"Even so, one of my elite brigades was completely wiped out by the Independent Brigade, which is really a shame for our First Army!"

Okabe Naosaburo gritted his teeth and roared, counting until now, since last night, the Independent Brigade has eaten the headquarters of the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division of the Japanese Army, and the headquarters of the 77th Brigade of the 33rd Division. More than 20,000 Japanese troops were eaten by the Independent Brigade, and it was the first time in the world of Naosaburo Okabe that they had suffered such a huge humiliation.

It's just that Jitaro Kawaguchi is right, the Separate Brigade now has no air power. Once dawn, if they continue to occupy Datong, they can only passively withstand the threat of Japanese aerial bombardment.

However, having lost an elite brigade in his hands, Naosaburo Okabe still felt very humiliated and angry.

"Send a telegram to General Miyano and ask them to draw some troops from Yuci, Taikoo, Taiyuan, Yangshou and other places to immediately go north and station in Huairen and other places abandoned by the Independent Brigade. Lest, the Independent Brigade will suddenly go south all the way, approaching Guangwu, and the Xinkou area will be in trouble! Looking at the military map, Naosaburo Okabe suddenly waved his hand and said in a condensed voice.

"By the way, directly send a telegram to the flight commander of the 82nd Flying Brigade and the 83rd Flying Brigade of the Air Force that has gone north, and carry out General Miyano's order. Once it is dawn, it will immediately fly to the sky over Datong, and the area above the north bank of the Kouquan River will be covered by Maojiasoo, and once a large number of enemy troops of the Independent Brigade on the ground are found, they will immediately bombard! ”

Jitaro Kawaguchi saw that Naosaburo Okabe had regained his strength, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Hai, Your Excellency Commander, go and do it immediately!" ”

And Okabe Naosaburo frowned and continued to look at the map, at present, more than 100,000 Japanese troops on the Nakajo Mountain front still need his command. Although the Angry Independent Brigade came out early to do things at this time, now Naosaburo Okabe has no energy to command, and can only let Miyano Taro, who is stationed in Taiyuan, carry out the operation of commanding the rear to suppress the Independent Brigade.

"Li Yunlong, you are really arrogant! When the Empire ends the Battle of Nakajo Mountain, you will be dead! Eight grid tooth road! ”

Okabe Naosaburo secretly roared in a low voice and thought that for Li Yunlong's department, which had developed from a new regiment to an independent brigade, Okabe Naosaburo already hated the root of his teeth.

A few minutes later, in the midst of Okabe Naosaburo's resentment, Jitaro Kawaguchi, who had already walked to the side to send a report, suddenly walked to Okabe Naosaburo's side with a surprised face, and reported in a low voice: "Your Excellency Commander, you see, this is an urgent telegram from the Front Army Headquarters!" ”。

Okabe Naosaburo was a little puzzled, at this time, the front army headquarters knew the news of the annihilation of the 77 brigade so quickly? And the news of the loss of Datong?

But after receiving the telegram from Jitaro Kawaguchi's hand, the old devil Naosaburo Okabe suddenly stood up and stared at the huge map of Jin Province on the table in front of him!

"Yo Xi! Your Excellency General Tada is still aware of our current situation! It's just that it's a little late now? Okabe Naosaburo underestimated and whispered.

Jitaro Kawaguchi, who was reporting the situation on the side, shook his head secretly and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I don't think my humble duties are over!" Now, this heavy army sent by the front army has arrived at Bauhinia Pass, and it is not far from Laiyuan! Li Yunlong didn't think that the front army would actually eat an elite army and secretly take the train, and after going south on the Pinghan Railway, go west along Laishui and Xiling! ”。

"Now, even if Li Yunlong knows that he will return to his base, at least it will be too late! Your Excellency, Commander! ”

Okabe Naosaburo nodded, but he didn't expect the front army headquarters to hide it from him.

It seems that the 2nd Division secretly entered the customs at the beginning, or the new regiment at that time was able to prepare in advance to deal with it, indicating that the Eighth Route Army had hidden intelligence personnel in Beiping City.

Now it seems that this should be the case!

