The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1351 Did the Eighth Route Army Really Run Away? (First Update)

Time passed by seconds, but Lieutenant General Fujita felt like his days were like years.

Whether the frontline mopping up troops encounter the Eighth Route Army or not is related to the success of the entire mopping up operation.

If the Eighth Route Army in the encirclement had broken through the blockade and ran behind the mopping up troops, then the siege operation that I had awakened and planned would have failed. It would definitely be very difficult to eliminate the Eighth Route Army operating outside Jinzhou City.

What he is doing now is waiting for news to determine whether the frontline mopping up troops were attacked by the Eighth Route Army in the past few hours.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander..." An exclamation from his subordinates suddenly sounded at the door of the war room.

Lieutenant General Fujita looked up and saw the communications officer hurriedly walking in. His face was uglier than expected, as if he had received a bad telegram.

My heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition flashed through my mind.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw the communications staff officer reporting solemnly: "The division headquarters has just received a call back from the three-way mopping up force..."

"One of the mopping up troops has not fought with the Eighth Route Army for almost eight hours."

"The other two mopping up troops did not engage in combat with the Eighth Route Army for nearly ten hours."

"The mopping up force that fought eight hours ago was directly attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The other party deployed more than ten mortars. The attack was very fierce, but they were still repelled."

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Fujita's bad premonition became more intense.

It was night now, and the Eighth Route Army was good at night attacks. If they were still in the encirclement, they would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to attack and mop up the troops.

As a result, they did not launch any attacks on the mopping up troops throughout the first half of the night, which was extremely abnormal.

Could it be that they had really crossed the encirclement, ran behind the mopping up troops, continued to besiege the strongholds and settlement points controlled by the Kwantung Army, and wreaked havoc everywhere?

"Your Excellency, Division Commander..." Another communications staff officer hurried towards Lieutenant General Fujita with a telegram in hand.

"I just received a call back from the Third Route mopping up troops: They haven't been attacked by the Eighth Route Army for almost ten hours..."

Hearing this, the bad premonition in Lieutenant General Fujita's mind became stronger and stronger, and he had even concluded that the Eighth Route Army had successfully escaped from the encirclement, but he didn't know how they got through the heavily defended encirclement.

Lieutenant General Yoshino became anxious on the spot.

Just now, he was full of confidence, feeling that Fujita's division would definitely be able to annihilate the Eighth Route Army operating outside the city.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, Lieutenant General Fujita's guarantee turned into a joke.

Fujita Shiki not only failed to completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army outside the city, but instead allowed the Eighth Route Army to sneak up behind them and kill two small strongholds and several settlements controlled by armed expatriates.

This is so shocking.

But the problem must be solved, otherwise the Eighth Route Army operating outside the city will definitely continue to attack strongholds and settlement points, shake the Kwantung Army's dominance in Jinzhou, and even develop base areas outside Jinzhou and expand its troops, then the Jinzhou defense area will become unstoppable. day.

Lieutenant General Yoshino did not dare to think any more, and quickly turned his attention to Lieutenant General Fujita, and asked anxiously: "Fujita-kun..."

"It turns out that the Eighth Route Army operating outside the city has indeed escaped from the encirclement formed by the mopping up troops."

"How should we fight next? Please make a decision as soon as possible."

"If the mopping up troops eliminate the Eighth Route Army outside the city one day later, they will be able to capture several more of our strongholds and settlement points, seriously threatening the security of the Jinzhou Defense Area. Please hurry up."

Lieutenant General Fujita suppressed his anger, clenched his fists, and ordered with a pair of red eyes: "Since there is no Eighth Route Army in the encirclement, there is no point in continuing the sweep..."

"Contact all frontline mopping up troops immediately..."

"The front team changed to the rear team and immediately encircled the Eighth Route Army that had just emerged." "This time we must ensure that the encirclement formed by the mopping up troops is airtight and do not give them any chance to break out..."

"As long as the blockade of the attacking Eighth Route Army is not broken, sooner or later we will be able to encircle them and annihilate them all."

As soon as he left the communications staff building, Lieutenant General Fujita asked the chief of staff.

"How are the two reinforced regiments left in the mountains doing?"

"Has the specific location of the remaining troops of the Eighth Route Army been affected..."

"The Eighth Route Army has been fighting in Jinzhou for such a long time. It has killed a thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses. There must be many wounded in the army6"

“It’s impossible for them to fight with the wounded, so there must be an Eighth Route Army field hospital hidden in the mountains6”

"As long as we find the field hospital and use the field hospital as bait, we can annihilate all the Eighth Route Army troops operating in the mountains."

The chief of staff replied seriously: "The two reinforced regiments left in the mountains began to be attacked three days ago."

"The Eighth Route Army's combat methods are nothing more than night attacks, sneak attacks, long-distance artillery fire attacks, mobile warfare..."

"Because the terrain in the mountains is complex, even though we equipped a large number of mortars for counterattack, it still didn't have much effect."

"As of now, the two reinforced wings have suffered more than 400 casualties..."

"No one knows exactly how many Eighth Route Army troops were wiped out. Anyway, no troops found the corpses of the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the battlefield."

Lieutenant General Fujita frowned again. After a long sigh, he replied with an unhappy face: "The Eighth Route Army is really difficult to fight..."

"We have been fighting for several days outside the mountain, but it was all in vain..."

"There is no progress in the mountains either..."

"Now there is no other way to break the situation other than spending money."

…………

In a forest where Duan Peng was hiding, the radio signal light that had been quiet for more than ten hours finally turned on.

Everyone, including Duan Peng, turned their attention to the operator at this moment, with expressions of anticipation on their faces.

The content of the telegram was very short. It only took the operator three minutes to receive it and translate it. With a smile on his face, he immediately rushed to Duan Peng...

"battalion commander……"

"Good news...great news..."

"Captain Cao of the Fourth Battalion sent an urgent message... They have successfully captured two strongholds of the Kwantung Army and conquered several settlement points... According to the report of the reconnaissance force monitoring the Kwantung Army on the front line, the 20th Kwantung Army that swept us have begun to retreat."

"Form a new big net outside Jinzhou City and quickly move toward them... We can take action..."

Duan Peng took the telegram, glanced at it, confirmed that the contents of the telegram were correct, and then ordered the surrounding company and platoon commanders: "Come here..."

"The Kwantung Army who swept us was fooled... We can start operations tonight. Now come over and assign our respective combat tasks."

"If we don't move, we must inflict heavy damage on the Kwantung Army and stun the attack targets. Kill them if we can. If we can't kill them, we must inflict heavy damage so that they completely lose their combat effectiveness."

(End of this chapter)