The commander became happier the more he thought about it. He stood up and ordered the adjutant beside him: "I will report the victory to the superior now and share this good news with them!"

After saying that, he picked up the pen and prepared to write a telegram for victory by himself.

But before I could write a word, the radio operator hurriedly appeared in front of him, with a very serious expression!

"Sir, the superiors have orders for us!"

The commander thought that his superiors knew from other places that he had repelled the Eighth Route Army, so he sent a telegram to reward him.

He quickly took the telegram and looked expectant.

After seeing less than half of it, the expectant expression on my face was replaced by seriousness and I had no time to smile.

Because the content of the telegram was an action order that he was very uncomprehensible, it had nothing to do with what he imagined.

After watching, he stared at the radio operator with disbelief and asked: "Are you mistaken? We just repelled the Eighth Route Army's attack and defended the stronghold. Why should we give up!"

"The Eighth Route Army suffered such a big loss in our hands, and lost its troops and generals. We will definitely not attack the stronghold again in a short period of time. Even if we send troops to reinforce the Jingxing Coal Mine as ordered, there is no need to give up the stronghold that the soldiers finally defended!"

The radio operator was very confident in his technical level and immediately replied: "The report officer, the telegram was received by Bei Zhi himself, so there will definitely be no mistakes. Bei Zhi dared to use his own head to guarantee it!"

After reading the telegram, the adjutant also showed a look of suspicion similar to the commander's face.

After listening to the radio operator's assurance, he quickly looked at the commander beside him: "Sir, since this is the order from the superior, we must implement it. What should we do next? Please give orders?"

The commander frowned and thought for a while before making a decision: "No, the stronghold at our feet was defended by everyone fighting with the Eighth Route Army for two days. Many soldiers died on the battlefield to protect the stronghold. We must not give up easily, otherwise we will be sorry for the soldiers who died in battle."

"What should I do?" The adjutant had not understood the commander's true thoughts, so he could only continue to ask.

"The superiors asked us to give up the stronghold immediately and assemble all troops to reinforce Jingxing coal mines. If we guard the stronghold and do not give up, we would disobey the military order. If it is serious, we would be sent to the military court. Please think twice!"

"No need to think about it!" The commander waved his hand and replied: "Sending troops to reinforce Jingxing Coal Mine does not mean that we must give up the stronghold?"

"The Eighth Route Army had just suffered a great loss in our hands. According to convention, they will definitely retreat to the mountains to recuperate and will not attack us again in a short period of time. Since this is the case, why should we give up the stronghold and hand over the stronghold that we have worked hard to defend?"

"I will immediately repel the Eighth Route Army, severely damage the Eighth Route Army, report the good news about defending the stronghold, and report my thoughts just now."

"Let our superiors know that the stronghold will be safe for a long time in the future. We only need to leave a hundred people to ensure the safety of the stronghold. We beg our superiors to agree to divide our troops into two groups, a small group of troops pretending to be the main force of the garrison and staying at the stronghold."

"Another main force left the stronghold under the cover of night and marched quickly to reinforce Jingxing Coal Mine!"

The superior agreed to the commander's proposal to divide the troops, but his mistake was also here. This proposal was like he dug a big hole for himself, and jumped into it and could never get up again.

The total number of troops stationed at the stronghold exceeded 600. The Eighth Route Army killed 200 people in two days, and there are still more than 400 people left.

If they were hugging a group and marched to reinforce Jingxing coal mines, the Eighth Route Army, who were ambushing halfway, would have to pay a considerable price to destroy them.

Now the commander only brought more than 300 people to reinforce the coal mines, leaving more than 100 people to defend the strongholds, which means that the troops to reinforce the coal mines have suddenly lost more than 20% of their troops and combat power.

The success rate of the Eighth Route Army ambushing them again will definitely increase a lot.

After fighting the reinforcements, go to the left-behind troops at the stronghold, and the troops can acquire the stronghold at the minimum cost.

