The chief of staff walked for less than ten minutes and came back with a solemn face!

When he saw Major General Noda, he hurriedly reported: "General, something is wrong!" ”

"We suddenly lost contact with the reinforcements, and the radio called many times without a response! There was no response to the call to the Motor Transport Brigade! ”

"More than an hour ago, they reported: they encountered the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army at a distance of five kilometers from the blockade line!"

"Now that contact is directly lost, I'm worried that something happened to them there?"

"No way, they can't have an accident!" Rear Admiral Noda denied it without thinking about it!

Before the reinforcements attacked, he thought that Datong City might be attacked, and that the reinforcements might be late, and when he arrived at the blockade line, the Eighth Route Army had successfully broken through and returned to their base area, and the only thing he didn't expect was that the reinforcements would have an accident!

Staring at the chief of staff, he ordered: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Send someone to find it now! ”

"There are five squadrons of reinforcements, more than eight hundred people! Even if they are besieged by the Eighth Route Army, they will not be able to be killed so quickly, and they are still silent, the Eighth Route Army definitely does not have such ability!"

"Immediately send out all the reconnaissance troops in the city, we must find them, we must see people in life, and we must see corpses in death!"

"Also, the contact blockade line is still controlled by the stronghold in our hands, let them also send people to look for it, and report it immediately if there is news!"

At five o'clock in the morning, a scout finally successfully returned to Datong City!

As soon as the chief of staff rushed in, Major General Noda hurriedly asked, "How is it?" There is no news of reinforcements! ”

"Hey!"

The chief of staff lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Major General Noda, and he didn't know how to speak!

"Tell me, what are you doing, what's wrong with them?" A hint of bad premonition popped up in Noda's mind, his eyes stared at the chief of staff, and he asked anxiously!

The chief of staff could only stubbornly answer: "We found a large number of corpses of imperial soldiers and the wreckage of cars five kilometers from the blockade line!" ”

"It's confirmed that they are the reinforcements we sent!"

"More than 800 imperial troops below the captain of the garrison brigade have all been wiped out, and none of them have been spared!"

"All the weapons and ammunition they were equipped with were also captured by the Eighth Route Army, and there was not a single bullet left!"

Major General Noda suddenly sat down in his seat, his face turned white, the corners of his mouth squirmed, and he wanted to speak but couldn't!

The chief of staff continued to report: "Also, in one night of fighting, we had four strongholds, and eleven artillery towers were captured by the Eighth Route Army! ”

"In addition to the total destruction of the reinforcements, the garrisons of these turrets and strongholds have also been wiped out! The losses on the blockade line alone added up to five infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squadron, a mortar squadron, and an additional one and a half regiments of the Imperial Army! ”

"There are reports from the imperial troops who have broken through to the nearby stronghold that after the blockade line was broken, they saw a large number of Eighth Route Army returning to the base area through the blockade line, and the black pressure was overwhelming a large area, and the number was not less than 5,000 people!"

Noda Shaojian slowly calmed down and replied with a calm face: "In other words, the Eighth Route Army hiding in the mountains not only successfully returned to their base area, but also took a bite back before breaking through and ate our reinforcements of more than 800 people!" ”

"In the words of the Chinese, we lost our wife and soldiers in this battle, and we were absolutely defeated!"

The chief of staff lowered his head and stood in front of him without speaking!

At this time, Major General Noda, who had been staring at the sand table, also changed his face and became more and more dignified!

"Yaga! Now there's a big problem! ”

"More than half of our garrisons on the blockade line have suffered casualties, and it is impossible to stop the Eighth Route Army from entering our occupied area!"

"There are less than five hundred imperial troops left in Datong City now, and all of them are imperial army! Once this situation is known to the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely not let go of this opportunity to take Datong City! ”

The chief of staff quickly reacted: "General, you are worried that the Eighth Route Army will cross the blockade line and directly attack Datong City!" ”

"I can't rule it out!" Major General Noda replied with a calm face!

After thinking for a few seconds, he decided: "Now there is only one way!" ”

"Defend Datong City at all costs!"

"Since we can't stop the Eighth Route Army, and the blockade line is in vain, it's better to give up!"

"Immediately contact the remaining garrisons of the blockade line, abandon the turrets and strongholds, and march back to Datong City!"

"We still have nearly 2,000 imperial troops and nearly 3,000 imperial troops on the blockade line, and with them guarding Datong, even if the Eighth Route Army dispatches tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to break through!"

"Jingle Bell ......"

Before the chief of staff moved, the phone rang again after ringing in the middle of the night!

The combat staff officer picked up the microphone and stopped for less than half a minute, and his face turned pale!

Putting down the microphone, he hurriedly shouted: "General, something is wrong!" ”

"The stronghold of Jiuyang Town reported that they were attacked by at least one main regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"

"The Eighth Route Army is attacking fiercely, and the troops have suffered heavy casualties!"

Major General Noda opened his mouth and before he could react from the shock, the rapid phone rang again!

The combat staff officer hurriedly picked up the microphone, and this time he only listened to it for a few seconds before covering the microphone with both hands, and hurriedly reported: "The stronghold of Songlou Village urgently reported that they were attacked by at least two main battalions of the Eighth Route Army, and they were also equipped with mortars, and the troops suffered heavy casualties!" ”

"General, the stronghold of Huangzhen is in an emergency, they are being attacked by a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army! The Eighth Route Army was armed with mortars and heavy machine guns, and the troops were caught off guard and had lost nearly a squad of infantry! ”

"Eight Tooth Road! Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on! Major General Noda finally reacted from the shock, and the whole person was like an angry lion, scolding loudly!

The chief of staff thought for a moment and replied, "General, will your judgment just now come true?" ”

Noda reacted suddenly: "It must be so, the Eighth Route Army is eyeing our Datong City!" ”

"Gather the remaining troops of our blockade line and annihilate them, Datong City will become a beautiful woman stripped naked, with no defense, it will definitely not be able to stop their heavy attack!"

At this time, the intelligence staff officer rushed in, his expression was both nervous and dignified!

After glancing at Major General Noda, he reported very weakly: "General, I just received information from my humble position!" ”

"There was a large-scale military movement in the base area of the Eighth Route Army last night!"

"At least four more main regiments are killing our blockade line!"

Seeing that Major General Noda had a calm face and did not speak, the chief of staff hurriedly relieved the siege and said, "Your intelligence is too late!" ”

"The four main regiments of the Eighth Route Army have begun to attack the remaining strongholds and turrets of the blockade line!"

"And His Excellency the General judged that the real purpose of the Eighth Route Army is not the garrison on our blockade line, but the Datong City where we are located!"

"What are you still doing in a daze, immediately give orders to the strongholds and artillery towers that can still be contacted by the blockade line!"

"Regardless of whether the garrison is attacked or not, the troops must retreat as soon as possible, directly withdraw to Datong City, and withdraw now!"