Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Listening to his men's pleas to break out, Nakajima Tokutaro frowned and said nothing, but his mind was working rapidly, though his thoughts were a little messy!

Nakajima Tokutaro really couldn't understand why today's battle had turned out like this? Logically speaking, even if the defenders in the city were not many, they could still hold out for a while, or even for a long time, relying on the hidden bunkers in the city walls. How did it turn out like this?
There are eight firing points with Type 92 heavy machine guns, and each firing point has two Type 99 light machine guns for auxiliary shooting. There is sufficient ammunition, and there are warehouses in the entire city behind to replenish it. Shouldn't this be the case?
What was the reason that caused the city gate to be lost and the Eighth Route Army to besiege the city? At this critical moment, Nakajima Tokutaro actually began to summarize the gains and losses. Perhaps he was too shocked!
Well, according to Nakajima Tokutaro's idea, at the beginning, there were more than 1000 Japanese troops in Yangquan City. This was the result of transferring a battalion to Beiyue District to fight a security battle.

Moreover, his artillery battalion was in the city, which was the cornerstone of stabilizing the entire battlefield! But when did things go wrong? And what was the reason?

Was it that damned incompetent Yagi who, with more than 2,000 Imperial Army soldiers, failed to break through the Eighth Route Army's blockade and even had the nerve to ask for help? Or was it that the Eighth Route Army's assault force was so strong that they wiped out the accompanying infantry and artillery in front of the defenders, and even hijacked the mountain artillery and turned the guns around? Or was it the armored vehicles that suddenly appeared today?
Yes, it was the armored vehicle! If the armored vehicle had not suddenly appeared and disrupted the original defense plan, nothing would have happened! No, that was not right. The Eighth Route Army had mountain artillery in hand, and there was also an expert in using artillery. If that expert mobilized the mountain artillery and fired all the shells at a firepower point, then the firepower point probably wouldn't last too long!
Even if they cannot destroy the firepower point of the bunker, they can still fire one round after another to cover the demolition team's advance, and then...

"In this battle, it's not because of my poor command. It's simply because the enemy is too strong and has far more troops than us!" Just as his deputy was anxiously waiting, Nakajima Tokutaro suddenly blurted out this sentence.

"General, now is not the time to discuss the reasons for failure. You are required to make a decision. Should we defend the city to the death, or seek another way out for the future?" the deputy said quickly.

"Let's break out! But before we do, we need to send a battle report to the military headquarters and the front headquarters! Don't worry, we won't attack us right away. There's still time!" Nakajima Tokutaro's voice was calm, and it also made the Japanese soldiers quiet down.

"Signalman, record! Independent Mixed Brigade 4, reporting from Yu Yangquan: This morning, our unit received... According to the existing intelligence, the Eighth Route Army has deployed at least five divisions to launch this war. The troops besieging our Yangquan number from one to two divisions, and there is at least one heavy artillery regiment, a battalion of tanks and armored vehicles, and..."

"Therefore, my army cannot guarantee the safety of Yangquan. We need to burn the supplies and then move to Yuxian! If the move fails, I will commit seppuku to thank the Emperor! Nakajima Tokutaro presents this."

Nakajima Tokutaro spoke word by word, and several signalmen beside him recorded the information, and after confirming that it was correct, they went to send the message. At this time, Nakajima Tokutaro breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the battlefield in the south of the city where smoke was still rising.

Nakajima Tokutaro thought that there was no problem with his command of this battle. The problem was that the Eighth Route Army was too powerful and had too many troops. His own efforts could not keep up with the pace of the Eighth Route Army's growth. For example, after knowing that the Eighth Route Army had armored vehicles, he ordered people to block the city gates and set up a number of fire points on the streets adjacent to the city gates to block the sudden attack of the armored vehicles.

However, the city gate was blasted open by mountain artillery, the sandbags blocking the city gate were blown away, and even the firing points blocking the front street were bombarded by the shells fired into the city.

As for the bunkers on the upper part of the city wall? And the hidden bunkers? None of the soldiers inside were useful, and they were all killed in the explosion. In short, he deserved to lose this battle!

When Nakajima Tokutaro sent the telegram, the troops of the independent regiment had already spread out, moving from both sides of the southern city gate and began to gather towards the northern city gate. When they were about to reach the eastern city gate, the soldiers found that some Japanese were gathering in front of the doors of some buildings, so they opened fire from a distance and exchanged fire with the Japanese.

At the same time, the first squad of the special forces team led by Li Yuexuan also arrived in the city, and the regrouped quick reaction company, led by Hu Lanzhou, dispersed forward along the streets in the city! At this time, it was clear how cautious the special forces members and the comrades of the quick reaction company were.

They did not rush forward mindlessly, but carefully checked the situation on the street, especially the shop doors, walls, corners and other places on both sides of the street, to see if there was anything suspicious! There was no other way, Li Yuexuan had told them how to use the streets and deploy directional mines to carry out a comprehensive attack!
Therefore, those who are good at special operations and have seen the power of directional mines will check more carefully to avoid being hit by them! Directional mines are a thing that will do you no good, no matter if you are a special operations team member or an ordinary soldier! So such weapons can only be used to attack the Japanese, and don't let your own people get hit...

Therefore, when the soldiers of the independent regiment were exchanging fire with the Japanese who were burning supplies, the special operations team and the quick reaction company were still several hundred meters away from the Japanese position.

"No matter what, there is a firefight ahead, we can't just stand there and watch! Platoon leader, take your men and quickly pass through the block ahead, reach the firefighting location, and fight with the comrades of the independent regiment!" Faced with the new situation, Hu Lanzhou also became bolder and sent out more than 50 people in his hands.

Soon, amid the sounds of Type 38 rifles, Type 99 rifles and semi-automatic guns, there were the sounds of assault rifles and submachine guns.

Once the sound of submachine guns and assault rifles stopped, the wave of Japanese soldiers responsible for burning the supplies would not be eliminated!
"General, there is no way the supplies can be destroyed!"

"General, the commander of the front, Mr. Gangcun, sent a telegram. He asked you to break out as soon as possible. The priority is to preserve the manpower!"

"Okay then, let's break out towards Yu County. I hope Yu County has not been attacked by the Eighth Route Army!" Nakajima Tokutaro sighed and led his men out of the city.

In Yu County, in the northwest, a regiment coming from Beiyue District was looking at the county from afar.

"Captain, why do you want us to gather here? Is there any reason for this?" (End of this chapter)