The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1196: Taking advantage of the situation? (First update)

I have never eaten pork and I have seen pigs running away.

The chief of staff immediately recognized the forward captain's analysis and immediately ordered: "Then why are you still standing there..."

"Hurry up and let a few mortar squadrons fight back..."

"The Eighth Route Army has mortars, and so do we. Not only are they more numerous, but their caliber is larger..."

Regrettably: before the chief of staff's order to counterattack reached the mortar squadrons scattered in the team, the rain of shells from the sky stopped.

Take a look around: there are corpses of soldiers killed by bombs everywhere along the highway, wounded people screaming in agony, broken limbs and broken arms...

Horrible!

"Boom boom boom..."

It was only then that the mortar squadron closest to the Chief of Staff began to fight back. The shells roared out and hit the Bao Valley more than a thousand meters away, raising a large amount of black smoke...

The chief of staff turned red with anger and roared loudly: "Bagh Ya Road..."

"The Eighth Route Army artillerymen who just attacked us have all run away. What's the use of firing back now? Is it a waste of shells?"

"Have the artillery squadron stop..."

"If we encounter an artillery attack by the Eighth Route Army during the next march, we can directly fire back without waiting for orders..."

"Let the troops rescue the wounded immediately and count the losses, quickly..."

After a while, another captain of the reinforcements ran towards him and reported solemnly: "Sir... the casualties have been counted... a little big..."

The chief of staff asked directly: "How much is it specifically? Just tell me directly. I can hold on..."

"Ha Yi..." The captain could only answer bravely.

"In the artillery raid just now, we killed a total of 327 people and seriously injured 82 people, most of whom were imperial troops. This is equivalent to killing two entire infantry squadrons without even seeing the Eighth Route Army guerrilla brigade... "

"idiot……"

The chief of staff couldn't hold it back for a moment and started swearing again.

"The guerrilla brigade is really cunning... It's so irritating that there were only a few hundred rounds of artillery shells to cause us such huge losses without a single casualty."

"I must find them and cut them into pieces."

"Pass my order. The troops will continue to advance with the wounded. They will retake Fangshan County first and leave the wounded in Fangshan County. We will continue to pursue the guerrilla brigade."

The captain of the forward brigade immediately stood up and reminded: "Sir, didn't you just say that division of troops is the most taboo against the Eighth Route Army?"

"If we leave the wounded in Fangshan County, we will definitely send troops to defend Fangshan County. This will mean dividing the troops."

"If the guerrilla brigade takes advantage of the main force's withdrawal from Fangshan and kills Fangshan County with a carbine, our troops and wounded who are left behind in Fangshan will definitely suffer a devastating blow."

"Shut up..." the chief of staff cursed angrily.

"Under normal circumstances, I certainly don't want to separate our troops for fighting if we can."

"But isn't there nothing we can do now?"

"If the wounded were not left in Fangshan County for treatment, it would be difficult for us to march with them."

"The guerrilla brigade advanced lightly and the troops marched very fast."

"We marched with seventy or eighty wounded people. No matter how fast we marched, we couldn't match the marching speed of the Eighth Route Army. How could we hunt them down and eliminate them."

"But your reminder just now is not wrong."

"The guerrilla brigade is very cunning and has an endless supply of various combat methods. If we leave the wounded in Fangshan, there is a real possibility that they will kill us."

"In this case, then I will give them a trick to catch the turtle in the jar..."

The chief of staff did not say how he planned to catch the enemy in the urn, nor how he planned to exploit it.

Although several captains were very itchy, the rank of Chief of Staff was there, so they didn't dare to question him no matter how bold they were. We can only take the troops and continue on the road to Fangshan County...

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Soon the top of Fangshan City came into view of the Japanese army.

The city gate was wide open and the city was empty. The chief of staff's first reaction was that the Eighth Route Army attacking Fangshan County had fled. Fangshan County in front of him was probably an empty city.

But he did not immediately lead his troops into Fangshan.

Although there was only one sneak attack by the guerrilla brigade along the way, this sneak attack left an unforgettable impression on the Chief of Staff.

The guerrilla brigade is too cunning, and no one knows whether there is a murderous intention hidden in the seemingly empty Fangshan County.

If he were not prepared and rushed in rashly, he might even lose his life in the city.

He directly ordered with a cautious expression: "The forward brigade will dispatch a squadron, and the Imperial Association Army will dispatch a battalion. Enter the city immediately to confirm whether there is any Eighth Route Army in the city."

"If there is no danger, we will enter the city again..."

For more than five hundred days, the puppet army marched into Fangshan...

Ten minutes have passed, and not a single gunshot has been heard in the city...

Twenty minutes have passed, and there is still no sound of fighting in the city...

The tense nerves of the chief of staff slowly relaxed over time, and then he saw two messengers running towards him in a hurry.

Before he could stand still, he reported with a smile: "Sir..."

"We searched the whole city but couldn't find the Eighth Route Army..."

"The main force can enter the city..."

"The wing headquarters in the city has not been damaged either..."

Looking at the sky slowly darkening above his head, the chief of staff no longer hesitated and ordered decisively: "Enter the city..."

"The Second Squadron and the Second Regiment of the Imperial Association Army are responsible for defending the city, patrolling and guarding, and all other troops are stationed at the original Fangshan garrison..."

"Everyone have a good rest tonight. We will go out of the city early tomorrow morning to search for the main force of the guerrilla brigade and fight them decisively..."

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At eight o'clock in the evening, the chief of staff reviewed his tasks for the day as usual to see if there was anything he had missed.

Now that he is performing combat missions, there are no complicated things like the headquarters, and there are many fewer issues to consider.

But the battle before us is not easy either.

Although he has not yet officially fought against the guerrilla brigade, their slap in the face today still made him laugh, making him realize that the guerrilla brigade is a very difficult opponent.

The following decisive battle was not as simple as he thought at the North China Front Army Headquarters.

Maybe you might get caught in this military operation.

For the sake of his own future, he had to be cautious.

Lying on the table, he studied the map and analyzed the possible hiding places of the guerrilla brigade.

Intelligence showed that they had not retreated back to the mountains, which meant that the guerrilla brigade was lurking in Fangshan, maybe hiding under their noses and emerging at any time to give them a fatal attack.

It would be great if he could find the hiding place of the guerrilla brigade in advance and lead his troops to fight directly after dawn.

But Fangshan is not a small town, and the surrounding terrain is complex. Especially the large area in the west close to the mountains, let alone the guerrilla brigade with only two or three thousand people, even if they have 10,000 people, they can easily hide in it.

(End of this chapter)