Check in from the bright sword

Chief of Staff Takakichi Tanaka stayed up all night, and when he saw Yoshio Shinozuka walking in quickly, he quickly put his foot down and stood at attention: "Your Excellency, Commander, yes!"

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded and said, "Tanaka-kun, is there any new progress in Liao County?"

Compared with the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, Shinozuka Yoshio was obviously more concerned about the latest progress of the No. A battle plan, because it was directly related to whether the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taiyue Military Region could be wiped out.

Although it was made very passive by the 386 brigade.

But Shinozuka Yoshio still distinguishes between priorities.

Tanaka Takashi said: "The 3rd, 4th, 9th, and 16th brigades have pushed the blockade forward by 20 kilometers. Now the scope of the Taiyue bandit area has been reduced to two counties, Liao County, and Heshun in the north. county."

"The radio stations of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and the brigades are still silent and not turned on."

"The 36th Division and the 41st Division in charge of sweeping up the bandits went back and forth again in the bandit area."

"Unfortunately, no big fish was caught. Except for the militiamen and the small Eighth Route Army, even the Eighth Route Army above the battalion failed to catch even a single one!"

"A lot of Chinese people in the bandit area have been arrested."

"The 41st Division called to ask for instructions, do you want to kill them all?"

"Kill them all!" Shinozuka Yoshio said coldly, "Not one of them is allowed to stay!"

It is a strict order of Commander Okamura to kill all Chinese people in non-security areas.

After a pause, Shinozuka Yoshio said again: "Also, ask the 36th Division and the 41st Division to send more search teams, and search carefully three times for any location where soldiers can hide!"

"I don't believe that the more than 3 Eighth Route Army in the bandit area of ​​Taiyue can really hide in the cave!"

"Hai!" Takashi Tanaka froze, and immediately nodded to Nozawa, who immediately turned back to the telecommunications department to send a telegram to the 41st Division.

"Tanaka-kun, what's the situation in Changzhi?"

Yoshio Shinozuka's attention finally shifted to the 386th brigade.

Takashi Tanaka snorted and said, "The gendarmerie squadron left behind in Changzhi has performed extremely well after being strengthened. Last night, it repelled more than ten onslaughts of the Eighth Route Army!"

"It's just that the Eighth Route Army fired thousands of shells at the Chengguan and the city at the north gate of Changzhi."

"So the military defense facilities at the Beimen Chengguan were severely damaged, and the gendarmerie squadron suffered heavy casualties. If the Eighth Route Army continues to maintain such an intense offensive, Changzhi is likely to fall in the evening."

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Where is the 37th Division now?"

"We will arrive in Xiang County soon." Tanaka Takashi said, "There are still 50 kilometers away from Changzhi. If there is no accident, we should be able to arrive in Changzhi before two o'clock in the afternoon."

Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Where's the northward detachment of the 386th Brigade?"

Tanaka Longji said: "After the northward detachment of the 386th Brigade failed to attack Yu County, they bypassed Yu County and captured Xiwan Town, five kilometers north of the city, and then stayed there for one night."

"During the period, a small group of troops was also sent to detour behind the 9th Brigade at night."

"However, after encountering the scout cavalry of the 36th Cavalry Regiment, they retreated."

Shinozuka Yoshio said: "So, the ones going north are really just a suspicious soldier."

"Yes." Takashi Tanaka nodded and said, "The 386 brigade's hand sound is indeed very clever, but it's a pity that it can't be hidden from your wise eyes, Commander."

At this time, at Chengguan, the north gate of Changzhi.

Deputy Brigadier Han said: "Old Cheng, I feel that the firepower on the other side is much weaker than before. According to the situation, the little devil can't last long."

"Tell brethren to work harder."

"When Changzhi is defeated, I'll buy them a drink!"

"By the way, order the artillery company to fire half of the base ammunition!"

Hearing this, Captain Cheng trembled with distress, well, hundreds of shells were gone again.

After a while, the 772 4 mountain artillery and 75 6 infantry artillery assigned to the headquarters mountain artillery company of the [-] regiment began to shell violently again.

Once the North Gate of Changzhi was closed, clouds of smoke and dust rose again.

Just as they were fighting, a signal soldier hurried into the observation post.

"Deputy Brigadier Commander, Regiment Commander." The signal soldier reported panting, "I just received an urgent telegram from the 2nd Communication Team. The 37th Division of the Japanese Army has arrived in Xiangxian County."

The 386th Brigade was divided this time. In addition to assigning an artillery company to the southward detachment, the brigade commander also assigned a communication team composed of two communication teams.

One of the two communication teams moved with the Southward Detachment.

Another communication team was lurking near Xiangxian County, waiting to monitor the 37th Division.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the troops who stayed inside had to silence the radio, but the 386th Brigade did not have this necessity.

"What? The 37th Division of the Japanese Army has arrived in Xiangxian County?" Commander Cheng was taken aback, and said again, "Deputy Brigadier Commander, Xiangxian County is less than [-] kilometers away from Changzhi. We will arrive in half a day after a quick march. Let's withdraw quickly!"

"No rush." ​​Deputy Brigadier Han shook his head and said, "It's not time to retreat yet."

"What, it's not time to retreat yet?" Captain Cheng asked anxiously, "When will it be?"

Deputy Brigadier Han said: "The Brigadier said that Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, is very cunning, and he might detect a slight flaw on our side, so we can't retreat easily at this time!"

"Wait until the 37th Division of the Japanese Army has passed Tunliu before reporting."

"Order the artillery company to beat me to death, don't feel sorry for the shells!"

in West Bay Township.

After waking up from sleep, the brigade commander finally regained his energy.

A staff officer of the brigade came forward and reported: "Brigade Commander, the 37th Division of the Japanese Army has gone south, and it has just passed Xiangxian County, and it is less than [-] kilometers away from Changzhi."

The brigade commander said, "What did Deputy Brigadier Han say?"

The staff officer said: "The deputy brigade commander said that they will withdraw after the Japanese troops have passed the camp."

"Understood." The brigade commander nodded and said, "Where is Li Yunlong, why hasn't he come yet?"

As soon as the words fell, Li Yunlong walked over happily: "Brigade Commander, are you looking for me?"

The brigade commander said angrily: "Li Yunlong, you kid ate honey bee poo, did you succeed like this?"

Seeing Li Yunlong laughing like this, the brigade commander became angry, but he still remembered the hatred of the two 2 mountain cannons, you would rather give it to the old king of the 75rd division than hand it over to the brigade headquarters?

And those 11 75 mountain artillery, dare to detain them privately to form an artillery battalion?

It's unreasonable, Lao Tzu's brigade artillery battalion only has 9 75 mountain cannons, 4 of which were temporarily borrowed by the headquarters. How dare a regiment artillery battalion in your dog day make 11 75 mountain cannons?