I really came here to fight against Japan

Ono Jipi was deeply touched by Hayata Chih-hsien's trust in him.

But now is not the time for him to say thank you (to show his loyalty).

Ono explained: "Reporting to General Hayata, I found an abnormal phenomenon in the telegrams sent back by the commander of the Akita regiment."

Tomohisa Hayata: “What kind of abnormal phenomenon is that?

Ono: "According to the order of the Akita regiment commander, the Eighth Route Army's road was torn up and new trenches were dug.

Even the weapons, ammunition and food in the Huting stronghold were packed up and transported away.

However, they did not demolish the Huting stronghold, nor did they destroy the well.

General Hayata, think about it, would the Eighth Route Army have done this when they broke through our strongholds before?"

Hayata Chih-ken: “Ono-kun, now that you mention it I remember it.

This is indeed not like the Eighth Route Army's previous combat habits.

But why did this Eighth Route Army unit do this? "

Ono smiled bitterly and said, “Blocking roads and food supplies will affect the efficiency of the Imperial Army’s attack.

There can only be one reason why they did not destroy the strongholds and wells."

"What is it?"

"The Eighth Route Army wanted Commander Akita to stay in the Huting stronghold.

As for how the Eighth Route Army will deal with them, I can’t see it yet.”

Chixian Hayata understood that based on the principle that I must oppose what the enemy needs.

The Akita Corps could not stay in this Hu Tei stronghold no matter what.

Fortunately, I gave the order early, if I had waited until Yoshio Shinozuka got up.

By the time he had finished his temper and was doing some research, the soldiers of the Akita Regiment would probably have been dead.

Captain Akita took some time to visit the Huting stronghold.

After walking around inside, he didn't find anything unusual.

After rejecting the Japanese captain's invitation to stay overnight, he returned to the tent outside the stronghold.

Captain Akita, who had finally fallen asleep, was woken up by his bodyguards.

"Sir, here is a telegram from General Hayata to you."

Akita took the telegram from the communications staff and became suspicious.

Generally, when they go out to fight, they are commanded by their brigade commanders.

Or perhaps Yoshio Shinozuka's headquarters gave them direct orders.

This was the first time that the deputy commander gave him an order directly in his personal capacity.

When he saw the contents of the telegram, he was immediately shocked.

Qiu Tian shouted loudly: "Notify all soldiers to take all weapons and ammunition and retreat to Zhangjiaji immediately.

Order the first battalion in the Huting stronghold to leave a squad of soldiers to guard the gate of the stronghold.

The others immediately caught up with the main force of the regiment and retreated towards Zhangjiaji."

Seeing some soldiers still packing up their tents, he went up and kicked them.

"Bakayalu, just take the medicine with you, you don't need these things."

The reason why Captain Akita was so decisive was entirely out of his trust in Tomohisa Hayata.

He had long been fed up with Yoshio Shinozuka's stupid command.

Now it seems that Hayata Chih-hsien's order seems more reliable.

He had already thought it through. Now the squadron would retreat first and put down the tents and other things without rushing to take them away.

If the Eighth Route Army did not come to attack them, they would wait until daybreak and send planes to conduct reconnaissance first.

After confirming that there was no ambush, they returned to the Huting stronghold.

Anyway, he left a small team of soldiers inside the Huting stronghold.

In this way, Commander Yoshishi Shinozuka can be completely fooled.

If the Eighth Route Army had an ambush in Huting, he would lose at most an infantry squad.

Akita wouldn't care too much about such a minor loss.

Those tents and other things are lost if they are lost.

There are plenty of them in the warehouse of the Taiyuan First Army. He can just go back and report the loss and get more.

The most important thing now is to escape.

Although the Eighth Route Army has no intention of attacking them now.

But Akita's intuition told him that this place was full of dangers and he absolutely could not stay there for long.

Looking back in the direction of the Huting stronghold, it was already brightly lit and bustling with people.

“It seems that his First Infantry Battalion has already begun to assemble.

I hope Amaterasu can bless them to evacuate quickly and not fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army."

It’s a pity that the Japanese devil’s Amaterasu has no face at all within the land of China.

Through the gate of the stronghold, Akita saw Japanese soldiers running out of the stronghold.

Captain Akita nodded with satisfaction and was about to retreat with the troops.

Suddenly, a "screeching" sound was heard coming from far away, and then dozens of bright spots came towards the Huting stronghold.

"Baga, artillery fire..."

Captain Akita had already predicted that his First Infantry Battalion was completely finished.

He was not in Guan Huting's First Infantry Battalion, and he didn't care about the loud explosions behind him.

All he knew was to run, and run fast. Only by retreating to Zhangjiaji could the main force of his regiment escape.

The First Infantry Battalion in the Huting stronghold is now in a terrible state.

No less than fifty grenade launchers and mortars launched a surprise fire attack on the stronghold.

Although the accuracy of these mortars is not very good, they have been repeatedly adjusted by Wang Chengzhu.

It is guaranteed that these shells will explode within the range of the stronghold.

Especially the five Type 97 90mm mortars, which were aimed at the east gate of the stronghold.

But the Japanese soldiers still lined up, looking like they were ready to run away.

"Boom boom boom..."

Fifty artillery shells exploded in the Japanese formation, and the Japanese soldiers either fell down or suffered casualties.

If the Japanese soldiers were able to risk their lives and keep running outside the stronghold, maybe a few of them could escape.

But once the Japanese soldiers fell down like this, there was no hope for them to stand up again.

After the Eighth Route Army fired fifty artillery shells, who would dare to stand up and run around?

Running around in the midst of flying shrapnel is tantamount to seeking death.

But after these fifty shells were used up, there were endless more, several more fifty shells.

Li Yunlong is not very good at using artillery tactics.

The main reason is that the troops in northern Shaanxi were too poor.

Li Yunlong also had no opportunity to practice. It was only after he met Song Wenwan that he came into contact with artillery tactics.

In addition, when Zhao Gang was in Gannan, he learned air-ground coordination, which allowed Li Yunlong to make up for his shortcomings.

Today's artillery tactics were arranged by Li Yunlong himself.

Not to mention others, even Monk Wei was stunned by Li Yunlong's actions.

Monk Wei: Commander Li, your arrangement is too insidious... and too clever!

After the artillery unit fired the first three shots, they stopped to rest for half a minute.

Just when the Japanese thought the shelling was over and stood up to continue their retreat.

The Eighth Route Army fired a second round of three rapid shots at the Huting stronghold.

If the Japanese lie on the ground, fewer of them will die.

When they stood up, many of them were killed by the explosion. They had no choice but to lie down again.

After firing three shells, the Eighth Route Army's artillery stopped shelling again.

Who knows whether this brief cessation of shelling was another ploy by the Eighth Route Army to lure the enemy.

When the Japanese heard that there was no movement again, they did not continue to escape, but instead looked for a nearby shelter and hid inside.

Sure enough, their judgment was not wrong.

Just half a minute later, the Eighth Route Army's artillery bombardment began again.