"Eight Tooth Road!"

Yonekura Kotaro scolded, and immediately got up and hurriedly walked to the command room of the brigade headquarters.

Walking to the brigade headquarters, the expressions of several devil staff officers on duty in the command room were very panicked.

I have to panic, although it is said that Chifeng City is on alert, but when the army of Li Yunlong's Eighth Route Army, which has eaten countless elite imperial soldiers of the 3rd Division, kills under Chifeng City, it still causes the military hearts of the devils in the city to fluctuate.

"Panic what! We're still in the city! Steady! You are all soldiers of the Empire, if you all panicked, what would the soldiers below think? Seeing the devil staff officer in the command room under his command, Kotaro Yonekura scolded with his head and face.

Several devil staff officers on duty in the command room were scolded by Yonekura Kotaro and panicked, and they were all upright.

"What's going on now? Chief of staff! Let people spread out the map of Chifeng City, Yonekura Kotaro asked calmly to the chief of staff Fujita Rentaro, who followed him into the command room.

Yonekura Kotaro pretended to be calm, but Fujita Rentaro was not so calm, "Captain, Chifeng City has been surrounded by the Eighth Route Army all around. Judging from the military flags displayed by the enemy troops outside the city, the Eighth Route Army attacking Chifeng was Li Yunlong's new regiment. Judging from the telegrams received from the squadrons of the defenders, the strength of the enemy troops under the city was at least about six or seven thousand. And the army is neat and the team is solemn. Murderous, weapons and equipment are very sophisticated. ”

Pointing to the map of Chifeng City, Yonekura Kotaro didn't have much expression when he heard this, but continued to ask, "At present, the enemy army is preparing to attack the city?" ”。

"Hairy, Captain!"

Fujita Rentaro said in a condensed voice: "At present, it has basically been determined that the enemy army under the city is Li Yunlong's new regiment, and at present, the enemy army is concentrating at least two regiments of troops outside the West Gate, it seems that Li Yunlong is going to concentrate superior forces to take the West Gate." ”。

"You can't let the new regiment take Simon! It seems that the situation reported above is good, and although Li Yunlong's unit claims to be a regiment, the actual strength has been expanded. There were two regiments of troops concentrating on Simon alone, and it seemed that a fierce battle was inevitable. Kotaro Yonekura had a solemn look in his eyes.

The terrain in the direction of Xicheng is higher, and once the new regiment captures the west gate, then when the enemy army enters the city, just by laying artillery on the head of the west gate, it can condescendingly bombard the Japanese defenders in the other three directions.

So, Simon can't afford to fail!

Thinking of this, Yonekura Kotaro continued: "The West Gate cannot be lost, and the First Squadron, the Second Squadron and a battalion of the First Regiment of the Imperial Alliance Army defending the West Gate must be defended to the death. If there is a retreat and escape, they will be shot on the spot. It doesn't matter who it is! ”。

"Hay, Captain." A devil on duty staff officer standing on the side of Yonekura Kotaro immediately answered, and then picked up the phone on the table and called the devil guards at the west gate to inform.

However, the chief of staff of the brigade, Fujita Rentaro, said worriedly: "Captain, there are two regiments of enemy siege troops outside the West Gate, and the defenders of the West Gate report that there are more than 4,000 people. The Ximen garrison only had two squadrons and one battalion of the Imperial Army, and the strength was only seven or eight hundred! Whether to send reserves to reinforce the West Gate, as long as the West Gate is held, there is not much pressure on the other three gates. ”。

"Let's see! Now that the enemy army has not yet attacked the city, I want to see if Li Yunlong's troops can quickly take the west gate under our strict defense. Hmph, my Yonekura Kotaro's troops are not soft-footed shrimp either, and they won't be easily defeated. ”

Yonekura Kotaro waved his hand and sneered: "By the way, Chief of Staff, you immediately send a report to General Matsui, informing Li Yunlong that his troops have come to Chifeng City, and request urgent reinforcements to our department!" ”。

"Yes, Captain." When Rentaro Fujita heard this, he couldn't help but worry, but he still answered. Chinese bar

However, when Fujita Rentaro left to send a report, Kotaro Yonekura climbed onto the roof of the headquarters and picked up a telescope to look in the direction of the west gate of Chifeng.

"Eight grid tooth road, it's really unfavorable for the passing year!"

Able to take out the 3rd Division, which was personally commanded by Matsui Ishone, an infantry brigade, and a cavalry brigade, more than 10,000 Japanese elites. Yonekura Kotaro will not despise Li Yunlong's new regiment of troops, you must know that Li Yunlong led his troops to take the Shangdu, Baochang, and Duolun, which were also garrisoned by a Japanese infantry brigade, which shows that the ability of the new regiment to attack fortifications is actually beyond doubt.

"I hope to hold Chifeng!" The more Kotaro Yonekura thought about it, he couldn't help it, and he silently muttered to himself in his heart.

At this time, Chifeng was attacked, and the only ones who could support him at close range were the Japanese troops stationed in Xindian and Jianping.

However, although the Japanese troops in the two places were closest to Chifeng, the combined strength of the devils in the two places was less than 700 people, and even if this force rushed to the city, it would not be able to deal much of a blow to Li Yunlong's troops in the back.

At present, it can only be blamed on the remaining 14,000 men and horses of the remaining 3rd Division under the command of Matsui Ishone, who is resting in the county seat of Weichang.

It's just that from the county town of Weichang to Chifeng to help, it will take an hour and a half just to march quickly, and it is still unknown whether Chifeng can hold on or not!

Just when Yonekura Kotaro was worried, a few hundred meters outside the west gate of Chifeng, Wang Chengzhu's artillery position had been constructed.

According to the information asked by the tongue of the Imperial Allied Army's outer patrol that Sun Desheng had seized near Chifeng, the Japanese garrison in the city had only one artillery squadron with four Type 92 70-mm infantry guns and less than ten 60-mm mortars.

This little devil artillery power no longer suppresses the new regiment besieging the city!

At this time, less than a minute after Wang Chengzhu was building an artillery position, Li Yunlong, under Wei Dayong's personal escort, happily walked to Wang Chengzhu's side and asked, "Pillar, how is it?" ”。

"Regiment commander, the artillery positions have been constructed. The Devil's fortifications at the West Gate and the firepower points on the open side and the important garrison points of the troops are all marked for shooting, and they can be fired at any time. Wang Chengzhu stood up and saluted.

Li Yunlong bowed his head, "Okay! Two minutes to prepare, prepare for shelling! ”

"Yes, Captain!" Wang Chengzhu responded sonorously and forcefully.

And the time of two minutes passed in an instant, and at any time the watch time on Li Yunlong's wrist was up, I saw Li Yunlong raise his hand and signal Wang Chengzhu to start immediately.

"Target Chifeng West Gate, according to the calibrated shooting coordinates, hit me hard! Fire! Wang Chengzhu waved his hand and slashed forward, and a commander in charge of commanding the artillery immediately dropped the pennant in his hand forward.

The artillery fighters, who had already adjusted the coordinates of the shelling, immediately pulled the cannon ropes, and one infantry gun after another launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the devil defenders at the west gate.

"Boom, boom, boom!!" Cannonballs roared out of the barrels, and smashed towards the west gate of Chifeng and its city with a long tail flame in the cloudless sky.