At the headquarters of the Japanese army division in Linfen City, division commander Fujino slept very soundly last night.

Although the siege plan made by one hand was abandoned halfway, it was over after all.

After the nerves that had been tense for nearly two days were relaxed, Fujino felt very tired, and lay in bed and slept until eight o'clock in the morning.

"Chief of Staff, did anything happen last night?" Walking into the headquarters, Lieutenant General Fujino asked.

The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "No special telegrams have been received!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer hurried over.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

"The third brigade is in an emergency, a reinforced squadron we sent to Songshankou yesterday was attacked by the Eighth Route Army last night, and the whole army was annihilated!"

"What!" The division commander, who had just sat down, got up from his seat with a rub.

frowned and asked: "The troops were attacked last night, why do you know now what the third brigade is doing~ Also, why didn't this squadron ask for help after the troops were attacked?" ”

The chief of staff quickly answered the call of the third brigade, and a few minutes later, reported with a solemn face.

"The division commander, the 3rd Brigade, reported that they had not received any telegrams for help. If it weren't for the fact that the convoy was ordered to deliver ammunition supplies to them today, perhaps the news that Songshankou was attacked by the Eighth Route Army again would not have been clear until now! ”

"Also, there is not a single living mouth in the entire battlefield, and it is very clean. There was nothing left except the corpses of the imperial army, and they didn't know how the Eighth Route Army recaptured Songshan Pass! ”

"Division commander, do you think this is likely to be a retaliatory attack by the Eighth Route Army against us!"

"Yesterday our aviation destroyed a lot of their food, and certainly killed quite a few of their troops. Then they sent troops to retaliate against us, a tooth for a tooth, the combat style of the new regiment has always been like this, and fighting with us has never suffered a loss! ”

The division commander, Lieutenant General Fujino, was very aggrieved.

On the Chinese battlefield, it has always been the imperial army that retaliates against the Chinese army, and the imperial army has never suffered losses. Now that I'm here, it's all the other way around. This is definitely a disgrace to the commander of his own division.

With a frown, he ordered: "No matter what, the captain of the third brigade has an unshirkable responsibility~ Order: The captain of the third brigade is demoted to the deputy captain and temporarily takes over the position of captain." If there is any more accidents, don't be the vice captain, go directly to the squadron leader! ”

The chief of staff knew that Fujino was now angry, and interceded with the captain of the third brigade, that is, to find scolding and cause trouble for himself. Therefore, the chief of staff wisely closed his mouth, and then personally rushed to the telecommunications room to send a telegram to the 3rd Brigade, and by the way, gave an explanation and comfort to the newly removed captain!

As soon as he walked to the door of the war room after sending the telegram, an operational staff officer under his command suddenly stopped in front of him.

"Sir, something seems to have happened to the Sixth Brigade!"

"As is customary, at eight o'clock in the morning we are in contact with all the brigades, but no matter how much the Sixth Brigade calls, there is no response!"

"Routine radio contact at eight o'clock in the morning is a rule that every brigade knows, and it is impossible for them not to know it. Moreover, the 6th Brigade is equipped with a three-step radio, and it is impossible for three radios to have problems at the same time. Therefore, I suspect that something has happened to the Sixth Brigade! ”

The chief of staff chuckled in his heart, and then a very bad premonition appeared in his mind.

Staring at the combat staff officer, he asked, "Have you sent someone over?" ”

"Hey!" The combat staff officer hastened to answer!

"The Sixth Brigade was stationed at four strongholds along the highway, and four communication teams were sent to each of the four strongholds to make contact!"

"I'll wait here with you! A reinforced squadron has already been lost last night, and tonight there is nothing to say that there can be no more accidents! The chief of staff decided with a calm face.

The time that usually flies by is very slow at this time, which directly makes the chief of staff feel like a year.

As the seconds passed, the chief of staff became more and more anxious, and the bad premonition in his mind became stronger and stronger.

At first, you can sit quietly on a stool, or stand in front of a map and look at it.

After staying up for half an hour, I couldn't stand it anymore, and walked around the small room with my hands behind my back.

It's like an ant on a hot pan, in a hurry but without any solution!

"Sir, they're back!" The operational staff officer rushed in with a few communications soldiers.

Seeing them panting, the chief of staff knew that they must have been galloping all the way over, without a break in between.

He couldn't care so much about being anxious, and asked directly, "How is it?" Did something happen to the Sixth Brigade, did their radio break down, or did the radio not turn on! ”

The second lieutenant communications officer standing at the front had a miserable face and gasped and replied: "Sir, it's really miserable~ A reinforced squadron, more than two hundred imperial troops are all dead, and there is not a single one alive!" ”

"What do you say, say it again?" The chief of staff directly turned into an angry lion, grabbed the second lieutenant by the collar, and asked with a glaring eye.

The second lieutenant, who was already out of breath, was directly suffocated and his face was flushed.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, he reported: "We arrived at the garrison of the third squadron, and the entire imperial army in the garrison was killed, and it was killed by the cavalry. The battlefield was littered with horseshoe prints, and the warriors were also covered with knife wounds, almost no gunshot wounds! ”

"There are also a lot of warrior corpses that have been trampled into minced meat directly by war horses, which is really miserable!"

"Cavalry, are you sure they were attacked by cavalry?" As if he had discovered a new continent, the chief of staff stared at the ensign and continued to ask.

"Humble confirmation!" The second lieutenant replied in the affirmative!

"In addition to a large number of horseshoe prints and knife wounds on the warriors, there are also many warriors whose heads have been cut off directly!"

"It's over, we've been fooled!" The chief of staff dropped the second lieutenant, who was panting heavily, and was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

Then he ordered: "This matter is too big, I must report it to His Excellency the division commander immediately!" ”

"You stay here, and when the other three signal soldiers come back, if there is any news, go directly to the war room to report!"

By the time the chief of staff returned to the war room with a calm face, Lieutenant General Fujino's anger had subsided a lot. What is being deduced standing in front of the huge combat sand table?

"Division commander, something happened on the front line again!" After walking to the division commander, the chief of staff reported in a low voice.

"Smack......

Lieutenant General Fujino did not speak, and directly threw the baton in his hand on the sand table.

Then he stared at the chief of staff and asked, "What happened again, what happened!" ”

"We seem to be being tricked by a new mess...... The night before yesterday, the Eighth Route Army in the encirclement broke through from Songshan Pass, most likely an illusion created by them, the main force did not break through, and was still hiding in this area! ”

"Last night, a stronghold of the Sixth Brigade stationed along the road was attacked by a new regiment of cavalry troops, and a reinforced squadron was completely wiped out, and there is no news from the other squadrons, and the communication troops who went to contact them should be back soon!"

"However, judging from humble judgment, they should have also been raided by the new cavalry unit!"

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