"Yaga!"

Yoshio Shinozuka can only scold his mother.

This is the so-called blessing and misfortune.

The policy of encroachment on the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, which was personally presided over by Commander Okamura, was a great success, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong was basically dispersed.

The remaining small number of Eighth Route Army could only retreat to the mountainous area at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei and struggled to maintain.

But it was precisely these Eighth Route Army, which retreated to the mountainous area at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei, that sabotaged the Zhengtai Railway at such a critical moment and delayed the reinforcement of the 110th Division.

Now the situation in Taiyuan is precarious.

Every second of delay in the 110th Division could lead to serious consequences.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "Did the railways say when the railway bridge could be repaired?" ”

Takayoshi Tanaka said in a deep voice: "The railway replied that it will take at least 24 hours!" ”

"Nani? 24 hours! Yoshio Shinozuka's face fell.

In fact, the speed of repairing a railway bridge in 24 hours is already very fast, and you can't ask for more.

But 24 hours was still too long for the Taiyuan defenders, because it meant that they had to hold on for at least one day, two nights, and 36 hours!

And there can be no other accidents in between.

Otherwise, the time is even more incalculable.

Nozawa Norio said: "General, why don't you order the 37th Division to go north for reinforcements?" ”

"The 37th Division?" Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes flashed and he asked, "Where is the 37th Division?" ”

Nozawa Norio said: "The 37th Division has just arrived in Changzhi, but the southbound detachment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has been transferred in advance and is missing. ”

"The materials in Changzhi City were also carried out by the Eighth Route Army."

"Although there are no statistics yet, the loss should not be small."

"The biggest loss is the blow to the confidence of the local squire, I believe that many people's beliefs will be shaken, and their attitudes will become ambiguous again."

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "In this way, the 37th Division can no longer act rashly, otherwise the Eighth Route Army will go and return, and the local squires will have even less confidence in the Imperial Army!" ”

"In the long run, Changzhi will be reduced to a non-security zone."

"Order the 37th Division, the top priority is to restore law and order in the area."

"The second is to search and pursue the southbound detachment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."

"Hello!" Nozawa Kio paused and said, "What about Taiyuan?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice: "There should be no problem in holding on to the inner city of Taiyuan for two days, and the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army may also be able to create miracles, so as long as the railway troops can repair the Zhengtai Railway on time, as long as the 110th Division can arrive in Taiyuan on time within 36 hours, then there will be no big problem!" ”

……

The brigade commander has also felt the urgency of time.

Therefore, several regiment commanders and directly subordinate battalion commanders were urgently summoned to the brigade headquarters for a meeting.

Li Yunlong rushed to the side hall of Taiping Temple with cow eggs, and happened to meet Kong Jie.

I saw that Kong Jie's eyes were red, and the corners of his mouth were already blistering.

Kong Jie was in a hurry, and the new second regiment couldn't open the situation for a long time, which made him anxious.

Li Yunlong said in surprise: "Old Kong, what's wrong with you?" Like a tuberculosis ghost? ”

"You're a leprosy ghost." Kong Jie glanced at him, and he didn't have a good air, "The dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth." ”

Li Yunlong didn't get angry after hearing this, he just laughed, turned his head and saw Ding Wei walking in from the door, so he immediately stepped forward and grabbed Ding Wei's shoulder affectionately.

"Lao Ding, you didn't take advantage of anything today, did you?"

"Nonsense." Ding Wei didn't have a good breath and said, "Did your independent group take advantage?" ”

"Yes." Kong Jie also helped, "Isn't your independent regiment strong and strong, claiming to be the first-class main regiment of our 386 Brigade?" But I didn't see you enter the city. ”

"It's coming." Li Yunlong smiled and said, "We're holding back our big move!" ”

"You just blow it, and you can make a big move." Kong Jie said, "What big move can you have?" ”

"Kong Er is stunned, don't believe it." Li Yunlong said, "When the time comes, Zhun Bao will scare you." ”

While the three of them were talking, they walked into the side hall and saw the brigade commander standing in front of the map with a stern expression, and his thick eyebrows were also locked.

At that moment, the three of them snapped and stood upright: Brigade Commander!

"Coming?" The brigade commander turned around and beckoned, "Let's all sit down first." ”

The three of them walked to the table and sat down, and greeted Ding Guoliang and several other battalion commanders.

The brigade commander also came over and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "This afternoon, all the regiments and battalions of our 386 Brigade have not fought well, and it can even be said that they have fought extremely poorly!" ”

"You can't blame everyone for that, though."

"The main responsibility lies with me, the brigade commander."

"The main reason is that I underestimated the difficulty of the battle."

"But then again, not only our 386 Brigade, but even the entire Eighth Route Army, attacking a big city like Taiyuan is still a big girl on a sedan chair, the first time! In the past, our Eighth Route Army would pull out a few artillery towers, or fight a few strongholds, and if it reached the sky, it would also lay down a county seat! ”

"So it's understandable that it didn't play well."

"So don't have a psychological burden."

Hearing the brigade commander say this, Kong Jie and Ding Wei were immediately relieved.

Li Yunlong still looked like he was not stingy, but his eyes were clear.

The main purpose of the brigade commander in convening this meeting was to relieve the pressure on several regiment commanders, so that they could lay down their burdens and travel lightly.

Only by traveling lightly can you show your strength.

However, the brigade commander found that this was redundant for Li Yunlong.

At that moment, the brigade commander asked: "Li Yunlong, your kid has always had a lot of ideas, if you have good ideas this time, you must not hide them." ”

The eyes of the battalion commanders of the other regiments all looked at Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said: "Brigade commander, there is no good idea for attacking the fortification, it is nothing more than those few methods, either dig a tunnel to bury explosives under the city wall, or directly use artillery to blast a hole in the city wall." ”

"Neither way can be done." The brigade commander said, "We don't have time. ”

Kong Jie said: "Yes, I also thought about digging a tunnel and then planting explosives to blow it up, but it will take at least ten days to dig the tunnel under the city wall, so long, the devil reinforcements have arrived early." ”

"You can't even bombard it." Ding Wei also said, "Not to mention that our new regiment only has a few mortars, even if Lao Li, your independent regiment has mountain artillery, I'm afraid it won't be able to hit it, right?" ”

The brigade commander said: "I have already learned about the Taiyuan city wall, and the thickness is more than 10 meters!" ”

Ding Wei said: "With such a thick city wall, don't talk about 75 mountain guns, I'm afraid that large-caliber fortress guns can't do it." ”

"Then you can only build a ladder and storm it." Li Yunlong spread his hands and said, but he secretly said in his heart, Lao Tzu didn't believe that he couldn't blow up the city wall of this dog's day, and he had to blow up a hole for the brigade commander to see.

As he was saying this, a staff officer at the brigade headquarters ran in in a panic.

"Brigade commander, an unknown force is approaching Taiyuan!"