"General, we have lost contact with the Fengyun Town stronghold. I am worried that the stronghold has been captured by the Eighth Route Army!" The Chief of Staff walked into the war room and reported hesitantly.

The thing that was most worried about in my heart became a fact, and Major General Matsumoto's face suddenly became gloomy.

He frowned and ordered: "Tele to the reinforcements immediately: Speed ​​up and reinforce Fengyun Town strongholds. I want to know how the new first regiment took over the Fengyun Town strongholds that we defended heavily!"

"Hi!" the chief of staff replied with a heavy face.

After almost two hours, Matsumoto finally received a call from the reinforcements.

After confirming that the Fengyun Town stronghold was really taken down and the artillery tower was destroyed, Major General Matsumoto was stunned for a full half minute before he realized it.

The casualties of more than 300 Japanese devils were nothing to Matsumoto, who had five or six thousand people. What really worried him was the rising combat power of the Xinyi regiment.

Half a month ago, the New Regiment could only kill one infantry squad of the Imperial Army in one night.

Now, one strengthening squadron and two garrison squadrons and five Imperial Army troops are not opponents.

The fall of Fengyun Town stronghold made Matsumoto realize that all the strongholds in Linfen were no longer safe, even if he had ordered the defenders of all small strongholds to move to medium and large strongholds.

Especially after learning that the New First Regiment used heavy weapons such as infantry cannons at the Fengyun Town stronghold, this judgment became even more certain.

"General, we must transfer the troops from the mountains!" A staff officer who advocated stopping the sweep last night once again raised his opinion.

"The combat power of the new first regiment is too strong, and we all underestimated their true strength. According to their attack strength at one of our large strongholds in one night, in less than a few days, our strongholds outside Linfen City will all fall!"

"At that time, we will definitely pay a great price to restore these strongholds and restore local public order!"

"And when the New First Regiment attacked our strongholds, because our troops were limited, it was a chance for the other party to defeat us!"

"We have fewer troops, and the total number of troops in all the strongholds outside the city is only more than 600. If these people lose any more, we can only draw troops from the main force to supplement the major strongholds. At that time, there will be even fewer mobile troops in our hands to encircle and suppress the new regiment!"

"Also, the troops I touched into the mountain only brought ten days of combat supplies. Now half of the time has passed. You must retreat after only three days of persistence. Now you only need to retreat three days in advance. However, we can lose at least three strongholds outside the mountain and hundreds of imperial soldiers!"

This time, the Deputy Chief of Staff, who spoke out yesterday, did not speak.

There were more than 800 Japanese and puppet troops in one night, and more than 2,000 people in three nights. Even if the Linfen garrison brigade had sufficient troops, it could not withstand such a huge loss.

Major General Matsumoto quickly made a decision: "We must immediately get rid of the situation where there is no soldiers outside the mountain and focus on encircling and suppressing the main force of the new regiment outside the mountain."

"As for the remnants of the New Yi Regiment who stayed in the mountains, there was no cooperation between the mountain outside teams and Wang Ping, the leader of the New Yi Regiment. We just need to guard the blockade line to let them die on their own!"

"Chief of Staff, telegram the troops entering the mountain immediately, stop sweeping and withdraw from the mountain!"

"Leave a brigade to strengthen the blockade line. After learning that we were withdrawing troops, I was worried that the New Regiment would take the opportunity to retract back into the mountains with a large amount of food and supplies seized from us!"

"Since we have come out and have caused us so much casualties, don't go back!"

"The other brigade, divided into two, carried the radio station, moved directly to Fengyun Town, and stood in a hidden way!"

"Once they come out to move, press forward immediately and encircle them!"

The third company commander Yang Huping and Li Wen were both injured.

Because of continuous combat, there were very few rests. The two exhausted men were much less vigilant on the battlefield. Then they were attacked by the Japanese special forces on the battlefield. Not only did the troops lose more than half of the troops, one of them was broken.

Although the wound was covered with bandages, because of constant rushing and exercising, bright red blood continued to seep out of the bandages.

"Comrade Li Wen, I have only 18 people left in my hand. This is the result of the battalion commander adding 6 veterans and six new recruits to me. If the Japanese continue to press so tightly and press us to fight, they can hold on until tomorrow night at most, because of the continuous battle, the comrades will be too tired."

"I have only three people left here, and I am very tired and can't hold on for too long!" Li Wen replied in a heavy tone.

Then he changed his subject and continued, "If it really doesn't work, we can only hide from the Japanese in this mountain."

"However, with the tracking methods of the Japanese special forces, if we simply dodge, the battalion commander and the others will be found by the Japanese in the maximum period of two days!"

"No!" Yang Huping immediately objected.

"The battalion commanders and the others must not be found by the Japanese. The dozens of wounded people there are all old comrades. Once they are found by the Japanese, they will definitely be massacred!"

"At worst, we can fight against the Japanese!"

Speaking of this, neither of them is gone, sparks.

Close your eyes with a calm face and grab the last time before dawn to rest.

The rest time was short. Two people with dark circles hurriedly ate a few bites of dry food and started to organize their equipment.

The same is true for more than a dozen soldiers around. Everyone is very quiet, tidying up their equipment or eating dry food to replenish their energy.

After a long period of continuous combat and living to this day, the veterans have become real elites. The new soldiers have also become veterans unknowingly. These preparations do not require reminders from Yang Huping and others, and they do well.

"Shitshe..." At this moment, a sound of stepping on leaves suddenly came.

Yang Huping's face changed, he quickly held the rifle in his hand and put the bullets on it.

Fortunately, as the sound was getting closer, they heard the signal that had been agreed in advance.

"It's the comrade who monitors the Japanese. Don't be nervous!" Yang Huping said with a sigh of relief.

Soon, an equally tired soldier rushed over. Although his face was very tired, Yang Huping saw excitement on his face.

"Company Commander, good news, the Japanese are retreating!"

"They started to have breakfast as soon as it dawns. I thought they were going to continue to encircle us. But after dinner, they not only did not start sweeping, but instead began to pack supplies and equipment and began to retreat outside the mountain!"

"Sure enough, there is good news to bring back!" Yang Huping shouted loudly in his heart.

But it did not show up.

The battle of several days made him realize that the Japanese were also very cunning, and maybe this was a conspiracy and he was happy.

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