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"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief and he asked, "A farewell telegram from the Yamazaki detachment?"

"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu said suddenly, "2 minutes ago, second lieutenant Kato Shiro of the Yamazaki Detachment's Communications Squad, halfway through sending the telegram for help, it was changed to a farewell telegram!"

The entire combat hall of the First Army was silent.

All the combat staff members froze in place like sculptures, looking at each other in disbelief.

Kusuyama Hideyoshi's eyes widened even more, his face full of disbelief.

how can that be?The situation is so good, why did you send a farewell telegram all of a sudden?

Is this too fast?

Two hours ago, Lieutenant Commander Yamazaki Yehei sent a telegram, saying that Guanjianao was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Tuba Road was vulnerable, and he could hold out for at least two days.

It didn't take long before the Yamazaki detachment sent a farewell telegram...

The situation is obviously very good, as long as the Yamazaki detachment can hold on until tomorrow morning, the peripheral mopping up troops will be able to arrive!
At that time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army will be wiped out.

Almost subconsciously, Shinozuka Yoshio and a group of combat staff looked at the initiator of this battle, Kusuyama Hideyoshi, and all eyes were on his face.

Kusuyama Hideyoshi blushed all of a sudden, his whole body trembled slightly because of shame and anger, and the nails in his clenched fists were almost sinking into his flesh.

This battle plan was personally agreed by Shinozuka Yoshio and Tada Hayao.

The sky fell and was supported by a tall man, but he lost more than [-] elite Japanese soldiers at once, so it is impossible for him to be completely responsible.

What the hell is Yohei Yamazaki doing?
Even if a pig is sent to lead troops to guard Guanjianao, it is impossible to be wiped out by the Eight Routes so quickly, right?

In addition to being angry, Kusuyama Hideyoshi's brows were tightly wrinkled, almost twisted into a Sichuan character, and his heart was full of confusion.

How did the Eight Routes take down the Guanjianao Heights within two hours?
Even if Eight Routes mobilized a large number of artillery, it is impossible to take down the Guanjianao Highland in such a short period of time, right?

Which part is the problem?
"Nusan-kun, are you alright?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked with a frown.

"Your Excellency, Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi took a deep breath, suppressing the doubts in his heart, "I'm fine, Kasai-kun, please read the farewell telegram."

Now that the Yamazaki detachment has sent a farewell telegram, it means that the defeat of the Yamazaki detachment is inevitable. The Yamazaki detachment is now in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, and the reinforcements are still dozens of kilometers away. The defeat means the entire army is wiped out.

I hope to find out the reason for the defeat from the farewell telegram of the Yamazaki detachment.

"Hi!" Kasai Toshisong paused, picked up the farewell telegram and began to read.

"Telegram from Zhongzuo Yamazaki: The Guanjianao Highlands were bombarded by at least three artillery regiments from the Eighth Route Army, causing heavy losses. Currently, the Eighth Route Army is launching a fierce attack on our position, requesting tactical guidance..."

The first sentence shocked Shinozuka Yoshio and Kusuyama Hideyoshi.

Three artillery regiments?

Since the Japanese army's signal corps didn't know much about the formation of the eight-way artillery, they replaced it with the artillery regiment, mainly because the artillery regiments of the Chinese army were too few.

In fact, an artillery regiment of the Japanese army has about the same number of artillery pieces as an artillery regiment of the Chinese army.

According to the standards of a first-class division, an artillery wing has 48 artillery pieces.

Generally, they are 75mm and 105mm artillery, and special units are equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery. Of course, this is the standard of a first-class division, that is, the highest standard.

The artillery wing of the B and C divisions has only 36 artillery pieces.

There are only D-level divisions, and there is only one artillery brigade at all.

In addition to the artillery wing, the Japanese army also has an independent artillery brigade. This artillery brigade has a high status and is generally equipped with 105mm and 150mm heavy artillery.

The mountain artillery used by the new regiment this time is equivalent to the number of artillery of the two artillery regiments of the Japanese Army's B and C divisions.

Although the rest are mortars, they can't stand the large number and can barely be regarded as an artillery regiment.

"Nani? Three artillery regiments?"

"Baga? Did I hear correctly?"

"Tuba Road actually took out three artillery regiments?"

The battle hall was blown up, there were three artillery regiments, when did the Eighth Road in the bandit area in southeast Shanxi get so rich?
The last time the Eight Routes attacked the 225th regiment, they used less than 2 artillery regiments.

At that time, the entire First Army Command agreed that this was all the concentrated artillery of the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi, and the shells had been almost consumed.

However, it now appears that the number of artillery and shells on the Eighth Road in Southeast Shanxi far exceeded their expectations.

Kasai Toshimatsu continued to read: "Captain Yamazaki is broken. Eighth Route's firepower is very fierce. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, Eighth Route's infantry attacked the high ground. The infantry of Eighth Route was extremely cunning. The sharpshooter prevented the firepower of the imperial army's forward positions from being brought into play."

"The rest of the imperial army will make a desperate attack against the Eighth Route Army..."

"On board His Majesty the Emperor, on board the Great Japanese Imperial Army, October 15, Showa 10."

After Kasai Toshimatsu finished reading the telegram, the entire battle hall fell into silence again.

Kusuyama Hideyoshi also found the real reason for the destruction of the Yamazaki detachment from the farewell telegram.

It was washed by the artillery of the three artillery artillery regiments.

