When all the Japanese officers heard this, they immediately became interested.

Shinozuka Yoshio hurriedly asked: "Yamashita-kun's call, what did he say in the message?"

Ono Nobunaga: "General Yamashita Totake said that they have merged with the imperial army that came out of the city to meet them.

But General Abe wanted to lead the support troops back to attack the Eighth Route Army. General Yamashita and General Abe had different opinions. He believed that even with the support troops, it would be difficult to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

If they fail again, Taiyuan City will be in danger, so he sent this message to ask your Excellency, Commander, to make your decision."

Yamashita Fengwu was cautious and did not mention that there were still people besieged by the Eighth Route Army.

After listening to the report, Yoshio Shinozuka's face suddenly darkened and he slapped the conference table in front of him hard.

Yoshio Shinozuka struck out angrily, using almost all his strength in this slap. He only heard a crisp sound, and the water glass on the table bounced off the table due to the reaction force, and then fell heavily to the ground with a 'pop' sound.

Fallen to pieces.

"Nonsense! What does Abe Norihide want to do? Do you want to destroy the last force in Taiyuan City?"

The chief of staff next to him, Toshi Miyano, hurriedly consoled him: "Commander, please calm down. Abe-kun, this is also to safeguard the dignity of the empire."

Shinozuka Yoshio: "Abe Norihide wants to maintain the dignity of the empire? No, he just can't accept his failure and wants to protect his own face.

If he really cared about the empire, he should conserve his strength and return to Taiyuan City immediately to make further plans.

Rather than disregarding the safety of Taiyuan City for your own selfish reasons!"

Seeing that Yoshio Shinozuka was angry, Miyano Jun did not dare to say anything more and could only lower his head.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Nobunaga Ono in front of him again, and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send power to Abe Norihide and Yamashita Fengwu, and ask them to lead their troops back to Taiyuan City as quickly as possible. Anyone who violates the order will be dealt with according to the military law!

"

"Hiyi!"

Ono Nobunaga paused heavily, then turned around and quickly left the war room.

…

Telegrams back and forth.

Yamashita Tomu immediately found Norihide Abe with the message translated by the communications corps: "Abe-kun, you should also have received the cable order from Commander Yoshio Shinozuka from the headquarters, right?"

"If you have no doubts about this telegram, we should lead our troops back to Taiyuan City immediately."

Naturally, Norihide Abe also received the telegram from Yoshio Shinozuka from the headquarters. Through the telegram, Norihide Abe felt the anger from Yoshio Shinozuka, as well as the firmness of his tone and attitude.

What could he say?

No matter how thick your arms are, they can't twist your thighs.

At the moment, even though Abe Norihide was unwilling, he could only helplessly lead the remaining troops back toward Taiyuan City.

…

When Wang Chengzhu led the Second Independent Regiment to arrive late, they almost caught up to Taiyuan City, but no sign of Abe Kihide and Yamashita Fengwu was found.

The fourth battalion commander Wang Dali, who had an impatient personality, looked at Taiyuan City two or three kilometers away, and shouted to Wang Shugen at the side: "Genzi, didn't you say that the Japanese have sent another brigade of reinforcements? Where are they? What's going on?

Didn’t you even see a ghost?”

Wang Shugen sighed and said: "According to reports from our brothers in the reconnaissance camp, this Japanese reinforcements only stayed for a few minutes after joining the Japanese who broke out, and then turned back directly to Taiyuan City."

Wang Dali couldn't help but be a little confused: "These little devils are so inhumane. They actually watched their companions being surrounded and didn't go back to rescue them."

Wang Chengzhu grasped the key point and thought about the fact that after the group of Japanese soldiers joined the reinforcements, they stayed for a few more minutes before returning to Taiyuan City. He almost figured it out: "It's not that these Japanese soldiers are inhumane and don't rescue their besieged comrades.

Yoshio Shinozuka issued a certain order to force them to return to Taiyuan City."

Wang Dali: "Is this an order from Yoshio Shinozuka?"

