On both sides of the high ground defended by Yuan Qingfeng, a cavalry company was waiting for him.

As soon as the guns on the high ground rang out, the horses under the crotches of the warriors began to become restless.

Five minutes later, the dull sound of anti-aircraft machine-gun fire stopped.

The company commander who led the team was dazzled, and decisively raised his saber and ordered: "Comrades, it's our turn to go to the battlefield, and we all kill ...... with me."

Kicking the war horse's stomach with both feet, the painful war horse was like a leopard, quickly rushing out......

On the battlefield, the Japanese army's offensive spirit has been defeated.

A lieutenant followed the chief of staff, shouting as he retreated in order to get more soldiers to gather

"The chief is here, protect the chief of staff to retreat......"

The chief of staff was still immersed in the battle just now, and his face was full of pain.

The battle just now was so miserable that in a few minutes, an infantry squadron suffered fifty or sixty casualties.

The other two squadrons also had anti-aircraft machine guns on their side, and the losses were certainly about the same.

The more than 500 people who were finally brought out from Chen Touling lost more than one-third of their efforts in the blink of an eye, and the grievance and anger in the chief of staff's heart could no longer be described in words.

Now he has only one thought: to do everything in his power to bring the remaining people back to Datong City, and there can be no more losses.

Otherwise, the brigade commander will definitely be disappointed in himself, no, he will be disappointed in himself, and he will live up to the great love of the chief of staff for himself.

Fortunately, everyone retreated and ran less than thirty meters, and the frightening anti-aircraft machine guns ceased fire, and the next retreat will definitely be much smoother.

As he ran, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind him.

"Boom ......" was like thunder, and the sound became louder and louder, rapidly approaching here.

I don't have cavalry, and the cavalry that comes out behind me must be from the Eighth Route Army, and now that I kill it, I want to beat the water dogs.

The chief of staff's nerves, which had just been a little relieved, tensed again, his face turned pale, and he shouted in a lost voice: "We are retreating, the cavalry raid is chasing us and killing, the Eighth Route Army definitely wants to annihilate us all here!" ”

"There's only one way to get out of here."

"There are five or six of us in a team, led by officers above Cao Chang, who broke through the siege separately, and ran in the direction of Datong to get rid of the cavalry pursuit, and one by one can go back."

On the field battlefield, the infantry with a threefold numerical advantage could not stop the cavalry assault, not to mention that the devil's current strength was not as good as the cavalry company.

But they were also lucky to come across a quick-reflexing and non-conformist officer.

This is hilly terrain, and although there are no dense woods for them to hide, the undulating terrain still causes great trouble for the cavalry, and they dare not attack with all their might.

After the division of troops, many devils ran to rough terrain, and it was even more difficult for cavalry to chase.

You can only pick up the soft pinching of persimmons, give up some of the difficult ones, and pick the devils to kill.

At the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Datong, it was already late at night, but the brigade commander did not feel sleepy at all.

With a complicated expression of anxiety and worry, he walked back and forth between the office and the war room.

Every time I walked into the war room, my eyes looked at the telecommunications room not far away, hoping that good news would come in.

After entering the war room again, the brigade commander had just shifted his gaze to the door of the telecommunications room, when a figure rushed out of the room and ran into the war room in a hurry.

"Is there news from the chief of staff?" The brigade commander asked from afar, with an expectant expression on his face.

The communications staff officer replied as he ran: "Not the chief of staff!" ”

"The stronghold of Wufeng Town in the south of the city is in an emergency, a small coal mine in their defense area was attacked, and more than 100 people were sent over to reinforce it, but the mine protection team and reinforcements were all killed by the enemy, and now the stronghold is also surrounded and is being attacked."

"The enemy's offensive firepower is fierce, equipped with a mountain cannon, the garrison has suffered heavy casualties, and requests for support."

The operational staff officer reacted quickly, and marked the specific location of the Wufeng Town stronghold on the sand table on the spot, and then analyzed: "General, the Wufeng Town stronghold is a medium-sized stronghold in the south of the city, stationed in one or two squads of the Imperial Army and one company of the Imperial Army, plus artillery and heavy machine gun troops, a total of two hundred and fifty people. ”

"The stronghold has three turrets and eight machine-gun bunkers, which is very strong."

"Even if the Eighth Route Army attacking the stronghold is equipped with mountain artillery, it will take more than three times the strength advantage to take it."

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army is obviously besieging the chief of staff in Chentouling, how can there be so many troops operating in the south of the city, I can't understand it!"

The brigade commander shook his head and replied: "There is no need for so many troops. ”

"The Eighth Route Army did not directly attack the stronghold, first send reinforcements through the encirclement point, kill nearly half of the stronghold, and then attack."

"If I am in command, two hundred men and one mountain cannon can capture the stronghold."

"You immediately make a battle plan, transfer troops from the surrounding strongholds to reinforce Wufeng Town, and gather and annihilate the Eighth Route Army that is active there."

"Call back the stronghold in Wufeng Town: let them stand by and wait for help."

Several staff officers immediately got busy, making phone calls and telegrams.

Ten minutes later, the highest-ranking staff officer came over and reported: "General, we have transferred six hundred imperial troops and imperial allied troops from the surrounding area to reinforce the battlefield. ”

"The fastest one and a half hours can arrive, the slow five hours can arrive, and there is a cavalry squad, which can reach the battlefield in half an hour, which can slightly relieve the defensive pressure on the stronghold and let them hold out longer."

A battle of several hundred people could not enter the eyes of the brigade commander, so he replied without hesitation: "Just do what you say!" ”

After it was over, the brigade commander put his mind back on the chief of staff who had no news, and hesitantly ordered: "Let the radio contact the chief of staff, why is there no news after such a long time!" ”

Half an hour passed, and the command radio kept calling the chief of staff, but there was no response.

However, they received another telegram.

"General, the stronghold of Zhouji Town in the north of the city is in an emergency, they have also been attacked by the enemy, and the troops have suffered great losses, so they ask for reinforcements." The communications staff officer was in a hurry and ran in to report.

"How can there be activities of the Eighth Route Army there...... "The combat staff officer exclaimed with a shocked look on his face, and then began to flip through the documents.

A minute later, it was reported: "General, the stronghold of Zhouji Town is also a medium-sized stronghold, with a garrison of two hundred and fifty people, armed with one mortar and two heavy machine guns. ”

The brigade commander did not speak, but his heart was not calm at all, as if he had set off a monstrous wave, shocked and puzzled.

If only a stronghold in the south of the city is attacked, he can still be regarded as an accident.

Now the two strongholds in the south and north of the city have been attacked one after another, and they are both medium-sized strongholds with more than 200 garrisons, which is too weird.

No matter how bold and strong the Eighth Route Army was in Datong, it did not dare to launch three battles at the same time.

But now it does.

At this moment, the idea of the garrison regiment wanting to attack Datong City suddenly jumped into his mind.

This is my own judgment on heavy artillery more than two hours ago, and I have made a lot of preparations for this.

If this judgment is true, then the reason why these two strongholds were attacked one after another is easy to explain.

If the garrison wants to take Datong, it must first clean up the strongholds outside Datong City, ensure that they have no worries about the future, and make Datong a lonely city, so that they can rest assured that they will fight it out here......

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