The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

The chief of staff replied with a sullen face: "Less than [-] corpses were found in the gap in the city wall...the wreckage of four chariots..."

"The wounded were all taken away by the retreating troops of the Eighth Route Army. The total number of battle damage should exceed 350."

"Nani?" Major General Iwamatsu Yoshio was taken aback.

Even if the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops had suffered more than 350 casualties, that would be just one-third of the Taiyuan garrison.

This is an offensive and defensive battle.

Under normal circumstances: the loss of one defensive force can kill or injure two or three offensive forces.

Today's ending is just the opposite.

It takes two or three casualties for the defending troops to kill and wound one person for the attacking troops.

Yoshio Iwamatsu has fought for so many years, and has never experienced such a huge disparity in casualties.

"idiot……"

He was so angry that a mouthful of blood almost spewed out of his mouth.

In order to save the commander's face, he swallowed it abruptly at the last moment.

Staring at the chief of staff, he asked loudly, "How did the defense forces in the east of the city fight?"

"The casualties of the defensive troops were even greater than those of the offensive troops, and they were several times more."

"The Eighth Route Army's siege artillery fire is too fierce..." This was the only explanation that the chief of staff and the city defense force in the east of the city could think of. I saw Yoshio Iwamatsu explaining it very seriously.

"Although the Taiyuan garrison has 7000 people, the artillery equipped is mainly ordinary mortars. The combination of mountain artillery and infantry artillery is less than one brigade."

"The Eighth Route Army not only has a reinforced battalion of mountain artillery, but also two large-caliber mortar companies."

"Our artillery was crushed and beaten by them as soon as they made a move. They suffered a lot of losses and had to withdraw from the battle temporarily."

"Without the cover of artillery fire, the city defense forces in the east of the city had to face the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army."

"The humble job has been counted."

"More than [-]% of the casualties tonight were caused by artillery fire."

"A bunch of stupid pigs..." After hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu became even more angry, cursing unceremoniously.

"Won't they hide when the Eighth Route Army shelled the top of the city?"

"How can there be such a stupid commander, standing on the top of the city and waiting for the Eighth Route Army to bomb it."

Hearing this, the chief of staff had to stand up and explain again: "Your Excellency, Commander, calm down."

"The city defense troops also wanted to take advantage of the shelling of the Eighth Route Army to evacuate from the city and move behind the city wall to avoid the shelling, but the Eighth Route Army didn't give them this chance at all."

"During the shelling, their infantry kept attacking the city under the cover of chariots."

"They took the opportunity to blow up the gap in the city wall."

"Using the rough skin and thick flesh of the armored vehicle, as long as the shell fails to hit the vehicle body, the soldiers inside will not be bombed."

"Lead the infantry all the way to the foot of the city wall, arrange explosives, and blow up the city wall."

"They also sent the flying thunder cannon infantry to the foot of the city wall under the cover of tanks, built temporary artillery positions, and threw flying thunder cannons at the top of the city at close range, increasing the casualties of the city defense troops, destroying the city defense fortifications, and expanding the breakthrough."

"In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking the opportunity to attack the top of the city, the city defense forces had to defend the top of the city under artillery fire."

"The biggest casualty was when we assembled a company of squadrons to counterattack the Eighth Route Army's siege troops."

"The counterattack troops were hit by at least [-] mortars, and the city was bare, without even a shelter."

"In the face of sudden artillery fire, we can only be passively bombed."

"We lost more than 200 imperial troops in that one artillery fire."

"Including light and heavy wounded, the direct battle damage exceeds 300 people."

Faced with this explanation, Yoshio Iwamatsu couldn't swear even if he wanted to, so he could only swallow his breath, and continued to ask with Shen's face, "Does the Eighth Route Army outside the city still have the strength to continue to attack Taiyuan?"

"We lost more than 500 men in this siege last night plus a siege."

"Deducting the necessary city defense troops, even if we send all the expatriates with temporary signs to the city wall, the headquarters will not have many reserves."

"If they continue to attack Taiyuan with the same style of play, it will take at most one night."

"The mobile troops in our hands will be exhausted."

"If another accident happens to any of the city defense forces, we will be in a dangerous situation with no soldiers to send, and Taiyuan City may be broken by the Eighth Route Army at any time."

The chief of staff shook his head.

To be honest, he is also very confused now.

Facing the Eighth Route Army outside the city, my mind became more and more confused.

In the last fight, the Eighth Route Army outside the city also lost hundreds of people.

It stands to reason that their limited infantry lost at least [-]% of their strength. Although they did not completely lose their combat effectiveness, it still had a lot of impact on the overall combat effectiveness. They should no longer have the strength to attack Taiyuan again.

But last night they not only stormed Taiyuan for the second time, but the offensive was even more violent than that night, and they dispatched more infantry.

This is very different from his previous judgment of the Eighth Route Army outside the city.

Faced with these accidents, he didn't know how many people there were in the Eighth Route Army outside the city.

I was worried that after I said a number, the Eighth Route Army would bring more troops to attack Taiyuan tonight, just like I slapped myself hard last night.

If Yoshio Iwamatsu intends to pursue responsibility, a hat for misjudging the enemy's situation will be deducted.

But as the chief of staff, he had to answer the commander's question, so he could only bite the bullet and say more: "The humble officer believes that the Eighth Route Army outside the city still has the strength to attack Baoding."

"Their number of infantry should be more than we judged before."

"Otherwise, there would never be such a powerful assault ability erupting last night."

"To keep Baoding, we must plan for the worst in advance..."

"most……"

Yoshio Iwamatsu felt the same way.

After the Eighth Route Army attacked Taiyuan last time, he also felt that the Eighth Route Army no longer had the strength to attack Taiyuan again.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army slapped them hard with the facts.

It is likely that they underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army outside the city again and made the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

Seeing that the chief of staff hesitated to speak, he asked directly: "What is the best?"

"As long as I can keep Taiyuan, I can accept any method."

"Speak if you have something to say, fart if you have something to say, don't hesitate to talk to me here."

"Ha Yi..." the chief of staff summoned up his courage and said, "Why don't we send troops back from the northwestern part of Shanxi to help, and temporarily end the sweep in the northwestern part of Shanxi."

"If Taiyuan City is really in danger, it will definitely be too late to transfer troops from Northwest Shanxi. Your Excellency, Commander, please consider carefully."

Hearing this imaginary answer, Yoshio Iwamatsu didn't get angry. Instead, he looked puzzled: "To be honest, I also want to transfer troops from Northwest Shanxi."

"But the Shanxi northwest mopping up is no longer something we can end if we want to."

"Commander Okamura wants to win this sweep more than we do."

"Without his nod, we wouldn't be able to send our troops back for help."

"In this way, you immediately summarize our analysis just now and form a telegram. I will personally send a telegram to the commander of Gangcun, requesting an end to the sweepings in Northwest Shanxi and dispatching troops back to aid."

"Taiyuan is too important to us, and we must not make any mistakes."

"Even if I am the commander of the Shanxi garrison, I dare not take the safety of Taiyuan to bet on the victory or defeat of the Northwest Shanxi sweep."

"We have lost the outer city once, and this time there must be no accidents in the outer city or the inner city."

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