"Nani? Fanzhi lost? ”

After receiving a freshly baked emergency telegram from Haruki Fujimoto, Ryuichi Suzuki said in surprise!

However, Ryuichi Suzuki quickly finished reading it, and his heart was heavy, "General, the situation is not good!" Li Yunlong commanded his main force to move eastward, and did not go south! And, it's so fast that we don't know about it almost now! ”

Haruki Fujimoto gritted his teeth and said with a gloomy face: "The Hengshan base area of the Independent Brigade is adjacent to Pingxingguan, Fanzhi, Daixian and other places, and a large number of guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army are active along the north and south of the mountain range. I estimate that after Li Yunlong decided to advance eastward and return to his base area, he had already sent guerrillas to cut off the connection between the imperial defenders in Daixian, Fanzhi and other places. We didn't know until now that Fanzhi was lost, because there was a radio station in Fanzhi City that could contact us. ”。

Letting people quickly spread out the map, Suzuki Ryuichi said worriedly: "General, Fanzhi is lost." Pingxingguan is in danger! ”。

"Immediately send a report to the troops stationed in Pingxingguan to strengthen their vigilance, and they must block Li Yunlong's attack!" Haruki Fujimoto immediately ordered.

"It's just a general, after we sent troops to attack Pingxingguan before, there were only 1,500 troops stationed there in Pingxingguan, is there a little less?"

Fujimoto Haruki looked at the map and frowned, Li Yunlong did not go south to Taiyuan, but went directly to Dai County, and went eastward, this is to hit his flank! Once the Heixing Pass can't be defended, then the back road of the Japanese army in the Fujimoto Haruki Department will be cut off.

The Japanese troops left in Lingqiu were only more than 1,000 people, more than 1,000 in the direction of Guangling, and more than 1,000 in Laiyuan.

However, Pingxingguan was lost, and the Japanese troops in the direction of Guangling and Laiyuan were also very dangerous!

After thinking about it, Haruki Fujimoto walked around, thinking about the gains and losses, and then clapped his hands to Suzuki Ryu: "Suzuki-kun, immediately send a report to the troops left behind in Guangling, let them go west, and reinforce the imperial army stationed in Pingxingguan." Order to seize Guangling, and the imperial army of Laiyuan will strengthen its vigilance on the spot! Feel free to wait for my orders! ”。

"Hai, General!!" Ryuyi Suzuki paused heavily, then walked to the side, waved his hand and signaled the devil's communication staff to send a report immediately.

And Haruki Fujimoto looked at the terrain in the mountains of Hengshan in front of him, and his face was also gloomy. The main force of the Independent Brigade commanded by Li Yunlong did not go south to Taiyuan, but suddenly went directly to Dai County desperately, and advanced eastward to return to its base area, which was unexpected by Haruki Fujimoto.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong's combat style is very out-of-the-box. After they thought that the main force of the Independent Brigade would rush south and attack Taiyuan, they changed their operational policy and directly marched east to reinforce their base areas. With this hand, Haruki Fujimoto, who suddenly hit him, was a little caught off guard.

It's just that at present, the Pingxing Pass is still in the hands of Fujimoto Haruki, and Fujimoto Haruki is now urgently dispatching more than 1,000 Japanese troops who stayed in Lingqiu to advance westward to assist the 1,500 Japanese troops stationed in the Pingxing Pass to defend the dangerous pass Pingxingguan.

At least in Haruki Fujimoto's opinion, holding on for a day or two is not a problem.

After all, Pingxingguan is known as a dangerous pass, the terrain is narrow, and the long valley road is enough for more than 2,500 Japanese troops to block the main force of the independent brigade commanded by Li Yunlong from advancing eastward to reinforce.

And right now, Haruki Fujimoto lost his worries in the direction of Pingxingguan, but looking at the terrain that had entered the Hengshan Mountains, the old devil's face turned gloomy again.

The terrain of Heng Mountain is vast, and there are countless mountains in the mountains. The Independent Brigade has been operating here for many years, and it is not without ability to defeat the attacks of the Japanese troops such as Yoshinan Shinozuka, Kazuki Yamamoto, the 2nd Division, and the 6th Division one after another. Swift Reading.com

After entering the Hengshan area, the 15,000 Japanese troops along the way were constantly attacked by the troops left in the mountains by the independent brigade.

