Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 754 Balu wants to kill us (second update!)
"Sir, the Fourth Squadron is here..." Suddenly, a report interrupted Major Harada's thoughts.

"Have you killed the Eighth Route Army in the forest..." Harada subconsciously asked.

Before his subordinates could speak, Harada frowned and said to himself: "No, it can't be so fast! According to the original strategy, they should first drive the Eighth Route Army scattered in the forest together, and then gather together to annihilate them." But, I didn’t hear the gunshots at all just now, how could I get out of the woods so quickly!”

The communications soldier hesitated and replied, "They were driven out by the Eighth Route Army in the forest!"

Shao Zuo Harada was stunned on the spot, and a very bad premonition quickly flashed in his mind: his initial worry has become a reality!
Even if the Eighth Route Army in the forest has been beaten and disabled, and they are out of ammunition and food, they are still the masters in the forest suitable for guerrilla warfare.

Staring at his subordinates, he asked, "What about the casualties? Is the casualty of the troops serious?"

"Very big!" The subordinate lowered his head and replied in a mosquito-like voice.

"One infantry squadron of the imperial army only rushed out more than 40 people, not even a single infantry squad, and two companies of the imperial association army rushed out more than 80 people, and more than half of them were lost!"

Harada Shaozuo stared at his subordinates with staring eyes, and asked with a look of disbelief, "How is it possible? How long has it taken for us to lose more than 200 people?"

"What about the results of the battle? Have they counted how many Eighth Route Army troops were eliminated in the entire battle!"

"Hi! According to statistics, the three teams found a total of 42 corpses of the Eighth Route Army on the way of attack. They judged that the Eighth Route Army still had at least the same number of wounded, or even more!" The second lieutenant quickly replied.

Harada Shaozuo got angry and cursed: "Ba Geya Road, even if the Eighth Route Army casualties exceed 100 people, we will lose this battle. Don't forget, we will lose more than 100 people if we remove the puppet army and the Guanghuang Alliance Army. They are How can I fight, I will send all their commanders to military courts!"

After scolding for a full 2 ​​minutes, the anger on Harada Major's face subsided a lot.

The squadron leader of the third squadron standing next to him seized the opportunity to remind: "Sir, there is a problem that we must pay attention to!"

"It will be dark in more than an hour, and the plane escorting us will return in half an hour. The Eighth Route Army in the forest lost nearly a hundred people, but they got all the weapons left by our attacking troops in the forest. ammunition!"

"I'm worried that after dark, they will forcibly break through after regaining a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and move to the surrounding larger forests!"

This time, Shao Zuo Harada did not hesitate, and made a very decisive decision: "Immediately send a telegram to the brigade headquarters, we request that the Eighth Route Army hiding in the forest should not be attacked, and they will be trapped in the forest to death!"

"Also, the Eighth Route Army has obtained some ammunition supplies from our attacking troops. After dark, they will definitely break out of the encirclement by force. Please ask the brigade headquarters to send at least two more teams from the nearby garrison to reinforce our department and ensure that the forest is trapped. The Eighth Route Army here, don’t let them escape!”

"Send the telegram immediately!"

"In addition, let the troops that rushed out just now be reduced into an infantry squad, a company of the Imperial Association Army, and strengthened among the defensive troops. Before the reinforcements arrive, the Eighth Route Army in the forest must not be allowed to break out!"

At the headquarters of the Japanese Army Brigade in Linfen City, Major General Matsumoto originally thought that the nightmare belonging to the imperial army was over.Next, it will definitely take turns, and the imperial army will take turns to retaliate and counterattack the Eighth Route Army troops.

However, this kind of sweet dream was broken by a telegram sent by Harada Shao Zuo within a short time.

"What did Harada do? A remnant army of more than 200 people can't get rid of it. What does the imperial army want such a waste? I will send him to a military court. He is not worthy to be an officer of the Imperial Japanese Army!" Matsumoto held in his hand. After hearing the telegram sent by the chief of staff, he cursed without hesitation.

The chief of staff is much calmer. He is used to all the bad news that the headquarters receives almost overnight.

He frowned and reminded: "General...then how can we call back Shao Zuo Harada, it's going to be dark. After dark, it must be more difficult to destroy the Eighth Route Army, which is good at guerrilla warfare..."

Matsumoto hesitated for a while and replied: "I agree with his battle plan, but tell him that if he can't kill the remaining Eighth Route Army remnants in Linfen North, he will not come back!"

After staying up until ten o'clock in the evening, Major Harada returned to the tent to prepare for rest.

After receiving Matsumoto's call back, Harada began to patrol the defense line, so small that he had to check every light and heavy machine gun.

The orders and requirements of the brigade commander in the call back scared him.

If he couldn't wipe out the Eighth Route Army in the forest, even if he was alive, he would commit suicide by caesarean section here.

Therefore, Shao Zuo Harada attached great importance to the next encirclement and defense, and was deeply afraid that something might happen that would cause the Eighth Route Army in the forest to escape, and he would die here too.

The real Second Battalion headquarters was one kilometer away. There were three company commanders left in the Second Battalion. The commanders of the heavy machine gun company and the mortar company came over from the regiment headquarters. They all stood in front of Xiao Yunshan with their eyes shining, waiting for orders.

"Comrades, we now have two companies. I plan to divide our forces. The two infantry companies are equipped with half of the mortars and half of the heavy machine guns. They touch the back of the Japanese army and launch an attack directly."

There are not many Japanese and puppet troops around the forest. We need heavy machine guns, heavy machine guns, and mortars, and we still attack from their backs. We can definitely kill them at the lowest cost.

"Boom boom boom..."

The violent explosion awakened the sleeping Major Harada at once.

"Where is the explosion!" Major Harada, who sat up from the bed, shouted at the tent door.

"The Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army launched an attack from behind our troops, at least ten mortars, attacking our two infantry squads at the same time!" The squadron leader shouted with fear as soon as he rushed into the tent.

"How is it possible? Isn't the Eighth Route Army in Linfen North completely disabled? How come there is such a powerful artillery unit!" Harada Shaozuo subconsciously retorted.

But he realized within a few seconds, stared at the adjutant and asked, "You just said that the Eighth Route Army attacking us didn't come out from the forest, but launched the attack from behind the troops!"

"Hey! All the shells are coming from behind, and there are a lot of Eighth Route Army troops behind us!" The adjutant replied immediately, his face full of fear.

Harada Shaozuo finally came to his senses at this time, and shouted with a sudden realization: "Bageyalu, we have been fooled!"

"The Eighth Route Army in Linfenbei was not disabled by us at all. They were not only well-equipped, but also had sufficient ammunition. More importantly, their strength was not 200 as we imagined, but 500!"

"What the aviation soldiers see during the day is all illusions, what the Eighth Route Army deliberately wants us to see."

"Assemble the troops immediately, we have to leave here. The Eighth Route Army set up this trap to wipe us out. Before the Eighth Route Army can surround us, we must leave here immediately!"

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