"Immediately order the troops of Li Cheng to defend Li Cheng to the death. By the way, send a report to Itagaki Seishiro immediately, they don't have to go south, they can join the Imperial Army battle series besieging the new regiment base of Hengshan nearby! Yoshio Shinozuka didn't hesitate, just thought for a while and then ordered Miyano Taro with a solemn expression.

Taro Miyano paused heavily and said, "Hai, Your Excellency Commander!" Immediately, Taro Miyano urgently arranged for the Japanese staff officers of the headquarters to send a report and order to the Japanese troops in the two directions.

And Yoshio Shinozuka looked carefully at the map of the headquarters in front of him, muttering to himself, Yoshio Shinozuka didn't expect that the mobility of the new regiment would be so strong. When his side was not alert, he quietly moved to the southeast of Shanxi to attack Hukou Pass, and quickly captured Hukou Pass, and then stormed Dongyang Pass. This hand was indeed a hit Yoshio Shinozuka was a little caught off guard.

However, just when Yoshio Shinozuka urgently ordered the Japanese troops everywhere to strictly defend to the death, under the mountain road west of the Dongyang Pass Wall, Li Yunlong's troops, who had attacked Dongyang Pass twice, finally stood on Dongyang Pass.

"Regiment commander, the Japanese army in Dongyang Pass has been annihilated by our army! Annihilated more than 130 Japanese occupation troops here, captured 158 long and short guns, more than 500 grenades, two mortars, six light machine guns, one heavy machine gun, and countless other bullets! We suffered less than twenty casualties! There are not many wounded, and a simple bandage can restore combat capability! On the wall of Dongyang Pass, looking at the new regiment of soldiers cleaning the battlefield everywhere, Duan Peng, the captain of the special combat team, personally reported to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Yes, the brothers are fighting well, order all troops to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, I estimate that the Japanese army in Dongyang Pass is likely to have warned the devils in Licheng!" ”。

"The regiment commander is right, the Japanese army in Dongyang Pass has a telephone line connected to Licheng, and it is estimated that the devil will call the Japanese army in Licheng to report it less than a few minutes after the battle begins!" Duan Peng said solemnly, Dongyang Pass itself is the barrier on the east side of Licheng, and there is a direct road to Licheng itself.

Once the Japanese troops in Licheng were warned by the Japanese troops at Dongyang Pass, they would react immediately. And this is a bad situation for yourself.

"Order all troops to prepare for an attack on Lê in five minutes. We must take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army in Licheng has no reaction, attack under Licheng one step ahead of the other, and disrupt the military preparations and deployment of the Japanese army in Licheng! Li Yunlong waved his hand and ordered, without further ado, it is necessary to catch the Japanese army in Licheng by surprise as soon as possible.

Duan Pengli saluted and said, "Understood, Commander!" ”。

And just when Li Yunlong and others completely captured Dongyang Pass and prepared to attack Licheng five minutes later, the Japanese commander of the Japanese army in Licheng City, who received a call from the Japanese army at Dongyang Pass to warn him, was taken aback.

Licheng, located in Changzhi County, Shanxi, known as Lihou State in ancient times, is located at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces, is the "East Gate" of Shanxi, known as the "thoroughfare of the three provinces". With convenient transportation and strategic location, it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

After the Japanese army captured most of Shanxi, it stationed nearly an infantry brigade in Licheng, which was the headquarters of the 77th Wing of the Japanese Army's 1st Brigade. However, the 77th Wing occupied Licheng, Lucheng, Shunping, Xiangyuan and other places, so the Japanese occupation force in Licheng actually had less than one infantry brigade.

At this time, in the city of Licheng, in the headquarters of the 77th Wing of the Japanese Army, the captain of the Devil Wing, Mano Goro Osa, was warned by the Japanese army at Dongyang Pass, only to find out that the squadron that captured Hukou Pass was about to take Dongyang Pass so quickly, and he was very shocked.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka sent a direct emergency telegram from Taiyuan City to ask the Japanese army to attack in Licheng, which made Mano Goro very helpless.

From the telephone call from the Japanese defenders of Dongyang Pass, it was learned that the squadron that attacked Hukou Pass and attacked Dongyang Pass was a certain unit of the Eighth Route Army, with a strength of at least 1,500 to 2,000 people, although the strength did not seem to be much. However, it is very elite, and its weaponry is superior to that of other squadrons that Mano Goro has encountered before.

"Your Excellency Dazuo, Dongyang Pass can't be contacted. The phone has been cut off and it is impossible to contact again. He believes that the defenders of Dongyang Pass have been annihilated, and Dongyang Pass may have been lost! In the 77 Wing Headquarters, Mano Goro's Wing Chief of Staff Sato Rintaro Nakasa hung up the phone on the table, and immediately reported to Mano Goro, with a very solemn expression.

Mano Goro smiled bitterly and said, "Commander Shinozuka sent a direct telegram ordering that we must hold Licheng and block the troops of the Eighth Route Army that have entered the southeastern area of Shanxi from Hukou Pass. According to the contents of the urgent telegram sent by His Excellency the commander, the Zhina Army attacking Hukou Pass and Dongyang Pass was the headquarters of Li Yunlong, the new 1st Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. ”。

"Your Excellency Dazuo, is it the troops led by Li Yunlong, the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, who ambushed and killed the three princes of the empire?" Rintaro Sato whispered in surprise.

Li Yunlong, this person's name has become famous among the various units of the Japanese occupation army in Shanxi, even a Japanese squad leader knows that this person killed the three noble princes of the empire. What's more, at this time, the new regiment made a lot of trouble in the northern part of Shanxi, and it was already the first squadron that the Japanese troops in Shanxi needed to be strangled.

"Not bad!"

Mano Goro nodded and said solemnly: "It's the new regiment under the command of Li Yunlong, and his troops have killed the 21st Infantry Brigade under the command of Seishiro Itagaki and the losses are not small. If we go out to attack, relying on the existing imperial army in Li Cheng alone, I am afraid that we will not be the opponent of the other party! ”。

The 20th Division of the Japanese Army is not the first 17 Division A divisions established by the Japanese Army, so in fact, its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the first-line A Division. Therefore, according to the existing forces in the city of Licheng, Goro Mano could only not attack outside the city, but prepared to defend the city and fight an offensive and defensive battle with the opponent.

"What does Your Excellency Dazuo mean to defend Li City?" Rintaro Sato said solemnly.

"Not bad!" Mano Goro nodded and said, "Licheng now has less than one infantry brigade of imperial troops, more than a thousand people. Sato-kun, you immediately call and inform the second, third, and cavalry units of Shunping, Xiangyuan, and Lucheng to each send a squadron back to Shili City to participate in the defense of the city! Hurry up and drop! ”。

Rintaro Sato immediately paused heavily and said, "Hai, Your Excellency Osa, obey your orders!" He immediately sent someone to call and directly transfer troops from the Japanese occupation forces in these three places back to Licheng.

At this time, when the commander of the Japanese army in Licheng, Goro Mano, transferred his troops back to Licheng, Li Yunlong and others after cleaning up the battlefield at Dongyang Pass immediately gathered troops to evacuate from Dongyang Pass and rushed to Licheng.

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