Seishiro Itagaki nodded, agreeing with Ueno's suggestion.

The Japanese troops, who had just returned to Datong City, urgently needed to rest and recuperate. At this time, if you set out from the city in a hurry and pursue Li Yunlong's troops to the east, you would be a little anxious. What's more, what Ueno is saying is actually right, the departure at this time is very urgent, and the weather conditions are not good, the rain and snow have increased, and it is not suitable for a starry night march. Fastest update mobile terminal: /33/

"Yo Xi, then order all the troops to seize the time to rest. Once dawn, be ready to go. Seishiro Itagaki waved his hand and commanded Ueno. The starting 33

Ueno Zhengdun said first, "Ha Yi, Your Excellency the division commander, obey your orders!"

It's just that Ueno Masashi didn't go out immediately, but continued to sit down, and hesitated for a while before he began to continue to say to Seishiro Itagaki, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, at present, we have more than 6,000 people left in the headquarters of the 21st Brigade in Datong City. Did you order the more than 1,000 soldiers of the imperial army who had entered the northwest of Jin from the mouth of the killing tiger to withdraw to Datong? ”。

"No need, there is no need to withdraw at this time. On the contrary, it is necessary to garrison Pinglu and other places, and wait for Commander Yoshio Shinozuka to transfer troops to replace them, and then more than 1,000 imperial troops will withdraw to us! Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand and said, more than 1,000 Japanese troops in the northwest direction do not have to withdraw for the time being.

Ueno pondered for a moment and said, "If that's it, we'll only have more than 6,000 people left." Your Excellency, Division Commander, after dawn, once you lose the trace of Li Yunlong's department, it will be very troublesome to find them again. ”。

"There's nothing troublesome, as long as the new regiment is still inside Shanxi, we have a chance to find them. What's more, now that the new group of old nests in Hengshan has been besieged by the heavy troops of the empire, if Li Yunlong leads his troops back to Hutou Mountain in Hengshan at this time, this will be a good phenomenon for us. Forget it, order all units of the Imperial Army to seize the time to rest! Replenish food and ammunition and act after dawn! ”

"Understood, Your Excellency, Division Commander! That's the lowly duty to deal with things! Ueno said loudly.

Seishiro Itagaki nodded, signaling Ueno to hurry up and deploy the Japanese troops in the division to hurry up and rest and recuperate.

At this time, just when Itagaki Seishiro decided not to send troops at night, Li Yunlong and others had already evacuated Zhaojiayu and marched towards the northern foot of the Hengshan Mountain Range north of Guangling and the area south of the Sangqian River.

Due to the cold weather at night and the deep snow, the speed of the troops on the march was greatly affected. Fortunately, after resting for at least two hours in Zhaojiayu, the troops have been replenished. Therefore, at this time, it took at least an hour and a half for Li Yunlong and the others to rush to the predetermined decisive battlefield.

At this time, the Sangqian River had begun to show signs of freezing, but the river surface was icy and could not pass directly through the river, so under the guidance of several local soldiers who were familiar with the terrain, the troops crossed the Sangqian River from a section of the river that could be crossed by wading through the river, and began to rely on the mountains behind them to build a decisive battlefield on the south bank. Fastest update on PC:/

Li Yunlong and others commanded the troops to retreat here, and saw that the terrain here was very suitable for positional warfare. For a long time, Li Yunlong commanded the troops, and rarely had the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese troops under the command of the elite division of the Japanese army in the field.

But now, the only way to do this is to fight the headquarters of the Itagaki Division that is chasing them to the death, although the Japanese army under the command of Seishiro Itagaki is only a brigade to which his division belongs. However, once the elite troops of the Itagaki Division of the Japanese Army were annihilated, they would at least force the Japanese troops of this division to hear the prestige of the new regiment in the future, and they would be frightened.

"Commander, the troops have crossed the Sangqian River and arrived on the south bank. In addition, the brigade commander had already called back and agreed with our decision, but the brigade commander ordered us to make preparations to evacuate the battlefield at any time according to the actual battle situation. Although the strength of the Japanese Itagaki Division was only the strength of an infantry brigade, this Japanese army was the most elite unit of the Itagaki Division, and its combat effectiveness was very strong. The brigade commander ordered us to be ready to retreat at any time. ”

Just as Li Yunlong and several people were standing on the south bank of the Sangqian River with several people watching the various units crossing the Sangqian River from the shallow river section under the starlight, Duan Peng, the leader of the special combat team, came from one side and reported to Li Yunlong with a telegram.

Li Yunlong nodded against the cold wind and said, "Okay, I understand!" By the way, does the head of the brigade agree with us to reorganize some guerrilla units near Zhaojiayu? ”。

"The head of the brigade headquarters has agreed that the guerrillas organized in Zhaojiayu and several nearby villages and towns, and the more than 300 guerrilla members who have been selected, have agreed that we will reorganize them and officially join our new regiment."

"Okay, then we now have more than 2,000 men! It was enough to face the 21st Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Itagaki Division. Duan Peng, you send someone to ask Zhang Dabiao and them to come to me and hold a combat meeting! Li Yunlong nodded and said that the reason why he wanted to reorganize the guerrillas of Zhao Jiayu and several nearby villages and towns to join his own troops was because Li Yunlong needed to replenish his troops.

Facing a decisive battle with the 21st Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army's elite Itagaki Division, he needed the support of troops. Otherwise, Li Yunlong always felt that he lacked confidence.

"Yes, Captain!" Duan Peng nodded and said in response, turning around and leaving.

In less than a few minutes, after arranging for the troops to continue digging trenches and arranging defensive positions in the battlefield area of the decisive battle, Zhang Dabiao and others rushed to the temporary headquarters where Li Yunlong was located and held an operational meeting in the military tent.

After the main commanders and fighters arrived, Li Yunlong had already asked Wei monk Wei Dayong to take out the map and spread it out on the small table and point.

"Brothers, now that we have entered the decisive battle battlefield area, what do you think of this place, brothers?" Li Yunlong said with a smile.

I saw that He Yongjie, the commander of the fourth battalion, laughed first: "Regiment commander, not far south of the Sangqian River is the northern mountain range of Heng Mountain, which is a mountain range that straddles east and west. If we insist that the 21st Infantry Brigade of Seishiro Itagaki is unfavorable, we can withdraw into the mountains at any time to take refuge. It's not that I'm bragging, with our feet, we can get rid of the pursuit of the devil in the mountains and mountains at any time, and the little devil can't catch up. ”。

The rest of the commanders and fighters also nodded, which was right.

Everyone still agrees with the speed of the mobile evacuation of their own soldiers, after all, compared to the Japanese army, their own side occupies a local advantage. What's more, almost all the soldiers under the command of the new regiment are from Shanxi and the north, and they are very adaptable to the climate and terrain.

"Haha, you boys. Don't worry, in this decisive battle against the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, our chances of victory are definitely at least 90%! Li Yunlong said with a somewhat unfathomable smile.

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