At this time, Matsui Ishine had already led the main force of the 3rd Division to recapture Lingqiu County, and chased the main force commanded by Li Yunlong north to Guangling City.

Guangling City was previously garrisoned by He Yongjie, the fourth battalion of the new first regiment, and after Li Yunlong and others passed through Guangling, according to Li Yunlong's order, the fourth battalion had withdrawn to the Hengshan base area to assist Zhao Gang to defend the Hengshan base area!

Matsui Shigen, who had not long occupied Guangling, had already arrived at Huai'an City and attacked fiercely after Li Yunlong's troops had conquered Yangyuan, and Matsui Shigen was furious when he heard it.

This is obviously despising Matsui Ishone's foot strength, and he is still attacking the city despite the danger of the main force of the 3rd Division behind him!

"Your Excellency General, the air reconnaissance plane that took off from Zhangjiakou arrived in the sky over Huai'an to conduct reconnaissance, and there was indeed a fierce siege battle! The reconnaissance plane contacted the defenders stationed in Huai'an, and it was indeed the Eighth Route Army troops on the ground that at least five or six thousand troops were storming Huai'an. I'm afraid Huai'an's imperial army garrison won't be able to withstand it for long! ”

In Guangling City, a temporary station, Kagesa Zhenzhao took a copy of the urgent telegram that had just been translated and reported to Matsui Ishone.

Matsui Ishine frowned, and let the staff officer spread out the map, his fingers moving over the map, and muttering to himself.

"Li Yunlong's speed is really fast, we are now at least an hour away from them! Which part of Huai'an's Imperial Army is? How many centaurs are there? Matsui Ishine asked Kagesa Yoshiaki.

Kagezo Zhenzhao said: "Your Excellency, the imperial army garrison in Huai'an has less than two squadrons of strength, and they are all second-line and third-line garrisons, and their combat effectiveness is weak. Although there was a battalion of the Imperial Association Army in Huai'an County to participate in the defense of the city, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Association Army was negligible. There were only two squadrons of less than 500 imperial troops defending Huai'an, and I am afraid it would be difficult to resist the fierce attack of Li Yunlong's so many troops. Huai'an is lost, it is estimated that it will be about ten minutes later! ”。

"Bang !!"

Matsui Shigen slammed his fist on the map, buzzing, and said with a gloomy face: "Look at this situation, the situation is not optimistic!" With the loss of Huai'an, it is impossible for the main force of our 3rd Division to catch up with Li Yunlong! We must change the situation where the enemy runs and I chase, otherwise I will be led by Li Yunlong all the time, this will not work! ”。

"Your Excellency, how about static braking? Let's take a look at Li Yunlong's next attack direction. We can order Zhangjiakou, Tianzhen and other cities close to Huai'an to strengthen their guard. When the next move of Li Yunlong's main force is completely clear, we are catching up! ”

After a pause, Ying Zuo Zhenzhao continued to condense and said: "Actually, there is a suggestion for the humble position!" ”。

"Oh? Tell me about it? Matsui Ishone raised his eyebrows and gestured to Kagesa Zhenzhao and said!

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao pointed to the map in front of the two of them and said, "Your Excellency, General, how about the main force of my 3rd Division attack the new regiment's Laochao Hengshan Base Area?" Once we can capture the Hengshan base area, it is Li Yunlong who should be anxious! ”。

However, Matsui Ishine shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Kagesa-kun, I'm afraid this suggestion won't work!" ”。

According to the intelligence, Li Yunlong still has two battalions of the main force left in his Hengshan base area, and they have recently recruited many new soldiers. The Hengshan base of the new regiment has the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Canyon, the canyon valley road and the plank road of hundreds of meters, the Yunge Hongqiao, Tianfeng Ridge, Hutou Mountain, Cuiping Peak and other mountain commanding heights. If we want to take the base of the new regiment, all the 3rd Division we are currently leading will be used, and we may not be able to capture it if we die! ”

