The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 135 Yoshio Shinozuka's Last Hope (for Subscription)
When the devil's messenger rushed to the Wangzhuang stronghold panting, the convoy of the assault platoon had already left for half an hour.

There are only more than fifty Japanese and puppet troops stationed here, and the leading officer is a second lieutenant. Even if he had ten guts, he would not dare to intercept the armored convoy.

Besides, they were able to successfully pass through the first few strongholds and checkpoints, which meant that there was no problem with their identity, so there was no need for them to stop the car for inspection.

The armored convoy has not yet reached the gun tower, and the horses blocking the road have been moved away in advance by them...

The armored vehicle didn't stop for a moment, whistling past under the watchful eyes of the Japanese and puppet troops, and disappeared into the night.

When Captain Guizi learned from the messenger that the armored convoy belonged to the Eighth Route Army, his first reaction was to not believe it, and he immediately called the squadron leader to verify.

But no matter how he called the phone, there was no response. Obviously the phone line here was also cut.

He didn't believe it was true until he received repeated affirmations from the messengers. He didn't even fire a single shot to make the Eighth Route Army return to the base from under their noses, and even brought back several armored vehicles and troop vehicles...

Time cannot go backwards, and no matter how regretful I am in my heart, nothing will change. I can only pray in my heart that the stronghold behind can block this armored convoy.

Once this armored convoy returns safely to the base, all the garrisons along the way will suffer.

The Fourth Mixed Brigade set up camp, and all the devils were called up by Major General Miyazawa, surrounded the village, and dug trenches face to face with the Independent Brigade.

Otherwise, after the Eighth Route Army launched a general offensive, the troops would not even have a bunker to hide in.

At seven o'clock in the morning, it was already daylight, and the Eighth Route Army who was active outside the village seemed to have disappeared, and there was no one to be seen.

Except for a trench that had already been dug, there was no sign of the main force of the Eighth Route Army outside the village.

Major General Gong Ze didn't understand very much and couldn't figure out what the Eighth Route Army was doing.

Immediately send an infantry squad out of the village to test their reality...

"Da da da……"

When the infantry squad was still [-] to [-] meters away from the trench, six light machine guns suddenly appeared in the trench and fired at the attacking troops.

Major General Miyazawa's retreat order came out of his mouth at the same time...

A full infantry squad lost more than half of it in just one probing attack...

Looking at the twenty or so soldiers who retreated in embarrassment, Gong Ze wanted to cry, and never dared to send troops to test the Eighth Route Army's reality.

But there was one thing he didn't expect.

In order to avoid their air attack, the two main battalions of the independent regiment staying in the base area have indeed withdrawn.

But in order to scare the devils and hide the news of the retreat of the main force for a while longer, four machine gun squads were specially reserved...

One machine gun squad defends one direction, no matter which direction the devil launches a tentative attack, he will be attacked by two machine gun squads at the same time... just like the battle just now.

After [-]:[-], the four machine gun squads will also secretly withdraw from their positions, leaving a circle of empty trenches to continue to surround the village.

Major General Miyazawa, who had suffered a small loss just now, didn't know about this. He always felt that the Eighth Route Army that surrounded him was hidden in the trenches, and planned to wait for the air support to arrive, let the plane help him tear a breakthrough, and fight back to Yangquan.

It's a pity: the plane sent by the military has not yet arrived, and another bad news has already reached his ears one step ahead.

"General, we haven't contacted Yangquan County and the Fujiwara Brigade yet... But the Yuema Town stronghold sent us bad news..." The telegraph operator hurried to Major General Miyazawa to report, and handed over the translated telegram!
"Nani? How is this possible!" Major General Miyazawa became angry after watching it for half a minute, and shouted incredulously.

"What's the matter? General!" Shaozuo Jiamu asked anxiously when he saw that the brigade commander's mood suddenly turned bad, and a bad premonition flashed through his mind.

"Report from the base in Yuema Town: At around five o'clock in the morning, an Eighth Route Army drove armored vehicles and troop transports to break through their interception, and hurriedly marched back to the base area... This convoy came from Yangquan!"

"I remember that some time ago, the military department added six armored vehicles to us...I brought three for reinforcements to Lijiapo, and the remaining three armored vehicles were all left at the brigade headquarters!"

"If the armored vehicle driven by the Eighth Route Army was seized from Yangquan, then Yangquan must have been lost... Our Fujiwara Brigade returning to aid Yangquan may have had an accident!"

"General, we can't wait any longer!" Shaozuo Jiamu began to persuade him as soon as he heard it.

"We must immediately report the attack on Yangquan to the military department, and ask the military department to send a plane to investigate there immediately. This is the fastest way for us to find out about Yangquan!"

"We also need to find a way to contact the garrison in the stronghold near Yangquan, and ask them to send troops to investigate Yangquan immediately and find the Fujiwara brigade that came back to aid Yangquan!"

"I'm going to send a telegram now!" Major General Miyazawa also realized the seriousness of the problem, and hurried to the room where the radio station was located...

Yoshio Shinozuka of the First Army Headquarters of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan hadn't slept all day and all night, his eyes were already red from the boil, and he was still staring at the sand table motionlessly.

Several combat staff officers stood by and kept marking the latest battle situation on it.

"Your Excellency Commander... the nearest reinforcement from the [-]th Mixed Brigade is still two hours away from reaching the battlefield. With two brigades of troops, it will be no problem to cooperate with the [-]th Mixed Brigade to hold down the Eighth Route Army there." The chief of staff took Introducing the latest news just received.

