"Nani?"

"Give up the outer city?"

"Retreat to the inner city?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Takaichi Sakamoto in surprise.

"Baiga, do you know what you are talking about?" Hanaya Masato was furious when he heard this, and he also slapped Sakamoto Takaichi in the face with a backhand.

"Does the Outer City give up just by giving up?"

"Do you know how many institutions there are in the outer city?"

"Even the headquarters of the military police is in the outer city."

Not to mention that most of the officials of the pseudo-SX provincial government, as well as those Shanxi gentry and wealthy businessmen who defected to the Japanese government or were kind to the Japanese government, basically owned mansions in the outer city.

Giving up the outer city means giving up all the gentry and wealthy businessmen.

This was not only a military blow to the Japanese army,

It was a heavy blow to the economic and political levels.

At this moment, Hanaya really wanted to slap Sakamoto Takaichi's dog head.

This damn idiot came up with a bad idea to make a good battle to defend Taiyuan from the first day. Now he has to come up with another bad idea to harm others?

"Hayi!" Sakamoto paused his head and insisted, "I know that Taiyuan's outer city is very important, and I am also very clear that giving up the outer city will have a serious impact on the reputation of the Imperial Army in Taiyuan and even the entire Shanxi. However, I am more clear that if I don't give up the outer city when the current situation is not completely corrupt and there is room for recovery, and all the troops are reduced to defend the inner city, then in the end, not only will the outer city not be able to be protected, but the inner city will also be unable to be defended, and the entire Taiyuan will be lost!"

"Nani? The whole Taiyuan will be lost?" Hua Guzheng said angrily.

"Sakamoto Takaichi, what are you talking nonsense? The battle has just begun."

"You dare to say that Taiyuan cannot be defended. You are shaking the morale of the army!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu's expression also became cold, and he deliberately spread shocking words to shake the morale of the army. According to the Japanese Army's regulations, he would be executed.

But Takaichi Sakamoto no longer cared about these things.

He also said: "Your Excellency Commander, you can execute me, but please be sure to give up the outer city and use all your troops to defend the inner city walls, otherwise Taiyuan will inevitably be lost."

"Baga, how dare you spread amazing words?"

Hua Gu said furiously: "Guard, drag this guy out and die!"

"Slow down." Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hand and said, "Sakamoto, continue talking."

Seeing that Takaichi Sakamoto would rather be executed than stick to his own point of view, Yoshio Iwamatsu felt that at least he should be given a chance to state his own point of view.

Now he said: "If you don't give up on the outer city, why would Taiyuan be lost?"

"The reason is very simple." Sakamoto Takaichi said in a deep voice, "because the Shanxi Sui Army and the Chinese Central Army will inevitably use the main combat method of house-to-house street fighting."

"The characteristic of street fighting by house is that the casualties will be very close."

"Under the premise that the courage of the enemy and us is almost equal, no matter how big the firepower gap between the two sides is, the casualty ratio will not be much different, basically one to one!"

"So if you don't give up on Taiyuan's outer city,"

"If there is a house-to-house battle with the Chinese army,"

"Then the casualties between the Imperial Army and the Chinese Army will not be much different."

"In other words, the Chinese army only needs to spend about three thousand people to exhaust all the Imperial Army's troops."

"And the time depends on the intensity of the attack of the Chinese army. If the Chinese army continues to launch high-intensity street fighting at all costs, it will consume all the troops of the imperial army in just one day and a night."

Speaking of this, Takaichi Sakamoto said again: "This means that in extreme cases, Taiyuan will be completely lost within a day and night, and the battle situation in Shanxi will be completely reversed."

Yoshio Iwamatsu couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.

If Taiyuan is lost, the Battle of Central Plains is probably not going to be able to continue.

If this happens, the General will never let him go, and His Majesty the Emperor will not let him go.

"Speak of danger!" Hanaya Masato no longer believed Sakamoto Takaichi and said coldly, "I don't believe that the Chinese army can fight a one-to-one casualty ratio with the Imperial Army in street fighting, not to mention that there are two regiments of the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army in Taiyuan City, which is also an armed force with a number of more than 3,000."

"Why should you deceive yourself?"

Takaichi Sakamoto did not change his toxic tongue attributes because of being beaten.

"Not to mention that the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army is now being rectified. Even if the rectification is completed, it is not impossible to be a powerful military force. It is okay to let them rely on the city wall to defend the city. It is hoped that they will engage in brutal street battles with the regular Chinese army and achieve a one-to-one casualty ratio. This is simply a dream."

"What's more, is the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army really reliable?"

"When the Imperial Army has the advantage, of course there will be no problem."

