The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Jinzhou Fujita Division Headquarters.

The communications officer suddenly rushed into the operations room with a serious look on his face, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Lieutenant General Fujita also saw this slightly panicked subordinate.

"Division Commander... Urgent message from Kitamura Regiment..."

"The troops were attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army last night, and lost one and a half battalions... and also lost the heavy mortar squadron..."

"Post-war reconnaissance showed that the Eighth Route Army dispatched at least a thousand people to participate in the battle, and also dispatched twenty flying thunder cannons and six large-caliber mortars..."

"Now they have seized 12 large-caliber mortars that the division headquarters had given to the Beicun Regiment. Their firepower has been greatly increased, and they are now capable of completely annihilating the Beicun Regiment."

"Colonel Kitamura pleads with the divisional command to allow them to evacuate the mountains and get out of danger."

Lieutenant General Fujita had not yet reported the news of the complete annihilation of the Koike Regiment to the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

The truth is that he didn't dare to report it.

The Fujita Division had entered the Jinzhou battlefield for a long time and had fought with the Eighth Route Army active in Jinzhou several times.

Although there are wins and losses, most of the time I lose.

More importantly, the troops had been fighting for such a long time without achieving any decent results.

If the result of the annihilation of the Koike Regiment was rashly reported to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and the Fujita Division did not report the corresponding results, Lieutenant General Fujita was worried that the Kwantung Army Headquarters would take away his position as division commander as soon as he reported it.

This is also the reason why the three regiments left in the mountains were not allowed to withdraw.

I hope they can take advantage of the situation and capture the remnants of the Eighth Route Army in the mountains.

In this way, he would have a victory result to report to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, thus making up for the fact that the Koike Regiment was completely wiped out.

But this does not mean that he is not worried about the safety of the remaining three regiments in the mountains.

If one regiment was completely wiped out on the Jinzhou battlefield, he might lose his position as division commander. If two regiments encountered accidents at the same time on the Jinzhou battlefield, it would be a foregone conclusion that he would lose his position as division commander.

That's why after the accident at the Koike Regiment, an enemy situation report was sent to the other three regiments.

The above clearly describes how the Koike Regiment was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

What are the fatal weaknesses of the Flying Thunder Cannon, which plays a key role in the battle? How to destroy the Flying Thunder Cannon on the battlefield...

The purpose was to remind other troops in the mountains not to make the same mistake again when they encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

He even took the initiative to contact the three reinforced squadrons every few hours to ensure their safety in the mountains.

In the end, something went wrong.

And he fell into the hands of Flying Thunder Cannon again.

After reading the battle report hastily sent over by the communications staff, Lieutenant General Fujita's face became very heavy, his eyes were full of anger, and he cursed Colonel Kitamura in his heart.

If Colonel Kitamura was standing in front of him, Lieutenant General Fujita would have thought of chopping him to pieces.

The enemy situation report clearly stated that the troops must pay attention to the Eighth Route Army's use of flying thunder cannons in the next operation. Even the method of dealing with the flying thunder cannons was written clearly. In the end, Colonel Kitamura was still defeated by the flying thunder cannons.

Is he a pig?

Do not……

Even if they were a pig, they should have paid attention after being reminded many times.

But there is no medicine for regret in the world.

The Beicun League was defeated and even if we want to hold someone accountable, we have to wait until they safely leave the mountains before we can do so.

What if they follow the Xiaochi Regiment and are wiped out in the mountains by the Eighth Route Army?

Not only was he unable to hold them accountable, he couldn't even keep his position as division commander.

As a result, the communications officer read the telegram several times before putting it down. The chief of staff was very anxious and directly proposed to Lieutenant General Fujita: "Division Commander..."

"No matter how many Eighth Route Army soldiers are active in the mountains, after last night's battle, their firepower will definitely be greatly enhanced, especially their long-range attack firepower..."

"There were six large-caliber mortars involved in the battle last night, plus the twelve they just captured, a total of eighteen large-caliber mortars."

"One salvo can fire eighteen large-caliber mortar shells."

"At the same time, they hit our military base. With the powerful killing power of large-caliber mortar shells, this round of cannon fodder alone can easily kill our infantry squadron."

"This does not include the large number of flying thunder cannons equipped by the Eighth Route Army."

"If they continue to attack the Beicun United tonight..."

"With their current manpower and firepower, they will definitely not last until tomorrow morning."

"Get out..."

"We have already lost a fully staffed infantry regiment. We cannot lose another regiment, otherwise we will have no way to explain to the Kwantung Army Headquarters."

Lieutenant General Yoshino, commander of the Jinzhou garrison, looked unwilling.

But he knew that the Eighth Route Army in the mountains was no longer what it used to be.

If the Fujita Division were allowed to continue fighting them in the mountains, it would definitely be the Fujita Division that would suffer.

Although they knew that the Fujita Division had retreated, with its current combat effectiveness, it would be difficult for it to launch a new round of large-scale mopping-up operations against the Eighth Route Army in the mountains for a long time in the future.

But in order to reduce the losses of the mopping-up troops, he had no choice but to continue the conversation no matter how unwilling he was.

"Fujita-kun..."

"The overall situation is more important..."

"There is an old Chinese saying: If you keep the green mountains, you will never have to worry about having firewood..."

"As long as we keep our troops, we will have a chance to encircle and wipe out the Eighth Route Army in the mountains again."

"If we even wipe out our troops, we won't have any soldiers to use when we want to go into the mountains to mop up the Eighth Route Army again in the future."

"Please think twice..."

Fujita's tightly clenched fist suddenly loosened, and he seemed to have aged several years in an instant. With a helpless look on his face, he ordered: "Then retreat..."

"All three mopping-up forces have evacuated the mountains. The troops are retreating at a rapid march."

"But even if we withdraw, the troops must not let down their guard."

"Even though the battle is over, the Eighth Route Army has taken a piece of meat from our mopping-up troops."

…………

Gaoye Division Headquarters, Fuxin County.

The atmosphere here is also very depressing.

Since yesterday, the mopping-up force commanded by Major General Akiyama has been searching for the main force of the Eighth Route Army along the highway northwest of Fuxin, hoping to catch them all in one fell swoop.

Two days passed, and they searched the ten-kilometer area on both sides of the road almost twice, but found nothing.

I won’t say much about this.

Just now, it was discovered that a medium-sized stronghold on the highway in the southwest direction was also attacked, and the Eighth Route Army used this stronghold to encircle and attack the reinforcements. Not only did they destroy a reinforced squadron that was reinforcing the stronghold, but also a reinforced squadron stationed at the stronghold was devoured without leaving a trace.

The blockade line separating the south and west of Fuxin was directly torn open by the Eighth Route Army, leaving a huge gap with a front width of more than five kilometers.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army, which had captured this stronghold, did not retreat. Instead, they advanced along the road with mountain artillery to attack both sides of the gap, attempting to further expand the scope of the gap and expand the results of the battle under the cover of night.

This is simply a provocation to the Kono Division, a slap in the face of the Kono Division. (End of this chapter)