In order to defend Taiyuan, the Second Theater deployed 280,000 men and horses of six group armies along Xinkou to prepare for a decisive large-scale battle with the Japanese army. All of a sudden, the clouds of war hung over Xinkou.

At the pre-war military meeting, Yan Xishan made a detailed division of labor among the various units of the national army participating in the Battle of Xinkou. The 9th, 15th, 17th, and 19th armies and the 14th Group Army formed the Central Corps, which was commanded by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wei Lihuang and was responsible for guarding the front-line positions of Caijiagang, Lingshan, Nanhuaihua, and Yangmingbao.

The 18th Group Army (except the 120th Division), the 73rd Division, and the 101st Division formed the Right Wing Corps, which was commanded by Commander-in-Chief Zhu of the 18th Group Army to guard the first-line positions on Wutai Mountain.

The 68th, 61st, 120th Divisions and the 7th Independent Brigade formed the Left Wing Corps, commanded by Yang Aiyuan, commander-in-chief of the Sixth Group Army, to defend the first-line position from Heiyu Village to Yangfangkou.

The 34th Army, the 35th Army, and the 66th Division were in reserve, commanded by Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Group Army, and responded to all sides in the Dingxiang and Xinxian areas.

The total strength of the Japanese army in the war was about three divisions and regiments, with more than 70,000 men, and was equipped with more than 350 cannons, more than 150 combat vehicles and 300 aircraft.

On October 1, the Japanese army captured Yangmingbao; On October 2, the Japanese army attacked Laoxian, and the 19th Army fought fiercely with the enemy. On the 8th, Laoxian was lost, and the Japanese army besieged Yuanping.

From 1 to 10 October, the 196th Brigade of the Yuanping garrison fought a bloody battle with the Japanese invaders for 10 days. In this battle, all the officers and men of the 196th Brigade, from brigade commander Jiang Yuzhen down, suffered almost all casualties.

After the loss of Laoxian and Yuanping, Xinkou was completely under the direct attack of the Japanese army. On 12 October, the Second Theater Commander's Department readjusted its deployment, and Fu Zuoyi's reserve corps was transferred to join the Central Corps to fight.

Hu Fei's Independent Cavalry Brigade was a direct subordinate unit of Fu Zuoyi's Seventh Army in terms of combat sequence. Because Commander-in-Chief Fu did not treat Hu Fei so well, when the entire Seventh Army was transferred to the Central Corps to participate in the battle, Fu Zuoyi only informed Hu Fei of the order of the Theater Commander's Department, but did not arrange any actual combat tasks for the cavalry brigade.

The group army drove to the main battlefield in Xinkou, and of course Hu Fei led his troops to follow. Each division and brigade received a clear battle order, either to guard a certain position, or to serve as a reserve waiting for the second group to go to the battlefield. Only the independent cavalry brigade came and came, but no one paid attention to them. There were neither positions to defend, nor clear combat missions.

Hu Fei also sent a telegram to the group army headquarters asking for war, but after his telegram was sent, he was never heard from again. sent two telegrams in a row and didn't reply, and Hu Fei, who couldn't hold his breath, simply rode a horse to the headquarters to find Fu Zuoyi alone.

When he arrived at the headquarters, the guards at the gate didn't let him in at all, and the new guards didn't know him! Hu Fei had no choice, so he paid two yuan to bribe the guards guarding the door, and then someone went in to report to him. The doorman who waited for more than half an hour to report the news came out and told Hu Fei: Chief Fu is holding a military meeting, and I don't have time to see you now!

I took the initiative to ask to go to the battlefield to fight, and you didn't have time to meet you? Hu Fei circled back and forth around the gate of the headquarters three times, and finally shook his hand and left! You don't have time to see me, that's just right! Anyway, the whole Xinkou is a big battlefield, it's just right that you don't arrange tasks for me, I can fight as much as I want, I'm still free! Hu Fei breathed a sigh of relief and left the group army headquarters to return to his troops!

In the battle of Mantouling, although Hu Fei's cavalry brigade destroyed many enemies, it was also reduced in force. Before the battle, his cavalry brigade had almost 1,000 men and horses, and after a few days of fighting, the troops were reduced by more than 40%!

Although there are fewer people, the morale of the troops is even higher, and the combat effectiveness is also much higher than before. Now the troops are also more handy in commanding. Some time ago, Hu Fei ran into the Mantou Ridge Blockade Battle, and now he plans to try his luck again in the Xinkou Battle.

There were more national troops in the Battle of Xinkou and a larger battlefield, and Hu Fei was also afraid that if he took the wrong path and was misunderstood by friendly troops. Therefore, he was several times more careful when cruising around the battlefield this time.

First of all, Hu Fei divided his troops into small units, each of which consisted of about 100 people. A troop of this size will not attract much attention whether it encounters devils or its own people. Secondly, Hu Fei sent a large number of scout scouts. The devil has a reconnaissance plane, and we can only use manpower to reconnoitre.

On the 13th, the Japanese army mobilized more than 5,000 troops, and under the cover of aircraft, artillery, and chariots, stormed the main position in Nanhuaihua in the center of Xinkou. The officers and men of our garrison fought a heroic battle with the Japanese invaders, and the two sides launched a protracted tug-of-war around the Nanhuaihua position!

On the battlefield of Nanhuaihua, the sound of artillery rumbling and shouting of killing shook the sky, and Hu Fei led the cavalry brigade to turn in a circle in a hurry, but he could not find the entry point. Each unit of the national army has its own responsibility position, and people don't let Hu Fei's troops go in and get involved!

I don't have a place here, so let's go to the other side! Hu Fei quietly walked around the devil with the cavalry brigade, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that the devil was concentrating on fighting the national army head-on, and came over to find an opportunity to get some advantage.

I didn't expect the devil's vigilance to be quite high. The scouts in front haven't discovered the devil's headquarters yet, so they let the devil's alert force find out first. There was a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, and the scouts suffered more than a dozen casualties and withdrew. Gou Tianxiao led the forward company to respond, but as a result, there was an exchange of fire with the devil's counterattack force, and it didn't take too long, and the forward company couldn't support it and retreated!

This wave of devils not only has strong firepower, but also the individual combat ability of the soldiers is extremely strong! If you shoot accurately, you can't compare with the grenadiers!

Hu Fei personally led the two main forces of Ji Jinbiao and Yang Jinsheng to connect up, but they were also invincible and retreated. That's not how the battle was fought! Seeing that the soldiers of the army are either sacrificed or seriously injured one by one, if you persist any longer, these two main companies will have to be crippled by the devils!

led the troops to withdraw in one go, and Hu Fei took several miles to settle down. As soon as the number of people was counted, there was a small one hundred!

Hu Fei was so angry that he didn't eat lunch. The newspaper clerk Xu Yajun pretended to ask for work and came over and chatted softly with him for a while, which finally made Hu Fei's face look better. After barely eating half a bowl of rice, Hu Fei asked Yuan Fang to bring Yamashita Yong over, he was in a bad mood at this time, and wanted to make fun of this devil!

Yamashita Shaozo came over wearing a shabby military uniform of earthy blue cloth. It's only been a few days, and Yamashita is like he is twenty years old, his back is bent, his eyes are gone, and he even walks a little shaky.

Hu Fei looked at Yamashita Yong is sneer, and he didn't speak, he went up with two big-eared scrapers, followed by punches and kicks, and it was a stinky beating! Yamashita lay down on the ground with a bloody mouth and nose, and the light of hatred in his eyes flashed!