Hiroshi Yamada nodded, and then walked with Hiroaki Sakamoto to the roof of the house where he was.

This is a five-story private house, which is the tallest room in the village, so Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroaki Sakamoto and other devil officers climbed on the roof together to look around, it was enough to see the mountains and the whole village.

"Looking around from here, the terrain of Mazhuang is pretty good. The south is the only way to enter the horse village, and the north side is a big mountain, the mountain is steep, and it is only necessary to send an infantry brigade to the north to establish a defensive line, and occupy several commanding heights on the north hill, which is enough to increase fire support for our garrison in the horse village. On the east and west sides, two infantry brigades were sent to defend each side, and in the south, only one infantry brigade could be deployed for defense. What do you think? Sakamoto-san! ”

Hiroshi Yamada looked down at the whole village of Mazhuang and its surrounding terrain, and then asked Hiroaki Sakamoto, the commander of the 3rd Brigade, in a condensed voice.

Hiroaki Sakamoto thought for a while and then paused: "The deployment of the chief of staff is very correct, and the humble post agrees very much. ”。

"Good! Then hard Sakamoto-san, deploy immediately! It is estimated that it will not be long before Li Yunlong's army will be killed. We only have a dozen minutes left to build our fortifications! Hiroshi Yamada said with a solemn look in his eyes.

He and Hiroaki Sakamoto had just led their troops into Mazhuang, and there were already devils who had reconnoitred in front of the palace and behind them, and the new regiment of troops on both sides was attacking very quickly, and it was estimated that they would be killed in more than ten minutes.

Time waits for no one, and Hiroshi Yamada can only order Hiroaki Sakamoto to speed up the construction of fortifications and prepare for battle!

Hiroaki Sakamoto nodded, and then waved his hand to signal the brigade staff officers on the side to hurry up and order, and sent people to inform the wings, and the infantry brigades immediately seized all parts of the horse village and seized the time to build fortifications.

Hiroshi Yamada then officially erected the headquarters on the roof of the five-story building of this house and put it on a posture.

"Chief of Staff, the situation is not optimistic! The heavy snow continues, and although it can increase the difficulty of Li Yunlong's army's attack on Mazhuang, our unfavorable situation is also increasing. Hiroaki Sakamoto suddenly whispered to Hiroshi Yamada at this time, his eyes worried.

Yamada Hao took the telescope at this time to observe the whole village of Mazhuang and its surrounding terrain, and when he heard this, he slowly put down the telescope in his hand, and then said: "Sakamoto-san, what are our unfavorable situations now?" ”。

Hiroaki Sakamoto pointed to the heavy snowflakes that were falling sharply, frowned, and said in a condensed voice: "Chief of Staff, this is our other biggest enemy. The heavy snow continued, which put a lot of pressure on the headquarters of the new regiment attacking Mazhuang. But we are also under great pressure, and the troops now have less than two hours of food and ammunition to support. And because the village is very small, the firewood in the village is not enough to support the heating needs of more than 10,000 imperial troops. ”。

After a pause, Hiroaki Sakamoto smiled bitterly: "Once the battle lasts for half a day, or even five or six hours, our soldiers will be unbearable. ”。

Hiroshi Yamada raised his head to look at the heavy snow that kept falling in the sky, and then frowned, which was a disadvantage.

But now it is a way to have to choose to stay in Mazhuang and wait for help, Hiroshi Yamada is familiar with astronomy.

The current situation is that Hiroshi Yamada knows in his heart that it will snow for at least two or three days.

However, Yamada Hao finally waved his hand and pretended to be calm and said, "Don't worry! Half a day is enough for our soldiers. What's more, we have already sent an urgent telegram to Taiyuan, and it is estimated that Commander Okabe will not abandon us. ”。

Sure enough, without waiting for Hiroaki Sakamoto to answer, the devils who had already moved all the things in the headquarters to the roof, among them, had been working for seven or eight minutes.

At this time, a devil signal soldier hurriedly walked in front of Hiroshi Yamada and Hiroaki Sakamoto with a freshly baked telegram, and then paused heavily, "Report to the chief of staff, the commander of the Sakamoto brigade, and the military department is in an emergency!"

Hiroshi Yamada took the telegram and looked at it carefully, and read it in less than a minute, and then handed it to Hiroaki Sakamoto.

Hiroaki Sakamoto looked at it for at least a minute, and then said happily: "Your Excellency Commander has sent troops and horses from all walks of life to reinforce us quickly, and it is estimated that the troops from Lingqiu County, which is closest to us, will be killed here in Mazhuang within an hour. ”。

"It's good news, but it's not to be careless. I estimate that Lingqiu County will go north to reinforce our imperial army troops, and along the way it is likely to encounter the same attack as we encountered before, and the Eighth Route Army that ambushed and blocked along the way, I am afraid that it will not be possible to reach Mazhuang here in an hour. So, for the time being, it's up to us. ”

Yamada Hao smoothed the snowflakes on his face and said solemnly.

Hiroaki Sakamoto nodded in agreement, for at least an hour, they could only rely on their own forces to hold the horse village, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Subsequently, Yamada Hiroshi commanded Hiroaki Sakamoto, and led all the devil troops under his command to quickly seize all the key roads in Mazhuang Village, as well as the commanding heights of the terrain around the village, rush to repair the fortifications, and prepare for a face-to-face positional battle with Li Yunlong's army.

At this time, when Yamada Hao led the Japanese army on the South Road to seize the time to repair the fortifications in Mazhuang, Li Yunlong and others did not slow down.

Although the heavy snow continued, for most of the soldiers of the new regiment from the surrounding provinces such as Jin Province and Ji Province, this kind of weather was trivial and not worth mentioning.

Therefore, under Li Yunlong's several strict orders, the army of more than 5,000 people who set out from Wei County to pursue the tail of Yamada Haobu's main force has rapidly improved its ability to march rapidly, and soon shortened the distance between it and Yamada Hao's main force on the south road.

This is also one of the reasons why Yamada Hao finally decided to stick to Mazhuang, after all, Li Yunlong's army had already chased them not far away, and there were Zhou Hua's men and horses who were constantly laying mines on the highway and harassing them by guerrilla attacks.

Once the situation of the front and rear attacks is completely formed, Yamada Hiroshi will not be arrogant enough to be able to defeat Li Yunlong's army in such a situation.

You must know that Li Yunlong personally commanded the main force of his army to ambush and eat the main force of the North Road Army commanded by Kenichi Muto!

Less than fifteen minutes after Yamada Hao's troops entered Mazhuang, Li Yunlong's troops and Zhou Hua's troops had already met near Mazhuang!

Everyone was very happy after the meeting, especially Zhou Hua, who was actually uneasy in his heart.

You must know that although he tried his best to delay the westward retreat of the main force of the Japanese army on the south road of Yamada Haobe, but Yamada Hao's troops still had at least more than 10,000 people, and they were all the main elite of the 2nd Division.