Yamashita replied respectfully: "The 133rd Brigade of the Imperial Army and the Hasegawa Wing, because of the fall of the Chinese people, pursued another Eighth Route Army into the territory of Fuping County.At present, these two troops have received orders to go south, but because the distance is too far, it is estimated that they will not be able to reach the Shimen area until tomorrow at the earliest. ”"These people can't even tell who the enemy is, and they are simply incompetent to order them to speed up, rush to the designated place as soon as possible, and cut off the way for the people to flee west."
Sugiyama said angrily."
Hai" Yamashita replied respectfully, and then continued: "In addition, the Miyazaki Wing of the Independent Fifth Mixed Brigade and the 27th Division was originally searching for the whereabouts of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong in the area of Shenze, and now they have also received orders and are rushing to the front line of Shimen.It is estimated that we will be able to get to the vicinity of Shimen before tonight. ”"It's too slow, it's too slow at this pace, and by the time they got there, the people would have fled long ago."
Sugiyama said with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.Yamashita Fengwen frowned and thought for a moment, and then said, "Your Excellency Commander, after the stone gate was attacked.The Ito Brigade of the Imperial Army, which was originally stationed in Dingzhou, immediately rushed south to support Zhengding after receiving the order, and has now rushed to the vicinity of Xin'an Town, which is not far from Zhengding.It's just that at this time, Zhengding Station has been lost, and the defenders of Shimen have suffered heavy losses.The Ito Brigade had only one brigade of troops, and did not dare to launch an attack rashly, and remained near the town of Xin'an, closely monitoring the movements of the Chinese army. ”Sugiyama Yuan frowned when he heard this, and said with a worried face: "The strength of a large group is indeed too small, and the combat effectiveness of this Chinese army is indeed not weak, if you rashly launch an attack, I am afraid that with the strength of this brigade alone, I am afraid that you will not be able to defeat this Chinese army."
However, they could not do nothing, and immediately ordered them to launch an attack on the Chinese people, pinning down the Chinese army and preventing them from escaping.Wait for the large army to arrive, and then surround and annihilate them in one fell swoop.In addition, remind them to be careful, if they are defeated by the Shina people, it will be worth the loss. ”"Hai is lowly and understands, and he is going to deliver orders."
Yamashita responded respectfully and turned to deliver the order.Sugiyama Moto, turning to look at the picture of the emperor hanging on the wall, frowned again.I couldn't help but sigh softly.At this time, Sugiyama Motomo was quite haggard, since he took over as the commander of the North China Dispatch Army.It seems that everything is not going well, and this sweep was originally bound to be won by Sugiyama Moto, and everything went very smoothly at the beginning.However, the development of events far exceeded Sugiyama Moto's expectations, and the Japanese army suffered repeated setbacks, and Sugiyama Moto, at this time, was already in a mess."
Nani's command ordered us to attack the people of China immediately," Ito asked with a look of surprise."
That's what the order from the Al Khai command says, let's attack the Chinese in order to contain the Chinese forces and prevent these hateful Chinese from escaping, and wait for the arrival of the large army.Surround them in one fell swoop. ”The adjutant replied respectfully.Ito Shaozo was still a little unconvinced, snatched the telegram, read it carefully, and confirmed that it was correct, and then he was forced to believe the fact in front of him.He said helplessly: "But we only have a large number of troops, and it is not easy to contain this Chinese army.After all, Zhengding has the main force of seven or eight thousand Eighth Route Army. ”"What does Your Excellency Shaozuo mean by not carrying out the orders of the headquarters," the adjutant asked cautiously."
This is an order issued by the headquarters himself, and the consequences of disobeying the order are not something we can afford.This order must be carried out, but I am worried that I will not be able to complete the task assigned by the command, and I will be blamed by His Excellency the commander.This is obviously a thankless task. ”Ito Shaozo said with a worried look on his face.After hearing this, the adjutant said helplessly: "Since this is the case, then we can only do our best." ”"Hmm" Ito Shaozo nodded and said: "Immediately pass the order, order the second squadron, immediately launch a tentative attack on the position of the Shina Army, and first touch the bottom of the Shina people." ”Adjutant "Hai" replied respectfully, turned around and went to deliver the order.The order quickly reached the front-line positions, and a devil lieutenant raised his binoculars and looked at the position of the Eighth Route Army opposite.On the position was a battalion of the 8th Regiment of the Jizhong Military Region.The devil lieutenant observed carefully for a while, nodded slightly, and then said with a serious face: "Attack immediately" A little devil next to "Hai" responded respectfully, turned around and went to convey the order."
Kill it" A devil lieutenant brandished his command knife and roared, and rushed towards our army's position with a squad of little devils under his command.After the little devils approached, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the position immediately opened fire and began to block the attack of the devils, and more than 50 little devils held out for less than ten minutes, and finally left more than a dozen corpses and retreated in embarrassment.Ito Shaozo had already rushed to the front line at this time, and seeing such a situation, he nodded with a smile and said: "It seems that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has at most one battalion, with no more than five hundred troops.The artillery was immediately ordered to prepare for artillery fire, and the 1st and 3rd squadrons immediately launched an attack, striving to break through the positions of the Chinese in one fell swoop. ”Adjutant "Hai" replied respectfully, turned around and went to deliver the order.It didn't take long for the rumbling sound of artillery on the Japanese artillery position, and after more than ten minutes of shelling, more than 300 little devils, holding bright bayonets, howled wolf and rushed towards our position."
Brothers, give me a hard beating, and you must not let the little devils rush over" The battalion commander on the position of the Eighth Route Army roared, raised the box gun in his hand and pulled the trigger on the little devil who rushed up without hesitation.The other soldiers of the Eighth Route Army also shot at the little devil one after another, and for a while, the gunfire was loud, and the dense bullets shrouded the little devil like rain, and the little devil who rushed to the front was instantly swept down.However, this did not deter these crazy little devils, these crazy devil soldiers still continued to withstand the rain of bullets and bullets of our army, constantly advancing, and at the same time raised the guns in their hands from time to time to counterattack.More than a dozen crooked machine guns were also erected and began to fire fiercely at our positions, and a fierce battle broke out.aa2705221: