Taiyuan

The headquarters of the First Army.

"Report, telegram from the Beijing Brigade stationed in Liao County."

The staff officer handed over a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Read!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's face was full of gloom.

The Xiye squadron was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army at Songjiazhuang.

Although reinforcements would not take an hour to arrive, it stands to reason that the Nishino squadron would not be in much danger.

But Yoshio Shinozuka looked at all the battles since the locust army and the Tu Eighth Route Army fought each other, as long as the Eighth Route Army initiated the initiative, almost all of them were battles in which he was sure of victory.

This made Yoshio Shinozuka's instinctive premonition not good.

"Kitai Ming box Nakasa telegram."

"The Nishino squad was attacked by heavy troops on the Tuba Road in Songjiazhuang this afternoon, and Captain Nishino led all the members of the squadron to fight bravely against the enemy, but due to the enemy's strong firepower, they were outnumbered, and finally all members were shattered."

After the staff officer finished reading, he immediately lowered his head.

Beyond Li Yunlong's expectations.

He personally commanded the 2nd Battalion and the Artillery Company of the Independent Regiment to ambush the devil Xiye Squadron outside Songjiazhuang, and the actual result was total annihilation.

There are 211 devils in the Nishino squadron, all of which are broken.

"Heavy troops."

"The fire is ferocious."

"All the jade shattered!"

Rarely, this time Yoshio Shinozuka did not show much anger, but recounted the three main points in the telegram in a very calm tone.

After being silent for a while, Yoshio Shinozuka said:

"Order Kitai Daisa, submit a detailed combat report as soon as possible."

"Let the First Army Staff send ·

"No, let the deputy chief of staff, Yamamoto Daisa, go by himself."

"Hey."

The staff officer went to deliver the order.

···

"What about the casualties?"

On the way back, Li Yunlong asked Zhang Dabiao to count the casualties.

Including the casualties of the 1st battalion of the Beijing Brigade stationed in Liao County.

"Twenty-two were killed, thirty were seriously wounded, and forty-seven were lightly wounded."

Zhang Dabiao replied.

The casualty figures did not exceed Li Yunlong's expectations.

In the main battlefield of Songjiazhuang, plus the campaign of annihilation, although the casualties of the second battalion of the independent regiment were relatively large, they did not exceed 60.

However, the first battalion suffered heavy casualties.

As soon as the Beijing Brigade took a look, it launched a cluster charge, and although it was repulsed, the casualties of the first battalion were not small.

"Have you taken care of the wounded?"

Li Yunlong continued to ask.

With the field emergency medical kits, the Separate Regiment has been freed from the problem of insufficient basic emergency medical supplies. There will never be a situation on the battlefield where the wounded bleeding cannot be stopped, and the wound is seriously recontaminated.

"It's all taken care of."

"But..."

张大彪 says:

"Twenty-two fighters are seriously wounded."

In 40 years, although the devils expanded the scale of recruitment, lowered the requirements for soldiers, and shortened the training time for new recruits, the average morale and quality of the troops were not as good as they were when the war began.

But at this time, the human resources of the devil have not been exhausted.

The newly recruited soldiers, Bushido brainwashing is very thorough, and the battle is very tenacious.

This is also the reason why the independent regiment still suffered nearly 60 casualties despite the absolute superiority in firepower and the superiority in troops, the consumption of more than 5,000 shells, and the fact that there were almost no mistakes in the whole command.

The current devil is still very capable of fighting.

Although the 29th Division is only a garrison brigade, because it was personally ordered by Yoshio Shinozuka, the Nishino Squadron sent out is an elite unit in the brigade, and its quality is comparable to that of a permanent division.

"Bring it back to the regiment first."

Li Yunlong said.

This is the soldier of the independent regiment who died in the cooperation, he has to show Brother Lu first, if he can be sent to Brother Lu for training, it would be great.

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao didn't know the details, but he also vaguely guessed some.

···

"Yaga."

Yoshio Shinozuka stopped losing his temper, but the captain of the Beijing Brigade stationed in Liao County, Kitai Mingbox, was furious, and for several days, he was so angry that he couldn't eat well or sleep well.

And hidden under the extreme anger is fear.

Yes, Kitai Ming Box is in fear.

In just forty minutes, one reinforced squadron was completely wiped out, and not a single one remained.

How strong is the strength of the Dirt Eight Road?

As soon as he thought of this question, Kitai Akibox was terrified.

Kitai Mingbox knew very well that even if he led the entire Kitai Brigade together, it would be impossible to completely annihilate the Nishino Squadron in just forty minutes.

When pigs fly.

Not to mention, the Nishino squadron was annihilated very scattered, which shows that the marching columns of the Nishino squadron were scattered, and there was no situation like the Kawazu squadron, where half of them were wiped out in one face.

So, how strong is the ambush of the Nishino squadron Tsuchihachi?

Kitai Mingbox couldn't even think of it himself.

The craters all over the place, as well as the bullet casings all over the ground, show that although the Tuba Road in this ambush is inferior to the Beijing Brigade, its firepower is far superior.

And also

The team that blocked the Tuba Road of the Beijing Brigade was also very strong.

In thirty minutes, he launched three attacks, each of which was repulsed, and the Eighth Route Army, which was blocked, although the troops were not many, the artillery fire was fierce, and the quality of the soldiers was very strong, and the shooting accuracy was very high.

