Under the cover of dozens of artillery fire, the offensive troops sent by the political commissar took the Japanese frontier position and attacked their main position.

When there were still thirty or forty meters away from the main position, in order to prevent artillery from accidentally injuring one's own people, all the attacking troops lay on the ground, prepared grenades, and waited for the arrival of the last attack moment.

When the artillery was over, when the Japanese army counterattacked, everyone in the attacking troops lay on the ground and threw the first army's grenades rain at the main position of the Japanese army...

So a scene appeared on the battlefield: a single attacking force kept throwing grenades to the main position of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army hiding in the trenches were blown to tears and howls, causing heavy losses...

After throwing three grenades, the warrior in front got up from the ground and rushed forward.

At this time, there were only a few Japanese troops left in the main position, and half of the Japanese were blinded by the bombing. Facing the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared in front of them, they even forgot to shoot and counterattack.

Although the twenty Japanese who reacted, their blocking firepower was too weak. As soon as they fired a bullet, they were targeted by several times the number of Eighth Route Army: light machine guns, rifles, and pistols, swept at him. No matter how powerful the Japanese were, they could not resist the number of people on the other side.

After only one round of fighting between the two sides, more than 20 Japanese were shot to death...

At the command center of Okamoto's United Team, a rapid knock on the door suddenly rang at the door of the room where the team leader was. Colonel Okamoto, who was sleeping, was suddenly awakened and quickly got up from the bed and called the door.

"Sir, our contact with the First Brigade has been cut off!" The chief of staff stood at the door and reported nervously.

"After the First Battalion was ordered to attack, in order to prevent accidents from happening, both sides contacted each other every half an hour."

"Twenty minutes ago, the contact time was agreed upon by both sides, but the First Brigade did not call us, and no one answered us even after we called."

"Bizhi's first reaction was that the telephone line was cut off. He immediately ordered the telegrapher to call the First Brigade by radio, but no matter how we called, the First Brigade never responded!"

"Bizhi thought this was too abnormal, so he immediately sent someone to the First Brigade's garrison to investigate, and contact the troops stationed near them, and asked them to send people to contact the First Brigade together."

"Just just now, a squadron leader who was closest to the First Brigade's station suddenly reported that they heard a very fierce gunfire sound from the First Brigade's position more than half an hour ago, but it disappeared without lasting for too long!"

"After hearing this news, Bei Zhi felt that something might have happened to the First Brigade. He put down the phone and rushed here to report immediately!"

Colonel Okamoto trusted the Chief of Staff very much and believed in his judgment, but he did not think something would happen to the First Battalion.

The Eighth Route Army along the railway line only has one main battalion. Even if it is all concentrated in the First Battalion, it is impossible to threaten the safety of the First Battalion, let alone the Eighth Route Army in this battalion has to divide a lot of troops to attack the other three brigades.

With this idea, Colonel Okamoto was even more sure that something would happen to the First Brigade, and asked with a calm face: "The sound of artillery does not mean that something happened to the First Brigade. Perhaps it was caused by their attack on the Eighth Route Army. It is not possible to contact them to be our reason for determining that something happened to the First Brigade. What if their radio station and telephone were blown up by the artillery fire just now?"

"Send people to contact the First Battalion along the railway, and let the two brigades closest to the First Battalion send two infantry squadrons to march and reinforcements along the railway line."

"I remember when the First Brigade first contacted us, they had already set their sights on an Eighth Route Army that strengthened the company, and were preparing to follow the clues, find the lair of the only left-behind troops, and gather and annihilate them."

"I guess their old nest should have more than half of the company's troops, plus hundreds of guerrillas and local troops sent by the only regiment, the Eighth Route Army that the First Battalion should deal with should have more than five hundred people."

"It's definitely okay to win, but if they have too few troops, they are prone to leaking nets. So I decided to send four more infantry squadrons to reinforce them. If you want to fight, gather the troops left along the railway and annihilate them, so as not to give them any chance to rekindle!"

After hearing this, the Chief of Staff felt that the corps captain made sense and accepted the order on the spot: "Go to make arrangements now, come and report it as soon as there is news!"

"I just disturbed you. It will be two or three hours before dawn. Sir, you can go back and have a sleep. I promise not to come over to disturb you again!"

"Forget it!" Colonel Okamoto shook his head: "Tonight's counterattack not only concerns the honor of our Okamoto United, but also whether we can avenge our previous shame, but also whether the counterattack operation in Shanxi can break the deadlock from us."

"So this action is very important, and there must be no accidents. Since you are awake, you will not sleep. Go directly to the war room and solve any emergencies immediately, so as not to let you run around and waste time!"

An hour passed, and the wing command received no news from the investigators.

Two hours have passed, and no news has been heard from the First Battalion’s position.

At this time, not only the Chief of Staff was increasingly worried about the safety of the First Battalion, but the captain of the corps also felt something was wrong.

