Chapter 264: Pursuit!
After the defeat of the Jin Sui army in the Battle of Xinkou, Yan Laoxi's forces retreated to the mountainous areas of Jin Province to persist in fighting, although the Battle of Xinkou and Taiyuan was lost, and the Jin Sui army suffered heavy casualties. However, its main force still has at least 100,000 or so men, including 50,000 troops of the new army.
And for the news that had just been delivered at this time, Yan Laoxi was shocked that the Japanese army in Xinkou had actually been attacked!
"Chief of Staff, could it be that Chu Yunfei, a kid from the 358th Regiment in the mountains near Wuzhai in Yunshan, went to attack Xinkou?" In Heilong Town, west of Linfen, Yan Laoxi, the boss of the Jin Sui Army and the commander of the Second War Zone, touched his head at this time and waved his hand to the chief of staff of the Commander's Department who came to report on the battle situation in Xinkou.
Chief of Staff Yan Laoxi said in a low voice: "Commander, it is not Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment attacking Xinkou, but the troops of the Eighth Route Army. According to our top-secret intelligence officers lurking in Xinkou, they risked their lives to go out of the intelligence station to the combat zone in Xinkou City to investigate, and even attack the new regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Xinkou! At this time, the fierce battle in the direction of Xinkou Nancheng was the most intense! However, according to our observations, this unit of the Eighth Route Army has now been dragged down by Kentaro Sugihara in the city, and I am afraid that the results are not optimistic! Shall we send the 358th Regiment to reinforce them nearby? Chu Yunfei's troops are not far from Xinkou, and they are still in the mountains and mountains of Yunzhong, and they can reinforce the Eighth Route Army when they go east! ”。
"Guawazi, although the 358th Regiment has more than 5,000 horses, it is a rare elite unit in our Jin Sui Army. What's more, the Eighth Route Army did not report their battle plan to the commander's department, so why bother with their faces at this time? What's more, this new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has been in the limelight recently, and it is rumored that its two princes who ambushed the Japanese are very strong. At this time, the new group suddenly attacked Xinkou, which shows that people have a plan! Take a look first, see and then talk! The emergency Xinkou lurking personnel, if there is any situation, report the situation to the chief department at any time! Go ahead! Yan Laoxi waved his hand and ordered to his confidant chief of staff slyly.
"Yes, Commander! Humble duty understood! "For the Eighth Route Army, in fact, as Yan Laoxi's chief of staff, of course this guy knows Yan Laoxi's thoughts!
At this time, Xinkou was attacked, which immediately attracted the attention of all forces. As Li Yunlong's immediate boss, the head of the 386 Brigade was also anxious to ask Li Yunlong urgently.
Li Yunlong immediately reported his plan to the brigade commander, and after knowing Li Yunlong's plan, the brigade commander agreed that Li Yunlong could decide the direction of attack on his own, but he would not suffer too much loss in order to keep the new regiment alive.
At this time, Li Yunlong didn't know that even Yan Laoxi of the Second War Zone Commander's Department had begun to pay attention to him thoroughly.
At this time, five minutes passed quickly, and most of the main forces of Zhang Dabiao's department suddenly withdrew, and a battalion and a company took cover behind the palace. The large army withdrew to the south gate outside the city, and met with Li Yunlong and others.
"Regiment commander, the brothers have all hit the arsenal less than 500 meters away, I asked Lao Wang to bombard it with mortars, but the arsenal could not be blown up. It seems that the few puppet soldiers who caught and interrogated before did not tell the truth! Now, you can only withdraw! The devil has pressed over! Zhang Dabiao pointed to the direction of Dongcheng and Xicheng, and in the fierce battle of Nancheng, the Japanese troops in the direction of the two cities also began to reinforce the Japanese troops in Nancheng, and began to exchange fire with the special battalion and the third battalion.
However, at this time, the main forces of the three battalions had already gathered, and the troops behind the palace had been deployed to block the attack.
"Okay, if you can't kill the arsenal of the Xinkou devils, forget it! Next time, the brothers have a chance! Xinkou, Lao Tzu will continue to come back! Wait for the next time we bring more fighters to fight Xinkou, and then we will be sure! Li Yunlong knew that Zhang Dabiao was sorry for not being able to blow up the Japanese arsenal in Xinkou City, but he also smiled and patted Zhang Dabiao's forehead and shoulders and smiled.
Zhang Dabiao smiled angrily: "Commander, what should we do now?" ”。
"Of course you're retreating, kid! Pass the order of labor and management, withdraw, turn into the south, and cross the Muma River! Let's take the path! Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, the troops behind the palace have Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire to block it, and when the majority of troops withdraw to the direction of the Muma River, they will be able to follow.
Zhang Dabiao nodded and said, "Yes, regimental leader!" Brothers, withdraw! ”。
Immediately, after the new group of more than 800 people gathered in advance, they followed Zhang Dabiao and others southward, passed between Xinzhou and Dingxiang Highway, reached the north bank of the Muma River, and then crossed the river and continued southward. The south bank of the Muma River is actually the northern foot of the east-west horizontal mountain range after the transfer of Yunzhong Mountain in Huangzhai and Yangxing.
The new regiment moved boldly and quickly, and by the time Kentaro Sugihara, the commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army in Xinkou City, knew, knew about it, it was already too late.
After waiting for the large army to be safe for a certain distance, under the cooperation and command of Sun Dehai, the commander of a company under Zhang Dabiao, and Wang Chengzhu, the captain of the artillery team, they spread their feet to catch up with most of Li Yunlong, and disappeared in the ice and snow.
After getting the new regiment to withdraw from Xinkou suddenly, even the third squadron leader of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, Satake Torotaro, who was the first to find out that something was wrong, counterattacked, but it was also resisted by the troops behind the palace under the command of Sun Dehai and others.
"Baga Ya Road! What about the new one? Gone? "The streets of Xinkou Nancheng are full of scenes after fierce battles, many buildings were blown up by shells and grenade explosions, but more of them were filled with gunsmoke.
But on the street battlefield, there were less than thirty or so dead in battle, and the remains of the new regiment of soldiers who had not had time to take away. But on the street battlefield, there were more corpses of Japanese puppet soldiers who were killed, and Kentaro Sugihara, who rushed to the battlefield, was angry and scolded Torotaro Satake, the leader of the third squadron under his command.
"This? Your Excellency Shaozo, the Chinese army withdrew too quickly, and when we found out that something was wrong and counterattacked, their troops in the rear blocked our counterattack with machine gun fire and artillery fire! Satake Torotaro lowered his head, and he couldn't help but complain in his heart, but he still paused on the surface.
"Baga Ya Road! Give me chase! The remaining soldiers of the third squadron and the puppet army were ordered to stay in Xinkou. The rest of the imperial soldiers, all of them gave me to go out of the city and pursue Li Yunlong's large army, if I didn't catch Li Yunlong's troops at this time, the anger of His Excellency Commander Shinozuka was not something you and I could withstand! Hurry up and drop! Kentaro Sugihara couldn't care about being reserved at this time, and he was angry and angry at the seven or eight Japanese officers standing around.
All the Japanese officers trembled in their hearts, and immediately said: "Hayi, Your Excellency Shaozuo!" Then they hurriedly returned to the troops one by one, and after gathering outside Nancheng with the devil soldiers under their command, they chased the traces left by Li Yunlong and other large troops under the personal command of Kentaro Sugihara.