The entire northwestern Shanxi is in a huge encirclement, and this encirclement is constantly shrinking like a fishing net closing in, trying to catch all eight roads in northwestern Shanxi.
Fights of various sizes broke out almost everywhere, just to break this encirclement!
For safety reasons, the headquarters planned to use the northwest of the 358th Regiment as a breakthrough point, so the battle here became even more fierce.
Li Yunlong had led the independent regiment to Niujia Town at this moment, but unfortunately, the enemy's 124th Brigade actually sent two brigades to carry out crazy revenge!
At this time, the independent regiment suffered heavy casualties and was being eroded step by step.
Taiyuan headquarters.
Yoshio Shinozuka stood in front of the sand table and was constantly assessing the situation on the battlefield.
There are red flags planted on the sand table, indicating that they have been occupied by the Japanese army.
"General, are we sending too few troops? It will be difficult for our army of only 80,000 people to defeat all these eight routes in one fell swoop."
“And it’s probably a bit bad to have such a big gap exposed in the northwest.”
It was Yamamoto who was speaking on the side. He was puzzled. If he wanted to capture all the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, all the troops must be mobilized. At this moment, there are still two brigades and nearly 10,000 imperial elites left in Taiyuan City!
Among them are nearly a thousand newly trained Yamamoto special agents!
Why not put these troops to use?
Why is such a big gap exposed?
This is a major mistake in tactical command!
Yoshio Shinozuka's face showed a bit of treachery, "吆西!"
"The general is very happy that Mr. Yamamoto can see this step."
Then Yoshio Shinozuka pointed to a spot on the sand table.
Yamamoto looked at it in confusion, "Ping'an County?"
"General, what does this mean?"
Shinozuka smiled and said, "Yamamoto-kun, the Eighth Route Army is like a big fish at this time, running away in the direction we are driving."
"Yamamoto-kun, I want your special agent team to lead all eight routes to Ping'an County at all costs!"
"Hai! I'm going to be the general now!" Yamamoto replied.
"No, let your men do it, you have more important tasks!"
"I want you to be like a sharp knife, thrust straight into the Eighth Route Headquarters!"
Yamamoto was a little puzzled, but he knew that General Shinozuka was brewing a huge conspiracy.
As for leading the Eighth Route to Ping'an County, there is no need to do so, because Ping'an County, as the central county in the entire northwestern Shanxi Province, is an important transportation thoroughfare. If the Eighth Route of Ping'an County is not taken, complete retreat will never be possible.
Ping'an County is like a baffle, cutting off the eight roads on the east and west sides. Now we just need to add some firewood to it to guide more eight roads there.
For example, arrest someone and anger the Eight Route Army...
Shinozuka was immersed in joy, but suddenly a telegram broke his joy!
The communications soldier handed over a battle report.
"General, our Yamazaki Brigade has suffered a major blow. The enemy has at least one artillery regiment!"
Shinozuka quickly received the telegram, and his expression changed drastically after just one glance!
Artillery regiment! ?
"Baga! Where did the artillery regiment from the Eighth Route Army come from!?"
"Continue to contact Yamazaki!"
"Report to General, the Yamazaki Brigade has lost contact! There has been no response after contacting many times!" the communications soldier replied.
"Nani?" Shinozuka was in disbelief for a moment.
"General, as far as my subordinates know, the Eighth Route Army currently does not have an artillery regiment in northwestern Shanxi." Yamamoto said.
Shinozuka was lost in thought. The Yamazaki Battalion was his trump card. The firepower it equipped was so terrifying. Could it be that he was eaten like this?
He didn't believe that Tubal Road had such firepower anyway. Yamazaki had clearly called him before and told him to destroy the arsenal of Tubal Road. Did the 386th Brigade have an artillery regiment?
"idiot!"
"386 Brigade! Order the frontline 124th Brigade to launch a comprehensive attack on the 386 Brigade!"
"Hai!"
...
Lao Li suffered a disaster here. He didn't understand what the little devil was going to do, so he launched an attack like crazy.
As the vanguard of the 386th Brigade, Li Yunlong was being beaten and retreated steadily.
At this moment, Li Yunlong is leading the first battalion to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. Only hand-to-hand combat can quickly open a breakthrough!
"Captain!"
"Captain, we can't stand it anymore!" Xia Hou, commander of the first battalion of the Independent Regiment, shouted while squatting and covered in blood.
"Damn it, if you can't stand it, you have to stand up for me! If the first battalion can't open a breakthrough, the entire independent regiment will have to stay here!"
"Kill me!"
Li Yunlong was fighting among the enemy troops with a rusty red-tasseled sword. One cut caused tetanus and two cuts met his ancestors!
In less than an hour, more than half of Li Yunlong's battalion had been killed or wounded, but the Japanese seemed to be unable to defeat them all, and they were attacking more and more.
Li Yunlong saw that his troops were getting smaller and smaller. He looked around at a river of blood filled with corpses of independent regiment soldiers.
He was also panicking. The enemy was forming an encirclement and it might not take long before they could devour all of his independent regiment.
Li Yunlong and Xia Hou squatted back to back, "Captain, I'm not afraid of death, but I can't bear to die so useless!" Xia Hou squatted and said through gritted teeth.
"Mom, do you think I can swallow it? My wife has just walked through the door and I haven't even hugged her a few times!"
"Fight!"
"Today I will break off a few of the Japanese's teeth even if I die!"
With a roar, several people continued to fight. Even so, Lao Li couldn't help but show a bit of disappointment. He had previously sent a message to the brigade headquarters to request support, but the reinforcements had not yet arrived.
"If nothing else goes wrong, I should be in trouble today, but fortunately Xiuqin and the others are protected by the brothers from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions in the rear, and they may be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive." Li Yunlong muttered while resisting the Japanese bayonets. .
...
After receiving the emergency from Li Yunlong's regiment headquarters, the brigade commander immediately arranged for Lin Zhong to provide support as quickly as possible.
At this moment, Lin Zhong had just rushed back to Heiyun Village.
According to Duan Peng's report, at least one brigade's troops are continuously heading towards Li Yunlong's department.
Zhang Dabiao rushed to Lin Zhong and shouted with red eyes: "Commander, give the order to send out troops quickly!"
"I want to rescue the old leader!"
"Commander! Give the order quickly! I was promoted by the old regiment leader. I can't just watch the old regiment leader die!"
But after shouting for a long time, Lin Zhong was still unmoved, lying on the table and looking at the map.
Lin Zhong raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Sending troops rashly is a taboo for military strategists. If you take people there now, I am afraid that not only will you not be able to save Lao Li, but you will also have to send the entire battalion in!"
Zhang Dabiao was stunned, "What do you mean, Commander!?"
Lin Zhong then pointed to a railway on the map.
"You see, the enemy is relying on this railway to continuously transport troops to the independent regiment headquarters. I am afraid that the independent regiment will be completely surrounded in less than two hours!"
Zhang Dabiao reacted, "Commander, you mean to cut off the railway!"
The corners of Lin Zhong's mouth raised slightly, "Yes, if you want to save the Independent Regiment, you must cut off this railway!"
Zhang Dabiao was shocked, "Commander, Shengming! You can analyze the situation so calmly in such an emergency."
Lin Zhong glanced at Zhang Dabiao and said, "Nonsense, do you think your captain gave it to you for free?"
"Pass my order to Sun Desheng to lead three battalions to rescue the independent regiment headquarters immediately. You lead one battalion and the artillery battalion to follow me to cut off the railway line!"
"yes!"
