An unhurried voice came from the other side of the phone: "May I ask who you are?" Now the general is resting, it is inconvenient to bother, can it be later? ”

"Baga, mine is the commander of the Yecheng garrison, Oshima Hidemo Osa, at this time the war in the county is urgent, you must report to the general immediately, your delay in time, the general will investigate, you will die." Hideshige Oshima yelled without politeness.

The operator didn't dare to slack off, and immediately said seriously: "Oshima Osa, I can first make a record of the situation you want to report, and then personally send it to the general for approval, do you think this is okay?" ”

"No, not at all, my request, quickly get the phone to General Hoshino, if you get this thing done, I'll send you a gift you like, please." Oshima said almost kneeling and pleading.

The operator listened to Hideshige Oshima on the phone, and in the end, she was about to give a gift again, and she changed her attitude, she said in a sweet voice: "Oshima-kun, please wait, I'll connect you to General Hoshino's guard room right away, can you tell the head of the guard room?" ”

"Yes, thank you very much." Oshima said flatteringly: "Your young lady must be very beautiful, I will give you a gift that you must like very much, please connect quickly, sorry for you." ”

At the headquarters of the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army, General Hoshino was sleeping, and he heard the guards knock on the door lightly twice, he, a general who did not sleep well, was awakened as soon as he fell asleep, he turned on the bedside lamp, looked at the watch on the bedside table, the hour hand pointed to 4:50, and he shouted to the outside world with some anger: "What's the matter?" Why bother now? A bunch of bastards. ”

The guard standing at the door lowered his voice and reported: "Report to the general, the commander of the city, Oshima Osa, has called, there is an urgent battle to report to you, you see if Oshima-kun's call has come in, may I ask the general ......." ”

General Hoshino listened to this bastard of Yecheng Oshima, and called to disturb him at this time, there must be important information to report, otherwise he would not dare to call at this time.

He interrupted the guards and shouted, "Take the phone." ”

The commander of the Hoshino Brigade grabbed the phone, and heard the faint sound of gunfire on the phone, and Oshima gasped for a report: "Report to General Hoshino, Yecheng and Yecheng are surrounded by a large army of more than one regiment on the Tuba Road, and their weapons and ammunition are excellent, and they are storming the north gate of the city at this time, and the north gate of the city will soon be broken through by the firepower of the Tuba Road. ”

"Oshima-kun, you have a large brigade of imperial troops stationed in Yecheng, a battalion of the imperial army, and a regiment of troops on Tubalu, and dare to attack your heavily guarded county town, isn't this a joke?" The commander of the Hoshino Brigade asked rhetorically with a little disbelief.

Captain Oshima Yingmao said with a bitter face: "Report to the general, you know, a large brigade of imperial troops stationed in Yecheng has been heavily damaged in the many times to clear the base area of Tuba Road in Daze Mountain, at this time there is only one more than a squadron of soldiers, Tuba Road arranged a regiment of troops to attack my county town, no, it should be the strength of nearly two regiments, I really can't resist it, if the general does not urgently send troops to reinforce, I am afraid that the county town will fall and fall into the hands of Tuba Road, please ......." ”

The commander of the Hoshino Brigade frowned, he would never have thought that the Eighth Route Army, which was good at fighting guerrilla warfare and attacking the Eighth Route Army, would actually use a large army to attack the county seat, what kind of unit is this army, and why is it different from the combat tactics of the Eighth Route Army in other theaters? Could it be that the half-grown kid again, the little bastard Lei Jian, the 'devil who killed the imperial army'? If he had commanded the siege, it would have been possible.

He said to Hideshige Oshima, who was on the other end of the phone who asked for urgent help: "Oshima-kun, you must hold off this Tubalu attacking the county seat, and I will work out a new battle and reinforcement plan for you as soon as possible, I hope you will not live up to my expectations of you." ”

Oshima Yingmao heard that there was no sound on the phone, the other party had already hung up, he sat down on the sofa in frustration, shook his head and patted his chest and shouted: "It's over, the city is over, I, Oshima Yingmao, will also be finished with this city, I complain about that, why didn't Shangfeng send reinforcements quickly, God wants me to die, I don't want to die——。 ”

The head of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade put down the phone and shouted to the guards standing outside the door: "You quickly find the chief of staff of Yagyu Jubei, I have something important to discuss with him, quickly." ”

After a short time, the chief of staff of the 13th Brigade, Yanagi Sheng, the chief of staff of the 10th Guard, knocked on the door and walked in, and asked with concern at the first sentence of entering the door: "How is the general's sleep lately?" Are you okay? ”

