The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1341: The Difficult Division Commander (First Update)

"Sir, our telephone contact with the Jinzhou headquarters has been cut off by the enemy..." A report from his subordinates suddenly sounded behind the squadron leader.

The stronghold was attacked, and the enemy was equipped with six light mortars, so it must be very powerful.

The squadron leader immediately felt that his opportunity had come.

Immediately ask his subordinates to contact the Jinzhou Garrison Headquarters and ask them to send troops to encircle Daxing and eliminate all the Eighth Route Army attacking the Daxing stronghold.

Unexpectedly, the telephone line connecting the stronghold to Jinzhou City was cut off.

But the squadron leader was not panicked at all.

The Kwantung Army's well-equipped equipment is not only reflected in weapons and ammunition, but the proportion and quantity of communication equipment also far exceeds that of the North China Front Army.

Within the defense zone, any stronghold, county seat, or garrison with more than one squadron of troops...all are equipped with one-step radios.

If you can't contact Jinzhou City by phone, you can use the radio to send a telegram to the Jinzhou Garrison Headquarters.

Listening to the constant explosions and screams of his men outside the gun building, the squadron leader didn't want to wait any longer and immediately ordered: "Use the radio to send a telegram to the Jinzhou Garrison Headquarters immediately."

"The Daxing stronghold was besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The opponent was equipped with at least six mortars and a large number of light and heavy machine guns. The troops stationed at the stronghold suffered heavy losses. We request support."

"I am willing to lead the remaining garrison in the stronghold to act as bait to hold back the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops. Please ask the main force to encircle Daxing as soon as possible and completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army attacking us..."

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Kwantung Army Fujita Division Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Fujita was not affected at all by the news of the attack on the Qingshiling Coal Mine. He insisted that the mopping up troops compress the Eighth Route Army's living space as planned and not give the other side any opportunities to take advantage of it.

After making the decision, just as he was about to take a rest, the operator hurriedly appeared in front of Lieutenant General Fujita again.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander...Jinzhou Garrison Headquarters has just forwarded an urgent message..."

"The Daxing stronghold, about fifteen kilometers away from Jinzhou City, was besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The opponent was equipped with six mortars and a large number of light and heavy machine guns. The offensive was very fierce. The garrison at the stronghold suffered heavy casualties and could no longer defend it."

"Requesting reinforcements..."

The Daxing stronghold is different from the abandoned Qingshiling Coal Mine.

Although the Qingshiling Coal Mine has a difficult terrain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the total number of defenders there is only a few dozen, and a large part of them are armed expatriates, with very limited combat effectiveness.

The Daxing stronghold is different.

There is not only a reinforced squadron of little devils inside, but also a battalion of puppet Manchurian troops, which has much more troops than the coal mine.

Although the terrain is not as good as the mining area, they have gun towers and machine gun bunkers for defense, and their sturdiness is no less than that of the coal mines.

The Eighth Route Army was able to severely damage the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchuria Army stationed at the Daxing stronghold in a short period of time, which shows that they are indeed the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and they are more evasive than the Eighth Route Army attacking the Qingshiling Coal Mine, otherwise they would not be able to cause such great damage.

After hearing this, Lieutenant General Fujita frowned and found the location of Daxing on the map. While looking at it, he asked, "What is the Jinzhou Garrison Headquarters planning to do?"

"Defending the place is originally the responsibility of the Jinzhou garrison, and the Daxing stronghold is not far from Jinzhou City. They should be able to defend the Daxing stronghold by themselves and eliminate the Eighth Route Army attacking Jinzhou."

The communications staff officer immediately replied: "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division..."

"The Jinzhou Garrison Headquarters plans to assemble a reinforced brigade to reinforce Daxing and eliminate the Eighth Route Army attacking them outside the stronghold."

"Because the battle against the Eighth Route Army is dominated by our division, supplemented by their garrison, that's why I sent a telegram to the division commander for instructions."

Lieutenant General Fujita shook his head and replied: "I agree to immediately send troops to reinforce the Daxing stronghold." "The Eighth Route Army is good at fighting guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare in the mountains."

"We finally left the mountain. No matter what we say, we won't let them in again."

"Furthermore, the Eighth Route Army has the precedent of annihilating one of our main regiments. If the Eighth Route Army besieging Daxing has more troops than we imagined, and its combat effectiveness is far stronger than we imagined, they will only send one brigade to reinforce the battlefield. Not only will they not be able to give Daxing a stronghold To relieve the siege, there is a possibility that the sheep will fall into the tiger's mouth and the infantry brigade will be ruined in vain. "

The chief of staff, who had just finished reading the contents of the telegram, suddenly interrupted: "They have no troops."

"In order to go south to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army base in Yizhong, the Jinzhou garrison has been mobilized."

"Two more regiments were lost in the last round of sweeps. The already small number of troops is even more stretched. Deploying a full infantry brigade to reinforce the Daxing battlefield is already their limit. Please be clear to the division commander."

"That's less..." Lieutenant General Fujita insisted on his own judgment.

"The Jinzhou garrison has suffered so many losses at the hands of the Eighth Route Army and underestimated the enemy. Why haven't they learned a lesson?"

"In order to avoid accidents, they must at least deploy a full infantry regiment to reinforce Daxing. Otherwise, I would rather watch the Daxing stronghold be captured by the Eighth Route Army than watch you send a brigade to the Eighth Route Army's mouth to die. "

"Then what should we do..." A puzzled expression immediately appeared on the chief of staff's face.

Make bricks without straw.

Without troops in hand, no matter how Jinzhou Garrison Headquarters tries to break the situation, it will be a lie.

At this moment, the commander of the Kwantung Army Jinzhou Garrison suddenly broke in, very anxious, and said in a hurry before Lieutenant General Fujita could speak.

"Fujita-kun...I heard your worries outside..."

"I also know this problem..."

"But the Jinzhou garrison can no longer mobilize excess troops."

"Furthermore, Daxing is the southern gate of Jinzhou. Once it is breached by the Eighth Route Army, Jinzhou City will be threatened by the enemy."

"There must be no mistakes..."

"Please Fujita-kun please lend some troops to reinforce us..."

Seeing that Lieutenant General Fujita frowned and refused to answer, obviously not wanting to break his planned battle plan, the commander of the Jinzhou garrison spoke again.

"The Eighth Route Army attacking the Daxing stronghold must be from the Eighth Route Army troops that Fujita's division is about to encircle and suppress."

"If you did not destroy the Eighth Route Army inside the mountains, but instead allowed them to capture the Daxing stronghold outside the mountains and threaten the security of Jinzhou City, I believe Mr. Fujita will also be held accountable by the Kwantung Army Headquarters."

The Fujita Division was a unit that defended Jilin. It was transferred to Liaoning to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army to gain military exploits, not to be punished.

If the Eighth Route Army attacking Daxing is really the Eighth Route Army hiding in the mountains, then the encirclement and suppression operation that I carefully prepared will definitely be in vain.

Anyway, the encirclement and suppression troops inside the mountain haven't killed an Eighth Route Army yet, or even encountered an Eighth Route Army, so they should first eat up the exposed Eighth Route Army outside the mountain.

Only the military merits gained can be counted as one's own military merits. As for the other Eighth Route Army in the mountains, it is not too late to besiege Daxing after the Eighth Route Army besieging Daxing is eliminated.

The Eighth Route Army has limited strength. If some of them are eliminated, their strength and combat effectiveness will be reduced.

(End of this chapter)