Huairen County is the only way to go south from Datong and reach Taiyuan.

Li Yunlong and others led their troops to march and attack on horseback, and after about three and a half hours, they finally rushed to the dense forest outside the eastern city of Huairen.

At this time, the time pointed to about two o'clock in the morning.

In the dense forest one mile outside the city of Huairen Dongcheng, Li Yunlong and others ordered all troops to dismount and hide. Otherwise, the mighty cry of the war horse will attract the attention of Huairen's devils.

"Duan Peng, you send a special combat team to go forward immediately to reconnoiter the defensive strength of the enemy defenders in Huairen and deploy the defense!" As soon as possible, Li Yunlong summoned Duan Peng and issued an investigation task.

Duan Pengli saluted: "Yes, brigade commander, I promise to complete the task!" Immediately, Duan Peng personally sent a special combat team of soldiers to arrive at Huairen City at night. Some of them infiltrated the city and connected with our intelligence officers who had been secretly contacted by radio to obtain detailed information about the Japanese defenders in Huairen City.

After all, although it was the new regiment that broke through Huairen City before, it had been a long time. At that time, after withdrawing from Huairen City, the Japanese army reoccupied Huairen City, and the little devil's defense deployment in Huairen City was bound to be updated and arranged.

Therefore, it is necessary to conduct intelligence reconnaissance to obtain the situation of the Japanese defenders in the city at this time.

After Duan Peng left to send people to investigate, Li Yunlong asked the herald to let the commanders of the regiments, as well as Wang Chengzhu, Sun Desheng and other commanders and fighters gather together to temporarily prepare for a combat meeting.

Of course, this is to wait for Duan Peng's scouts to come back.

The investigators sent out by Duan Peng were to conduct reconnaissance around the city, capture the telephone lines between Huairen City and the outside world, and be ready to cut it off at any time during the siege of the city. One infiltrated the city, and smoothly connected with the underground intelligence personnel of our Eighth Route Army lurking in Huairen City, and obtained the current number of defense forces of the little devils in Huairen City, as well as the details of the enemy commander in the city.

It was about twenty minutes before the reconnaissance detachment sent out by Duan Peng returned.

After receiving the reconnaissance information, Duan Peng quickly reported in detail to Li Yunlong and others the information he had obtained about the enemy army in Huairen.

At this time, all the commanders and fighters of the Independent Brigade had already gathered in the military tents set up in the dense forest, and everyone was looking at the map of Huairen County!

"Report to the brigade commander, the reconnaissance detachment has been withdrawn! Our people and the underground intelligence personnel in Huairen County, whose headquarters in the city is lurking, have connected and obtained the latest information on the garrison of the Japanese army in Huairen City! This is the latest topographic map of the approximate deployment of Japanese troops in Huairen County. Duan Pengli saluted and reported to Li Yunlong, and then handed the map in his hand to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong nodded, put the map he got on the marching table and unfolded it, and waved his hand to signal the surrounding commanders and fighters to come up.

"Let's talk about the deployment of the enemy army in Huairen!" Li Yunlong nodded to Duan Peng and said.

Duan Peng pointed to the map he got and said, "According to the information we have obtained, the Japanese garrison in Huairen County at this moment is an infantry brigade and a regiment of the Imperial Army!" According to the information obtained from the intelligence officers after the members of our special combat team and the intelligence personnel of the city headquarters lurking in Huairen City, there were originally two Japanese brigades in Huairen City. We fought a fierce battle with the headquarters of the 53rd Brigade of the 37th Devil Division in the triangular basin between the northern foot of the east-west mountain range in the north of Hengshan and the south bank of the Sanggan River, and the 53rd Brigade was completely annihilated. Okabe Naosaburo transferred an infantry brigade from Huairen Castle to the north to meet the defensive gap after the 53rd Brigade advanced east from Datong. ”。

After a pause, Duan Peng continued: "So, at this time, the devils in Huairen City have only one infantry brigade, with a total strength of more than 1,200 people. According to the devil's system, all kinds of rifles, artillery, grenadiers, mortars, etc., which are attached to its brigade, are very complete. Moreover, its brigade is subordinate to a certain unit under the jurisdiction of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army, and its combat strength is still very strong. He is no stranger to defending the city. As for a regiment of the Imperial Army, its strength is probably in one regiment. However, the Imperial Association Army of this regiment has a complex military source, including the Jin Army, the Central Army, as well as bandits, scoundrels, etc., and its combat capability is very low. It is estimated that when we are attacking the city, it should be relatively easy for the Imperial Allied Army of this regiment to be defeated by us. ”。

"That is to say, the main enemy target of our attack on Huairen City is the strength of an infantry brigade of the devils. It's a good fight! Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry battalion, smiled, this devil is not very difficult to fight!

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said with a smile: "You can't be careless, the devil brigade in the city belongs to the devil system under the jurisdiction of the 36th Division of the Japanese army, and its combat strength should not be weak." What's more, it's still controlled by Shinozuka Yoshinan, so the devils in the city still have the ability to fight in the streets. We must not be careless, lest the horse stumble. ”。

"The brigade commander is right!" Zhang Dabiao, the head of the first regiment, smiled and said loudly.

Li Yunlong couldn't help but glance at Zhang Dabiao, this guy would actually be a sycophant, "That's it!" I have already obtained the strength of the enemy army in Huairen City in detail, so I will attack decisively! However, the battle of Huairen could not last long, and here to the north is Datong. The Japanese troops who were reinforced by train south would arrive at the city of Huairen in nearly forty minutes. Therefore, the battle against Huairen must be controlled within half an hour by the end of time. ”

It's just that when Li Yunlong said this, all the commanders and fighters felt that it was a little difficult to do!

Because Huairen is located on the Tongpu railway line, the defense deployment of the county seat has been strengthened. Whether it was after they arrived, or before, it was heavily defended. After the devil transferred an infantry brigade from Huairen City to Datong, there was also an infantry brigade in the city, and a strengthened version of the Imperial Association Legion-level troops were deployed in Huairen City, indicating that the Japanese army's attention to Huairen City was not fake.

After all, Huairen City is located on the traffic line, which is not an important town along the traffic line, but it is also a traffic stronghold.

Therefore, it was a bit of a rush to annihilate the Japanese army and the Imperial Allied Army stationed in Huairen in half an hour!

However, the devils from the north of Huairen Beitong went south to reinforce the enemy army in Huairen, and they could take the train south to arrive in forty minutes, so Li Yunlong had no choice, and he had to let the troops deal with the enemy troops in the city within half an hour after launching a surprise attack on Huairen.

Soon, Ma Wenhai, the commander of the third regiment, said in a condensed voice: "Brigade commander, end the battle within half an hour, it's a bit of a hurry!" ”。

"Therefore, after we launch an attack, we must use all our firepower to deal with most of the devil's strength first. As for the Imperial Association army in the city, as long as it is defeated, the focus is to solve the devil brigade in the city! Do you get it? Li Yunlong pointed to the map and said in a sonorous voice.

"Yes, Brigadier General!" The commanders and fighters immediately became serious, and the attack on the traffic town must be resolved quickly, not for a long time.