"Attention, the Eight Roads are coming, all of them are well hidden, and they must not be exposed."

In the devil's position, the voice of the herald from the wing headquarters swept by.

From far to near, over and over again.

After taking cover in the haystack, he heard the sound, and Kazuo Saito subconsciously moved his body under the haystack, and then he picked up the binoculars and looked at the road in the distance with the help of his field of vision.

In the oval view, there was silence at the end of the road, and there was nothing.

As a veteran, Kazuo Saito had carefully surveyed it a long time ago, and he could see the road three kilometers away, which means that the eighth road was at least three kilometers away, and he still had at least half an hour to go.

Thinking of this, he put down his binoculars and breathed a sigh of relief.

A native of Hiroshima, Kazuo Saito was drafted in early '39 and, after several months of recruit training, officially enlisted in the 5th Division in the same year, of course, he was only a private.

The following year, the 5th Division took advantage of the excellent tradition of the Locust Army of the Japanese Empire and entered French India without the permission of the base camp, which led to an international conflict and the division commander was dismissed.

Perhaps a blessing in disguise, in October of that year, the division was placed under the direct jurisdiction of the base camp and became the first division to be reorganized into a mechanized unit.

caught up with the wind, and he became a first-class soldier less than a year after joining the army.

The following year, the Pacific War broke out, and the 5th Division went to fight in Nanyang, Malaysia and other places.

This speed is definitely not slow for a poor farmer born without any background.

Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.

In the third year, at the end of '42, Saito was seriously wounded in a battle and was forced to return to Japan for treatment.

At this time, Japan was expanding its army on a large scale, and as a veteran soldier, he re-enlisted in the army, participated in the formation of a new unit, and officially became a squadron leader with the rank of lieutenant.

His squadron was also assigned to the 69th Division last month.

During the period of recuperation and the formation of the new division, Kazuo Saito met many soldiers who had returned from the First Army and the North China Front for treatment, and even those who had been wounded in the Battle of Yuzhong.

Saito Seijitsu.

From the small talk of the soldiers, through those few words, he clearly understood the changes that had taken place in the Shanxi region, and even clearly constructed the appearance of the Eight Roads in his mind.

Numerous and well-trained, endless.

The weapons are advanced, the equipment is excellent, the aircraft, tanks, heavy artillery, all kinds of everything, and the firepower is super powerful, and the supply of ammunition and equipment is also an incredible abundance.

It can be said that Saito knows better than the vast majority of the 69th Division at the moment that the Eighth Route Army is terrible.

From the very beginning, he knew that the ambush of the division commander at this time was not so much to fight the Eighth Route Army, but to give an explanation to General Isamu Yokoyama and the base camp.

Imagine otherwise.

A division, a wing, a total of 15,000 imperial troops, encountered the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and even ran away, afraid that if it was not the locusts, they would be angry, and then ordered the commander to commit suicide.

Not to mention whether a battalion can be annihilated.

Even if the battle is successful in the end and annihilates an Eighth Route Army battalion-level unit, so what?

What's the point?

How abundant are the opponent's forces, and it is not simple to replenish a battalion?

Moreover, even if one battalion of the Eighth Route is eaten, the ambush force will inevitably suffer heavy casualties and consume huge supplies.

People can fully recover in a few days, and they may even be stronger than before, and now the main focus of the empire is on the Battle of Changheng, and all kinds of materials and replenishments are prioritized to supply the front line, and after this battle, the 69th Division will have to lie on its back for more than half a year.

I don't know where the chances of the empire are?

Why do the base camp and the locusts still hold on?

Isn't it good to surrender with dignity now?

Saito read a little bit of books when he was a child, and he had some cultural background, although he dropped out of school because of his poor family background, but he usually loves to read, and after entering the army, he has a channel to get books, and his head is more bright, so he has not been brainwashed by bushido.

But after all, only a lieutenant, a low-level officer.

With a narrow perspective, he could never understand the current situation in the empire and the thoughts of the higher-ups.

"Squadron Leader, the Eighth Road is coming..."

At this point, the voice of a squad leader interrupted Saito's thoughts, and he raised his binoculars again to look at the road in the distance.

In the field of vision, the first thing that appeared was half a brigade of Imperial soldiers, and these people seemed to be running away.

Subsequently, the Eighth Route Army of the brigade pursued in a mighty manner, and at the beginning, there were three armored vehicles, with the help of eightfold binoculars, Saito could even see the heavy machine guns flashing on the roof of the armored vehicles.

"What will they do?"

Saito narrowed his eyes.

The Eighth Route Army was not stupid, and was even very smart.

In the past, when the empire passed through dangerous highway areas, it would send troops to reconnoiter dangerous areas, spreading to four or five hundred meters on both flanks of the road, and at the very least, it was also necessary to reconnoiter with machine gun fire to prevent ambushes.

He believed that even if there was a decoy, Balu would not rush into the ambush circle.

