Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 408

Before the chief of staff went out, a major rushed in directly.

"Sir, there are a large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army around Taiyuan City. They are equipped with a large number of artillery and are attacking the artillery towers and checkpoints outside Taiyuan City!"

"How many people are there, how many artillery are equipped, find out immediately!" Shinozuka Yoshio ordered while staring at the major.

As soon as Shao Zuo left, Shinozuka Yoshio turned his attention to the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, shouldn't you give me an explanation! So many Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared outside Taiyuan City, what is your staff doing? Intelligence Department, what are you doing with your intelligence network, so many Eighth Route Army lurking outside Taiyuan City don’t even know, do you have to wait for them to go all the way into Taiyuan City before you find out!”

"Please rest assured, Commander, I will immediately check the strength and equipment of the Eighth Route Army outside the city!"

At the moment of life and death, the devil's efficiency is very high.

In less than 10 minutes, the chief of staff returned to Shinozuka Yoshio's side with a serious expression on his face.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there are more than one division of the Tuba Road attacking us outside the city. They are well-equipped. There are nearly two brigades of Guangshan Field Artillery. In addition, they are also equipped with a large number of thunder cannons and mortars. Their offensive capabilities are very strong!"

"It's only been 10 minutes since they attacked, and we have already lost several of the artillery towers and checkpoints we arranged outside Taiyuan City!"

"Also, our reinforcement troops at Taiyuan Airport were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army outside the city, and the entire army was wiped out. Now the Eighth Route Army has entered the airport! If there is no rescue, the airport security team can last for at most two hours!"

"Baga!" Yoshio Shinozuka's bad premonition came to mind again.

Although he hasn't figured out why yet, he trusts his instincts.

As a soldier, and an excellent soldier at that, Yoshio Shinozuka believed in his intuition very much.Because, in his military career, intuition has saved his life more than once, and even turned a battle from defeat to victory.

At this moment, the communications staff officer suddenly barged in.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Fourth Mixed Brigade of Yangquan sent an urgent call. Yangquan was once again besieged by the Tuba Road. The troops suffered heavy losses. We request reinforcements!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another staff officer broke in: "Your Excellency, Commander Yuan Yuan sent an urgent message. Just now, the troops were suddenly counterattacked by the Tuba Road. The battle is continuing, but the Tuba Road's offensive is very fierce, and the casualties of the troops are very high." big!"

Not long after, Shinozuka Yoshio received telegrams that seven or eight surrounding counties were under attack.

"Bageyalu, I understand!" After hearing bad news one after another, and hearing the continuous sound of guns and artillery from outside the city, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was frowning, finally showed an expression of sudden understanding.

"This is definitely a conspiracy by Tuba Road, a conspiracy against our Taiyuan City!"

The chief of staff, Major General Tanaka, immediately interjected: "The ultimate goal of the Eighth Route Army is to take our Taiyuan City. The reason why we attacked so many counties around us at one time is to hold back our troops stationed in these counties and prevent them from reinforcing Taiyuan City!"

Speaking of this, Major General Tanaka's brigade commander's face suddenly turned pale, and he reminded with a worried face: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have been fooled!"

"Last night, we sent reinforcements of more than 1 people. Now, the defenders of Taiyuan City and the Imperial Association Army only have more than 1000 people. It must be very difficult to defend such a large city of Taiyuan!"

"Xiaozhi immediately sent a telegram to the reinforcements we sent out yesterday, asking them to quickly return to Taiyuan City!"

"It's late!" Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio replied with a gloomy face, very helpless.

"Didn't you hear the telegram just now? All the reinforcements we sent out were counterattacked by the Tuba Route, and suddenly withdrew from the battle. The casualties must have been very heavy. And since the Eighth Route Army's goal is Taiyuan City, they will definitely hold back the reinforcements desperately. Don't let them return to Taiyuan!"

"Then what should we do! There are too few defenders in Taiyuan City, and they certainly won't be able to hold on for too long!" Major General Tanaka asked anxiously, staring at Yoshio Shinozuka.

The worry on Shinozuka Yoshio's face disappeared at this moment, and a sneer appeared on his face.

In front of all the subordinates of the headquarters, he shouted arrogantly: "Tuba Road too underestimated the strength of our imperial army, and also overestimated our own combat power."

"Taiyuan City is not an ordinary county town. Even if they are equipped with a lot of mountain artillery, they may not be able to capture it. What's more, we still have more than 1 troops in Taiyuan City!"

"Chief of Staff, immediately organize your troops to enter the fortifications of the outer city. Our checkpoints and artillery towers outside the city will definitely not last long!"

"We have perfect fortifications in the outer city, even if Tuba Road is equipped with a lot of mountain running, it will be difficult to capture!"

"So, we only need to deploy a thousand imperial alliance troops in each direction of the outer city, and five hundred imperial troops will do!"

"No problem!" Major General Tanaka replied after silently calculating the strength of the troops at hand.

Shinozuka Yoshio continued to order: "The rest of the troops, regardless of the Imperial Association Army or the Imperial Army, are all deployed in the inner city!"

"As long as we persist until dawn, the Eighth Route Army attacking us outside the city will retreat~"

"Chief of Staff, don't forget that even if Taiyuan Airport is destroyed by Tuba Road, we still have several airports in Shanxi. They can send planes to reinforce us as soon as the sun breaks."

"Also, Chief of Staff, don't forget that there are many expatriates from the Great Japanese Empire in Taiyuan City, and many of them are veterans who have served in the army. If we gather them, we can have at least [-] more elites! "

The chief of staff, Major General Tanaka, was finally not in a hurry, and the worried expression on his face disappeared, and he immediately replied: "Your Excellency, Commander, is alive, and the humble officer will arrange it immediately!"

"The humble job promises that the Tuba Road outside the city who attacked us must pay the price!"

At Taiyuan Airport, the Japanese garrison with less than 1000 people has lost less than 500 people, and they are all scattered in warehouses and barracks to hold on to several places.

In Nuoda's airport, the battles are all going on around these points.

"Bring in all the six field cannons of the field artillery company, and bomb one house at a time. Since they don't want to come out, then bury them in the ruins!" Political commissar Cheng Xiao ordered with a murderous look on his face, frowning. road.

"But, Brigadier, the field artillery has been sent to the Second Regiment, and it will take at least an hour to be transferred!" The guard battalion commander Zhong Yusheng replied with a frown.

"Use a tank!" Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded behind Cheng Xiao.

"Old Wang, why are you here? If you don't stay at the north gate, you won't be afraid of accidents?" Cheng Xiao asked, frowning.

"It's fine to command Yang Xiong in the peripheral battle. I heard that you captured two tanks here. If they can still be used, then we will rely on them to break through the north gate of Taiyuan City! Take me to see the tank first. If it is good, help you get rid of the airport first." The rest of the devils, then go back to the north gate!"

In order to take down the hundreds of devils trapped in the barracks, the guard battalion has suffered more than 100 casualties.

If there are tanks to help, the casualties of the guard battalion will definitely be minimized.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xiao's eyes quickly flashed twice, and after thinking about it, he replied: "Go, I will go with you to see these two tanks, which are just behind!"

(End of this chapter)