If the time goes back to a few days ago, Kitai Mingbox will definitely not launch a cluster charge as soon as he looks at it.

He was in a hurry to send reinforcements, thinking that it was just a little blocking force.

As a result, not only did it fail to break through the Tuba Road blockade, but the Beijing Brigade also paid very heavy casualties.

In just 30 minutes of fighting, the Beijing Brigade suffered more than 100 casualties, including more than 40 jade crushers, most of which were casualties paid for the first attack.

That's why Kitai Mingbox is afraid.

If you encounter this group of Eighth Route Army in the future, what should you do?

Tubalu was able to concentrate superior forces and firepower in Songjiazhuang, and consumed a large amount of ammunition to completely annihilate the Xiye squadron, which shows that a lot of ammunition has really been obtained recently.

It is impossible to defeat the locust army head-on.

However, how to deal with all kinds of sneaky raids, raids and harassment of locust convoys, and disruption of public order?

Every time he thinks of this problem, Kitai Mingbox is irritable and wants to cut people.

"Captain."

At this time, a devil staff officer ran in and reported:

"The garrison has delivered useful information."

"What information?"

Kitai asked.

"Four days ago, the military engineering team near Liao County received a large amount of grain from their so-called base area, and distributed more than 100 catties or 200 catties of grain to the families of those who were killed by us."

"And lard."

"It's all imported white flour and imported lard."

"There are already quite a few people who have taken it out and sold it for money."

Staff debriefing.

Hearing the news, Beijing Mingbox's face changed.

Could it be that Tubalu not only obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition, but also obtained a lot of food?

This is not good news.

"Also."

The staff officer continued to report:

"According to the news, the martial arts team also received 200 new military uniforms, as well as military shoes."

"They recruited more than 200 people, trained with great fanfare in the mountain villages, and everyone had a gun."

"New uniforms, military shoes."

Kitai Mingbox took a deep breath.

Why did the Imperial Army call the Eighth Route Army Tubalu and say that it was a peasant army called Hanako?

Because compared with the locust army, the Eighth Route Army not only lacked weapons and equipment, but also could not eat enough, and even military uniforms and military shoes could not be satisfied.

It looks like a group of farmers.

And now, it seems that the Dirt Eighth Road is moving closer to a regularized army?

So, what will the strong and strong Tubalu plan?

"Let's go down."

Waving his hand and signaling the staff officer to leave, Beijing Mingbox thought for a moment and wrote these messages into the report to be sent to Taiyuan.

···

Meanwhile.

On the morning of May 1,

Xiaoao Village.

"Stand upright."

"Take a break."

"Let's go!"

"Lie down!"

A total of 150 members, plus the original combat backbones of more than 70 county brigades, totaled 270 people, reaching the size of a battalion, wearing brand-new Eighth Route Army uniforms and military shoes.

Under the command of Xu Huzhi, the basic training of the army began.

Looking at the more than two hundred and seventy people in front of him, each of them had a gun, although most of them were old goods replaced by the main force, but they could be used, and there were plenty of bullets.

Even in the ranks, there were two grenadiers.

And, five crooked handles.

As long as you train for a period of time, plus the combat backbone of the original county brigade inside, in the mountainous area, you can also fight with a squad of devils, even if the devil Liao County brigade comes to sweep, it can delay for a period of time, giving the people more time to transfer and hide materials.

Xu Huzhi's heart was full of excitement.

He knew that next month, the county brigade he had single-handedly formed would be merged into the new third regiment and become a main regiment.

He will also become the head of the new Third Regiment.

"Next, start digging trenches..."

After a morning of training, after lunch, Xu Huzhi began to arrange for the team to dig trenches.

He operated in the vicinity of Liao County for more than a year, and the county brigade grew from scratch to now has grown to more than 150 regular members, but in fact, there are 500 or 600 ordinary people who want to join the county brigade.

Many of them, he organized military training.

I didn't have a gun before, so I couldn't help it.

Now that he had food, guns, and instructions from his superiors, he immediately pulled the team up.

So, although the team was newly formed, in fact, all the members had participated in military training, and some of them even went to the battlefield with the main force.

The positive step training in the morning was actually for the people around to show the combat effectiveness of the newly formed county brigade and to convince the surrounding people that the county brigade was capable of protecting them.

And the current training is really to give the county brigade the ability to protect the people.

···

"What's going on?"

"Why is the Eighth Route Army suddenly so strong?"

In the camp of the Liao County Garrison, Captain Jia's face was solemn.

Although more than two months ago, when the Eighth Route Army attacked the Liaoxian County Brigade, he had a premonition that the Eighth Route might be strong.

But in two times, three squadrons of locust armies were annihilated, and more than five hundred locust armies were killed.

Where is this very strong, it is simply riding on the head of the imperial army repeatedly.

It's something he never expected.

"Captain, call me..."

A henchman looked at his captain suspiciously.

"Tell me to go down, be honest lately."

Captain Jia admonished.

The Eighth Route Army has been abruptly disagreeing lately.

also changed the appearance of being poor in the past, and actually distributed food and lard to the families of those who helped them work and were killed by the imperial army.

The soldiers are strong and the horses are strong,

Buying people's hearts.

Captain Jia felt that a storm was coming.

At this time, the best thing to do is to be a turtle with a shrunken head.

(End of chapter)