Chapter 131: Get rid of the damn Yamazaki Battalion! While the boss and the deputy chief of staff were guessing where the Japanese came from and what their goal was. The intelligence personnel successfully intercepted the telegram sent by the Yamazaki Battalion and, combined with previous intelligence, analyzed what was going on with this Japanese army. "Boss, our intelligence personnel have intercepted a telegram sent by the Japanese from Heguzhen to Taiyuan to Shinozuka Yoshio!" "According to the information on the telegram, that group of devils is the Yamazaki Battalion!" The boss listened to the intelligence officer's report and asked in confusion: "Yamazaki Battalion?" "Wasn't the Yamazaki Battalion destroyed in the Shangdang area? Why are there still nearly a thousand people? " "And he's lurking in Hegu Town?" "How come such a large Japanese army was discovered?!"
"Boss, I think this group of Japs from the Yamazaki Battalion are probably the defeated soldiers that the old Jap, Yamazaki Jihei, has regrouped!" "I'm afraid that most of the Japanese defeated soldiers in the entire Shangdang area have been gathered together by Yamazaki Jihei. After most of the areas where the Japanese troops were defeated in the Shangdang region were captured by our side, they fled directly into the mountains. When they encountered our encirclement and suppression troops, they did not fight with us at all and just ran away. The physical fitness of the Japanese soldiers was slightly better than that of our soldiers. In addition, they did not have heavy weapons to slow down their marching speed, and the complex terrain in the mountains meant that many of the Japanese soldiers were able to shake off our encirclement and suppression troops. " "Humph!" Listening to the deputy chief of staff's analysis, the boss snorted and spoke. "Since they were the defeated Japanese soldiers, they were not heading for the headquarters. They probably wanted to withdraw from the Shangdang area from the direction of Shiquan County, and then stepped on dog shit and accidentally discovered the Heguzhen Logistics Department." "Since this old devil Yamazaki Jihei has gathered the defeated devil soldiers in the Shangdang area, we can wipe them out in one fell swoop!" "Order the troops to quickly surround the Heguzhen area. The 386th Brigade will be responsible for the main attack. Annihilate this damn Yamazaki Battalion!" "Qin Yangming, take your troops back and prepare for battle!" Qin Yangming listened to the boss's order and was a little worried: "Boss, if I leave with the troops, the safety of the headquarters will be affected..." "The headquarters is protected by the guard battalion, so you don't need to worry. Do you think these Japanese fleeing soldiers have the strength to break out of your 386th Brigade's encirclement and then attack the headquarters?" "Go, execute the order!" "Yes!" After listening to what the boss said, Qin Yangming immediately left the headquarters and began to gather troops to head towards Hegu Town. …… Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka's headquarters. When Yoshio Shinozuka learned that the Yamazaki Battalion had discovered the Eighth Route Army's arsenal, he immediately convened a military meeting. "When the Yamazaki Battalion was retreating to Shiquan County, it accidentally discovered the Eighth Route Army Arsenal. The Yamazaki Battalion decided to attack the Eighth Route Army Arsenal and attract the siege of the Eighth Route Army's main force."
"Gentlemen, Lieutenant Colonel Jihei Yamazaki, we have created a great opportunity. The Yamazaki Battalion attacked the Eighth Route Army Arsenal. In order to prevent the arsenal from being destroyed, the Eighth Route Army had to mobilize troops from Shiquan County and Linyuan County to besiege the Yamazaki Battalion. The troops from Shiquan County and Linyuan County were transferred away, so the defenses of the two county towns of Linyuan County and Shiquan County must be left empty. I decided to mobilize troops to attack Linyuan County and Shiquan County and recapture these two county towns. Then, we will cooperate with the Yamazaki Battalion to eliminate the Eighth Route Army troops in Shiquan County and Linyuan County, and destroy the Eighth Route Army Arsenal at the same time!" "When the outer defense is lost, our troops will be able to march straight in and retake the Shangdang area again!" Yoshio Shinozuka spoke out his plan and then turned his attention to the others present. "Commander, please let my Ninth Brigade take the lead. I will definitely lead the troops to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line as quickly as possible and support the Yamazaki Battalion!" "Commander, I request to lead the troops to launch an attack from the direction of Linyuan County. I promise to recapture Linyuan County in ten hours!" After listening to what Yoshio Shinozuka said, the Japanese soldiers began to scramble for the attack mission. The large Eighth Route Army forces in Linyuan County and Shiquan County were attracted by the Yamazaki Battalion. Then these two empty county towns were simply free military merits, how could they not want them? "Yoshi, I plan to send the 9th, 13th and 4th Brigades as well as the Air Force to launch an attack at the same time. I will not only annihilate the entire Eighth Route Army in Linyuan County and Shiquan County, I will also annihilate all the Eighth Route Army troops in the Shangdang area! Even if we cannot annihilate all the Eighth Route Army, we must inflict heavy damage on them!" "Hi!" …… And on a hillside outside the ancient town. After taking down the logistics department's transport team, Jihei Yamazaki directly obtained a batch of ammunition and equipment replenishment. With enough ammunition, Yamazaki Jihei forcibly captured the Wangjiapo defensive position located on the outskirts of Hegu Town and occupied the top of the hill. Yamazaki Jihei did not directly send troops to attack Hegu Town. Currently, he only has more than 700 troops left, and their equipment and ammunition are barely enough to support the attack. So Yamazaki Jihei chose to defend Wangjiapo and wait for Yoshio Shinozuka to send reinforcements from other places. On the top of the hill, a large number of Japanese soldiers were repairing their fortifications and repositioning the captured heavy machine guns. The transport team of the logistics department brought three slightly damaged 82mm mortars. There were veteran artillerymen among the defeated Japanese soldiers. Those old Japs dismantled parts everywhere and repaired two of the three 82mm mortars. This gave the Yamazaki Battalion a certain amount of artillery support. Takagi Xixiong stood on a high place and looked through a telescope at the Eighth Route Army that was rapidly surrounding them, and then hurried to report this information to Yamazaki Jihei. "Senior, our scouts report that a large group of Eighth Route Army troops are beginning to surround us. We are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army!" Yamazaki Jihei sat on the ammunition box, leaning on his saber with both hands, listening to Takagi Hiroki's report, and waved his hands: "Takagi-kun, this is not called being surrounded." "This is called a fire in the rear!" "As long as we hold on to this hilltop and wait for reinforcements to arrive, we will be able to wipe out the Eighth Route Army troops in Linyuan County and Shiquan County in one fell swoop. Then, while the Eighth Route Army is still not firmly established in Shangdang, we can attack Shangdang again and retake it."
"Okay, Takagi-kun, take a break. We'll have another attack later." Takagi Xixiong listened to what Yamazaki Jihei said, nodded, and was about to go back to the back to rest when a Japanese soldier came over with a telegram. "Sir, Commander Yoshio Shinozuka sent a telegram!" "read." Gao Muxiong took the telegram from the other party. "The 9th, 13th, and 4th Brigades are on their way, and the aviation force has taken off." (End of this chapter)
