, and the camp school will also be transferred to the outer line.

At this moment, the telegraph soldier next to him handed the translated telegram to the chief of staff: "Report, the Taihang column is urgent!" ”

After reading the telegram, the chief of staff read it again intently, and then said in a surprised tone: "Boss, Li Yunlong wants to apply to come back to fight the 2nd Guards Division." ”

"Huh?" The boss raised his head suddenly, "What are you talking about, Li Yunlong is coming back to fight the 2nd Guards Division?" ”

"See for yourself."

The chief of staff handed the telegram to the boss.

The boss picked up the telegram and read it.

Li Yunlong said in the telegram that at present, the Taihang Column had inflicted heavy losses on the Pingtian Division and had destroyed the headquarters of the Pingtian Division with artillery fire, and that he was confident and determined to inflict heavy damage on the 2nd Guards Division, and asked the head of the General Headquarters to approve the return of the main force of the Taihang Column.

After reading the telegram, the boss thought silently for a while, and said: "It is very risky for the main force of the Taihang column to return to help. ”

The chief of staff said: "But the benefits are also very large, judging from the current situation, the Taihang Column can completely annihilate the 37th Division of the Japanese Army in a day or two at most, however, I think it is better to annihilate 1 Japanese division than to severely damage two Japanese divisions." ”

The regimental headquarters and artillery wing of the Japanese 37th Division were wiped out, the infantry was killed and wounded in large numbers, and it is estimated that only some logistics and a small number of infantry remained.

Taking the opportunity to take out a small number of troops of the Japanese 37th Division, he inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese 2nd Guards Division, and the chief of staff chose the latter.

The boss said: "What I'm worried about is that if the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade of the Japanese Army know that the main force of the Taihang Column will come back to help, they will definitely rush up from both sides and surround the main force of the Taihang Column and our troops from the north, southeast and southwest, then it will be a big trouble." ”

The chief of staff thought for a while, and then said: "I think it can be like this, there is no way to fight street battles at night, first let the troops in the city withdraw from the battle, a small number of troops hold the city wall, the main force rushed back to Huangya Cave overnight, and by tomorrow, the main force of the Taihang column has returned to the area of Huangya Cave to exchange fire with the 2nd Guards Division, and when Yoshio Shinozuka senses that something is wrong, it is too late to let the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade come to deal with the 2nd Guards Division." ”

"Moreover, boss, don't forget, Li Yunlong has a chance for air support, and he is guaranteed to be able to kill the air support of 1 wing."

On the words air support, the chief of staff accentuated his tone slightly.

Hearing this, the boss did not hesitate at all, and he continued to suffer from it, after all, the fighter plane was fleeting:

"Well, instead of missing the opportunity, it is better to strike decisively and inflict heavy damage on the 2nd Guards Division first."

"And this son of a bitch's 36th Wing, labor and management are going to kill it too."

"Immediately draft a telegram agreeing to Li Yunlong's battle plan to lead the main force of the Taihang Column back to the Huangyadong Arsenal."

"At the same time, I must tell him that he must do a good job of secrecy and must not let the Japanese army detect the abnormality."

"Good!" The chief of staff said, "I'm going to send a telegram." ”

……

"Nani?"

"Lieutenant General Hirata and Ishida Daisa have been martyred?"

Taiyuan Inner City, inside the headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Hideyoshi Kusuyama with a shocked expression, his expression and tone of disbelief.

"Hey, it's an urgent telegram from the commander of the 227th Infantry Brigade of the 7th Wing, Matsuda Nakasa, the division headquarters has been shelled by eight precise shells, and Hirata Jun and Ishida-kun have been martyred."

After a pause, Kusunayama Hideyoshi said again: "There are more than a dozen officers above the junior rank including the commander of the 225th Wing and the captain of the 227th Wing. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned like a clay sculpture, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

He couldn't imagine how this could happen.

Didn't you already remind Hirata Kenyoshi that the artillery of the Eighth Route was very powerful, and asked him to transfer the headquarters, why was the division headquarters still bombarded by the Eighth Road?

"What the hell is going on?" Yoshio Shinozuka was furious and asked in a deep voice.

Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "After Hirata Jun got the reminder from the headquarters, he immediately transferred the headquarters to the Wang family compound, but at about 2:30 in the afternoon, the Eighth Route suddenly covered the Wang Family Compound with artillery fire, and the impact point of the Eighth Road's shells was very accurate, and there was no pre-firing, and the officers of the division headquarters had no time to evacuate..."

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka's cheek muscles twitched a few times: "Hirata, this idiot, won't he transfer the division headquarters a few more times?" ”

Nanshan Hideyoshi was silent, unless there was an air-raid shelter in Changzhi City, and the division headquarters would be transferred to the air-raid shelter.

Otherwise, in the case of the Eighth Route occupying the city wall, even if the division headquarters is transferred, there is a high probability that it will not be able to hide from the eyes of the Eighth Route artillery observers on the city wall.

However, the defenders of Changzhi County felt that the headquarters would not be attacked by the Chinese Air Force, so they did not build an air-raid shelter.

"How many troops are still alive in the 37th Division at the moment?" Yoshio Shinozuka's face was extremely ugly, and he asked in a deep voice.

Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng three counties combined, there should be more than 5,000, most of the infantry has been killed, most of the remaining soldiers are soldiers of the baggage wing, artillery wing and engineer wing, at present, these artillery and logistics soldiers are armed and are fighting to the death with the Eighth Road." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka knew very well in his heart that the combat effectiveness of these artillery and logistics soldiers with rifles was probably better than that of the Imperial Army, and it could not be compared with the real elite infantry.

It is estimated that it will not last long before it will be wiped out by the Eighth Road.

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka was a little impetuous, but he also knew very well that the more he should stay calm at this time.

Yoshio Shinozuka: "Order, the 14th Brigade, the 18th Brigade, the 2nd Guards Division, and other troops, accelerate the speed!" ”

"The record of the extermination of a division and regiment in the empire must not happen in the First Army!"

"We will rush to the aid of the 37th Division at all costs!"

"Hey!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi paused.

……

"The headquarters agreed to the battle plan of our Taihang Column to return to the arsenal, and instructed us to do a good job of secrecy."

Outside the city of Changzhi.

At the headquarters of the Taihang Column, Zhao Gang held the telegram in both hands, and after reading it, he handed the telegram to Li Yunlong and said.

"I'll just say it, the head of the headquarters will definitely agree to my request."

Grand Master Li looked overjoyed, took the telegram and read it, and then handed it to Kong Jie.

After reading the telegram, Kong Jie said: "I bet that the 37th Division has been beaten on the ground by us, and the devils don't know how many people we have in the Taihang column, and when our main force suddenly appears in Huangya Cave tomorrow, the 2nd Division of the Devil's Guards will definitely be surprised." ”

Zhao Gang said: "The key is how we arrived at Huangya Cave unknowingly, and the Japanese army didn't notice it." ”

Li Yunlong raised his wrist and glanced at his watch: "There are about 4 hours to go, give an order to Ding Wei and Cheng Shi, wait until it gets dark, the troops will withdraw, just hold the city wall, let the militia and the main force exchange clothes, half of the artillery and artillery will stay, and the other half of the artillery and artillery will return to Huangyadong." ”

(End of chapter)