However, this is not the most critical point. The most deadly thing is that the Eighth Route Army uses Fengnao Ding to suppress the firepower of the Guanjianao Highlands.

If that idiot Yamazaki Yehei sent troops to occupy the Fengnaoding Highland earlier, forming an angle with the Guanjianao Highland, then the Eighth Route Army would definitely not be able to capture the Guanjianao Highland so easily even if it used three artillery regiments.

But it's too late to say anything now.

……

Near Guanjianao, the command post of the 386th Brigade.

Li Yunlong accompanied several chiefs to watch a wonderful ground-air battle.

Anti-aircraft guns and large-caliber heavy machine guns fought against the fighters and attack aircraft of the Devils.

Two mortar positions of the Eighth Route Army were destroyed, and two mortar companies were lost.

But the Devil's plane didn't get any benefits, and two Type [-] bombers were shot down.

The news was transmitted to the command post of the 386th Brigade by the communicator, and the boss immediately smiled and said: "It's not a loss for two mortars to replace two Devil planes."

"It's not a loss." The chief of staff nodded and said, "After all, Li Yunlong reimbursed us for the guns we lost."

The brigade commander and deputy brigade commander Han also smiled and nodded in agreement.

Only Li Yunlong smiled and said nothing.

Ha ha…

In addition to reimbursement, I have to account for six 6mm mountain guns.

By the way, about 1000 devils were killed in this battle, and 10 tons of medicines and 60 large-caliber heavy machine guns were recorded.

You big chiefs are just not losing money, but our old Li is making money.

The radio station sends out the beeping sound of sending and receiving reports.

A codec scribbled the message on paper, then stood up and gave a military salute with a snap.

"Chief, urgent call from the 385th Brigade!"

The brigade commander took a look and said: "The devil's movements are quite fast. The nearest one is only 30 kilometers away from us. The 385th brigade suggests that we move as soon as possible."

"Can't you hurry up?" Deputy Brigadier Han said, "This is clearly a devil's carefully deployed combat operation against our base in southeast Shanxi, so the devil has already prepared and wants to use the Yamazaki detachment to catch our fish. We must eat up our main force in one bite."

"There's no more bait now." The brigade commander said with a disdainful tone, "What the hell is he fishing with?"

The boss said in a deep voice: "Although there is no bait, the enemy's mopping up may not stop here. Pass my order, and the ministries will retreat according to the second set of plans."

Just as the boss expected, the Japanese army has been planning a retaliatory raid for so long, and it will not be stopped so easily.

However, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had already guessed that the Japanese army would carry out retaliatory raids on the base area, so it made preparations in advance.

The food has been hidden, the common people have already moved in advance, and the ministries have prepared retreat routes in advance.

The second set of plans is for the common people to fortify the walls and clear the fields, and some of the main forces use sparrow warfare and tunnel warfare to deal with the enemy.

Another part of the main force scattered and jumped to the outside line to fight, to destroy the devil's communication line.

The Japanese army's logistical supplies could not keep up, so they would naturally retreat from the base area.

Although the strength of the main force of the Eighth Route Army has been greatly enhanced at present, it is still not yet time for a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese army.

Even if they concentrated their forces in the base area and fought against the 3 Japanese army, the Japanese army could quickly transfer 3 soldiers and equipment from the Japanese mainland.

And the Eighth Route Army may not be able to recover for a few years after being seriously injured.

What's more, there is not much chance of winning. If you lose the battle, it will be a devastating blow.

With the bloodthirsty and brutality of the devils, the entire southeast of Shanxi may become a no-man's land.

The task of the new regiment is also to jump to the outside line.

Immediately Li Yunlong led the new regiment to Liao County.

Although the devil's four-way army attacked the eight-way base in a joint attack and besieged from all sides, almost all brigades or regiments marched in a concentrated manner.

It's not a dragnet sweep, which gives the troops a chance to jump out of the devil's encirclement.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army, which had the home court advantage, was familiar with the terrain, so they didn't have to fight the devils head-on, so they just jumped to the outside line.

……

Early the next morning.

The first to arrive at Guanjianao was the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

The 9th Brigade was originally assembled along the Baijin Line, and after receiving the order from the First Army Command, it rushed to Guanjianao without stopping.

During the period, it was stubbornly resisted by the Eighth Route Army, but the offensive of the 9th Brigade was also very fierce.

After the blocking forces received the order to retreat yesterday afternoon, the 9th Brigade drove straight in.

However, because they were not familiar with the road when marching at night, the vanguard made mistakes several times, and walked the 30-kilometer mountain road overnight.

Guanjianao and its surrounding hills were filled with soldiers from the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Surrounded by adjutants, staff officers and guards, the major general came down to the Guanjianao Highland.

The entire Guanjianao Highland was in a mess, densely covered with bomb craters. Most of the trenches, foxholes and other fortifications originally built by the Yamazaki Detachment were flattened by shells. One piece of shrapnel, one can imagine how violently and intensively the Guanjianao Highland was bombarded.

The soldiers of the Yamazaki detachment and the entire body were stripped down to a pair of loincloths.

Koshigō Toranosuke's face was gloomy, and he covered his nose: "Burn the corpses of the warriors, take their ashes away, and send them back to the Yasukuni Shrine."

"Hi!"

At that moment, the devils dug a hole on the high ground of Guanjianao.

Other devils collected some branches, mixed them with gasoline and ignited them, and when the fire grew stronger, they carried all the devil's corpses over and threw them into the pit for burning.