Major General Honda had probably guessed what the two puppet troops were going to report, and his face sank on the spot: "What happened to the transport team?"

"Taijun is wise!" One of the puppet army platoon leaders gasped and reported.

"After three o'clock in the afternoon, we began to be attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The escort troops suffered great losses. In order to block the pursuers of the Eighth Route Army, the commander transferred a company of the Imperial Army's rear guard, and the humble position was also in the middle."

"But the Eighth Route Army was equipped with very good equipment. It not only had light and heavy machine guns, but also a large number of grenade launchers and mortars. After several rounds of shells were smashed, the troops where the Beizhi was located collapsed, and the company commander and the Imperial Army who supervised the battle were also dead."

"Some soldiers escaped, some soldiers became prisoners of the Eighth Route Army. After trying their best, they ran back to the county town to report this matter to Taijun. Please send troops to avenge us!"

As speculation became a fact, Major General Honda's face became heavier and heavier. His eyes seemed to be able to spit fire, red and red. He stared at the puppet army platoon leader and continued to ask: "How many people are there in the Eighth Route Army attacking you? After you divided your troops, how many escort troops are there next to the convoy. You have to think clearly for me and report it truthfully. If there is a lie, military law will be used."

The puppet army platoon leader was frightened by the brigade commander and quickly replied: "Don't worry, Taijun, everything I said just now is true."

"The Eighth Route Army attacked us at least three hundred people. They were very cunning and followed us all the time, constantly consuming our strength with the guerrilla warfare they were good at!"

"After the commander kept us, there was only a company of the Imperial Army and more than forty Imperial Army left next to the convoy."

"The Eighth Route Army defeated us in just a few minutes, and then did not clean up the battlefield, and directly led our troops to chase the convoy..."

Major General Honda couldn't sit still and strode to the sand table: "Immediately find out the approximate location of your attack on the Eighth Route Army's pursuers on the sand table."

"Chief of Staff, please contact the front-line sweeping troops now. If you march normally, the convoy that sent them shells should have arrived at their destination an hour ago. Ask them if they have received shells. If not, send troops to respond immediately."

Time passed by seconds, and Major General Honda, who had not waited for the front line to call back, gradually became anxious.

If the sweeping troops have received the shells, they will definitely reply to the telegram as soon as possible.

The call back has not arrived yet, which means that the transport team has not arrived at the destination on time.

Thinking of their escort troops being less than 200, but the Eighth Route Army chasing them had three or four hundred, and they were equipped with mortars and grenade launchers, Honda felt that something was wrong with them.

The more you think about it, the ugly your face will be. As the saying goes, one move will affect the whole body. If a transportation team fails to enter, it means that it will lose a lot of baggage, ammunition and escort troops, and it also means that the front-line sweeping troops have no ammunition available.

Without strong firepower as support, the combat effectiveness of the sweeping troops will definitely decline sharply. Not to mention continuing to attack the National Salvation Army, it may even be a problem for self-protection.

While waiting anxiously, the Chief of Staff finally appeared at the door of the war room: "General, the call from the first sweeping force has arrived..."

"They sent out the receiving troops to find the escort troops, but they went too late. There was no shell except a corpse on the battlefield, and they were all captured by the Eighth Route Army!"

Major General Honda's hands were already clenched into fists, gritting his teeth, and just as he was about to speak, the communications officer seemed to be panicked and hurried in: "Sir, the third sweeper's troops were in a hurry to get electricity. Something happened to the team that transported them ammunition supplies."

"They were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army less than fifteen kilometers away from the front line. When the receiving troops arrived there, except for a dozen imperial army deserters hiding nearby, all the imperial army involved in the escort were killed in battle, and all the ammunition of the seventeenth chariots were lost!"

"Sir, the telegram from the second sweep troops has arrived!"

"Their receiving troops and the escort troops we sent met up fifteen kilometers away from the front line, but the escort troops suffered more than half of the casualties under the attack of the Eighth Route Army along the way. The escorted ammunition and supplies were also destroyed by two-thirds of the battle, and only six vehicles of artillery shells were left to the front line safely."

Major General Honda was so angry that he couldn't speak anymore. He stared at the sand table for a long time before speaking: "I won't reply to all sweeps. The troops will stop attacking tomorrow. First consolidate the occupied areas and ensure that the remnants of the National Salvation Army are within their encirclement! After all the second batch of ammunition sent to them by the county town is in place, a new round of attack will be launched."

"The National Salvation Army is too cunning, we cannot give them any opportunity to take advantage of."

"If they know that our offensive troops are short of shells, they will definitely let the artillery battalion participate in the war, pressing us against the shells, and severely damaging or even annihilation of our offensive troops along the way."

After the Chief of Staff arranged for a staff officer to give orders, he strode to Honda: "General, suspending the offense is indeed the best way to avoid accidents."

"The remnants of the National Salvation Army have been trapped by us in a narrow area less than 20 kilometers. As long as the troops are swept up and guarding the defense line, they will not escape."

"When we have replenished ammunition for the sweeping troops, they will continue to launch an attack. The battle will be over three days and completely eliminate the national rescue army."

"But Bei Zhi had just thought about it for a long time but had no idea. He didn't know how to transport ammunition to the frontline sweepers."

"From the war report, there should be seven or eight hundred or eight Route Army activities in this area between the county town and the front line."

"As long as the county town sends troops to the front line, they will definitely block them at all costs."

"The most important thing is: we don't have many troops in our hands?"

"Reduce the loss during the day, there is only one guard squadron, two cavalry squadrons, three garrison squadrons, and one regiment of the Imperial Army. The total strength is less than 2,300."

"If more troops transport ammunition supplies to the front line are sent, the troops to defend the county will become less."

"If there were fewer missions, they would definitely repeat the same mistakes and be completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in this area."

Honda seemed to have thought of a solution, and snorted coldly and replied: "Patouth is not good, and Pai is not good, so let's do the opposite and start from behind the Eighth Route Army."

"Don't they like to dig our nests every time they deal with us? This time I decided to pay too much attention and dig their nests once."

"Information shows that the Eighth Route Army that was active in the area of ​​Pingding is only seven or eight hundred people. The battle report said that there were also seven or eight hundred eighth Route Army behind the mobilization troops. The Eighth Route Army that was active in Pingding North must have all out."

"We just need to assemble two infantry squadrons to break into their nests, and we can completely destroy the base they have worked hard to establish, and then force them to return to the base to fight us in the base, and kill them in their base."

"If we solve this force, even if we don't send escort troops, the baggage team can safely deliver the shells to the sweepers."

The chief of staff became more and more excited as he listened. Major General Honda reported excitedly as soon as he finished speaking: "Sir, we will first give the Eighth Route Army a gambler, then give them a siege and aid, and finally destroy them!"

"This is a great solution, I'll arrange it now."

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