The 31st Brigade of the 110th Division of the Japanese Army, which was advancing westward along the south bank of the Sanggan River, was on a rapid march at this time, after all, if they wanted to make peace with Kitano Takusai's 53rd Brigade, at least they could not let the 53rd Brigade wait too long at the mouth of the tributary of the Sanggan River in the direction of Weixian in the south.

It's just that Kitano Takusai's department encountered an ambush, and soon the devil communication soldiers hurriedly reported to Nanda Taijiro!

"Ando-kun, the 53rd Brigade has been ambushed here! You see, this is the 53rd Brigade Commander Kitano Takusai's urgent call for help! At this time, after reading the emergency telegram, Nanda Taijiro asked the devil confidential staff officer on the side to take out the map and unfold it, and by the way, after handing the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff Ando Sajiro, he pointed to the military map that was laid out and said in a condensed voice.

To be honest, Taijiro Minamida looked at the map, how could there be a large force of enemy troops ambushed at the location where the 53rd Brigade was ambushed in that place? Moreover, why do you have more than 10,000 ambush troops?

After reading the telegram, Sajiro Ando also shifted his gaze to the map and analyzed after taking a closer look: "Brigade commander, the mountainous areas around the ambush site of the 53rd Brigade are all under the control of the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army. Perhaps, the news that they went out of the city from Datong to the east was detected by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and they rescued a large number of guerrillas here for an ambush! ”.

But Kitano's urgent telegram pleaded, describing the enemy forces who ambushed them as elite troops. Moreover, the artillery fire is fierce, especially there are many light and heavy machine guns, I am afraid that there are more than 50 heavy machine guns, and there are countless light machine guns! In addition, the 53 Brigade has already suffered heavy casualties, with more than a thousand casualties in less than five minutes. It has been ten minutes since Takusai Kitano sent us an urgent telegram asking for help, and the fierce battle has been going on for ten minutes. If the losses caused by such a fierce battle are caused, I am afraid that the 53rd Brigade will only be able to hold out for about half an hour! ”

Nanda Taijiro said a little solemnly, being able to make the 53rd Brigade, which is also considered an elite, send out an urgent telegram so quickly, indicating that it is unlikely that the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army who ambushed them are unlikely to be ambushed.

This is because the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army did not have so many heavy weapons to set up ambushes there in a short period of time.

"Brigade commander, what should we do then? We are now more than an hour away from the meeting point of the two armies, and we can now march forward in a hurry. I'm afraid it will not be possible to reach the site of the ambush of the 53 Brigade in an hour! At present, the 53rd Brigade is ambushed by the enemy's elite main force, and the enemy situation is unknown! ”

Nanda Taijiro looked at the military map laid out by the two Japanese staff officers, and frowned, "Report the situation of the 53rd Brigade being ambushed by the main force of the Chinese army here to the Front Army Headquarters and the Commander of the First Army!" As for us, we will immediately move westward, and it is impossible to watch the 53 Brigade be completely annihilated by the enemy! In addition, Ando-kun, immediately call back to the 53rd Brigade, let them see the situation on the battlefield, and break through if they can forcibly break out, if they can't break through, they must stick to and wait for reinforcements, waiting for our troops to advance westward for reinforcements! ”

"Hai, brigade commander!" Seeing that Nanda Taijiro continued to carry out the westward mission and was preparing to rescue the headquarters of the 53rd Brigade, Sajiro Ando could only pause and speak, and then waved his hand to signal several Japanese staff officers to start carrying out the order.

Subsequently, the Japanese 31st Brigade under the command post of Nantian Taijiro accelerated its march and marched westward along the south bank of the Sanggan River in an attempt to rescue the 31st Brigade and regiment.

As for whether Kitano Takusai's troops could withstand more than an hour, or break out of the encirclement before they arrived, it was up to them to agree.