"But once the Imperial Army is at a disadvantage, especially when Taiyuan is about to be lost, and the entire Shanxi war situation may have subversive recurrence, the Imperial Army will no longer be reliable."

"The Chinese are Chinese people after all!"

"Baga!" Hua Gu became more and more furious.

Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hand and said, "What should I do if the artillery and heavy machine guns are there?"

"Blast it!" Sakamoto said with gritted teeth, "Everything is blown up!"

"Nani? All of them were blown up?" Hanagu Masato said, "What are you talking about?"

"Order!" Yoshio Iwamatsu gritted his teeth and shouted, "The troops fighting in the streets between the civilian houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street immediately exploded all artillery and heavy machine guns, and retreated into the inner city of Taiyuan from Houzaimen!"

"Nani?" Hanaguma said in a daze, "Master Commander?"

"Also, immediately withdraw the ammunition sent to the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army."

"The Fourth Mixed Brigade shall not take a step out of the barracks until the battle is over."

"Send an infantry squadron to watch them. If anyone disobeys, kill them without any hesitation!"

"Nani?" Hua Gu was completely stunned. Does Commander have cerebral palsy?

Seeing that Yoshio Iwamatsu adopted his suggestion, Takaichi Sakamoto couldn't help but feel confident and said, "Mr. Commander, even if he gave up the outer city, he would only last two more days."

"So, we must let Lu'an, Anhua and Yangquan draw troops to reinforce as soon as possible."

"However, if I was not wrong, the Eighth Route Army in southeastern and northwest of Shanxi will definitely not ignore it. They will definitely block it. Therefore, we must also request troops stationed in Datong's 26th Division or Zhongtiaoshan Front to mobilize troops to reinforce, and the strength of the return to the aid must be at least two infantry corps."

But this time, Yoshio Iwamatsu did not fully adopt it.

He only agreed to dispatch troops from Anhua, Yangquan and Lu'an.

Two infantry brigades were drawn in each direction to return to the rescue.

Yoshio Iwamatsu felt that six infantry brigades returned to the rescue.

It is enough to attack Chu Yunfei's troops and Liang Gang's troops inside and outside.

...

Houses on both sides of Gongjimen Street.

The Tiger Squadron of the Shanxi Sui Army's Single Brigade and the Jiaolong Squadron of the 94th Brigade of the Central Army have also been engaged in street fighting. Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang really attacked at all costs.

These two Huangpu students are really loyal to Chang Kaishen.

Sun Ming pointed to the corner of the stairs, Gao Shenxing nodded slightly, then unloaded a grenade from his waist, pulled the fuse and threw it behind the corner of the stairs, rumbling.

A dazzling red light suddenly burst out.

The two of them dodged out at the same time, holding submachine guns and shooting at the corner of the stairs. The two Japanese hiding at the corner of the stairs were instantly beaten into sieves.

After going down to the corner of the stairs, the two of them did not rush down.

Gao Shenxing picked up a Japanese corpse and threw it down like a slap bag.

Two crisp gunshots immediately sounded below. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gao Shenxing and Liang Gang flashed out from the corner of the stairs at the same time. One shot from the upper part of the passage to the first floor, and the other was lying on the corridor, sliding down quickly while shooting violently on the first floor.

Two people and two submachine guns form cross fire.

The two Japanese guarding the stairs on the first floor were instantly beaten into sieves.

At this moment, a smoke-burning grenade rolled over.

"Fuck!" Sun Ming, who had just slid to the ground on the first floor, quickly grabbed a Japanese corpse and blocked him. There was only a loud bang, and there was a faint sound of puffing.

After the red light dissipated, Sun Ming put down the Japanese corpse.

When I looked closely, I saw that the side of the ghost's body facing the grenade had been shot into a honeycomb.

Gao Shenxing held a model M1921 Thomson submachine gun and sat down on the handrail of the stairs. After landing, he freed up his right hand and gave Sun Ming a thumbs up: "You are good at it, brother."

"Sloppy." Sun Ming grinned and said, "You are not bad either."

Gao Shenxing curled his lips when he heard this, pulled out a bayonet from his waist, and then slid to the first floor wooden wall. The grenade just now was thrown from behind the wooden wall, with a window on the wall.

After getting ready, Gao Shenxing called Sun Ming to use sign language and grenades.

Sun Ming understood and immediately unloaded a grenade, pulled the fuse, and threw it in through the window.

Gao Shenxing listened intently, and heard the sound of footsteps vaguely. Then someone leaned against the wooden wall. He stopped hesitating and stabbed into the wooden wall with a slash.

The fragile pine boards cannot block the sharp bayonets.

The bayonet pierced the wooden wall in an instant and pierced into the body of the Japanese opposite.
To be continued...