After thinking about it for a moment, Okamura Ninji made up his mind that this battle would continue.

Wouldn't it be a half-way to withdraw troops at this time?

More than 100,000 troops were dispatched, 3 battle materials, and they retreated halfway through the battle, only hurting a little fur from the Eighth Road in the northwest of Jin, which made him how to mix up Okamura Ningji in the future?

How to face His Majesty the Locust and Tojo Rikumi?

Seizo asked tentatively, "What does the commander mean...... End this sweep? ”

"Of course it can't be over!"

Okamura Ninji said categorically: "At this point, the locust army still has a chance to win!" ”

Yumojingsan's expression moved, and he asked, "Please show the commander!" ”

Okamura Ningji said: "Judging from the current battle situation, the battle plan for the sweep in the northwest of Jin has not been leaked, and the reason why the offensive did not go smoothly is because of the insufficient assessment of the three regiments of the Eighth Route in the northwest of Jin, the large-scale use of tunnel tactics in the Eighth Road, the construction of thickened bunkers, and the leakage of information about the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing. ”

The last sentence, Okamura Ninji almost gritted his teeth and said.

No matter how cautious they were, the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing were still completely annihilated by the Eighth Route, and 30 heavy artillery pieces were destroyed.

Even the locusts knew about it.

This time, the North China Front Army was embarrassed and embarrassed, and Okamura Ninji often felt that his face was hot, which was simply a shame.

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Yousujingsan's tone was extremely surprised: "The Eighth Route actually didn't receive information from the Locust Army about the battle plan in the northwest of Jin? ”

"Huh?"

"Could it be that there is a Mojun who thinks that the Eighth Route should receive information about the battle plan in the northwest of Jin?"

Okamura Ningji, who was already suspicious, heard the words of Yusue Seisan, and his face sank slightly, and his eyes narrowed slightly!

Okamura Ninji heard the words of Seizo Yusue, and it looked like he sent information to Yachi, but Hachiro didn't receive it?

"Your Excellency Commander, I mean, the Eighth Route Company can get the information of the fishing plan, General Miyano, and even the heavy artillery convoy, why can't you get the sweeping operation plan in the northwest of Jin?"

Seizo hurriedly explained, regretting what he had just said wrong, if Okamura Ninji was concerned, he would have to go to tea with a special high class just by virtue of this sentence.

However, contrary to the expectations of Seizo Arisue, Okamura Ninji didn't think much about it.

Okamura Ninji continued: "The matter of intelligence will be put aside for now, let's continue the topic just now, now that the new regiment has launched a counteroffensive against the 10th Division, as long as the 10th Division can hold the defensive line, the Locust Army still has a chance to win!" ”

"But the problem now is." Youmo said worriedly, "I'm afraid that the 10th Division will not be able to stop the attack of the new regiment." ”

"Five days!" Okamura Ningji looked at the map and said in an affirmative tone, "The 10th Division only needs to hold out for five days, and the other four second-line divisions will definitely be able to form an encirclement posture against the new regiment!" ”

After a pause, Okamura Ninji gave another categorical order: "There is a sue kun, immediately order the 11th Wing of the Independent Infantry of the 26th Division of Datong to defend Datong, and reinforce the 10th Division as quickly as possible!" ”

The 11th Independent Infantry Wing was originally a reserve left by Okamura Ninji for the 10th Division, but I didn't expect it to be used so soon.

At this time, Okamura Ninji did not have a card, and it depended on whether the 11th Division could block the new regiment's counterattack after the 11th Independent Infantry Wing was replenished into the 10th Division.

Youmo Jingsan was stunned, Your Excellency the Commander was desperate, and even the 11th Independent Infantry Wing, which was guarding the Datong Material Warehouse, had to be transferred to the northwest of Jin, but he could only pause helplessly: "Hey! ”

If only one remnant of the 3rd Brigade remains in Datong.

The 8th Road, which ambushed the heavy artillery convoy in Miaoergou, took advantage of the departure of the 11th Independent Infantry Wing to besiege Datong, and Datong and the materials hoarded in Datong were in danger.

Seise drew up a telegram and handed it to Okamura Ninji for signature, and immediately asked the Ministry of Communications to send the contents of the telegram.

Looking at the back of Seizo Arisue leaving, Okamura Ninji turned to stare at the map on the wall.

The old devil felt the pressure.

The Mongolian army also belongs to the North China Front Army, mainly fighting against Fu Zuoyi's Sui army, and the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Mongolian Army is still in Taiyuan, so the Mongolian army can not draw too many troops to reinforce the northwest battlefield of Shanxi.

Fu Zuoyi is extremely difficult, and he has always had a good relationship with the Eighth Route Army, and the Sui Army under his command is known as the Seven and a Half Routes.

After transferring too many troops from the garrison in Mongolia, Fu Zuoyi would definitely seize the opportunity to launch an offensive against the garrison army, and the situation would be even worse at that time.

If the situation is not in favor of the locust army, then Yan Xishan's Jin Sui army and Wei Lihuang's central army are likely to attack the locust army as well.

The main force of the 129th Division in the southeast of Jin, with more than 100,000 troops in the area of Taigu, Qixian and Yangquan, if there is also a war in Jinzhong, then the First Army is likely to fall into a situation of being defeated.

