The Chief of Staff was still frowning and analyzing how such a large casualty could have occurred. Matsumoto, who was also calm in his face, had already seen the conspiracy behind these casualties.

"There is a problem..." Matsumoto suddenly said.

"In one day, the entire blockade line was attacked, and the Eighth Route Army only attacked the patrol team and retreated after a shot. Even if a person attacked our patrol team several times in a row in a day, the New Regiment did not have that many troops!"

"Also, the telegram said that based on the bullet shells left on the battlefield, every time the Eighth Route Army attacked our patrol team, there was a platoon. We used a platoon to hit our patrol team, that is, a squad. This was a waste of troops and bullets, which was completely inconsistent with the previous guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army!"

"If I guess correctly, the battle born on the blockade today is not what you judged at all. The Eighth Route Army attacked our patrol team through guerrilla warfare, killing us in large quantities, and weakening our garrison troops on the blockade!"

"What is that?" the chief of staff asked back with a frown.

"Training troops?" Matsumoto made a surprising judgment!

"On the training ground, we trained soldiers with captured Chinese soldiers, practiced bayonets and hand-to-hand combat. Our old opponent, Wang Ping, will bring his new regiment to our blockade line today, using the Imperial Army and the Imperial Army to train soldiers and train soldiers' marksmanship!"

"How is that possible?" The Chief of Staff seemed to hear a huge joke, with a shocked look on his face and opened his mouth, but he didn't react for a long time.

Major General Matsumoto frowned and analyzed: "More than 30 people ambushed a patrol team, and he could only kill five or six of us. Even if one person only fires one bullet, ordinary troops cannot achieve only this result. But this is the case, which means that the one who attacked us was considered a new recruit from the New Regiment!"

"Watch our veterans with new recruits, and every battle is as regular as a mold carved out. You said, what is this not training?"

The Chief of Staff slowly believed it, and a very bold idea emerged in his mind.

"General, do you think there is such a possibility? The New Regiment sent the remaining veterans out of the mountains through secret channels, fought guerrillas with us, and attacked us. At the same time, he used the battle to prove to the Chinese people in Linfen that they were not destroyed by us, expanded their influence, and accumulated supplies and expanded their troops. The remaining new recruits were all left in the mountains for training. Seeing that our troops finally left the artillery tower and bunker to patrol, he immediately seized the opportunity and used our patrol team to practice gunfire."

"It's possible, but you still overlooked one thing!" The more you analyzed, the ugly the Matsumoto's face became.

Because he suddenly realized that the battle situation has been going on, all the situations he has mastered seem to be fake.

If this is the case, then things will be troublesome.

After taking a deep breath, suppressing the bad premonition in my heart as much as possible, he frowned and analyzed.

"The New First Regiment trains troops in platoons. There are so many battles on the blockade line within one day, and the blockade line is long, which means that the New First Regiment dispatched no less than ten new recruits, or even more!"

"I'm sure we did not achieve the expected results of the bombing of the new regiment station some time ago."

"The casualties of the new 1st regiment are definitely not as large as we imagined! The material reserves have not been completely destroyed!"

The Chief of Staff once again showed a disbelief expression on his face: "How is it possible? We used incendiary bombs, not ordinary aviation bombs. Even if we didn't go to the battlefield in person, I can be sure that the new regiment station would definitely be burned to ashes!"

Matsumoto, who was calm and depressed, seemed to have thought of something, and his already frowning brows frowned even deeper at this time.

Then he suddenly realized his mind and replied: "The cunning rabbit has three holes, I understand!"

"Our opponents are too cunning, and the Chinese have had a habit since ancient times that they do not put their own things together, but rather hide them separately, so as not to be taken away by their opponents!"

"The same is definitely true for the Xinyituan."

"Besides the camps we bombed and burned to ashes, there must be camps we don't know."

"It is this secret camp that allows them to continue to live in the woods after they lose their main camp!"

"Bageyalu, they are too cunning, we were cheated!"

Speaking of this, Major General Matsumoto also showed a look of pain and regret on his face.

I regretted that I didn’t think of this earlier, allowing the remnants of the New First Regiment to train troops and rest in the forest for such a long time.

As for the Chief of Staff, the shock on his face could no longer be described in words.

After finally reacting, he stared at Matsumoto and asked, "General, do you want me to use the old method to find their secret base and then send air force to bomb!"

Matsumoto shook his head and replied: "It's useless!"

"Since they knew that the cunning rabbit had three holes at the beginning, they must have done the same now. What's more, a station was blown up by us just now, so they must be very alert and will not be fooled again!"

The chief of staff was anxious and immediately asked, "What should I do? Watch them grow stronger in the mountains, watch them use our patrol team to train troops!"

"Training troops!" Hearing these two words, Major General Matsumoto's mouth flashed with a sneer.

Because he still has a trump card in his hand and has not played it out.

In the last battle, the performance of the special forces brigade made him very dissatisfied.

After the battle, Major General Matsumoto took action personally to train the special forces brigade.

After more than half a month of training, Matsumoto's performance was very satisfied. Although it was far from meeting the standards of the old special forces brigade, it was no problem to deal with ordinary troops.

Moreover, everyone must know that the place where the combat effectiveness of the special forces brigade is the fastest way to improve the combat effectiveness of the special forces is not a training ground, but a real battlefield.

Since the New First Regiment uses its own patrol team to train troops on the battlefield, I don’t mind using the new recruits to train troops on the New First Regiment.

Thinking of this, Matsumoto shouted directly to the door: "Notify the Special Forces Brigade Haradanasa, come to my place to report immediately, the time should be fast!"

After that, he stared at the Chief of Staff and continued to ask: "A car transport squadron that the headquarters strengthened us has arrived. There are six armored cars and dozens of motorcycles in it. Chief of Staff, you can immediately divide it according to the standards of three three-wheeled motorcycles, one armored car, and three ordinary cars in a large stronghold."

"The remaining cars stay in the county and form two mechanization reinforcement squadrons."

"If there is a situation where the garrison at the stronghold cannot cope with it, the county town will send troops directly!"

"Also, with motorcycles and armored cars, the garrisons of each stronghold must patrol the main roads in their jurisdiction uninterruptedly. By controlling the highway and controlling the villages around the highway, the entire Linfen is cut into small pieces that the Eighth Route Army cannot contact each other!"

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