With the completion of the artillery execution, Li Yunlong waved his hand, looked at Datong City in the dark night, and ordered the troops to start withdrawing from Datong, and galloped east to retreat towards the Baishan Mountain Mountains.

During the retreat of the troops to Baishan Mountain, Li Yunlong summoned the signal soldiers of the army and said, "I order, send a report to Ding Wei, the commander of the 28th Regiment of the fraternal troops who blocked the Japanese reinforcements rushing to Datong, and Kong Jie, the head of the Independent Regiment, and contact them to withdraw from the battle." The black light blinded them to fight in the night, and it was hard for the brothers. In addition, a report was sent to the head of the brigade headquarters informing us of the results of the capture of Datong. ”。

"Understood, Captain!"

The accompanying signal soldier nodded heavily and said, and immediately went to send a report.

Nearly 20 minutes later, the Japanese reinforcements from two directions, who had no way to block the attack, rushed to the city of Datong in the starry night, and it was already a little early in the morning.

The Japanese reinforcements on both sides were exhausted, especially the Japanese troops of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, which was running back and forth to the east.

In fact, the first to arrive at Datong were the Japanese troops of the 10th Wing of the 10th Division and the 63rd Wing of the Japanese Army, but the combined number of these two Japanese troops was actually less than 6,000 people, and they were not fully formed Japanese troops.

In the end, the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army under the command of Seishiro Itagaki rushed to the outside of the city from the starry night of Mayi to aid Datong, and at this time, Seishiro Itagaki led his troops into the city and saw that the city was full of dead Japanese corpses, stumps and broken arms and all kinds of scattered weapons and ammunition.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, after the joint statistics of various units and friendly troops, most of the imperial troops under the jurisdiction of the 10th Division under the jurisdiction of the 40th Division defending Datong were killed, and only more than ten people survived by hiding in the houses at night." Ueno, chief of staff of the Itagaki Division, walked up to Seishiro Itagaki and paused.

On the gate tower of the Yongtai Gate in the southern city, Seishiro Itagaki, who had gone up to the castle, looked at the fire in the city caused by the fierce battle, illuminating the Japanese army, and knew that the Japanese army defending the city would suffer heavy casualties.

Itagaki Seishiro didn't expect that the 10th Wing of the Japanese Army defending the city would be killed and wounded, which is simply unheard of. Datong City is an important military town in the north of Shanxi, the city wall is tall and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the garrison fortifications are also very complete, but I did not expect to be broken by the troops commanded by Li Yunlong of the new regiment.

"What about Lieutenant General Ryosuke Shitani, commander of the 10th Division?" Seishiro Itagaki asked suddenly.

Ueno said with a wry smile, "According to the report of an imperial soldier who deliberately released an imperial soldier when Li Yunlong's troops withdrew from Datong, Ryosuke Kotani had been killed by a new regiment of artillery outside Nancheng City. From the mouth of this released imperial soldier, we also got a sentence deliberately left by Li Yunlong! Just, just! ”。

Listening to Ueno's last words, Seishiro Itagaki had a gloomy face, knowing that Ueno's words behind him were definitely not good words.

However, Itagaki Seishiro was a high-ranking Japanese general who killed people like hemp after all, and motioned to Ueno Masayo, "Say, I, I'm Itagaki Seishiro, I want to see what Li Yunlong will leave for me, Itagaki Seishiro?" ”。

"Hayi!" Ueno said with a wry smile, "According to the report of the imperial soldiers who were deliberately released by Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong left such a sentence, Itagaki Zheng old devil, if you have the ability, you will chase me in the starry night!" Hahaha! ”。

"Yagaya Road, Li Yunlong, I'm Itagaki Seishiro you! Yaga, Yaga! Itagaki Seishiro said angrily when he heard this, the green tendons burst out, and the anger was enough to burn a dozen Li Yunlong and turn them into ashes.

In the midst of the cold wind, Ueno was speaking up, "Your Excellency, division commander, according to the report of the imperial soldiers who were deliberately released by Li Yunlong, the actual strength of Li Yunlong's army may have more than 2,000 people to attack Datong, and when Datong was evacuated, there were less than 1,800 people left. The direction of its retreat is Mount Baishan to the east. Is our department pursuing Li Yunlong's department? According to the time, they only evacuated Datong for more than 20 minutes. ”。

Itagaki Seishiro, who was standing on the gate tower of Datong South City, was blown cold by a cold wind, and his heart was frozen and shivering.

"Li Yunlong's troops have been evacuated from Datong for more than 20 minutes, and if it is daytime, it will not be a problem for our troops to gallop and pursue. But now it is night, and it is easy to encounter Li Yunlong's ambush on the way to follow the enemy army in the starry night, and the troops will suffer heavy casualties. On the other hand, the night was cold and windy, and the temperature was too low. The fatigue of the troops in pursuit will greatly reduce their combat effectiveness. Order all the troops to go into the city and rest! Wait until daylight! I believe that at this time, Commander Shinozuka will also agree to our proposal! Seishiro Itagaki shook his head and said.

As soon as he said that, he saw a Japanese signal soldier who was closely following Itagaki Seishiro's action rushed to the old devil with a telegram that had just been received and translated, and immediately stood up: "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, Commander Shinozuka has called and ordered the headquarters of our 21st Brigade and the 10th and 63rd Wings of the 10th Division of the friendly army to garrison Datong, and not to pursue Li Yunlong's department without authorization, so as not to encounter an ambush by the Shina Army!" ”。

"Got it!"

Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand and said expressionlessly, while the chief of staff on the side, Ueno Masa, admired it in his heart, and the commander of his division seemed to have made up his mind with Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander! It's a pity that the head of the Ryosuke Tsuya division died in battle! Ueno said more.

Itagaki Seishiro sneered, "This guy Ryosuke Tsuya, there is a wing of imperial army warriors in the city, plus the Datong city defense is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the city defense patrol is strengthened in the dark night, it will definitely not be successfully attacked by a fleeing Shina army that is being pursued by us." What a pity, Ueno-kun!".

Ueno is undeniable, after all, Seishiro Itagaki is right. It was a shame for the Japanese army to defend the fortified city of Datong and defend it with the strength of a wing, but it was attacked by a group of guerrilla troops pursuing by themselves at night, and they also broke through and annihilated most of the defenders in the city.

Ueno Masayo: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the troops commanded by Li Yunlong are very strange and fickle, and their mobility ability is too strong. Once the tiger is released and returned to the mountain, Jin Province will still not be at peace in the future! ”。

"Therefore, after dawn, we must ask Commander Shinozuka to mobilize more heavy troops to encircle and suppress Li Yunlong's troops! Otherwise, it's really endless! Itagaki Seishiro also said with a very solemn face, for Li Yunlong, Itagaki Seishiro at this time is already regarded as the most worthy opponent in his life.

Ueno nodded in agreement.

At this time, just when Itagaki Seishiro was secretly about to swear to kill Li Yunlong in his heart, Datong was captured by a new regiment, and the 40th Wing under the command of the 10th Division of the defending army in the city was passed by Li Yunlong to the brigade headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. After all, Li Yunlong's victory in breaking through the city and annihilating a wing of the defenders while the Japanese army was firmly holding the fortified city was simply overjoyed.

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