"Sir, the Fourth Squadron is out..." Suddenly, a report interrupted Major Harada's thoughts.

"Has the Eighth Route Army killed the forest..." Harada asked subconsciously.

Before his subordinates could speak, Harada frowned and said to himself: "No, it cannot be so fast! According to the original tactic, they must first drive the Eighth Route Army scattered in the forest together, and then gather and annihilate them. However, I didn't hear the gunshots at all just now, how could it be that the forest could be so fast!"

The correspondent soldier hesitated for a moment and replied: "They were driven out by the Eighth Route Army in the forest!"

Major Harada was stunned on the spot, and a very bad premonition flashed through his mind: his initial worries became reality!

Even though the Eighth Route Army in the forest was destroyed and had no ammunition and food, they were still the masters in the forest suitable for guerrilla warfare.

He stared at his subordinates and asked, "What about the casualties? Are the casualties of the troops serious?"

"Very big!" his subordinate lowered his head and replied in a mosquito-like voice.

"One infantry squadron of the Imperial Army only rushed out more than forty people, not even one infantry squadron. More than half of the Imperial Army of the two companies rushed out more than eighty people!"

Major Harada stared at his subordinates with his eyes staring at his subordinates, and asked with disbelief: "How is it possible? How long has it been, we lost more than 200 people?"

"What about the results of the battle? Do they have any statistics on how many Eighth Route Army were eliminated in the entire battle!"

"Hi! After statistics, the three teams found a total of 42 bodies of the Eighth Route Army on the offensive road. They judged that the Eighth Route Army had at least the same number of wounded soldiers, or even more!" The second lieutenant quickly answered.

Major Harada was angry and cursed: "Eighth Geya Road, even if the Eighth Route Army suffered more than 100 casualties, we will lose this battle. Don't forget that except for the puppet army, we will lose more than 100 people in the Light Emperor's Army. How did they fight? I want to send all their commanders to the military court!"

After scolding for two minutes, the anger on Harada's face subsided a lot.

The captain of the third squadron standing next to him seized the opportunity and reminded him: "Sir, there is a problem we must pay attention to!"

"It will be dark in more than an hour. The plane that escorted us will return in half an hour. Although the Eighth Route Army in the forest lost nearly a hundred people, they got all the weapons and ammunition left by our offensive troops in the forest!"

"I'm worried that after dark, they will regain a large amount of weapons and ammunition and forcefully break through and move to the larger forest around them!"

This time, Master Harada did not hesitate and made a very decisive decision: "Immediately telegram to the brigade command headquarters, we request that the Eighth Route Army hiding in the forest not be attacked, and that they would be trapped in the forest!"

"Also, the Eighth Route Army has obtained some ammunition supplies from our offensive troops. After dark, they will definitely break through forcibly. Please ask the Brigade Command to draw at least two more teams from the nearby garrison to reinforce our headquarters, and ensure that the Eighth Route Army trapped in the forest will not let them run away!"

"Get out the telegram right away!"

"In addition, let the troops that rushed out just now be reduced into an infantry squad, and the Imperial Army have a company, and strengthen them to the middle of the defensive troops. Before the reinforcements come, the Eighth Route Army in the forest must not be allowed to break out!"

At the command center of the Japanese military brigade in Linfen City, Major General Matsumoto originally thought that the nightmare belonging to the Imperial Army had ended. The next step will definitely change, and the Imperial Army will take turns to take revenge and counterattack the Eighth Route Army.

However, this kind of dream was broken by the telegram from Major Harada.

"What did Harada do? A remnant soldier of more than 200 people can't be dealt with. Why do the Imperial Army want such a waste? I want to send him to the military court. He is not worthy of being an officer of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire!" Matsumoto held the telegram sent by the Chief of Staff in his hand and cursed without hesitation.

The Chief of Staff had to be much calmer. Almost all night the command received bad news, and he was used to it.

He frowned and reminded: "General... Then why do we call Major Harada back? It will be dark. After it gets dark, it will definitely be more difficult to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, which is good at guerrilla warfare..."

Matsumoto hesitated for a moment and replied: "Agree with his combat plan, but tell him that if he cannot kill the remaining Eighth Route Army remnants in Linfen North, he will not come back!"

It was not until ten o'clock in the evening that Major Harada returned to the tent to prepare for rest.

After receiving Matsumoto's call, Harada began to patrol the defense line, so small that he had to ask about every light and heavy machine gun.

The brigade commander's orders and requests during the call back scared him.

If the Eighth Route Army in the forest cannot be eliminated, even if he is alive, he will have to commit suicide by cesarean section here.

Therefore, Major Harada attached great importance to the encirclement defense in the future, fearing that something unexpected would happen, so he would let the Eighth Route Army in the forest run away and he would die here too.

One kilometer away, the real Second Battalion commander, the second battalion had three company commanders, the regiment headquarters came over to the heavy machine gun company commander and the mortar company commander, all standing in front of Xiao Yunshan, their eyes shining, waiting for orders.

"Comrades, we have two companies now. I plan to divide the troops into operations. The two infantry companies are equipped with half of the mortars and half of the heavy machine guns. They touch the back of the Japanese army and attack directly."

There are not many Japanese and puppet troops around the forest. We need heavy machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, and mortars, and attacks from their backs. We can definitely kill them at the lowest cost.

"Boom boom boom..."

The violent explosion woke up the sleeping Major Harada.

"Where is the explosion!" Major Harada, who had just sat up from the bed, shouted to the door of the tent.

"Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army attacked from behind our troops, with at least ten mortars and attacked our two infantry squads at the same time!" The squadron leader shouted with fear as soon as he rushed into the tent.

"How is it possible? Didn't the Eighth Route Army in Linfen North be destroyed? Why are there such a powerful artillery force?" Major Harada subconsciously retorted.

But within a few seconds he reacted, stared at the adjutant and asked, "You just said that the Eighth Route Army that attacked us did not come out of the forest, but attacked from behind the troops!"

"Hi! All the shells come from behind, and a large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared behind us!" The adjutant replied immediately, his face full of fear.

Master Harada finally reacted at this time, and suddenly realized his mind and shouted: "Bageyalu, we are fooled!"

"The Eighth Route Army in Linfen North was not crippled by us at all. They were not only well-equipped, but also had sufficient ammunition. More importantly, their troops were not the two hundred people we imagined, but four or five hundred people!"

"What the air force sees during the day is illusion, and the Eighth Route Army deliberately wants us to see."

"Assemble troops immediately, we want to leave here. The Eighth Route Army set up this trap to wipe out us completely. While the Eighth Route Army has not surrounded us, we must leave here immediately!"

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