On the railway line about 40 kilometers across Jingxing Coal Mine, a regiment of Eighth Route Army was launching an attack on the Japanese stronghold.

However, because the troops lack heavy weapons and very little ammunition, the three heavy machine guns that provide fire cover cannot even continue to fire.

Within a minute of the two sides' fire, three heavy machine guns were completely suppressed by the Japanese blocking fire, and one heavy machine gun was targeted by the Japanese-equipped mortars.

Although the heavy machine gun was saved in the end, more than a dozen heavy machine gunners and riflemen were killed.

Losing the cover of heavy machine guns, the attacking troops were immediately pressed on the road by the blocking firepower fired from the stronghold and could not advance or retreat.

"Boom boom boom..." Several fireballs soared into the air among the attacking troops.

The Japanese army obviously did not want the Eighth Route Army to lie seventy or eighty meters outside the stronghold, and planned to use a grenade launcher to blow them back.

The leader felt heartbroken.

He could see clearly the explosion just now that almost every grenade could take away at least one soldier's life.

If the Japanese continued to explode like this, all the attacking troops were blown up and could not get close to the stronghold.

The political commissar saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. He stared at the commander and was very anxious to remind him.

"Captain, withdraw. The Japanese and puppet troops have too strong defensive firepower. It is meaningless to continue to rush forward. They will sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in vain!" The political commissar was very anxious.

The regiment commander was very unwilling to give up, but in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, he could only grit his teeth and order: "The offensive troops retreat immediately..."

"Political Commissar, you are right. The Japanese army's blocking firepower is too strong. We are definitely not opponents in the strong attack. We must think of other ways!"

The anxious expression on the political commissar's face did not relieve the orders of the regiment commander. Seeing the attacking troops starting to retreat, they continued to stare at the regiment commander and asked: "I have thought of all the ways I can think of, otherwise we wouldn't choose to attack the stronghold!"

"The Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold are too cautious. No matter how we provoke, we will not leave the position. It would be great if we could force them out of the stronghold!"

The regiment commander was also in trouble. As the political commissar said just now, the troops began to attack the stronghold last night.

Sneak attacks, attacking the east and west, surrounding the points to attack the reinforcements, luring the enemy into depth... Almost all the methods you can think of were used, but the effect was very poor.

I don’t know if the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold received the order from above to defend the stronghold. No matter how they provoked or seduced the enemy, they were indifferent and always stayed in the stronghold as a turtle.

If the Japanese and puppet troops did not come out, the Eighth Route Army could not fight the mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare that the Eighth Route Army was good at. If they wanted to seize the stronghold and complete the task of raiding the railway, they could only use the tough battle that the Eighth Route Army was most not good at.

As a result, the scene just now appeared. Three consecutive attacks were attacked, and the troops were defeated by the counterattacks of Japanese artillery and light and heavy machine guns. Not only did they lose nearly one company of troops, but they also caused a huge blow to the morale of the troops!

"Report to the leader, the superior has orders for you!" The district correspondent suddenly ran towards the leader, gasping for a while, and reported, obviously he had been rushing a long way.

The regiment commander subconsciously thought of the battle with almost no progress in front of him, and asked with a worried look: "Does the district leader think that our attack is too slow, and send you to urge us to hurry up!"

The correspondent shook his head: "No, Chief!"

"The division asked you to suspend the attack on the stronghold immediately and ambush the Japanese and puppet troops halfway to the Jingxing Coal Mine. No Japanese and puppet troops are allowed to reinforce Jingxing Coal Mine!"

"Wait!" the regiment commander suddenly interrupted: "What do you mean is that the Japanese army in the stronghold will give up the stronghold and reinforce the Jingxing coal mine?"

The correspondent shook his head: "I don't know whether he will give up the stronghold, but the stronghold will definitely send troops to reinforce the Jingxing Coal Mine!"

The regiment commander understood and analyzed thoughtfully: "I understand. According to the meaning of the division, there must be troops attacking Jingxing Coal Mine, and it will be almost captured, otherwise the Japanese army would definitely not send troops to reinforce the mine area."

