Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 967 It's still too late! (Third update!)

"Division commander, something has happened!" Before Lieutenant General Ito could speak, the chief of staff rushed to report.

"Xiangning County sent an urgent call. A large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared in their territory. When the telegram was sent, several strongholds outside the city had already been captured, and the casualties of the Imperial Army had already exceeded a hundred!"

"They are worried that the Eighth Route Army will attack the county after finishing these strongholds. Please send troops to reinforce them immediately!"

Lieutenant General Ito quickly walked to the map and found Xiangning County, which the chief of staff had just mentioned.

Then he frowned and asked back: "How many garrisons are there in Xiangning, and they only lost more than 100 imperial troops and asked for help. Where did their courage to bully the Chinese people go?"

The chief of staff immediately replied: "The imperial army has a garrison brigade, and the imperial association army has a garrison regiment~"

"However, this garrison brigade is not a reinforced brigade, but a mixed brigade with three infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squadron, and a mortar squadron under its jurisdiction. The infantry guns and other artillery are not equipped, and the total strength is less than 700. people."

"Including the Imperial Association Army, the total strength is more than 600 people, of which more than 900 people are stationed in more than a dozen large and small strongholds outside the city, and the remaining more than 600 people are stationed in the county town!"

"If the Eighth Route Army can really kill more than a dozen strongholds outside the city in a short period of time, and enjoy more than 600 people in the city, it will definitely not be able to defend the county!"

"Bageya Road, what time is it now? Why do we need those strongholds? Send them a telegram, abandon all strongholds outside the city, and concentrate our troops to defend the county seat. As long as the county seat is preserved, Xiangning County will still be ours!" Lieutenant General Ito said calmly. Face ordered.

"Hi!" the chief of staff replied immediately.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Then do you want to send them reinforcements?"

Lieutenant General Ito did not answer, but stared at the map in deep thought.

It took nearly half a minute to answer: "No, we don't have any extra troops to send out!"

The answer given by the head of the division must have been perfunctory. Although the division lost troops and generals, more than 1 people still gathered in Linfen City.Not to mention too much, it is still no problem to randomly draw two or 3000 people to reinforce Xiangning County.

However, the head of the division said that there were no soldiers.The chief of staff immediately realized that there must be something in the division chief's words that he hadn't said.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Master, did you think of something?"

"Not bad!" Lieutenant General Ito did not hide it.

Point to the analysis road of Xiangning County and Hepu County on the map.

"If the Eighth Route Army occupies these two counties, what consequences will it have for our imperial army, have you ever thought about it!"

The chief of staff was stunned for a few seconds, and then suddenly realized, "Linfen City where we are located will become an isolated city, and our division will also become an isolated army!"

"The Eighth Route Army is everywhere around, and neither materials nor equipment can be transported in. If the Eighth Route Army occupies these two counties and blocks all the roads leading to Linfen City, the large amount of food that needs to be consumed every day can drag us down. collapse!"

Lieutenant General Ito shook his head and answered.

"You only see one aspect and ignore the other!"

"After the Eighth Route Army occupies these two places, not only will we become a lone army, but the other division left behind in the southwest of Shanxi will also become a lone army! This is related to the safety of the [-] to [-] elite troops of the North China Front Army. Accident!"

The chief of staff was frightened, and then asked: "Commander, what do you mean, the Tuba Road is implementing this plan, blocking us and the troops left behind in Southwest Shanxi, turning them into a lone army, and slowly consuming us!"

"Very likely!" Lieutenant General Ito replied calmly.

"Although there is no direct evidence yet, the fighting during this period has made me realize that our opponents are more cunning and difficult to deal with than we imagined. If we can think of this, they must also be able to think of it!"

"Also, we just lost the battle, and the morale of the troops is low. If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely seize the opportunity and take these places!"

"The purpose of the Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to succeed... These places must not be occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and our retreat cannot be cut off!" The chief of staff exclaimed directly.

Then he asked: "Division Commander, since we already know the battle plan that the Eighth Route Army is likely to be implementing, can we make preparations now to defend these counties, or directly send troops to reinforce them to defend the counties!"

"I believe that even if the front army knows about this plan, they will order us to defend these counties at all costs!"

"Reinforcement troops must not be sent!" Lieutenant General Ito replied very decisively.

"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning, and so far we don't know their real losses in this siege! Not only that, they also seized a large number of artillery that should have belonged to us in this war."

"Strength, equipment, ammunition, they have everything!"

"When there is no heavy artillery, they can concentrate their forces to kill one of our regiments at a time. Although they have lost a lot of troops, they have replenished a lot of heavy weapons, especially heavy artillery. One of them will definitely kill us. strength of the team."

"In this case, how many troops do you want me to send to reinforce them!"

"If this is a conspiracy by the Eighth Route Army and we send fewer troops, then it will be like a sheep going to the tiger's mouth."

"There are more troops sent out, we don't have that many troops..."

"So, reinforcements must not be sent!"

The chief of staff continued to ask: "Then how do we defend these counties!"

Lieutenant General Ito immediately made a decision: "Immediately send a telegram to the garrisons in these counties."

"All the garrisons abandon their strongholds outside the city and concentrate their forces inside the city to defend!"

"In order to ensure the imperial army's control over these places, we can temporarily hand over these strongholds to some Chinese who cooperate with us and let them assist us in controlling the places!"

This was the only way the chief of staff could think of to solve the problem. Just as he was about to turn around and give an order, a communications staff officer rushed in.

"Sir, there is an urgent call from Hepu County!"

"They found a large number of Eighth Route Army troops in their territory and are attacking the strongholds in the jurisdiction. Now three strongholds have been lost. Continue to reinforce!"

Lieutenant General Ito's face sank and he cursed: "Bageyalu... Our reaction is still a step behind!"

"Immediately send a telegram and retreat one minute earlier, the garrison in those places will lose dozens of people less, and the number of troops protecting the county will be dozens more..."

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

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