"It's not good, it's not good, all the information reported on the battlefield in front of you is bad news, just now I received a call for help from Yecheng Oshimajun, he reported that Yecheng was surrounded by two regiments of Tubalu troops, and at this time it was a fierce battle, and asked to send troops to reinforce quickly, how did you say Tubalu would attack the county seat, is it credible? Is it a strange tactic of the Dirt Eight Road, just a feint to create momentum, or is it ....... ”

The chief of staff of the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army, Yanagi Shibei, shook his head, and saw that General Hoshino was talking and suddenly paused, which means to listen to his opinion, Chief of Staff Yanagi took a deep breath, and when he exhaled slowly, he asked in an inquiring tone: "General Hoshino, the commander of the Tsuchihachi Road who attacked Yecheng, have you figured out which one of the Tsuchibachi Roads is it?" ”

"Oshima-kun's call was just to ask for rapid reinforcements, and there was no mention of the commander of the Tsuchihachi Road and which force was besieging the city, does this have anything to do with reinforcements?"

"Yes, it has a lot to do with it, the strategy and tactics of the Eighth Route Army are the vital forces of the Eighth Route Army that sneak attack our imperial army troops in the movement with superior forces, and the tactics of concentrating troops to attack the county town are rarely organized by the units of the Eighth Route Army in North China."

"Liu Shengjun, what do you mean, you might as well say it directly, let's blindly guess like this, it will delay the deployment of the reinforcement of the Yecheng defenders, what do you think, which army of Tubalu attacked the county seat, and who is their commander?"

The chief of staff of the Tenth Guard of Yanagi no longer did too much analysis, and said directly: "The 13th, 14th, and 15th regiments of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army's Mountain Column fought fiercely with the Kameda Wing in the area of Fengwang Mountain and Aoshan a few days ago, and their casualties were heavy, and their weapons, ammunition and troops could not be replenished in the near future. ”

"Are you saying that the troops attacking Yecheng should be the troops of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army led by that half-grown child? Could the commander really be the work of the 'devil who killed the imperial army' kid Lei Jian? ”

"Yes, if my guess is correct, it is this little bastard, his combat method is very different from other Tubalu commanders, every time he takes the action of sneaking up on the imperial army, there is a great suddenness, and his independent regiment has a great independence, in terms of combat deployment with the imperial army, there is no need to ask for instructions at any time, as long as he seizes the opportunity, he will enter the battle as quickly as possible."

General Hoshino gasped and scolded: "This kid, the head of the Tubalu Independent Regiment, why did he escape at the most dangerous moment several times, so that the Japanese Imperial Army has not been able to figure out his whereabouts, and as soon as he was bitten, this little bastard slipped away towards the loach, I really can't figure out whether he is a human or a devil." ”

He vented his indignation, looked at the chief of staff and said: "Liu Shengjun, at this time, the battle in Yecheng is urgent, ask for reinforcements, you should come up with a plan immediately, quickly." ”

The chief of staff of Yagyu Shibei shook his head and said: "General Hoshino, the 67th Tokugawa Wing and the 73rd Kameda Wing, as well as the Hashimoto Brigade of the 9th Mixed Brigade, at this time, the garrison is more than 100 miles away from Yecheng, and it will take three to four hours to reinforce at the fastest speed. ”

"You mean no reinforcements for the time being? Wouldn't that be an independent regiment that gave up the county seat to Lei Jian, a little bastard? The soldiers of the Imperial Army, a squadron of the captain of the Oshima Brigade who were sticking to the county seat, would struggle to resist all the jade shatters. General Hoshino glared at Chief of Staff Yagyu with dissatisfaction and said.

"General Hoshino, according to the deployment of troops around Yecheng, in the words of Zhina, 'far water can't quench the thirst of the near', if you want to save the crisis in Yecheng, you can only order the imperial army strongholds stationed in Ping, Lai, and Zhao counties close to Yecheng, and quickly reinforce in advance, and order the commanders of the imperial army in these three counties to lead the troops to quickly reinforce, surround the Tuba Road attacking Yecheng on the periphery, and adopt the tactics of attacking the Tuba Road inside and outside, and definitely wipe out all the independent regiments of the Tuba Road, please decide."

General Hoshino frowned and asked, "Yanagi-kun, order the imperial army and the imperial army of the three counties to go all out to reinforce Yecheng, do you know how many troops there are?" And what about their combat effectiveness? ”

Just when the brigade commander and chief of staff of the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army were discussing the plan for the deployment of troops in order to reinforce the defenders of Yecheng, the telephone rang suddenly, and Chief of Staff Yanagi glanced at the commander of the Hoshino Brigade, grabbed the phone and just put it to his ear, when he heard a fierce gunfire coming from the microphone, which was mixed with Oshima's shout: "General Hoshino, request reinforcements, Yecheng has reached the line of life and death, please ......." ”