Hunyuan City, the temporary headquarters of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army's Itagaki Division!

  In the city, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro frowned at this time. The news that Li Yunlong was captured in Hejin Castle again and then killed Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace was also known to Itagaki Seishiro, and the old devil was also very surprised at that moment.

  In the biting cold wind, Itagaki Seishiro in Hunyuan City added a touch of sorrow.

  Since he lost a decisive battle with the new regiment in the area south of the Sangqian River and the foothills of the northern mountain range north of the east-west direction of the Hengshan Mountain Range, he was ordered by Yoshio Shinozuka to withdraw to Datong City to rest after entering the northeast of the Hengshan base area for a short time. At that time, Datong had already returned to the hands of the Japanese army, and although Li Yunlong and others captured Datong at that time, they completely annihilated the headquarters of the 40th Wing of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army defending the city of Datong, and killed many officers below the commander of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army.

  However, the strength of the new regiment commanded by Li Yunlong at that time was not enough to hold on to Datong to fight an offensive and defensive battle when reinforcements from around the Japanese army arrived. Therefore, after completely annihilating the 40th Wing of the 10th Division of the Little Devil at that time, it withdrew from Datong City in time.

  Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the remaining men and horses of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army under the command of Seishiro Itagaki to withdraw to Datong for temporary rest. It wasn't until Yoshio Shinozuka again ordered Itagaki Seishiro's troops to go south along the Tongpu Railway to San'in, Yingcheng, and Hunyuan, and prepare to participate in the attack on the new regiment's base area. Because the Japanese troops who had previously participated in the attack on the Hengshan base area were repelled by the troops left behind under the command of Zhao Gang, the political commissar of the new regiment, several times, and suffered heavy losses.

  At this time, in the temporary headquarters of the 21st Brigade in Hunyuan City, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro was convening a combat meeting of the two Japanese wings under his command and the Japanese officers at the brigade level at all levels.

  "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the exact news I have received so far is that the head of His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace has been sent back to Taiyuan City by the cavalry sent by the imperial army of Miyuan! His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko was captured and killed by Li Yunlong, and under the clear telegram, it has spread throughout China. If His Majesty the Emperor has issued an order today to reprimand the military headquarters of the First Army and us, Your Excellency, the commander of the division! This is an urgent telegram from His Excellency Commander Shinozuka, asking us to launch a general attack on the Hengshan base area as soon as possible, and we must seize the lair of the new regiment in one fell swoop! Major General Ueno Masa, chief of staff of Itagaki Seishiro's division, took a telegram and reported to Itagaki Seishiro with a solemn expression.

  Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand, signaled Ueno to sit down, and then pretended to be angry and said: "Li Yunlong is really the sworn enemy of the empire, plus Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, who was martyred not long ago, there are already four princes in the empire who have been killed by the same army led by the army!" Today, His Majesty is furious and has already sent a telegram to all the Imperial Occupation Army troops in Jin Province. All units are required to encircle and suppress the headquarters of the new regiment with heavy troops, and our Itagaki division is now on the cusp! This time, Commander Shinozuka sent a telegram asking our unit to dispatch a general attack on the Hengshan Base Area, the old nest of the new regiment, which is the importance and hope of our Itagaki Division! Ladies and gentlemen, what shall we do? Let's talk about it, how to fight! ”。

  As soon as Seishiro Itagaki finished speaking, he saw the wing commander of the 41st Wing of the 21st Brigade under his command, Yamazaki Lingkong Osa, get up and paused: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Division Commander, before the various units of my 21st Brigade and the new 1st Regiment fought in the area of the Sangqian River, the Imperial Army suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only more than 4,000 people left in my 21st Brigade. ”。

  However, Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand and said: "This force is not enough, the commander of this division has asked His Excellency Commander Shinozuka for instructions, and the headquarters of the 63rd Wing of the 10th Division that has just been stationed in Dai County will be placed under the command of our department. In this case, we have about 8,000 troops in our hands. According to the report of the imperial army troops who participated in the attack on the Hengshan base area before, the total number of troops in the Hengshan base area at this time was only three battalions, and it was estimated that it was less than 2,000. We have quadrupled the enemy's strength, and under the cover of mobilizing heavy artillery troops, we should be able to capture the Hengshan base area of the new regiment! ”。

  "Then please give the order of His Excellency the Division Commander!" I saw that the commanders of the 41st and 42nd wings of the 21st Brigade and the commanders below them asked for battle.

  Itagaki Seishiro was very satisfied with the fighting spirit of the officers under his command, and immediately stood up and pointed to the huge military map placed on the table in front of him and said: "All troops will assemble immediately, start from Hunyuan City, and be sure to rush there before the 63rd Wing of the 10th Division goes east from the area of Pingxingguan and goes north to the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge in the Hengshan base area, and joins the 63rd Wing of the 10th Division!" ”。

  "Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" The various devil officers of the 21st Brigade said in response, and immediately rushed out one after another, and went out to prepare.

  And just when Yoshio Shinozuka mobilized his headquarters to prepare to join the headquarters of the 63rd Wing of the 10th Division at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge and prepare to attack the Hengshan base area, Li Yunlong had already commanded the headquarters to evacuate Taihuai Town on Wutai Mountain, and along the mountain path to the north, and soon entered the vicinity of the main peak of Qinxi Mountain, which was connected to the Wutai Mountain Range. This place was already close to the vicinity of Pingxingguan, and following the guidance of the mountain people, the troops quickly advanced to the south side of Pingxingguan and hid in the mountains less than five or six hundred meters in the direction of Pingxingguan.

  The snow in the mountains was so thick that it was very difficult for the army to march and fight. Fortunately, when Li Yunlong and others raided Pingxingguan before, they had already walked through it once, and they found a mountaineer who was familiar with the terrain from the mountains to guide the troops to take a hidden mountain path, and they rushed to the vicinity of Pingxingguan without danger.

  "Commander, look, Duan Peng and they are back!" In the temporary headquarters of Li Yunlong and others on the side of the hidden place of the troops, some soldiers urgently reported to Li Yunlong.

  Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao and others raised their heads one after another, only to see several figures gradually appearing from the direction of the north side where the troops were hidden. After taking a closer look, sure enough, after the troops arrived here to hide, Li Yunlong sent Duan Peng to take a few special combat team reconnaissance experts to Pingxingguan to conduct reconnaissance.

  When Duan Peng and the others rushed to Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong asked them to rest first and take a breath before reporting.

  A minute or two later, Duan Peng immediately reported: "Regiment leader, it's clear." There are now too many Japanese troops in Pingxingguan. We caught a devil soldier and interrogated it, regiment commander, guess whose troops this is? ”。

  "Whose troops?" Li Yunlong said with a smile.

  I saw Duan Peng said solemnly: "Regiment commander, the Japanese army in Pingxingguan now probably has a wing of heavy troops, which is the headquarters of the 63rd Wing of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army!" We interrogated the captured devil soldiers, and this Japanese army wing was starting from Daixian, exiting from Heixing Pass, and then preparing to go north to meet and the remnants of the 21st Brigade of Seishiro Itagaki to carry out a general attack on our base area! ”。