At this time, Major General Tsuda was even more sure of his judgment just now.

"I understand that the reason why the Tujiao Eighth Route continues to divide its troops is to destroy all the small strongholds scattered in Yangquan through a battle, and we were deceived by them again!"

"Chief of Staff, immediately determine whether there are our strongholds around the Turkish Eighth Route Army after the division of troops. Contact these strongholds immediately. If you don't want the stronghold, give up the stronghold immediately and retreat to the nearest county town. You must be quick. Otherwise, the Turkish Eighth Route Army will be surrounded and they will be finished!"

"Hi!" The Chief of Staff and his staff immediately searched and confirmed on the sand table!

He quickly gave Major General Tsuda a positive answer: "General wisely, there are our strongholds around these Eighth Routes. However, some Eighth Routes are already very close to the strongholds. It takes time for the command to issue a retreat order, so it must be too late!"

Major General Tsuda frowned and said with a firm command: "Whether you have time or not, please contact us now and issue an order. If you can withdraw one of the Imperial Army, you can withdraw one. We have lost more than 4,000 troops last night. If the troops at these strongholds are lost again today, then our Fourth Mixed Brigade Company will defend Yangquan and protect itself is a problem!"

"I really figured it out now: the battle between Tujiao and Tonight last night and had only one goal, which consumed a lot of our troops. Although I don't know the ultimate goal of their doing so, their goal has been achieved."

"In addition to this evening, we lost nearly five thousand people in just two days!"

For Major General Tsuda, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Communications officers kept rushing to report which stronghold was attacked and which stronghold lost contact under the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

It was finally difficult to survive until dawn, and several communication consultants dispersed.

But the Chief of Staff came over at this time, with a solemn look on his face, and a list in his hand!

"Chief of Staff, the losses have been counted!" Major General Tsuda, who had a gloomy face, could see the purpose of the Chief of Staff coming now at a glance, and asked with a frown!

"Hi!" the Chief of Staff replied in a heavy tone.

"Last night, although we issued an order to abandon the stronghold and shrink the troops in a timely manner, 12 strongholds were still attacked without having time to retreat! All twelve strongholds were captured by the Eighth Route Army, and a total of 539 Imperial Army and 895 Imperial Army troops were lost, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were also lost!"

"The only thing that makes us glad that your retreat order is very timely, and we have lost at least five hundred imperial troops and imperial assistant troops less!"

"Baga!" The furious Major General Tsuda shouted loudly with almost all his strength.

After that, the whole person seemed to be distracted and collapsed in his seat in an instant.

However, Major General Tsuda's eyes shot out from his murderous intent and anger instead increased. After being silent for almost half a minute, he stared at the Chief of Staff and asked: "Have your reconnaissance team followed these 8th Route Army and determined their specific location!"

"Hi!" the chief of staff affirmed.

"After the battle ended, these Tujiao Route Army members returned to the mountains and hid them!"

"We must take revenge, and we must send troops to revenge immediately!" Major General Tsuda shouted with murderous aura.

Then he began to issue an order: "Contact the military headquarters and request the plane to take off immediately and bomb the hiding place of the Eighth Route Army ~"

The Japanese dispatched twelve bombers at one time and rushed towards a temporary garrison of a detachment.

Even though the ground reconnaissance team released signal flares to guide the bombing targets, the bombing effect was still very poor.

Lin Zi, who was hiding in a team, was too dense, and everyone was very scattered. Even if an aviation bomb accurately hit the target, it would not blow up many people.

In the end, the Japanese 6th Army's aviation force could only hastily end this meaningless bombardment.

"Captain, the detachment bombing caused us more than 500 casualties, of which 256 were directly killed. Although the rest were not dead, they basically lost their combat effectiveness!" The first detachment's temporary command center, the chief of staff reported in a heavy tone as soon as he entered the tent.

"The Japanese are taking revenge on us!" Chen Zhengxiang frowned and analyzed.

"We just ate more than 500 of them. They turned around and killed and injured more than 500 of us with planes. This is equivalent to the fight we fought in vain last night!"

"Chief of Staff, plus the Yangquan Independent Regiment, how many of us can continue to fight!"

The Chief of Staff knew that there was a combat mission as soon as he heard it. Without saying a word, he immediately replied: "Before the operation began, we had 7,500 people, and the Yangquan Independent Regiment had 1,500 people, totaling 9,000 people."

"Now there are still 1,000 people in the Yangquan Independent Group, and each of our main group still has 1,000 to 1,500 people. There are still 5,500 people in total to continue fighting!"

"In addition, although we lost nearly 3,500 people, our equipment increased instead of decreasing!"

"In order to make up for the shortage of troops, I have all seized heavy equipment to each regiment. Now each regiment has twelve mortar platoons, and the heavy machine gun company has twelve heavy machine guns, and the machine gun has also increased a lot!"

"There is still a power to fight!" Chen Zhengxiang replied, his face gradually becoming serious.

"The headquarters just sent a telegram. There will be a big action in the next three days. We must complete the task. If possible, we can attract some of the Japanese and puppet troops in Taiyuan City!"

"I guess the so-called big action at the headquarters must be related to Taiyuan City!"

"In order to complete the mission, I decided to continue to consume the Japanese in Yangquan tonight. Their troops are now stretched. Unless they ask for help from outside, they can only watch us attack them! Unless they are willing to give up several counties around Yangquan and concentrate their troops to use them!"

"Here, tonight, all the main forces will be assembled to attack this county town and take it down."

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Major General Tsuda rarely closed his eyes for two consecutive nights.

But the good times didn't last long. Less than half an hour after falling asleep, the Chief of Staff broke into his room again with anxious figure.

"What happened again?" Major General Tsuda asked with a frown, his tone filled with fatigue and impatientness.

"General, Shouyang County Cheng was besieged by the Eighth Route Army and requested reinforcements!" The Chief of Staff made a shocking report.

"The Eighth Route Army attacked them not only had thunder cannons, mortars, but also at least ten mountain cannons. It must be the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army that was active in Yangquan these days!"

"Shouyang garrison reported that the Eighth Route Army had a very strong offensive firepower, and the troops suffered heavy losses and urgently needed reinforcements. Otherwise, they would not be able to hold on for even three hours!"

"Baga, what exactly do these Eighth Route Army want to do!" Major General Tsuda cursed loudly! Then he put on his military uniform and dragged his tired body to the war room.

"Is there any troops around Shouyang County that can reinforce?" Major General Tsuda asked as soon as he arrived at the war room.

"Yes, but the scale is too small, so Beizhi recommends not to move. Two days ago, we suffered the loss of the Tujiao 8th Route Army besieging the city and attacking aid. Beizhi is worried that this is another conspiracy of the Tujiao Army!"

"No, this time it's different!" Major General Tsuda shook his head and replied.

"We had no idea about the strength of the Eighth Route Army before, but now we have already known the strength of the Eighth Route Army. Only when the reinforcements are large enough, they will not only not be ambushed, but also destroy the Eighth Route Army that attacked Shouyang!"
Chapter completed!