At this time, there were still about 20 minutes away from the woods of more than six or seven hundred meters in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge of Hengshan, and a cavalry galloped north along the west bank of the Guanshui River like a lightning speed.

"Dada! Dada! Dada! ”

The crisp sound of horses' hooves resounded on the small road about a mile west of the west bank of the Guanshui River, and this elite cavalry team secretly went north.

"Captain! Head! The commissar called back. In the middle of the ranks, a communication soldier marching up in the middle of the team hurriedly came to Li Yunlong and saluted.

Li Yunlong turned over and dismounted, took the telegram handed over by the communications soldier and took a closer look, his eyes became solemn.

"Continue to keep in touch with the commissars. By the way, the troops were ordered to temporarily stop advancing and rest for five minutes. Ordered the commanders and fighters of all ministries to come to the labor and management meeting here. ”

Li Yunlong thought about it, but still waved his hand and ordered the communication soldier.

"Yes, Captain." The signal corps departed.

Before the commanders and fighters arrived, Li Yunlong asked Wei Dayong and Monk Wei to take out the topographic map of the surrounding area of the Hengshan base area from his briefcase and spread it out on the ground.

Soon, Zhang Dabiao, Zhou Hua and others had already rushed to Li Yunlong and gathered around.

Li Yunlong casually handed Zhao Gang's latest urgent telegram, and everyone became condensed after reading the telegram one after another, this situation was a little wrong.

I saw the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao take the lead and said in a condensed voice: "Regiment commander, judging from the telegram of the political commissar, the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka actually stopped attacking!" Could it be that the old devil is ready to withdraw from Hengshan? No more storming my base? ”。

As soon as Zhang Dabiao finished speaking, Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion on the side, had a slightly different opinion, shook his head and disagreed.

"I don't think so! In Shinozuka's current situation, it has been several hours since he attacked our base area, and he has lost his troops. Judging from the results of the telegram transmitted by the political commissar, the second and third battalions of our remaining base area were stationed at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge valley, and the defensive battles of the valley road and the plank road were at least about 3,000 or 4,000 little devils in total. With such a big loss, it is impossible for Yoshio Shinozuka to withdraw his troops because of the fact that the supply of grain and ammunition at Pingxingguan was blown up, and there is a little lack of food and ammunition in a short period of time, right? I don't believe it! Head! ”

The rest of the cavalry company commander Sun Desheng, the captain of the special combat team Duan Peng and others all agreed with the analysis of Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion, with the temperament of Yoshio Shinozuka, to stop the attack and withdraw troops after losing so many elite Japanese troops? Ninety percent probability is impossible!

Seeing that most of the people agreed that it was impossible for Yoshio Shinozuka to withdraw his troops, and Li Yunlong also agreed with everyone's analysis, how could Yoshio Shinozuka lose three or four thousand elite troops at once?

With Yoshio Shinozuka's urine, he must get rid of a new group of "old nest" bases! Otherwise, the battle in which Yoshio Shinozuka personally gathered 20,000 Japanese troops to attack the base area of the new regiment would have been a failure.

And once he fails, the commander of the North China Front, the old devil Tada Jun, will not spare him.

"You all have a point, but judging from the current situation, if Yoshio Shinozuka withdraws his troops at this time. Wouldn't you be worried about the counterattack of the army left behind in my base area? I estimate that at this time, the morale of the Japanese troops commanded by Yoshio Shinozuka has declined. At this time, if Yoshio Shinozuka withdraws his troops, he will not ignore the results of the Jinlong Gorge valley mouth, the fortifications of the valley road and the plank road that he has taken with great difficulty. Otherwise, once the troops are withdrawn, all the losses of Yoshio Shinozuka will be considered useless. ”

Li Yunlong smiled and said.

Zhang Dabiao smiled: "Regiment commander, do you mean that Yoshio Shinozuka will not withdraw his troops immediately at least at this time?" ”。

"Of course!"

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "If I were Yoshio Shinozuka, I wouldn't have hastily withdrawn my troops when I lost so many Japanese soldiers!" What's more, according to the content of this latest telegram from the political commissar, Yoshio Shinozuka just bought it to stop the onslaught and retreat to rest for a while. Even if it is withdrawn, there is no intention of evacuating immediately at this time. ”。

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued to condense: "Now, Yoshio Shinozuka still doesn't know that we have returned to the base area of the division from the north. This is an opportunity, we now have two thousand elite cavalry, three main battalions and recruited recruits in the Hengshan base area, totaling at least five or six thousand people. After the two divisions met, there were at least about seven or eight thousand people. Judging from the content of this latest telegram from the political commissar, the Japanese army in the hands of Yoshio Shinozuka at this time was only more than 16,000 people. I mean, after returning to the base area, let's take a look at the situation first, once the timing is successful, cooperate with the political commissar and them, and it is still possible to attack and eat at least half of the remaining Japanese main force commanded by Yoshio Shinozuka from both sides! ”。

"Hiss!!" Everyone gasped when they heard this, the captain's arrogance was really awesome!

He and the men and horses who stayed in the base area, with only seven or eight thousand people on their own side, dared to flank the Japanese army with 16,000 men. If the flanking attack is not successful, your side will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

However, everyone casually thought that the terrain of Hengshan was precipitous, and the new regiment had been stationed in Hengshan for a long time to open up a base area, and they were familiar with the terrain in the mountains, and they could mobilize troops at any time to encircle and kill the Japanese troops who were not familiar with the terrain.

It is still not a problem to eat the remaining half of the main force of the Japanese army commanded by Yoshio Shinozuka.

Therefore, everyone agreed: "Commander, listen to you!" ”。

"Good! The men and horses of all divisions continued to march forward rapidly, and retreated north to the division! Li Yunlong nodded, and then with a wave of his hand, he ordered Zhang Dabiao and the others to return to the troops and direct the troops to continue to advance.

And everyone hurriedly dispersed, Li Yunlong said to Wei Dayong again: "Monk, you pass on my order, let the communication corps immediately send a report, report our decision to the political commissar, and let the political commissar coordinate the command on Hutou Mountain and maintain contact with our radio station." Once we withdraw to the base area and see the timing to contact, we are ready to outflank Yoshio Shinozuka's back road! ”。

"Understood, Captain!" Wei Dayong smiled, turned around and walked away.

As Li Yunlong's order was delivered, the cavalry team that had rested for five minutes after a temporary rest was mounted one after another, and rushed north to the base area to help.

At this time, the team was already less than twenty minutes away from the Hengshan base area, and once the speed was accelerated, it would be enough to rush back to the front of the base area in at least fifteen minutes.

On the way back from the north led by Li Yunlong, Yoshio Shinozuka, who had temporarily stopped the onslaught on the plank road, summoned the commander of the 20th Division, Nanata Ichiro, and other senior commanders of the Japanese army to hold a temporary combat meeting.

"Your Excellency, Commander, taking into account the losses of all divisions, the 20th and 79th Wings of the 80th Division and the 79th Division, have lost more than 4,200 men. The 10th Wing of the 10th Division lost more than 700 people, and the two divisions lost a total of more than 5,000 people! "Yoshio Shinozuka's temporary field headquarters is located in the battalion headquarters of the second battalion of the new 1st regiment behind the mouth of the valley, and at this time, the statistical staff officer of the Japanese army who accompanied the army reported the battle damage to Yoshio Shinozuka.