The idea of ​​thinking that the First Team is still safe is not as firm as before.

The command center was only twenty kilometers away from the First Brigade's base. The scouts rode over, and two hours were enough for them to run back and forth between the command center and the position. The command center sent out several waves of scouts in succession. According to the principle, at least three waves have returned, but they are just like they are missing and there is no news.

"Sir, could it be that the Eighth Route Army arranged an ambush on the road, and the scouts we sent were not allowed to approach the First Battalion. They wanted to completely cut off the contact between the First Battalion and us and turn the First Battalion into an isolated army!" A staff officer thought about it and analyzed.

Colonel Okamoto's worried eyes quickly became hot, and he nodded immediately: "This possibility is not ruled out."

"If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely find a way to cut off the connection between the First Brigade and us after the battle began."

"Wait a minute, we sent several groups of scouts. Even if the Eighth Route Army really arranged an ambush on the way they must pass, it would not be possible to kill them all. There must be a fish that missed the net and reported the situation to us."

In this way, Colonel Okamoto waited for another half an hour.

At this time, the Chief of Staff's eyes were obviously even stronger than before.

Seeing that the captain of the regiment seemed to be holding the idea that nothing happened in the First Brigade, he looked at the command department and waited for the news, and couldn't help but remind: "Sir, I think something happened in the First Brigade!"

"We not only sent a large number of scouts to contact the First Battalion, but also sent four infantry squadrons to reinforce the First Battalion in two groups. The ambush of the Eighth Route Army can stop the scouts, but cannot stop them."

"Both troops have been dispatched for more than two hours and have brought radio stations. According to principles, they have arrived at the position of the First Battalion and reported to us the status quo of the First Battalion through the radio station. But we have not even received their own news so far, which is so strange!"

When Cao Cao was said, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as the Chief of Staff said, a hurried figure of a radio operator appeared at the door, with a very nervous expression.

"Sir, the Second Battalion's emergency telegram was heard. The two squadrons of the First Battalion were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the road. The two squadrons had lost contact after only less than twenty minutes!"

"Nani?" Colonel Okamoto couldn't calm down.

Staring at the map, he shouted with disbelief: "If we kill two of our infantry squadrons in such a short time, can it be that the only regiment left behind the railway line are all in the First Battalion? They want to use the arsenal to attack aid to consume our troops?"

The Chief of Staff immediately opposed: "This is impossible. If the left-behind troops of the Unit Regiment were really attacking the aid, the First Battalion would not have no awareness, nor would they watch the Unit Regiment go to the aid to attack the aid. I think there are more than one battalion left along the railway."

After listening to the Chief of Staff's analysis, Colonel Okamoto's hope of the first brigade being safe was completely shattered.

The command center issued a counterattack order to them before losing contact with the First Battalion. If the Unique Regiment really plans to surround the point and attack the aid, the First Battalion will definitely pursue them to attack the aid forces. They have no chance to ambush the reinforcements sent by the Second Battalion.

But the reinforcements sent by the Second Battalion were ambushed and were killed in a short time. There is only one reason to explain this: the only regiment also ambushed other troops along the railway.

"Report to the commander, the Third Battalion has an emergency report!" The telephone soldier next to him suddenly reported, instantly interrupting Colonel Okamoto's thoughts.

Before I could get angry, I heard a bad news that was more unacceptable than before.

"At least two battalions of Eighth Route Army suddenly emerged from their flanks, and they attacked their positions with mortars and mountain cannons."

"Because the Eighth Route Army launched an attack along the railway line and there was an armored train covering the assault, the Third Battalion lost an infantry squadron as soon as the two sides contacted."

"At present, there is only one infantry squadron, one baggage squadron, half a mortar squadron, and half a heavy machine gun squadron. There are less than four hundred people left to retreat to the core position."

"But the Eighth Route Army's attack artillery fire was too fierce, and there was also armored train cover. They could last for an hour at most. Please send reinforcements to reinforce immediately!"

"Impossible!" Colonel Okamoto showed an incredible expression again.

The telephone soldier gritted his teeth and reported: "Everything that I just said was true, and the captain of the Third Brigade called himself and said it without missing a word. Please give me a clear explanation!"

Colonel Okamoto was still a little disbelief and frowned and asked, "I know where the armored train they covered the attack came from?"

The telephone soldier was confused by the corps leader.

In the phone call just now, the other party did not report where the armored train came from, and he didn't know how to answer the corps captain's question.

Fortunately, the Chief of Staff stood up in time to rescue him: "Sir, calm down. In order to increase the defensive firepower of the First Battalion, we equipped them with an armored train. Eighty-Road Army's armored trains on the third Battalion of the Eighth Route Army were seized from the First Battalion, and only this armored train can be seized within 20 kilometers of the surrounding area."
Chapter completed!