When the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division of the Devil was completely annihilated, the farewell message sent by Taijiro Nanda in the last few minutes was quickly received by the Japanese headquarters of the Japanese First Army on the front line of Nakajo Mountain.

At this time, in the battle of Nakajo Mountain, Naosaburo Okabe had already commanded the main force of the First Army of the Devils and the two divisions and other affiliated troops drawn from the North China Front Army of the Devils, with a total of more than 100,000 Japanese troops storming all parts of the main defense of the First Theater of the National Army in the Nakajo Mountains, and the progress was smooth.

At this time, Naosaburo Okabe, who had already placed the front-line Japanese command in Yuncheng, was laughing in his headquarters.

However, at this time, the communications staff officer of the command headquarters who received a farewell urgent telegram from the 31st Brigade hurriedly reported to Jitaro Kawaguchi, chief of staff of the Japanese command at the front.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Your Excellency! Yangyuan's 110th Brigade of the 31st Division suddenly encountered a northward surprise attack by the main force of Li Yunlong's independent brigade. At present, the battle situation is not optimistic, this is a farewell telegram sent by the commander of the Nantian Brigade! Jitaro Kawaguchi, who received the telegram, saw Naosaburo Okabe, who was very happy in the front headquarters, and he could only step forward and report quietly.

Okabe Naosaburo's smiling face suddenly fell silent, a little shocked!

"Nani?"

Naosaburo Okabe snatched the telegram from Jitaro Kawaguchi's hand and looked at it carefully, "How is it possible?" The 31st Brigade was the elite unit of the 110th Division, and General Tada also allocated a tank squadron of 15 Type 95 tanks to Nantian. The weapons and equipment are very elf, and there are about 8,000 imperial troops stationed in Yangyuan City, and Li Yunlong's independent brigade actually went north to raid? Right now? How can it be? ”

"But Your Excellency, Commander, we have urgently contacted the 31st Brigade by radio, but we are no longer able to contact it. I'm afraid that the 31st Brigade encountered a sneak attack by the main force of Li Yunlong's independent brigade going north in Yangyuan City, which should be true! And General Nantian is also a member of the empire, and it is impossible to make such a joke. Jitaro Kawaguchi shook his head and said, to be honest, Jitaro Kawaguchi couldn't believe it for the first time when he received the telegram from the devil's communication staff officer at the headquarters.

It was only before reporting to Okabe Naosaburo that Jitaro Kawaguchi immediately ordered the communications staff officer to contact the 31st Brigade by radio after receiving the report. But the radio gave a signal, but Taijiro Minamida's 31 Brigade did not respond.

You must know that, generally speaking, the 31st Brigade itself is stationed in Yangyuan City, and from the north it is facing the independent brigade base in the Hengshan area to the south.

The First Army was aware of this, and the front command of Naosaburo Okabe had been in contact with the 31st Brigade.

If the radio station could not be contacted, then Jitaro Kawaguchi called Yangyuan Castle directly, but it was also not possible. It shows that Taijiro Minamida's trick to say goodbye to the rush is not a joke.

And the Independent Brigade suddenly went north at this time, and it seemed that it knew that the 31st Brigade of Yangyuan City would not move, but for the Independent Brigade, it was a huge threat.

It was easy for Kawaguchi to think that it should be Li Yunlong who wanted to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Japanese First Army was still storming the main force of the National Army's First Theater before the battle was over, and first solved the threat that had appeared in Yangyuan City.

Sure enough, when Jitaro Kawaguchi was secretly thinking in his heart, Naosaburo Okabe heard this, looked at the huge military map on the table in front of him, and moved his fingers in it.

After thinking about it, the old devil Naosaburo Okabe also thought of what Jitaro Kawaguchi thought of.

