Time passed quickly.

The agreed time to launch the attack has arrived.

As soon as Kong Jie gave the order, the three Type 92 infantry guns in the new second regiment immediately opened fire, spitting angry shells directly at the turrets and bunkers outside the east gate of Shou County.

They calculated the shooting in advance, and this round of salvo fire had a noticeable effect, blowing up the little devil heavy machine gun on a turret.

However, this shot also alarmed the little devils in Shou County.

The defenders on the city wall immediately fired flares outside the county, and the bright light of the flares exposed the attacking figures of the soldiers of the new second regiment, and the figures in gray military uniforms made the little devil's eyes wide.

"Enemy attack!

Dirt Eight Road!

Hurry up and report to Your Excellency Squadron Leader! ”

On the city wall, the leader of the little devil's squad shouted in horror.

……

The little devils in Shou County never thought that Tubalu would dare to attack the county seat, but now seeing that the soldiers of the new second regiment are attacking fiercely, they also sent soldiers with loud voices to shout loudly:

"Listen to the little devils in the city, we are the new second regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, and now our regiment commander Kong orders you to immediately lay down your arms and surrender, otherwise you will break the county town and be killed!"

Immediately, he quickly reported the situation to the wing headquarters of Shuiquan.

Now stationed in Shuiquan is the 225th Wing that was eaten by Yang Yuanshan, and the captain of the wing is Zhenmu Takeshi Dazuo.

The first brigade under his command was annihilated by Yang Yuanshan in Heyuan County, causing him to completely fall out of favor with the division commander Kento Hirata.

So this time, most of the 37th Division was taken away by Kento Hirata to the front line of Nakajo Mountain, and the combat meritorious service was just around the corner, leaving only his 225th Wing to continue to garrison Shuiquan.

And his 225th Wing, the Sato Brigade of the First Brigade, was originally stationed in Heyuan County, but was swallowed by Yang Yuanshan.

Later, the division commander Kento Hirata gave him some ronins and expatriates and asked him to rebuild the first brigade on his own, and now there are seven or eight hundred people, which can barely be regarded as supporting the first brigade.

The Sanada Brigade, the second brigade, has been stationed in Suiquan, but it is complete.

The third brigade of the Inoue Brigade and the first squadron were stationed at the railway station of Heyuan County, and they were swallowed by Yang Yuanshan; The brigade headquarters was stationed in Shou County with the second squadron and the third squadron, but Qixia Town was attacked, and he was ordered by the division commander to send the third squadron of the third brigade in Shou County to the rescue, but he was also swallowed in one bite.

So in fact, now his wing only has its own wing headquarters, the first brigade, the second brigade, and some troops directly under the wing headquarters, less than 3,000 people.

Among them, the first brigade is still a sample of goods.

It can be described as extremely weak.

So when Zhenmu Takeshi received a telegram from Shou County, saying that he was attacked by the main force of a regiment of Tubalu, he couldn't help but scratch his head very much.

How can he have the troops to go to the rescue!

His team, which is less than 3,000 people, not only has to guard the water spring, but also keeps an eye on the water spring coal mine, that is the most important thing!

In desperation, he could only find his new chief of staff, Satoshi Nakao.

"Nakao-kun, Shou County was attacked by the new second regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Tuba Road, what do you think?"

As he spoke, he handed the telegram in his hand to the other party.

Satoshi Nakao had just been promoted to chief of staff of the wing, and he frowned a little when he heard this, and when he took the telegram and looked at it, he suddenly felt a little irritable in his heart.

After a moment of contemplation, he said very cautiously:

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, I'm afraid we must be saved in this Shou County."

"Oh, why did Nakao-kun say that?"

Takeshi Jinki was a little curious.

"Your Excellency, Heyuan County was broken before, and it is also the responsibility of my 225 Wing, if Shou County is also lost this time, then is there still a need for our Wing to exist?

Rescue Shou County is related to the honor of my 225th Wing! ”

Hearing him say this, Zhenmu Takeshi also had a numb scalp.

I completely agree with Sakaichi Nakao's opinion.

Since the locust army occupied Jindi, the loss of the county seat has never happened!

Last time he lost Heyuan County, he asked Chief of Staff Hiroo Makino to carry the black cauldron, but now if he loses Shou County again, he will definitely not be able to shake off this pot no matter what.

Of course, he can also cry out for injustice, saying that there is only one squadron in Shou County, which is too weak, but how can the division commander and army commander above pay attention to his reasons?

It is his luck to be transferred to the reserves, and if he is unlucky, there is a high probability that he will be ordered to be loyal to His Majesty the Locust and commit suicide!

As soon as he thought of this terrible consequence, Takeshi Jinki felt a chill in his back, and seemed to see the former chief of staff, Hiroo Makino, looking at him with pity, waiting for him to go to his funeral.

He hurriedly said with a little panic:

"Nakao-kun, this is reasonable. But now that our 225th Wing is weak, how can we save it?

According to the telegram of Inoue Jun of the Third Brigade, the attack on Shou County this time was the new 2nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Tuba Road.

If we were to go to the rescue, we would have to send at least one brigade of troops to be safe enough. ”

Satoshi Nakao also scratched his head very much when he heard this, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!

Now in Shuiquan City, the army is too weak!

He pondered for a moment before he said:

"Your Excellency, it seems that we can only let the rebuilt First Brigade go out of the city to rescue.