On the pipeline more than 30 kilometers across Jingxing Coal Mine, more than 300 Japanese and puppet troops marched to the assembly site with torches.

In order to avoid the reinforcements being defeated by the National Salvation Army, the Japanese army specially ordered the reinforcements to gather together, gather 1,500 people before going to Jingxing Coal Mine, otherwise they would have been seeking death when they arrived at the mining area, and were eventually defeated by the National Salvation Army.

The commander and his subordinates left the stronghold quietly and marched to the assembly ground, thinking that this action was perfect.

But all his actions were clearly seen by the Eighth Route Army.

Although the Eighth Route Army knew that the Japanese army would take the initiative to send troops out of the stronghold before retreating, the regiment commander did not place all hope on the orders of superiors.

For this reason, he specially left the reconnaissance company around the stronghold and stood on standby, monitoring the stronghold's every move.

If the Japanese army did not send troops to reinforce Jingxing Coal Mine, he could know the every move of the Japanese and puppet troops at the stronghold at any time and immediately lead the troops back.

If the Japanese army really sent troops to reinforce coal mines as their superiors said, the existence of the reconnaissance company could also allow itself to determine their specific location as soon as possible...

The Japanese commander led his troops to gather the enemy. He did not expect that the Eighth Route Army had prepared a pocket array three kilometers in front of them...

"Sir, we will arrive at the assembly site for another hour, where we will gather three other reinforcements, gather 1,500 people and then go to reinforce the coal mine at the same time!" The adjutant introduced as he walked.

Although the commander was arrogant, he had rich combat experience. Looking at the surrounding terrain, he replied while rushing to the road: "Let the troops speed up. The terrain ahead is getting more and more complicated. We must pass there as quickly as possible. Even if the Eighth Route Army finds out our existence, I will give them no time to arrange a pocket array for us!"

The adjutant immediately received the order. In less than three minutes, the marching speed of the team significantly accelerated.

The commander's idea makes sense. As long as the reinforcements marching fast enough, the Eighth Route Army will not have time to mobilize troops to arrange pocket formations to ambush themselves.

But he ignored one problem.

All his assumptions were based on the fact that the Eighth Route Army did not know that the strongholds were going to send troops to reinforce the Jingxing coal mine.

If the Eighth Route Army had known that the stronghold would send troops to reinforce Jingxing Coal Mine, no matter how fast the reinforcements ran, they would have enough time to arrange the pocket array.

The commander did not know these situations, and led his troops to run faster and faster. When he approached the pocket array, the scouts took them back because the marching speed was too fast.

So, more than 300 unprepared Japanese and puppet troops rushed into the Eighth Route Army's pocket formation with their heads raised...

The attack of the Jingxing Coal Mine and the National Rescue Army has been going on for almost two hours.

The entire attack went very smoothly. The artillery bombed a bunker, and the attacking troops occupied a bunker, step by step, advancing towards the center of the mining area little by little.

Faced with the artillery shells that the National Salvation Army had almost no end to the fire, the Japanese captain was very anxious and had sent three telegrams for help from above.

"Sir, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce. All the areas defended by the Third Team were razed to the ground by shells. The command center lost contact with them!" The adjutant reported with a serious look on his face.

The Grandpa subconsciously looked into the area defending the Third Team.

He didn't see it very clearly under the shadow of night and smoke.

But he still saw the blurred figures of more than a hundred enemies.

These people were like they entered a no-man's realm, and they took down a large area of ​​the defense of the Third Team with one charge. The entire assault process was that the area had not even sounded the sound of machine gun strafing.

"The third team is over!" The Major gritted his teeth and made a judgment.

Then he shouted: "They are all the bravest samurai in the Great Japanese Empire. They stood firm in their positions and fought to the death. They completed their missions. Next, it was the fourth team's turn to get them ready for battle immediately."

"No one can take a step back without my order!"

"By the way, send telegrams to the reinforcements and ask where they are. If they don't, the coal mine will be captured by the enemy!"
Chapter completed!