Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 748 Out of Control Battle Situation (Second Update!)
At the headquarters of the Japanese Army Brigade in Linfen City, Major General Matsumoto, the head of the brigade, changed his usual calmness and walked back and forth in front of the huge combat sand table.

In just a few hours, the battle situation in Linfen has changed so much, which is completely beyond my imagination.To put it more directly, the entire battle situation is out of control and out of control.

"General, the Second Battalion in Linfen North sent a telegram. They were besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army near the Eighth Route Army station. The troops suffered heavy losses. Please hurry over!" The chief of staff reported in front of Dan Matsumoto.

"Nonsense, how could there be the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Linfenbei? Call them back, and you will be sent to a court-martial for lying about the military situation!" Major General Matsumoto frowned and retorted, as if he had found an outlet for his anger , cursed without hesitation.

The chief of staff hesitated for a while and replied: "General, it is indeed the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army attacking our mopping up troops is equipped with at least one mortar company and one heavy machine gun company! If it is not the main force of the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible to be equipped with so many weapons!"

"And our mopping up troops have suffered more than half of the casualties under the siege of the Eighth Route Army. If it weren't for the main force, it would be impossible to beat our mopping up troops like this!"

After staring at the sand table for almost a minute, Major General Matsumoto frowned and asked, "Then tell me, how many main forces are there in the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Linfen?"

"Tianxin Town is the main force, Fengyun Town is also the main force, and Sanquan Town, which was attacked, is also the main force. Now there is another main force in Linfen North. How long has it been since the new regiment came out of the mountain? Where did it come from? There are so many main forces coming out!"

"Don't forget, when the new regiment came out of the mountain, we had several battles with them. We lost troops, and their casualties must not be small!"

"In more than a month, an infantry regiment with heavy casualties has developed so many main forces. Do you think it is possible?"

The chief of staff kept his head down and did not speak. He did not believe that the Eighth Route Army had such a speed of development.

You know, for more than a month, the imperial army's siege and attack have never been interrupted.

If the Eighth Route Army could develop and grow under such circumstances, then the entire North China region would have been covered by the Eighth Route Army long ago.

However, the facts forced them to believe that this was impossible.

After venting, Major General Matsumoto calmed down a lot, and the anxious expression on his face became much more attractive.

Because it was dawn, the absolute superiority of the imperial army's air force could be dispatched.Airplanes can not only attack the Eighth Route Army from the sky, but also conduct reconnaissance from the air to find out whether the main forces of the four Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared last night are real or the Eighth Route Army's bluff, and what new conspiracy is there.

With a frown, he ordered: "Contact the air force, dispatch immediately, and reinforce all the imperial army units that have been attacked!"

"Also, the armed food grabbing troops in Hafengyun Town, Tianxin Town, who were not attacked by the Eighth Route Army, immediately retreated with food, the sooner the better!"

The chief of staff did not dare to delay, and immediately replied: "The humble officer will give the order now!"

Major General Matsumoto breathed a sigh of relief, sat in his own seat, and planned to take a rest.

From ten o'clock in the evening, what I heard in my ears was all kinds of bad news, and my nerves were always tense.Now he finally relaxed because of the dawn, and all kinds of exhaustion swept over him immediately, leaving him with no strength at all.

However, less than 5 minutes after sitting down, a communications staff officer rushed in with a look of shock and panic on his face.

"General, two infantry squadrons, a mountain artillery squadron, and a battalion of the Imperial Association Army were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army was equipped with a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns, as well as mountain artillery and flying thunder guns. , Troops have suffered heavy losses, request for reinforcements!"

Major General Matsumoto stood up from his seat with a slight rub, and his nerves tensed up again.

Frowning, he returned to the sand table: "Where did the Eighth Route Army ambush them?"

"Also, they must be the Eighth Route Army attacking the stronghold of Sanquan Town. They must have suffered casualties when attacking the stronghold of Sanquan Town, and the casualties are not small. Even if they continue to fight and ambush our reinforcements, with the strength of the reinforcements, they should be able to handle it , how could it be possible that the troops suffered heavy casualties at the beginning of the battle!"

The combat staff officer next to him hurriedly marked the content of the telegram on the sand table, and then reported.

"General, the ambush location is less than two kilometers away from the Sanquan Town stronghold! Stay here!"

Seeing the position of the combat staff's finger, Major General Matsumoto's already frowning frown deepened at this time.

The terrain there was so good it was almost ready for an ambush.

Sanquan Town serves as a buffer from the hills to the plains. There are no mountains, but there are many kinds of mountain ridges.

The ambush position selected by Wang Ping happened to have a mountain ridge running parallel to the road.

If the reinforcements are not prepared to counter-ambush, they will indeed pay a high price if they are suddenly attacked on this section of the road.

However, terrain alone is not enough for the 800 troops to suffer heavy casualties from the very beginning of the battle.

The combat staff officer saw Matsumoto's inner thoughts at a glance, and then reported: "The telegram said that the Eighth Route Army ambushing them was too cunning. They planted a large number of explosives on the side of the road, and they suddenly detonated when the troops passed by."

"These explosives buried on the side of the road alone caused nearly a hundred casualties to the imperial army!"

"Also, their equipment is very good. All light and heavy machine guns add up to more than [-], or even [-]!"

"The Eighth Route Army definitely doesn't have so many light and heavy machine guns. They must have been seized from our garrison at Sanquan Town, Bageyalu!" Major General Matsumoto immediately made a judgment.

At the same time, I also understand why the reinforcements of more than 800 people suffered more than half of the casualties at the beginning of the battle, and they asked the brigade headquarters for reinforcements.

According to the usual style of the Eighth Route Army, on the battlefield of ambushes, it must concentrate its firepower to attack the imperial army first and then the puppet army.

At the beginning, the explosive kits killed more than 100 imperial troops, and then the light and heavy machine guns fired and killed more than [-] imperial troops.Coupled with the casualties caused by artillery, rifles, and grenades to the imperial army.

Even if he was the commander of the imperial army at the time, he could not avoid the result that the imperial army suffered heavy losses of more than 200 casualties at the beginning of the battle.

After thinking through all this, Matsumoto immediately resumed the serious expression he should have as a major general brigade commander, and ordered with a frown.

"Immediately send a telegram to the reinforcements, telling them to break through immediately, concentrate all their firepower and troops to break through, and at the critical moment, they can abandon the Imperial Association Army and let the Imperial Association Army be cannon fodder!"

"If there is really no way to break through, the troops must stick to the spot and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army's ambush troops."

"The air force will arrive in an hour and a half at the latest, please insist!"

"Finally, remind them of the battalion commander: the Eighth Route Army ambushing them must not have many troops. As long as they kill them in large numbers, the Eighth Route Army will lose its ability to attack, and they will be able to persevere!"

"Chief of Staff, immediately contact the Air Force and dispatch another plane to reinforce the reinforcements of the Imperial Army in the direction of Sanquan Town, cover them from the air to break through, or counterattack and kill the Eighth Route Army that ambushed them!"

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