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Chapter 350 Returning to the Arsenal!
"Boss, according to the information just received, it is the 18th Regiment of the 36th Brigade of the Japanese Army that is attacking the arsenal from the direction of She County."

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff held a telegram and reported it to the boss immediately after reading it.

At present, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has not been transferred near the arsenal.

"Where has the 36th Wing advanced so far?" the boss asked without looking back.

"We've arrived at Heshan Peak, here."

The chief of staff pointed out on the map where the Japanese 36th Regiment is currently advancing:
"Currently, participating in blocking the 36th Wing is the New Fifth Regiment of the 386th Brigade, and the Seventh Regiment of the Desperate Third Column."

"With these two regiments blocking the attack, the 36th Wing will not be able to reach Huangya Cave for the time being."

"The 18th Brigade and its 36th Wing participated in the battle against Jinling a few years ago."

Hearing the chief of staff's words, the boss raised his head, his eyes filled with cold killing intent.

The Japanese troops who attacked Jinling must have participated in the massacre. Both the 18th Brigade and the 36th Wing deserve to die.

"How many regiments are still in reserve?" the boss asked in a deep voice.

"We only have the reserve team of 3 regiments in hand, and we sent 2 more regiments to stop the 2nd Guards Division in the morning."

The chief of staff knows that the boss wants to kill this son of a bitch of the 36th regiment, but there are not enough troops at the moment.

Moreover, although these three regiments are also the main force regiments, they are all regiments with more than 3 people, and their combat effectiveness is almost meaningless.

What's more, if the reserve teams of these three regiments are transferred to fight the 3th Regiment, once the 36nd Guards Division reaches the Huangyadong Arsenal, it will be dangerous.

The boss sighed, if Li Yunlong and his new regiment were here, it would not take much effort to clean up the 36th regiment of this son of a bitch.

After a pause, the chief of staff said: "Boss, now that the 18th Brigade has transferred the First Army, do you still worry about not having a chance to kill it? How about it, isn’t it that our Eighth Route Army even revoked the number.”

If it weren't for the lack of troops, the 36th regiment would have been killed long ago if it dared to go deep into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the one that puts the most pressure on the Eighth Route Army now is the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army.

The offensive of this division was very fierce, and it was desperate to attack Huangyadong Arsenal.

The boss asked: "Where is the 2nd Guards Division?"

The chief of staff said: "At present, the 2nd Guards Division has attacked Liaoyang, and the straight-line distance from the arsenal is only 20 kilometers."

"Currently, our four infantry regiments and divisional artillery regiments are resisting at various levels, blocking the attack step by step."

The boss nodded and said, "How is the evacuation situation at the arsenal?"

The chief of staff said: "At present, all production lines have been shut down, and all personnel are digging holes to bury machine tools and equipment, and are ready to evacuate at any time."

If only a Japanese regiment attacked the Huangyadong Arsenal, there would be no need to transfer.

But there is another 2nd Guards Division, and this 2nd Guards Division is still a Japanese army with a strong combat effectiveness.

Under the attack of a regiment plus a division, as well as the onslaught of aircraft and artillery, the Huangyadong Arsenal will definitely not be able to defend.

At that time, all units such as the Eighth Route Army headquarters, field hospitals, northern bureaus, and accompanying schools will also be transferred to outside lines.

At this moment, the telegraph soldier next to him handed the translated message to the chief of staff: "Report, the Taihang column is urgent!"

After reading the telegram, the chief of staff read it again intently, and then said in a surprised tone, "Boss, Li Yunlong wants to apply to come back to fight the 2nd Guards Division."

"Huh?" The boss suddenly raised his head, "What are you talking about, Li Yunlong is coming back to fight the 2nd Guards Division?"

"See for yourself."

The chief of staff handed the telegram to the boss.

The boss picked up the telegram and read it.

Li Yunlong said in the telegram that the Taihang Column has severely damaged the Pingtian Division and destroyed the Pingtian Division headquarters with artillery fire. He is confident and determined to severely damage the 2nd Guards Division, and asked the head of the headquarters to approve the main force of the Taihang Column to return to aid.

After reading the telegram, the boss thought for a while in silence, and said, "The main force of the Taihang column is at great risk of returning to aid."

The chief of staff said: "But the benefits are also great. Judging from the current situation, the Taihang Column can completely wipe out the 37th Division of the Japanese Army in a day or two at most. However, I think it is better to completely wipe out one Japanese division. A Japanese division."

The headquarters of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army and the Artillery Wing were killed, and a large number of infantry were killed. It is estimated that only some logistics departments and a small number of infantry are left.

Taking the opportunity of killing a small number of troops of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army to severely damage the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army, the chief of staff chose the latter.

The boss said: "What I am worried about is that if the 14th and 18th Brigades of the Japanese Army know that the main force of the Taihang Column is coming back for help, they will definitely rush up from both sides, and send the main force of the Taihang Column and our troops from the north, southeast and southwest. Surrounded by the face, it will be a big trouble."

The chief of staff mused, and then said: "I think it can be done like this. There is no way to fight in the street at night. Let the troops in the city withdraw from the battle first. A small number of troops guard the city wall. The main force will rush back to Huangyadong overnight. Wait until tomorrow. The main force of the column has returned to the Huangyadong area and fought with the 2nd Guards Division. When Shinozuka Yoshio realizes that something is wrong, he wants the 14th and 18th Brigades to support the 2nd Guards Division, it's too late."

