Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

As the battle at the artillery battalion ended, Gu Changfeng also found it boring. The Japanese basically surrounded them and did not take any action. After attacking a few times, they retreated after a few moves.

"The Japs are not going to fight anymore. Order all units to prepare for a breakout."

Gu Changfeng was still quite worried about the situation in Gaojia Town. So far, the 13th Battalion of the Special Forces had been delaying time without any accidents.

However, as the Japanese moved forward, the unpredictable changes were too great, and he could not guarantee whether there would be any accidents.

It just so happened that the Japanese didn't want to fight, so he just left.

"Okay, I'll go and ask everyone to get ready." Huang Zhengkui agreed, and then the communications soldiers of the first battalion also started to get busy.

All the battalion commanders knew about the encounter between Gaojia Town and the Japanese invaders, so Huang Zhengkui did not continue to clamor to destroy the Japanese invaders. Everyone was aware of the importance of Gaojia Town.

At the Japanese command center, Kobayashi Ichisan had a dull look in his eyes. He stared blankly at one place for a long time without saying a word.

There were many things he hadn't expected this time, such as being unable to defeat the Laiyuan Independent Regiment on the battlefield, the destruction of the heavy artillery regiment, and so on.

Many of his battle plans seemed to be child's play and did not cause much damage to the Independent Regiment.

The only thing that might be useful is biological and chemical weapons. Judging from the battle reports from the front line, this attack caused heavy casualties to the independent regiment. As for the others, they seemed to have no effect.

This result made the brigade commander Kobayashi Ichizo very uncomfortable, and he could not escape the blame.

"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, we still have a chance." Staff Officer Yokoyama Taketada said through gritted teeth.

The two of them will prosper together. If Kobayashi Ichizo is in a bad situation, he, as the staff officer, will not have a good ending either.

Yokoyama Taketada's words finally relaxed Kobayashi Ichizo's dull expression. He turned to look at Yokoyama Taketada and motioned him to continue.

Yokoyama Taketada didn't waste any time and spoke directly, "Your Excellency, a regiment of the 6th Division has entered Gaojia Town, and our 26th Division currently has nearly troops here, and the tank formation has not yet been deployed."

"Also, judging by the battle report, the Eighth Route Army blocking the 6th Division will soon be defeated. Now, as long as we can drag these Chinese to death at Huangtuling and buy time for the 6th Division, victory will be ours."

The Japanese tanks have not been used since they were ambushed by the special forces. Kobayashi Ichisan was worried about the linear artillery of the independent regiment, so he deployed them in the rear with no intention of using them. However, there seems to be no other good solution now.

As for the battlefields of the 120th and 129th Divisions of the Eighth Route Army, they did not collapse as Taketada Yokoyama said.

They did suffer heavy casualties, but were not in dire straits.

In addition to their own problems, another reason is because of the headquarters.

At noon today, when fighting was going on in several battlefields, the outskirts of their headquarters were simultaneously under fierce attack from the Japanese 106th Division. By now, they had reached the point where they had to move.

The regular divisions of the Japanese during this period were indeed no match for the Eighth Route Army, which had just developed, and were completely defeated.

Originally, if the 120th and 129th Divisions had not been held up and had a large number of troops, they could have played against the Japanese 106th Division, but it is definitely not possible now.

Therefore, the 120th and 129th Divisions had to retreat to protect the headquarters.

"Mr. Yokoyama, you are right. We have not failed yet. The Empire still has a large number of troops in Jinzhong. We will definitely be able to defeat these Chinese."

Kobayashi Ichizo seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and pinned all his hopes on delaying time.

However, Gu Changfeng in Huangtuling didn't want to fight anymore at this time. The Japanese were slow in attacking, and Gu Changfeng couldn't get any points. He had no chance to train his troops, so there was no point in fighting. He could only go back to Gaojia Town.

He also received news that two divisions were about to evacuate, so this was the perfect time to leave.

"Changfeng, where do we break out from?" Huang Zhengkui asked.

"Old Huang, go tell them to evacuate from the west in half an hour. The Japanese commander over there doesn't want to fight, so it's a good idea to go that way."

There is no need to think about this. Gu Changfeng discovered when he entered Huangtuling that the Japanese commander in the west had no intention of fighting, otherwise he would not have let them in so easily.

Half an hour later, as the camps in the east, south and north evacuated the battlefield, the Japanese soldiers who were scouting outside also discovered something was wrong and immediately reported the news to Kobayashi Ichizo.

"Baga, these Chinese are trying to escape."

Just as Kobayashi Ichizo was about to surround the independent regiment to delay time, he received such news. At this moment, he was in a very bad mood.

It takes time to mobilize troops. The independent regiment wants to break out so badly, but with the enemy's firepower, they can't stop it at all.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we must keep these Chinese behind, otherwise the regiment entering Gaojia Town will be in trouble."

Yokoyama Taketada's words made Kobayashi Ichizo instantly explode in anger and curse "Bakayarō".

But what Yokoyama Taketada said was indeed right, and he couldn't take his anger out on Yokoyama Taketada. He was so frustrated that he was about to explode.

Yokoyama Taketada was just anxious, and when he saw the brigade commander's expression, he immediately understood.

It’s not that the brigade commander is unwilling, but it’s simply too late in terms of time. Colonel Chida’s regiment and some puppet troops can’t delay any time at all.

There was nothing to say. Seeing this, the other Japanese officers dared not breathe, for fear of angering the brigade commander Kobayashi Ichizo at this time.

At this moment, the Japanese temporary command center fell into deathly silence for a long time.

Ten minutes later, Kobayashi Ichizo sighed and ordered, "Have the Chida Regiment clear the road and all units quickly reunite."

"Notify the 6th Division that the Chinese at Huangtuling have broken out. Tell them to be careful."

After hearing the order, Yokoyama Taketada was silent for a moment, then asked, "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, what should we do next?"

They came out for this trip, suffered such a huge loss, and didn't complete the mission, so they just go back in disgrace?

Yokoyama Taketada felt indescribably sad. It was such a failure. They were a Type A division, so how could they end up like this?

At this time, many people in the temporary command center had this idea. It was indeed too unbelievable and it turned out like this inexplicably.

A Japanese officer suddenly remembered that the brigade commander Tanaka was also dismissed because he was defeated by the independent regiment.

Now it seems that the fate of the brigade commander after returning will not be much better.

Kobayashi Ichizo didn't know what his subordinates were thinking. At this moment, he was like a gambler, eager to make a comeback.

"There's still a chance. Ask the division commander for tactical guidance. We can unite with the 6th and 106th Divisions to besiege Gaojia Town and wipe out the Laiyuan Independent Regiment in one fell swoop."

His eyes were bloodshot and his words were powerful.

He also believed that the division commander had no way out and could only take a gamble.