Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Da da da!

The fierce gunshots reached the ears of Wudenan again, and this situation made him lose his mind in an instant.

At this moment, a Japanese soldier ran into the headquarters in fear and reported anxiously: "Your Excellency, the retreating warriors were attacked by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses..."

This sentence instantly calmed the furious Dancen. He turned around and glared at Colonel Hiraga: "Baga, what's going on? Why did the Tubalu suddenly appear?"

Colonel Hiraga had no idea about this. He didn't even know how the other party broke through their search team.

In fact, only Gu Changfeng and Wu Mazi knew about the coordinated attack in advance, and the 769th and 14th Regiments of the Eighth Route Army had already mixed into the mountains near Shizhao Mountain.

While the two sides were fighting, Wu Mazi secretly notified the 769th and 14th Regiments of their actions.

With the help of the concealment of the mountains and the artillery bombardment of the Third Regiment, the Japanese were so panicked that they did not notice the two regiments of the Eighth Route Army at all. They had quietly taken a detour and blocked them, which led to this encirclement and suppression.

Wudennan didn't get a clear answer and immediately cursed, "Baga, are the Empire's intelligence departments all idiots? With so many Tubalu here, they haven't gotten any information at all."

"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, the 3rd Regiment of the Independent Brigade will be pursuing us at any time. We should rescue the warriors first and break out!"

Colonel Hiraga, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

Five kilometers away from Shizhao Mountain, a large number of Japanese soldiers were fleeing, and the 769th and 14th Regiments of the Eighth Route Army were chasing them from both flanks.

The Japanese cavalry missed the Eighth Route Army because they rushed too fast, otherwise they would have caused considerable casualties to the Eighth Route Army.

Bang bang bang!

Bursts of gunfire rang out in the open space. The Japanese soldiers felt very aggrieved, but they were so frightened that they had no will to resist and could only continue to flee with their heads covered.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers would not miss the opportunity to beat the enemy when he was down. The commander of the 769th Regiment, Chen Xi, personally led the charge. He was holding a box gun and would fire a burst of shots at the enemy as soon as he saw them.

The density of the fleeing Japanese soldiers was too high, and a few bullets would always knock down one or two of them without any need for aiming.

The Eighth Route Army dispatched two regiments this time, and the troops involved in the pursuit of the devils were close to eight infantry battalions, with a total number of more than 6,000 people.

As for the Japanese, because of the defeat, even though they still had a large number of people, they had lost their fighting spirit, so they suffered heavy casualties under the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army.

More than ten minutes later, the Japanese soldiers finally found their savior and their support arrived.

A large number of teams composed of the remaining personnel of the Japanese logistics troops, engineers, and cavalry regiments began to block the pursuing Eighth Route Army.

Under the strong order of the cavalry regiment commander, the defeated Japanese soldiers finally stopped and acted according to the order.

The Japanese soldiers were indeed different now that they had a backbone. They had suddenly encountered a large number of artillery attacks. In addition, their regiment commander could not be found, and even the battalion commander was missing. Naturally, the Japanese soldiers ran away whenever they could.

Seeing this, Chen Xi immediately ordered a retreat while the Japanese were still unable to stabilize their position. They had taken advantage of the situation and their mission was over.

On the mountain, Wu Mazi received the telegram and sneered, "The 36th Division's end is not yet here. Just wait!"

The plan went smoothly as expected, which naturally boosted his confidence.

However, although it was a small victory, the Japanese still had a lot of encirclement and suppression troops, so he did not dare to be careless. After saying this, he ordered to continue to deploy defenses in the mountains.

"Captain, you're hiding too well. Why didn't you tell us that the Eighth Route Army had troops here? I wonder why you didn't take the opportunity to hunt down the devils."

Wen Jiayi said speechlessly.

Wu Mazi shook his head and replied, "This wasn't arranged by me. If you want to know the reason, ask the brigade commander yourself. I don't know much."

He was indeed just following orders. In fact, the order was only given to him three days ago after he arrived at Shizhai Mountain. He had no idea what the brigade commander's arrangements were.

Wen Jiayi immediately shut up. How could he get a word in when the brigade commander was talking? After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Captain, what are our plans next?"

Wu Mazi said directly, "Continue to build fortifications. The brigade commander will make his own arrangements, and we will follow his orders."

On the Japanese side, after controlling their fleeing soldiers, Lieutenant General Wu Dennan ordered a retreat. As for the supplies and many cannons left on the road, he had no way to recover them as he was afraid there might be an ambush.

Wu Dannan's decision was undoubtedly correct, otherwise Wu Mazi would have to teach him a lesson with heavy artillery again, and the heavy artillery shells of the Third Regiment had not been used up yet.

In Shouyang, Lieutenant General Wudenan looked at the city with a sad face, his heart full of bitterness.

When they left, there was a grand procession, bustling traffic, and strong soldiers and horses. But when they returned, they were left with nothing but weapons and armor, which was really shameful.

The Japanese losses have been reported to him. A rough calculation shows that more than half of the soldiers of the three regiments have been lost, and not a single gun from the three artillery battalions has returned. In addition, there are three regiment commanders and many battalion commanders and squadron commanders...

At this moment, the dancer wanted to ask Aunt Amaterasu in the sky, "Why?"

Unfortunately, their Aunt Amaterasu was busy capturing the devils and had no time to pay attention to him.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what should we do next?"

The defeat was inexplicable, and even Colonel Hiraga felt very aggrieved at this time.

Without any proper fighting style, the three main regiments were inexplicably defeated and the whole battle was lost miserably.

"Report to headquarters. We have lost this battle. Let's look to the brave warriors of other divisions!"

Wu Dannan was also feeling aggrieved. He was so proud that he had never encountered such a situation before. The problem was that he was now retreating to Shouyang and his troops were insufficient. He didn't know what to do next.

At the Japanese First Army Headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka soon received a detailed battle report, and the anger in his heart was ignited again.

"Bakayaro, why didn't that idiot Maiden just die? He destroyed half a division's main force!"

"Even if he wants to give it away, it has to be something worthwhile. He lost the first battle, and the defeat was inexplicable. He should commit seppuku. He should be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor..."

Michitake Yamaoka closed his eyes and endured the commander's saliva, not daring to say a word until a few minutes later, when Yoshio Shinozuka finished greeting all of Maiden's relatives.

When the Chief of Staff of the First Army was too tired, he felt like he was back to the time when the previous commander was in office...

"Mr. Yamaoka, come up with a thorough plan as soon as possible. Make sure the other divisions cooperate. Don't let the Independent Brigade and the Eighth Route Army defeat us one by one. The Imperial Army cannot afford this defeat!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's original intention was to let the 36th Division conduct a trial attack first, but he did not expect such a result. This was also something he had not anticipated.

In fact, the Japanese did have a large number of troops, but after a few days, he discovered that the Eighth Route Army was making frequent movements, and its targets were vaguely pointing to Yuci and Taiyuan.

Therefore, the only units actually dispatched to encircle and suppress the independent brigade were the 36th Mixed Brigade, the 181th, 186st, 192th, and 41nd Divisions. The remaining brigades and the st Division were all defending Yuci and Taiyuan.