At this moment, in the command room of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan City, Jin Province!

Miyano Taro had just taken the face towel from the guards and washed his face, and in less than three seconds after dropping the face towel, Okada Jino, who was on duty at any time on the side of the command room, hurriedly came to the old devil, "General, the defenders are in a hurry!" ”

"Nani?"

Taro Miyano took the telegram and couldn't see it for ten seconds, and immediately said with a gloomy face: "Fanzhi lost? ”。

Okada Jino said urgently: "General, after receiving an urgent telegram from the Fanzhi defenders, he immediately sent someone to contact the Fanzhi defenders. But after the Fanzhi defenders sent the last message of farewell, we couldn't get in touch anymore! And the telephone contact between our military headquarters and Fanzhi, Daixian and other places has also been unreachable. It is estimated that the enemy sent someone to cut the telephone line, general! ”。

"Yaga!"

Taro Miyano gritted his teeth and immediately walked with Jino Okada to the command room of the military headquarters to place the map of the troops.

Taro Miyano looked at the map carefully, his eyes cloudy.

Li Yunlong's main force fiercely captured Yangmingbao, he thought that the other party would rush south desperately, directly approaching Taiyuan City, and besieged Wei to save Zhao.

It's just that I didn't expect that Li Yunlong would be unscrupulous again, and went directly east to return to his base. Moreover, the speed of the attack is too fast, and Dai County has been taken, Fanzhi. I'm afraid that we are already on the road where the vertical and horizontal cavalry is advancing towards the Pingxing Pass!

"Your Excellency Commander, where have the 82nd Flying Squadron and the 83rd Flying Squadron now flown to the 82nd Flying Squadron, a total of more than 30 fighters?" Taro Miyano said to Jiro Okada, the staff officer on duty opposite.

Okada Jino immediately said loudly: "According to the latest understanding, they have now gone north from Xinkou, and it is estimated that they will fly to the vicinity of Pingxingguan in about ten minutes!" ”。

"Contact them immediately and let them bomb along the Guangdai Highway! Spot a large force of cavalry of the Independent Brigade on the ground and bomb it immediately! Miyano Taro gritted his teeth and said, even if it can't kill Li Yunlong, it will be bombed and consumed some of the cavalry of the independent brigade commanded by Li Yunlong.

Jino Okada paused heavily and said, "Hai, General! Immediately, Okada Jino immediately walked to the communication office on the side of the command room and asked someone to send a message to convey the order.

And Miyano Taro thought about it, the direction of the independent brigade's attack changed again, and he could only report to Naosaburo Okabe as soon as possible!

Waving his hand, Miyano Taro said to a devil staff officer: "Immediately send a report to His Excellency the commander, informing you that the main force of the Independent Brigade suddenly attacked and occupied Dai County along the road after taking Yangmingbao, and now it is advancing eastward to Pingxingguan." By the way, also send a report to General Haruki Fujimoto and ask them to pay attention! “。

"Yes, General!" The devil's staff officer left in response.

And Taro Miyano looked up at the door of the command room, and the sky was already bright! It was about 8:10 a.m., but the weather was starting to rain and drizzle, and the weather was not good, and I was afraid that the ground targets would be difficult for the Japanese fighters to give full play to their bombing advantages. Qi Yan reads

A few minutes later, the front line of Nakajo Mountain, the Japanese command!

Okabe Naosaburo was also the same as Taro Miyano, after washing his face, he was sitting on the main seat and eating breakfast in the Japanese army headquarters on the front line of Mt. Naoji.

At present, for Okabe Naosaburo, the Japanese army of more than 100,000 has formed a semicircular attack posture against the main forces of the National Army's first theater, and the Japanese troops in each division are progressing smoothly. If nothing else, Naosaburo Okabe predicts in his heart that there will be about five or six days left, and the battle of Nakajo Mountain can basically be over.

