"Nani?" When Tetsushiro Taga heard this, his eyes almost fell to the ground in surprise, and he glared at the devil officer and asked, "Are you sure you didn't translate the telegram incorrectly?" ”

"It's been confirmed, it's true." The devil officer replied in the affirmative.

"Baga Ya Road!" Tetsushiro Taga gritted his teeth and scolded: "How can this be, in the entire Jilu region, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has been completely wiped out by the imperial army, and the remaining remnants of the defeated generals, how can it be possible to completely annihilate a reorganized brigade of the imperial army?" ”

The devil officer couldn't answer this question, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "At present, the second wing has not figured out the truth of the matter, His Excellency Nishijima Dazuo has led a large group of troops to rush to the old city and Gaozhai area, Nishijima Dazuo requests that His Excellency the general can send troops to move closer to the old city and Gaozhai area to assist them in encircling and suppressing this Tuba Road. ”

Tetsushiro Taga snorted coldly, and scolded angrily: "This Watanabe is simply a stupid pig, no!" Even a pig is stronger than him. ”

Obviously, Tetsushiro Taga was also angry about this matter, after all, it was the loss of the strength of an integrated brigade, not to mention that in this situation, the Japanese army could be said to have won the victory, but he did not expect to suffer such a heavy defeat.

Tetsushiro Taga scolded twice, and then ordered with a frown: "If I'm not mistaken, the Fifth Brigade has advanced to the vicinity of Yanshan County!" ”

"Hello!" The devil officer hurriedly replied.

"Immediately notify the Fifth Brigade and let them move closer to the area of the old city Gaozhai and assist the Second Brigade in encircling and suppressing this damn Tubalu." Tetsushiro Taga ordered with a serious face.

"Hello!" The devil officer hurriedly answered, turned around and ran to deliver the order.

Tetsushiro Taga raised his head again and looked in the direction of Deng Zhuangzi, his expression becoming extremely serious.

The situation in front of him really caught Tetsushiro Taga a little off guard, and he originally thought that as long as the main force of the Eighth Route Army surrounded by Deng Zhuangzi was eliminated, the war in the Jilu border area would be basically over.

However, the annihilation of Watanabe's brigade near the old castle completely shattered the illusion in Tetsushiro Taga's heart. Obviously, there is still a powerful main force of the Eighth Route Army, which can annihilate a reorganized brigade of the Japanese army in one fell swoop, which shows that the strength of this Eighth Route Army is very strong.

Tetsushiro Taga even doubted that the strength of this army could reach at least one brigade, which was still the lowest estimate, because in the War of Resistance Against Japan, especially in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was not uncommon for a brigade of Japanese troops to defeat a division of the Nationalist Army. Taga Tetsushiro's estimation of the opponent's strength of at least one brigade is not groundless, even if it is the most elite unit of the Eighth Route Army, it is not so easy to encircle and annihilate a Japanese army with a reorganized brigade, even if various unfavorable factors are taken into account, Taga Tetsushiro still believes that the other side has at least one brigade of troops.

However, in the entire Jilu region, only one Sixth Brigade is a brigade-level establishment, and there are several independent regiments that can barely be regarded as the main force, but these Eighth Route Armies have basically been defeated in the sweep of the Japanese army.

So at this time, so many Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared in the old city, Tetsushiro Taga was really puzzled, could it be that the remnants of the Eighth Route Army were all gathered together and attacked the Watanabe Brigade in one fell swoop, but even if these remnants of the defeated generals were all gathered together, how many troops could there be, three thousand? I'm afraid there are only 5,000 people in the sky! Five thousand people surrounded and annihilated a reorganized brigade of them in such a short period of time, and Tetsushiro Taga still felt a little incredible.

As for those militias, in the eyes of Tetsushiro Taga, they were a rabble with no combat effectiveness at all.

Tetsushiro Taga really couldn't figure out what was going on. However, this matter has already attracted the attention of Tetsushiro Taga.

The old devil sighed deeply and said to himself: "It seems that Deng Zhuangzi's dirt and eight roads must be solved as soon as possible, so that the imperial army can gather forces to deal with this mysterious army that suddenly appeared." ”

Tetsushiro Taga turned around suddenly, looked at a devil officer standing behind him, and asked coldly, "Are the troops ready?" Attack immediately and annihilate this abominable force as soon as possible. ”

"Report to Your Excellency, the troops are ready for battle." The devil officer hurriedly replied.

"Yo Xi!" Tetsushiro Taga smiled and nodded, "Prepare to launch an attack and let those Imperial Alliance troops serve as the main attackers." ”

"Nani?" The devil officer couldn't help frowning, and said with a puzzled expression: "Your Excellency, the combat effectiveness of these Imperial Cooperative Army is low, and they are simply a group of rabble, and it is tantamount to wasting time to send them as the main attacker. ”

"You drip, stupid, drip!" Tetsushiro Taga sneered and said: "I didn't hope that those incompetent Imperial Cooperative Army would be able to annihilate this Chinese army, this time I sent them to attack, it was nothing more than to test the firepower of the Chinese people, and when they exposed their firepower, the artillery of the Imperial Army and the fighters of the Army Aviation would cover their positions with artillery fire." ”

Tetsushiro Taga paused slightly, and then continued: "Moreover, after fighting for so long, the ammunition of these Dirt Eight Roads has been almost consumed, and sending the Imperial Alliance Army to go first is also to consume the ammunition of these Dirt Eight Roads, so that the casualties of the Imperial Army can be reduced as much as possible, and when these Dirt Eight Roads are almost consumed, the Imperial Army will launch a general attack, and it will be effortless to take this small village and destroy the Dirt Eight Roads inside." ”

"Hello! Your Excellency the General is wise. The devil officer hurriedly answered.

Tetsushiro Taga smiled and said: "However, in order to allow these Imperial Allied troops to work for the Imperial Army, it is better to let the artillery brigade prepare for a round of artillery fire first, give these guys courage, and order the artillery brigade to prepare for artillery fire for five minutes, and the Imperial Allied Army will immediately attack." ”

"Hello!" The devil officer answered again, turned and went to deliver the order.

"Knock knock~!" It didn't take long for the little devil's artillery position to hear the rumbling sound of cannons, and one after another shells flew towards Deng Zhuangzi quickly with a piercing whistling sound.

"Boom~! Rumble~! "One after another cannonballs were like hailstones, and they fell in Deng Zhuangzi Village one after another, and they exploded violently, and the village immediately burst into flames, and houses collapsed one after another, and many houses were ignited, igniting a fire, and the whole village was instantly plunged into a burst of artillery fire.

(End of chapter)