"But I remember that Jingxing Coal Mine stationed most of the infantry Japanese and two battalions of puppet troops. The Japanese and puppet troops also built a large number of artillery towers and telegraphs around the mining area, and the defense level is no worse than that of a medium-sized county."

"If you want to force the garrison in the mining area to ask for help from the surrounding area, you need at least three regiments of the Eighth Route Army to attack together."

"The Eighth Route Army that was operating in Jingxing Coal Mine was attacking the railway and attacking the strongholds. There was no extra force to attack Jingxing Coal Mine. Have you made a mistake?"

The correspondent replied very seriously: "Please rest assured, Chief, I will definitely not make the order wrong."

"I don't know who is attacking Jingxing Coal Mine, but judging from the commander's reaction, Jingxing Coal Mine is indeed in danger."

"Not only will the Japanese and puppet troops here mobilize troops to reinforce Jingxing coal mines, but the Eighth Route Army that besieged other strongholds nearby also received such orders!"

Seeing that the regiment commander still looked at the correspondent with disbelief, the political commissar suddenly interrupted: "Governor Commander, the division dares to give us an order, which means that they are at least 80% sure that the Japanese will reinforce Jingxing Coal Mine."

"I think we should execute the order immediately. When the battle is over, we will naturally know who is attacking Jingxing Coal Mine!"

"And we don't have a good way to break through the stronghold now. If the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold really want to reinforce the Jingxing coal mine, we can eat them with the mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare that the troops are good at, and the cost of conquering the stronghold will definitely be greatly reduced!"

"If the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold were not deceived, we would not suffer any losses. At worst, we would attack again tomorrow night. Anyway, the Japanese have no other reinforcements around them, so it doesn't matter if they fight one day earlier or one day later!"

The regiment commander understood as he listened, and the political commissar began to issue an order as soon as he finished speaking: "Go back and tell the leader immediately, our regiment will resolutely implement the division order, the troops will immediately evacuate the battle, set up an ambush on the way to reinforce the Jingxing coal mine, and use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to kill the enemy."

In the Taiyuan Japanese Army headquarters, the commander was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, walking around the war room with his hands on his back, looking up at the door of the war room from time to time, hoping that the news he was waiting for could be delivered quickly, and was very anxious.

After sending out the order to Major Panasonic during the day, the military headquarters did not receive any call from Major Panasonic until three o'clock in the afternoon.

The commander realized that something happened to Major Panasonic, so he immediately sent a plane to the National Rescue Army to investigate and ordered the intelligence department to collect information on the battlefield between the National Rescue Army and the Unique Regiment!

The results of the plane's detection surprised him.

The National Salvation Army's garrison was empty last night, not even a figure. As for the battlefield between the National Salvation Army and the Unique Regiment, it was even quieter.

There was nothing inside except two trenches that stretched for more than a thousand meters.

The Japanese who did not find the National Salvation Army immediately expanded the search range. As a result, they searched the 20 kilometers of the area around the base but couldn't find the National Salvation Army.

The commander was anxious when he heard the news.

The National Salvation Army was ordered to attack the Unique Regiment, with more than 3,000 people, well-equipped and strong combat power. They have disappeared suddenly and are likely to have become opponents of the Shanxi garrison. No matter where they appear, they will pose a huge threat to the local imperial army and even a devastating blow.

While ordering the Air Force to continue to expand its search scope and find traces of the National Salvation Army. While ordering the troops stationed around the National Salvation Army Defense Zone to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the National Salvation Army from raiding...

What disappointed the commander was that it was dark and he still had not found any specific traces of the more than 3,000 national rescue troops.

Not only that, he also received bad news from the left-behind troops of the National Salvation Army raiding the Zhengtai Railway and the Imperial Army's stronghold, further proving that the National Salvation Army had decided to turn against the Imperial Army...

No, they are likely to have no intention of surrendering to the Imperial Army in the end.

When the army commander thought of this, he became even more anxious!
Chapter completed!