Rise from the sword

Chapter 80 Northward
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency"

Yangquan, in the Japanese army headquarters, a Japanese army staff hurriedly ran in, his voice was hurried, and his footsteps were messy.

"Baga, what are you panicking about?"

Kasa Shinji glared angrily and asked the staff officer sharply:

"what's up?"

Standing at attention, solemn, bowing your head, adjusting your posture, the Guizi staff dared to say:
"Just received the news that a group of Eighth Route Army appeared on the boundary fifteen miles north of Yangquan to attack the checkpoints at various intersections. The number of people is more than 200. Hei Shaozuo was also smashed in the battle with this group of Eighth Route Army."

Major Kurokawa was the captain of the Japanese army who was in charge of guarding the post north of Yangquan.

"Nani?"

"The Eighth Route Army attacked the northern checkpoint, and Major Kurokawa's jade was broken?"

Kasa Shinji was stunned by the two news.

He grabbed the folder in the staff's hand and read the written information, especially when he saw the news that Major Kurokawa brought his troops to fight with the Eighth Route Army and was killed. The folder 'popped' to the ground:

"idiot"

"waste!"

"An imperial brigade can't deal with the Eighth Route Army of several hundred people"

Kasa Shinji's sudden outburst made the staff tensed up in fright.

Walking quickly around the headquarters repeatedly, Kasa Shinji was panting, and finally he slapped the table with a slap in the face: "Let Major Sasaki temporarily replace the captain of the Kurokawa Brigade, and order him to assemble the troops and take this group. The Eighth Route Army was wiped out"

After reading the specific information, Shinji Jiasa also understood that the reason why his captain was killed by the Eighth Route Army was not because of his incompetence, but because of his arrogance. He took the initiative to attack the Eighth Route Army with a small army of imperial troops, and was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. ,lost heavily.

This information also gave him a sigh of relief.

There are more than 200, at most 1000 Eighth Routes, and there are no waves. There are more than [-] imperial and puppet troops stationed in the north of Yangquan. Eliminate or drive out.

Moreover, after a head-to-head battle with a small army of the Imperial Army, with the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, the ammunition must have been exhausted, and the loss of personnel was not small. It is impossible to set off any more waves...
"Hi"

The staff member left the headquarters in relief.

Didn't get hit...
Walking out of the headquarters, the staff officer touched his face, feeling incredible.

But the staff had just finished explaining the commander's order, and before he had time to breathe, he received another bad news.

"Your Excellency Da Zuo..."

This time the staff learned a lesson and calmly walked into the headquarters:

"The Sanhe Town military station was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the supplies were burned. In addition, the fortress in Wangshui Village was attacked by this group of guerrillas. All the garrison units were broken, and the fortress was destroyed."

The turret is generally called a fort by the devils themselves.

"According to the report sent back from Sanhe Town, this group of Eighth Route Army has about 400 people, with strong firepower and equipped with a certain number of mortars."

"Nani..."

Kasa Shinji stood up abruptly.

In addition to the horror, he also quickly understood the purpose of the Eighth Route Army in the north.

Those who can be equipped with mortars must be the main force of the Eighth Route Army. If they haven't left, they are still harassing them in the north. The purpose of this group of people must be to cover the Eighth Route Army in the south, forcing him to divide their troops to relieve the Eighth Route Army in the south. pressure!
He quickly walked to the map hanging on the wall, looked at the map around Yangquan, and found the location of Wangshui Village's stronghold, as well as the location of Sanhe Town's military station, and then shouted at the staff:

"Let Major Sasaki talk to me on the phone and let him expel the Eighth Route Army immediately"

Just a few hundred people want me to split up?
wishful thinking!

Do you really think I'm the waste guard brigade in Jingxian and Hexian?

Kasa Shinji sneered in his heart.

The "Hi" staff immediately went to pass the order.

It's just that he was angry with his subordinates, but Shinji Kasa, who was still calm in his heart, did not wait for Sasaki's call, but waited for even more bad news.

"Your Excellency, Major Sasaki was crushed in the battle with the Eighth Route Army to the north. In addition... a reinforcement squadron that accompanied the attack also suffered heavy losses."

The staff officer's tone was very flustered this time. He had a hunch that he was going to be beaten, and it would be heavy.

"Nani..."

Kasa Shinji couldn't believe it for a while, he turned his head sharply and stared at the staff:

"What did you say?"

"Major Sasaki led a reinforced squadron to fight against the Eighth Route Army to the north, and in the end they were defeated. Major Sasaki was killed in action. The reinforced squadron suffered heavy casualties, and more than [-] warriors were broken."

Swallowing his throat, the staff officer repeated it with difficulty, his voice trembling:

"Moreover, the Eighth Route Army is still destroying the military station, telephone lines and other facilities on the north side."

"idiot··"

"This is impossible···"

After a moment of silence, Shinji Kasa's deafening roar sounded in the headquarters, accompanied by a crisp 'pop'.Not as expected by the staff officer, Shinji Kasa slapped him on the face with a heavy slap, knocking the staff officer to the ground.

After slapping his subordinates, Kasa Shinji was still very angry, but his heart calmed down. He looked back at the map hanging on the wall, his eyes spitting fire, like a beast that wanted to eat people.

