"Don't be careless, in the name of the Front Army Headquarters, you send a report to Taro Miyano, the chief of staff of the First Army who stayed in Taiyuan, and ask them to mobilize some more troops to strengthen Datong's city defense force. Li Yunlong had commanded the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which was still a new regiment at that time, to attack Datong at night, and they basically had some understanding of Datong's city defense, so they should not be careless. After thinking about it, Tada Jun looked at the red dot on the map indicating Datong, looked serious, turned his head and said to Haruki Fujimoto on the side.

Haruki Fujimoto paused and said, "Hai, Your Excellency Commander, I understand my humble duties!" ”。

Waving his hand to signal Haruki Fujimoto to hurry up, Tada Jun is eyes were solemn, and the Independent Brigade only retreated to its base area after eating the 53rd Brigade of the 37th Division and rested for about a week before coming out to be a demon again, indicating that Li Yunlong should not simply come out to "move".

It's just that his brain hurts, and the old devil Tada Jun still didn't think about what the specific targets of Li Yunlong were after he came out ahead of schedule this time?

"Is it really going westward, and it is possible to attack Datong and cut off the Tongpu railway?" Tada Jun muttered to himself, and couldn't help but think a little distracted.

However, Tada Jun thought that it was already about ten and a half in the evening at this time, even if the main force of Li Yunlong's independent brigade was going west to attack Datong. Datong, which has been prepared for defense, should be foolproof.

Moreover, it was still night at this time, and according to the report of the Japanese troops in the direction of Datong, light rain had begun to fall at night, which made the road traffic along the Sangan River begin to deteriorate. With the current situation, even if the independent brigade marches and attacks in a hurry, I am afraid that by dawn the next day, it may not be able to rush to Datong to attack.

What's more, the Datong city wall is as high as ever, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Japanese army in Datong, which has been prepared for defense, in Tada Jun's view, if the independent brigade is really not afraid of attacking Datong to the death, it can only be withstood by its own Datong defenders.

As soon as he thought of this, Tada Jun's heart suddenly felt better.

And at the moment when Tada Jun was suffering from gains and losses, Li Yunlong led the main force of the Independent Brigade to move westward along both sides of the Sanggan River, and also encountered trouble.

As Tada had expected, light rain began to fall over the banks of the Sangan River, which made the ground conditions worse. Although the soldiers of the independent brigade relied on war horses as a rapid march to the west, the light rain increased and accelerated, making the ground conditions worse.

Once the ground is muddy, the gallop speed of the war horse cannot be too fast!

"Brigade commander, the rain is starting to pick up. Although we have already given each fighter a hat, a raincoat, and equipped each fighter before departure. But in this weather, it is still difficult to march at night. At the moment, our march is a little slow. ”

Finding Li Yunlong, who was directing the rapid march on the side of the road, Zhang Dabiao, the head of the first regiment, said in a condensed voice, looking worried.

Li Yunlong patted Zhang Dabiao's shoulder and comforted: "Da Biao, don't worry!" This kind of weather will not be very big, just light rain. The terrified ground conditions caused by it are still within our range. I will tell you a good news, the communications office has intercepted the radio of the military headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan, and after translation, it was determined that it was Taro Miyano, the chief of staff of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan, this old devil in accordance with the order of Naosaburo Okabe, transferred a wing from the devil defenders in Taiyuan to the north and increased the troops in Datong. ”。

"So, it's okay for us to be slower now. At the current pace of the march, plus a fellow who is familiar with the terrain to lead the way. We can arrive outside of Huairen City in about four hours! Rest assured! The devil's eyes have shifted to Datong City. ”

When Zhang Dabiao heard this, his eyes began to become excited, "Brigade commander, then I will convey this good news to the soldiers?"

"yes, okay!" k

Li Yunlong shrugged his shoulders, but he didn't have any objections! After all, this is indeed good news, at least it can keep the morale of the soldiers in the rush of the march stable, after all, after the rush march arrives in Huairen, the attack on Huairen should be very certain.

After receiving the confirmation, Zhang Dabiao quickly returned to his unit to convey that as the news spread, the soldiers of the three main regiments of the independent brigade and the cavalry battalion immediately accelerated their pace and marched quickly.

If you can rush to Huairen City to attack one step earlier, you can rest in Huairen City at least two or three hours before the early morning of the next day.

At this time, Naosaburo Okabe, who was at the headquarters of the Japanese army on the front line of Nakajo Mountain, was jumping from time to time in his right eye at this time, and he always felt that something was wrong in his heart!

"Hekou-kun, did Taiyuan call back?" Also, how is the situation in Datong now? ”

In the noisy Japanese headquarters on the front line of Nakajo Mountain, he threw the pencil in his hand on the map in front of him, and Naosaburo Okabe turned his head to ask Jitaro Kawaguchi, the devil staff officer of the front line Nakajo Mountain Command on the side.

Jitaro Kawaguchi paused and said, "Your Excellency Commander, not yet!" But it should be coming soon! ”。

Before the words fell, I saw a devil telegraph operator walking up, "Report to Your Excellency Commander, Chief of Staff, Taiyuan call back!" ”。

Okabe Naosaburo took the telegram and read it, then handed it to Jitaro Kawaguchi, and said with a sigh of relief: "General Miyano has already dispatched a wing of the 41st Division to the north, and he will take the train to rapidly increase the number of troops in Datong. According to the time, it will take about 40 minutes or so for the team to arrive at the Datong Railway Station. ”。

"Your Excellency Commander, even if the main force of Li Yunlong's Independent Brigade is rapidly attacking Datong at this time, at least they will not be able to kill Datong before tomorrow and the next morning. We have reinforcements to go north and enter Datong. I believe that Datong City is already foolproof. Jitaro Kawaguchi also said with a smile.

Okabe Naosaburo is headed, undeniable!

It's just that his right eye jumped from time to time just now, which made Okabe Naosaburo always feel a little like something was going to happen.

"Send a telegram to the commander of the defenders of Datong, ordering them to enter the front line of combat readiness defense in Datong City from now on. Once you encounter an unknown enemy attack, you will immediately return fire, and you don't need to ask the military headquarters! Okabe Naosaburo still instructed again, and gave Kawaguchi Jitaro an order.

"Understood, Your Excellency Commander, I will immediately send someone to send a report to the Datong defenders!"

It's just that after asking Jitaro Kawaguchi to send someone to send a report to the devil defenders of Datong, Naosaburo Okabe was still a little worried, but everything that could be done at this time had already been done.

What's more, at this time, Okabe Naosaburo's focus is still on the defensive front of the main forces of the First Theater of the National Army in Nakajo Mountain, once he can take the defense line of the main force of the First Theater of the National Army. Then for the First Army of the Japanese Army, it can basically control most of the areas of Jin Province, which is very beneficial to the next Japanese divisions and regiments that will be released to go north and deploy the action of encircling and suppressing the independent brigade.

And in the midst of the deployment of the Independent Brigade and the Devils, Li Yunlong braved the rain and took advantage of the night to set off from Yangyuan County and march westward along the Sanggan River. After nearly three and a half hours, he led the army to the outside of Huairen City.