"Also, boss, don't forget, Li Yunlong still has an opportunity for air support in his hands, and it is guaranteed to kill the air support of an alliance."

Regarding the word air support, the chief of staff emphasized a little.

Hearing this, the boss didn't hesitate any longer, and he just kept being disturbed by it, after all, the opportunity for battle was fleeting:
"Well, rather than miss the opportunity, we should continue to attack and hit the 2nd Guards Division first."

"And this son of a bitch, the 36th Regiment, labor and management are going to get rid of it."

"Immediately draw up a telegram agreeing to Li Yunlong's battle plan to lead the main force of the Taihang Column back to the Huangyadong Arsenal."

"At the same time, I must tell him to keep it secret, and never let the Japanese army notice the abnormality."

"Okay!" said the chief of staff, "I'll make a telegram right now."

……

"Nani?"

"Lieutenant General Hirata and Colonel Ishida have already died for their country?"

Inner city of Taiyuan, inside the headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Hideyoshi Kusuyama in shock, with an expression and tone of disbelief.

"Hi, it's an urgent telegram from Matsuda Nakasa, Captain of the 227th Infantry Battalion of the 7th Regiment. The division headquarters has been bombarded with precision from eight routes. Hirata-kun and Ishida-kun have already died."

Pausing for a moment, Kusuyama Hideyoshi said again: "There are also more than a dozen major officers and above, including the captains of the 225th Regiment and the 227th Regiment."

Shinozuka Yoshio froze like a clay sculpture, unable to recover for a long time.

He couldn't imagine at all, how could this happen?

Didn't you already remind Hirata Kenkichi that the artillery of the Eighth Route is very powerful, so he was asked to transfer the headquarters? Why is the division headquarters still being bombarded by the Eighth Route?
"What exactly happened?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked in a deep voice, furious.

Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "After being reminded by the headquarters, Hirata-kun immediately transferred the headquarters to the Wang Family Compound, but at around 2:30 in the afternoon, the Eight Routes suddenly covered the Wang Family Compound with artillery fire. The impact point of the Eight Route's shells Very accurate, there was no pre-shooting, and the officers of the division headquarters had no time to evacuate..."

"Baga!" Yoshio Shinozuka's cheek muscles twitched a few times: "Won't Hirata Kenkichi, an idiot, move the division headquarters a few more times?"

Nanshan Hideyoshi is silent, unless there is an air-raid shelter in Changzhi City, transfer the division headquarters to the air-raid shelter.

Otherwise, when the Eighth Route occupied the city wall, even if the division headquarters were transferred, there was a high probability that they would not be able to hide from the observers of the Eighth Route artillery on the city wall.

However, the defenders in Changzhi County felt that the headquarters would not be attacked by the Chinese Air Force, so they did not build air-raid shelters.

"How many troops are still alive in the 37th Division?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked in a deep voice with an extremely ugly face.

Nanshan Hideyoshi said conveniently: "The three counties of Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng together should have more than 5000 soldiers. Most of the infantry have been killed in battle, and most of the remaining soldiers are from the logistics regiment, artillery regiment and engineering regiment. Soldiers, these artillerymen and logisticians are now armed and fighting to the death with the Eighth Route Army."

Shinozuka Yoshio knew very well in his heart that the combat effectiveness of these artillery and logistics soldiers with rifles was probably better than that of the Imperial Association Army, and could not be compared with the real elite infantry.

It is estimated that it will not be long before it will be wiped out by Eight Routes.

Thinking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio felt a little impetuous for a while, but he also knew very well that the more calm he should be at this time.

Yoshio Shinozuka: "Order, the 14th Brigade, the 18th Brigade, the 2nd Guards Division and other troops, speed up the advance!"

"The record of a division in the empire being wiped out must not happen in the First Army!"

"We will help the 37th Division at all costs!"

"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi nodded heavily.

……

"The headquarters approved the battle plan for our Taihang column to return to the arsenal, and asked us to keep it secret."

Outside Changzhi City.

At the headquarters of the Taihang Column, Zhao Gang held the telegram with both hands, and said while handing the telegram to Li Yunlong after reading it.

"Let me just say, the head of the headquarters will definitely agree to my request."

Li Datuan looked happy, took the telegram and read it, and then handed the telegram to Kong Jie.

After reading the telegram, Kong Jie said: "I bet that the 37th Division has been beaten on the ground by us all the time. The devils don't know how many troops there are in our Taihang column. When our main force suddenly appears in Huangyadong tomorrow, the devil will The 2nd Guards Division will definitely be surprised."

Zhao Gang said: "The key lies in how we arrived at Huangya Cave without anyone noticing, and the Japanese army didn't notice."

Li Yunlong raised his wrist and glanced at his watch: "It will be dark in about 4 hours. Give Ding Wei and Cheng Shi an order. After dark, the troops will withdraw. You only need to hold the city wall and let the militia and the main force exchange clothes. , Half of the artillery and cannons stayed, and the other half of the artillery and cannons went back to support Huangyadong."

(End of this chapter)