Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 393 A Difficult Decision (Fourth!)

At the headquarters of the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Yangquan, the brigade commander, Major General Tsuda, just lay down, when the chief of staff broke into his room.

As a major general and a senior officer of the Imperial Japanese Army, Tsuda usually pays great attention to military appearance, both his own and his subordinates.

Now seeing the panicked expression of the chief of staff, his brows furrowed in an instant, and he cursed very dissatisfied.

"Baga, Chief of Staff, have you forgotten my usual request? Panicked, what a shame!"

"Hi! Your Excellency General, I must pay attention next time!" The chief of staff quickly replied.

I came here to report bad things, if I angered Major General Tsuda before reporting.Then after I finished reporting the matter, the general's anger must be even more intense.Inevitably, there was bound to be some venting of anger on himself.

Therefore, after several seconds of hesitation, seeing Major General Tsuda's face regained his composure, the chief of staff breathed a sigh of relief and continued to report: "It's just that what happened just now was so important that I dared to come in!"

"Shaozuo Harada, the county seat of Pingding, just sent an urgent telegram. The county seat was attacked by at least one division of the Tuba Road. The Tuba Road is not only equipped with a large number of flying thunder cannons, but also has at least one company of mountain cannons. The firepower is powerful!"

"The defenders of Pingding County have suffered heavy losses and urgently need reinforcements!"

Major General Tsuda stood up from the bed at once, put on his military uniform and walked to the war room, frowning as he walked.

"The news is true. Tuba Road really dispatched a division of troops?"

"It shouldn't be wrong. The opponent is equipped with a mountain artillery company. With the equipment level of the Tuba Road, the regiment-level troops only have a few mortars at most. Those who can equip the mountain artillery company are at least three regiments of division-level troops!" Chief of Staff After hesitating for a moment, he affirmed.

"It shouldn't be!" Major General Tsuda's frown deepened at this time.

"Pingding County is not a strategically important place, and there is no stockpiling of materials, weapons and ammunition that would make the Eighth Route Army excited. Why did the Tuba Road deploy so many troops to attack it! There must be something wrong!"

"General, will the Tuba Road help out at the encirclement point!" The chief of staff also realized the problem and asked back with a frown.

"It's possible!" Major General Tsuda replied thoughtfully.

Then he walked to the huge sand table in the war room, stared at the sand table without saying a word.

At this moment, a communications staff officer broke in again.

"General, in Pingding County, the Tuba Road's offensive is too fierce. Our troops are not equipped with mountain artillery, and we can only be beaten passively in front of the Tuba Road Mountain Artillery Company, with no room for retaliation!"

"Now the army has suffered more than a third of the casualties, and it can last for two hours at most. Please send reinforcements quickly, otherwise Pingding County will be occupied by the Tuba Road!"

"Baga! They attacked so violently, is it really just to occupy Pingding County, or is there some other purpose!" Major General Tsuda turned into an angry lion and cursed loudly.

The chief of staff had no choice but to stand up and remind: "Your Excellency, you must make a decision, regardless of whether there is a conspiracy or not!"

"Major Harada is from the Field Division, and he has encountered all kinds of situations. If the situation hadn't reached a critical moment, he would never have sent a telegram for help!"

Major General Tsuda still didn't make a decision, and asked back with a frown: "If Pingding County is lost, what impact will it have on us?"

"Yangquan, where the brigade is stationed, will be completely exposed to the troops of the Tuba Road. Also, without the stronghold of Pingding County, the dozen or so surrounding strongholds will lose their support and be defeated by the Tuba Road. By then, dozens of towns south of Yangquan It will be out of the control of the Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan!"

"That is to say, can Pingding County be lost without losing it?" Major General Tsuda asked back.

"Hi!" The chief of staff affirmed without hesitation.

"If the county seat of Pingding is lost, the dozens of strongholds around it will definitely be occupied by the Tuba Road. Then the total number of our lost troops must exceed 2000!"

"What's more, the terrain around Pingding County is complicated, and there are a lot of mineral resources. Once it is controlled by the Tuba Road, the imperial army will definitely have to pay a heavy price if they want to take it back!"

"Then send troops for reinforcements!" Major General Tsuda finally made a decision.

"However, reinforcements must be vigilant, the imperial army has suffered more than once from Tuba Road's siege and reinforcements!"

"We can strengthen the strength and firepower configuration of the reinforcements as much as possible, so that the reinforcements are so strong that the Eighth Route Army cannot destroy them!" The chief of staff made a really helpless suggestion.

Then, in order to keep a close eye on Major General Tsuda's determination to send troops, he continued to instigate: "General, is it possible for Tuba Road to besiege the city and fight for aid, and whether it is a conspiracy to attack Pingding County? This is just our guess."

"However, if our guesses are all wrong and the reinforcements feel calm, then the reinforcements can work with the Pingping defenders to destroy or severely damage the Tuba Road that is attacking Pingping!"

"Also, I think that the general doesn't have to worry too much at all!"

"According to intelligence, there are not many main forces of the Eighth Route Army in the vicinity of Yangquan for nearly a hundred kilometers. Now that they are concentrating their forces to attack Pingding County, it is impossible for so many troops to ambush our reinforcements!"

"Maybe I'm thinking too much!" Major General Tsuda finally made up his mind and began to give orders.

"The First Brigade of Infantry, the First Squadron of Artillery, the First Squad of Cavalry, and the First Regiment of the Imperial Association Army, form a reinforcement force. Lieutenant Assistant Matsushita of the First Brigade will serve as the commander-in-chief. Set off immediately to reinforce Pingding County!"

"Also, call back Major Harada of Pingding, the reinforcements have already set off, and ask him to hold on for an hour!"

The sound of guns and artillery in Pingding County is still as lively as it was at the beginning. The only difference is the Feilei cannon equipped by the artillery.

Under the counterattack of the devil grenadiers and mortars, the nine grenade grenades had to shoot out an explosive package to change positions.

But even so, the explosive packages that kept falling from the sky still caused huge damage to the Japanese and puppet troops.

Major Harada, who had been a little panicked since the beginning of the battle, already regretted it.

After all the troops were sent to the battlefield, the number of Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall increased sharply. Whether it was explosives falling from the sky or mountain artillery shells with screams, they all caused huge casualties.

In just ten minutes, the Japanese puppet army lost more than 300 people, equivalent to [-]% of the total force in hand.

The Eighth Route Army attacking Pingding County was just the opposite. As soon as they saw the defenders' firepower increasing, they immediately stopped attacking and only used long-range firepower to shoot at them, killing them in large numbers.

The enemy who attacked him had no casualties, but his subordinates suffered heavy losses from the opponent's firepower. Harada immediately realized that he had made a huge mistake and should not have exposed all his strength to the opponent at once.

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