"Your Excellency, Steady! Now Chifeng is still in the hands of Kotaro Yonekura! There are many places in Chifeng City that can be held, even if Li Yunlong commands his more than 7,000 people, it is impossible to take Chifeng so quickly. Seeing that Matsui Ishine was a little messy, Kagesazhen immediately hurriedly persuaded him.

Matsui Ishine was in a state of mind, and when he heard Kageza Zhenzhao's words, he pinched the telegram in his hand and reported: "At present, according to the urgent telegram from Kotaro Yonekura, Li Yunlong has completely surrounded Chifeng. Now that the battle has begun, with the strength of the imperial army in Chifeng City and those imperial alliance troops that are not strong in combat, I am afraid that they will not last long. We must quickly assemble all our soldiers and go north to reinforce the Chifeng defenders. ”。

Kagezo Zhenzhao asked the confidential staff officer of the devil who was always on the side to take out the military map and spread it on the table in the command room of the original squadron headquarters in the paddock county.

Seeing this, Matsui Shigen also walked to the side of the map and pointed to the condensed voice, "Kagesa-kun, what do you suggest?" ”。

"Your Excellency, it is recommended to immediately order or call Xindian, Jianping, Kailu, Tongliao, and here, Wudan City, Baiyinhai, and Chaoyang City, where most of the imperial army garrisons are surrounded by Chifeng. Form a comprehensive perimeter encirclement and blockade line, and first completely lock the possible transfer route after Li Yunlong withdraws from Chifeng. ”

After a pause, Kagezo Zhenzhao continued to condense: "In addition, Yonekura Kotaro is strictly ordered to lead his troops to defend Chifeng and put Li Yunlong's main force into the city to fight street battles!" Hold them back! ”。

"It's a good way to drag Li Yunlong's main force with street fighting, but the strength of the new regiment's urban street fighting is not weak. Otherwise, the imperial defenders of Shangdu, Baochang, and Duolun would not have been annihilated by the other party so quickly. I'm afraid that Kotaro Yonekura led his troops to fight in the streets, and he won't last long. ”

Matsui Shigen shook his head and said, the previous series of new regiments attacked Shangdu and other places, and Li Yunlong's attacks on the town were all very fast.

Even if Matsui Ishine learned about those battles, he also knew that the street fighting strength of the new regiment was not weaker than that of the elite troops of the Japanese army.

Thinking of this, remain suspicious of Kagesa Zhenzhao's words!

Ying Zuozhen Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "Your Excellency, there is no way!" If you stubbornly defend the city wall and other places, you can only blame yourself for being killed by a large number of mortars and infantry artillery carried by Li Yunlong's army. It is better to retreat into the city and wait for help. ”。

Without waiting for Matsui Ishine to answer, a devil communication soldier hurriedly ran to Matsui Ishine and Kagesa Zhenzhao and saluted heavily before reporting: "Report to Your Excellency the General, Chief of Staff, Captain of the Akamine Castle Garrison Yonekura Kotaro Urgent telegram!" ”。

Matsui Shigen snatched it and looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, "The West Gate of Chifeng has been lost, and at least two or three thousand people from the other side have entered Chifeng City from the West Gate. Yonekura Kotaro sent the chief of staff of the brigade, Fujita Rentaro, to lead the reserve to supervise the battle and support the Ximen defenders, but they were defeated and retreated by the other side. Now, Kotaro Yonekura has abandoned the remaining three gates of the outer city, concentrated all his forces and retreated to the inner city, and waited for reinforcements. ”

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao's face was also very gloomy, and Li Yunlong's movements were so fast. It didn't take long for him to break through the west gate of the outer city and enter the city, forcing Yonekura Kotaro to abandon the remaining three gates and concentrate all his forces to retreat to the inner city to hold on to the reinforcements.

"Someone, immediately follow the words of the chief of staff, call the imperial army troops in Jianping, and send a report to convey the order of this general!" Matsui Shigen's eyes were solemn, and he waved his hand and ordered to a few devil staff officers on the side.

Several devil staff officers immediately paused in unison and said, "Hai, Your Excellency General." Then they left one after another, conveying orders.