Although he didn't understand why the Eighth Route Army could defeat him with a reinforced squadron...

According to previous experience, he has a strengthened squadron of about 250 people, and the Eighth Route Army needs at least 1000 people to fight. As for defeat or even defeat, at least ten times as many troops are needed.

However, he knew he had to make a choice.

Either move troops to the north to prevent the Eighth Route Army from continuing to destroy it, or let the Eighth Route Army continue to destroy the north.

Moreover, at least more than 500 troops must be dispatched.

However, the troops with more than 500 people can only be drawn from the south to encircle and suppress the troops that fled from Jing County and He County to Yangquan. However, the southern encirclement and suppression troops were not manned enough, and he had thought of mobilizing people from the north before.

The reconnaissance plane reported that the small group of the Eighth Route Army had entered the mountainous area, and the encirclement and suppression of the mountainous area required a large number of troops.

"idiot····"

With a ferocious face, Kasa Shinji finally gave the order through gritted teeth:

"Order the Xiaochi Brigade to retreat and go to the north to expel the Eighth Route Army"

Here, Kasa Shinji even used expulsion.

He knew that once his large force went to the north of Yangquan, the Eighth Route Army, which was destroying everywhere in the north, would definitely run away like rabbits...
But knowing that it was a conspiracy, he still had to transfer troops.

There are eleven small towns to the north of Yangquan, each of which has a military station, a fortress, and a large number of telephone lines. Letting the Eighth Route Army continue to destroy it will cost far more than letting the guerrillas to the south lose. 

'idiot"

Kasa Shinji slammed the map on the wall with a ruthless punch.

This feeling of being calculated but powerless made him very uncomfortable.

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"File, what file"

To the south of the Jing River, Yamamoto Ichiki met a group of devils patrols. He learned that the patrols had found and captured the documents left by the fleeing guerrillas.

"It's all in Chinese, we don't understand"

The devil squad leader responded.

At the same time, he respectfully handed over a dozen sheets of paper with bullet holes to Yamamoto Kazuki.

Yamamoto Kazuki stayed in Yangquan for a week, and the devil officers in Yangquan basically knew Yamamoto Kazuki.The ranks of the Japanese army officers are strict. In the face of the rank of Chief Colonel, Yamamoto, who is also the commander of the First Army, the team leader behaved honestly and respectfully.

Bullet holes, irregularly distributed soil stains... This should really be left by the Eighth Route Army.

Taking the paper, Yamamoto Kazuki nodded slightly.

As a special expert, Yamamoto Kazuki is naturally a China expert, and he looks directly at it.

Seeing this, his eyes suddenly froze.

Among these dozens of documents, one is a portrait, and the name and life of this person are marked under the portrait——

Kuichi Ikeda!

"Where did you get it?"

Yamamoto's pupils shrank, and he looked sharply at the devil squad leader in front of him.

"Over there, it's about ten miles away"

Yamamoto's eyes made the captain of the devil squad a little scared.

"Oye-kun, you lead the special team to continue to pursue this group." Yamamoto took Yusen.

"Master, what about you?"

Yamamoto's faint voice surprised Ono Juntun, who was acting as the agent of the first battle group.

Chief is angry...

And, very angry.

What was written on those pieces of paper?It made the Chief so angry.

Ono-kun looked at the documents curiously.

However, he was still learning Chinese characters, and the font size was too small, so he couldn't read a single word clearly.

"I'm going to Yangquan..."

Yamamoto's voice was so cold that Ono-kun didn't dare to ask any more questions.

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"Head, there are a large number of devils coming from Yangquan, at least 500 of them..."

North of Yangquan, Li Yunlong, who was destroying the Guizi Fortress, received news from scouts near Yangquan.

"Pity"

Tsk, tsk, mouth, Li Yunlong's tone was regretful:

"There won't be such a good opportunity in the future..."

The area north of Yangquan had never been attacked by the Eighth Route Army, so the vigilance of the devils here was extremely low. In addition, a large number of devils were dispatched to the south, and there were only three or five devils in the fortress, the old, the weak, the sick and the sick.

He came all the way, and easily unplugged five artillery towers, four military posts, burned at least a few hundred telephone poles of the devil, and destroyed at least [-] kilometers of the devil's telephone line.

And the devil will never give him this chance next time.

"withdraw···"

Kicking open the gate of the devil's gun tower, Li Yunlong retreated westward with nearly 400 people from five companies of the independent regiment.

On the way to retreat, Captain Li also packed up the remaining ghost weapons and ammunition on the battlefield.

When attacking, he had plenty of weapons and ammunition in his hands, and he needed to lighten the load. Colonel Li didn't look down on these devilish junk. He just asked people to cover up a little. Now that he has retreated, the ammunition he carried from the regiment is almost consumed. To get it all back.

As for why there are only less than 400 people, it is very simple.

This is the domain of the devils, and there are devils everywhere. Although they are all stragglers, they are different from the puppet army. Under the arms of the Bushido, the devils are not afraid of death in battle.

Moreover, although the weapons and equipment of the Independent Regiment have some advantages, it is not much of a big deal. After fighting with the devils so many times, the elimination of the devils is close to three hundred.

The total casualty was nearly [-], of which more than [-] soldiers died.

　Have a good sleep,
　　Ahem, the water in my brain should be a little less...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)