Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 801 The Chief of Staff Walks on Thin Ice ([-]rd update!)

Seeing that everyone was silent, the chief of staff could only stand up and analyze: "The Eighth Route Army in Linfen is different from other Eighth Route Army units. It is well equipped and has strong combat effectiveness..."

"More importantly, they are scheming. The battle situation that Linfen has notified us many times proves this!"

Major Murata frowned and asked, "What do you want to say, Chief of Staff?"

The chief of staff hesitated for a while and replied: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning, and it is best at defeating the imperial army one by one. I think that our immediate delay is to concentrate all the troops outside the city in the county seat, relying on the county seat to hold on, and not give the Eighth Route Army Every chance to defeat us!"

"What about outside the city? What about the interests of the imperial army outside the city?" Murata Shao Zuo subconsciously wanted to agree.However, as the commander of the Xiangfen Japanese garrison, if the Eighth Route Army ordered the troops to shrink as soon as they started to attack, it would appear too incompetent and too cowardly!
The chief of staff analyzed: "Sir, the most important benefit of Xiangfen to the imperial army is food! Don't forget that just yesterday, all the food collected by the towns from the people of China has been delivered to the county seat. A total of more than 900 million catties, and it was almost sent to Linfen City!"

"Since the food has been harvested, the imperial army will not get any other benefits from Xiangfen in a short period of time. If this is the case, then temporarily abandon the villages and towns outside the city, stick to the county seat, and protect the 900 million catties of food in the city!"

"There is another advantage of doing this, which can minimize the loss of the imperial army."

"When the Linfen garrison regains its strength and reinforcements arrive, we still have the strength to cooperate with the main force and eliminate the Eighth Route Army that has entered Xiangfen. Instead of wasting our troops on the battle that we know we can't win!"

Major Chun didn't answer, but frowned and fell into deep thought.

Just then, the telegraph operator from the next room rushed in.

"Sir, we have lost contact with Deng Zhuang! All radio and telephone connections have been cut off!"

The chief of staff was in a hurry, and continued to persuade: "They must have encountered an accident, sir. If they can take down the Dengzhuang stronghold in such a short period of time, and wipe out one of our reinforced squadrons and two companies of the puppet army, it is certain that they will enter Xiangfen The Eighth Route Army must be the main force of the new regiment!"

"If we let them enter Xiangfen, our other squadron scattered outside the city will definitely repeat the same mistake and be wiped out by the new regiment. At that time, if the Eighth Route Army has the courage to attack the county, we will not have enough troops to defend the county!"

"Sir, a decision must be made immediately, and it will be too late if you delay!"

Murata Shaozuo first showed a very painful expression on his face, and then gritted his teeth and cursed: "Bageyalu, the cunning Eighth Route Army, sooner or later, I will ask you to pay in blood!"

"Chief of Staff, immediately go and issue an order: all our troops stationed outside the city, quickly retreat to the county seat!"

"Bring back the materials if they can be brought back, and blow them up if they can't be brought back. They must never fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army and become enemies!"

"Also, call me Linfen immediately, I want to talk to the Chief of Staff!"

Linfen City Japanese Army Brigade Command, after Major General Matsumoto was taken away by the military police, because the newly appointed brigade commander had not yet arrived, the chief of staff became the supreme commander of Linfen City.

For the past few days, the chief of staff has been walking on thin ice, deeply afraid that something will happen to Linfen before the new brigade chief arrives.

"Dinglingling..." Suddenly, a rush of phone ringing woke up the chief of staff who was frowning and thinking.

Less than a minute after receiving the phone call from the communication staff officer, the chief of staff's face changed, and beads of bean-sized sweat appeared on his forehead.

As soon as he put down the phone, he cursed: "Bageyalu, you cunning Xinyi group, no wonder Linfen is so quiet, so their goal has changed!"

Then he ordered to the combat staff officer on the side: "Immediately mark the situation of the troops stationed in Xiangfen and surrounding counties on the sand table!"

"Xiangfen was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the garrison has already shrunk its troops to the county seat. However, we cannot just watch the Xinyi regiment control the villages and towns in Xiangfen except the county seat. Otherwise, their base area will at least double, or even more !"

"There is also the intelligence department, the Eighth Route Army has such a large-scale mobilization of troops, so there is no news coming!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the intelligence staff rushed in.

"Sir, urgent information comes from the base of Xinyituan!"

"The first battalion of the new regiment was stationed. In the afternoon, half of the battalion of more than 500 troops was suddenly sent to Xiangfen!"

"Because the Eighth Route Army's base area was too tightly blocked, the information was sent to Linfen two hours later than usual!"

The chief of staff frowned and made a judgment: "These more than 500 people must be the Eighth Route Army that attacked Xiangfen. The Xiangfen garrison is too incompetent, and the Eighth Route Army with more than 500 people beat them like that!"

The intelligence staff hesitated for a moment and replied: "Sir, the [-]th Route Army is not an ordinary Eighth Route Army. They brought mortars, heavy machine guns, and two infantry artillery!"

"As far as I know, the Xiangfen garrison is just a garrison brigade, not even equipped with infantry artillery, and it has to be stationed in many places. It is easy to be defeated by the Eighth Route Army!"

The chief of staff did not answer with a sullen face, staring at his subordinates marking the enemy's situation on the combat sand table!

Soon, the combat staff officer stopped, and then reported with a serious face: "Sir, in several counties including Xiangfen, only the Eighth Route Army guerrillas are active, and we have not deployed the main force!"

"Each county has only one mixed garrison brigade, and one regiment of the Imperial Association Army, with a total strength of less than 2000!"

Another combat staff officer followed up and added: "We don't have any troops anymore! The two brigades have just returned to full strength, because there are too many recruits and they are still training!"

"One brigade defends the city, one brigade controls Linfen North and the railway line, the railway station, and one brigade maneuvers!"

"If the mobile unit is transferred there, if something happens to Linfen, we can only watch!"

The chief of staff replied very positively: "The troops in Linfen City cannot be moved. Not only can they not move, but the garrison in Linfen must be further strengthened. The Xinyi Regiment is too cunning. No one knows whether the attack on Xiangfen is their strategy to attack the east or the real Attack, want to control Xiangfen!"

"Then what should we do? Call Xiangfen back and let them hold on. We don't have any troops to reinforce them. Let them hold on until the brigade recovers its combat effectiveness!" The combat staff officer was very aggrieved and shouted unwillingly.

The chief of staff hesitated and reminded: "Can you transfer troops from the surrounding counties!"

"One squadron is dispatched from a county, and the total is one plus the brigade. Adding in a regiment of the Imperial Association Army and Xiangfen's own garrison, more than 3000 people should be able to deal with a battalion of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Sure!" the combat staff officer affirmed!

"Although these garrisons are not equipped with infantry artillery, they are equipped with mortars. In addition to direct shooting, mortars are no worse than infantry artillery on the battlefield!"

"I'll give the order right away!"

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