Yang Chen had previously proposed that the 1st Independent Brigade should be allowed to break through and evacuate in advance.

However, he said that Chen Qinghua was unwilling to lead the 1st Independent Brigade to evacuate ahead of schedule, and had the attitude of coexisting with the Tiger Ben Regiment.

This made Yang Chen both moved, and at the same time, he became more and more determined to send the 1st Independent Brigade out of the city first.

Now that he has finally found an opportunity, how can Yang Chen not make good use of it.

"Brigade Commander Chen, wait a minute, I will order the first and fourth battalions of my Huben Regiment to assist the defenders of the northern front to break through from the east gate."

Yang Chen looked directly at Chen Qinghua, and after a pause, he continued: "In addition, in order to help him successfully enter the encirclement of the Japanese 4th Division, I have decided to send your 1st Independent Brigade to take the lead.

At that time, the 1st and 4th Battalions of our Huben Regiment will first assist you in tearing a hole in the blockade line of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army.

After you break out of the encirclement, you will be able to contain the Japanese 4th Division from behind, so that it will not be able to pursue you separately! ”

Chen Qinghua was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and subconsciously asked: "Commander Yang, what do you mean, let me break through and evacuate with the defenders of the northern front." ”

"Hmm."

Yang Chen nodded heavily.

"Isn't it only your Tiger Regiment that stays to defend the city?"

"Don't worry, we can. Besides, isn't the mission we left behind to cover the evacuation of the defenders?

Now that the Japanese army has surrounded the city of Taiyuan, if nothing else, they will launch a general attack early tomorrow morning.

Therefore, there is not much time left for you to retreat and break through, otherwise tomorrow at dawn, there will be an air fire attack by the enemy's air forces, and it will not be so easy to break through and evacuate again. ”

Yang Chen didn't give Chen Qinghua the slightest time to refute, paused, looked solemn, and continued: "Didn't you nominate me to be the commander-in-chief of the defenders of Taiyuan City?" Then now I order you, as the commander-in-chief of the defenders, to immediately lead the 1st Independent Brigade to assist the defenders of the Northern Front to break through together!

Time is pressing, so let's get ready. ”

"Yes!"

Soldiers regard obedience to orders as their duty, and Yang Chen will talk about this part, even if Chen Qinghua is unwilling, he can only take orders.

……

The picture is pulled to the north of Taiyuan City, ten miles away.

The Japanese army in Shanxi temporarily dispatched the former enemy headquarters to meet the military tents.

Except for the commander of the 108th Division, Matsujiro Sekihara, who was killed, and a high-ranking officer of the 4th Division, the other high-ranking officers of the dispatch army were all listed.

The devil officers are discussing a strategy to break the city.

In the end, it was unanimously agreed that it would be delayed until tomorrow and dawn, and with the coordination of the aviation forces, a general attack on Taiyuan City would be launched.

Moreover, their heavy artillery is still in the process of transportation, at least after the early morning can reach the city of Taiyuan, if they attack rashly, it is obviously not a wise move.

At this moment, a communications staff officer suddenly ran in in a hurry, perhaps because he was so panicked that he even forgot to salute, so he hurriedly reported: "Your Excellency, the big thing is not good!" According to the report of the scouts at the front, an hour ago, a large number of enemy troops broke through from the east gate of Taiyuan City! ”

"Nani?"

When all the devil officers heard this, they couldn't help but look anxious, this Nima was just discussing how to break the city.

If the enemy forces have all broken through and fled now, what is the use of their previous discussions?

Among them, the commander of the dispatch army, Nishio Shouzo, was even more furious, and shouted: "Have you found out the identity of this group of enemy troops?" Also, why is it that an hour has passed, and it is not reported until now?

Could it be that these enemy troops flew from the sky and were not discovered? ”

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, this group of enemy troops should be the group of enemy troops who were intercepted from the South Gate before.

As for why it was reported now, it should be that the 4th Division deliberately suppressed this information. ”

"Baga Ya Road! Damn, really hateful! Send me a telegram to the 4th Division at once, and I'll ask this Matsui what he wants! ”

Nishio Shouzao was so angry that he slapped the table and stood up directly from his seat.

"Haya!"

The communications staff officer was ordered to leave.

After a while, he hurriedly walked in from outside.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the 4th Division has called back."

"Show me!"

"Haya!"

The communications staff officer stooped around the conference table and came to Commander Nishio Shouzo.

Nishio Shouzo took the telegram in his hand and looked at it, and when he boarded, he was angry: "Yaga Ya Road!" When this battle is over, I must send such a Matsui life to a military court! ”

As if seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Nishio Shouzo pushed the telegram in his hand and spread it on the table.

When all the devil officers saw it, they were also angry.

Matsui's reply was that he didn't receive an interception order from the headquarters, so he released the defenders in the city in a grand manner.

And an example was also given. You see, the headquarters asked me to intercept the enemy troops who broke through the south gate, and the previous group of enemy troops who tried to break through from the south gate were not intercepted by us and beaten back?

But at the East Gate, you only let my 4th Division watch by the way, so we just watched.

There seems to be a little truth to what you said, but does this really need to issue a military order?

Is it for you to watch the 4th Division to salute and watch the enemy troops swagger out from under your noses?

"Your Excellency, what do we do now? Do you want to lead an army in pursuit? ”

The commander of the 20th Division, Kawagishi Fumizaburo, asked with an angry face.

Without waiting for Commander Nishio Shouzo to speak, the commander of the 5th Division, Seishiro Itagaki, took the lead and said: "I think our task is to take Taiyuan City and completely annihilate the Chinese Tiger Regiment.

In terms of value alone, the annihilation of the Tiger Ben Regiment is even higher than the annihilation of the entire Taiyuan City garrison!

At present, the Tiger Ben Regiment is still in Taiyuan City, so there is no need for us to pursue.

Otherwise, if the division of troops leads to a weak defense, so that the Tiger Ben Regiment can stand out from the encirclement, it will be even more than worth the loss. ”

"Hmmm! Itagaki-kun's analysis is extremely that our primary goal is to completely annihilate the Tiger Bun Regiment! ”

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement with Seishiro Itagaki's proposal.

"Give me an order to the 4th Division, strictly stick to the east and south of Taiyuan City, if there is another situation where the enemy breaks through, it will be severely punished!"

Nishio Shouzo didn't expect the defenders in Taiyuan City to break through from the east gate, so he asked the 4th Division to focus on intercepting the south gate, but he didn't expect to let Matsui, the hateful guy, take a loophole.

So this time, he directly modified the order.

"Haya!"

The communications staff officer was ordered to leave.

"This abominable Matsui's order, if he hadn't disobeyed the order, and disobeyed the military orders issued by His Excellency the Commander, how could the 108th Division on the Western Front be almost wiped out?"

"That is, if it weren't for this Matsui's disobedience, maybe Taiyuan City would have been captured a long time ago, and the enemy garrison would have been annihilated by our dispatched army."

"A regiment full of A divisions did not dare to attack a Chinese regiment, and his life was simply a shame for our Great Japanese Empire!"

“……”。

The city-breaking council suddenly became a rallying rally for Matsui's life.

……