Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Looking at the backs of the puppet soldiers who seemed to be fleeing, Li Yunlong said: "Zhuzi, do you think we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and directly take Jinzhong County?"

Kong Jie took two puffs of dry cigarettes, and echoed, "Well, the 15th Japanese Infantry Regiment stationed in Jinzhong County is almost completely wiped out, and Jinzhong County is empty of troops, so it is indeed a good opportunity to attack the city.

Our odds are great! "

Wang Chengzhu didn't speak, but looked at Ding Wei, and asked, "Head Ding, what do you think?"

Ding Wei thought for a while and said: "Today is indeed a good opportunity to take Jinzhong County. If you take Jinzhong County, you can get all the supplies of the Japanese 9th Brigade. This is definitely too big for my Eighth Route Army." good thing.

But I don't agree with it. "

"Why?" Li Yunlong and Kong Jie both looked at him puzzled.

Ding Wei: "The reason is very simple. It may not be difficult for us to take down Jinzhong County, but it is definitely not so easy to take all the materials away.

Of course, even if they can't be taken away, it would be a great thing for our Eighth Route Army to destroy them all, at least it would weaken the strength of the Japanese army. "

Speaking of this, Ding Wei suddenly changed his voice and asked: "But have you ever thought that if we attack Jinzhong County now, it will definitely expose the combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army and our ambitions, which will arouse the vigilance of the Japanese army, and then Mobilize heavy troops from other places.

At that time, although we captured a small Jinzhong county, it would destroy the entire Eighth Route Army's battle plan. "

Li Yunlong: "Even if we don't attack Jinzhong County, just severely inflicting heavy damage on the 15th Japanese Infantry Regiment, isn't it showing our combat effectiveness?"

Ding Wei: "Old Li, what you said is wrong. We severely damaged the 15th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army. What we used was a trick and a trap, which is completely different from the nature of storming Jinzhong County."

Li Yunlong nodded, then looked at Wang Chengzhu: "Zhuzi, what do you think?"

Wang Chengzhu: "I think what Captain Ding said makes sense."

"This... okay." Hearing what Wang Chengzhu said, Li Yunlong had no choice but to give up his plan to attack Jinzhong County.

Immediately, after each regiment divided up the loot, they left and returned to the base area...

the other side.

It is 5 kilometers southwest of Pingtou County.

Hattori Naotomi finally escaped from the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army and got rid of their pursuit under the desperate cover of the 15th Infantry Regiment at the cost of huge casualties. The Yoshino Squadron who stayed here converged and returned to Jinzhong County in the vehicle that stayed here.

Then, Hattori Naotomi saw a scene that made him extremely angry.

But I saw the huge three-way intersection, and the ground was full of white corpses. Although the military uniforms of these corpses had been taken off, and there were no shoes left, but there were some yellowed loincloths on their crotches. The identities of these corpses can still be easily deduced.

They must be the Yoshino Squadron who stayed behind.

Because except for the Japanese, the Chinese will not wear this kind of "T" shaped loincloth.

The Bian Sanlun and the army card left here were also burned into piles of scorched wreckage.

"Baga! Damn it! Damn Zhina Tubalu, damn Wang Chengzhu!"

"I must smash you to pieces!"

Naotomi Hattori's eyes were wide open, his facial muscles trembled, and he was twisted like a devil, as ugly as he wanted.

Hideo Shimokawa, captain of the 15th Infantry Regiment, said weakly, "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, what should we do now?"

Hattori Naotomi: "What to do, what else to do? Of course, return to Jinzhong County."

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Taiyuan.

Japanese 1st Army Headquarters.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, before dawn, Commander Shinozuka Yoshio and Chief of Staff Toshi Miyano were woken up by a staff member on duty.

"Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, it's not that the lowly position intends to bother you. It's really a huge change in Jinzhong."

Miyano Toshi glanced at Yoshio Shinozuka, whose eyes were bloodshot, and asked dissatisfiedly, "What's wrong with Jinzhong?"

The staff officer on duty paused and said: "Back to the chief of staff, the 15th Regiment of the Imperial Army Infantry in Jinzhong was attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and more than 80% of them were killed."

Hearing this, Jun Miyano lost all sleepiness immediately, and scolded: "Baga! How could this happen? Could it be that the Eighth Route Army attacked Jinzhong County at night?"

The staff officer on duty shook his head: "That's not the case. General Hattori Naoko wanted revenge on the Second Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and then led his troops out of Jinzhong County, where they were ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army."

"Wow! So that's how it is." Yoshio Shinozuka seemed to have anticipated this situation, so he wasn't too angry.

Naoko Hattori was originally the brigade commander of the 21st Brigade, which was under the direct control of the North China Front Army.

Naoto Hattori was captured by the Eighth Route Army before, which can be said to be the incompetence of the First Army.

But now, Naoko Hattori was once again defeated by the Eighth Route Army, which can explain many problems.

The head of your former major general brigade directly under the command of the North China Front Army was also defeated by the Eighth Route Army. You can no longer say that the First Army is incompetent, right?
Jun Miyano said: "Your Excellency, the 15th Regiment has been severely damaged right now, and Jinzhong County is empty of troops, which may be detrimental to the imperial army's next strategic plan. Should we replace the 9th Brigade or transfer two soldiers from the reserve team?" A brigade to supplement the past?"

Yoshio Shinozuka: "Why did you replace the 9th Brigade?"

Miyano Jun: "Then transfer two brigades from the reserve team to supplement the past?"

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, and added: "This time, Naoko Hattori is the first offender, so he will not be held accountable. However, if he dares to disobey the military order and act without authorization in the future, he will be punished for both crimes and will not be lightly forgiven!"

Although Hattori Naotomi failed and lost more than two infantry brigades, it may not be a bad thing for Shinozuka Yoshio.

First, it proved that the defeat in Northwest Shanxi was not the incompetence of the 1st Army, but the fact that the Eighth Route Army was really hard to deal with.

Secondly, you can also buy Naotomi Hattori's heart and let him completely worship him. After all, Naoto Hattori is also a very good commander if he is not overwhelmed by anger.

The situation was exactly as Yoshio Shinozuka had expected. When the North China Front Army Command learned of the incident, the voices that were still questioning Yoshio Shinozuka and the commanders of the First Army suddenly became much quieter.

But Naotomi Hattori learned that Yoshio Shinozuka not only did not punish him, but instead transferred him two additional infantry brigades. Not only was he grateful to Yoshio Shinozuka, but he also began to examine his own shortcomings, paying attention to Wang Chengzhu and Wang Chengzhu. His second independent regiment...

Of course, this is something for later, and I won’t show it here for the time being.

The screen is pulled to the 386th Brigade Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The Brigadier also woke up early today. Unlike Yoshio Shinozuka who was woken up, he knew something good would happen today.

Sure enough, as soon as he got up, a staff officer on duty came to him excitedly: "Brigade Commander, you are awake, good news, the Second Independent Regiment just sent a telegram, saying that they severely damaged the Japanese infantry No. The 15 regiments killed a total of more than 2700 enemies..."

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