The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1075 Boss: Let Li Yunlong take action (first update)

Twenty minutes later, the return troops brought by Major Kamikawa finally withdrew into Shijiazhuang.

However, a total of more than 1,500 people went through successive raids by the Eighth Route Army. In the end, less than 900 people entered the city alive, and the remaining more than 600 people stayed outside the city.

The city defense troops in the east of the city also suffered nearly a hundred mortar shells during the battle to respond to the returning reinforcements, resulting in the direct loss of more than one squad.

When the news was reported to the headquarters, Major General Fujita was furious and wanted to kill the captain of the east city defense force immediately.

He strictly ordered the troops not to leave the city to fight, in order to prevent the city defense troops from paying unnecessary casualties in the battle to receive the returning reinforcements.

As a result, he was lucky enough to lose more than one squad even while guarding the city.

Although the troops entering the city lost nearly ten times more troops than the city defense troops, Major General Fujita still felt that it was not worthwhile.

In his eyes, as long as the city defense troops in the east of the city were careful enough when receiving reinforcements and did not give any opportunity to the Eighth Route Army outside the city, the loss of more than one small team could be completely avoided.

When it comes to the actual battle to defend the city, if you make good use of this small team, you can kill one or two companies of the Eighth Route Army without any problem.

But now, this group of elite Imperial Army soldiers did not even kill a single Eighth Route Army soldier, and died directly in an artillery raid. No matter what aspect of analysis, it is not worth it.

"Baga..." Major General Fujita slammed his clenched fist on the table in front of him, like an angry lion, and cursed loudly.

"What do the artillery do? Isn't it to let them attack the Eighth Route Army sneak attack troops from a long distance and cover the return troops' withdrawal into Shijiazhuang? Why are the return troops withdrawn one kilometer outside the city and still be attacked by the Eighth Route Army's light and heavy machine guns and mortars? ”

"When the city defense troops were attacked by artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army, why didn't they take the opportunity to kill them..."

"More than ten mountain field guns faced more than ten mortars of the Eighth Route Army, and so many troops were lost. This is simply a shame for the Imperial Army."

The chief of staff had just returned from the east of the city. As the first organized return force to enter Shijiazhuang, Major General Fujita gave him and the others enough respect to send the chief of staff to greet them in person, in order to boost their morale and morale that they had lost on the way to retreat. .

At the same time, it also brought back the latest battle situation on the front line.

After Major General Fujita's anger calmed down a little, he explained: "Your Excellency, Commander..."

"The artillery troops have been fighting..."

"The accuracy of the artillery strikes is also very high, the reaction speed is also very fast, and the cooperation with the returning reinforcements is also very good..."

"But our opponents are too cunning."

"Maybe they calculated that we would use artillery to attack them from a distance."

"Each time the troops were attacked with firepower for less than half a minute, they retreated as soon as the time was up, without stopping for more than a second."

"No matter how fast the artillery responds, it is impossible to destroy the enemy in just half a minute after discovering them."

"When the Eighth Route Army's artillery and mortars attacked the city defense troops, the artillery also fought back."

"But the Eighth Route Army's dozen or so mortars that attacked the city were too scattered."

"Group two, disperse and bombard the city."

"Fire three artillery shells in a row and then move. Never fire a fourth round of artillery shells in the same position."

"In this case, our artillery cannot lock the target even if it wants to counterattack."

"Unless there is a way to break the situation, we can only watch helplessly as the returning troops are blocked by the Eighth Route Army outside Shijiazhuang City and attacked."

Major General Fujita became more and more angry as he listened, and the returning troops abandoned their baggage and ammunition and moved forward lightly. It was a decision I made with great determination. The purpose was to allow them to avoid the Eighth Route Army's pocket formation.

As a result, the pocket formation was avoided, and the Eighth Route Army prepared a dragnet for them outside Shijiazhuang City.

No matter where the returning troops come from, whether they take roads or trails, as long as they want to enter the city, they will be sifted aside by this dragnet and lose a layer of skin.

The chief of staff agreed with Major General Fujita's analysis, but racked his brains and couldn't think of a way to solve the situation. He could only put his hope in the commander, hoping that he could turn the tide and come up with a solution just like he did with the Eighth Route Army ambush troops. He quickly asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, what should we do next?"

"Can't every returning reinforcements be beaten to pieces by the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops when they arrive outside Shijiazhuang City?"

Major General Fujita shook his head ruthlessly: "I am not omnipotent, and it is impossible for me to think of a solution for everything."

"There are no undead people in a war."

"As long as the main force of the returning troops safely withdraws to Shijiazhuang, I can still accept paying a certain price."

"Tell other returning troops not to stop at any time after being attacked around Shijiazhuang, and not to be reluctant to fight. They can directly march directly to Shijiazhuang."

"The artillery troops in the city will help them defeat all the Eighth Route Army that sneaks up on them."

"The faster the troops withdraw into Shijiazhuang, the fewer times they will be raided by the Eighth Route Army, and the smaller the losses the troops will suffer along the way."

"Let the returning troops not care about the losses on the march. As long as they retain the main force, safely withdraw to Shijiazhuang, and lead the commander, the mission will be completed."

"Not only will I not punish them, I will commend them."

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The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

After reading the battle report just sent from the Shijiazhuang front line, the deputy commander couldn't help but praise: "This 16th Regiment did a good job."

"As the saying goes, when the enemy changes, we will change."

"The returning troops of the Japanese and puppet troops gave up their heavy weapons and ammunition and advanced lightly. They bypassed the pocket formations we had prepared in advance. They immediately adjusted their tactics and went directly to the outside of Shijiazhuang City. They attacked the Japanese and puppet troops returning under the nose of the Shijiazhuang garrison. reinforcements."

"This courage is comparable to that of Li Yunlong!"

The Chief of Staff also appreciated the Sixteenth Regiment's ability to respond quickly on the battlefield.

But that's not what he was thinking about at the moment.

After reading the telegram again, he analyzed it to the deputy commander: "Boss..."

"There are a total of 6,000 Japanese puppet troops in Shijiazhuang..."

"Although our troops operating outside the city severely damaged the returning Japanese and puppet troops, many people still successfully evacuated into Shijiazhuang."

"Preliminary statistics show that the total strength of the Shijiazhuang garrison has reached 8,000 people..."

"The majority of them are little devils, a total of 4,500 people!"

"If the Japanese and puppet reinforcements are allowed to continue to enter the city, the pressure on Li Yunlong to attack Shijiazhuang will be greater..."

The deputy commander nodded and replied: "It's time for Li Yunlong to go to Shijiazhuang!"

"Immediately send a telegram to the Yizhong Independent Brigade..."

"Tell Li Yunlong that the rescue operation is basically over and he can take action!"

"From now on, the six regiments of the Eighth Route Army operating outside Shijiazhuang City will all be under his command."

"After the battle, he will be responsible for assigning each main regiment a mountain artillery company, three mortar companies, and ten heavy machine gun platoons..."

"Build six main regiments into six reinforced regiments!"

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