The Takagi Brigade was the vanguard of the 20th Division, and the Kuramoto Brigade was the vanguard of the Takagi Brigade, and when a huge explosion came from behind them, the Kuramoto Brigade had even seen the county seat of Jingcheng!

Kuramoto realized that something was likely to happen to the main force of the brigade, and immediately ordered the troops to rush back to help.

When Kuramoto Shaosa led his troops to the scene of the explosion, the terrifying sight made him unbelievable!

I saw that the highway was several kilometers long and full of huge craters, each crater was dozens of meters in diameter, and the craters were surrounded by a large number of severed limbs and corpses.

That scene is simply a purgatory on earth, and people dare not look at it!

The old devil soldiers of the Kuramoto brigade are also veterans of a hundred battles, and they have seen many bloody scenes, but at this moment, these old devil soldiers can't help but feel a tremble from the depths of their souls, in the end, some people don't want to live, but no one is not afraid of death, even these fanatical bushido believers will also be afraid of death!

"Ah, help, help me......" Kuramoto suddenly felt someone tugging at his trouser leg.

When he looked down, a wounded soldier didn't know when he had crawled to the feet of Kuramoto Shaosa, the wounded soldier was already missing from waist down, and a piece of charred black intestines was dragged out of his abdominal cavity more than ten meters away, obviously, he had crawled over from a distance of more than ten meters, which was really surprising the tenacity of his vitality.

Kuramoto Shaoza immediately pulled out his southern pistol and shot it at the wounded soldier's eyebrows.

After the crisp sound of gunshots, the wounded soldier fell down, but the empty eyes stared straight ahead, with a look of unwillingness, Kuramoto Shaoza squatted down at the moment, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the wounded soldier's face, when Kuramoto Shaoza's hand was removed, the wounded soldier's eyes were closed forever.

"Captain!" A lieutenant officer ran to Kuramoto Shaosa, and said with a sad expression, "The main force of the brigade has been severely damaged, with extremely heavy casualties, and the whereabouts of His Excellency the Brigade Commander are unknown. ”

Kuramoto nodded and immediately ordered the communication team to set up a radio station.

However, before the communication team could set up the radio station, Chinese cavalry suddenly appeared on the road ahead, and hundreds of Chinese cavalrymen wielded snow-bright sabers and swept along the road more than ten meters wide.

Kuramoto Shaozo couldn't take care of the headquarters of the liaison division at the moment, and hurriedly led his troops to retreat to the hills on both sides of the road.

On the flat and wide road, the infantry is not the opponent of the cavalry at all, even if there are many big potholes on the road, it can not stop the cavalry from sprinting, a distance of several hundred meters, the cavalry rushed over in the blink of an eye, in such a short time, the infantry can fire two shots at most, and then it should be slaughtered by the cavalry like chopping melons and vegetables.

In the end, the Chinese cavalry only cut down a few dozen devil soldiers who could not retreat, and then rushed like a tide to the foot of the hill guarded by Kuramoto's brigade, until they rushed out of a thousand meters, and the Chinese cavalry reined in one after another.

Seeing that Kuramoto's brigade had no intention of going down the mountain, dozens of cavalry suddenly separated from the Chinese cavalry ranks.

These dozens of horsemen swept all the way along the road, and when they met the ghost soldiers with intact bodies, whether they were angry or not, they were a saber by the neck, and they chopped off their heads first, and the ghost soldiers on the hill suddenly scratched.

The little devils believe in Amaterasu, for them, dying in battle is not actually the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that the corpse cannot remain intact after death, in this way, it will affect their reincarnation in the next life, therefore, beheading is definitely an unbearable punishment for the devil soldiers!

The Chinese cavalry obviously wanted to provoke the devils and force them down the mountain for a decisive battle.

As an experienced commander, Kuramoto Shaosa easily judged the intentions of the Chinese cavalry, and immediately restrained the troops from going down the mountain, and seeing that the radical method was ineffective, the Chinese cavalry on the opposite side turned into the woods next to the road, obviously, this Chinese cavalry was planning to wait until the infantry arrived, and then launched an attack on the Yue army.

