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Chapter 376 Telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio
"Quick! Send a telegram to General Shinozuka Yoshio!"
Captain Chuntian looked at the huge pit, the Tangjiabao ammunition depot that had completely disappeared, and the locust army stationed there. His scalp instantly exploded. He knew that this matter was beyond his ability to solve.
Except for those standing guard on the periphery, all the other Japanese soldiers in the entire regiment looked at the huge pit from a distance in silence.
These soldiers from the Locust Country probably have no way to survive, and it is estimated that there is no possibility even of collecting their bodies.
There is only one possibility that could have led to the current situation, and that is that the entire ammunition depot and fuel depot exploded.
Captain Springfield couldn't understand why such an explosion happened.
The entire Tangjiabao ammunition depot was carefully located. From the perspective of offense and defense alone, this is an area that is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Just based on the commanding heights of the surrounding mountains, it would be absolutely impossible for the Chinese army to break through without losing hundreds or thousands of people.
Moreover, considering the strategic space, the low-altitude attack of the Chinese Independent Regiment would probably be difficult to be effective, and it might even be shot down.
Furthermore, this fortress is made of 2.5-meter-thick granite, and it is absolutely impossible to break it without sufficiently powerful heavy firepower.
According to common sense, it is impossible to destroy such a solid ammunition depot without the participation of large-scale Chinese troops. However, once a large-scale army is mobilized, the Locust Army will definitely notice it and take precautions.
So, this is a fallacy.
However, based on the experience and intelligence of Captain Chuntian, he could not understand how the special detachment of the independent regiment had penetrated the defense of Tangjiabao and detonated the ammunition and fuel depots in such a way.
Rather than saying that this form of combat was beyond the Japanese regiment commander's understanding, it would be better to say that he was simply unwilling to believe that China had such an elite team and such powerful firepower, even surpassing Yamamoto's special forces.
Before the Yamamoto Special Forces were pressed down by the Independent Regiment in Ping'an County, although this method of special operations was not recognized by the top leaders of the Locust Country, and Yamamoto Ikki himself was also ostracized, the combat effectiveness of the Yamamoto Special Forces as an elite force was still far beyond that of ordinary Japanese troops.
It is unbelievable that China has a team that can surpass Yamamoto's special forces.
After Captain Chuntian arranged for the signalman to report to Taiyuan, he stood in front of the big pit, facing the gradually brighter sky and the gradually extinguished war, thinking about something.
......
Taiyuan.
After receiving the information, the communications soldier of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army's First Army Headquarters immediately felt that the matter was of great importance and did not dare to be negligent. He quickly reported it to the sergeant on duty.
The sergeant had already waited until dawn, when he was most sleepy. When he saw the brief telegram delivered by the signalman, all his sleepiness disappeared instantly.
It was like a bucket of ice water was poured over my head and my whole body shuddered.
"I will report to General Shinozuka immediately..."
Having said this, the sergeant paused. He felt that this was not the right way to go about it and that he had to verify the matter clearly before making any further comments.
The Locust Army has suffered repeated losses when fighting with the Eighth Route Army in recent times. Now, all regiment-level teams in China, especially those of the Eighth Route Army, have been under strict control. Once a large-scale army is mobilized out of the base, the Japanese Taiyuan headquarters will definitely be aware of the relevant situation.
However, there has been no information about large-scale mobilization of the Chinese army, especially the Eighth Route Army. The sergeant was worried that this was a false alarm, so he asked the front line to confirm it again.
The Locust Army has suffered repeated defeats and General Shinozuka is not in a very good mood. The sergeant is very worried that if he reports false news, he will be in trouble.
Twenty minutes later, the sergeant received a reply from the Springfield Regiment, which went to the scene for support: "Our unit arrived at the Tangjiabao ammunition depot 40 minutes ago.
At present, the Qingshui Battalion at the Tangjiabao explosives depot has been completely wiped out, and the entire ammunition depot has exploded. There is no trace of the ammunition depot at the original location, and it has been completely blown up."
In the eyes of the sergeant, each of these dozens of words was like a bomb. His face turned pale in an instant.
As an officer directly under the Japanese Taiyuan headquarters, he knew very well the importance of the Tangjiabao ammunition depot.
Now that the Tangjiabao ammunition depot has been bombed, I am afraid that the morale of the locust army in the entire Jin area and even in North China will suffer a very serious blow.
The sergeant who received the accurate information did not dare to be negligent. He immediately ordered all the Japanese in the communication center to continue working but not to leave the communication room and not to pass on any information about the Tangjiabao ammunition depot. He wanted to block the information.
The sergeant, along with two guards, rushed straight towards Yoshio Shinozuka's dormitory. Regardless of whether Yoshio Shinozuka was resting or not, he had to report the news to him in a timely manner.
When he ran to Yoshio Shinozuka's dormitory with two soldiers, he was told that the general had left the dormitory and headed for Taiyuan Military Airport fifteen minutes ago.
Even though the sergeant was so tired from running all the way that he was sticking out his tongue like a dog, he just wanted to curse when he heard this, but he immediately ran to the parking lot. He wanted to catch up with Yoshio Shinozuka's car.
Yoshio Shinozuka stood at the Japanese Taiyuan military airport, stepping on the gangway of the Type 100 transport plane. He looked at the rising sun and felt an inexplicable sense of uneasiness in his heart.
In his eyes, the sun today was a little too red, a little like blood and a little like fire, which was always a little unlucky.
Recently, taking advantage of the situation in which the Independent Regiment was determined to keep the Yamamoto Special Forces in Ping'an County, the anti-Japanese armed forces in various parts of Shanxi have begun to become active. It can be said that there is an undercurrent, and the firepower level is also rising rapidly. This is one of the reasons why he chose to take a plane instead of a car.
Touching the gangway of the Type 100 transport plane, Yoshio Shinozuka always had a feeling that in the near future, a general of the Locust Country might be shot down while on a plane.
This mode of transportation will soon no longer be considered safe.
Just as Yoshio Shinozuka was about to step onto the last spiral staircase, an unusually sharp braking sound was heard from a car on the ground, obviously stopping suddenly from a very fast speed.
Hearing this voice, Yoshio Shinozuka's heart skipped a beat. It was obvious that something big was about to happen again.
Sure enough, the sergeant on duty at the communications center tonight pushed open the car door without even closing it, and ran towards him quickly. There were three steps on the gangway, and he took two of them and came directly to it.
The sergeant didn't even have time to salute, and handed over a telegram panting, and said in a low voice: "Report to the general, the commander of the Chuntian regiment sent a message that the Tangjiabao arsenal was attacked by unknown Chinese armed forces. The arsenal exploded and the Qingshui Battalion was wiped out."
Yoshio Shinozuka hadn't finished reading the telegram yet, but when he heard this, his body swayed and he almost fell off the gangway.
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