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Chapter 336, scare the enemy's guts

"What a terrible enemy!"

Chief of Staff Zhutian, who came from Xia County, couldn't help sighing when he saw the corpses all over the ground.

He had never seen such a disastrous defeat by the imperial army, beaten like this by a group of Eight Routes that was far less numerous than them.

Simply incredible.

"It looks a little weird, doesn't it?"

Yamashita Toshihide, who was in a state of embarrassment, saved his life from death thanks to the arrival of reinforcements.

Now that the surrounding army is close by, he has regained his composure, and has the demeanor of the captain of the regiment.

"I said earlier that these Eight Routes are very unusual. Not only do they have far more light and heavy weapons than the other Eight Routes, they are even better than the Imperial Army.

Basically, a dozen people own a light machine gun and a submachine gun, which is twice as powerful as the same number of imperial troops. "

Chief of Staff Takeda exclaimed in surprise, "Aren't you kidding? Tubalu, it's all about having a light machine gun, but can it also be equipped with a submachine gun?"

The benefits of submachine guns are not unknown to the imperial army, and several models have even been designed.

But because submachine guns consume a lot of bullets, they are not as rich in functions as light machine guns.

So even if real guns were made, they were rejected by the generals in the base camp, and they were not rationed for the front line at all.

They don't know how poor Balu is, how could they be worthy of submachine guns!
A trace of disdain flashed in Junxiu's eyes, you country bumpkin, don't you know that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky.

Why is it impossible for Balu to be equipped with a submachine gun? As long as someone gives it to them, they won't be able to use it?
He regarded Ba Lu as a fool, but he didn't realize that he was the real fool.

"Mr. Zhutian, you must not underestimate them. The dead bodies all over the ground are a wake-up call for you and me."

Toshihide Yamashita's words were a bit preachy, he was afraid that his colleagues would be too proud and step into the footsteps of those in front of him.

Rushing to reincarnate is not the way to do it.

Fearing that people would not believe it, he also picked up two short bullet casings from the ground, "Look, these are the casings of the bullets fired by the eight-way submachine gun."

seeing is believing.

Chief of Staff Taketa held the bullet casing in his hand and became more serious.Now he kind of believed Yamashita Toshihide's words.

In fact, what weapons the Eighth Route is equipped with is not important to them right now.

All you need to know is that the fighting power of the Eight Routes cannot be underestimated.

The three infantry brigades with more than 300 soldiers were defeated by the Eight Route Army, and only soldiers remained.

Everyone else died for it.

Such a disastrous defeat has been counted since this year. If he does not pay attention to the enemy at this time, then he should really change his mind.

"Yamashita-kun, General Mitsui has died for his country, and Balu has already broken through and left. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Chief of Staff Takeda threw the question to the opponent.

He brought people here for reinforcements, but the reinforcements were gone.

That eighth way is so difficult to deal with, and it's not a soft persimmon, it can be handled casually.

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Now, deep down in his heart, he had the idea of ​​retreating.

Let others handle the big troubles, he doesn't want to step in the quagmire.It would be even worse if it got stuck.

Toshihide Yamashita will never forget the humiliation of stepping on a trap three times.

He would never forget that the general died in front of him, and he secretly vowed in his heart to avenge him.

Eight roads chased him to the sky with nowhere to go, and he almost died at gunpoint.

He will not forget.

Toshihide Yamashita squinted his eyes and said: "As far as I know, there are not many people in the Eight Routes, at most there are more than a thousand people.

After being blocked by the three infantry brigades of the imperial army, even if the eighth road had the best teeth, a few teeth would have to be broken.

They must have lost a lot, and now is their weakest hour.We immediately sent troops to catch up, and if we were lucky, we might be able to wipe them out here. "

Chief of Staff Takeda couldn't see any expression on his face, but he scolded Yamashita in his heart.

Bastard, are you trying to drag me into the water too?
A bad ship has three thousand nails, which can crush and wipe out more than 2000 imperial troops when surrounded.

Could this be a normal opponent?
What's more, you mobilized more than 1 people in three regiments, but none of them wiped out the enemy.

Now counting on our mere 2000 people to catch up and destroy the enemy, wouldn't it be a fantasy!

Lao Tzu is not your subordinate, you are not qualified to command Lao Tzu at all.

Chief of Staff Takeda originally kicked the question to the other party, just to let Yamashita Toshihide say the words of retreating, and if the higher-ups hold him accountable after returning, he can still have a reason to prevaricate.

