Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 104
The company commander Zhang Yunshan looked much better. With these seizures, he could finally give the battalion commander an explanation.

Otherwise, if the battalion commander knew that five soldiers died directly because he underestimated the enemy during the attack, the battalion commander would definitely scold him to death.With these seizures, even though they will scold, the situation will definitely be much better.

But the excess of supplies also brought Zhang Yunshan a new problem, whether he has enough manpower to send the supplies back.

After all, I still have combat missions in the future, so it is impossible to leave too many troops to transport these supplies.

"Instructor, how many prisoners do we have in total!" Zhang Yunshan immediately asked.

"There are a lot of prisoners around the village, but there are very few in the stronghold, a total of 42! Calculated according to the weight of 1000 catties per person, you can only take away more than [-] catties of supplies!" Wang Liang understood the hidden meaning in Zhang Yunshan's words, and his face Reluctant to answer.

"Then use a cart to transport supplies!" Zhang Yunshan suddenly thought of something, and replied with a positive expression.

Wang Liang could hardly believe his ears, and stared at Zhang Yunshan in a daze, without any response for a long time.

Zhang Yunshan hurriedly explained: "I just thought of it. When we came out of the mountain, we tried our best to take the small road in order to fight the devils for a surprise attack. Now that the battle has started, there is no need to hide any longer. Since there is no need to hide, and from here There are no devils between our camps, so there is nothing to be afraid of, just use carts, if the carts captured are not enough, let the puppet soldiers carry them!"

"I left the class with the biggest loss, and I left a Czech-made one to match our baggage squad. I will also send a Czech-made one to escort the supplies and prisoners back to the station immediately, hand them over to the instructor, and then take the cart and mules Ma rushed to Xuzhuang, trying to take down the Xuzhuang Japanese puppet stronghold tonight, and evacuate the Xuzhuang stronghold!"

Wang Liang nodded acquiescingly and said: "I think it's ok. By the way, leave a deputy platoon leader to command all the remaining troops!"

Just tonight, the Longshan stronghold in the other direction of Laiyuan City was also attacked.

Yan Song commanded the third company to take down this stronghold in only one hour, wiped out a reinforced squad of the Japanese army, and captured most of the puppet company.

Because of the use of artillery, many weapons were blown up, but a lot of supplies and ammunition were still seized.

Like Zhang Yunshan, Yan Song left a combat squad and a supply squad to escort the prisoners to the station and after they were captured, he led the company's main force to the next attack target.

Two strongholds were breached overnight, although no direct news came back.However, the connection between the county seat and the two strongholds was interrupted, and there was a faint explosion sound from the two strongholds. Coupled with the powerful attack power displayed by the Eighth Route Army during this period, the Japanese Army Command had already guessed that it was close to ten.

For Major General Ono, this news was like a resounding slap, telling him that his judgment on the Eighth Route Army was wrong two days ago.

The Eighth Route Army did not lose any troops in the battle to attack the Xiaguan stronghold, and it still has a strong offensive capability.Otherwise, it would be impossible to take down two of their strongholds in one night under the condition of dividing troops.

But as the head of the brigade, Ono's sanity was not affected by the battalion commander because of this slap in the face.

When many staff members of the headquarters contacted the troops to immediately send troops to reinforce these two strongholds, Ono decisively refused.

It's not that Ono doesn't care about the lives of more than 100 imperial troops in the two strongholds, but that he can't send troops out.Before the army has formed combat effectiveness, with these new recruits in hand, no matter how many people go out, they will all contribute to the Eighth Route Army.

In the end, Ono made the decision to stand still.Then he ordered the intelligence system of the Japanese army in Laiyuan to figure out the true strength of the Eighth Route Army in the shortest possible time. At the same time, he ordered the chief of staff to speed up the training of recruits. In five days at most, an infantry brigade with initial combat effectiveness must be reorganized!
The news that the two strongholds were occupied by the Eighth Route Army and evacuated the next day really reached the Japanese Army Headquarters in Laiyuan City, along with some simple information.

"Brigade Commander, fortunately we didn't send troops last night. Although we haven't figured out the specific situation of the Eighth Route Army yet, based on these simple information, it is not difficult to judge that the Eighth Route Army attacking the two strongholds is the main force! Machine guns, grenades, and a large number of light machine guns, once we send out fewer reinforcements, with the combat effectiveness of these new recruits, even if they are not wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, they will suffer heavy losses!"

"The general is wise!" All the subordinates and staff officers complimented immediately.

Ono couldn't be happy at all. If the more than 100 imperial troops lost in the two strongholds were new recruits just added by the military department, he wouldn't be heartbroken at all.But these people are all veterans who followed him all the way here, and anyone can be a sergeant in the mixed brigade.Now losing so many people at once directly means that the mixed brigade he is forming has lost most of the officers of the infantry brigade.

At this time, a very bold idea suddenly popped up in Ono's mind: "The Eighth Route Army divided into two armies can take down two of their own strongholds in one night, so will they continue to attack tonight and take down two of their own strongholds?" Woolen cloth!"

Thinking that the possibility of this was more than [-]%, Ono's forehead immediately burst into sweat due to nervousness.

After hearing Ono's speculation, the chief of staff became anxious, and immediately affirmed: "Brigade Commander, for the Eighth Route Army, now is an excellent opportunity to destroy our strongholds outside the city!"

"If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely not miss this opportunity. But for us, losing those strongholds will not only lose hundreds of elite Imperial Army warriors, but also the foundation of the Laiyuan Security Brigade!"

"Genji, you used this word very well! The Eighth Route Army is too cunning, a seemingly unrelated attack has hidden such a big conspiracy!" Ono affirmed with a serious face.

The chief of staff immediately suggested: "General, we must immediately determine whether the Eighth Route Army really has this conspiracy. If so, we would rather give up those strongholds outside the city than let hundreds of imperial army elites have another accident!"

"Investigate, investigate immediately. Tonight at the latest, the intelligence agency must find out what I want, otherwise, the military law will do it!" Ono ordered with a rare murderous look.

At this time, Wang Ping, who was staying at the station, was leading the newly formed engineer platoon to inspect a trench just dug by the prisoners.

Because the Eighth Route Army has never had professional engineering personnel, Wang Ping never considered forming an engineering platoon when the independent battalion was first established.

Until three days ago, after learning that one of the captives was a former engineer platoon leader of the Jinsui Army, Wang Ping immediately decided to let him be the platoon leader and form an engineer platoon.

Because, if I want to build a huge fortification group on the ten-mile mountain road into the mountain, I can't do it by relying on a group of laymen. I must have professional engineers, and Xu Ke, who has experience as an engineer, is myself. selected talents.

Looking at the trenches dug halfway up the mountain in front of him, Wang Ping was not satisfied.Although the trenches have been reinforced with logs, they are still vulnerable to mountain running and even infantry artillery.More importantly, soldiers hiding in the trenches cannot escape the mortar shells and grenades falling from the sky.

(End of this chapter)