"Do you have the latest battle report from the Fourth Mixed Brigade... I always feel that the Eighth Route Army is planning another big conspiracy, but I can't find a clue..." Yoshio Shinozuka asked with a serious face.

"There was only a telegram half an hour ago, and the next contact with them will be half an hour later..." The chief of staff shook his head and explained.

Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka's face getting more and more ugly, the chief of staff hurriedly asked for instructions: "If you are in a hurry, I can arrange for someone to contact them now!"

"Not yet!" Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head and refused.

"We have to trust Mr. Gong Ze. Sending a telegram rashly will not only fail to help them, but will also bring huge pressure to him and affect his command of the battle!"

"How long will it take for the air force to arrive at the battlefield!"

"As soon as the plane arrives, we will be able to know the latest situation on the battlefield from the air force."

"At most half an hour!" The chief of staff glanced at the time enough to report.

"Why don't you go back to your room and rest for a while, I will notify you as soon as the headquarters receives the news!"

Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head: "We mobilized more than [-] troops, spent a lot of weapons and ammunition, and lost a plane... As a result, we didn't get anything in Lijiapo, and the Yamazaki Brigade used as a bait was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army!"

"How can you let me sleep with such a result!"

"And I always feel that there is a conspiracy about the Fourth Mixed Brigade being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. I can't sleep until the answer is solved!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, the [-]th Mixed Brigade sends an urgent message: Tell the military to immediately send a plane to investigate Yangquan, something may have happened there!" The communications staff hurried over to report, with a very nervous expression, for fear that what he reported would disturb the commander. The official is angry.

"Nani?" Shinozuka Yoshio seemed to have found a clue, and after receiving the telegram, he began to browse, ordering while reading.

"Hurry up and contact the air force to go to Yangquan to investigate and find out where Yangquan belongs..."

"I also need to investigate the road connecting Yangquan to Yuema Town, and see if there are any traces of firefights!"

After speaking, I shifted my gaze to the sand table...

After watching the sand table, I turned my attention to the telegram...

After reading it back and forth twice, he slapped the telegram on the table and suddenly realized: "I know what the purpose of the Eighth Route Army's sudden siege of the Fourth Mixed Brigade is?"

"If something really happened to Yangquan, the Fujiwara brigade that came back to aid Yangquan had an accident. The Eighth Route Army did this to divert our attention and buy time for their troops to attack Yangquan!"

"Let the aircraft of the Air Force to investigate Yangquan leave quickly!"

"If Yangquan is really lost, they must not only find the Fujiwara brigade where the accident happened, but also the Eighth Route Army that attacked Yangquan!"

"Yangquan is dozens of kilometers away from their base, and it takes more than ten hours to go back by walking the small road. It must be still in the imperial army's occupied area!"

"We must find them and kill them, otherwise the face of our First Army will be lost by the Fourth Mixed Brigade!"

"Your Excellency, Commander... there is news from the aviation supporting the [-]th Mixed Brigade!" Another communications staff officer hurried over.

"After low-altitude reconnaissance and confirmation, the Eighth Route Army surrounding the [-]th Mixed Brigade has all retreated..."

"The other Eighth Route Army that besieged the Fourth Mixed Brigade also disappeared..."

"Except for the imperial army, there is no Eighth Route Army around the battlefield!"

"Bageyalu, we were really tricked by the Eighth Route Army!" Yoshio Shinozuka understood completely after hearing this.

Immediately ordered to the chief of staff at the side: "Immediately send a telegram to the Fourth Mixed Brigade."

"Let Miyazawa-kun explain to me the attack on Yangquan immediately!"

"When did he know that Yangquan was attacked, when he sent troops back to help Yangquan, and when he lost contact with Yangquan and the Fujiwara brigade...you must explain it to me!"

"It's too much for me, as the commander, to be the last to know about such a big incident in Shanxi!"

"If Yangquan is not lost, is the Fourth Mixed Brigade planning to keep this matter a secret!"

Shinozuka Yoshio received a call back from the Fourth Brigade [-] minutes later, and the aviation unit also sent the latest news about Yangquan County.

"Your Excellency, Commander...has the air force found out the latest situation in Yangquan County?"

Shinozuka Yoshio has confirmed that Yangquan County is lost.

If you want to save the defeat, you must not only regain Yangquan, but also strive to kill the Eighth Route Army that attacked Yangquan.

Staring at the chief of staff, he asked expectantly, "Is the Eighth Route Army attacking Yangquan still there... If they haven't retreated, we have a chance to wipe them out in Yangquan!"

The chief of staff shook his head in disappointment: "The air force did not find any traces of the Eighth Route Army's activities..."

"But they found a large number of imperial army corpses on the road fifteen kilometers away from Yangquan..."

"It should be the missing Fujiwara brigade..."

"The air force is trying its best to find the Eighth Route Army attacking Yangquan..."

"The search range has been expanded to [-] kilometers around Yangquan, focusing on the area near the Eighth Route Army base in Yangquan!"

"The search range is too small... we need to add another [-] kilometers..." Shinozuka Yoshio raised the telegram order sent by the Fourth Mixed Brigade.

"Miyazawa-kun has gone too far this time..."

"I received the news of Yangquan's attack in the middle of the night, and I only reported it now!"

"Based on what I know about the Eighth Route Army: In order to avoid our air strikes, they are likely to withdraw from Yangquan before dawn!"

"It will be ten o'clock soon. If they evacuate Yangquan before dawn, they will have walked at least [-] kilometers by now!"

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