Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Yangquan County.

The Japanese Army's Independent Mixed First Brigade Headquarters.

Masaomi Yasuoka, the head of the brigade, was soundly asleep when he was suddenly awakened by a hasty knock on the door.

Masao Yasuoka rubbed his eyes, turned over and sat up, and asked angrily, "What's going on?"

The devil's communication staff officer standing at the door said with a look of panic: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, it's not a humble job to disturb you intentionally. It's really a huge change ahead."

"Crackling!—"

The door opened, Yasuoka Masaomi came out and asked, "What great change?"

Communications staff officer: "A total of 7 strongholds such as Linjiaji, Shipen, and Xiaoyu near Niangziguan were attacked by the Eighth Route Army of China."

"Nani?"

When Yasuo Masaomi heard this, he lost all sleepiness: "What did you say? You said that a total of 7 strongholds, such as Linjiaji, Shipen, and Xiaoyu near Niangziguan, were attacked by the Eighth Route Army of China?"

"Hi Yi!"

The communications staff officer nodded heavily.

Yasuoka Masaomi directly bypassed the other party and strode to the war room.

As An Gang was walking into the war room, he saw that several staff officers on duty were already busy. Several phones on the table rang in rapid succession, and the telegraph was beeping non-stop.

"Moses Moses! This is the brigade headquarters!"

Masao Yasuoka personally picked up a phone call, and after listening to it, he was shocked and said, "Nani? I don't know if seven of your strongholds near Niangziguan have been attacked, but all the dozen or so strongholds have been attacked? And some The 7 strongholds have lost contact?"

"Hi Yi!"

Masao Yasuoka's expression turned gloomy. Originally, he planned to send the garrison of Niangziguan to rush for reinforcements, but more than a dozen surrounding strongholds were attacked at the same time, and there was no way to ask for help.

It's night again, if the troops are rashly sent out, the situation will only get worse if the opponent lays an ambush halfway.

As for the three strongholds that lost contact, no need to think about it, they must have fallen.

Masao Yasuoka gave a few instructions on the phone, ordering the garrison of Niangziguan to strengthen their defenses, and wait for him to investigate the situation before making a decision, and then hung up the phone.

On the other side, Jiro Koizumi, the chief of staff who rushed to the war room ahead of time, also hung up the phone. He came to Yasuoka Masomi with a serious face and reported: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, the situation is not right! Not only the third party near Niangziguan Dozens of third-level strongholds around the second-level strongholds such as Pingping, Jucheng, and Baijing have also been attacked by the Eighth Route Army of China!"

"Among them, several strongholds have lost contact."

"If there is no accident, the telephone line should be cut by the Eighth Route Army, and it is even possible that some of these strongholds have fallen!"

After a pause, Koizumi Jiro changed the subject and said, "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade! Various circumstances indicate that this is likely to be a large-scale offensive organized by the Eighth Route Army!"

Masao Yasuoka has been in the army for many years, and it can be said that he has experienced hundreds of battles. After analyzing these situations, he has already smelled the breath of a war that is about to break out in the air. He said with a gloomy face: "Mr. Koizumi, it is not a possibility, but a certainty! This must be Well-organized by the Eighth Route Army, a wave of large-scale offensives targeting the strongholds along the Zhengtai Railway!"

Koizumi Jiro asked for instructions: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, do you order the imperial army stationed at the second-level stronghold to go for reinforcements?"

Masao Yasuoka thought for a while and asked again: "How many third-level strongholds have been attacked so far?"

Koizumi Jiro: "Probably more than 50, but I guess there should be more than that."

As soon as the voice fell, a communications staff officer hurried over again.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander! Chief of Staff!" After a sharp nod to the two, the communication staff reported in panic: "Just received the latest news, dozens of third-level strongholds in Pingding, Shouyang and other surrounding areas are also closed. It was fully attacked by the Eighth Route Army of China!"

"Among them, Daliang, Yangjiazhuang, Shangzhuang, Shangzhuang, Caojiagou, Yexi and other strongholds that are closer to Yangquan have all lost contact. The specific situation is currently unknown!"

"Nani?" Koizumi Jiro said with a look of disbelief, "So many strongholds have been attacked again?"

"Hi Yi!" Tongxuan staff paused again, and said, "There are 8 second-level strongholds from Shouyang to Niangziguan, and they all called, saying that all the third-level strongholds around them have been attacked.

And the attack time is basically around midnight! "

"Baga!" Koizumi Jiro scolded angrily, and then looked at the brigade commander Masao Yasuoka, asking what he meant.

Masao Yasuoka asked back: "Chief of Staff, what do you think we should do?"

Koizumi Jiro pondered for a while, then carefully analyzed: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the China Eighth Route Army's actions are so uniform, it is not difficult to see that this is definitely a premeditated action by them.

I speculate that the Eighth Route Army's premeditation must be more than this. If the imperial army in the second-level stronghold is sent to rescue, it will make the second-level stronghold empty.

If at this time, the Eighth Route Army of China sends a few more powerful main forces to attack the secondary strongholds, the situation will only get worse.

Although the loss of these third-level strongholds will make Zhengtai Railway's situation very passive, at least it can ensure that Zhengtai Railway can continue to pass.

But if those secondary strongholds were also attacked by the Eighth Route Army of China, or even lost a few, the situation would be really bad.

These strongholds are basically built in important places such as bridges and tunnels. As long as any stronghold is lost, it will endanger the entire Zhengtai railway line, causing this railway line to break directly! "

"Koizumi-kun, your analysis is good!" Masao Yasuoka nodded approvingly, and ordered: "Immediately issue an order to all the second-level strongholds in the section from Niangziguan to Shouyang, and ask them to send the garrison teams of the outer third-level strongholds Withdraw all, stick to the secondary stronghold, and make sure there is no danger!"

"Then report our situation to the 9th Brigade of the Imperial Army stationed in Jincheng. If there is no accident, the third-level stronghold from Jincheng to Shouyang must have been attacked by the Eighth Route Army of China!"

"In addition, report this situation to the Taiyuan Command and ask the command to provide us with tactical guidance!"

Masao Yasuoka's sense of smell is very keen. He already has a premonition that the Eighth Route Army is about to launch a large-scale offensive, and their targets are definitely not just these outer third-level strongholds.

The second-level strongholds along the Zhengtai Railway, and even the first-level strongholds such as county towns and Niangziguan, may also become the targets of the Eighth Route Army in this war.

The first thing to do at this time is to shrink your strength and stick to a few dozen large strongholds. Otherwise, if you defend the more than 120 third-level strongholds outside, it will be easy to be defeated one by one.

And as long as you persist until the daytime and can get the tactical guidance provided by the headquarters and the aviation unit, it will be very easy to hold on to the large second-level strongholds, but to recover the lost third-level strongholds!

In the final analysis, the Japanese army will face the current dilemma, that is, the population base of Japan is too small, and the number of troops is insufficient...

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