"Yes, Captain!" Zhang Dabiao and the others got up and stood on the right path, and then returned to their troops to gather their battalions and prepare to set off for the east.

By the time everyone had finished assembling and resting for at least seven or eight hours, the new regiment of more than 1,000 soldiers was already ready for battle with full spirits.

"Okay, brothers, let's go, run to Xinkou, kill!" Li Yunlong waved his hand and led his troops to advance in the direction of Xinkou in a covert attack.

At this time, the Japanese army stationed an infantry brigade and two battalions of puppet army troops, with a total strength of more than 2,300 people, and the strength was quite good.

Xinkou is the gateway to Taiyuan in northern Shanxi Province and an important barrier to defend Taiyuan. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and railways and highways pass through it, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. Therefore, as a transportation artery, more than 2,000 troops were stationed, which was considered to be the place that the Japanese army attached great importance to.

At the beginning, the Jin Sui Army, the National Army, and the Eighth Route Army started the Battle of Xinkou with the Japanese army in the south.

It's just that at that time, the Jin Sui army did not have many garrison troops in Niangzi Pass, Pingding, Yangquan and other places in the east of Taiyuan, so that the Japanese army broke through from Niangzi Pass and drove directly to the direction of Taiyuan, so that the Battle of Xinkou was forced to retreat from the Xinkou front line as a whole in time when the barrier on the east side of Taiyuan City had been lost.

Otherwise, there is a danger of being intercepted by the Japanese army, after all, Taiyuan is threatened.

At this time, the Japanese army in Xinkou City was also considered to be strong, so Yoshio Shinozuka had only transferred a squadron of Japanese troops to the east to cooperate with the Japanese puppet army in the direction of Shenchi to encircle and suppress Li Yunlong's large army, and he did not expect that Li Yunlong would attack Xinkou at this time.

In Xinkou City, Kentaro Sugihara, captain of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the 139th Brigade of the 24th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army stationed here, and Ryota Tomita, chief of staff of the brigade, watched the play in the theater in the city with relish.

That's right, he was watching a play, when Yoshio Shinozuka urgently telegraphed the Japanese army everywhere to strengthen their vigilance, the high-level commander of the Japanese army in Xinkou was actually watching the play! If Yoshio Shinozuka knew, he would definitely have picked up the black gauze hats of the two old devils.

Under the stage, Kentaro Sugihara, the captain of the devil brigade, smiled obscenely and said to the chief of staff next to him, Ryota Tomita: "Tomita-kun, Shina is worthy of being a country with vast land and rich resources, and this opera is still very good." The woman on the stage is not bad either, haha. Missy's! ’。

Ryota Tomita smiled and said, "Your Excellency Shaozuo, it seems that you have fallen into the gentle township!" ”。

"You drop, Tomita-kun, good and bad! Ha ha! Kentaro Sugihara said with a laugh, just laughing at Ryota Tomita's words.

At this time, when the two old devils and a group of puppet army officers were watching the play in the theater in Xinkou City, outside Xinkou Xicheng, in the woods less than 300 meters away from the city wall, there was already a new group of more than 1,000 people and horses who had just arrived outside Xikou City, lurking in it, like a wolf, eyeing the tiger, spreading its fangs at any time, ready to attack Xikou.

At this time, although it was already daytime, it had already begun to snow on the march, especially at this time when Jin Province was already in the early stage of deep winter, and the snow had begun to increase. Although it was difficult to walk on the way to Xinkou, for the soldiers of the new regiment, they were already familiar, and this difficulty had no effect at all.

At this time, Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao and a few others stepped forward in person, lying on the back of a dirt slope, and their bodies were already covered with white clothes to cover their tracks.

Several people held binoculars and observed the enemy's defenses at the entrance of the city.

I just don't know if I don't see it, I was startled when I saw it, I saw that outside Xinkou City, there was a barbed wire defense, and there were pillboxes, just outside Xicheng City, there were more than a dozen pillboxes, and the shooting holes of the pillboxes Li Yunlong and others could see clearly from the telescope.

And the Japanese army also dug trenches outside the city, and there were at least people stationed in the army, it seems that even if Xinkou is already in the pocket of the Japanese army, the little devil has not relaxed his guard against Xinkou!

"! There aren't many devils in Xinkou, and the puppet army is also considered a waste material. But the devil's Xinkou defense is guarded, and it's a bit fucking strong! It's a bit difficult to go on like this! Li Yunlong put down the binoculars, retreated to the pothole below the dirt slope, and said solemnly when he summoned Zhang Dabiao and others to discuss the attack and operation.

Zhang Dabiao spoke up first and said: "Regiment leader, the devil's defense in Xinkou is a bit strong!" What's more, it's broad daylight now, and there are devils' bunkers outside the city, these bunkers, it seems that even if they are shelled with mortars in Wang Chengzhu's artillery team, it is estimated that they will not be able to explode! In addition, I saw that the bunker built by the devil was covered with a layer of sleepers, and the little devil also handed over the water, which was frozen hard, and it is estimated that the mortar shells could not blow up the bunker! ”。

"Not bad!"

Zhou Hua, the commander of the special service battalion, is a person who has fought many guerrilla wars, especially the Japanese garrisons that attacked the towns, and is no stranger to the bunkers built by devils.

Zhou Hua continued: "Not only can't it be exploded, it is estimated that it can't be blown up with a seventy-millimeter infantry gun. In addition, I found that the bunkers built by the little devils outside the city are distributed in a cross, once there are troops outside the city to attack the city, the firepower of the devils in the bunker from the shooting hole is enough to block the offensive route of the troops! And that, precisely the offensive line that we cannot bypass! If they attack, it is estimated that the brothers will suffer heavy casualties! ”。

"You're all right! The most important thing is that the little devils are still digging trenches outside the city, and there is barbed wire in front of the trenches, and there are mines hanging on them. Special mother, no wonder the devil who is in Xinkou right now will be at peace! Li Yunlong looked at the situation of the hedgehog and couldn't get out of his mouth, which was really a little aggrieved.

Everyone looked at each other, but Zhang Dabiao rubbed his hands, sighed, and continued after warming his hands: "Regiment commander, look at the Japanese defense in Xinkou, if we attack Xinkou, the casualties will be very large. It's better for the troops not to be too talkative and find other places to attack! ”。

The others nodded when they heard this, this Xinkou's devil defense looked a little wrong, and if they attacked Xinkou like this, a new regiment of more than 1,000 soldiers might not be able to capture the enemy fortifications outside Xinkou's city even if they were exhausted.

"Special mother, it is impossible for labor-management Li Yunlong to come to Xinkou and stop fighting! What's more, we are just feints to attack Xinkou, and we don't have to hit Xinkou! But looking at the current situation, the devils in Xinkou don't know that we have arrived outside the city! Hehe, labor and management still have to talk about it! Judging from the investigation in various places, in the direction of the four cities of Xinkou, the deployment of devils outside the city is basically the same! We are mainly attacking in the direction of Nancheng, where the main force of the bunkers is much scarcer, only four! Li Yunlong finally made a decision and said in a decisive word!