"Jingle Bell ......"

An abrupt phone ringing rang in the dark room.

There was a crackling sound in the darkness, and the lights in the room came on.

Mitake Tsuda came out of the room with sleepy eyes, and grabbed the phone on the table: "Maxi Maxi." ”

"Brigade Commander!" A frightened voice came from the other end of the phone, "I'm Yonichiro Yonekura from the Takesho base, and I have important military information to report to you!" ”

Mitakeshi Tsuda's heart suddenly froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Second Lieutenant Yonekura, what do you want to report to me?" ”

Yonekura Hinichiro took a breath and continued, "Just now, the direction of Niangzi Pass suddenly ......"

Before the words fell, Yonekura Hinichiro's voice suddenly disappeared, leaving only a rustling noise.

"Second Lieutenant Yonekura? Maxi Maxi?! Mitake Tsuda called out a few times, but there was no response from the other side, apparently there was a problem with the phone line.

"Yaga Yaru!"

Mitake Tsuda cursed and slammed the microphone back onto the phone.

Then put on the military uniform as fast as you can, put on the hat, and go out.

Although he didn't know what happened to the lady, his intuition told him that it might not be a good thing.

So tonight's sleep, I definitely can't sleep, and it's only serious to hurry to the brigade headquarters.

A quarter of an hour later, when Mitake Tsuda walked into the war room of the 4th Brigade, the telephone ringing and the ticking of receiving and receiving telegrams were already ringing.

Something is wrong!

Mitake Tsuda's heart sank suddenly.

As soon as he entered the door, the adjutant Jun Soma immediately hurried to meet him.

"General!" Soma Jun slammed his head and said, "Something happened!" ”

"Don't worry!" Mitake Tsuda waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Speak slowly, what's wrong?" ”

"Hello." Soma Jun paused again, and then continued, "The communications office just received an urgent telegram from the 3rd Squadron of the 1st Armored Train Wing, saying that they were attacked by a large force of the Eighth Route Army near Niangzi Pass!" ”

"Nani?" Mitake Tsuda lost his voice and said, "The 3rd Squadron of the 1st Armored Train Wing was attacked? And what about the freight train with armored train No. 3? What's going on? ”

Mitake Tsuda just told Jun Soma not to worry, but now he is in a hurry.

Soma Jun immediately panicked again and said, "It's not known yet. ”

"Yaga, how can you not know?" Mitake Tsuda said sharply, "Call back the 3rd Squadron of the 1st Armored Train Wing immediately and order them to ensure the safety of the freight train no matter what!" ”

After thinking about it, he said: "Then order the No. 1 Squadron and the No. 5 Squadron of the 1st Armored Train Wing to rush to Niangziguan for reinforcements as soon as possible!" ”

"Hello!" Soma Chun shook his head and went away with a reluctant expression.

Jun Soma had just left when the phone on the table next to him suddenly rang again.

Mitake Tsuda frowned subconsciously, and he didn't want to answer the phone.

Because his intuition told him that it should be a call from Yoshio Shinozuka.

But the caller was very persistent, and the bell kept ringing.

A combat staff officer rushed in in a hurry, and when he saw Mitake Tsuda standing next to the telephone, he did not dare to rush forward to answer the call.

The phone rang for more than ten seconds.

Mitake Tsuda had no choice but to pick up the phone: "Maxi Maxi? ”

"Tsuda-kun, it's me, Yoshio Shinozuka!" On the other end of the phone, Yoshio Shinozuka's voice was already revealing irrepressible anger, "Why didn't you answer the phone for so long?" ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, but I just walked into the war room." Mitake Tsuda said.

Yoshio Shinozuka on the other end of the phone didn't dwell too much on these inconsequential issues, and went straight to the point: "You must already know about the attack on the freight train, right?" ”

"Hello." Mibu Tsuda, "I just knew, too." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka snorted, and said: "Tsuda-kun, I solemnly remind you that the North China Front Command replenished our first army, the third batch of military supplies, and the weapons and ammunition of a permanent division and regiment with 0.5 combat shares, are on top of this freight army column, so if there are any problems listed by this army, you should know what the consequences will be!" ”

"Hello!" Mitake Tsuda slammed her head, and a bean-sized cold sweat instantly appeared on her forehead.

If something really happened to the freight train, he knew too well what the consequences would be.

"Bang dang!" Yoshio Shinozuka on the other end hung up the phone.

Mitake Tsuda hung up the phone and yelled, "Soma-kun! ”

Jun Soma, who had just finished dictating the message to the signal soldiers, hurried over again: "General? ”

"Command!" Mitake Tsuda shouted as he put his military cap on his head, "The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Independent Infantry Brigades, the Artillery Corps, and the Engineer Corps, assemble urgently!" ”

"Hello!" Soma Jun suddenly paused, and his heart was awe-inspiring.

The 4th Brigade is going to pour out of the nest?

……

Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka hung up the phone, was silent for two seconds, and suddenly picked up the telephone on the table again, and then slammed it viciously on the floor.

I only heard a loud bang.

The telephone immediately shattered.

Adjutant Jun Nakamura heard the noise and immediately rushed in.

Seeing the telephone set shattered on the floor, Nakamura Jun said worriedly: "Your Excellency, Commander, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Nakamura-kun, don't forget to ask the logistics department to equip my office with a new telephone, and the cost will be deducted from my allowance." ”

……

Wang Jiayu, headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The left deputy chief of staff looked at his pocket watch and saw that the hour hand had pointed to half past two in the morning.

At that moment, the deputy chief of staff said to Mr. Peng: "Mr., it's not early, why don't you go to sleep first, just have me here to guard." ”

"Don't sleep." Mr. Peng waved his hand and said, "How can I sleep." ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo said with a smile: "Boss, you don't know Li Yunlong's character, he has always been the only one who takes advantage of others, when have you ever seen him suffer?" What do you have to worry about? ”

Mr. Peng said: "Having said that, I am still worried after all." ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo smiled and said, "Judging from the time, it's almost started." ”

Mr. Peng said: "According to the information provided by the Zhengding underground party, the devil's freight army departed from Zhengding Railway Station at about ten o'clock, and arrived at Jingcheng Station at about zero o'clock, rested for half an hour, and then departed from Jingcheng, and arrived at the ambush site near Niangzi Pass at about two o'clock and a half. ”

The left deputy chief of staff said: "It's already half past two o'clock. ”

Mr. Peng nodded and said, "The battle should have started." ”

After a pause, he said, "I don't know what the outcome will be." ”