He thought about it pretending to be thinking, and said tactfully: "I'm afraid something is wrong, General Mitsui urged us to come as soon as possible, so we gave up all unnecessary supplies.

The rations carried by the entire army are only enough for one day.Maybe we ran out of food before we caught up with the enemy. "

"Can we send a transport team to transport from the rear?" Toshihide Yamashita immediately gave a solution.

The person who can become the chief officer naturally knows a little bit about the world, and he is also aware of the other party's evasion and reluctance.

It seems that we still need to add some weight.

"Li Yunlong's New Second Regiment is very famous, and the commander is very concerned about it. All the generals in the entire First Army have heard of this man's name.

If they can be eliminated, it will be enough to show their faces in the entire First Army, and even the North China Dispatch Army Command will intervene.

This feat is too dazzling, enough to give birth to a new general. "

Junxiu Yamashita's words have been made very clear, whoever can destroy the new second regiment will take Li Yunlong's head.

If Dazuo is enough to be promoted to general, Chief of Staff Takeda is now the rank of Zhongzuo, and it is more than enough to be promoted to Dazuo as a regimental captain in one step.

Getting promoted and getting rich is the most basic human desire, and no military officer would say that he does not want to climb the ranks.

The opportunity for promotion is right in front of you, who can't be tempted?

Chief of Staff Takeda admitted that he was very emotional for a while, and even saw the moment when he was promoted to the captain of the regiment and wore the rank of Colonel.

How tempting it is!

But looking at the corpses all over the ground, it was like pouring cold water in the winter, which made my heart feel cold.

If you want to take advantage, you have to pay a price, which is very likely to be unbearable for him.

He is now one step away from the chief, even if he has the qualifications, he can be promoted in the next year or two.

There is no need to take such a big risk, like the idiot in front of him, it would be bad to take the troops in.

Chief of Staff Takeda pondered in his heart, what reason could he find to shirk?
The telegraph correspondent brought a telegram from the headquarters: "Order your department to quickly reinforce, and the enemy must not be let go."

After hearing this, Chief of Staff Takeda just wanted to curse.

It's a bastard's order, don't give him a way out!Eighth Road had already escaped from the encirclement, how could he catch him back?

If I knew it earlier, I shouldn't have reported the information I got from Toshihide Yamashita immediately.

By the way, the situation here has not been reported yet.Might change the Commander's mind.

"Send a message to the Commander..."

Chief of Staff Takeda seemed to grasp at straws.

……

Taiyuan's First Army Command.

The atmosphere was very tense, and everyone didn't dare to take a breath, and each of them clamped their tails tightly like ostriches.

There are only a handful of generals in the entire First Army. The death of General Mitsui Taro is a major event.

Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu couldn't believe it when he first heard about it.

General Mitsui Taro revealed the plan in a telegram a few hours ago, and stated that they had surrounded Li Yunlong's new second regiment.

It is a vowed guarantee that Liupan Town will be the burial place of Balu after the reinforcements arrive.

But in just a few hours, things took a big turn.

The person who swore to him was shot in the head by a sniper, and unfortunately died for his country.

How can it be?

But what was written in black and white on the telegram broke his last illusion.

Extremely angry, he pulled out the command knife at his waist, and slashed at the antique shelf beside him as if venting.

The exquisite antique porcelain became a hateful enemy in his eyes, and was chopped into pieces with a single knife.

After more than a dozen knives in a row, the entire shelf was chopped into pieces, and more than a dozen precious antiques were smashed to pieces, before Yoshio Iwamatsu calmed down his inner anger.

He put the knife back into its sheath, and bowed solemnly to Dongfang.

No matter why the previous promise failed, the dead are the worst, and Yoshio Iwamatsu can't pursue it anymore.

Yoshio Yansong also had to think about his own face and future. Zhongtiaoshan's encirclement and suppression plan for the Eight Routes was presided over by him alone.

Now that a general has been sacrificed, the higher-ups will definitely be held accountable, and the pressure he has to bear will definitely not be small.

Now, I only hope that Mitsui Taro's subordinates can hold on for a while longer until reinforcements arrive.

Only by eliminating Li Yunlong's new second regiment can some losses be recovered.

After all, Li Yunlong's New Second Regiment is very difficult to deal with, and it is recognized by the entire First Army and even the North China Command.

Many troops and high-ranking officers were buried in the hands of this person, and his value was no less than the three divisions of the Central Army.

As long as this person is eliminated, there will be a fig leaf, and the price paid for this can be tolerated.

