Less than a minute after the southern gate of Taikang was breached, Jiro Namura knew!

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, a bunch of waste, can't even hold it for ten minutes!" Namura Jiro roared angrily, trembling slightly in his tone!

You must know that there are more than 700 people in the three devil squadrons in the direction of the south gate, and more than 1,000 people in the imperial army, with a total of 17,800 troops guarding the south gate.

And the enemy broke through the south gate in less than ten minutes and entered the city, which simply made Namura Jiro stunned when he heard it.

It's just that no matter how angry it is at this time, it won't help, the south gate has been breached, and the military spirit of the command has been floating.

In particular, Matsushita Lang, chief of staff of the garrison brigade, said urgently: "Captain, the matter has come to this, Taikang can't hold it, let's break through!" ”。

"Bageya Road, you listen to the current situation, wouldn't it be self-defeating to break through. Li Yunlong's southbound troops were all cavalry, and the other party must have arranged cavalry outside the city to surround and kill. Our soldiers are infantry, can two legs run more than four? ”

Shomura Jiro thought for a while, and then said in a condensed voice: "And it's night, the night action remains the same, and the enemy army has entered the city from the south gate. At this time, it is too difficult to hastily assemble troops to break through. What's more, the enemy army is cavalry, and it can easily surround and kill us. Give an order to all troops, abandon the city gate, and move closer to the headquarters. Then send a telegram to the division and regiment headquarters, asking for tactical guidance, quickly. ”。

"Hay, Captain." Matsushiro thought about it, it seems that it is also the same, it is too late to break through at this time.

As a result, Matsushita Lang could only send a report to the headquarters of the 35th Division of the devil in Kaifeng City, asking for tactical guidance.

In addition, through the telephone call of its headquarters, the devils who were stubbornly defending each gate were ordered to withdraw to the city and move closer to the headquarters, concentrate their forces, reduce their defensive positions, and wait for reinforcements.

Fifteen minutes after the fierce battle in Taikang, in Kaifeng City, the old devil received an urgent call from the Taikang devil defenders.

"Division commander, the situation is not good. Li Yunlong's main cavalry force actually killed Taikang, and actually met the momentum of General Ishida's southward movement to Taikang City, what did he want to do? "Aoto Jitaro was also surprised when he learned that Taikang was surrounded and attacked for the first time.

At this time, the two Japanese cavalry brigades under the command of Ishida Torotaro had galloped south. In terms of the intelligence system of the Eighth Route Army, Aoto Jitaro also believed that the other party could learn that Ishida Torataro had gone south to Huaiyang along Chenliu, Qixian, Quji, and south.

At this time, Taikang was on the road to Huaiyang, and the other party suddenly attacked Taikang, did he want to fight a decisive battle with Ishida Torotaro's cavalry troops?

Aoto Jitaro told this guess to Genguchi, who shook his head and said, "It should be impossible, but according to Li Yunlong's cavalry's usual tactics of winning a blow and leaving." In terms of the strength of Taikang's defenders, Taikang should have lost before the cavalry troops under the command of General Ishida Torotaro arrived at Taikang. ”。

"Then the Taikang defenders asked for tactical guidance, how do we respond?" Aoto Jitaro pointed to the small dot on the map of Yu Province on the table of the division headquarters that represented Taikang City, and said in a condensed voice.

Yuankou said with a heavy heart: "There is no other way, even if you order the defenders of Fugou to send reinforcements to the east now, you can't save the defenders of Taikang!" Order the Taikang defenders, hold on and wait for reinforcements to arrive! Let them fight bravely for the sake of the Empire, for the sake of Your Majesty! ”。

"Hey, well, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" Aoto Jitaro paused heavily, waved his hand and signaled a devil staff officer on the side to immediately send someone to send a telegram back.

And Aoto Jitaro immediately said: "Once Taikang is lost, will Li Yunlong's main cavalry force fight a decisive battle with the imperial cavalry troops commanded by General Ishida in Taikang City?" ”。

"Li Yunlong's main force of cavalry going south is as high as fifteen thousand, and the two cavalry brigades commanded by General Ishida plus the cavalry wing of our division have a total strength of only more than 7,000 people! The opponent is twice as big as General Ishida, and if you fight a decisive battle, I'm afraid you won't be able to win or lose! Genguchi looked at the map intently, his brow furrowed.

Although I don't understand why Li Yunlong's main cavalry force suddenly abandoned Huaiyang and did not fight, but suddenly went north to attack Taikang.

However, it is obvious that the current cavalry strength of the other side is still higher than the 7,000 cavalry commanded by Ishida Torotaro.

In the event of a head-on decisive battle, Ishida Torotaro, who had a cavalry disadvantage, was in danger of defeat.

Thinking of this, Yuankou continued to frown and said: "Send a report to the infantry units of Fugou, Huaiyang, and Qixian, and let them move closer to Taikang immediately." Cooperate with General Ishida's cavalry troops and fight the main force of the opposing cavalry in Taikang. Now is a great opportunity! Let the army of Xihua City also immediately attack Taikang, and cooperate with the cavalry to besiege Li Yunlong's main cavalry! Mixed attack of infantry and cavalry, I believe that even if Li Yunlong's cavalry cannot be completely annihilated by the main force of the south, it will be able to annihilate most of it! ”。

"This is our chance!"

Seeing that Genguchi finished speaking, the fist in his hand slammed into the table, and the old devil Aodo Jitaro learned that the fighter was good.

As long as Torataro Ishida's troops could shorten the time and distance with the main force of the opponent's cavalry within at least half an hour, Li Yunlong's main force of cavalry going south could only fight a decisive battle with the main force of his own cavalry in Taikang.

Thinking of this, Aoto Jitaro paused heavily and said, "Understood, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" I'll deploy it now! ”。

"Hmm!"

Genguchi hummed for a moment, then continued to look at the map.

"I hope Taikang's defenders can delay a little longer!" Genguchi thought secretly.

And at this time, Taikang City, which was in the midst of fierce battles, was already covered by the sound of gunfire!

Zhang Dabiao and other main forces that attacked Taikang City from the south gate of Taikang City had already chased the devil's tail and killed several streets near the brigade headquarters of Shomura Jiro.

In addition, there were no street fighting fortifications in the city, and it was night, so there was no time to build street fighting fortifications to block the fierce attacks of Li Yunlong and other subordinates who were good at night fighting.

Defeated all the way, directly defeated in chaos!

In the headquarters of the devil garrison brigade in Taikang City, the old devil Namura Jiro kept receiving that Li Yunlong's army was approaching the battle near the headquarters, and he was anxious.

At this time, the chief of staff of the brigade, Matsushita Lang, hurriedly arrived, "Captain, the division headquarters called back and ordered us to hold on and wait for help. The troops of Fugou, Huaiyang and Xihuacheng have been ordered to reinforce Taikang. Command us to be on standby! ”。

"Even if we insist on waiting for help now, we won't be able to hold on for half an hour!" Namura Jiro had withdrawn all the defenders of the various gates and the Imperial Alliance Army to the streets near the general headquarters.

However, the troops under Li Yunlong's command were very familiar with street fighting at night, and the devils and the Imperial Association army who hastily turned into street fighting were beaten in a mess and suffered heavy casualties.