All gods, the lord who started with the bright sword

Chapter 216, Reinforcements at all costs

"General."

Chief of Staff Ikeda Koichi handed over a piece of roasted horse meat stuck in a wooden stick.

Gu Hisao was leaning against a big tree, his clothes were already wrinkled and dirty, and his face was covered with dust. Compared with his usual neat and meticulous clothes, he was very downcast.

He took it, without the slightest appetite for food.

It has been two days since the retreat started.

The distance that could have been covered in one day is now less than half.

Along the way, they encountered landmines from time to time, which slowed their pace.

In fact, that's nothing. The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army are annoying mosquitoes at best. They don't bite much blood, they are just annoying.

What made the division's situation worse was the arrival of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Those blocking the front are those who rely on the terrain to launch an ambush, and those who follow behind are like dog skin paste, sticking to people and making sneak attacks, no matter what.

The Sixth Division fought against the Eighth Route Army for the first time, and witnessed the legendary Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare.

It's just disgusting.

Food and grass have bottomed out, and they have to start killing horses to satisfy their hunger.

There are still 20,000 people to eat, and three or four thousand mules and horses. Although it looks like a lot, we can't kill them all, otherwise who will pull the supplies!

"General, the troops need to speed up their pace. The longer we stay, the more eight roads will encircle us, and the road behind will be more difficult to walk."

Koichi Ikeda said worriedly.

He conducted a deduction with the Divisional Staff Office. According to the current situation, the next half of the journey would take far more than two days.

It may be five days or ten days, one step at a time, and the blood of the Sixth Division will be drained.

Gu Hisao naturally wanted to withdraw earlier, he was fed up with the harassment from the Eight Routes: "Give power to Hayao Tada and ask him to send more planes.

Aircraft bombing opened a bloody path, and the troops would naturally be able to speed up their pace. "

Ikeda Kou opened his mouth and swallowed the words.

He has already sent such a telegram five times, and the Air Force has indeed spent all its money, gathering hundreds of bombers to come to support.

But the eight-way air defense missiles are not easy to mess with. Yesterday and today combined, more than 70 aircraft have been shot down, causing great losses to the Air Force.

It takes time to gather more aircraft to replenish, and it is difficult to increase the strength in a short time.

Second, the troops of the Eighth Route Army are very desperate, like Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death.

They were invisible when the Air Force bombed, and they emerged from the soil as soon as the planes left.

Although the bombing killed a lot of eight roads, it didn't have the effect they wanted.

"Report, Pingshan County has been attacked by the Eight Routes, the city wall has been bombarded and collapsed, the Imperial Association Army has been defeated, and the county is about to fall..."

"Report, Lingshou County has encountered an eight-way attack..."

Gu Hisao was stunned to hear two bad news.

Koichi Ikeda hastily asked for details, why did the two supporting counties become like this?
When it was decided to divide the troops and withdraw to Pingshan County and Lingshou County, the division communicated with the North China Front Army Command.

It is required to urgently mobilize troops to be stationed in the two counties to meet them.

With the addition of the original guards and the Imperial Association Army, there are more than [-] people in the two counties, which is also a very strong force.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be!

The telegram sent by the defenders of the county mentioned one point: the Eight Routes attacking the city used heavy artillery with a caliber of more than [-] mm to storm the city wall, and used rocket launchers to carry out intensive strikes.

There was a gap in the city defense, and the Eight Route Army entered smoothly.

In addition, the Royal Association Army was defeated and surrendered, resulting in the loss of the flanks, and the city defense forces were unable to hold on.

To sum up, the eight-way firepower is too fierce, the city wall is useless at all, and they can't stand it anymore.

Hisao Tani didn't even feel like cursing anymore, his thinking was a little messy, so he first asked Chief of Staff Koichi Ikeda for his opinion.

Ikeda Koichi was worse than him, and he lost his mind.

The county town fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, which meant that the troops had to choose another place if they wanted to rest their supplies.

The original distance of forty miles would probably more than double.

Now this road is extremely difficult, and the distance has more than doubled, so it’s okay?

It is to kill their Sixth Division!
When he came back to his senses, Ikeda Koichi murmured in frustration: "There is no way to retreat, there is no way to retreat."

"No, we still have hope."

Gu Hisao interrupted his words that disturbed the morale of the army: "Send a telegram to the headquarters of the dispatched army and pass it on to the base camp. My Sixth Division was cultivated by the empire. I will fight for the empire and I am willing to die until the last moment."

The blow was too great, and Koichi Ikeda's mind was not very bright.

He didn't realize it for a while, didn't the division commander want to withdraw, did he want to fight the Eight Route Army to the end?

Impossible, the entire division has not been wiped out in the empire, and their sixth division cannot set a precedent for this.

It was only then that Koichi Ikeda realized that what the head of the division said was ironic.

Once the Sixth Division is wiped out, what will be lost is not the remaining 20,000 people, but the face of the empire.

So in any case, the Sixth Division, which is the pillar of the empire, must not lose.

