At nine o'clock in the evening, the division commander and the chief of staff were both stationed at the division headquarters.

The ongoing battle on the Liulin front was nothing to the division commanders who commanded more than 20,000 Japanese troops and more than 30,000 puppet troops.

However, it has a bearing on whether the troops' next sweeping attack on the Suide Military Region can get off to a good start. Therefore, both of them attach great importance to it, and wait, and they can sleep peacefully after the front-line battle is reported.

"Division commander, chief of staff, emergency telegram from the front!" The communications staff officer finally rushed into the war room, bringing the front-line battle report that the two people were anxious to know!

"Isn't it that the battle on the front line has begun! The front-line garrisons are showing weakness to the attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army in accordance with the orders of the division commander, and then consume them little by little in defensive battles! The chief of staff stared at the communications staff officer and asked!

"It's not...... The chief of staff ...... "The communications staff officer hastened to answer.

"After the Eighth Route Army reached our stronghold, it did not rush to attack, it did not even attack tentatively, it directly surrounded our stronghold, and then built fortifications around the stronghold, dug trenches, and put on a posture of besieging us for a long time!"

"What does the Eighth Route Army want to do? Trap our troops holding a few strongholds~" The chief of staff asked rhetorically, puzzled.

Then he added: "If this is the case, when our main force reaches Liulin tomorrow, we can cooperate with these local garrisons, attack inside and outside, and kill the Eighth Route Army that is besieging us around the stronghold." It's all good for us! ”

"Not necessarily!" The division commander hesitated and retorted.

"We dispatched heavy troops to kill Liulin, with the intelligence gathering ability of the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible not to know such a big movement. Knowing that our main force is about to be killed, and still staying around our stronghold and waiting to be dumped by our main force, isn't that sending them to death? ”

"Do you think the commander of the Eighth Route Army is so stupid?"

The chief of staff shook his head.

It's not once or twice to fight with the Eighth Route Army, not only is it good at capturing fighters, it is flexible and resolute, but it is also very strong in combat, and the word stupid has absolutely nothing to do with them!

Then he stared at the division commander and asked rhetorically, "What do you mean?" ”

"If there is no misjudgment, we should have been fooled~ There must be some new conspiracy waiting for us in the Eighth Route Army!"

"Wait a minute, there are still more than 2,300 people in our five strongholds on the front line, of which the imperial army accounts for more than half, well-equipped, with sufficient ammunition, and strong turrets and positions for defense. The Eighth Route Army has no artillery, and even if there is any conspiracy that you don't know, it should be no problem to hold out for six or seven hours a night......"

Two people stayed at the headquarters and waited for almost an hour, but there was still no news from the front.

The anxious chief of staff couldn't help but remind: "The encirclement of the Eighth Route Army should have been almost built in more than an hour, and if they don't attack our stronghold, they won't have time...... Division commander, do you want me to send a telegram to the front-line garrison now and ask about the battle situation! ”

"Wait a little longer!" The division commander was much calmer and shook his head in reply.

After another half hour, when the division commander was about to sit still, the communications staff officer finally rushed in.

"Sir, something happened on the Liulin front!"

"Artillery, the Eighth Route Army and artillery have not been destroyed, and now they have appeared near our stronghold...... Because the stronghold has been surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, even if they want to retreat, they have no chance to defend the stronghold! ”

"How many artillery pieces have appeared near the stronghold, how many artillery pieces are there!" The worry in his heart became a reality, and the division commander was more anxious than anyone else, and without waiting for the chief of staff to speak, he stared at the communications staff officer and asked rhetorically.

"Two infantry guns and two mountain guns appeared near the stronghold where the second pair of garrisons was located!"

"The other bases are not equipped with radio stations, so they can only be contacted by telephone. Maybe it's because their telephone line to the outside was cut off by the Eighth Route Army, and we lost contact with the remaining four strongholds an hour ago, and we haven't been in touch until now, and we don't know what happened to them there! ”

The division commander's bad premonition in his heart became even stronger, and he frowned and ordered: "Send a telegram to the second major pair: let them find out the situation of several surrounding strongholds immediately!" ”

"Also, order them to find a way to break through, the Eighth Route Army has mountain artillery and infantry artillery, plus they have enough ammunition, and the troops can only be completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army~"

"No matter what the cost, you have to break through, even if you only break through a tenth of the troops!"

"Hi ......"

The order of the divisional command was issued, and the 2nd Brigade was also received. However, the second brigade did not have a chance to call back.

Just two minutes after receiving the order, two shells smashed into the turret where the brigade headquarters was located.

The turret did not collapse, but a cannonball hit the outer wall of the turret where the telecommunications room of the Second Brigade of the Devils was located.

A violent explosion blew a huge hole in the turret, and the two operators, along with the radio station, were smashed by the flying masonry!

At the division headquarters, the chief of staff ran in from the telecommunications room with an anxious expression.

"Division commander, the second brigade has not yet been contacted~ They seem to be missing, and there is no message on the radio!"

"I have just sent a telegram to the garrison that has reoccupied Liulin County, asking them to send people to check these strongholds immediately, and the news will definitely come back as soon as possible......

The division commander's face had become very gloomy, and he affirmed without hesitation: "Something must have happened to them!" ”

"Chief of Staff, now we must be prepared for all the garrisons on the Liulin Front to be completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army tonight!"

"How is that possible?" The chief of staff still had a look of disbelief.

"The Eighth Route Army has no artillery ...... How did they capture our heavily defended stronghold~ There must have been an accident somewhere, and then we lost contact with them! ”

"Conspiracy, I have at least seventy percent certainty in judgment, the Eighth Route Army's Suide Military Region's actions tonight were a complete conspiracy from the very beginning...... Although I don't know yet what this conspiracy is? However, it must have something to do with how to bomb our heavily defended strongholds! ”

At four o'clock in the morning, the division commander and the chief of staff, who had been waiting for almost a night, finally waited for the report from Liulin County.

Seeing the communications staff officer coming over with a solemn face, although he had not yet spoken, from his face, the division commander already had a premonition that his initial judgment had come true.

"Division commander, chief of staff, something happened to Liulin!"

"A total of five strongholds were all taken by the Eighth Route Army, all the defenders were killed, and nothing was found on the entire battlefield except for corpses, not even a single bullet casing."

The chief of staff's face turned pale for a moment, and he didn't react for a long time.

The division commander reacted quickly because he had already judged, stared at the communications staff officer and asked: "Do you know how the Eighth Route Army took our stronghold in such a short period of time!" ”

"I don't know!" The communications staff officer shook his head and replied.

"They reported that the Eighth Route Army had cleaned up the battlefield too thoroughly, and the stronghold was directly bombed into ruins, and they couldn't find any useful evidence at all!"

"In other words, more than 2,000 garrisons on the Liulin front line were completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army in just one night!"

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