After a lot of hardships, Haruki Fujimoto finally led the 15,000 Japanese troops to the first pass of the Hengshan Independent Brigade base area: in front of the valley mouth of the Jinlong Gorge!

"General, this is the first gateway to the base area of the Independent Brigade: the valley mouth position of the Jinlong Gorge!" Ryuichi Suzuki and Haruki Fujimoto climbed on a mountain in front of the mouth of the Jinryukyo Gorge, condescendingly holding a telescope to observe the position of the Independent Brigade at the mouth of the Jinryukyo Gorge more than 500 meters ahead, while Ryuichi Suzuki pointed to the road ahead.

At this time, Haruki Fujimoto actually saw the topography of the Jinlong Gorge from the eyes of the Hengshan map, which had already studied the map of Heng Mountain.

I saw that in the line of sight of Haruki Fujimoto, the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge was very narrow, and the widest was less than ten meters. However, at least about 100 meters in front of the canyon and on both sides, many trenches were dug by the independent brigade continuously, and barbed wire was pulled up in front, which was dense and made people's scalps tingle to see. Moreover, there are still hanging mines or something on the barbed wire, which is simply mad!

Then, Haruki Fujimoto continued to observe, and found that there were still faint bunkers under several small slopes on both sides of the canyon. Behind the bunker are one or two circular bunkers built of reinforced concrete, and the shooting holes of the bunkers seem to have more than a dozen each, and they are arranged up and down, and they can be swept 180 degrees head-on! The firepower looks very ferocious!

On the position at the mouth of the valley in the Jinlong Gorge, the strength of the independent brigade defenders seems to be only about one battalion. After all, in such a small place, there are too many people to squeeze in!

But the other party's firepower is ferocious, so that Haruki Fujimoto is already worried.

"Yaga! It's not good to fight! Haruki Fujimoto cursed a little helplessly at Ryuichi Suzuki in a low voice.

Suzuki Ryuichi smiled bitterly, the matter has come to this point, and he can't see such a strong fortification, so he withdraws! Could it be a day trip to Heng Mountain? If you withdraw like this, you will be laughed at for the rest of your life by fellow officers and officers within the empire!

"General, we've already killed here, we can't fight anymore!"

Ryuichi Suzuki smiled bitterly and said, "What's more, General Tada ordered us to fight the troops of the Independent Brigade that remained on Shouheng Mountain. While Li Yunlong hasn't returned here yet, let's take a look now. If that doesn't work, retreat now! ”。

"Alright! Just follow Suzuki-kun's suggestion and take a look first! ”

Haruki Fujimoto put down the telescope in his hand, and then smashed his fist on a tree next to him, and said fiercely: "Order to concentrate two artillery groups and violently bombard the enemy's position fortifications at the mouth of the valley of the Jinlong Gorge." Ten minutes of shelling, hard bang! Subsequently, a wing of the 201st Brigade of the 27th Division was ordered to tentatively attack the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge. If the other party can't withstand it, concentrate his forces and storm the Jinlong Gorge Valley Road in the rear! ”。

"Hai, General!" Ryuchi Suzuki paused heavily, and then walked down in person to carry out the deployment attack.

A few minutes later, under the gaze of Zhao Gang, who was in the back of the Jinlongxia Gorge valley mouth, behind the soil slope group seven or eight hundred meters in front of the valley mouth, streamers roared towards the independent brigade position at the mouth of the Jinlongxia Gorge.

"Send a report to the brigade commander immediately, the Japanese Fujimoto detachment launched a fierce bombardment of the Jinlong Gorge valley position in the base area of our Hengshan Independent Brigade, please speed up the brigade commander and return to the base area!" Zhao Gang turned his head sideways and shouted to the correspondent on the side!

The correspondent stood up and said: "Understood, political commissar! ”。

And within a few seconds of the messenger's departure, the Japanese artillery shells had been violently exploding on the position of the Independent Brigade at the mouth of the valley of the Jinlong Gorge!