Fukuda Taisheng and Hirata Ichiro's faces changed greatly when they heard this, and the two old devils didn't care about the fact that the independent brigade outside was still bombarding the south gate, and risked the artillery fire of the independent brigade to fall on them at any time and explode. Fukuda Taisheng and Hirata Ichiro hurriedly ran out and re-entered the south gate.

In the midst of the explosions one after another, under the light of the explosions and the few searchlights on the head of the city, the infantry of the Independent Brigade outside the city was already rushing towards the south gate under the cover of artillery fire.

Futian Taisheng ventured out of the city and looked to the right side of the south gate, only to see a gap in the city wall that had been opened by artillery fire was more than ten meters wide. It is estimated that the devils on the head of the city have been shattered with the artillery fire, and the masonry and stone rammed earth have been scattered everywhere by the artillery fire of the independent brigade, and it is too late to send troops to block the gap in the city wall with sacks and other objects.

"Eight Tooth Road! Chief of Staff, quickly organize the troops and withdraw to the city. The head of the city can't be defended! Gritting his teeth, Fukuda Taisheng shouted unwillingly to the chief of staff on the side, Ichiro Hirata.

Hirata Ichiro also knew that even the southern gate had been blown away by the rapid artillery fire of the Independent Brigade. The south gate of the city is wide open, and it is no longer possible to guard the south gate and the head of the city.

"Understand, Captain, you quickly withdraw! Here, deploy a defensive blockade! The South Gate is lost, and the troops of the Independent Brigade who rush into the city will definitely make a detour behind the West Gate and the East Gate to attack the defenders of the East and West Gates! ”

"Good! You immediately send someone to give an order to the troops at the East and West Gates and the North Gate to retreat to the inner city! If one is lost, the remaining three will not be protected! At this time, even the Japanese 82nd Flying Squadron that flew from the south to reinforce the Japanese 82nd Flying Squadron, and the 83rd Flying Squadron had not yet arrived in the sky above Datong at this time.

Therefore, it was too late to expect the Japanese fighters to bomb the infantry of the independent brigade besieging the city. The width of the opening of the city wall was more than ten meters, so it was impossible for Futian Taisheng to rely on the strong city wall of Datong to block the attack of the independent brigade.

They could only retreat into the city and concentrate their forces on the core until reinforcements arrived.

Hirata Ichiro nodded, while Fukuda Taisheng hurriedly got down the city and rushed towards the inner city of Datong under the protection of several devil soldiers.

Ichiro Hirata, on the other hand, organized the Japanese defenders guarding the south gate to leave a rear guard behind the palace, and the rest of the main force rushed to the city with all their might.

Just retreated to the city in a hurry, and Futian Taisheng's two infantry squadrons of less than 500 people still ran in time. And the devils who were not soldiers who were organized in the middle of the morning and midnight ran very scattered, and were chased and killed by the first regiment of the independent brigade and the second regiment that were the first to attack the city.

Chasing all the way north along the main street of Nancheng, the corpses of the improvised Japanese army were bombed all over the field. And although Hirata Ichiro had the intention to organize them to block the attack of the Independent Brigade, his combat effectiveness was too weak, and he only dared not ignore it.

At this time, outside the South Gate, in the temporary field headquarters of the Independent Brigade.

"Brigade commander, attack in!" A staff officer of the field brigade headquarters pointed to the gap in the city wall on the right side of the guide gate that had been opened by his own artillery fire, and there was already a shout of killing, and the soldiers of Zhang Dabiao's unit and Shen Qun's unit had already entered the city through the gap.

In this way, Datong City will be regained for the second time, and it should be just around the corner.

"Good!! Hahaha! ”

Li Yunlong laughed, looked at the south gate with the telescope in his hand, and saw that there was no Japanese army on the opening of the city wall at the south gate that was bombarded by Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire. 62

The soldiers of the Independent Brigade who attacked the city from the gap in the city wall defeated the Japanese troops blocking along the way very smoothly, which was a smooth operation that Li Yunlong could not have imagined.