At that time, the independent brigade of Li Yunlong's subordinate to Li Yunlong, who was making earth-shaking trouble in the northern Jin area, would not be able to solve the 20,000 Japanese troops of Fujimoto Haruki who shot at this time. But once he Naosaburo Okabe pulled out his hand, it was enough to deal with less than 20,000 independent brigade troops.

It's just that Naosaburo Okabe, who had just finished breakfast, was immediately interrupted by Jitaro Kawaguchi, a staff officer who came in a hurry and didn't look very happy.

As soon as Okabe Naosaburo saw Kawaguchi Jitaro's expression, he realized that there must be something bad to report, and sure enough, as soon as Kawaguchi Jitaro opened his mouth, he was immediately surprised by Okabe Naosaburo.

"Nani? Kawaguchi-san, what do you say? After the main force of the Independent Brigade commanded by Li Yunlong captured Yangmingbao, it continued to advance eastward, and successively took Daixian, Fanzhi, and Yanmen Pass? How can it be? Doesn't the main force of the Independent Brigade look like it is heading south? How can it be? Okabe Naosaburo stood up at once and took the telegram from Jitaro Kawaguchi.

Just after reading it, Naosaburo Okabe was a little speechless for a moment.

"Your Excellency Commander, General Miyano sent an urgent telegram, and he also learned about it from the last hurry telegram of the Fanzhi defenders. Li Yunlong's movements were very fast, and he didn't go south as we thought, coercing Taiyuan, and besieging Wei to save Zhao! ”

Jitaro Kawaguchi said: "Now, it is estimated that the main force of the Independent Brigade is already under the command of Li Yunlong and is advancing eastward, and I am afraid that it will not be too far from Pingxingguan!" ”。

"Immediately contact General Haruki Fujimoto, General Haruki Fujimoto has already occupied the Pingxing Pass abandoned by the Independent Brigade. Now that Pingxingguan is there, it should be deployed to defend with men and horses! Okabe Naosaburo suddenly thought that Haruki Fujimoto had already captured the Heixing Pass, Guangling, Laiyuan, and Lingqiu, and that there should be troops deployed at the Pingxing Pass to prevent the main force of the Independent Brigade from advancing eastward to support its base area.

And Jitaro Kawaguchi paused and said, "Understand, Your Excellency Commander!" I'll do it right away! ”。

Three minutes later, Jitaro Kawaguchi reported to Naosaburo Okabe with a happy expression: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, General Haruki Fujimoto has called back that they have learned that Shigero has been lost. The Fanzhi defenders had already sent a report to them before they were lost, and now General Fujimoto Haruki had drawn all the 1,000 Imperial troops from Guangling to the west to reinforce the more than 1,500 Imperial troops who had occupied Pingxing Pass before. In other words, at present, there are more than 2,500 elite members of our imperial army stationed at Pingxingguan. In addition, it occupies the favorable terrain in various parts of Pingxingguan, and General Fujimoto Haruki said that with these horses, it will not be a problem to block the main force of the independent brigade commanded by Li Yunlong from advancing eastward to reinforce its base area for a day or two. ”。

"Yo Xi! Good news! In this way, you send a report to General Miyano, and ask him to cooperate with General Haruki Fujimoto at any time to block and encircle the main force of the Independent Brigade! Okabe Naosaburo waved his hand and said, according to the current situation, the situation is still under the control of the Japanese army.

If Haruki Fujimoto can take the Hengshan base of the Independent Brigade before the troops of the Independent Brigade commanded by Li Yunlong conquer the Pingxing Pass, then at that time, the main force of the Independent Brigade commanded by Li Yunlong will be rootless.

"Hai, Your Excellency the Commander!" Jitaro Kawaguchi paused heavily, and then walked away.

At this time, Heng Mountain, the first fortification of the independent brigade base area, in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Canyon.

The 20,000 Japanese troops under the command of Haruki Fujimoto are first carrying out a fierce artillery bombardment of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge with the artillery fire of two artillery brigades.