In Maojiasoo Town, on the roof of the highest building where the temporary field headquarters of the 313th Wing of the Japanese Army is located,

Masuda Kentai, who condescendingly observed the night battle, could almost look around the entire battlefield, but the situation was very grim and unfavorable for them.

"Report to Your Excellency Osa, the 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Infantry Brigade to the west has suffered heavy casualties. Request support! ”

"Report to Your Excellency Dazuo, all the machine-gun fire points at the southern crossroads have been destroyed by mortar fire from the Independent Brigade! The 3rd Squadron of the 1st Infantry Brigade, having suffered heavy casualties, has retreated to the rear! ”

"Report to Your Excellency Dazuo, the northern defense force has requested artillery support!"

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There were continuous devil staff officers of the wing who reported the battle situation everywhere to Masuda Kentai, and Masuda Kentai's face was gloomy when he heard it.

"Eight Tooth Road! Order them, I don't have many troops left, order them to stand firmly! Reinforcements will arrive! Masuda Kentai gritted his teeth, and the telescope he picked up had been put down, and at this time the old devil had only one squadron of reserves left in his hands.

If you take it out at this time, there will not be a soldier behind you to support it.

"Hai, Your Excellency Dazuo!"

"Hai, Your Excellency Dazuo!"

Several devil staff officers responded one after another, and then replied to the devil commander who requested reinforcements through the field phone.

Kusunoki Kotaro's eyes were also solemn, "Your Excellency Osa, the situation is not optimistic!" The night battles and street battles of the Independent Brigade are so familiar! We are not their opponents, and the previous task of holding on to an hour or even an hour and a half of street fighting, I am afraid that we will not be able to complete it! ”

"It's useless to regret it now, who would have thought that Li Yunlong's independent brigade would be able to fight us step by step in the night street fighting? We made a mistake! "Masuda Kentai had to do this,. It was only at this time that he understood that Li Yunlong was really not simple.

No wonder, even His Majesty personally issued a killing order, and he must do his best to encircle and annihilate Li Yunlong's troops.

Such a formidable enemy army, once it grows to tens of thousands, or even fifty or sixty thousand, is enough to overwhelm all the units of the devil's North China Front Army and will be under tremendous pressure and out of breath.

Kusunoki Kotaro smiled bitterly and said: "Stubbornly defending the various departments that have asked for reinforcements one after another, I'm afraid it is almost impossible for us to hold out until the reinforcements arrive in Maojiasoo Town." At present, according to the information of the military department, more than 10,000 imperial troops of the 77th Brigade have just been transported to Xinkou through the Muma River. From Xinkou to the north, at least in two or three hours, it is almost impossible to reach Maojiasoo Town. What's more, he was worried that Li Yunlong would chase north alone and besiege the rest of our 313th Wing in Maojiasoo Town, so maybe his people would not leave troops to defend at the Kouquanhe Railway Bridge. ”。

"Chief of Staff, what do you mean is that Li Yunlong blew up the Kouquan River Railway Bridge?" Masuda Kentai quickly realized the meaning of Kusunoki Kotaro's words and was surprised.

"Not bad! Your Excellency! ”

Nanmu Kotaro said in a condensed voice: "If it is Li Yunlong, he will not stay long if he goes deep into the area controlled by our imperial army without a rear. Now it seems that Li Yunlong's goal is Datong, and the capture of Datong can cause a shock to our imperial army in a short period of time. Indirectly, the capture of Datong and the cutting off of the Tongpu railway in a short period of time can support the attack of the Imperial Army on the Imperial Army in the First Theater of the Nationalist Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. In this way, under such circumstances, once Li Yunlong learned that the 77th Brigade was heading north, it might blow up the Kouquan River railway bridge. Then when the train transporting the 77th Brigade arrives at the Kouquan River Railway Bridge, facing the bombed railway bridge, if they can't cross the river, we will have no hope. ”。

"We're hopeless now! Even if the Kouquanhe Railway Bridge Independent Brigade hadn't blown up, they would have dealt with us before the 77th Brigade arrived! ”

Masuda Kentai shook his head and said, it was almost obvious.

At this time, without waiting for Kotaro Kusunoki to answer, the shouts of the soldiers of the Independent Brigade suddenly began to approach.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Suddenly, several shells fell into the courtyard of the temporary headquarters mansion where Masuda Kentai was located.

Several devil soldiers of the 313th Wing Headquarters guarding Masuda Kentai were affected by these shells from unknown sources on the spot, and they were blown to pieces.

This scene happened to be seen by two old devils, Masuda Kentai and Kusunoki Kotaro.

"The shouts of killing are clear and audible, the shells of the separate brigade have already hit our headquarters! Our command isn't safe anymore! Masuda Jiantai gritted his teeth, Li Yunlong was in a hurry, attacking so quickly.

"Report to the Chief of Staff, Your Excellency Dazuo, that a small detachment of enemy special forces took advantage of the gap in the battlefield to touch the periphery of our headquarters and shelled our headquarters with mortars! However, it has already been expelled by us. "Soon a devil soldier will come to report.

Kusunoki Kotaro waved his hand and motioned for the devil soldiers to go down, and then whispered to Masuda Kentai: "Your Excellency, Li Yunlong has sent his special combat team, and it seems that the independent brigade is very familiar with the terrain of Maojiasoo Town. Otherwise, it wouldn't have touched the vicinity of our headquarters so quickly! ”。

"It must be so!"

Masuda Kentai was angry in his heart and said: "It seems that the people of Maojiasoo Town are in contact with the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, we secretly dispatched two squadrons to the north to rush here to repair the fortifications, and not a single ordinary person in the town was missing. Looks like I got the information and ran away! ”。

The rumbling explosion was approaching, and the shouts of killing had been heard very clearly, and Kotaro Kusunoki, who didn't want to die, plucked up his courage and said: "Your Excellency Dazuo, we have been holding out for more than twenty minutes. However, an hour will definitely not last! While we still have a force, it is better to break through and withdraw to Datong City! The imperial army of Datong will stand by and wait for help! ”。

When Masuda Kentai heard this, he did not angrily reprimand Kusunoki Kotaro for his greed for life and fear of death. Instead, he felt that even if all his 313 Wing died here, it would be meaningless. At this time, the 77th Brigade, which was already unable to hold out to the 33rd Division in Maojiasoo Town, rushed to Maojiasoo Town to reinforce them.

Datong City is an important town in the north of Jin, with tall and thick city walls!

Although Li Yunlong had previously commanded the new regiment at that time to attack Datong City, annihilating a part of the 10th Division, and killing the commander of the 10th Division commanded in the city, Ryosuke Tsutani. But in this case, the withdrawal of the remnants of the 313 Wing into Datong City is the best choice.

It's just that Masuda Kentai looked around, and the strong light of the explosion approached his headquarters from around Maojiasoap Town, even if he concentrated the remnants to break through, the success rate was not much.

"The opportunity to break through has been lost, let's fight to the death! Chief of staff! Masuda Kentai waved his hand and refused.

Kusunoki Kotaro was silent, and at this time, the main regiments and units of the main force of the Independent Brigade besieging Maojiasoo Town successfully surrounded the remnants of the 313th Wing of the Devil three minutes later.

More than 20 remnants of devils such as Masuda Kentai who refused to surrender were torn apart by the thirteen mortars mobilized by Wang Chengzhu at close range!

About 39 minutes after the night battle in Maojiasoo Town, all units of the Independent Brigade surrounded the remnants of the 313th Wing of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army in Maojiasoo Town.