And after Nanda Taijiro sent a report to the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Beiping Castle and Okabe Naosaburo, who commanded the main force of the Japanese First Army on the front line of Nakajo Mountain to storm the first theater of the Nationalist Army, Tada Jun and Okabe Naosaburo knew about it for the first time.

In the city of Beiping, in the headquarters of the North China Front, Tada Jun was preparing to lie down and rest for a while in the lounge on the side of the headquarters. It didn't take long for a staff officer on duty at the headquarters to carefully wake up the old devil Tada Jun and hand him an urgent telegram.

After reading it, Tada Jun couldn't help but scold, "Eight Grid Tooth Road, a group of waste, don't you investigate along the way?" ”

In the midst of scolding, Tada Jun walked to the center of the command room of the headquarters, pressed his hands on the edge of the table where the sand table was placed, and stared.

"What's going on now? Fujimoto-kun! After looking at it for half a minute, Tada Jun turned his head to Lieutenant General Haruki Fujimoto, the chief of staff of the headquarters, and asked.

Fujimoto Haruki had already read the urgent telegram sent by Nanda Taijiro for the first time, and then said in a condensed voice: "The 53rd Brigade is here, and it has been ambushed by a large number of Chinese troops, and according to the content of the emergency telegram, the enemy troops who ambushed the 53rd Brigade should not be the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army. It is the main force of the elite Chinese army, not the main force in the northwest of the Jin Sui Army, or the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, but it is certainly not the regular army of the National Army! According to the analysis of the headquarters, it should be the Eighth Route Army! It is simply impossible for the main force of the Jin Sui Army in the northwest to cross Datong and ambush the 53rd Brigade here! ”

"It's not the Jin Sui Army, it's not the National Army, it's probably the main force of the Eighth Route Army? More than 10,000 people, which Eighth Route Army unit is it? ”

Looking at the place where the 53 Brigade was ambushed on the sand table, the terrain is a triangular basin terrain, surrounded by higher slopes, mountains. To the north is the Sanggan River, and it is impossible to retreat north, and it is impossible to break through the enemy's encirclement on the east and west sides, so they can only risk their lives to move south.

Haruki Fujimoto said: "At present, the 110th Brigade of the 31st Division has decided to continue to advance westward, continue to advance westward through the meeting point, and reinforce the headquarters of the 53rd Brigade that has been surrounded!" Your Excellency, Commander, what do you see here? ”.

"Call back Taijiro Minamida and agree to our handling! Fujimoto-kun, contact the aviation forces of Nanyuan and ask them to dispatch ten fighters and bombers to provide air support to the besieged 53 Brigade! ”

If the 53rd Brigade is completely annihilated, then the attack on the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Weixian County again is doomed to be impossible to execute.

Haruki Fujimoto whispered a little embarrassed: "Your Excellency Commander, the 53rd Brigade is constantly raining and foggy over the place where they were ambushed, and the fighters cannot accurately drop bombs. What's more, at this time, they are likely to have engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy army ambushing them at this time, I am afraid that even if the fighter plane sends a low-flying bomb with low visibility, I am afraid that it will hurt its own people! ”。

"Yaga! Forget it, call back Taijiro Minamita directly! By the way, in the name of the Front Army Command, send a report directly to the 53 Brigade and Regiment, and let them break through or stick to the situation and wait for help! Tada Jun waved his hand a little sadly.

"Hai, Your Excellency the Commander! I'll deal with it right away! ”

Haruki Fujimoto paused heavily, and then walked away.

But what Tada Jun and Fujimoto Haruki didn't know at this time was that at this time, the 7,000 Japanese troops under the 53rd Brigade of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army, who were unexpectedly ambushed by Li Yunlong, were already crying and crying for their mothers by the new regiment at this time, and suffered heavy casualties.

"Brigade commander, the casualties of each unit have been counted urgently, and the fierce battle has lasted for more than ten minutes after the ambush. Our 53rd Brigade is currently killed more than 3,000 people! In the midst of the gunfire, Sugigataro, chief of staff of the 53rd Brigade, reported to Kitano Takusai urgently!