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao had no choice, so he could only say helplessly: "Your Excellency General, you can only find Li Yunlong's main force to fight!" ”。

"The enemy is already attacking Huai'an, Huai'an. If Li Yunlong doesn't want to be entangled by us, he can only continue to maneuver! Huai'an, Li Yunlong's next target is nothing more than to attack in the direction of Tianzhen in the northwest direction, otherwise it is to advance eastward and attack the Xuanhua area! Going south is also a direction! ”

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao looked at the map and said, "Your Excellency General, I'm afraid that Li Yunlong will go north directly and cross the Great Wall into Suiyuan!" ”。

"No matter what, let's get closer to Li Yunlong's main force first! Order the ministries and get ready to go! We can't sit back and watch Li Yunlong take Huai'an here in Guangling City all the time, otherwise we won't be able to explain it to General Tada! His Majesty the Emperor also watched our battle against Li Yunlong's main force! Matsui slammed his fist on the table, and there was no way to do it.

"Hai, Your Excellency!" Kagezo Zhenzhao also agreed, after all, in Guangling, he sat back and watched Li Yunlong lead his troops to take Huai'an and eat the two Japanese squadrons in Huai'an, which seemed to be very incompetent Matsui Ishine and others. At least, first close the distance with the new regiment of troops commanded by Li Yunlong, and then talk about the rest!

Soon, the 3rd Division, which had not been in possession of Guangling for a long time, withdrew from Guangling and continued to pursue Li Yunlong's headquarters north along the road.

At this time, under the city of Huai'an, more than 7,000 soldiers of the new regiment commanded by Li Yunlong surrounded the city of Huai'an to death. After besieging Huai'an, he immediately launched a fierce attack on Huai'an County.

The Japanese army in Huai'an only had two squadrons of less than 500 people, and a battalion of the Imperial Association Army was less than 400, and the strength of the puppet army was less than 1,000 to defend Huai'an.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

Wang Chengzhu, who accompanied the army, commanded the artillery units to concentrate all the artillery and mortars and carry out a heavy artillery bombardment of the south gate of Huai'an and its city walls.

In less than five minutes, the south gate of Huai'an was blown open, and the southern city wall was also blown open by the artillery under the command of Wang Chengzhu.

The 1st and 2nd Battalions, which had already been ready, took joint action and entered through the South Gate and the gaps it had blown up.

More than 7,000 troops could not defeat Huai'an, which was defended by a thousand defenders, and quickly conquered Huai'an, completely annihilating nearly 1,000 Japanese puppet troops stationed in Huai'an.

"Regiment commander, Huai'an has taken it, annihilated two squadrons of the Japanese army, a battalion of the Imperial Allied Army, captured more than ten light and heavy machine guns, more than 600 Type 38 rifles, more than 300 Hanyang-made rifles, more than 2,000 grenades, three mortars and one Type 92 infantry gun! The rest of the grain and grass materials are innumerable! Less than ten minutes after the fierce battle in Huai'an ended, a staff officer of the army soon reported to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong nodded, and then said to the battalion commanders gathered around: "Huai'an takes it, and we will hardly lack food and grass in the next few days." But the 3rd Division of Matsui Ishone's main force in the back is already less than forty minutes away! Judging from the map, we are going to continue north! ”。

"Regiment commander, according to the secret telegram of our army's Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou and Tianzhen and other hidden intelligence officers, the devil garrisons in these towns have strengthened their patrols and defenses. If we go north, I'm afraid it won't be easy! Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, pointed to the map.

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said in a condensed voice: "Then there is no way, Matsui Shigen looks like he is going to chase us." But it is also our plan, we continue to go north, take the small road through the Pingsui Railway, cross the Great Wall, take the line of the Xiyang River, enter Longsheng, and attack and advance to Fengzhen, Liangcheng, and Guisui! Morning glory tactics are average, dragging the 3rd Division under the command of Matsui Ishine! Along the way, we have to fight hard, and we are not afraid that Matsui Ishigen will not chase after us! Hahaha! ”。