"It seems that the Japanese army in the city really has only one brigade, and this amount of troops is stationed in such a big city, and the devils at the head of the city are not enough to defend the city. Haha, the devil who guards the city is really a fool! Ordered Zhang Dabiao and Shen Qun to continue the attack. Give an order to Ma Wenhai and the special operations battalion, they can also attack the city! Li Yunlong waved his hand and motioned to the brigade headquarters communications staff officer.

"Understood, Brigadier Commander!" Immediately, the communications staff officer left to give the order.

Ma Wenhai, commander of the Third Regiment of the Independent Brigade, and Duan Peng, commander of the Special Operations Battalion, who received Li Yunlong's orders, immediately commanded the post headquarters to attack the remaining three gates of Datong that were feinted and contained.

At this time, although the Japanese troops defending the city were not weak in weapons and equipment, there were only 1,000 Japanese troops in the city. In addition, the south gate had been captured by the independent brigade, and after receiving the order of Futian Taisheng to withdraw to the city and wait for reinforcements, the Japanese defenders of the remaining three gates of Datong retreated to the inner city of Datong at full speed to take advantage of the cover of night.

For a while, I also thought that there was a strong attack, and Ma Wenhai and Duan Peng, who were stubbornly resisting by the defenders of the other three Japanese guards, each led their troops to attack the remaining three city gates of Datong, which was very smooth.

Soon, the two divisions of men and horses would unite with Zhang Dabiao's troops and Shen Qun's troops who entered from the south gate, and roughly coordinated to attack the inner city of Datong.

The sound of gunfire in the early hours of the morning woke up the people in the city. But when the common people learned that it was their own troops who had entered the city, they were secretly happy. Fortunately, there is a fierce battle in the city at night, and the common people know that it is impossible to come out, after all, bullets don't grow long at night!

At this time, Fukuda Taisheng and Hirata Ichiro, who had retreated to the inner city with all his might, were already shocked.

"Captain, the situation is not optimistic! The inner city has been surrounded, and the imperial army that has withdrawn into the inner city is less than 1,500 people in total! Among them, there are only about 600 soldiers of the imperial army who belong to our brigade. In the inner city of Datong, in the headquarters of the Japanese army, Ichiro Hirata, who didn't even have time to take a breath, hurriedly whispered to Fukuda Taisheng.

Futian Taisheng's face was gloomy, and the losses were too great, "The losses are too great, there are only more than six hundred soldiers of our brigade left, and the rest are the subjects of the empire who are temporarily organized and are not even the third-line garrison troops, I am afraid that we will panic when defending the city, for us, it is 100% impossible to hold on to the reinforcements on the ground to rush to Datong." ”

"Immediately organize the troops, defend the inner city, and block the attack of the independent brigade!" Fukuda Taisheng gave an order to a devil staff officer beside him.

Then, he turned his head to the chief of staff and said to Ichiro Hirata: "Chief of Staff, you immediately send a report to the military headquarters to inform you of the situation in Datong!" Request tactical guidance! Our forces are completely unable to stop the siege of the independent brigade! Request: Is it possible to consider allowing us to concentrate our forces to break out of the encirclement and retreat to the Zuoyun area? ”。

"Yes, Captain! It's just the captain, and now that he is breaking through, I'm afraid the success rate is not high! After a moment's hesitation, Hirata Ichiro said in a condensed voice.

When Taisheng Fukuda doesn't know when the breakout is unlikely to succeed, but this is the last option. Once Taro Miyano calls back and lets them break out, they will be able to prepare for the breakthrough in time!

"Hirata-kun, you don't have to say it, carry out the order!"

Seeing this, Hirata Ichiro could only say like this, "Hai, captain!" He then walked to the side and asked the telegrapher of the brigade to send a telegram to ask for instructions from the military headquarters of the First Army.