"Regiment Commander, if you want to attack Changzhi, then you must set off as soon as possible! In the fierce battle of Lucheng, Miyagawa Shin, the captain of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 77th Wing of the Devils, had already led a small group of Japanese troops to break through through the gap in the collapsed city wall of a section of Dongcheng. According to the report of the soldiers who met the resistance, the defeated remnants of this devil army have broken through to Changzhi! At this time, Zhang Dabiao reminded.

Li Yunlong also agreed, "So, we must set off as soon as possible!" Da Biao, your first battalion and He Yongjie's fourth battalion all used these trucks to immediately dispatch for me to rush south to Changzhi. It was necessary to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army in Changzhi had no time to defend and storm Changzhi. ”。

"Regiment commander, we don't know the strength of the Japanese army in Changzhi for the time being. According to the available information, the Japanese army in Changzhi may have the strength of an infantry brigade, which is subordinate to the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 77th Wing of the 39th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army. However, at this time, we don't know whether the Japanese army is in Changzhi City for the time being, if the onslaught is not overcome, it will be troublesome! ”

He Yongjie, the commander of the fourth battalion, suddenly said with a little worry, after all, the current actual situation of the Japanese army in Changzhi is not known!

I saw Li Yunlong shaking his head and said, "Regardless of the current enemy strength in Changzhi, we have obtained this batch of Japanese trucks from Lucheng, which is enough for us to rush to the small force of the Japanese army led by Miyagawa Shin to rush to the city of Changzhi before it arrives in Changzhi. Now I order, your fourth battalion and Zhang Dabiao's first battalion immediately get on the truck and rush to Changzhi. At least the two of you combined, there are already more than 1,000 people, enough to concentrate troops and suddenly storm Changzhi, it shouldn't be difficult to attack Changzhi City! ”。

After a pause, Li Yunlong smiled and said, "What's more, labor and management are behind you, when will our new group be afraid of this, afraid of that?" Let's go! ”。

"Yes, Commander, I promise to complete the mission!" Zhang Dabiao and He Yongjie looked at each other, and then stood up and saluted in unison.

Li Yunlong nodded, waved his hand and signaled the two to quickly lead the troops, and when the Changzhi Japanese army had no time to react and notice, they rushed to the city of Changzhi with lightning speed and attacked the city. As long as Zhang Dabiao and the others can attack the city, and then Li Yunlong leads the rest of the troops to catch up, it is not a problem to take Changzhi.

Zhang Dabiao and He Yongjie hurriedly went out after saluting, led the troops to get on the Japanese truck, and rushed towards Changzhi.

Li Yunlong commanded the rest of the troops, taking advantage of the situation after conquering Lucheng, and used the weapons and ammunition of the captured Japanese puppet army to supplement the ammunition loss during the attack on Lucheng.

Five minutes after Zhang Dabiao and the others rushed to Changzhi and left, Li Yunlong led a large army to Changzhi.

At this time, in Changzhi City, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 39th Brigade of the 77th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, Yuichiro Uda, was enjoying himself in the lounge of his headquarters.

Changzhi, known as Shangdang, Luzhou, Lu'an, etc. in ancient times. "Changzhi" was originally the name of the county where the government of Lu'an Prefecture was located, and it was named in the eighth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1529 AD), taking the meaning of "long-term peace and stability".

Changzhi is located in the southeast of Shanxi, at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces, and the whole territory is located in the Shangdang Basin surrounded by Taihang Mountain and Taiyue Mountain. Leaning on Taihang Mountain in the east, it is adjacent to Hebei and Henan provinces, Taiyue Mountain in the west, bordering Linfen, adjacent to Jincheng in the south, and bordering Jinzhong in the north. Easy to defend and difficult to attack, convenient transportation, strategic location is very important.

Once Changzhi is lost, the enemy army from the north can go south to attack Jincheng, and then cross the Yellow River to capture the Mengjin ferry and attack Luoyang. Or after capturing Jincheng, he attacked Yangcheng, Mishui, Yicheng and other places in the west, threatening the southern section of the Tongpu Railway.

Therefore, the Japanese army at this time in Changzhi was actually very strictly guarded, but the commander of the Japanese garrison in the city, Yuichiro Uda, did not realize it at all, even if the military headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan City sent a telegram ordering the Japanese army in Changzhi to strengthen the defense, and the commanders of the Japanese army patrolled and inspected the garrison city at any time, Yuichiro Uda Shaozo had not yet strengthened his vigilance.

"Sir, we have lost contact with the 2nd Infantry Brigade in Lucheng, do you want to send someone to contact Lucheng?" There was a knock on the door, and the sound of words rang out, interrupting Yuichiro Uda's enjoyment.

Yuichiro Uda was disturbed by someone, and the good thing was naturally dissatisfied, but recently Li Yunlong made too much noise, and the military headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan sent an order to strengthen the garrison of the city.

Therefore, probably thinking of Shinozuka Yoshio's order, Yuichiro Uda came out and waved his hand and said to the Japanese staff officer who came to report the situation, "Then send cavalry to make direct contact in the direction of Lucheng to see if the telephone line to contact Lucheng has been cut off by the local armed forces of Shina!" Go out with the communications maintenance crew, and if that's the case, restore the communications immediately. ”。

"Hayi, sir! Obedience! The Japanese staff officer who came to report the situation to Yuichiro Uda said with a heavy pause, and then turned around and left to deal with it.

Yuichiro Uda, who was disturbed by his interest, also lost his interest in doing indescribable things with the Japanese girl, and put on his military uniform to inspect the headquarters.

At this time, what Yuichiro Uda didn't know was that just when he sent people to Lucheng directly through cavalry to restore contact with Miyagawa Shin Shaozuo, the captain of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army in Lucheng, the remnants of Miyagawa Shin's Japanese army who escaped from Lucheng City were quickly caught up by Zhang Dabiao, who had a truck as a motor carrier.

After a fierce battle, this group of devils was completely annihilated by Zhang Dabiao and He Yongjie who jointly led their troops to crush them, although several of them fled into the mountains on both sides of the mountain road while the battlefield was chaotic. But if it doesn't come out for a long time, those few devil soldiers will not be a threat for the time being.

Soon, after solving the small remnants of the Japanese army led by Miyagawa Shin Shaozo, Zhang Dabiao and He Yongjie continued to lead their troops to attack Changzhi with trucks.

In less than 20 minutes, the raiding convoy arrived five miles outside the northern city of Changzhi. The convoy stopped, the infantry immediately got out of the car, and the rapid march took advantage of the cover of the woods on both sides of the mountain road to reach the outside of Changzhi City.

"Made, the Japanese army in Changzhi has at least one infantry brigade of defenders! Moreover, the little devils have closed the city gates, and there are only 1,400 people in our two divisions now, and we must wait for the regiment commander and them to arrive! After receiving the report of the soldiers sent out to investigate, Zhang Dabiao said solemnly to He Yongjie, the commander of the fourth battalion.

He Yongjie shook his head and said, "The night is long and the dream is many, with the current strength of our two divisions, with part of the strength to contain the Japanese army in the direction of each city gate, with the main force from one of the city gates to raid into the city, with lightning speed into the city, while the Japanese army in the city is not aware of the city in one fell swoop, maybe it can be decided in a battle." What's more, on the truck we were sitting on, there were also seven Japanese Type 92 infantry guns captured from Lucheng and other places, and the artillery cover was enough for us to kill into Changzhi City! ”。

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