The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 228 Commander: The military department must not be blind (Part [-])
Donggang stronghold is a large stronghold in the north of Taiyuan City, about [-] kilometers away from Taiyuan.

Although the main force of the garrison has been transferred to the front line to mop up the Eighth Route Army, there is still a reinforced squadron and two companies of the Imperial Association Army left in the stronghold.

With the existing troops and firepower of the Independent Regiment, it only needs to dispatch a reinforced battalion to take it down.

But Kong Jie didn't do that.

Attacking large strongholds is a waste of shells and troops!
It is not like a small and medium-sized stronghold, a few lone gun towers and bunkers can be seen, and the threat will be lost after the bombing is over.

Large-scale strongholds are lined with gun towers, machine gun bunkers are everywhere, and there are many hidden bunkers, which are hard to defend.

When the troops bombarded, if they did not miss a few bunkers, with the fighting style of the devils, they could casually cause more than a hundred casualties to the Independence Regiment.

For the current independent regiment, strength is more important than anything else. If they want to break through the siege smoothly, one less death in Taiyuan will be one less death.

Combining these factors, Kong Jie decided to abandon these large strongholds and county towns that were not worth the loss, and only sent cavalry to block them, preventing them from passing news outside the city to Taiyuan.

Three cavalry suddenly appeared in the Donggang stronghold facing Taiyuan.

Under the cover of night, the devils in the stronghold could not see their existence at all.

More than ten minutes later, the telephone line connecting the Donggang stronghold to Taiyuan was cut off.

When the main force of the garrison was transferred away, the radio station equipped in the stronghold was also taken away by the captain, and the telephone became the only way for the Donggang stronghold to contact Taiyuan.

The line was suddenly interrupted, and the squadron leader who stayed at the stronghold was the first to panic.

"Telephone soldiers go out to check the line immediately, our telephone connection with Taiyuan must not be interrupted!"

"All the left-behind troops go into the position and prepare for battle. Cutting off the telephone line may be a signal for the Eighth Route Army to raid the Donggang stronghold. We have to guard against it!"

The quiet Donggang stronghold instantly became lively.

The sound of the alarm kept echoing over the stronghold. For many days, the puppet soldiers rushed outside the barracks with guns in their hands without even wearing military uniforms...

In a short while, different numbers of Japanese and puppet troops entered the various bunkers and gun towers in the stronghold, armed with rifles, staring out from the shooting holes, quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

"Clap clap..."

Two gunshots suddenly sounded outside, at least [-] meters away from the stronghold. The squadron leader frowned at the same time, and opened his mouth to curse.

"Baga, something must have happened to the telephone soldier who checked the telephone line!"

"Everyone, prepare for battle...the Eighth Route Army attacking us will appear soon!"

Dozens of devils defending the central gun tower immediately pulled the bolts of light and heavy machine guns, ready to shoot...as soon as an enemy appeared in the front sight, they immediately pulled the trigger...

Five minutes passed...there was no one outside the stronghold...

Ten minutes passed, and the Eighth Route Army that everyone was worried about still did not appear...

The squadron leader was puzzled, and asked with a puzzled look: "Could it be that the Eighth Route Army just wanted to cut off our connection with Taiyuan, and didn't intend to attack us?"

"But if they don't attack us, why cut off our telephone connection with Taiyuan?"

The squadron leader couldn't figure it out.

"Papa papa... da da da..."

At this moment, piercing gunshots sounded outside the stronghold again. The distance was also very far away, exceeding the effective range of the stronghold light machine gun.

"Baga, aren't there no troops outside? Why are we still firing guns!" The squadron leader asked back with a frown.

"Captain, it's time for the intelligence personnel to send us information...they should have had an accident!" The deputy captain thought for a while and explained!
"Nani?" The squadron leader didn't connect several things together.

Frowning and thinking for two minutes, he suddenly punched the table in front of him, and suddenly realized: "I know why the Eighth Route Army cut off the telephone line!"

"They want to blockade the Donggang stronghold and prevent intelligence personnel from passing information to Taiyuan through us..."

"What a cunning opponent, without intelligence support, Your Excellency Commander will become blind and deaf, unable to command troops to destroy the Eighth Route Army!"

"Then what should we do now?" The deputy captain asked, staring at the squadron leader with his mind in a mess.

"There is no way to break the situation!" The squadron leader replied helplessly.

"No one knows how many Eighth Route Army troops are lurking outside the stronghold. Sending people out rashly may never return!"

"The outer city of Taiyuan was also captured by the Eighth Route Army. We can only contact the military headquarters through the radio, but we don't have a radio... we can only stick to the strongholds, praying that those strongholds equipped with radios can report the outside news to Your Excellency the Commander."

Taiyuan Japanese Army Headquarters, Shinozuka Yoshio has confirmed that the independent regiment has begun to relocate the arsenal.

This is great news.

As long as the independent regiment doesn't blow up the arsenal, no matter how much equipment they remove now, it will be returned intact in a few days.