"Your Excellency Commander, the news that Datong has been lost and that the 77th Brigade has been eaten by the Independent Brigade will be reported to the Front Command?" Jitaro Kawaguchi asked suddenly.

Tada Jun secretly mobilized a force to kill not far from Laiyuan, and it seemed that he wanted to directly take advantage of the fact that the main force of the independent brigade went out and the base area of his hometown was not many troops, and mobilized heavy troops to copy Li Yunlong's "old nest"!

However, if Tada Jun knew that after the Independent Brigade captured Datong and ate the 77th Brigade, would he still order this surprise attack force to continue to operate, Jitaro Kawaguchi felt a little uncertain whether he would continue to act.

Okabe Naosaburo thought about it, if he didn't report to Tada Jun the news of the loss of Datong and the annihilation of the 77th Brigade by the Independent Brigade.

Afterwards, punishment is inevitable. After all, he also served as the commander of the First Army, which was strongly recommended by Tada Jun.

"Forget it, how can such a big matter be hidden from His Excellency the General? Report to the Front Command! See what Your Excellency the General has to say? Okabe Naosaburo thought about it, and still waved his hand to order Jitaro Kawaguchi.

Even if Tada Jun wants to punish him at that time, there is nothing he can do.

After all, an elite brigade of more than 10,000 Japanese troops was once again ambushed and eaten by the independent brigade, and it was impossible to hide it. When the independent brigade comes to a clear code, Tada Jun will know. You must know that the Independent Brigade has achieved such great results, don't you think Li Yunlong will give up this excellent propaganda opportunity?

Jitaro Kawaguchi nodded, this is also, "Understood, Your Excellency Commander!" He walked away.

And as Naosaburo Okabe reported to the headquarters of the North China Front of the Devil, Tada Jun, who had been holding out until dawn in the morning at this time, couldn't stand it anymore at this time.

"Report to Your Excellency the General, Naosaburo Okabe has sent an urgent telegram!" At this time, in the headquarters of the Devil's Front Army in Beiping City, a staff officer on duty of the devil hurriedly rushed to Tada Jun, paused heavily, and hurriedly handed the telegram in his hand to Tada Jun.

After reading the telegram, Tada Jun slapped the telegram in his hand on the table, "Hachikayalu, Okabe Naosaburo this waste!" ”

"You, call back to Naosaburo Okabe and tell him to send troops to recapture Datong and restore Tongpu Road! Send a report to General Haruki Fujimoto, who commanded the surprise attack of the troops, and order him to launch an attack on Laiyuan as soon as possible! With a full 20,000 imperial troops, I don't believe that when the main force of the Independent Brigade is out and can't return to the division, the independent brigade base in Hengshan will not be able to be uprooted! Go for it! ”

The staff officer on duty of the devil paused and said: "Hai, Your Excellency General!" ”。

As for whether Haruki Fujimoto can succeed, Tada Jun is still a little confident. After all, after secretly mobilizing 20,000 Japanese troops to the south of the Pinghan Railway, they went to Laishui, Xiling, and Bauhinia Pass to carry out a surprise attack on Laiyuan. I believe that the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army did not expect that at such a time, Tada Jun would be the first to do this.

And sure enough, after Tada Jun's strict order, Haruki Fujimoto, who was responsible for commanding the surprise attack of the Japanese army to flank the independent brigade Hengshan base, quickly captured Laiyuan City, which had few troops. More than 300 local guerrillas of our Eighth Route Army stationed in Laiyuan, as well as hundreds of people, were killed by the devil's surprise attack troops.

Subsequently, Haruki Fujimoto commanded 20,000 Japanese troops to attack and advance towards Lingqiu County.

Zhao Gang, who was sitting in the Hengshan base area, learned that the Japanese army was attacking heavily, and immediately sent an urgent telegram to Li Yunlong in Maojiasoo Town!

Maojia Soap Town!

"Made, there is a call from my hometown, Laiyuan was raided by the Japanese army and lost! Now, more than 20,000 Japanese troops are attacking and advancing towards Lingqiu County, and their forward troops are less than five miles away from Lingqiu! Li Yunlong handed the urgent telegram sent by Zhao Gang to Zhang Dabiao and other commanders and fighters who were urgently summoned to circulate it!