"Li Yunlong actually only rested for a week, dispatched at least one brigade of troops to the north, and took advantage of the fact that our main force was attacking the territory defended by the main force of the National Army's first theater of operations, and first solved the danger of the 31st Brigade stationed in Yangyuan City. Sure enough, it was fast enough, I originally thought that Li Yunlong would need to rest for at least half a month to a month after the 3rd Division and the 53rd Brigade of the fierce battle before he could make the next move. Unexpectedly, this person rested for a week and then moved to our imperial army. ”

The corners of Okabe Naosaburo's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but say in a deep voice helplessly.

Jitaro Kawaguchi said in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency, the current situation is not good. It is estimated that the 110th Brigade of the 31st Division stationed in Yangyuan County may be too late. ”。

"Kawaguchi-kun, what do you mean?"

Jitaro Kawaguchi said: "The 31st Brigade stationed in Yangyuan County was completely wiped out, and there is a high probability that it is certain. It is almost ten o'clock in the evening now, and even if the front army headquarters learns the news that the 31st Brigade in Yangyuan County has been completely annihilated, it is impossible to send reinforcements to reinforce it. However, with the loss of Yangyuan City, our next siege of the Hengshan base area where the Independent Brigade is entrenched will be missing. Judging from the past situation, Li Yunlong may once again maneuver around in Jin Province. Well, trouble. ”。

"Yo Xi!"

Naosaburo Okabe looked at the map of Jin Province and couldn't help but nod.

Jin Province is mountainous, which is conducive to mobile operations of the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. What's more, the independent brigade has been fighting in various parts of Jin Province for many years and is familiar with the terrain. According to the previous situation, Li Yunlong will not soon withdraw to his Hengshan base area by taking out the 31 Brigade in this raid to the north, and will inevitably "act as a demon" in various parts of Jin Province again, depending on the situation, to attack the Japanese troops stationed in important towns and towns in Jin Province.

As soon as he thought of this, Naosaburo Okabe suddenly had a headache!

According to Nanda Taijiro's farewell telegram, the independent brigade that raided Yangyuan Castle this time dispatched at least 7,000 people, no less than this number. And there are a large number of cavalry, you know, to be able to raid the north so quickly, at least most of its main force should be supported by war horses to go north.

Okabe Naosaburo quickly thought that Li Yunlong's division had captured a large number of war horses after annihilating the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the 4th Division. Coupled with the war horse reserves of the Independent Brigade itself, it should not be difficult to support the 31st Brigade of more than 7,000 horses of its Independent Brigade to go north to raid Yangyuan City.

It's just that after the 31st Brigade was eliminated, it was impossible for the main force of the Independent Brigade under the command of Li Yunlong to stay in Yangyuan City, and it was bound to maneuver again and wantonly attack the Japanese troops stationed in important towns in various parts of Jin Province.

"The 31st Brigade is over, and most of our main force is here on the front line of Nakajo Mountain in the south. Li Yunlong ate the main force of the 31st Brigade in Nantian, and then it is possible to move westward, along the Baideng Mountain, and force Datong! Datong, the 10th Division stationed in Datong at that time, was broken by Li Yunlong's troops, and the division commander Ryosuke Tatsuya was killed by the new regiment at that time. Naosaburo Okabe said in a deep voice.

Jitaro Kawaguchi hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander, do you think Li Yunlong will take advantage of the night to advance west and launch an attack on Datong next?" ”。

"It's not that this possibility is impossible, Datong's troops, which were already under the command of Li Yunlong, were also broken at night. Again, the other party still knows the basic situation of the city defense in Datong. Once attacked, it is possible. ”

Okabe Naosaburo waved his hand and said: "Send a report to the current defenders of Datong, ordering them to strengthen the city defense and be ready to meet the westward attack of the independent brigade at any time!" ”。

"By the way, send a report to General Miyano who stayed in Taiyuan, and ask him to send a wing from the Taiyuan garrison to the north to aid Datong to strengthen the strength of the Datong defenders!" After thinking about it, Okabe Naosaburo suddenly realized that after the 53rd Brigade was eaten by the Independent Brigade, it seemed that there were only more than 1,000 Japanese troops stationed in Datong, and they were still heading north from Huairen.

With this amount of troops, it is impossible to hold Datong.