Zhang Dabiao, Shen Qun, Ma Wenhai and other major commanders and fighters were holding a small celebration party in the temporary field headquarters of the Independent Brigade in Maojiasoo Town.

Unexpectedly, something happened to my hometown!

"Brigade commander, according to the call from the political commissar, the little devil is coming from the direction of Laiyuan! Hundreds of guerrillas of our Eighth Route Army stationed in Laiyuan and hundreds of people who had no time to withdraw were all killed by devils! We didn't get any information at all, which devil attacked us? Zhang Dabiao gritted his teeth, his side attacked in advance, and took advantage of the emptiness of the rear of the Japanese army with more than 100,000 heavy troops on the Zhongtiao Mountain front line to go south, and sent troops to solve the headquarters of the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division of the Devil Regiment stationed in Yangyuan County.

But in a blink of an eye, the little devil was not passively beaten, and actually raided the outlying towns of the independent brigade's base area!

After Li Yunlong asked Wei Dayong to take out the map and unfold it, he pointed to the Laiyuan location on the map and said: "Judging from the map, this group of devils should go south from the Pinghan Railway, and secretly go west along the line of Laishui, Xiling, and Bauhinia Pass. This group of devils took advantage of the night to mobilize a secret westward march and raid Laiyuan, an important town on the outskirts of our base in the southeast of our base. We were a little careless, we didn't expect the devil to come to this hand! ”。

"Fortunately, there are many local armed forces developed by our independent brigade stationed in the Laiyuan area, as well as the ordinary people who support our base area. It is almost impossible for such a sneak attack force of as many as 20,000 devils to quietly kill in front of the gate of my Hengshan base area. The third head of the group, Ma Wenhai, said in a condensed voice.

However, at this time, the little devil had already captured Laiyuan in the southeast of the base area and was attacking towards Lingqiu County.

With the current situation, it won't be long before Lingqiu County will be attacked by more than 20,000 Japanese troops.

According to the strength of the independent brigade stationed in Lingqiu County, it is impossible to block such a powerful Japanese attack.

"Immediately send a report to the political commissar and order Zhao Gang to immediately abandon the defenders of Lingqiu County, Guangling, Wei County, and Pingxingguan! Most of the troops in these places are guerrillas, and the county brigade also has some left-behind troops of our independent brigade. Once each defends the city, it will inevitably be defeated by 20,000 heavy enemy troops! Concentrate all your forces and return to the base area! Ordered Zhao Gang to evacuate urgently and transfer the people. Li Yunlong slammed his fist on the map and quickly ordered a staff officer on standby.

"Yes, Brigadier General!" The staff officer on standby departed.

And then, Li Yunlong said: "Brothers, I estimate that this group of devils should be from Beiping. Otherwise, how could it be possible to attack Laiyuan? ”。

"Brigadier Commander!!"

Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first regiment and chief of staff of the independent brigade, said in a condensed voice: "Brigade commander, there are at least four regiments and independent regiments in my hometown now. There are also newly recruited recruits, and there is no problem in holding the base area for the time being. It's just that the 20,000 Japanese troops took advantage of our main force to attack outside and chose this time to surprise attack my base area, which should be strong! Shall we immediately withdraw our troops and return to the division's base areas? ”。

"I'm afraid it's too late now. What's more, in less than an hour, the sky will be bright! The little devil's fighter plane should be dispatched, and once we return to the division base in a big way, we will inevitably patrol the sky over the main road. If they find us, they will bombard us violently. When the time comes, our main force will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. The second head of the regiment, Shen Qun, said in a condensed voice.

Li Yunlong nodded, and Shen Qun said Yes, you can't mess with it now!

After thinking about it, Li Yunlong stared at the map carefully, "Now, there is a good chance that this group of devils will be sent from Tada Jun. Since last night we ate the headquarters of the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Yangyuan County, there has been a whole night of more than ten hours. Taking advantage of the cover of night, Tada Jun had the strength to transport one of his surprise attack heavy troops by rail from Laishui, Xiling, and Bauhinia Pass to the west, directly copying the southeast direction of our base area. ”

"Brigadier, what should we do then? There are only two regiments of elite troops in my hometown, and the rest are some newly recruited recruits, and the combat effectiveness cannot be very strong! Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry battalion, also said worriedly.

Li Yunlong said with a solemn face: "It's impossible to return to the base area now, and it's too late in time!" If we want to return to the division, there are two roads, one is the Sanggan River to the east, and then we will retreat to the base along the western foot of the northern mountain range of Heng Mountain! ”。

"Brigade commander, this road is too far, I'm afraid it's too late!" Zhang Dabiao shook his head and said, a little disapproving.

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Not bad!" It's a bit of a long way! The second is that we will go south along the railway line and attack south directly in the direction of Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army of the little devils. ”。

"Wai Wei to save Zhao?" Ma Wenhai, the head of the third regiment, exclaimed.

"Not bad!"

Li Yunlong nodded and said: "Siege Wei to save Zhao, otherwise, we will return to the base area at this time and be under the right arms of the devil!" ”。

"Brigadier Commander, I agree! We are all cavalry now, rushing south, and we should be able to enter Taiyuan in a short time! According to the intelligence of the headquarters, most of the main force of the Japanese First Army, as well as the transferred devil divisions, are concentrated on the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain, and now the northern part of Jinbei and its central Jinzhong are very empty. Otherwise, while we are attacking the same place as the northern part of Jinbei, Okabe Naosaburo will have enough time to draw troops to the west, advance eastward along the line of Fanzhi and Pingxingguan, and flank and threaten our base area. And not to send troops from the direction of Beiping! ”

Zhang Dabiao said analytically.

When the rest of the commanders and fighters heard this, they suddenly realized that this is indeed the case!

But soon, Ma Wenhai, the commander of the third regiment, was a little worried: "Brigade commander, if we go south along the railway line, although the cavalry is fast. But in less than an hour, it will be dawn, and then things will be in trouble. Devil fighters can bomb us at any time! ”。

"Everyone understands that we are going back to the division and dealing with the more than 20,000 Japanese troops who raided the base area. However, at present, no matter which path is chosen, it is simply impossible to withdraw to the base area in a short period of time. And we only really threaten Taiyuan, then the more than 20,000 Japanese troops who have entered Jin Province are bound to only be able to divide a part of the devils who reinforce Taiyuan. Otherwise. Once there is a threat of the loss of Taiyuan, the Japanese troops on the Zhongtiao Mountain front, whose military supplies from the Tongpu Railway and the Zhenghan Railway are transporting southward will be completely cut off by us. Moreover, it will greatly affect the battle of the little devils on the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain! Li Yunlong said in a condensed voice, at this time, only by going south to Taiyuan and forcing Taiyuan could the Japanese army that raided the base area be forced to transfer some troops south and return to Taiyuan.

Otherwise, there is a possibility that the devils of Zhongtiao Mountain have a logistical threat!

When everyone heard this, they kept looking at the map and nodded.

"Good! We went south to threaten Taiyuan, even if we lost some of our men, this was to keep the base area. If we can't keep our base areas, we won't even have a foothold at that time, and it will be even more troublesome! Li Yunlong made a final decision.

"Yes, Brigadier General!" Everyone responded!