Li Yunlong continued: "Da Biao, you must hold the two positions that protrude from the front, and you will be given five more light and heavy machine guns. Don't spare light and heavy machine guns, we used all the machine guns we captured from the Datong battle, and we can capture them from the little devils in the future when they are exhausted. By the way, how are the mines arranged? ”。

"Commander, it has been arranged along the front and rear of the barbed wire. At the very least, it will be messy, and it will be able to disrupt the offensive formation of the Japanese infantry to a limited extent! Zhang Dabiao said with a smile, among the Japanese weapons and equipment captured from the Datong battle, there were many mines made by little devils, but there were not many of them.

Li Yunlong said: "Okay, you have to organize and cooperate well with the cross-fire in the front, although I have a way to kill the devil's Type 94 ultra-light tank, but the devil's infantry is too numerous, and when the time comes, we will have to give full play to the power of cross-fire in the concave position!" ”。

"Understood, Commander! Rest assured! The first battalion is guaranteed to complete the mission! Zhang Dabiao patted his chest and saluted.

After Li Yunlong waved his hand and motioned for Zhang Dabiao to sit down, he then said to He Yongjie, the commander of the fourth battalion on the side: "Old He, your fourth battalion is reorganized from the guerrillas, and the strength of positional warfare is weaker than that of the first battalion. But now is a good opportunity to exercise the field capabilities of the fourth battalion. I'm handing over ten light and heavy machine guns to you to strengthen the flank defenses. ”。

"Yes, regiment commander, the four battalions guarantee that not a single devil will be able to break through the position!" He Yongjie saluted and said in a resolute tone.

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "Okay, the morale of the brothers is good. Then get ready, let the brothers dig more bomb shelters, who knows if the weather over the position will be good in two hours, we have to prepare more! ”。

"Yes, Captain!" All the commanders and fighters stood up and saluted, and then left the headquarters to command the troops.

At this time, Taiyuan City, the military headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately got the content of Li Yunlong's clear code telegram forwarded by Seishiro Itagaki, and he was very depressed.

Taro Miyano, chief of staff of the headquarters on the side, also saw the telegram sent by Seishiro Itagaki, and then thought for a while and said to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Your Excellency the division commander, Seishiro Itagaki wants to fight a decisive battle with Li Yunlong's department, do you agree?" ”。

"Let Seishiro Itagaki dispatch! Since Li Yunlong despises the elite of the imperial army, he must understand that if the new regiment does not hide guerrilla attacks everywhere, in the field, the elite of our imperial army is not afraid of the small new regiment of the Eighth Route Army. As for Itagaki Seishiro's request that the Imperial Army Aviation Unit in Taiyuan send fighter planes to reinforce and cooperate with the ground forces to bomb Li Yunlong's troops, and if the weather conditions permitted, then ten bombers would be dispatched to cooperate with the ground forces in the attack. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said to Taro Miyano, although he was furious at first when he received a telegram from Seishiro Itagaki, but when he thought that the Japanese army was good at field warfare, and this was the new regiment taking the initiative to invite battle, after a series of reflections, Yoshio Shinozuka quickly agreed to Itagaki Seishiro's request to dispatch his headquarters to fight a decisive battle with part of the main force of the new regiment led by Li Yunlong.

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, obey your orders!" Although Taro Miyano didn't know why Li Yunlong was so arrogant to invite Itagaki Seishiro's 21st Brigade, didn't Li Yunlong know that Itagaki Seishiro was now able to use more than 6,000 elite troops of the Japanese army?

In any case, Yoshio Shinozuka's call back was quickly received by Seishiro Itagaki, who was out of Datong Castle.

At about 8:40 minutes, Seishiro Itagaki on the march received a call back from Yoshio Shinozuka. After receiving a report from the Japanese army's communications corps, Seishiro Itagaki looked at the sky and saw that the weather was still gloomy. Although it did not snow, the temperature during the day was at least more than ten degrees, and although the tanks of the tank squadron were not greatly affected, it was estimated that Seishiro Itagaki asked the Japanese air force at Taiyuan Airport to dispatch.

"Order the troops, speed up the advance, and be sure to rush to the south of the Sangqian River, north of Guangling County, at the foot of the northern foot of the Hengshan Mountain Range before eleven o'clock!" Seishiro Itagaki sat in a field truck and shouted to the Japanese cavalry heralds who were accompanying him outside the window.

The Japanese herald paused slightly on horseback and said, "Haiyi, Your Excellency the division commander!" Then the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army was ordered to speed up.

With the order of Seishiro Itagaki, more than 6,000 Japanese troops from the 21st Infantry Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army threw off their feet and galloped towards the decisive battlefield scheduled by Li Yunlong's headquarters.

I have to say that the speed of the Japanese army's rapid march in the field was still very fast, at least under the strictness of Seishiro Itagaki along the way, the devil soldiers of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army finally arrived at about 11:20 in the morning to the northern part of the battlefield where Li Yunlong's troops had already been waiting for him.

At this time, Itagaki Seishiro led his troops to the north of the decisive battlefield, north of the Sangqian River. At this time, the surface of the Sangqian River was not frozen, and at least the heavy equipment of the Japanese army could not directly cross the river through the limited and seemingly frozen surface of the Sangqian River.

Standing on a high slope on the north bank of the Sangqian River, Seishiro Itagaki and the commanders of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army picked up their binoculars one after another to observe the position constructed by the troops under the command of Li Yunlong at the foot of the east-west mountain range on the south bank of the Sangqian River against the northern part of the Heng Mountain.

The little devil commanders muttered to themselves, all secretly surprised that Li Yunlong's position was indeed selective and tricky, and it seemed that Li Yunlong, the commander of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, was very skilled.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it seems that the situation is not good for us and us. It is necessary to erect a pontoon bridge, otherwise seven Type 94 tanks will not be able to cross the Sangqian River. The Chinese army has already built a tight defensive position, and it is ready to fight, and without the cover of tanks, the infantry may not be able to break through the barbed wire fortifications built by the Chinese army in front of its position! Major General Nakamura Masao, commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, said solemnly to the division commander Itagaki Seishiro at this time.

Itagaki Seishiro also observed the position built by Li Yunlong's troops through the telescope, and his brows furrowed. The opponent's position was clearly in a concave row, with two frontal flanks and a bend and depression in the middle. The front of the position was blocked by several barbed wire fences, which were most likely captured from Japanese warehouses in Datong City.

"Yo Xi, Nakamura, you're right. So be it, order the engineer wing to erect pontoon bridges, and the artillery brigade to set up artillery ready to cover the erection of pontoon bridges by the engineer wing at any time. Let's go! Seishiro Itagaki nodded, agreeing with Nakamura Masao's analysis, and waved his hand to give the order.

The Japanese staff officer who accompanied the army spoke up: "Hai, Your Excellency the division commander!" ”。

Then, the headquarters of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army began to start construction on the north bank of the Sangqian River, its engineering wing began to set up pontoon bridges, and the Devil's artillery brigade also began to continuously open artillery bombardment on the new regimental positions on the south bank, and the bloody battle has begun! Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Li Yunlongclaw, God of War of the Anti-Japanese War" for free reading for the first time.