Wang Chengzhu nodded: "That should be the case. If these Japs wanted to abandon their besieged comrades, they would not have stayed for a few minutes before returning to Taiyuan City after joining the reinforcements."

"After they met up with the reinforcements, there must have been a conflict of opinions internally, and then they reported the situation to Yoshio Shinozuka via the radio.

During the few minutes he stayed, he was probably waiting for Yoshio Shinozuka's call back.

The result is obvious, the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka made a wise choice."

Wang Dali seemed to understand, and then asked: "Captain, what should we do now?"

Wang Chengzhu: "What else can we do? Of course we have to go back the way we came. Do you still want to attack Taiyuan?"

Wang Dali smiled naively: "Don't say it yet, I really think so."

Wang Chengzhu: "There will be a day when we can attack Taiyuan City, but not now. Return the same way!"

"yes!"

Everyone agreed in a loud voice, then returned the same way, and soon disappeared into the dark night.

Ten minutes later.

Wang Chengzhu led his troops back, and the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment just wiped out the remaining Japanese on the battlefield.

When Li Yunlong saw Wang Chengzhu coming back, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Zhuzi, weren't you trying to stop the Japanese reinforcements? Why are you back now?"

I'm still wondering why there's no movement at all."

Wang Chengzhu: "Commander, after the Japanese reinforcements received the Japanese who broke out, they turned back directly to Taiyuan City. I chased them all the way to the bottom of Taiyuan City without catching up."

Li Yunlong's face sank and he said angrily: "Damn it, these devils are so cowardly that they didn't even save their besieged comrades."

Wang Chengzhu: "Presumably these devils know that it is you, Commander Li, who is besieging them. They have no choice but to give in due to your power."

Li Yunlong: "Fuck you, stop talking nonsense!"

After a pause, Li Yunlong changed the subject and said: "Okay, the battle here is over. Should we attack Taiyuan City according to the original battle plan?"

Wang Chengzhu: "Commander, when do we plan to attack Taiyuan City?"

Li Yunlong: "Didn't you just agree to attack Taiyuan City with our troops after we eliminate this Japanese enemy?"

Wang Chengzhu: "What I mean is that we must eliminate the Japanese reinforcements leaving the city before we can defeat Taiyuan City."

"Now that this group of Japs has returned to Taiyuan City, the number of Japs in Taiyuan City ranges from thousands to tens of thousands. What should we fight with?

Even if we were wearing Japanese military uniforms, we definitely wouldn't be able to open the city gate by deception. It's estimated that the enemy's bullets will come to greet us as soon as we arrive at the city gate and before we start shouting."

"Moreover, the Japanese Infantry 77th Regiment, the 96th Infantry Regiment, and the 41st Infantry Division are also on their way to Taiyuan. They may arrive when they arrive. If we don't retreat, we will wait until these Japanese troops arrive.

, we have to explain everything here."

Ding Wei also said: "Yes, Lao Li, we did not eliminate the Japanese reinforcements that came out of the city to support us. Now that we have lost the opportunity to attack Taiyuan City, we will be destroying ourselves."

Li Yunlong: "What does self-destruction mean? Our three regiments combined have a total strength of more than 15,000 people. Although it is only one regiment in name, its strength is far greater than when our 129th Division was first reorganized.

Moreover, the weapons and equipment are many times more sophisticated than those back then.

Now that I have finally come to Taiyuan, how can I leave without firing a shot?

This is not our Lao Li’s character!”

What Li Yunlong said is absolutely true. When the Eighth Route Army was first reorganized, there were a total of 3 divisions, 6 brigades, and 12 regiments.

Each regiment has less than 3,000 troops, and a brigade has more than 5,000 troops. Even if the teaching battalion, special agent battalion and other units directly under the division headquarters are added, the total strength of a division does not exceed 15,000.

.

Therefore, the new regiment, the independent regiment and the second independent regiment combined, both in terms of strength and weapons and equipment, far exceed the newly reorganized 129th Division.

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Chapter completed!