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After the wounded are rescued, they will be sent to the field hospital as soon as possible, which is located two kilometers away from Chu Yunfei's division command post.

This is a comprehensive field hospital capable of performing surgery on more than twenty wounded soldiers at the same time. Once their conditions have stabilized somewhat, the wounded soldiers will be transported to the base hospital by special means of transport until they are fully recovered.

Our industrial base even developed a medical transport vehicle specifically for the rapid transport of seriously wounded soldiers.

After visiting the field hospital, Chu Yunfei was full of praise for it, and even thought that the hospital's facilities were better than those of their army group.

A field hospital can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of an army. In particular, everyone knows that even if you are wounded on the battlefield, as long as you don't die on the spot, there is hope for survival, which is extremely important to everyone.

Captain Kobayashi stood on the main high ground of Languan, looking at the smoke-shrouded high ground with a complicated expression.

After a long while, he spoke to his adjutant beside him in an extremely serious tone:

"I didn't expect the Jin-Sui Army to become so strong all of a sudden. In just over ten minutes, they have come up with a countermeasure."

"I originally thought that our bunker could hold off the enemy for half an hour and inflict heavy casualties."

"Apart from the nearby Eighth Route Army, the fighting spirit of the Chinese army is not very strong, especially the Jin-Sui Army. The several battles of that year have almost wiped out their most capable troops, which has led to the remaining Jin-Sui Army lacking the willingness to take the initiative to attack."

"This is also why many of our middle and high-ranking officers look down on the Jin-Sui Army. They always think about defense, and an army that craves comfort has little fighting power."

"But today really opened my eyes. They fired at least five hundred smoke grenades. That's quite a lot."

"The situation is about to get complicated. Order all soldiers to prepare for a desperate defense!"

Captain Kobayashi did this because he had no other choice.

Actually, the best way to break this deadlock is to send aircraft to bomb our artillery positions.

But he had just called the regimental commander and was explicitly rejected.

Because it wasn't just their Goose City that was experiencing large-scale battles; the entire surrounding division's defense zone was also engulfed in combat. With their limited aircraft, Goose City was practically out of the picture, let alone a small place like Languan.

The only option now is to hold out and wait for reinforcements, hoping that Commander Shinotsuka can free up his forces to send troops from other places to relieve the siege.

The idea is good, but it is extremely difficult to implement.

When Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Chu Yunfei launched a large-scale attack together, Yoshio Shinotsuka was the first to notice something was wrong.

However, the enemy's First Army only had this many men, and there was also the Fourth Division, which was absolutely unusable, so their mobile forces were already limited.

In addition, many elite troops were transferred to the coastal areas of China, and the replacements were all new recruits who could only fight defensive battles.

In the end, they could only symbolically send a brigade to provide support, but no sooner had they set off than other armies in Shanxi Province began to launch attacks in different locations.

With no other option, Commander Shinotsuka changed his mind again, ordering all troops to defend the city to the death, and then requesting reinforcements from the army group.

However, the Japanese high command was also in a dilemma. They had already formulated a plan to attack Southeast Asia and also to launch a surprise attack on the United States' naval base in order to dominate the Pacific.

Troops are being gradually deployed to the coastal areas, but this unexpected incident has suddenly occurred, which is truly perplexing.

Originally, according to the Japanese high command's plan, we would have been grateful if they hadn't attacked Chinese territory.

However, this time many troops took the initiative to launch an attack, which is very unusual.

The Japanese initially thought their top-secret plan had been leaked and conducted a large-scale internal investigation, but ultimately found nothing.

However, the previously established plan could not be changed at all. This involved the fate of the nation behind the little notebook, and it was something that a second-line division could not compare to.

To put it bluntly, if the Japanese advance southward could proceed smoothly, even if it meant taking on the First Army of Shanxi Province, it wouldn't be a big deal.

However, the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive on the side of the Jin-Sui Army's First Regiment. Regiment Commander Zhang and Chief of Staff Sun convened a meeting with all officers of company rank and above in the entire regiment.

Chief of Staff Sun first led his men to create a combat sand table of the three hills of Languan, and then introduced the specific situation.

"Now, different numbers of light and heavy firepower points have appeared on the three high grounds of Languan. These are only the ones that have been exposed. Nobody knows how many there are that haven't been exposed."

“When we were building the Languan defenses, we constructed a dense array of firing positions on the high ground. After the Japanese occupied it, they have been building on it again in recent years. It’s like a tough hedgehog.”

Commander Zhang also spoke up, saying, "Everyone, please share your opinions, especially you three frontline company commanders."

"This is a tough battle, and we cannot afford to be careless in the slightest, otherwise a large number of soldiers will lose their lives."

At this moment, Company Commander Song of the First Company of the First Battalion stepped forward and said, "Sirs, our First Company is responsible for attacking Hill No. 3. Now I will talk about the difficulties we encountered during the attack."

"The Japanese troops on the high ground had a commanding view and an absolute advantage in terrain. Our troops were only launching a feint attack, so they were naturally at a disadvantage."

"Actually, this is easy to solve. Just use mortars to suppress the enemy's firing positions on the high ground."

"The most disgusting thing is the bunkers built by the enemy. Each one is in an unexpected place and is built with a mixture of stone and cement. Our 60mm light mortar shells have basically no effect on them."

The company commander of the second battalion added, "The enemy's bunkers and machine gun positions have formed a crossfire, and our attacking troops are completely suppressed on the hillside, unable to even lift their heads."

"The only way forward is to use a large number of recoilless rifles to destroy the enemy's bunkers one by one and take down these tough nuts bit by bit."

Company Commander Song added, "Actually, recoilless guns can only play a significant role on flat ground. When attacking from the mountains, the artillerymen's bodies must be exposed over a large area. Doing so makes them easy for the Japanese defenders to spot, leading to casualties among our artillerymen."

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell into deep thought; this matter was indeed somewhat difficult to handle.

After all, many of the recoilless rifle operators were sent from the Independent Column. If the casualties were too high, it would be difficult to explain to the friendly forces.