In addition, the regiment of the Locust Association Army in the city was also arranged, so that there were nearly 1,000 of them, as long as they reached Shou County and held on, a basic regiment on Tuba Road would definitely not be able to capture Shou County. ”

Zhenmu Takeshi knew that the regiment of the Locust Association Army he was talking about was the 1st Regiment of the Third Group of the Locust Alliance Army, and the head of the regiment was named Jiang Tiangui.

"Yo Xi, that's all it looks like at the moment."

Although Zhenmu Takeshi felt that this plan was not very reliable, and the first brigade rebuilt by ronins and expatriates had no combat effectiveness at all, but now he couldn't think of a better plan, so he could only nod.

After all, he still has the second brigade of combat effectiveness in his hands, and he has to guard the water spring and the water spring coal mine, if these two are lost, then he will definitely die!

As soon as Satoshi Nakao saw his first suggestion after becoming the chief of staff of the wing, he was accepted by the wing captain, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he was a little bolder, and hurriedly said:

"Your Excellency, I suggest that we should immediately go to the division headquarters to inform Shou County of the attack and report our response plan.

If possible, you can ask Your Excellency, the division commander, to coordinate with your colleagues on the Yuci side and send reinforcements from the Yuci direction to support, so that the two roads can be sent out together, and maybe this group of bold Tubalu can be wiped out under Shouxian County. ”

"Yo Xi, let's do it!

Nakao-kun, please go down and arrange it immediately! ”

Takeshi Jinki nodded.

If there is a situation, it is absolutely the right thing to do to dump the blame on the leader.

Although you will be considered incompetent by the leadership, Takeshi Jinki is already desperate for promotion, and he doesn't think it's a big deal to expose his incompetence.

……

Soon, a telegram from the 225th Wing reached Kento Hirata, the commander of the 37th Division.

When Kento Hirata saw that Tuhachi Lu was doing something again, he couldn't help but be very angry, and he couldn't wait to immediately order the whole army to turn around and go back to exterminate this group of Tuhachi Road first.

Fortunately, he still had some sense, knowing that it was the top priority to quickly lead the army to the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain now, so he forcibly restrained himself.

He didn't want to be treated as a chicken by the newly appointed General Okamura who didn't obey military orders and killed by monkeys.

Calling the chief of staff, Keishi Iyoko, Kento Hirata, handed the telegram to the other party and asked:

"Jing Hengjun, do you think that this group of Tu Balu is attacking Shou County at this time, what are you trying to do?"

After reading the telegram, Jingheng Keishi immediately groaned:

"Maybe it's for supplies?

Shou County is not a critical place, and there is obviously no big plan for Tubalu to attack here.

I guess they might just find that our forces in Shou County are weak, and they will take advantage of them to attack.

It was already winter now, and the Tubalu army was short of supplies, perhaps they urgently needed supplies, so they had to force an attack.

Moreover, this new second regiment, which is not well known, must not be the main force with fierce combat effectiveness. ”

"Yo Xi, Jing Hengjun is reasonable.

Do you think we need to send a report to Yoshizawa-kun of the 3rd Brigade and ask him to send someone to support from Yuji? ”

Kento Hirata asked again.

"I felt the need for it.

Although this new second regiment is not a tough opponent like the independent regiment, the first brigade of the 225th Wing was formed with ronins and expatriates, and it has been formed for less than two months, so it has little combat effectiveness.

I'm worried that they may not be able to stop the attack of this group of Tubalu, and if they can have support from the Yuci direction, it will be much safer.

It is best to completely annihilate this gang of dirt and eight roads in one fell swoop, which can be regarded as cleaning the stain of our 37th Division. ”

Keishi Iyoko replied.

"Yo Xi, let's do it.

When this battle is over, if our 37th Division can be transferred back, I must ask General Shinozuka to sweep the northwest of Shanxi with the power of the division and regiment, and wipe out these earth rats who dare to offend the glory of the 37th Division in my place, so as to eliminate the hatred in my heart! ”

Kento Hirata pulled out his general's sword, slashed twice in the void, and vented his anger.

……

Soon, Yuji's little devils were independently mixed into the 3rd Brigade, and the brigade commander, Lieutenant General Shigeo Yoshizawa, received a telegram from Kento Hirata.

He was not taken to participate in the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, and he was bored, but in the past two days, a group of Tubalu guerrillas suddenly came to Yuci City, killing several officers under his command one after another, which made him so annoyed that he wanted to break those earth rats into pieces!

But this gang of dirt and roads came and went like the wind, and they were all sneak attacks in the middle of the night, so he couldn't catch anyone at all.

As a result, the anger in his heart became more and more vigorous, and he hated to catch and bite someone.

Now he received a telegram from Kento Hirata, asking him to exterminate the Tsuhachi Road that dared to attack Shou County, and he immediately called back with great excitement and agreed.

Since he can't catch the earth rats that are making trouble in Yuci City, then going to Shouxian County to catch the main force of that regiment can also make him breathe a bad breath!

So, when the sky was just dawning, he personally gathered a large group of troops, and also brought two additional 41 Type 75 mm mountain guns and rushed towards Shou County.

The chief of staff of the brigade, Teramato Fudasa, tried hard to persuade him not to risk his life, and he did not agree, but said arrogantly:

"Don't worry, Teramoto-kun, I'm just going to hunt, and I'll be back in three days at most!"

Obviously, he regarded the elimination of this regiment as his own hunt.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that he himself had already become the prey of the spy battalion!

(End of chapter)