So he wondered how the Eighth Road, which was said to be incredibly abundant in ammunition, would pass through this dangerous section.

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"Commander, there's a canyon terrain ahead."

led people to chase the devils in front of him all the way, and the battalion commander who was with Kong Jie also felt that something was wrong.

The little devils in front of him were marching along the perimeter of the highway all the way, and it seemed that they were not being pursued, but retreating purposefully, just like the bait used by the troops to attract devils into the ambush circle.

"I doubt it."

He went on to say:

"The little devil is planning to ambush us."

"There's a good spot for an ambush ahead, and I suggest sending a small force to reconnoiter before passing through."

Glancing at the battalion commander beside him, Kong Jie was a little relieved.

Actual combat can increase the experience of the troops as quickly as possible and promote the growth of the troops, not only the soldiers, but also the officers and cadres.

"Don't bother."

Kong Jie shook his head:

"This gang of little devils in front of you must be bait to lure us into an ambush circle."

"Although sending a reconnaissance force can find out the ambush place of the devil, since the devil dares to set up an ambush, he must be prepared, and the reconnaissance force is very likely to suffer losses, so..."

As he spoke, the corner of Kong Jie's mouth hooked:

"Notify the fighters to cover both flanks of the canyon ahead."

In the so-called war, it is necessary to make use of the strong points and avoid the weak points, because the troops now have a lot of ammunition and a shortage of troops, especially now that the main battalions of the independent regiment are all elite soldiers selected from the construction brigade.

Strong physical fitness, cultural foundation, and learning spirit, the loss of one of them made Master Kong feel distressed.

As for bombs, ammunition.

Li Yunlong has a headache recently, how to use it up!

"Yes."

The battalion commander immediately went to assign tasks.

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At the same time.

Long sand.

Inside a command center.

"The devils will attack the city tomorrow."

A preserved general dressed in a lieutenant general's costume patted Cai Jigang on the shoulder:

"You take someone to Hengyang first."

"General Zhang..."

Cai Jigang's mouth moved, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, the devil was menacing, but this time, the situation in Changsha was obviously different from the previous battles.

The devil is stronger than before.

At present, the troops in Changsha City are disheartened, the War of Resistance has been fought for so many years, the equipment losses are serious, the troops are not as good as a year, and the artillery in the entire Ninth Theater is mainly equipped with a small number of Russian honest artillery, and there is a lack of shells.

On the contrary, a few German-made 150 heavy guns are the absolute main force of artillery, but the number is small and there are not many shells.

The deployment of troops is also very chaotic, the 102nd Division and several other divisions have even lost contact, the command is staggered, and the high-level defense of the city is not in agreement.

But if something unexpected happens, it will only fail faster.

Farewell now, may be goodbye forever.

"Dude."

Cai Jigang finally said:

"I'm just an Overseer, and I shouldn't say these words, but..."

After a pause, he continued:

"The spirit of co-existence and death with the city is commendable, but it has no value in terms of strategy or tactics, as commanders, we should cherish the lives of our soldiers, for the country and the army, they are all soldiers with rich experience in actual combat, keep one more, and accumulate more strength in the future counteroffensive."

"Counterattack..."

When the words fell, General Zhang suddenly sighed.

The other two generals around were also stunned, and then understood what this sigh meant.

Their side was attacked by devils and suffered defeats one after another, but in Shanxi, some troops had indeed surrounded the First Army, a full 100,000 devils, and they had already begun to eat devils in a big gulp.

Judgment from above.

"It is said that they are building a base in Songxian and building an airport, but I don't know..."

General Zhang narrowed his eyes and said suddenly.

Several people are generals, although the fruit is blocked with all their might, but they still know very well that in the battle of Henan, although the troops were defeated, the losses of the devils were also extremely heavy, and at least 15,000 sacrifices were paid.

It's a sacrifice, not a casualty.

The main reason for this is because of the air support of the independent regiment that came with the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army.

Although thousands of sorties of air support could not change the direction of the battle, it also made the devils pay an extremely heavy price, and at the same time greatly boosted the morale of the combat troops.

Of course, the troops in Yuzhong are too wasteful, but their ninth theater is different, and if they can have air support of the same scale, then they can defeat Isamu Yokoyama.

"Impossible."

General Zhang shook his head:

"The Changheng region is far away from Taiyuan, Shanxi, and it is impossible for them to organize such a huge air support."

"Yes."

Cai Jigang sighed.

He didn't know.

After speaking, Cai Jigang gave a heavy military salute to everyone in the headquarters, and after the Chinese soldiers returned the salute, he went down the mountain and left.

Going down the mountain and going down the mountain, Cai Jigang is very sad, and now this farewell is very likely to be goodbye.

Just when Cai Jigang got into the jeep and was about to go to Hengyang, a man in civilian clothes suddenly walked up:

"General Cai, I'm an independent regiment..."