The colonel was none other than Lei Ming, one of the staff adjutants of the garrison.

This time, first, on the orders of Fu Yisheng, the commander of the garrison, he came to check the progress of the Tiger Ben Regiment in seizing the south of the city, and secondly, he came to consult Yang Chen's opinion on behalf of the commander Fu Yisheng.

Just after that bombardment, the garrison headquarters was almost in ruins.

If it weren't for the anti-aircraft fortifications built underground, I am afraid that they would all be killed in this air raid.

Therefore, Fu Yisheng and other high-level members of the garrison army were already a little unable to sit still, so they wanted to break through and evacuate in advance.

"Adjutant Lei."

Yang Chen saw Lei Ming and his party, saw his intention clearly, and immediately greeted him.

"Adjutant Lei, the Tiger Regiment has lived up to its mission and has successfully recaptured the south of the city, as well as the south gate.

and completely annihilated the Japanese mixed corps, including the commander of the 108th Division and the commander-in-chief of the mixed corps, all enemy troops, including Matsujiro Sekihara, none of them escaped! ”

"Shhh ——”

Hearing Yang Chen's report, Lei Ming couldn't help but gasp.

The Japanese air regiment launched an air raid on the south of the city, indicating that the south of the city had been recaptured by the Tiger Ben Regiment, and he had a bottom in his heart.

It's just the total annihilation of the mixed corps of the Japanese army, and in such a short period of time, how is this possible?

In Lei Ming's view, even if the Tiger Ben Regiment recaptures the south of the city and the south gate, it is more likely that it will only drive away this group of Japanese troops.

But he never expected that the Tiger Ben Regiment would be taken back in such a domineering and invincible way.

In less than two hours, the Japanese army was completely annihilated, an elite mixed regiment composed of tank charioteers, cavalry and some infantry, with more than 4,000 Japanese troops, including a Japanese lieutenant general.

The news shocked Lei Ming, as well as the thousands of militiamen who had petitioned to join the Tiger Bun Regiment.

"Adjutant Lei, you tell Commander Fu that you can start preparing for the retreat.

I will lead the Tiger Regiment to the garrison.

As for the headquarters, please go back and tell Commander Fu, the battle situation is urgent, everything is in power, and I won't go back. ”

"Huh? Oh. ”

When Lei Ming reacted, Yang Chen had already led Rake Ear and the others to walk away.

As for the soldiers of the second and third battalions, they had already headed towards the north gate of Taiyuan City one step earlier under the leadership of their respective battalion commanders.

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Garrison Command.

When he learned that the Tiger Ben Regiment had successfully recaptured the south and south gates of the city, Fu Yisheng and a group of high-ranking officers of the garrison were overjoyed.

They all praised Yang Chen and Hu Bentuan without hesitation.

"Well, without further ado, there is a good chance that the next air raid of the Japanese army will come again.

Now that the Tiger Regiment has opened the main route for our garrison to retreat, it is time for us to prepare for the withdrawal. ”

Fu Yisheng first affirmed the achievements of the Tiger Ben Regiment in this battle, and gave verbal commendations and promises, and then began to discuss the evacuation of Taiyuan City with all the staff officers under his command.

And it was unanimously agreed by the top brass of the garrison.

Only Chen Qinghua, the commander of the 1st Independent Brigade, who had participated in the first battle for the defense of the South Gate before, gave a different opinion: "Commander, it may not be appropriate for us to retreat like this, leaving only one team of the Tiger Regiment to be broken." ”

One of the staff adjutantants frowned and retorted: "Brigade Commander Chen, when the army is withdrawn, there must be a broken rear force.

Besides, how can you say that a team of the Tiger Ben Regiment is broken? Didn't all the armies that withdrew later pass through Taiyuan City, and then help the Tiger Ben Regiment to resist the Japanese army together? ”

"Adjutant Liu, you and I are both understanding people, these teams withdrawn from the front line, to put it mildly, are the reinforcements of the class teacher; To put it mildly, it was the rout of the army that was beaten back.

In order to rush to Taiyuan City as soon as possible for defense, the United States called it its name, and they all went into battle lightly and abandoned or destroyed most of the heavy weapons, in fact, in order to run away quickly.

As far as these troops are concerned, there are still some combat effectiveness not counting for the time being, just talking about their morale, I am afraid that when they return to Taiyuan City, when they learn that the headquarters of our garrison army has been evacuated, they will continue to flee for their lives without stopping.

If we just walk away like this, won't we send the tiger ball into the tiger's mouth? ”

"Qinghua, why don't you think this is good? I'm going to call all the departments now, and after they come back, I will immediately break off with the Tiger Ben Regiment and wait for an opportunity to evacuate. ”

At the critical moment, Fu Yisheng didn't want to make any moths at this time, so he couldn't help but propose to seek Chen Qinghua's opinion.

"Commander, you should know that now these troops are only concerned about retreating in a panic, not to mention that the radio station is not turned on, and they cannot be contacted at all.

Even if the radio station is turned on and can be contacted, after returning to Taiyuan City, they may not follow your orders and stay behind to break off with the Tiger Ben Regiment. ”

Fu Yisheng frowned and nodded, the 35th Army is his family, and no one knows better than him what kind of temperament these officers are, so he said: "Then according to Qinghua, what should we do now?" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, I support Commander Yang's point of view, you will lead the garrison headquarters to evacuate and transfer first.

Then let me lead the 1st Independent Brigade under my command to stay and break off the rear together with the Tiger Regiment. ”

"This ......"

Fu Yisheng hesitated, to be honest, he was very happy and very supportive of such loyal and patriotic generals under his command.

Helplessly, at present, in Taiyuan City, except for the 1st Independent Brigade, there is no formed army.

With the scattered forces of the guard regiment and the rest of the troops, once the Japanese army intercepted them on the way to retreat, the situation was only very bad.

Chen Qinghua saw the concern of the commander-in-chief Fu Yisheng, so he spoke: "South of Taiyuan, it is still under our control.

Among them, the mixed corps originally sent by the Japanese army in a vain attempt to cut off the rear route of our army was also completely annihilated by the Tiger Ben Regiment in the previous battle.

Therefore, as long as there is a tiger regiment in Taiyuan City to cut off the Japanese pursuers, your retreat will be safe. ”

"In that case, then the matter after the break, please ask Qinghua your independent 1st Brigade and the Tiger Bun Regiment."

"Don't worry, Commander, promise to complete the mission!"

Chen Qinghua got up, saluted Fu Yisheng with a standard military salute, and then turned around and walked towards the door.

……

At this time, Yang Chen had already led the group to the north gate.

In order to pave the way for the army to attack Taiyuan City, the north gate of Taiyuan City was also taken care of by the Japanese aviation unit.

A large number of houses in the north of the city were blown up, turning into a large area of ruins, and even the city wall was blown out of several gaps of various sizes.

When Yang Chen arrived at the north gate, Xu Ming and Li Da, who arrived first, had already led the soldiers of the second and third battalions and began to use and rely on these ruined buildings to construct the defense line of the city.

The location of the city walls is too obvious, and the next attack of the Japanese army will inevitably be supported by air fire from the aviation units.

If you completely rely on the city wall as a line of defense, and deploy all the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment on the city wall.

It is very likely that as soon as the battle began, the Tiger Regiment was crippled in the Japanese bombardment.

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