The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Yoshio Iwamatsu had no soldiers in his hands, so it was useless to think about any tactics in his mind.

In order to reduce some unnecessary losses, he decisively ended all military operations, and planned to deal with them after returning reinforcements were in place.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, cadres of more than a dozen battalions and above of the Eighth Route Army gathered again at the Shanxi Garrison Headquarters of the Japanese Army.

"Comrades..."

Huang Yu took out the list he had prepared a long time ago and introduced: "Including those brought by the troops themselves, our army has gathered a total of 4328 mules and horses..."

"They have all been loaded with weapons and ammunition, and they are gathered at various city gates to rest and wait for orders."

"The bullets and grenades distributed to each soldier are also loaded separately."

"After the troops rushed to the gate of the city, they collected mules, horses and ammunition in units of companies."

"Except for a squad of security troops..."

"The other soldiers each have a mule and a horse, a bag of bullets and grenades."

"If you encounter an enemy situation on the march, everyone can avoid it..."

"If it is unavoidable, we must find a way to end the battle in the shortest possible time, get rid of the danger, and continue to retreat towards the center of the wing!"

"The special regiment, the newly established air defense battalion, the cavalry unit... Take the road with me back to the base..."

"The troops set off overnight..."

"March during the day, and strive to return to the base tomorrow night."

Li Yunlong was not worried at all about the thousands of infantry he brought with him.

After evacuating Taiyuan, marching for five or six hours will be able to enter the vast mountains.

There is the Eighth Route Army, even if Yoshio Iwamatsu sends a brigade to chase them down.

The only thing to worry about is the special regiment and hundreds of transport vehicles.

With such a huge convoy, the momentum is huge, and no matter how concealed the march is, it cannot be done quietly.

If they were targeted by the devils, their planes, ground troops... would definitely rush towards them like crazy.

If you are blocked in the middle of the road, it will be really ineffective every day, and the ground will not respond, and it will be too late to send troops to rescue from the base area.

But besides taking the road, Li Yunlong couldn't think of any other way to return to the base area. Since noon, his entire face was replaced by worry.

Wherever he went, he frowned.

After Huang Yu finished giving the order, he directly said with a decisive expression: "Little Huang..."

"I don't know if there will be an accident if you take the road back..."

"I'm talking about if..."

"In case the troops are blocked halfway by devils, they will not be able to advance or retreat..."

"I hope you will make a decisive decision, give up the spoils immediately, and lead the troops to break out with light clothes."

"The trophies brought back by the mules and horses are already enough, not short of what you brought back."

"Tanks have nothing to do with armored vehicles..."

"Throw it away..."

"Anyway, most of the tanks of the armored battalion remain in the base area, and the overall combat effectiveness of the armored battalion will not be affected too much."

Seeing that Li Yunlong became more and more worried as he talked, he seemed to have decided that something would happen to him on the way to retreat, Huang Yu hurriedly comforted him.

"Don't worry, Captain Li..."

"If we are really in danger on the road, I will immediately give up the spoils and retreat to the base!"

"But I'm sure we won't have an accident."

"Yoshio Iwamatsu only wanted to block us in Taiyuan and annihilate them. He must have never thought of how to intercept our retreating troops."

"Even if he thinks of this, he can't determine our specific retreat route, and he can't stop it if he wants to."

"And he doesn't have any troops to stop us."

"The army almost emptied the transport vehicles in Taiyuan City..."

"The little devil returned to the northwest of Shanxi and returned to Taiyuan behind us."

"Already very tired, and without the help of a transport vehicle, with only two legs, they can't catch up with our four wheels no matter how fast they run!"

"As for the little devils along the way..."

"We have already fought once when we assaulted Taiyuan."

"The Japanese North China Front Army is short of troops everywhere. Although many checkpoints and strongholds were re-occupied by the Japanese and puppet troops, they only have a small number of troops. The artillery towers and strongholds that were destroyed by us have not been repaired..."

"As far as their strength is concerned, it's not enough to give us a gap between our teeth."

"If someone is not afraid of death and comes to block the way, I will definitely blast them to pieces with tank guns!"

"We're not the only troops acting on the entire retreat..."

"I have already contacted the head of the headquarters and asked them to dispatch five or six regiments to assist us in retreating."

"These troops are lurking along the road in battalions and companies, ready to attack and kill the little devils who want to get in the way."

"That's why I asked the troops to load more ammunition into the transport vehicle!"

"After meeting them, I have to express my gratitude both emotionally and rationally."

"There is nothing else in Taiyuan City, but there are plenty of weapons and ammunition."

"At that time, each regiment will send a few cannons, more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, two hundred rifles, and one hundred thousand rounds of rifle bullets and shells to supplement their battle losses during operations."

"I will send a telegram to the head of the headquarters now."

"We will start retreating in three hours, please contact the lurking troops along the line immediately and prepare for the response..."

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At the Eighth Route Army's front enemy headquarters, the chief of staff walked anxiously in front of the deputy commander in chief: "Boss...Xiao Huang and Li Yunlong are starting to retreat..."

"These two boys are too scary."

"In order to evacuate the Taiyuan Arsenal and the Taiyuan Arsenal..."

"Not only did we buy out all the mules and horses in Taiyuan City, but we also built hundreds of transport vehicles..."

"My darling..."

"The telegram said: The more than 4000 mules and horses they brought back to the base area all transported shells, bullets, and grenades..."

"In addition to their own ammunition, each soldier carries [-] rounds of ammunition and five grenades..."

"More than 300 transport vehicles are filled with weapons, ammunition and military equipment."

"All of them will be transported back to the base area. It will be no problem to form another four or five regiments with those equipments in the Yizhong base area."

"It is possible to set up another small arsenal to produce rifled machine guns in small batches, and to produce rifled machine gun bullets and grenades in large batches..."

"Kong Jie also said in the telegram that he brought two mountain cannons, four mortars, four heavy machine guns, ten light machine guns, three hundred rifles, and one hundred thousand rounds to each of the main regiments that met them along the way. Seed bullets and shells..."

"You can hand it over to them when you meet with the supporting troops, and reduce the burden on the troops in the wings..."

The deputy commander answered with a smile: "This little Huang..."

"It's still as atmospheric as ever..."

"The shot is the equipment of an artillery company and a reinforced battalion..."

"Immediately give orders to the response troops..."

"From now on, try not to let a Japanese puppet army approach the road that Huang Yu wants to take, let alone allow the Japanese puppet army to destroy the road..."

"If any section of the road is damaged, repair it immediately...it must not affect the marching speed of the convoy!"

"Tell them the equipment and ammunition that Huang Yu promised them, so that everyone can work more motivated."

(End of this chapter)