It's all to blame on this damn Li Yunlong!

If it weren't for Li Yunlong and his new group, how could the situation in North China have deteriorated to such an extent?

Even if the 10th Division and four second-line divisions are dispatched, it will still be difficult to eliminate Li Yunlong?

How many locust troops do you have to dispatch to defeat the new regiment and kill Li Yunlong?

Okamura Ninji swore that one day he would cut off Li Yunlong's head and put it on his desk as a specimen!

……

The battle between the New 1st Regiment and the 10th Division of the Japanese Army continued until early in the morning.

During this period, the fighters of the new regiment repeatedly captured the Japanese positions and repeatedly took the initiative to withdraw from the positions.

This night was the hardest night for the infantry wing and puppet army of the 10th Division since the offensive.

In the past, the Japanese army was attacking, but this night, the attack and defense were in a different position.

The offensive of the new regiment was several times more fierce than the devils and the puppet army imagined, there were no tunnels to protect the infantry, and the heavy artillery high-explosive grenades of the new regiment could not be carried by relying on the anti-artillery holes of the civil fortifications and trenches alone.

In repeated battles for positions.

Although the position is still in the hands of the devils and the puppet army, the casualties of the devils and the puppet army are very large.

Because once the devils and puppet troops enter the position, they will immediately attract an attack from the artillery group.

As the sky grew brighter, the new regiment stopped the offensive, and the battlefield fell into a deathly silence, and the soldiers did not like silence.

Because the silence on the battlefield heralded greater danger, both the devils and the puppet army knew that the new regiment must be brewing a more ferocious attack.

Heyuan County.

Jiro Ishikawa and Moritake Tanabe looked at the brigades and wings, and the casualty figures that had been submitted, fell into deep thought.

Both of them knew that the offensive on the first day of the Eighth Road would be very strong, but they didn't expect Meng Cheng to be like this.

In the battle from 12 o'clock to early morning last night alone, the total losses of the Japanese army in various wings exceeded 1,600, and the puppet army lost more than 1,000 troops, with a total of more than 2,600 casualties.

"The main thing is that the artillery fire of the Eighth Route is very fierce."

Chief of Staff Asada Yoshiyi said: "Whether it is a small squad of the locust army or a squadron entering the position, it will be immediately attacked by the eighth road artillery group, and after the shelling is over, the tanks of the eighth road will carry out accurate artillery bombardment on the fire point of the locust army, and the infantry of the eighth road will take the opportunity to occupy the position, and when the locust reinforcements arrive, the eighth route infantry will withdraw from the position and call for artillery reinforcements again, causing a large number of casualties to the locust army in a cycle!" ”

"Yaga!"

Jiro Ishikawa suddenly shouted angrily, picked up the teacup on the table, and threw it on the ground angrily.

The teacup suddenly shattered, making a clanging sound, and the tea spilled all over the floor.

It's just a battle in the middle of the night, and the locust soldiers have suffered so many casualties, won't the 10th Division be exhausted in a few more nights?

Moritake Tanabe is also very speechless, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has fought for half his life, and he has never seen such shameless tactics as Balu.

Occupied the position and did not defend it, but took the initiative to give up and call for artillery support?

Tanabe Moritake looked at Yoshiyoshi Asada and asked, "How many tunnels did the engineer wing dig around the thickened pillboxes and turrets?" ”

Now if the 10th Division wants to defend against the attack of the new regiment, it can only rely on the tunnel tactics of the new regiment.

For the 10th Division, there is no way to do this, the new regiment of the Eighth Route does not entangle with the 10th Division at all, and there is even very little white-knuckle combat.

The cannonballs were as if they couldn't be finished, plowing the positions of the devils and the puppet army over and over again, and even the rats, snakes and insects in the field could not survive.

"The 10th Engineer Wing has dug some tunnels around more than 30 thickened pillboxes and turrets and built civil fortifications, but these tunnels are still shallow and need to be dug further. ”

The Devil's Engineer Wing also suffered losses in the battles of the previous days.

However, the 10th Engineer Wing of the devil is very literate, and under the overnight earthwork work, some tunnels were indeed dug out.

"Command!"

"The soldiers of the first line of defense retreated on all fronts, and in the end of the second line of defense, all the sappers immediately abandoned the excavated tunnels and continued to dig tunnels around the dark forts on the road!"

Tanabe Moritake gave an order to Jiro Ishikawa, and he knew very well that if he continued to entangle in the first line of defense, the casualties of the 10th Division would be greater.

Now the engineer wing has dug some tunnels, even if they are relatively shallow, they will eventually allow the infantry to dodge the shells of the eight routes.

Jiro Ishikawa looked at Yoshiyoshi Asada, and Yoshiyoshi Asada nodded and said, "Hi! ”

……

After dawn, news about the position of the devils was also transmitted to the headquarters of the new 1st regiment.

Knowing that the devil was also digging the tunnel, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were a little lucky, fortunately they attacked early, otherwise if they really wanted the devil to dig the tunnel and attack again, then I am afraid it would be troublesome.

Li Yunlong guessed that the devil's sappers would definitely continue to dig tunnels in the second line of defense.

Therefore, Li Yunlong ordered the soldiers to take a break and recuperate, not to give the devils a chance to breathe, and to continue to attack the 10th Division in an all-out way!