The arrival of reinforcements temporarily relieved Gao Quan and his 256th Regiment of the crisis, stabilized their position, and played the eternal game of attack and defense with the devils.

The flanks stabilized their positions, and the main forces in the center of the entire large position also fought fiercely with the devils. Under the cover of airplanes in the sky and heavy artillery and chariots on the ground, the Japanese army launched round after round of fierce attacks on the main position in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan. The iron-blooded soldiers on the defensive positions of our army braved the rain of bullets and bullets, and sacrificed their lives to fight bloody battles against the invaders.

Dongshan position in the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan.

Unlike Qian Sixi and what they thought, although Gao Quan did not personally experience the battle in the eastern suburbs, he knew what the battle in the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan was all about. After the 20th Division of the Japanese Army captured Niangzi Pass, it immediately attacked Yuci. Yuci's defenders were the 13th Army of Commander Tang, because the 13th Army was temporarily transferred to the second theater to help in the battle, and before the feet were stable, the main division of the Japanese army was killed. Commander Tang, who has always been known for preserving his strength and watching the defeat of friendly forces, can be regarded as a show of his true colors this time, and immediately led his troops to withdraw from Yuci after coming into contact with the 20th Division in high spirits.

In fact, this can't all blame Commander Tang's incompetence, at this time, the Devil's 20th Division has just won a battle, and it is the time when the fighting spirit is high, although Commander Tang's troops can be called elite, but it is still difficult to shake the devil's main division head-on. The Battle of Taiyuan, the most notable is the Battle of Xinkou. On the main battlefield where he showed his face, Commander Tang didn't catch up, let him play with the little devil in this inconspicuous Yuci, how could Commander Tang be willing? What's more, with his 13th Army at this time, it is simply impossible to block the advance of the 20th Division without causing a major injury to his muscles and bones.

Less than two months after the Battle of Nankou ended, the 13th Army suffered casualties of 10,000 or 20,000 people in the Battle of Nankou, and the entire army was about to be crippled. Commander Tang's retreat, at least to preserve his troops, which can still fight, in many battles in the future, the Thirteenth Army has always performed, and it is inseparable from Elder Tang's desire to save his troops.

Yuci is lost, and Taiyuan is not far away. The Devil's Mechanized Corps marched forward quickly, and after the initial defeat of the garrison of my Niangzi Pass, the army was in a state of low morale and chaotic establishment. Although Huang Shaohong, deputy commander of the Second Theater of Operations, ordered the troops to return to Taiyuan, how could the marching speed of these troops be comparable to that of the 20th Division? So, when the devil's mechanized corps attacked the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan, it was still a small number of garrisons of Taiyuan City that defended Dongshan.

The speed of the devils is too fast, and the defenders arranged by our army have not yet reached the position, and the little devils have taken advantage of the weakness without the spirit of bushido. Those defenders in Dongshan, where can they stop the 20th Corps of the devils? Under the bombardment of heavy artillery, the position was basically destroyed, and after the devil's infantry launched a charge, the Dongshan defenders were immediately defeated.

Dongshan was lost, and the devil's 20th division was immediately trapped in Taiyuan! The commander of Taiyuan City Defense, General Fu Zuoyi, led thousands of defenders under his command to fight bravely against the Japanese army. The devils of the 20th Division launched an attack on the Taiyuan city wall on the one hand, and on the other hand, they divided their troops into the northern suburbs and flanked the Chinese defenders gathered in the northern suburbs together with the 5th Division. Under the enemy's back, the positions on the Western Front immediately wavered. Seeing that it was already undefendable, Commander-in-Chief Wei and Commander Yan of the Second War Zone jointly issued an order for the troops in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan to cross the Fen River and withdraw westward. On November 5, the 26th year of the Republic of China, Yan Xishan, the commander of the Second Theater of Operations, led the commander's department and the provincial government to evacuate Taiyuan. Gao Quan and his subordinates, the 256th Regiment, crossed the Fen River and withdrew west with the large army from their positions in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan.

At the Fenhe crossing, hundreds of thousands of troops continued to cross the river from the bridge and dozens of ferries to the west. This river, which has been famous for producing high-quality liquor and aged vinegar for thousands of years, is now providing a passage for the safe evacuation of our soldiers from the battlefield.

In just two days of fighting, the troops in Gao Quan's hands returned to their original state. In its heyday, the 256th Regiment once gathered a large number of stragglers through disgraceful means such as forcible "containment", plus the battalion that was later reinforced by the military headquarters, Gao Quan had nearly 3,000 soldiers at its most. After two days of positional defensive battles, the current 256th Regiment has returned to the state it was in when it came to the northern suburbs of Taiyuan, and all the people in the regiment added up, a total of only 501 people. That is to say, if he doesn't count himself, Gao Quan's current command includes the light and serious wounded, a full five hundred.

Fortunately, Wang Dazhu, Qian Sixi, Liu Qi, Xiao Cai and other descendants are still alive, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, right?

Liu Qi, Qian Sixi and others came forward, and the hundreds of people in the 256th Regiment also grabbed two small boats. Crossing the bridge, that's not even a thought. With so many armies vying for the bridge, Gao Quancai didn't want to meet with friendly soldiers in order to cross the bridge. After handing over the task of finding a ship to Qian Sixi, he became the shopkeeper. I don't know what methods these people used, but there was a boat that could cross the river.

Gao Quan personally stood by the river and commanded the soldiers to board the boat. Looking at the mess over there, he was a little worried that his troops would also be scrambling to get on the boats, and now he only had these two boats in his hands, and if there was a scramble because he didn't pay attention to the order, he would have a headache. The main thing is that if there are too many people on the ship at one time because of uncontrol, wouldn't it be terrible if the boat capsized or sank?

With him, the regiment commander, personally in charge, the order of the troops is indeed much better. The soldiers lined up, and according to Gao Quan's command, fifteen people were on a boat, and thirty of them were transported each time, and they crossed to the other side one by one, although the speed was a little slower, but it was still much better than those who stood on the shore and stared dryly.

There are already troops building pontoon bridges, but judging by the progress of their construction of pontoon bridges, this pontoon bridge will not be able to pass in a short time.

The soldiers of the guard company next to him brought over a lieutenant colonel officer who smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, this saw Gao Quan, first saluted, then shook hands, and held Gao Quan's hand and shook it non-stop.

"Captain Gao, help. We are from the Fifth Separate Brigade. Everyone is from the 14th Group Army, and they are all subordinates of Commander-in-Chief Wei, and your department has a ferry, can you let our independent Fifth Brigade also get clean, how about we cross the river together? This guy can really talk with this mouth, and as he spoke, he took a cigarette out of his pocket and let it out.

Gao Quan had a good impression of this, and took the cigarette that the other party asked him to come over, "Minister Wu, our regiment is very willing to take care of friendly troops, and Minister Wu's personality is also appreciated by Gao." In this way, after our regiment crosses the river, these two boats can be transferred to Minister Wu, who will let everyone belong to the 14th Group Army. Gao Quan replied more enthusiastically, and directly agreed to the other party's request.