Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 1284 The decisive moment (second update!)
The chief of staff next to him affirmed: "Master, the current strength of the Eighth Route Army is indeed very shocking."

"A few years ago, only the Imperial Army could have possessed such intense artillery fire~ Although the artillery fire is still going on now, I can already guess that the casualties of the warriors must have been very heavy!"

Everyone in the headquarters was praying for the shelling to end soon. The shelling of the heavy artillery battalion was over, but the shelling of the mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and mortars had just begun.

Everyone who had just relaxed their nerves tensed up again, with a more solemn expression on their faces than before.

"Division commander, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning!" the chief of staff scolded with gritted teeth.

"First use heavy artillery to destroy the trenches we just dug, and then use ordinary artillery to attack our soldiers who lost the cover of the trenches..."

"The heavy artillery and ordinary artillery cooperate with each other, and the loss of the troops must be huge!"

The head of Division Kato had a sullen face and did not speak.

But a pair of red eyes have already told everyone the anger and aggrieved heart at this moment.

I don't know how long it took, but the explosion that enveloped their ears finally stopped.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack!" As soon as the artillery stopped, a lieutenant rushed in.

"Da da da……"

Not far away, dense gunshots came indistinctly, everywhere in all directions.

"It must be the Eighth Route Army launching a full-scale attack on us!" Lieutenant General Kato judged with a sullen face.

Immediately ordered: "Chief of staff, send all the reserves in our hands up, and send the guards up, leaving only one guard squad. No matter what, we must withstand the attack of the Eighth Route Army and hold our positions!"

Seeing the chief of staff rushing out, Lieutenant General Kato was not at ease and ordered: "The supply unit, the artillery unit, immediately dig a second circular fortification 500 meters behind the existing circular fortification!"

"Once the outer circular fortifications cannot be defended, we will immediately retreat to the second circular fortification!"

"It is definitely impossible for us to withdraw from the base of the Eighth Route Army and continue northward, and the chance of winning Linfen City is also very slim."

"So, the next thing we need to do is to hold our positions and inflict the greatest casualties on the Eighth Route Army attacking us. We deserve to die!"

Lieutenant General Kato said this sentence in a particularly sad and indignant manner, but it is also very inspiring.

Many officers in the headquarters who still had a chance of survival immediately fell into despair after hearing these words.

After despair, these people become mad.

Now that it was impossible to survive, he became unscrupulous when fighting, and his combat power rose instead of falling, to the extreme.

"Boom boom boom..."

Suddenly, a dense explosion sounded in the northeast corner of the battlefield.

Lieutenant General Kato's face suddenly turned pale, and then exclaimed: "No, the northeast corner of the circular fortification is the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Go find the chief of staff immediately, and send at least two infantry squadrons from the reserve to reinforce the northeast corner!"

In less than 5 minutes, the chief of staff came back with a pale face and thick gauze was still tied on his arm, the gauze had been dyed red by the deep red blood.

After rushing into the headquarters, he reported with a look of despair.

"It's over~ Division Chief, we're done~"

"Two infantry brigades and a reserve team of guards suffered heavy losses from the 20-minute shelling of the Eighth Route Army before they entered the battlefield!"

"Nearly 500 imperial troops, but less than [-] people can still continue to fight!"

"The front-line troops lost even more. The fortifications in many places were blown up. The entire squad of the troops was killed by the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army. The defense line was full of defensive gaps."

"All the reserve teams went to the battlefield to plug those gaps!"

"If I'm not wrong in my judgment, we lost at least 2000 people in the shelling just now~"

"It's the northeast corner. Has any troops been sent to the northeast corner of the position? That's the real main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army!" Kato asked eagerly.

The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "The humble officer has no more troops!"

"But Beizhi has just issued an order to the logistics wing to deploy at least 500 people to reinforce the front line in the northeast!"

"That's good!" Lieutenant General Kato heaved a sigh of relief!

It's only been dark for three or four hours now, and the first half of the night hasn't passed yet
If the circular fortification defended by so many people didn't hold on even in the first half of the night, then even if he died in battle, he would become the laughing stock of the imperial army.

Less than 2 minutes after the tense nerves were relaxed, a violent explosion sounded again in the northwest corner of the battlefield.

"Sir, at least one artillery group with more than fifty artillery pieces is shelling our position in the northwest corner!" The artillery staff officer next to him reported with a pale face.

The artillery fire strength exposed by the Eighth Route Army in the past two nights completely overturned his imagination.

In the past, it was he who looked down on the Eighth Route Army, suppressed the Eighth Route Army and chased them to fight.

At this moment, he didn't even have the capital to fight back, he could only watch the imperial army fled in all directions after being bombarded by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, like a bereaved dog.

Lieutenant General Kato's nerves tensed again, subconsciously ordered.

"Chief of Staff, deploy another 500 people from the logistics wing to reinforce the position in the northwest corner, immediately!"

As soon as the combat staff rushed out of the tent to give orders, a major rushed in from outside.

From top to bottom, there was hardly a complete piece of the military uniform, and it was blackened by the gunpowder style, and many places were stained red with blood.

On the arms, on the face, there were wounds everywhere, bright red blood.

Before Lieutenant General Kato could speak, he rushed in and shouted in despair.

"It's over~ Sir, my Ninth Battalion is over!"

"The artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army was so fierce that the warriors were blown to death without even seeing the enemy!"

"The position has also been breached by the Eighth Route Army. At least one thousand Eighth Route Army is coming here. Please transfer immediately, Your Excellency, Division Commander!"

"Baga!" Kato cursed as his eyes turned red quickly.

"With the troops gone, do you still have the face to live?"

Shao Zuo shook his head and replied: "I don't intend to live, but the communication soldiers are all dead. I will temporarily act as an agent for the communication soldiers. Now that the mission of the communication soldiers has been completed, I will go back to fight and join the warriors under my command. If I die, I will die together!"

After finishing speaking, the major rushed out of the tent, not giving Kato a chance to speak at all!

"Your Excellency, Chief of the Protection Division, transfer immediately!" The chief of staff reacted quickly and subconsciously ordered.

Then he commanded the only remaining squad of the guards, and despite the opposition of the Kato Division, forcibly carried him to transfer.

When he moved to a section of trenches that was temporarily safe, all kinds of bad news came one after another like snowflakes, without even a chance to breathe!
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(End of this chapter)