Taiyuan.

Inside the Fourth Command of the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the telegram in his hand and fell into a long silence.

Even Yamamoto on the side had the same expression.

The content on Telegram is brief:

"Second Lieutenant Koizumi, Acting Squadron Leader of the Railway Patrol Squadron, telegraphed: The enemy besieged our Railway Patrol Squadron with several times the strength of the troops, and used shells and explosives, the squadron suffered heavy casualties, and Captain Ohno has been martyred, and I will definitely lead the remaining imperial samurai ······"

After a long time, Yoshio Shinozuka put down the telegram in his hand and sighed deeply.

"Fifteen minutes."

"In just fifteen minutes, an Imperial armored patrol was in a desperate situation."

Yoshio Shinozuka's tone didn't have much anger this time, a series of bad news had already made him feel like a Buddha, compared to the attack on the military train, the loss of a large number of medicines and machinery and equipment, the loss of a railway patrol squadron was not large.

Besides, a brigade has already been lost.

This is perfectly acceptable.

So, on the contrary, his tone was full of emotion, or should it be amazement.

Yamamoto was silent.

Fifteen minutes ago, the commander of the Ono Squadron of the Railway Patrol Squadron sent a message that the artillery squad of the Komatsu Brigade had found all the members of the Tama Fragment, but in order to discover the enemy, fifteen minutes later, a telegram was sent to the entire squadron of Tamamatsu.

A squadron, completely annihilated in fifteen minutes.

It's incredible.

But this matter, in his opinion, is not strange, no, this is what he expected to develop.

The other party has shown terrifying strength before, and the Komatsu Brigade was completely annihilated in an hour, although the railway patrol has armored vehicles, but the military column is also protected by armored vehicles, and it has not been robbed?

A squadron dares to rush in and be annihilated by people for more than ten minutes, which can be said to be inevitable.

Originally, the reasonable response of the Ohno squadron was to send scouts to probe the enemy's situation, and then decide whether to move forward based on the feedback, but the contempt of the imperial officers for the enemy's strength and the blind confidence in the strength of the imperial army eventually led to their own destruction.

And.

As Yamamoto, who had been in Germany, scoffed at his own armored car, and the thin eight-millimeter main armor was also called an armored car? If it weren't for the fact that the government army did not have armor-piercing shells, otherwise the heavy machine guns would have been directly beaten into a sieve.

"It seems that we need to reassess the strength of this group of attacking troops, and annihilate a brigade and an armored patrol squadron of our Imperial Army in a row, so strong..."

Looking at Lieutenant General Shinozuka's gaze, Kazuki Yamamoto took over the conversation.

Although his own general was very sure that Li Yunlong did it, Yamamoto Kazuki still didn't say it directly, because once Li Yunlong was mentioned, his own general would have a headache and then a bad temper.

"yes."

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't mention Li Yunlong's name anymore, after all, the headache tasted uncomfortable: "This strength is already comparable to an ordinary army wing in the empire." ”

As a lieutenant general, Yoshio Shinozuka naturally knows the strength of his side very well.

A brigade of five hundred and a half men, in the kind of terrain around the railway, which is very unsuitable for firepower with high slopes on both sides and only a flat valley in the middle, can be completely annihilated if it is properly arranged, with the firepower configuration of the Imperial Army, only a team of about 1,000 people is needed.

It's not that hard.

But after that, it will be somewhat difficult to annihilate a squadron of railway armored vehicles for a short time.

At the very least, the supplies must be sufficient, and the annihilation of a 500-strong brigade in a short period of time, even if it is encircled and annihilated, must consume a lot of ammunition, the troops must have a strong will to fight, it is not easy to fight continuously, and it is also necessary to be equipped with anti-armor weapons.

In his heart, he silently raised the threat of Li Yunlong's troops again.

Promoted to the size of a full-fledged second line comparable to the empire is the size of a division and regimental wing.

Next time, he decided that he must send a super-formed wing, or directly dispatch a brigade to deal with Li Yunlong, and send reconnaissance planes to keep an eye on it, and he must wipe out this guy.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka still thought of a point to comfort himself.

This time, the empire lost an infantry brigade, an armored patrol squadron, and a military column and its escort squadron, almost seven hundred people, and Li Yunlong's losses will inevitably not be small, the consumption of weapons and ammunition must be more than that of the empire, and the loss of soldiers should be about the same.

Not counting material losses, the personnel ratio is almost one to one.

Also·· Nope... Lose.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General."

At this moment, another staff officer walked in, holding a telegram in his hand: "Sakamoto Nakasa has been blocked by the enemy, arrived at the railway station, according to his report, the military train was forced to stop by the enemy, all the transported materials were looted, the enemy is fleeing along the highway with supplies, and Sakamoto Nakasa is currently pursuing with his troops." ”

"Yo Si."

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly smiled.

It's not easy, it's not easy, it's been the middle of the night, and he finally received good news.

However, when he came back to his senses, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly frowned, and he found that this news did not seem to be good news.

The materials on the military column were looted, that is to say, more than 30 tons of medicines, a large number of machinery and equipment fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, this batch of materials, for the imperial army, is a large amount of materials, for the Eighth Route Army, not to mention, it is comparable to the strength of their so-called several main regiments, and from the enemy's actions against the military column, no matter how the other party learned the news of the military column, but the other party must be ready for transportation.

This batch of supplies to the Eighth Route Army is not good news.

It's a big bad news,

"I remember."

Looking at Yoshio Shinozuka's frowning brows, Yamamoto spoke in time: "There are two parts weighing about a ton in the machine, and with the transportation capacity of the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible for them to take these two parts away. ”

Kazuki Yamamoto is worthy of being an expert in special operations, and he saw the biggest problem at a glance.

"Yes."

Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes lit up: "It is impossible to transport such heavy equipment on the mountain road, and the highway is in our hands, it is impossible for them to transport these machinery and equipment, and besides, carrying such heavy materials, with the transportation capacity of the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that the speed of the march will drop sharply." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka seems to have discovered the enemy's heavy hole, and his eyes are shining brighter and brighter.

Even if you can't get back the supplies, as long as you can force the enemy to give up some of the supplies, it's good, anyway, this batch of supplies, the empire can replenish them, and the enemy has nowhere to replenish them.

If the other party can't get the materials in his hand and grabs them, maybe he still has a chance to wipe them out.

Then, Yoshio Shinozuka walked briskly to the map, looked at the surrounding map, and flashed sharply:

"Order Sakamoto Nakasa, be sure to find out the direction of the enemy's retreat."

As soon as I figured out the direction of their retreat, I dispatched the entire garrison around the perimeter, and this time, either the people stayed, or the things and people stayed.