Hai, Your Excellency the Division Commander. ”

The devil herald hurriedly answered, and then hurried out to give the order.

At this time, outside the scope of the temporary field division headquarters of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, where Tani Shofu was located, the mountain soil blown up by the constantly falling shells was blown up into the sky. The constant screams came and went, and most of them were ghost soldiers who were bombed crying and screaming at their mothers.

Gu Shoufu grabbed the telescope in his hand and looked around. I saw the fierce artillery fire that suddenly fell from the mountains on both sides, and the Japanese soldiers who blew up suffered heavy casualties. The valley was full of Japanese soldiers who had been blown up and bullets to pieces.

"Baga Ya Road, resist it for me, kill it!" Gu Shoufu roared angrily, if he didn't resist it at this time, he would really die.

At this time, Gu Shoufu still had at least 10,000 Japanese soldiers in his hands, and the ammunition could support at least half an hour to about 40 minutes.

It was just that the new regiment, the 28th regiment and the independent regiment were ambushed by the living forces at this time, and at least 12,000 soldiers were carrying out fierce and condescending fire strikes on the hills on both sides of the canyon.

The three divisions of the Eighth Route Army, which occupied a geographical advantage, gave full play to the advantages of weapons and equipment in their hands, and ambushed the 6th Division with lightning speed.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, Your Excellency the Division Commander, the rest of the 11th Brigade on the right flank may not be able to withstand it. At least two-thirds of the defensive positions of the 11th Brigade had been lost, and at least five or six thousand men of the Eighth Route Army were approaching from east to west of the Qiaogou Gorge. On the hills on both sides of the canyon, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was very fierce, and we were in the middle of the valley, and we were hit by the opponent's condescending and unobstructed firepower, and we were in a disadvantageous position in the terrain. In the midst of the fierce gunfire, the chief of staff of the 6th Division, who had just gone out to supervise the battle for a while, rushed back to Gu Shoufu's division headquarters bunker out of breath, and hurried to Gu Shoufu without taking a sip of water, looking terrified.

Even Shimono Kazuho understands that the other party has already launched a total attack.

The surrounding artillery fire and the other side's condescending firepower from the mountains on both sides of the canyon were so ferocious, and they were the same as when the ambush fire had just begun, indicating that Li Yunlong had already given the order for a general attack.

Gu Shoufu was already in a crazy posture at this time, and when he heard this, he waved his hand and said in a condensed voice: "No matter what, we must withstand the general attack of the Eighth Route Army." Commander Okabe has rushed to ambush the garrisons everywhere and hastened to reinforce us. Tell all the soldiers, give me a stand-up, stand up. If there is any desertion without authorization, they will be killed and the battlefield military discipline will be enforced!! ”。

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander!"

Shimono Ichihuo Dazuo saw Gu Shoufu's green muscles burst out, and his face was murderous, knowing that Gu Shoufu was already angered by the general attack of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the furious Tani Shoufu and Shimono Kazuho both knew that this had no effect.

However, they could only command the remnants of 10,000 people to stand by and wait for reinforcements, trying to buy time and hold out until reinforcements arrived.

At this time, the headquarters of the new 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the 28th Regiment and Kong Jie's independent regiment and some other affiliated troops in charge of the general attack still had more than 12,000 people at this time.

According to Li Yunlong's overall command, the 28th Regiment and the Independent Regiment advanced from the east of Qiaogou Gorge and the mountainous hills on both sides of the canyon to the west of the general attack, driving the remnants of the Japanese 11th Infantry Brigade in the direction of Gu Shoufu's division headquarters.

Li Yunlong, on the other hand, had a total of nearly 6,000 men and horses in the new regiment of the command post headquarters, and gave full play to the favorable terrain advantage, and together with the 28th regiment and the independent regiment, they attacked the remnants of Gu Shoufu's 6th Division.

In the narrow Qiaogou Gorge, the mountains where the Japanese army retreated and stood for reinforcements had been surrounded by Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie, and the three of them led their troops to attack together, and the defensive positions that were holding on to the reinforcements were constantly lost.

The fierce fighting between the two sides continued to intensify, and Gu Shoufu was worthy of being the division commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, and at the last moment of his dying struggle, he was still a steady command post with the remnants of 10,000 Japanese troops on both flanks to block and defend, and then attacked from east to west, and did not blindly wait until the third battalion and four battalions of the new 1st Regiment attacked from the west to the east of the Qiaogou Gorge, and the independent regiment and the 28th Regiment attacked from the east to the west of the Qiaogou Gorge.

Instead, Gu Shoufu defended from time to time, and also drew out some elite small suicidal counter-assault troops to counterattack the attacking Eighth Route Army and other troops.

At one time, it was also penetrated by the devil's counter-assault.

Fortunately, the three men and horses of the new regiment, the independent regiment and the 28th regiment, are all elite units under the jurisdiction of the 386 brigade, with strong combat effectiveness and resolute will to fight.

Although there were a few casualties by the devil's counter-charge, it was not too much, and soon the people in charge of commanding the front-line attack had already adjusted their attack force and repelled these little tricks of Gu Shoufu.

In the smoke of artillery fire, Gu Shoufu hid in the temporary field bunker headquarters and watched the troops of the Eighth Route Army attacking east and west of Qiaogou Gorge.

The dense crowd of attackers, Gu Shoufu who watched it already had a lot of intentions in his heart.

"Yagaya Road, Shimono-kun, when will the reinforcements arrive? It's time for the air planes to arrive over us to bomb and cover us for reinforcements, right? Seeing that the position was constantly being captured by the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army, and Gu Shoufu, who was constantly losing his position, couldn't sit still, and hurriedly asked the chief of staff, Shimono Yihuo Dazuo.

Shimono Ichihuo Dazuo smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, it will take at least ten minutes for the fighter planes taking off from Datong Airport to fly to the sky east of Pingxingguan to cover us. Reinforcements were closest to us, and only Fanzhi's troops were able to arrive as soon as possible. ”。

After a pause, Shimono Kazuho continued: "But at present, the reinforcements of all troops are blocked by the troops of the Eighth Route Army along the way, and the advance is slow. In addition, Daisuke Kotani, the captain of the Taixingguan garrison, called, and there was a possibility that the Pingxingguan was lost. The county seat of Lingqiu has been lost, and the troops of Guangling attacking the south cannot arrive quickly, and there are guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army attacking along the way. In addition, it had been raining for a long time before, and most of the reinforcements could only march on foot on the way to the reinforcements, and they could not rush to Pingxingguan to reinforce us in a short time. ”。

"Damn!"

Gu Shoufu slammed his fist on the sack in front of him when he heard this, and said hatefully.

"Then send a report to Your Excellency Commander Okabe informing me of the emergency situation of the 6th Division. Report to His Excellency the Commander that now there are less than 9,000 men left in our 6th Division to hold out. I ask Your Excellency the Commander to send another urgent telegram to the reinforcements from all walks of life, and to speed up the reinforcement of our department! Hurry up and drop! Go post! ”

When Shimono Ichihuo Dazuo heard this, seeing that Gu Shoufu was already a little chaotic, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that His Excellency, the arrogant division commander at the beginning, and now the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which was now despised, led his troops to send several urgent telegrams asking for reinforcements.

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander, I will immediately send a telegram urging the reinforcements to speed up!" Shimono Yihuo paused heavily, and at this time he also knew that Gu Shoufu was really beaten in a hurry.