Gouzhu Mountain is also called Yanmen Mountain, where the mountain is dangerous, and the peaks are high.

The Tongpu Railway passed through Gouzhu Mountain, which was only a section of the mountain pass railway in Beishan, which had been blown up and destroyed by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army at night.

As a result, the special train of the 77th Brigade of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, which was transferred north from the Zhongtiao Mountain front, was suddenly blocked here and did not wait to move.

Major General Fujii Kamiya, commander of the 77th Brigade of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, who got off the train, accompanied by Yuichiro Yamazaki, chief of staff of the brigade, got off the train in the dark and walked to the front of the train.

"Report to the general, chief of staff, the railway at the exit of the front was blown up by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army. I'm afraid that sappers will need to repair the railway, the section is too long, and the time is urgent. I'm afraid it will take more time to repair the railway! Seeing Fujii Kamiya and Yuichiro Yamazaki, the two devils of the 77th Brigade who came up in a hurry, the second in command, the commander of the 77th Brigade's Engineer Brigade, Kurajiro Kuribayashi, paused and reported.

Fujii Kamiya's face was gloomy, and the road was unimpeded, and when the train arrived at Gozhu Mountain, there was a big trouble, and it was a disaster.

Without waiting for Fujii Kamiya to lose his temper, a staff officer of the Devil Brigade who hurriedly ran off the train from behind to catch up with him muttered and reported to Yuichiro Yamazaki, the chief of staff of the brigade, and did not care about interrupting Fujii Kamiya's inappropriateness.

I saw Yuichiro Yamazaki condensed to Fujii Kamiya and said, "Your Excellency General, the military department is in an emergency!" ”。

After receiving the telegram handed over by Yuichiro Yamazaki, after reading it for less than a minute, the old devil Fujii Kamiya's face gradually became solemn, "The loss of Datong is already doomed, and it is impossible to wait for us to arrive." With that amount of troops, how could it be possible to block the combined encirclement and onslaught of the superior forces of the independent brigade commanded by Li Yunlong? ”

"The military department urgently ordered us to speed up our northward march without delay. The military headquarters has issued an order to the imperial troops in Fengzhen, Gaoyang, Tianzhen, Zuoyun and other places to concentrate all their forces to encircle Datong. The intention of the military department seems to be to use the imperial army and the imperial alliance troops in these places to entangle the main force of Li Yunlong's independent brigade under the city of Datong and buy time for us to rush to Datong. After seeing Tian Ken Valley, Yuichiro Yamazaki said in a condensed voice.

Fujii Kamiya nodded, there are not many Japanese troops and imperial allies in Tianzhen and other places, at most, they can only rush to Datong and launch an attack on the independent brigade to try to entangle the main force of the independent brigade in Datong City.

It's just that the independent brigade came out this time, although it was less than 10,000 soldiers, but all of its members were cavalry combat mode. Dismounting is infantry, getting on the horse is a cavalry, and the mobility ability is enough to gallop across the mountainous land of Jin Province, which is very troublesome for the Japanese army pursuing the encirclement and suppression.

"Military orders are like mountains, and the orders of the military headquarters cannot be violated. How long will the sapper brigade be able to restore the opening of the railway? Thinking of this, Fujii Kamiya turned his head and asked Kurajiro Kuribayashi, the commander of the brigade engineer brigade who reported the situation.

Kurabayashi Kurajiro paused helplessly and said: "Report to the general, chief of staff, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army have destroyed the railway for a long time, and there are not many railway transportation equipment and repair tools stored on the train. Our engineer brigade is not dedicated to repairing the railway, and it can only be guaranteed to be reopened in about two hours! ”。

"No, it's been too long! You have to get the railroad back to traffic in half an hour! Fujii Kamiya's face sank, and he said in a condensed voice.

"General, it's simply impossible! Humble duties cannot be done. The railroad destroyed by the guerrillas is too long and there are many sections, and we do not know whether there will be any damaged railway sections in front of us after leaving the mountain pass. Kurabayashi Kurajiro shook his head with a wry smile and said.

Yuichiro Yamazaki on the side spoke up: "General, we all know what the engineer unit to which the brigade belongs can do!" It's really hard to ask Kuribayashi so much! ”。

"Are we just stupid to wait?"

Yuichiro Yamazaki said, "That's it, General. Ordered the engineer brigade to repair the railway on the spot, and asked the imperial army troops in Daixian, Yangmingbao and other places in the south to send railway troops to the north for reinforcements to repair the railway. As for our brigade, we had to get off the train and march north on foot! Once the railroad was repaired and the train continued north, we continued to board the train and arrive north! ”。

"Yo Xi !!"

When Fujii Kamiya heard this, he just thought about it and decided: "That's it!" Hurry up, order the troops to get off the train, march north on foot, hurry up! ”。

"Hay, Your Excellency, General!" Kurabayashi Kurajiro and Yuichiro Yamazaki both secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately went to their respective deployments.

Seven minutes later, about 10,000 Japanese troops from the 77th Brigade of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, who got off the train, assembled neatly and began to march north on foot.

And at this time, the devils on foot, at least before half past eight in the morning, it is impossible to rush to Datong City.

At this time, the battle of Datong is already the last time to begin!

In the inner city of Datong, according to the remnants of the Japanese army who were defending the inner city, at this time, after Futian Taisheng organized and mobilized the inner city to do business, the devil expatriates and other personnel who were awakened by the artillery fire were actually looted by them to more than 1,000 people.

At this time, the strength of the remnants of the Japanese army in the inner city of Datong was restored to between 2,500 and 700 people.

It's just that among them, only the remaining remnants of the brigade under the jurisdiction of Futian Taisheng are more than 600 people. The rest are improvised organized devils, shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and a rabble.

At this time, in the inner city of Datong, all the devils hurriedly went to the head of the city, and behind some of the main strong infantry blocking fortifications, they were already hiding behind the devil infantry.

"Captain, the military department called back, or ordered us to wait for help. In addition, it is estimated that more than 30 imperial fighters heading north from the two airfields on the Zhongtiao Mountain front line will fly over Datong in about ten minutes! It can support our defensive operations. Finding Taisho Fukuda, who was deploying defenses, Hirata Ichiro said with a straight pause.

Futian was too high-minded, but his face was not sad or happy, and the loss of Datong was inevitable. As for the air support of more than 30 Japanese fighters mentioned by Ichiro Hirata, seeing the night sky at this time, as well as the rain and fog with very low visibility, Fukuda Taisheng basically did not expect the fighters of the air force to bomb the independent brigade at a low altitude.

And the high-altitude bombing in the night sky, the effect is almost zero, and the meaning is actually not much.

"Boom, boom!!"

Suddenly, the artillery attack of the Independent Brigade suddenly began, and all regiments and units of the Independent Brigade, which had completed the heavy encirclement of the inner city of Datong, had already launched a general attack in accordance with Li Yunlong's order.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, now you can't count on aviation and reinforcements on the ground. Hirata-kun, I bother you to personally supervise the two places in the south and west of the inner city, and I will lead people to supervise the two places in the northeast of the inner city! Fukuda Taisheng watched the artillery fire of the Independent Brigade continue to bombard the inner city, and the dark inner city was suddenly enveloped in artillery fire.

In a hurry, Hirata Ichiro responded anxiously: "Yes, captain!" Humble! He walked away.