"Yo Xi! Brigade Yoshimoto is doing well! Call the Yoshimoto brigade in Huairen and order them to hold on and wait for help. When Miyano Taro heard this, he could only reply to the Japanese army in Huairen County for help first.

It was only a few minutes before another devil's communications staff officer came on a foot, and he hurriedly reported to Miyano Taro: "Report to the chief of staff, Huairen called again, according to the observation after the battle, the enemy army attacking Huairen is indeed the headquarters of the independent brigade of the Eighth Route Army." Its strength is estimated to be at least between 5,000 and 8,900 men. At present, the enemy has broken through the four gates of the county seat, and most of the area in the city has been lost. Most of the 324th Regiment of the Imperial Allied Army was scattered and annihilated by the Independent Brigade. A small number of them will retreat to the core area around the brigade headquarters with the main force of our brigade, and the total strength of the brigade is currently less than 1,500 people. Urgent telegram to the military headquarters requesting reinforcements and tactical guidance. ”。

After listening to the report, Taro Miyano had a solemn look in his eyes.

Judging from the map, after completely annihilating the Japanese troops under the main force of the 31st Brigade of the 110th Division in Yangyuan County, senior Japanese officers such as Taro Miyano and Naosaburo Okabe, as well as Tada Jun, commander of the Devil's North China Front Army, and others generally believed that Li Yunlong would use the current mobility advantage of the main force of the independent brigade to make a long-distance westward attack and then attack Datong.

It's just that he didn't expect that Li Yunlong didn't go to Datong, but launched a night attack on Huairen in the southwest.

However, this is also something that Miyano Taro and other high-ranking officers of the devil did not realize, in fact, Huairen is also located along the Tongpu Railway, which is an important transportation base.

Once conquered by the Independent Brigade, it will also be able to cut off the Tongpu Railway and cut off the connection between the Japanese Datong defenders and Taiyuan. Even if it can't be cut off, after being taken by the Independent Brigade, it will pose a serious threat to the transportation and supply lines of the Japanese army in a short period of time.

You must know that at present, most of the main force of the Japanese First Army and the two devil divisions drawn from the Japanese army of the North China Front have a total of more than 100,000 Japanese elites, and the main force of the First Theater of the National Army is attacking the 200,000 troops of the main force of the First Theater of the National Army defending in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.

During the war, more than 100,000 Japanese troops consumed a large amount of grain, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition, all of which needed to be transported and supplied by the Tongpu Railway.

Now once it is cut off, it will be very troublesome!

Even if the Tongpu Railway was cut off for a short time, it would be a great threat to the Japanese army on the front line!

Thinking of this, Miyano Taro immediately said to Okada Jino: "What are the closest imperial army troops to Huairen at present!" ”。

"Chief of Staff, only a wing of the 41st Division that was transferred north from Taiyuan before can go south to reinforce Huairen County, which is also relatively close, and the troops can support the Huairen Imperial Army at most. Daiyue and Shanyin, south of Huairen, were responsible for the pressure of the peripheral troops of the independent brigade in the direction of Yingxian and Hunyuan, and they could not move easily. ”

"Bang !!"

When Miyano Taro heard this, he was a little annoyed, the direction of the independent brigade's raid was unknown, so that Miyano Taro had already transported a wing from Taiyuan to Datong too early.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong actually raided Huairen. Although Huairen is only a small county stronghold on the Tongpu Railway, it is enough to cut off the Tongpu Railway for a while. At present, there are more than 100,000 Japanese troops on the Zhongtiao Mountain front, and the massive amount of materials they need every day rely on the support of several railways such as the Tongpu Railway. qq

If the Tongpu Railway is cut off, the trains transporting supplies from Datong to the south will not be able to reach the Zhongtiao Mountain front on time. This is something that Taro Miyano could not accept.

"Call the 41st Division Wing that has increased its troops to Datong, and order them to take the train immediately and rush south to reinforce Huairen's Yoshimoto Brigade! In addition, a telegram was immediately sent to the Eighth Air Brigade of the Imperial Army stationed at Datong Airport and Xinkou Airport to support the Huairen defenders in the air. Miyano Taro thought for a moment, then waved his hand to Okada Jino and ordered.

