Taiyuan is lost!

Yue Siliang didn't expect that Taiyuan would be lost so quickly! Not only did Yue Siliang not expect it, but even Master Yurong didn't expect it.

Previously, the division commander Yurong gave the 424th Regiment three days, but it was fifty hours after the division headquarters ordered to arrive at the 424th Regiment. The news of the fall of Taiyuan City has spread throughout North China!

After learning the news, Yue Siliang's heart felt like he had been punched hard, and he knew that he would not have much time left for himself!

"Yo Xi! It's finally time for this! I, Sasaki Shiroku, want to kill one of the eight roads of Lingqiu! Wash away the dust from my medallion with their blood! ”

Sasaki said excitedly, and in just a few minutes, he sent out five orders in a row, and three more telegrams. So far, he naturally will not underestimate the enemy like Nishimura and Nishio, he will use several times the enemy to completely bury the 424th regiment in the territory of Lingqiu!

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In Lingqiu County, Yue Siliang held the brigade commander's telegram tightly in his hand, and his brows were furrowed.

The brigade commander's order was very reasonable, and even if Yue Siliang was to decide, he would definitely not be able to think of a better plan than what was in front of him. The brigade commander's order was to let the 424 regiment be directly planned, and just a week ago, the deputy division commander entered the Wutai area with the regiment directly under the division and the cavalry battalion, and established the anti-Japanese military region.

That is to say, as long as the 424th Regiment leaves Lingqiu County now, it will go more than 200 kilometers to the south, and cooperate with the main force to break through the devils in the middle. The 424th Regiment was able to successfully merge with the large army and connect the anti-Japanese forces in the northeast of Jinxi!

Looking at this order, Yue Siliang could feel the brigade commander's love for him, and hoped that he could plan it as soon as possible. But Yue Siliang knew that if the Japanese army didn't pay so much attention to him, then he could plan with peace of mind. But in fact, the stubborn and ferocious Japanese army probably would not let go of the 424th Regiment, a unit that slapped the Japanese army in the face. In the hearts of the 21st Brigade, I am afraid that he was put on the must-kill list early!

Pressing the telegram heavily on the table, Yue Siliang stood up. He decided to obey the orders of the brigade commander, and as a soldier, it is his duty to obey orders, not to mention that this is a correct order.

Walked out of the office and looked at the crowd waiting outside.

"Alright, let's assemble the troops."

After receiving Yue Siliang's order, the commanders of all the subordinate units of the 424th Regiment went to gather their troops.

Outside the city gate, since the end of the Battle of Xigou. After the expansion team established a base area, this was the first time that all the members of the 424th Regiment were brought together.

The three phalanxes facing the city gate are the three main battalions of the regiment:

a battalion, with three companies, totaling 273 people; the second battalion, with three companies, totaling 505 people; Three battalions, three subordinate companies, a total of 427 people.

To the left of the three phalanxes of the main battalion were the regimental direct teams, including a 30-man guard platoon, a 24-man sharpshooter team, an 80-man regimental headquarters officer, and a 20-member regimental medical team.

On the right side of the phalanx were a team of 100 grooms, cooks, and logistics, as well as 13 pack horses and 20 war horses.

The entire 424 regiment, including the regiment commander, should have reached 1,502 people, but it actually reached 1,472 people. Looking at the majestic warriors below, Yue Siliang didn't have any expression on his face. The team was pulled from the other side of the Yellow River, and from knowing every face in the past, to many half-baked faces now. But this is war, and there are no immortals in war.

"Since the Battle of Pingxingguan on September 25th! We fought more than a dozen big and small battles in front of Lingqiu! We haven't lost! Nishimura Brigade! Serious Japanese elite! What do you think? It's not that he was kicked out of Lingqiu! Now the devils have dispatched an enemy several times stronger than the Nishimura brigade! Tell me, are you afraid? ”

Standing on the city wall of the county seat, Yue Siliang shouted loudly, his cheeks puffed up two high muscles excitedly, and his eyes were wide.

"Don't be afraid !!"

The guard squad behind Yue Siliang replied loudly.

"Don't be afraid !!"

More than a thousand people under the city walls shouted in unison, and the high sound seemed to push the entire county back a few steps.

There are different hearts in the county, and ordinary people choose to ignore this. Born in troubled times, looking at the changing banner of the king at the head of the city, they have no choice but to ignore it.

"Let's go."

