Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 411 Too Abnormal! (Third update!)

"Bageya Road, the cunning Tubalu, why did you attack Taiyuan instead of other cities!" Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help complaining, holding back his anger.

At this moment, the chief of staff suddenly broke in, with a solemn face, and then reported in a heavy tone.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth Route Army's offensive is too fierce, and all the attacking troops from four directions have been killed outside the city. The defenders we deployed in the artillery towers and checkpoints outside the city are all killed!"

"How could it be so fast!" Shinozuka Yoshio immediately reacted from the anger just now.

"According to my inference, the defenders outside the city can hold the Eighth Route Army for at least two hours, or even longer. Now it only takes an hour and a half for the Eighth Route Army to kill Taiyuan City. What are they doing?"

"Also, how did the Eighth Route Army do it? Could it be that the Eighth Route Army that attacked us is particularly powerful!"

"No!" The chief of staff quickly shook his head in denial.

"The soldiers fought very bravely. None of the imperial troops we deployed outside the city were deserters. However, the offensive firepower of the Tuba Road was too strong, which completely overturned our understanding of the Eighth Route Army. Just bombard it with artillery!"

Seeing that Yoshio Shinozuka's face was getting more and more serious, and seemed to be on the verge of anger, Major General Tanaka changed the subject and hurriedly reported the good news.

"However, don't worry too much, Commander!"

"Although the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army is powerful, it doesn't have much effect in front of the solid fortifications of Taiyuan City."

"Now they have been blocked on the front line of the city wall. No matter how fierce their artillery fire is, the city wall stands still in front of them. And because the fortifications of the city are very strong, the loss of our defensive troops on the battlefield is very small!"

"Humble job affirmation: As long as the Eighth Route Army has no new tactics and tactics, we can stick to the fortifications of the outer city until dawn!"

"Yoshi!" Shinozuka Yoshio's heavy face finally looked a lot better.

Frowning, he ordered: "Chief of Staff, open the arsenal in Taiyuan City, and try to strengthen the blocking firepower of the defenders!"

"Send a telegram to the reinforcements we have sent out, get rid of contact with the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, return to Taiyuan City, and attack them from the back of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Call back to the Front Army Command: Our First Army is confident in defending Taiyuan City. If possible, we will gather and annihilate the Eighth Route Army attacking Taiyuan City outside Taiyuan City. However, I hope that the Front Army will cooperate and contact the surrounding Army Air Forces. As long as conditions permit, immediately Send out aviation to reinforce the battlefields, and bomb and attack our Eighth Route Army troops!"

"Comrades, follow me!" Outside the north gate of Taiyuan City where the guard group attacked, more than 100 Eighth Route Army troops rushed towards the gate of the city with guns in hand under the command of the company commander.It didn't take long for them to rush to a position less than 200 meters away from the city gate.

The Devil Major, who was hiding in the city defense fortifications, was first startled and then reacted quickly.

"Ba Geya Road, this must be a death squad sent by the Eighth Route Army. Under the cover of artillery fire, they will go to the gate of the city, and then use explosives to blow up the city wall!"

"The troops immediately entered the position and fired back. No matter what, they must be blocked, and they must not be allowed to approach the city wall!"

Amid the yelling and cursing of the devils, twice the number of the Imperial Association Army rushed towards the city with rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns in their arms.

Because there were almost no casualties in the Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the fortifications, the casualties began to increase suddenly

Many people were blown up by shells falling from the sky as soon as they rushed to the top of the city.

Especially the Flying Thunder Cannon shells, which were as powerful as heavy artillery, fell down and exploded with an explosive package. All the Imperial Association Army and devils within 20 meters around were blown up, and there was no one left alive.

Soon, Major Guizi realized something was wrong. "Bageya Road, we were fooled. The Eighth Route Army didn't attack at all!"

"They are attacking tentatively, exposing all our troops and firepower, and then consuming us with shelling!"

"Should we let the troops retreat again? The artillery attacking us has at least one mortar battery, one mountain artillery battery, and one thunder artillery battery! In less than a minute, we lost nearly a hundred people!" The adjutant reminded with a frown. road!
"No! You can't retreat!" The major refused decisively.

"No one knows which attack of the Eighth Route Army is real. If we miss it, it will take less than 200 seconds for Tuba Road to reach the foot of the city wall for 20 meters. By then, we will not be able to catch up if we want to fight back!

"Let the troops disperse, disperse as much as possible, and reduce the damage of shells to us!"

"Also, take half of the troops to leave the city and return to the fortifications to avoid artillery fire as a reserve team. They will go up after the troops on the city are almost lost!"

It has been almost half an hour since Shinozuka Yoshio stood in front of the sand table in the First Army Headquarters.

Taiyuan, Yangquan, Shouyang... the battles in more than a dozen counties, large and small, are clearly marked on the sand table.

Although the movement of the enemy and the enemy on the sand table is constantly changing, Yoshio Shinozuka is not happy at all, and is very disappointed.

The Eighth Route Army attacking the county town and the reinforcements seemed to be crazy, regardless of casualties and ammunition consumption, and stuck to them.

It has been more than half an hour since I issued the order to return to the reinforcements, and the three reinforcements rushed back for less than one kilometer.

As for the troops drawn from other surrounding counties, they didn't even have the chance to leave the city.

Once they decide to rush out of the city, the defensive battle will turn into a defeat battle. Not only will they not be able to reinforce Taiyuan City, but they will even be wiped out in the night battles that the Eighth Route Army is good at.

After the telegram was delivered to Shinozuka Yoshio, although Shinozuka Yoshio was very unwilling, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, he could only order the troops to continue to stand firm!
"Baga, is this the Tuba Road we know? Could it be that they really decided to take Taiyuan City even if they did not hesitate to fight our First Army?" shouted.

In Shinozuka Yoshio's view, the Eighth Route Army has always been unwilling to confront the Imperial Army head-on.In the words of the High Command, the Eighth Route Army still needs to recharge its batteries. Only when it is strong enough to protect itself and attack outwards can it launch a counterattack and conduct local decisive battles.

However, the abnormal behavior of the Eighth Route Army in front of him directly made him a little confused!
At this moment, a staff officer suddenly broke in.

"Sir, the city defense force reports that the Eighth Route Army attacking us has started a strong attack. They also fired non-stop when they attacked, and they were completely reckless. The troops suffered heavy casualties!"

"Nani?" Before Shinozuka Yoshio could speak, the Chief of Staff had already taken a step ahead, staring at the staff and asked back.

"How big are the casualties, how long can the outer city defense line last, I want specific information!"

"Hi, contact me right away!" The combat staff officer replied immediately, and he didn't want to stay here for a second!

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