"Your Excellency Division Commander, Li Yunlong is going to run?" Ueno was surprised.

At this time, the loud sound of artillery bombardment outside Itagaki Seishiro's headquarters continued, and the shelling of the new regiment was obviously artillery cover, not running?

Seishiro Itagaki didn't talk nonsense, he went directly out of the military tent of the headquarters and looked outside. Seeing that the periphery of the Japanese army was bombarded by the fierce artillery bombardment of the new regiment, the old devil immediately picked up the binoculars and looked at the opposite side, only to see that on the position of the new regiment, most of the soldiers of the new regiment had already withdrawn backwards and were retreating along the communication trenches.

"Baga Ya Road, Li Yunlong is going to withdraw! Yaga, damn it! It will take at least half an hour for our fighters to reach the sky above here and drop poison gas bombs to annihilate Li Yunlong's troops! The other party was about to run, and the imperial army was caught off guard! Seishiro Itagaki smashed his fist on the sack at the door of the military tent and said hatefully to Ueno.

Ueno Zheng immediately said, "Your Excellency the division commander, could it be that Li Yunlong has noticed something?" Emergency retreat? ”。

"Probably! Hurry up, order the artillery team of Saka Kamipei to concentrate the artillery of all the artillery brigades and suppress the shelling of the Shina army. The soldiers of the Imperial Army of the Order Department immediately launched an attack, and it was necessary to hold off the retreating Li Yunlong's Zhina Army, and quickly drip!! ”

Ueno paused heavily and said, "Obey, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" Go for it now! Then Ueno didn't talk nonsense, and hurriedly went to transfer troops.

At this time, most of the main forces of the 1st Battalion and 4th Battalion of the new regiment had been secretly assembled and retreated, and in fact, only some infantry soldiers covering the rear of the palace were left on the position to cover the fire.

"Commander, the big force has been evacuated! Let's go too! Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, stood next to Li Yunlong at this time and said.

The artillery fire continued to bombard the Japanese periphery troops on the opposite side, and the outlying Japanese troops who were at a loss for what to do were crying for their fathers and mothers. By the time Seishiro Itagaki realized that something was wrong and ordered the Japanese army's outer troops closest to the forward position of the new regiment to launch a fierce attack, the main forces of the two battalions of the new regiment had already secretly retreated and concentrated along the trenches on the position, and had already begun to spread their feet and run backwards.

"Withdraw!" Li Yunlong looked at the artillery bombardment on the periphery of the Japanese army's offensive starting position, and the Japanese soldiers who were exploding and crying for their fathers and mothers, they didn't have time to react one by one, so they nodded with a sneer.

Soon, with the help of artillery fire, Li Yunlong led his troops to take advantage of Itagaki Seishiro did not notice the signs of his secret assembly and retreat, and quickly under the cover of Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire, the main infantry force quickly assembled and withdrew.

By the time Seishiro Itagaki reacted and ordered all the Japanese soldiers to assemble and attack, it was already too late.

Nearly ten minutes later, all the soldiers of the new regiment in the position south of the Sangqian River and at the foot of the northern foot of the Heng Mountain north of Guangling County were gone.

Itagaki Seishiro, who was standing on the new regiment position, was simply on fire in his heart. At this time, even if the Japanese air force fighters arrived in the sky with poison gas bombs, they were useless.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we have lost almost 2,000 warriors of the Imperial Army, and we have finally captured the position of the new regiment. But our losses were not rewarded, but less than a hundred soldiers ate Li Yunlong! Ueno said to Seishiro Itagaki in a low voice, looking very embarrassed.

This kind of record, even Ueno Masashi thinks very highly of himself, knows that it is definitely the worst record in the history of the Itagaki Division.

Itagaki Seishiro's face was on fire, and the anger in his heart was already a thousand times that could burn Li Yunlong.

"Li Yunlong, I, Seishiro Itagaki will definitely kill you! Yaga! Itagaki Seishiro clenched his fists and said in a low voice, if he said loudly, Itagaki Seishiro couldn't afford to lose anyone.

And Ueno was in a hurry, "Your Excellency the division commander, Li Yunlong has led his troops to evacuate here." According to the cavalry reconnaissance force along the traces of the retreat of the Chinese army, Li Yunlong led his troops to retreat south! At this time, it may have passed through Guangling, the area of Wei County! ”。

"Could it be that Li Yunlong led his troops to withdraw to his Hengshan base area?" Seishiro Itagaki asked someone to bring a map and looked at it for a while.

Ueno Zheng couldn't deny it, but said solemnly, "Your Excellency the division commander, I can't judge whether Li Yunlong's troops will withdraw to his Hengshan base area through Guangling and Wei County. However, at this time, its Hengshan base area had been besieged by nearly a brigade mobilized by Commander Shinozuka. It is unlikely that Li Yunlong will lead his troops to withdraw to his Hengshan base area, but he can't be 100% sure that he will not withdraw to the Hengshan base area! ”。

"Cunning Li Yunlong, this person is very cunning! Ueno-kun, order all troops to assemble and attack, and pursue Li Yunlong's troops! Even if Li Yunlong led his troops into the sky and into the sea, our 21st Brigade must annihilate the Chinese army commanded by Li Yunlong, otherwise, Commander Shinozuka and His Majesty the Emperor would be seriously dissatisfied with the combat strength of our Itagaki Division. This is the shame of my division, and it must be a shame to annihilate Li Yunlong and his troops! Pursue! ”

Ueno paused heavily and said, "Hai, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" Obedience! ”。

Then, according to the order of Seishiro Itagaki, Ueno gathered more than 4,000 remaining Japanese troops and pursued them along some of the traces left by Li Yunlong's troops in the snow.

Dividing line

On a rugged mountain road between Wei County and Guangling, with the help of wind and snow and the cover of the woods on both sides of the mountain road, a new group of less than 1,800 people stepped on the snow on the mountain road and continued to evacuate to the south.

In the marching procession, Li Yunlong was discussing specific matters of the southward operation with Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, He Yongjie, the commander of the second battalion, and others while walking.

Suddenly, on the north side of the mountain road, a war horse galloped in, and the warriors along the way scattered to let the cavalry pass.

Then the cavalry of the new regiment quickly rode their horses to Li Yunlong and the others, only to see a cavalry soldier jumping off the horse. After that, he walked up to Li Yunlong, stood upright, saluted, and reported, "Commander, the little devil is chasing after us, and it is less than ten minutes away from us. And the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army obviously picked up its speed and chased after some of the traces we left behind! ”。

"Okay, got it!" Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, motioning for the scout to go down and rest.

Then, Li Yunlong smiled at Zhang Dabiao and the others gathered around him, "It seems that this old devil Seishiro Itagaki is destined to chase us to death!" Made, this old devil is a dogskin plaster! Dead beggars! ”。

"Captain!" He Yongjie, the commander of the fourth battalion, said with a smile: "We killed Itagaki Seishiro's men and horses, which are almost 2,000 years younger, so it's strange that this old devil doesn't chase us to death!" ”。

"Commander, the devil is coming, what should we do? We're not too far from them! Zhang Dabiao said solemnly.

Li Yunlong said indifferently, "Made, this is not simple. Divide the troops to lure the enemy, send some troops to pretend to be the main force to drag Itagaki Seishiro, and we will lead the main force to continue south! ”。

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