Without an impassioned announcement, Yue Siliang calmly walked down the city wall with the guard squad and Di Hanming and Wang Shuangyin. After returning to the team, he left the county seat silently.

A gentle breeze blew, raising clouds of dust where the 424th Regiment had previously stood.

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"Commander, Guangling's devils are dispatched."

When the large army marched to East Town, several of the signal corps that had been sent out before rushed back. Report to Yue Siliang.

"The number of the Guangling devil should be the 19th Wing, right? The Western Rough Brigade is subordinate to this wing. I think he should have come to avenge Nishimura and Nishio. However, we are not going to give them that chance. ”

Yue Siliang narrowed his eyes and said, although Guangling and Lingqiu are next to each other, but in terms of distance, as long as they can advance according to the previous plan, Sasaki Siliu has no chance of catching up with them at all.

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Lingqiu and Wutai are separated by a county, although it seems that there is only one county seat. But Yue Siliang knows that the road ahead will not be easy. It was impossible for the Japanese army to let them cross the border so easily. And there is a long part of the road that is built is a mountain road, and it is much slower than the devil who walks on the big road.

After walking for several hours on the winding mountain road, the three signal soldiers who were the lead returned.

"Regiment commander, there is a squadron of devils blocking the way on the way down the mountain!"

Hearing the words of the signal soldier, Yue Siliang's heart suddenly sank. He had been mentally prepared before, but he didn't expect the devil to be so fast. In terms of intelligence and communications, the devils are much better than the Eighth Route Army today, and their grasp and judgment of fighters are not weak, as long as the commander of the other side is not a fool, it is easy to deduce the general direction of movement of the 424th Regiment.

"The regiment commander, the Wutai area, the deputy division commander called. In the Taihuai area, our army and the devils exchanged fire. ”

Cheng Fei, who was in charge of telegraph liaison, reported to Yue Siliang in time the situation from the deputy division commander. Spreading out the map, Yue Siliang's brows twisted into a pimple. The location where they are located is separated from the Taihuai area by a large mountain stream, and behind the big mountain stream there is a relatively complex mountain environment. But the worst thing is that there is a flat terrain between the first two that is almost ten kilometers away.

"Now it seems that if our regiment wants to be built, it can go directly to the Taihuai area. But judging from the terrain in between, it is not good for us. As soon as you enter the flat area, you can imagine that you will encounter Japanese troops who are more mobile than us. ”

Yue Siliang's mouth said this, his eyes scanning the map back and forth like a brush.

The situation now looks clear, but at the same time it is muddy. The location of the 424th Regiment is in the mountainous area around Dongzhen, and the Baima area and Taihuai area, which are less than 50 kilometers to the west and southwest of the regiment, are respectively the areas that can radiate to the team led by the brigade commander and deputy division commander.

In these two directions, as long as he finds an opportunity in either direction and penetrates the enemy's blockade of several tens of kilometers, he will be able to successfully plan in the end.

But the problem is that no matter which side he goes in these two directions, there will be a long plain road to go in between! In other words, he can encounter devils on either side of these two roads. What's even more serious is that as long as he shows up in the plains, the devil will definitely not give him another chance to let him enter the mountains!

If you stick to the devils in the plains, the next step is to be divided by the devils by the combination of fixed targets, and at that time, the 424th regiment may really be impossible to build.

"Commander, either we won't go in either direction. It has been moving along the Taihang Mountains, and when it reaches the Wutai Mountains, it turns again, and plans to build from the rear of the Wutai base area? ”

Wang Shuangyin stood beside Yue Siliang and suggested, Yue Siliang first nodded after listening, affirming Wang Shuangyin's words about the old city, but then he shook his head again.

"It's a good idea, but the problem is that the Taihang Mountains stretch longitudinally from north to south. What's more, the entire Taihang Mountain Range is not completely within our radiation range now, and the Taihang Mountain is not a completed line. It was divided into several sections by Taihang Bacheng. Not to mention that it is possible to run into devils in such a long way, but more importantly, the supplies on our bodies can make us last for a few days? ”

After listening to Yue Siliang's analysis, Wang Shuangyin was silent. When they conquered Lingqiu, they collected a large amount of food and materials, but in the end, they only took enough for less than half a month. Even a leopard dragging a whole cow has no chance of outrunning a hyena. With a large amount of food, they can't run fast; It's really light like this, but it's not long to run.

Yue Siliang's eyes were glued to the map, although he hadn't encountered a single battle now, Yue Siliang's heart felt an unprecedented pressure!

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