Xinkou is already in a hurry, and now there is only one line of defense left, and Taiyuan is already in danger.

Because the first army of the Japanese army concentrated its main strength in Xinkou, the city defense in Taiyuan was about 10,000 troops, of which about 8,000 troops were the elite troops of the first army, and the rest were the Japanese puppet army of the city defense.

It can be said that the garrison of Taiyuan is not too much.

It is precisely because of this that Xin Kou is in a hurry, and Yoshio Shinozuka is worried about the safety of Taiyuan.

Yoshio Shinozuka did not expect the offensive of the Iron Blood Brigade to be so fierce, breaking through the main defense line of Xinkou in just two days, and it was also equipped with tanks and anti-aircraft guns and other advanced equipment for heavy firepower.

"The speed of development of this iron-blooded brigade is really astonishing!" Yoshio Shinozuka now regrets very much that he didn't do his best to nip the Iron Brigade in the bud.

But it's too late now, the Iron Brigade is already growing!

After a moment of silence, Yoshio Shinozuka said to the signal soldier: "Immediately telegraph to the headquarters of the Beiping Army Commander and inform the Taiyuan emergency!" Hopefully send reinforcements. Taiyuan can't be lost! ”

Saito gave a death order for all the Japanese troops to hold the third line of defense and buy for a week, so that Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan could get reinforcements.

After waiting for the communication soldiers to go down, Saito said to the heralds: "Order the whole city to enter a state of alert, Gong to consolidate the city defense, and at the same time mobilize all the nearby troops into Taiyuan to build the first line of defense outside the city!" ”

"Hayi!"

The herald went down.

Immediately afterwards, all the Japanese puppet troops that could be mobilized near Taiyuan were reduced to stabilize the city defense of Taiyuan, build the first line of defense outside Taiyuan City, and strengthen the city defense fortifications of Taiyuan City.

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Beiping, General Headquarters of the Japanese Army.

The Japanese invasion of China during the Anti-Japanese War was mainly composed of four parts, the Kwantung Army, the North China Front, the Central China Front, and the Chinese Fleet of the Navy. They are independent of each other and do not constitute a subordinate relationship with each other, and there are many contradictions and grievances between them.

The Kwantung Army, that is, the invading Japanese army entrenched in the puppet state of Manchukuo, was the king in the northeast and ran rampant.

The predecessor of the North China Front Army was the Japanese Chinese Garrison Army, which can be traced back to the Qing State Garrison Army. In the end, the North China Front Army was placed under the unified command of the Chinese Dispatch Army. There was an intolerable contradiction with the Kwantung Army.

The predecessor of the Central China Front, which was the Japanese army dispatched to Shanghai after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, was the Japanese army that occupied and invaded China in the most extensive area, and committed the most crimes in China.

As for the Japanese army, the Chinese fleet basically has little to do with the army, and it is completely fighting along the seaside.

The Army General Headquarters in Beiping mainly commanded the North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army, and the commander-in-chief was none other than the notorious Gangcun Ningci.

Okamura Ninji borrowed Yoshio Shinozuka's telegram, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

For Li Yunlong's iron-blooded brigade, Gangcun Ningci certainly knew about the existence of such a team, after all, this series of reports and records made Gangcun Ningci have to pay attention to this team.

Gangmura Ningji originally thought that Yoshio Shinozuka could handle this army, but he didn't expect that this army would have reached Taiyuan now.

"I'm afraid this army is going to become a fierce enemy of my Great Japanese Empire!" Okamura Ninji was silent for a moment and then said, "Immediately notify the commander of the staff to hold a meeting and make corresponding countermeasures." ”

Immediately afterwards, all the chiefs of staff, military advisers, military commanders, and so on of the Army General Headquarters gathered in the conference room.

Gangcun Ningji looked at everyone and explained the matter roughly, and then put his hands on the table and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, express your opinions!" ”

The whole conference room was very quiet, because they also knew that it was impossible to rush to the aid of Taiyuan quickly.

At present, the Japanese army is constantly expanding its theater of operations in Asia, and its strength is already very tight, and there are not too many surplus troops to be mobilized, and the war is quite tight.

After a moment of silence, a chief of staff in the conference room said cautiously: "Your Excellency, the war on all sides is quite tense now, and it is not easy to mobilize troops on a large scale to reinforce Taiyuan. ”

"Yagayalu, our dignified Japanese Empire doesn't even have reinforcements? Amusing! Gangcun Ningci looked very angry, and said coldly: "The importance of Taiyuan is self-evident, Taiyuan can't be lost no matter what!" ”

"Order the Japanese troops on the Taiyuan and Hebei sides. Immediately mobilize troops to support Taiyuan! At the same time, let's see if we can send out a mechanical armored unit and marine aviation from the third theater to support Taiyuan and deal a devastating blow to this Chinese army from the weakness of the Chinese army! ”

A chief of staff said: "This will take at least five days!" ”

"Five days?" Gangcun Ningji pondered: "According to the battle report of General Yoshio Shinozuka, there is still one line of defense left in Xinkou now, and Taiyuan has consolidated the city defense, so it shouldn't be a problem to defend for five days!" ”

"The most important task now is to mobilize available troops to support Taiyuan as soon as possible, and be sure to arrive in Taiyuan within five days, and it is best to form an encirclement on the periphery and annihilate all this branch of the army in one fell swoop!"

"Hey!"

Everyone present stood up one after another and responded with a bang.

Whether it is Gangcun Ningji or Yoshio Shinozuka, in their opinion, there is no problem at all with Taiyuan guarding for ten or seven or eight days, but when they meet Li Yunlong's iron-blooded brigade, they can completely make him doubt life!