Kagesa Zhenzhao then said: "Yonekura Kotaro chose to stick to the inner city. According to Yonekura's second emergency call, it is obvious that it will be difficult enough to hold out for an hour. Your Excellency, I suggest that the second air force dispatched to the north be contacted immediately, and that reinforcements be sent to Chifeng immediately, bombarded in the air, and cooperate with the defenders of Chifeng to wait for reinforcements. ”。 135 Chinese

"Follow the advice of the chief of staff, immediately contact the aviation, quickly." Looking at the map, Matsui Ishine nodded, waved his hand to the devil staff officer standing aside, and said.

The devil's staff officer received the order and went to contact, and Matsui Shigen said again: "We are now sending troops north to Chifeng, and it will take an hour and a half to march urgently, hoping that the defenders of Chifeng can entangle Li Yunlong's troops." Otherwise, if Li Yunlong withdraws from Chifeng, things will be difficult to do. ”。

"Now I hope that Li Yunlong will be arrogant and trapped in Chifeng City. Once we encircle Chifeng, or approach Chifeng, Li Yunlong will have no chance to run again. Your Excellency, General. Kagezo Zhenzhao said a little helplessly.

However, it is really difficult to say whether this hope is big or not.

"No matter! Order all units of the 3rd Division, finish resting, set off immediately, and go north to reinforce the Chifeng defenders, hurry up! ”

Matsui Ishone withdrew his gaze from the military map that was laid out, and there was only so much he could do at the moment. Now we can only hope that the Japanese defenders of Chifeng under Kotaro Yonekura can entangle Li Yunlong's main force in Chifeng, and wait until the devil reinforcements from all over the country arrive at Chifeng City.

Kagezo Zhenzhao suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly whispered: "Your Excellency, the 20,000 reinforcements under the command of General Haruki Fujimoto, chief of staff of the Front Army Headquarters, will arrive here in Weichang County in a little more than an hour. Aren't we waiting for General Haruki Fujimoto? ”。

When Matsui Ishone heard this, he forgot that Tada Jun ordered Haruki Fujimoto to lead an army of 20,000 north to reinforce them.

But at this time, it is impossible to wait for the 20,000 Japanese troops commanded by Fujimoto Haruki here in Weichang County, "Send a telegram to Fujimoto Haruki, let General Fujimoto lead 20,000 reinforcements to the north, go north from Xifengkou, go to Kuancheng, Pingquan, Loess Liang, Bali Handian, Xindian line north to Chifeng, and surround Chifeng with me!" ”

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Kagezo Zhenzhao said that there was no way to match the time when the two Japanese troops rushed to Chifeng City one after another.

However, Matsui Shigen shook his head and said: "There is no way, although there are 20,000 reinforcements, we can't count on it now!" Let's set off first, rush to Chifeng as soon as possible, and block Li Yunlong. At least take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Chifeng defenders entangled Li Yunlong's main force in Chifeng City, and rushed to Chifeng with a hurry! ”。

"Okay, Your Excellency General, I will personally send a report to General Haruki Fujimoto to explain." Kagesa Zhenzhao didn't want to have a bad relationship with the North China Front Command of the devil, after all, this time Matsui Ishine was able to come out of the Japanese country to re-lead the troops, in fact, Tada Jun contributed.

At this time, if you don't say hello and say a few words to Fujimoto Haruki, if Fujimoto Haruki is jealous afterwards, it will be enough for Matsui Ishine to suffer. After all, Matsui Ishine personally commanded the 3rd Division to pursue the main force of the new regiment commanded by Li Yunlong this time, and he was able to continue to command the rest of the main force of the 3rd Division along the way, which was also the reason why Tada Jun did not make a move.

Obviously, Matsui Ishine also knew, so he said: "Yo Xi, Kagesa-kun, you look at it!" ”。

And just after Matsui Shigen hurriedly led his troops from the north of Weichang County to reinforce Chifeng, at this time, the battle of Chifeng began to revolve around the inner city.

After Li Yunlong commanded his troops to capture the gates of the outer city, the whole army quickly joined forces to surround the inner city of Chifeng. Subsequently, Li Yunlong ordered all his troops to quickly attack the inner city, and the fierce battle of the inner city immediately began.