"Commander, do you need to send a telegram to the headquarters of the North China Dispatched Army to inform you?"

The sacrifice of a general is a major event. In general, the superior should be notified immediately, and finally reported to the base camp.

Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hand: "Wait and see, maybe things will turn around."

After hesitating for a while, he said again: "Send Zhutian a telegram to urge him to hurry up and arrive immediately, and we must not let go of the eight roads."

Yoshio Iwamatsu still pinned his hopes on eliminating Li Yunlong's new second regiment.

It is better to report a good news and a bad news than just a bad news.

It is also more beneficial to him.

Whatever you are afraid of, come here.

Within 10 minutes of sending out his urging telegram, a long telegram of several hundred words was already in front of him.

How difficult it is for the Eighth Route Army, how much the reinforcements paid for their journey, needless to say about complaints and the like.

The most important thing is that the Eighth Route has already broken through. There are more than 300 soldiers in the three infantry brigades. In less than half a day, there are only people left.

Yoshio Iwamatsu couldn't even get angry now.

He thought he had attached great importance to Li Yunlong and his new second regiment, and sent six times as many troops for this encirclement and suppression.

The generals sent by Mitsui Taro are also very pragmatic generals, and they will never despise the enemy just because of the identity of the other party.

It stands to reason that it should be foolproof.

He was also mentally prepared for failure, even if Li Yunlong escaped without a successful siege, he could accept it.

But never expected that this would be the result.

Is Li Yunlong a god?
He knew it was a trap, stepped into it deliberately, and then dispatched elite troops to attack the headquarters, creating the conditions to defeat the imperial army and causing heavy losses to the imperial army.

He quickly vetoed it, Mitsui Taro's plan could never be seen through by Yalu.

Might be a coincidence.

But the result of the coincidence was too heavy, and he couldn't bear it easily.

Yoshio Iwamatsu had to admit.

After suffering huge losses, the Eighth Route Army had already broken through and escaped. This time the encirclement and suppression campaign could already be declared a failure.

"Report the incident to the North China Dispatch Army Command, and let General Okamura Ningji decide."

Things have come to this point, admitting failure early can still give yourself a face.

After the telegram was sent.

Yoshio Iwamatsu walked to the window, looked at the blue sky, and thought about a philosophical question: Why is the Eight Routes so difficult to deal with?

The 10,000+ army of the Central Army entrenched in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, the imperial army only mobilized 10 people, and it was easily defeated like a dog trying to solve a cow.

Tens of thousands of prisoners were captured, but the price paid was only 3000 casualties.

But in the Eight Routes they are dealing with now, a small new second regiment has only more than 2000 people, and the imperial army has used six times the strength.

The results of it?
It is now roughly estimated that the casualties that have been caused are at least .

In other words, the 10,000+ central army is not worth the trouble caused by a new second regiment to the imperial army.

Of course, it can't be counted like this. After all, in order to confront the central army, the imperial army sent three divisions.

It only took half a division to deal with the new second regiment.

The two are completely incomparable.

However, when the number of Eight Routes grows to 10,000+ one day, I am afraid that even five divisions will not be able to eliminate them.

"Report, a call back from Commander Neiji Okamura."

Yoshio Iwamatsu turned around, his body was thin and his eyes were dull, as if a criminal suspect was being tried: "Near..."

"The encirclement and suppression campaign against the eighth road in Zhongtiao Mountain has obviously failed. You don't have to keep this matter in mind. You should focus more on Yan Xishan. Convincing this person is your most important responsibility."

Yoshio Iwamatsu let out a long sigh of relief. It seemed that the newly appointed commander, General Neiji Okamura, had no intention of taking him into action.

Just to emphasize, let him do his job well, there is no harsher wording.

Yoshio Iwamatsu naturally knew how he became the commander of the First Army. His most important task was to lure Yan Xishan to surrender.

As long as this is accomplished, it is equivalent to destroying ten divisions of the Central Army.

at the same time.

The North China Expeditionary Army Command in Beiping.

The newly appointed commander, General Ningji Okamura, said to his men: "Collect all the information about Li Yunlong and the new second regiment as soon as possible."

He is a real China hand, and his favorite saying is to make decisions before acting.

Any enemy has weaknesses, Okamura Ningji likes to find the enemy's weaknesses and make a fatal blow.

However, the only ones he could target in North China were the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and Yan Xishan in the World War II zone.

A regiment-level unit of the Eighth Route Army can get the seriousness of Okamura Ningji.

I don't know if it's an honor or a misfortune.

(End of this chapter)