The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1342 Immediately return to Jinzhou to aid (second update)

The more Lieutenant General Fujita listened, the deeper his frown deepened, and then he turned his attention to the Chief of Staff.

"Without mobilizing frontline mopping up troops, can we still mobilize troops to reinforce the Jinzhou garrison!"

The chief of staff shook his head: "In order to increase the strength, combat effectiveness, and mobility of the front-line mopping up troops, and let them bring more ammunition and heavy weapons, the division is directly under the cavalry regiment, the heavy mortar regiment, the baggage regiment, the engineering regiment... All divided."

"Now we only have one artillery regiment, one tank brigade, and one guard brigade..."

Lieutenant General Fujita was also a ruthless man. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "We have no security issues in Jinzhou City..."

"The guard brigade left one squadron, and the remaining three squadrons all reinforced the Jinzhou garrison."

"Send the chariot brigade directly under the division together."

"The artillery wing sent out a mountain artillery brigade to reinforce!"

"In addition to the infantry brigades that can be mobilized from the Jinzhou garrison, we will form a mobile mixed formation including two infantry brigades, a mountain artillery brigade, and a mountain artillery brigade. We will immediately reinforce the Daxing stronghold and kill the Eighth Route Army there."

"If the Eighth Route Army escapes..."

"This mobile unit does not need to ask for instructions. We will pursue them immediately and eliminate them outside the mountain at all costs..."

Not long after the mixed unit composed of the Jinzhou Garrison and Fujita Division left the city, the same communications staff officer rushed to Lieutenant General Fujita again.

"Division Commander..."

"Another stronghold in the Jinzhou defense area was besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

"The telegram received by the garrison headquarters shows that the Chenzhuang stronghold 30 kilometers north of the city was besieged by the Eighth Route Army. The opponent was equipped with a large number of mortars and light and heavy machine guns. The troops stationed at the stronghold suffered heavy losses. Please support!"

"The Jinzhou garrison has no more troops to deploy. I hope we can dispatch a main force unit from the front line to return to Jinzhou."

Before Lieutenant General Fujita could speak, the commander of the Jinzhou garrison appeared again at the door of the division command department with a serious expression. He frowned and began to analyze without waiting for Lieutenant General Fujita to speak.

"Fujita-kun..."

"I had the same idea as you before. I felt that the Eighth Route Army was attacking in the east and in the west..."

"By attacking coal mines and strongholds outside the city, we disperse our troops, disrupt Fujita's division's mopping up plan, and create opportunities for their troops hiding in the mountains to break out and transfer..."

"I don't think so now..."

"I just received news that another station was attacked..."

"Including this battle, we have already had three strongholds attacked and a coal mine captured..."

"From the telegram: three of the troops are larger than a battalion. The troops attacking the coal mine are smaller, but there is also a reinforced company."

"And these four places are far apart, so it's impossible for them to be committed by the same force..."

"After this calculation, there are more than three reinforced battalions of the Eighth Route Army operating outside the mountain."

"According to our previous calculations, there are more than 2,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers operating in the mountains. In the last round of encirclement and suppression operations, we suffered heavy losses, and they also lost thousands of people. The total strength should be reduced sharply to more than 1,000 people."

"Exactly three reinforced battalions of troops..."

"So I have reason to believe that all the Eighth Route Army troops hiding in the mountains have come out."

"No matter how thorough the Fujita division's encirclement and suppression operations in the mountains are, they will ultimately return without success!"

"I hope Mr. Fujita will immediately mobilize troops to return reinforcements."

"If you don't trust my judgment, you can bring back two regiments first!"

"Leave the defense area they were previously responsible to the mopping up troops staying in the mountains." "Even if there are still Eighth Route Army troops in the mountains, minus the troops operating outside the mountains, there are not many remaining troops. Two reinforced regiments are enough to deal with them."

Lieutenant General Fujita stared at the map and did not answer.

At this moment, a communications staff officer from the Jinzhou Garrison Command suddenly appeared at the door of the war room. He walked carefully to the commander of the Jinzhou Garrison and handed over a telegram he had just received.

Lieutenant General Yoshino, the commander of the Jinzhou garrison, glanced closely and frowned into a big "Sichuan", and the solemn expression on his face became more intense.

He walked quickly to Lieutenant General Fujita: "Fujita-kun..."

"I just received news...another stronghold in the Jinzhou Defense Zone was attacked..."

"Although it is only a small stronghold with only one reinforcement team in the garrison, contact with this stronghold was lost in less than ten minutes after being attacked..."

"It shows that the Eighth Route Army attacking them is very strong and has strong offensive capabilities. Otherwise, it would be impossible to enter the stronghold and end the battle in such a short time..."

"This is already the fourth stronghold in the Jinzhou Defense Zone that has been attacked..."

"Maybe there are still many settlements in the defense area that have been attacked..."

"They are not equipped with radio stations. As long as the Eighth Route Army cuts off the telephone lines for external communication, they will not be able to get the news out immediately even if they are definitely under attack..."

"Fujita-kun...can't hesitate any longer..."

"Otherwise, more strongholds and settlement points in the Jinzhou Defense Area will be attacked..."

"By the time we mobilized our troops to return for reinforcements, they had already eaten their fill and hid in the mountains again with their loot."

"When they digest the results of the battle and replenish a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies, it will definitely be more difficult for us to eliminate them..."

The chief of staff on the side was also moved and hesitated before replying: "Division commander..."

"Maybe we really made a mistake!"

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Sato finally left.

He sighed and replied: "Chief of Staff..."

"In addition to the mixed mobile regiment we formed with the Jinzhou garrison, we will also transfer one, three or two regiments from the mountains back."

"Deploy half of the troops from each of the 2nd and 4th regiments to fill the defense holes left by the withdrawal of the 1st and 3rd regiments!"

"Continue to compress the Eighth Route Army's living space in the mountains as planned."

"The returning troops will also reinforce the besieged strongholds in the Jinzhou Defense Area and eliminate the Eighth Route Army operating outside the mountains..."

The chief of staff reminded cautiously: "We will be attacked in the early morning..."

"The Eighth Route Army is particularly good at sneak attacks at night. Should the returning troops wait until dawn to retreat, or should they leave now?"

Lieutenant General Fujita replied without hesitation: "Of course we are leaving now..."

"They searched for two days in the mountains without encountering the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, the mountain roads they needed to take to return to the rescue were all cleared by them during the day, so there was no danger."

"The strongholds in the defense zone that were attacked are in danger..."

"The sooner they return to Jinzhou, the smaller the losses will be to each stronghold, and the sooner we can eliminate them!"

"As for the strongholds and garrisons that are being attacked by the Eighth Route Army, we now only have one mobile wing, and we cannot rashly divide the troops. We can only let them continue to defend and wait for reinforcements until the returning troops return to the Jinzhou Defense Area!"

(End of this chapter)