Yan Laoxi handed the telegram sent by Yang Chen to Wei Lihuang first, and after everyone circulated it, he continued to ask, "What do you think of Advisor Yang's proposal?" ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yan Laoxi immediately became angry, slapped the conference table in front of him hard, and shouted, "Are you all dumb? ”

"In general, I believe that in the present situation, we occupy favorable terrain and have no strength to defend; If you give up the favorable terrain and take the initiative to attack, it is very likely that you will fall into the embarrassing situation of complete defeat. ”

As soon as Commander Sun of the Fourth Group Army finished speaking, Commander Zeng of the Fifth Army opened his mouth to give a different opinion: "General, I think that we should listen to the opinions and suggestions of Advisor Yang and take the initiative to attack!"

Because of the passive defense, at most you can only remain undefeated, and it is impossible to win at all.

Only by attacking can we firmly grasp the initiative and have the possibility of victory.

Advisor Yang is right, now is the best time for us to eat the advance troops of the Japanese army, and it is also the best time.

Although it seems that we can easily hold Xinkou now, the reason for this is actually because Advisor Yang cut off the supply and transportation lines of the Japanese army in Datong.

Otherwise, if it weren't for Advisor Yang's repeated miraculous feats in the front and inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army again and again, not to mention Xinkou, even Taiyuan might have fallen under the iron hooves of the Japanese army.

The reason why we seem to be stable and worry-free now is actually the credit of Advisor Yang, who has led his soldiers again and again to fight to the death with the little devils, so as to buy us this little bit of stable time.

It also won us the only chance to annihilate the advance force of the Japanese army.

Now Advisor Yang can't hold on, if he doesn't take action, once Datong is lost, what will be the consequences, I don't think I need to explain, everyone here should be very clear, right? ”

"Can we increase our troops to support Advisor Yang so that he can hold Datong?"

"Reinforcements?"

Commander Zeng smiled playfully, looked at Commander Sun and said with a fierce voice: "First of all, let's not say that we have sent several reinforcements, but they were all intercepted by the little devils in the end; I'm ashamed to just say that you think!

Did you just want to sit back and relax in the back and never think about defeating the little devils?

Besides, are you embarrassed to let Advisor Yang lead a small force to hold out in front to resist the thousands of troops of the little devils, while you hide in the rear and enjoy peace? ”

"Defeat the little devils? How to beat? If there is a way, who do you think here doesn't want to defeat the little devil and win the battle? ”

Commander Sun replied without showing weakness.

"Isn't there an opportunity right now?"

"If the initiative leads to defeat, which leads to the fall of Xinkou, and even Taiyuan follows, who will bear the blame?"

"Is it because you are afraid of taking responsibility that you don't dare to take the initiative?"

The two of them said a word, and they kept arguing.

Although they were the only ones who spoke, they represented two positions and two interest groups.

"Enough!"

Yan Laoxi slapped the conference table in front of him, interrupting the dispute between the two. He shouted: "Now let me tell you my opinion, I agree with Advisor Yang's proposal, if you want to defeat the Japanese army, you can only take the initiative."

If you don't have any opinions, let's discuss how to break the enemy now. ”

The commander-in-chief had already spoken, and everyone naturally didn't dare to say anything more.

After some discussion, everyone unanimously decided that since they wanted to take the initiative, they should be quick and decisive, without the slightest hesitation and delay.

And all departments must go all out, but those who slack off will be dealt with severely in accordance with military law.

……

Black Tiger Gorge, the former enemy headquarters of the coalition forces.

After receiving a call back from the Commander's Department of the War Zone, Yang Chen was immediately overjoyed, and couldn't help but wake up Li Yunlong, who was sleeping on the conference table because he was too sleepy.

"Huh? What the? Did the War Zone Commander's Department really agree to your proposal and plan to take the initiative to attack the little devils? ”

Li Yunlong seemed to suspect that his ears had misheard.

"Well, yes."

Yang Chen nodded, and then continued: "What we have to do now is to race against time and defend the Black Tiger Gorge and Datong before the army defeats the Japanese advance force." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Yunlong also nodded heavily, with undisguised resoluteness on his face and eyes.

……

Three o'clock in the afternoon.

The Japanese army independently mixed into the fourth brigade and successfully rushed from Yanggao to Heihu Gorge.

The brigade commander Nagahokurahashi categorically rejected the plans of the detachment commanders to hold a reception banquet for him, because of the highest rank and rank, he was naturally appointed by the commander of the First Army, Kiyoshi Kazuki, as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.

After Kubokura Bridge arrived at the Black Tiger Gorge, without the slightest hesitation, he summoned the commanders of the detachments and wings to hold an emergency military meeting at the headquarters, and first listened to all their reports on the battle in the Black Tiger Gorge.

Then, through the sand table they had made in advance, they began to study the battle plan.

Commander Terauchi Shouichi gave him two days, and Kubokurahashi knew that this time Terauchi Shouichi was really angry, so he didn't dare to waste even a little time.

After some discussion, Kubokurahashi quickly worked out a detailed battle plan.

With a large force on the front, launch a feint attack on the defenders on the west side of the Black Tiger Gorge to contain their main force.

He personally led the Fourth Infantry Wing to advance 30 miles north along the trail, looking for a suitable position to cross the Black Tiger Gorge, and then go around to the back of the Chinese defenders to stab them in the back.

Kubotura Bridge's plan was indeed clever, and although the coalition forces sent a large number of scouts, they were deployed on the west side of the canyon, not on the east side of the canyon.

Therefore, by the time the scouts spotted them and reported the situation back to the former enemy headquarters, the Kubokura Bridge headquarters had already reached the east side of the gorge 30 miles north of the Black Tiger Gorge Highway Bridge.

With the experience of Ichiro Hirakawa, Kiyokawa Tanigawa and others, Kuboturahashi did not dare to be careless, and instead of leading his troops to rush up, he sent a reinforced infantry squadron, about 300 Imperial Imperial troops, to form a tentative force and cross the valley to the opposite side of the canyon.

There were only two soldiers from the reconnaissance company of the guard battalion here, and the three soldiers of the reconnaissance company who arrived not far from here were only five in total.

They each carried a high-grade reinforced version of the Bayi Bar, each carrying three to five magazines full of bullets.

In addition to the Bayi-bar magazine, each person also carried a 20-round box cannon, several magazines, a military dagger, bayonets and other standard equipment, and several grenades.

The reason why such a large amount of ammunition is carried is to prevent the occurrence of such contingencies.

They hid on the slope of the west side of the canyon, in a vantage point, waiting for the little devil to cross the canyon, 5 to 300, and there was no fear.

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