Okada Jino didn't leave immediately, but just said in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, although there are more than 4,000 people in the 313th Wing of the 41st Division transferred to the north, they arrived in Datong in less than an hour. At this time, I was in a hurry to go south, and it took 40 minutes to an hour to reach Huairen in my exhaustion. What's more, at this time, I am afraid that the railway between the two places will be sabotaged by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and the 313 Wing from Datong to the south may not be able to reinforce the Huairen defenders soon. ”。

"There is no other way, this is the closest unit to the Yoshimoto brigade! Execute the command put! The order to the aviation troops was to overcome the difficulties, cooperate with the imperial army of Huairen, and hold the county seat of Huairen. If Huairen is lost, the Tongpu railway will be cut off for a while. The front line of Zhongtiao Mountain is in the midst of fierce fighting, and the supply of logistics and materials cannot be interrupted. And the Tongpu railway, is the top priority, you drop, understand? Taro Miyano waved his hand and said impatiently.

Seeing this, Okada Jino was also helpless, so he could only respond heavily: "Hai, I understand!" Chief of staff! Immediately, Okada Jino personally supervised the distribution of the report.

And Miyano Taro frowned and looked at the map of Jin Province, on which the Tongpu Railway runs through the north and south of Jin Province, and is the main trunk line connecting the north and south of Jin Province. Once the northern section of the Tongpu Railway was cut off, the impact on the Japanese troops on the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain in the south was not ordinarily large.

"Huairen County can't be lost! Yoshimoto Shihui, you have to keep it! ”

Taro Miyano prayed silently in his heart to bless Yoshimoto's brigade to hold on to Huaihito until reinforcements arrived.

As long as reinforcements arrived, even if they could not defeat the independent brigade, they would be able to make the Japanese wing from Datong go south enter the city and strengthen the defense.

You know, it's less than four hours before dawn at this time. With the reinforcement wing and the Japanese Yoshimoto Brigade in Huairen City, more than 5,000 horses, even if it is 5,000 pigs, relying on Huairen County to fight urban street battles, they can hold out until dawn.

But Miyano Taro didn't know that the 110th Brigade of the 31st Division was completely wiped out, and it was wiped out in about an hour! What's more, it's Huairen's devil garrison brigade?

After Taro Miyano learned that Huairen had been attacked by the Independent Brigade, he urgently sent a telegram to reinforce Huairen's devil defenders, and quickly thought of calling Naosaburo Okabe from the Japanese headquarters on the Nakajo Mountain front to report it.

After all, once the northern section of the Tongpu Railway is cut off, it will have a great impact on the supply of supplies to the Japanese troops on the Zhongtiao Mountain front. For Taro Miyano, this is not at all afraid to hide it from Naosaburo Okabe.

Soon, in the Japanese army headquarters on the Nakajo Mountain front, the devil staff officer on duty, Jitaro Kawaguchi, received an urgent telegram from the military headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan, and immediately reported to the old devil Naosaburo Okabe.

"Yaga! Li Yunlong is really cunning enough! Kawaguchi-san, call back to General Miyano and agree with General Miyano's disposition. In addition, the current battle at Nakajo Mountain is progressing smoothly, and a brigade will be transferred from the 33rd Division to secretly go north from the battlefield from now on. It arrived in Taiyuan first and handed over to General Miyano for command! A total of 30 fighters of the 82nd Flying Brigade and the 83rd Flying Brigade of the Imperial Army at the airports of Yuncheng and Xinxiang were ordered to take off immediately and go north to Huairen to carry out aerial bombardment to support the Huairen Garrison Brigade in defending the city. The situation of the transfer of troops was reported to the military headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan through the exclusive radio channel of the headquarters. When Okabe Naosaburo heard this, he was angry with the arrogance of the Independent Brigade, but he held back his anger and quickly responded to it.