"Nani? How can the intelligence defense of the new regiment be so strong? ”

Jitaro Kawaguchi stood on his feet and said, "Yes, Your Excellency Commander!" Most of the surrounding towns in the Hengshan area are already under the control of the new group. It is very difficult for our people to carry out espionage in the Hengshan area. In addition, the new regiment has been entrenched in Hengshan for a long time, and it has been stable, and its espionage prevention against the imperial army is very deep. ”。

"Yaga! Li Yunlong really has a hand! Okabe Naosaburo frowned and cursed in a condensed voice.

Jitaro Kawaguchi, who suddenly thought of something, said loudly: "Your Excellency Commander, there is a situation!" Our spy agents lurking near the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army intercepted the radio signal from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to the new regiment of Hengshan. Translated, it is the Eighth Route Army Headquarters' order to expand Li Yunlong's department! ”。

"What do you mean?" Naosaburo Okabe looked up and wondered.

Jitaro Kawaguchi said: "According to the translated intelligence content, it is the expansion order of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters for the new regiment. According to the deciphered content, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has upgraded and expanded the new regiment according to the recent achievements of the new regiment. At present, Li Yunlong's new regiment is now a brigade-level unit! ”。

"Humph! No surprises! ”

When Okabe Naosaburo heard this, he snorted a little helplessly.

"What's the number, Kawaguchi-kun?"

Jitaro Kawaguchi said: "The new regiment has been expanded into an independent brigade, and there are actually at least three to four regiments and other affiliated troops under its jurisdiction. However, according to the previous investigation of Li Yunlong's headquarters in Hengshan, and the pursuit and suppression of Li Yunlong's headquarters that ended a week ago, the strength of Li Yunlong's troops in the Hengshan area has basically exceeded 10,000 to 20,000 people. ”。

"How is that possible? So much? ”

Hearing this, Naosaburo Okabe looked at the huge military map in front of him, and the eye-catching terrain area of Hengshan Mountain marked on it made Naosaburo Okabe tremble slightly.

"Your Excellency, Commander! Li Yunlong's independent brigade now controls several important towns around Hengshan, such as Pingxingguan, Lingqiu, Guangling, Weixian, Hunyuan, and Yingxian, plus the vast Hengshan area. If you want to recruit new recruits from the territory under your control, you can expand the force. ”

Jitaro Kawaguchi suddenly continued in a low voice: "In addition, after the imperial army occupied most of Jin Province, the various imperial army units below often burned, killed and looted the Chinese people in the occupied areas, which aroused the anger of the Chinese people in the occupied areas. ”。

Speaking of which, Naosaburo Okabe also knew the reason why Li Yunlong's troops would expand by so many men.

"Li Yunlong's troops must be contained, otherwise with their current strength, they will have to do something sooner or later!"

When Okabe Naosaburo learned that the new regiment had suddenly expanded into an independent brigade, his eyes became even more solemn, "Send a report to General Miyano who stayed in Taiyuan, and then send a spy team to go deep into the area controlled by the independent brigade of the Hengshan Eighth Route Army to conduct intelligence reconnaissance. "Old Friends Bookstore

"Understood, Your Excellency Commander, go and do it immediately!" When Jitaro Kawaguchi heard this, his expression was serious, and then he paused heavily, and then walked away to let the devil communication soldiers send a report to Miyano Taro in Taiyuan.

However, at this time, although Okabe Naosaburo was worried that the independent brigade of Hengshan was developing too fast, Okabe Naosaburo at this time attached the most importance to the battle in Nakajo Mountain. The main force of the 1st Theater of the Nationalist Army, which was nearly 200,000, was an important combat operation in which Naosaburo Okabe personally commanded more than 100,000 Japanese troops to fiercely attack it.

Okabe Naosaburo knew that once the Japanese army eliminated the main force of the Nationalist Army's First Theater of Operations at Nakajo Mountain, the Jinnan area could be brought under the control of the Japanese First Army. Once the Zhongtiao Mountain area is taken, basically most of the entire Jin Province is under the occupation of the Japanese army, and the strategic location of Zhongtiao Mountain is important, after the capture, the Japanese army can complete the occupation and attack of Luoyang, Qingguan and other places with the Japanese army outflanked from eastern Henan.

Therefore, at this time, for Li Yunlong's department in Hengshan, Okabe Naosaburo did not plan to transfer troops to the north for the time being. Although Li Yunlong's troops are already independent brigades, they have a large establishment and a lot of troops, and they have a flank threat to Datongdi.

But at this time, Okabe Naosaburo also had no choice, and Tada Jun also asked him to command the Japanese army to solve the main force of the first theater of the National Army in Nakajo Mountain.

"Li Yunlong, it looks like you're going to live a little longer!" Naosaburo Okabe looked at the huge military map in front of him, slammed his fist on the edge of the table, and muttered to himself.

However, I have to say that Naosaburo Okabe still suffered.

On the morning of the second day, in the Hengshan base area shrouded in rain and fog.

Li Yunlong had already concentrated three main regiments, a cavalry battalion, an artillery battalion, and a special operations battalion, plus the 500 elites directly under the brigade headquarters, totaling more than 8,000 soldiers of the independent brigade who were alive and well, had already eaten breakfast and gathered in the open space in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Gorge, the first pass in the Hengshan base area.

Li Yunlong saw that each department was already ready with a war horse, so he said to Zhao Gang and other personnel who stayed in the base area who came to see him off: "Old Zhao, the base area is up to you!" Once we attack Yangwon in the north, the battle of attacking the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Yangwon will be known to the Japanese army. Unable to keep Okabe Naosaburo and Tada Junhui angry, they mobilized troops to attack the base area. If this is the case, the outlying towns of the base area will give up if they can't withstand it. But when it comes time to evacuate, we have to organize troops to assist in the evacuation of the people of the main towns and cities under our control. ”。

"Lao Li, you can rest assured! I'll be optimistic about my hometown! Zhao Gang said in a condensed voice, his expression was also very serious.

Li Yunlong bowed his head, and he didn't talk much nonsense anymore, taking advantage of the rain and fog in the Hengshan Mountain Mountains, the visibility was not very high. Under the cover of rain and fog, he quietly commanded the soldiers of the 8,000 Independent Brigade, who had become cavalry, to leave the base area and rush towards Yangyuan on the mountain path.

Guided by a local soldier who was familiar with the terrain, Li Yunlong set out directly from the base area to the north, and galloped north along the foothills of the western foot of the mountain range extending north along the Heng Mountain.

Fortunately, everything recovered in the spring, a large area of trees and branches along the road at the foot of the mountain, and the cavalry of the brigade was under the vertical and horizontal, as long as they were prepared to evade the aerial reconnaissance of the Japanese reconnaissance planes, they could still avoid the aerial reconnaissance of the little devils.

And just when Li Yunlong commanded the troops, taking advantage of the fact that the more than 100,000 Japanese troops under the command of Okabe Naosaburo on the front line of Naokajo Mountain had not yet finished attacking the main force of the Nationalist Army's First Theater of Operations, and went north to attack the 31st Brigade of the 110th Devil Division stationed in Yangyuan City, the 31st Brigade at this time was still unaware of Yangyuan City.

The devils of the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division stationed in Yangyuan Castle, according to Tada Jun's orders, did not go south alone and launched an attack on the base area of Hengshan. Instead, he honestly stationed in Yangyuan Castle and built the fortifications of Yangyuan Castle from time to time, waiting for Tada Jun's orders.