"Commander, report from the observation post... The Independent Regiment raised a large number of vehicles and rushed to the arsenal to transport equipment... Ten vehicles of equipment have been transported..." The chief of staff immediately stated the latest information he received.

Shinozuka Yoshio had a rare smile on his lips, and happily replied: "Let the observation post keep watching the arsenal!"

"Those equipment are also related to the future of the Shanxi garrison. We must find out where they are going, and there must be no accidents!"

"Where is the reinforcement team... It still needs more time to move in place!"

The chief of staff reported in an orderly manner: "After continuous marching... the fastest brigade has ten hours to reach the target position and establish a defense line..."

"The slowest brigade needs sixteen hours to reach the destination!"

"But two teams had accidents on the way back to aid!"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned immediately, he only wanted to keep the equipment in the Taiyuan Armory, and everything else had to be sidelined.

Hearing that there was an accident in the returning reinforcements, he was anxious, and asked anxiously, "What accident!"

"In order to seize all the time to march, the two brigades had to pass through the defense zone of the [-]th Regiment of the Jinsui Army!"

"According to past experience, when we fight the Eighth Route Army, they will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. I hope that we and the Eighth Route Army will lose both sides, so that they can reap the benefits..."

"As a result, the two brigades were blocked on the road when they passed the [-]th Regiment's defense area..."

"In order not to waste time, our troops can only take the initiative to attack and charge forward!"

"Estimated: They will arrive at the target position two hours late, each losing one and a half squadrons!"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned more and more, and asked, "Has there been any changes in the other Jinsui Army?"

The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "Except for the [-]th regiment, the other Jinsui troops continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight!"

Shinozuka Yoshio breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought the Jinsui Army's strategy against us had changed... The other Jinsui Army troops stayed still, which means that the Jinsui Army didn't want to provoke us!"

"As for the [-]th Regiment... write it down first, and clean it up after we kill the Independent Regiment and rebuild the arsenal!"

"We must make the [-]th regiment who provoked the imperial army pay the price, and kill the chickens to make an example to the monkeys, so that other Jinsui troops will never dare to provoke us again!"

"The commander is wise...I will definitely remember the [-]th Regiment!"

Shinozuka Yoshio continued to ask: "Apart from the relocation of the Taiyuan Arsenal and the blockade of Taiyuan's inner city, is there any other movement from the Independence Regiment?"

"I haven't heard any information from outside the city for a long time!"

Speaking of this, the chief of staff's face instantly became ugly: "Your Excellency, there is an accident outside the city!"

"The military's telephone lines connecting the strongholds outside the city to the county seat have all been cut off, and they can only contact a few large strongholds and the county seat through the radio!"

"They reported that a large number of Eighth Route Army cavalry suddenly appeared around the stronghold and the county town, and they cut off the telephone line!"

The cavalry also blocked all county towns and strongholds, and no one was allowed to enter or leave! "

"Our intelligence officers who monitor the Independence Regiment can't send the news to the county town and strongholds, and they can't transmit it to the military headquarters through the radio..."

"From dark to now, the military has not received any intelligence from outside the city, let alone the movements of the independent regiment outside the city!"

"But we think that the independent regiment outside the city has very little impact on the battle situation."

"The Independent Regiment has a total of four main battalions. Two battalions block the inner city, one battalion moves the arsenal, and a part of the troops must be allocated to defend Jinzhong. The mobile troops that can be mobilized outside the city will not exceed one battalion. The combat effectiveness is very limited."

"Otherwise, they will definitely wait for work and directly attack the large strongholds outside the city instead of sending cavalry to block the strongholds!"

"What a formidable opponent!" Yoshio Shinozuka sighed after hearing this, with a very serious expression.

Staring at the chief of staff, he cursed with a look of hatred for iron and steel: "What do you know?"

"Without those strongholds and county towns to pass on information to us, the military headquarters will become blind and deaf. How can they chase and intercept the independent regiment!"

"Fortunately, there is only one road for them to retreat to the base area, otherwise this trick alone can turn us around!"

"No... Our opponents are too cunning. The military must not be blind. We must try our best to find out their specific movements, otherwise we will suffer a lot in the next action!"

"We have lost enough in this sweep. If the reinforcements also suffer heavy losses in the pursuit and interception, even if we regain the military equipment that the Independent Regiment stole, I will not be able to give an explanation to the Front Army Command!"

"The staff department immediately formulated a plan and found a way to send several radio stations to the intelligence personnel operating outside the city. Bypassing the strongholds outside the city and the county seat, directly contact the military department, and report the latest information they have discovered anytime, anywhere!"

The chief of staff frowned and thought for a long time before sending out: "Your Excellency Commander, think twice..."

"We are trapped in the inner city of Taiyuan, and it is almost impossible to get out!"

"The strongholds equipped with radio stations outside the city and the county towns all have limited troops, so a rash attack will definitely lead to nothing!"

"Send a radio station to intelligence personnel at this time, the price is too good!"

Shinozuka Yoshio insisted on his own decision: "No matter how high the price is, it is not as high as the cost of returning the reinforcements to be severely injured... Execute the order!"

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