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After hearing this, the man surnamed Zhang seemed extremely happy. He had wanted to do this kind of thing for a long time, but he had not received orders from his superiors, so he had kept these people.

Now, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has been forced into a corner. If they don’t find a way to fight back, they will be in real danger.

After everyone arrived, Commander Yan first asked Chief of Staff Yu of the Second War Zone to introduce the current war situation to everyone.

"My fellow officers, the current situation is extremely critical. I hope you can quickly come up with a response plan. It would be best if you could launch a local counterattack to let the Japanese know that our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is not easy to bully."

Those who can attend this meeting are considered core figures of the Second War Zone. However, precisely because of this, Commander Yan cannot openly say that he has had private contact with Yoshio Shinozuka.

Under the current circumstances, this kind of thing is a very taboo thing. If it is really exposed, you will definitely be in big trouble.

However, this time the Japanese want to kill us all, so there is nothing to say. We can only use the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's resources and fight the Japanese to the death. The Japanese cannot accept the huge loss and will naturally retreat.

However, the mood of those present was pessimistic. Given the current situation between the enemy and us, it would be very difficult to even protect ourselves, let alone fight back.

Chief of Staff Yu organized his words in his mind and suggested in a low voice:

"Commander Yan, the enemy's offensive is too fierce and it is very difficult for us to resist. The counterattack needs to be postponed until the main forces of the two armies of the Central Army arrive."

"Today, we lost four positions again. Two regiment commanders and six battalion commanders were killed, with more than 3,000 casualties. Fortunately, we transferred a division from the reserve to stabilize the defense line."

After hearing this, Yan Laoxi was so heartbroken that he trembled. Three thousand soldiers a day, the loss was really too great. These were his guard troops and he really couldn't afford to waste them.

"How is the situation in Hexian? How long can the 358th Regiment hold out?"

Chief of Staff Yu picked up the battle report in his hand, flipped through it carefully, and replied in surprise:

"The 358th Regiment sent back a telegram a few days ago saying that it was resisting the attack of the enemy's Noda Regiment. There have been no new telegrams in the past two days. I think the battle situation should be stable, otherwise the telegram for assistance would have been sent long ago."

"By the way, a few days ago, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters sent us a telegram saying that they would send a regiment of troops to support the battle in Hexian. I forwarded this telegram to Chu Yunfei of the 358th Regiment, and the two regiments will coordinate among themselves."

To be honest, he is the Chief of Staff of the Second War Zone, holding a high position of power and in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops. Two small regiment-level combat units are not worthy of his concern.

Even though Chu Yunfei is Commander Yan's favorite general and his 358th Regiment has a total of people, it is only a small part of the entire battle situation.

Unless Chu Yunfei can't hold on, Chief of Staff Yu will pay more attention to that place and find ways to send reinforcements to remedy the situation.

After all, dealing with so many troop movements every day has taken up most of his time as the theater chief of staff. He only sleeps three hours a day at most, and his body has become much thinner than before the war.

In fact, the same is true for our Commander Yan. Faced with this critical situation, everyone is working hard to do their job well and dare not slack off in the slightest.

However, Chu Yunfei is his favorite general after all, and he is guarding the gateway to the Second War Zone Headquarters. The mission is very important and he cannot help but take it seriously.

Now that he heard that there was reinforcement, and that it was the most capable Eighth Route Army unit, even if it was just a regiment, he was sincerely happy.

Now is the time when both the enemy and us are facing the most difficulties. Even if there is one more regiment, it can ease the burden a little.

So he asked casually: "Which unit of the Eighth Route Army is it? If it is one of their main regiments, that would be great."

As far as he knew, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army were quite strong and could fight the Japanese to a draw with equal numbers.

Chief of Staff Yu took out the telegram sent by the Eighth Route Army, took a closer look, and said in surprise:

"The group sent here this time is the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. The regiment commander is named Li Yunlong."

When Commander Yan heard the name Li Yunlong, he felt it sounded familiar. He must have heard someone mention him before, but he was too tired during this period and couldn't remember it right away.

At this time, a supervisor of the intelligence department said, "Commander Yan, I know this Li Yunlong. A few months ago, he defeated the Japanese Sakata Regiment at Cangyun Ridge with the strength of a regiment and killed the commander of the Sakata Regiment."

"You even used this incident as a case study in a combat meeting and praised him as a rare and fierce general. It's a pity that he is not from our Shanxi Suiyuan Army."

Commander Yan then remembered that this was really the case. Defeating a field regiment of the Japanese devils in the name of a ragtag regiment was indeed an amazing achievement, and it was indeed very rare in the National Army.

Even the 358th Regiment led by his favorite general Chu Yunfei, which had 385 troops and an artillery battalion, was very worried about letting them face the Noda Regiment, which was weaker than the Sakata Regiment. If the th Regiment could not hold on, the subsequent combat plans would probably be greatly affected.

At that time, he could only let the security brigade guarding the Second War Zone Headquarters organize the second line of defense. This was the last trump card in his hand. If it was useless once he played it, he could only choose to continue to run away.

Fortunately, Chu Yunfei's side was more determined. He gritted his teeth and endured the huge casualties. He blocked the Noda Regiment in Hexian County and did not let the enemy advance a single step.

He had specifically instructed before that once the 358th Regiment asked for help, the battle situation would be really dangerous. He had to know about it at the first time and find a way to squeeze out some reinforcements.

However, it is a good thing that we have never received such a telegram. Chu Yunfei is indeed a top student of Huangpu and a fierce general of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Commander Yan smiled and said, "Now that Hexian has such a powerful new force, we should be able to stabilize the situation over there. We don't expect to defeat the Noda Corps, but just stop the enemy."

"Chief of Staff, since Hexian is safe now, we can appropriately withdraw some of the troops from the second line of defense we prepared earlier to reinforce other battlefields where the fighting is more intense."

"After all, this is our territory that we have been operating for a long time. Our casualties are relatively heavy, and the Japanese are not feeling well either. Once the enemy has suffered too much, they will naturally retreat, and then we will win."

Chief of Staff Yu quickly nodded and agreed. He had been receiving bad news every day during this period, which had made him very haggard. In many places, he had to rob Peter to repair Paul to prevent the entire war situation from collapsing.

Now that the war situation in He County has stabilized, it is rare good news. At least the Japanese in this direction are no longer within his consideration.

Suddenly, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and the head of the Second War Zone Telecommunications Department held a telegram and shouted excitedly:

"Great victory, great victory of the 358th Regiment!"