For the iron-blooded brigade that does not have any air supremacy, the goshawk team has an absolute advantage, but for some reason, Yoshio Shinozuka is still uneasy in his heart.

"Your Excellency the General is too worried!" Qing Mizuki said: "Our goshawk team is flying directly from Beiping to our Taiyuan, and we will not give any chance to sabotage the Zhina army!" In the face of the iron-blooded brigade that has no air supremacy ability, it will definitely be able to annihilate this arrogant iron-blooded brigade! ”

Worried?

The last time the 1688 special forces were secretly transported from Shanghai to Taiyuan, such secret operations were all known by Li Yunlong in advance. I thought it was the end of the Iron Brigade, but now it has become the end of 1688.

After a moment of silence, Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Since the Niangzi Pass is not guaranteed, we will concentrate our forces to defend Xinkou, and at the same time, gather the armored mechanical forces of our entire army at Xinkou!" In Xinkou, there will be a decisive battle with the Chinese army! ”

"Hey!" Qing Mizuki replied in a deep voice, and then quickly turned around and went down.

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Xinkou is the gateway to Taiyuan in northern Shanxi Province and an important barrier to defend Taiyuan. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and railways and highways pass through it, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

Now if Li Yunlong wants to capture Taiyuan, a barrier that he must go through is Xinkou.

Xinkou is located in the north of Xinding Basin, 100 kilometers north of Taiyuan, close to Xinzhou County, north of Datong, east of Dai County Yanmen Pass, is a pass in Wutai Mountain, Yunzhong Mountain, east and west two mountain canyons, in this valley and river road, protrude a height is not big, 16 kilometers long from north to south, 3 kilometers wide from east to west of the mountain range, the head rests on the boundary river shop, and the foot stretches to Qincheng.

Now that the Niangzi Pass has been broken, Xinkou has become the last line of defense.

Xinkou is close to the foot of the right side of the northern end of the mountain, and the terrain is very dangerous. Based on the boundary river, the left side is the undulating Yunzhong Mountain, and the right side is the Wutai Mountain with overlapping hills, just like the gourd mouth of this basin. Geographically, it is a traffic channel in and out of Jinzhong; Militarily, it is the last line of defense against Taiyuan, and it can be called a strategic choke point.

Therefore, the defense and loss of Xinkou are directly related to the safety of Taiyuan, so the Japanese army sent a total of more than 30,000 Japanese puppet troops to be stationed in Xinkou.

Although the Japanese army deliberately blocked the news, the Japanese puppet army stationed in Xinkou still learned the news that the Iron Blood Brigade had broken through Niangzi Pass.

In a certain trench on the Xinkou battlefield, several puppet soldiers were lying in the trenches chatting.

One of the puppet soldiers said mysteriously: "Have you heard, the Iron Blood Brigade has broken through the Niangzi Pass, and now it is approaching Xinkou!" ”

"yes, I've heard that too!" Another puppet army also nodded and said: "There was a report before that the Iron Blood Brigade took Niangzi Pass within two days and captured Taiyuan within a month, it doesn't seem to be a threat!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" A puppet army also said: "Now that I have really won the Niangzi Pass within two days, it seems that Taiyuan can't hold it!" ”

"That is, since the appearance of this iron-blooded brigade, there has been almost no defeat! This time it's really menacing! ”

"Now Taiyuan can't hold it, this little devil still lets us guard it, isn't this sending us to death?"

"Yes, yes, I really don't want to do it!" The voice of one of the puppet soldiers couldn't help but be a little high-pitched.

"Shh......h Bald headed, you don't want to die? Another puppet soldier hurriedly said nervously: "Although Taiyuan can't hold it now, but we are still on an errand under the little devil, be careful, otherwise you won't have a life!" ”

Although the puppet army called Hadron was puffing up, he didn't speak again.

At present, most of the puppet troops stationed in Xinkou are in turmoil and instability in their hearts under the influence of public opinion and psychology arranged by Li Yunlong, and they feel completely inferior to the iron-blooded brigade and have negative emotions.

War, morale and faith are very important.

Not only the puppet army, but even some little devils feel that they can't hold Taiyuan.

In the trench, a little devil said to his companion in a very depressed mood: "Kameda-kun, I think this time the army is too powerful, we can't hold it!" ”

After hearing this, the little devil named Kameda couldn't help but say gloomily: "Yes, Niangzi Pass has been breached, and now that the barrier in Taiyuan is gone, it is difficult for us to resist the offensive of the Chinese army!" ”

"This time, we may have to say goodbye to our families!" The devil suddenly collapsed: "I miss my wife and daughter!" ”

Under the effect of Li Yunlong's psychological warfare, many Japanese puppet troops had negative emotions, and they had a feeling of unintentional resistance, which played an incalculable role in the next attack on Xinkou by the iron-blooded brigade.

Xinkou, this is destined to be a big war, a big battle to verify the military strength of the Iron Blood Brigade.

In the previous Battle of Xinkou, the Second Theater Command concentrated 6 group armies, a total of 31 divisions, 13 brigades, 677 people, and about 280,000 people, with Wei Lihuang, deputy commander of the Second Theater, as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. The Japanese army participated in the Battle of Xinkou with a total of about 3 divisions and more than 70,000 troops, equipped with more than 350 cannons, more than 150 combat vehicles and 300 aircraft. The two sides fought hard for 23 days, making it the fiercest battle on the battlefield in North China, and also the longest battle with the largest casualties on both sides.

That is to say, when the Japanese army invaded Taiyuan, the size of the armies on both sides reached more than 300,000.

Now Li Yunlong is leading the main army of the Iron and Blood Brigade plus local troops, and at most more than 30,000 people dare to approach Xinkou and attack Taiyuan, which invisibly also puts great pressure on the Japanese puppet army defending the city.

Many Japanese puppet soldiers couldn't help but have such a psychology in their hearts: This time Taiyuan can't be defended!

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