Chapter 223: Enemy on the Belly and Back

Yang Chen drew a simple map and told everyone about his battle plan, and after everyone heard it, they couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement.

Including Li Yunlong, the head of the new regiment, who has an active mind and has always taken an unusual path.

Because personally, he couldn't think of a better way than Yang Chen's strategy.

With the road as the dividing line, Yang Chen divided the mountains on the west side of Heihu Gorge into two areas, left and right.

He gathered all the artillery forces of the guard battalion and the new regiment to carry out a strategic bombardment of the positions of the little devils in the left flank area.

The little devil thought that the new regiment and the guard battalion would attack from the left flank area, so he mobilized the forces of the right flank area to the left flank area in advance and prepared for defense.

In this way, not only did there be a shortage of troops in the right flank area, but also because of the influx of troops, the effect of our army's artillery bombardment was enhanced.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Chen led the reconnaissance company of the guard battalion and a company with a total of more than 400 brothers, and almost effortlessly recaptured and occupied the mountainous area of the right flank.

By the time the little devils reacted, the right-wing area had been completely controlled by the guard battalion and the new regiment that rushed over.

At this time, if the Oishi Wing of the Japanese army did not care about the right flank area and launched a surprise attack from the left flank area with all its might, it might be able to catch our artillery positions by surprise.

However, the embarrassed and angry Taro Honda made an extremely stupid decision, he did not give the order for his officers and men to charge forward along the left flank.

Instead, an order was given to recapture the right-wing precinct.

Under the orders of Deputy Wing Commander Taro Honda, a group of devil officers and soldiers crossed the road at the foot of the mountain from the left flank area and went directly to the right flank position.

The guard battalion and the new regiment had already taken full control of the right flank and occupied all dangerous positions, and also had very strong automatic firepower.

On the side of the little devils, they charged several times in a row, but in the end they all returned in vain, and hundreds of people were sacrificed in vain.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Chen led the soldiers of the guard battalion to directly cross the road and rush towards the left wing area.

In addition, some of the officers and men guarding the artillery positions cooperated from the left flank, and the two armies attacked at the same time, and it was easy to recapture and occupy a large area of the mountains on the left flank.

Honda Taro knew that the defeat was decided, and the last place would definitely not be able to be defended, so he simply led his soldiers to cross the Black Tiger Gorge and retreat directly to the east.

"Brother Yang! Shall we take advantage of the victory? ”

After the total annihilation of the little devil officers and soldiers who were in charge of the broken rear and regained the lost territory in the west of the Black Tiger Gorge, Li Yunlong, the commander of the new regiment, couldn't help but propose to Yang Chen and say what he thought.

Li Yunlong's idea was also the unanimous idea of everyone, so everyone looked at Yang Chen with a look of hope, expecting his affirmative answer.

At this moment, although Li Yunlong's official position is the highest, almost all of them, including Li Yunlong himself, regard Yang Chen as the commander of the former enemy.

"No!"

Yang Chen shook his head and rejected Li Yunlong's proposal.

"Why?"

Li Yunlong asked puzzled.

Because in his opinion, now their morale is high, and they just carry the power of victory, and they kill the past in one go, killing the little devil without leaving a piece of armor.

"The Black Tiger Gorge is an insurmountable moat for the little devils; At the same time, it is also an insurmountable barrier for us.

At present, the army of little devils has successfully retreated to the east side of the Black Tiger Gorge, and even if a temporary defense line is formed, it is almost impossible for us to get past it.

Even if you can finally rush through with your powerful firepower, you will inevitably pay a huge price.

These are not the costs we are willing to bear.

In this way, it is better to build a defensive line on the west side of this Black Tiger Gorge and wait for the little devil to attack. ”

"Hmm!"

Li Yunlong nodded, and everyone agreed.

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On the other side, Huo Zhengyun, the commander of the 14th Army Guard Regiment, was ordered by the army commander Li Mo'an to lead his troops to bypass the devil army in front and go along the trail towards Datong.

After a day and a night of hurrying, the army entered the realm of Datong.

Huo Zhengyun thought that he had bypassed the army of little devils, and in order to speed up his progress, he changed the small road to the main road.

As a result, it collided head-on with the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, but fortunately, it was only the vanguard of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was worthy of an infantry squadron with more than 200 people.

After a fierce battle, Huo Zhengyun led the guard regiment to defeat the Japanese squadron, and after dropping hundreds of corpses, the remaining little devil officers and soldiers retreated in panic.

It turned out that in order to assist the First Army in retaking Datong, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki Seishiro, commander of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, ordered his 21st Brigade and Brigade Commander Naotomi Hattori to lead his army to turn north and march north to Datong to kill.

Of course, Seishiro Itagaki is not just to help the First Army, but also to get out of the evil breath in his heart.

And this infantry squadron is the pioneer of the 21st Brigade.

After defeating the devil squadron, Huo Zhengyun did not lead his troops to pursue, but accelerated towards Datong.

Because he was already keenly aware of the wrong situation, he did not dare to delay in the slightest.

Almost all the little devil strongholds in Datong have been uprooted by the 358th Regiment Guard Battalion and the New First Regiment, so he has not been blocked in any way.

Soon met with the outpost of the guard battalion, and after the two sides confirmed each other's identities, Huo Zhengyun directly explained his intention and asked to meet with Yang Chen.

At this time, Yang Chen had already rushed to the Black Tiger Gorge and fought fiercely with the Japanese army's Dashi Wing.

Not only Yang Chen, but most of the guard battalion and most of the new regiment were almost all rushing towards the Black Tiger Gorge after receiving the order.

When Huo Zhengyun learned that there was another Japanese army coming from the south, the guard battalion outpost did not dare to delay, and hurriedly reported the matter to the Datong City Guard Battalion Headquarters by telegram.

After receiving the news, Wang Gui, the adjutant stationed at the headquarters, reported the situation to the Black Tiger Gorge as quickly as possible.

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

After receiving this telegram, Yang Chen immediately summoned the high-ranking officers of the guard battalion who had rushed to Heihu Gorge and the high-ranking officers of the new regiment.

Then, as quickly as possible, the contents of the message are told and communicated.

"Shhh ——”

After listening to this, everyone couldn't help but gasp, even with the character of Li Yunlong, the commander of the new regiment, the third elder of the second brigade and the fourth elder of the new regiment, his face was solemn at this moment, and his eyebrows were frowned.

It's just the army of little devils in Datong, which has already made them feel pressured.

Moreover, today they are only facing a Japanese infantry wing, and it will not be long before a large Japanese army will gather on the east side of the Black Tiger Gorge.

Just to resist this part of the little devils, the new regiment and the guard battalion no longer have much certainty and chances of winning, and now another devil army has rushed from the direction of Xinkou to stab them chrysanthemums, and everyone doesn't dare to think about it anymore.

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