The above must be saved at all costs.

He silently gave a thumbs up in his heart, Jiang is still old and hot, and the head of the division is much smarter than asking for help in a humble manner.

Gu Hisao was very right in his judgment of his family.

The Sixth Division was first established in [-], and it was the first group of division-level troops established.

For Japan, this is also a rather glorious unit.

The emperor learned that the Sixth Division had fallen to Shanxi and was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. It was very likely that the entire army would be annihilated and wiped out. He was in a bad mood.

At the imperial meeting, he rarely lost his temper and questioned the veterans of the Ministry of War.

The Emperor Zhaohe has been in power for 15 years, and he holds the highest real power in name, but in fact it is similar, but the power is usually delegated to the cabinet, which is not very conspicuous.

None of the veterans of the Ministry of War dared to bear his thunderous fury.

What's more, the Sixth Division really had nothing to do. The death order from the top directly fell on Tada Jun, the commander of North China.

Tada Hayao had no other choice.

In fact, when he learned that the arsenal was a scam, he was already extremely devastated.

After paying such a high price, he was actually tricked by Balu. For this alone, he would become a laughing stock.

The impeachment against him is absolutely indispensable, and the North China Commander has finished his work.

Specifically, whether to return to the country to take up a idle job and transfer to the reserve service, or to go to a military court to be tried, depends on whether the Sixth Division can be kept.

So in the past two days, he has tried his best.

Some of the nearest troops.

The two brigades attacking Yangquan, one brigade in Shishi, and the garrisons in the county towns of various strongholds rushed to reinforce them from all directions.

What's more, troops two or three hundred kilometers away are also sending reinforcements in the direction of the Sixth Division by means of railway cars or even on foot.

According to the incomplete statistics of the General Staff, nearly [-] troops have been reinforced everywhere.

Many key places have fallen into a weak state due to the transfer of troops, and if they are not done well, the enemy will take advantage of them.

Even so, Tada Hayao sent them.

It has been completely exhausted.

Re-deploy troops for reinforcements?
Impossible, not a drop.

We can only hope that the reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible and rescue the Sixth Division.

Let him take a breath and exit the stage gracefully.

"General, do you think Commander Tada Hayao's reinforcement is feasible?"

The First Army Command in Taiyuan, the chief of staff who reported the mobilization of army intelligence, asked the commander Yoshio Youzuka suspiciously.

Yoshio Youzuka is doomed to step down, and he has nothing to be afraid of.

"We have dealt with Eight Routes for four years, watching them grow little by little under the siege of the imperial army.

What the Eighth Route Army is good at fighting, you should also know in your heart.

Tada Hayao did another stupid thing. He threw away the apple in his hand to pick up the pear so that it would not fall to the ground.

Do you think he can take it all? "

Yoshio Youzuka pushed his glasses and asked coldly.

He should not be too familiar with the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.

The old opponents of the Eighth Route Army headquarters are more cunning than each other.It is not comparable to those idiot generals of the Central Army of the Jinsui Army.

No matter what other people think, Youzuka Yoshio is pessimistic.

As it turns out, it's often your opponent who knows you best.

There are units of the Eighth Route Army all over Shanxi, there are militias in the villages, and guerrillas such as county brigades and district squads are hidden in the valleys.

The activity space is slightly larger, and there are local groups with small establishments.

All in all, the Eighth Route Army was everywhere along the path of Japanese reinforcements.

They blew up bridges, laid mines on roads, and delayed the advance of supporting troops.

If the local regiment has some strength and ambition, it will set up an ambush in a suitable place to catch the Japanese army by surprise.

Of course, it was necessary to take this opportunity to loot and attack the empty strongholds and county towns of the Japanese army, and the Japanese and puppet troops who stayed behind were screaming.

After a great battle, the flags in countless dangerous places changed their colors.

This is a bigger battle than before.

According to incomplete statistics, the Eighth Route Army has more than 40 regiments in combat, plus local guerrillas, a total of more than 20 people.

The Eighth Route Army went to war, and the Jinsui Army and the Central Army in Shanxi were not idle either.

They followed the trend and joined the ranks of beating dogs in the water, further increasing the scale of blocking operations.

Not only the whole of southeast Shanxi, but also the whole of Shanxi has become a pot of porridge.

There are battles everywhere, and gunpowder smoke everywhere.

Every time the Japanese army had just finished a battle and hadn't advanced very far, they had to go into the next battle as a last resort.

Its advancing reinforcements were terribly slow.

Yoshio Youzuka's prophecy came true.

Three days had passed, three full days, and the nearest infantry brigade was less than [-] kilometers away from the Sixth Division.

It's only [-] kilometers, and it can be reached in two hours on weekdays by marching in a hurry.

At this time, under the obstruction of the Eighth Route Army, it seemed that he would never get there.

They could only watch helplessly as the Sixth Division sent out telegrams for help one after another, and the position shrank little by little.

Like a drowning man calling for help, but he cannot see the rescue swimming towards him.

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