Kuramoto Shaoza no longer had the psychological knowledge of the Chinese cavalry, and began to urgently contact the division headquarters.

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Ten miles east of Niangzi Pass, the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Army.

Kimura Kuzo hurriedly came to Kawagishi Fumizaburo and said with a miserable expression: "Your Excellency General, the Kuramoto Brigade under the Takagi Brigade has just sent an urgent telegram, and the Takagi Brigade has been, has been ......."

"Yaga!" Kawagishi Bunzaburo grabbed Kizumura Kuzo's shirt and said angrily, "How is the Takagi Brigade?" ”

Kimura Hizo didn't dare to face Kawagishi Bunzaburo's terrifying eyes, and said with a gloomy expression: "The Takagi Brigade has been severely damaged, and the more than 7,000 officers and soldiers in the department have almost suffered casualties except for the Kuramoto Brigade!" In addition, more than 4,000 wounded were lying along the highway and were in urgent need of rescue, so the Kuramoto Brigade requested the division headquarters to urgently send a medical team to rescue them. ”

Kawagishi Bunzaburo immediately let go of Kimura Hisazo's clothes.

With the current predicament of the division headquarters, how can a health team be dispatched to rescue them?

If you reluctantly send a health team, it is estimated that you will have been captured by the [***] team before you reach the place of the accident!

It is also impossible to move the division headquarters forward as a whole, first, it will increase the distance between the headquarters of the master regiment and the brigade under the mountain, and second, if the division headquarters moves forward, it will have to give up the defensive positions that have just been built, and once these defensive positions are lost, in order to supplement the combat effectiveness of the corps and the troops directly under it, I am afraid that it will not be the opponent of the Baoshan Division at all!

So far, the division headquarters can only let the thousands of wounded of the Takagi Brigade fend for themselves!

"General!" Kimura Hisazo suddenly proposed, "The dozen or so regiments of the Baoshan Division have all entered the attack position, but they have not immediately launched an attack, I estimate that they will not attack again before dark, why don't you take this opportunity to move forward quickly?" First, you can treat thousands of wounded people from the Takagi Brigade, and second, you can also join the Kuramoto brigade! ”

"Yaga!" Kawagishi Bunzaburo did not hesitate to veto Kimura Kuzo's proposal, "The reason why the Shina Army did not attack immediately is entirely because we have already built fortifications, and if the division headquarters gives up the fortifications and moves forward, they will definitely pounce on us like wolves!" ”

Kimura has been silent for a long time, and now the division headquarters is no longer able to protect itself, and it is true that he can't take care of the wounded of the Takagi Brigade.

Kawagishi Fumizaburo carried the war knife given by the emperor, paced back and forth in the temporary headquarters for a few steps, and suddenly turned back and asked Kimura Hisazo: "Kimura-kun, when will the bomber brigade of the aviation regiment directly under the Front Army arrive?" ”

Kimura Hisazo said with an embarrassed face: "The headquarters of the front army has just called back, and the aviation squadrons stationed at Taiyuan, Datong, Beiping, Baoding and Jinan airports have all flown to the Wuhan battlefield to bomb the Xue Yue Corps, but the front army has urgently coordinated the Kwantung Army, and in two hours, the two bomber groups of the Kwantung Army will be able to arrive." ”

"Yaga." Kawagishi Bunzaburo scolded angrily, and then instructed Kimura Kuzodo, "Call the aviation scouts, strengthen the aerial reconnaissance in the area west of Niangzi Pass, and then telegraph to the Yamashita Brigade that while stepping up the attack on Niangzi Pass, you must not neglect the defense on the flanks and behind you, and don't let the Eighth Route Army take advantage of the loopholes!" ”

"Hello." Kizumura Kuzo bowed his head abruptly and took the order.

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At the foot of the mountain, the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

Deputy Division Commander Xu hurriedly walked into the war room with a telegram and said to Division Commander Liu, Political Commissar Deng, and Brigade Commander Chen of the 386th Brigade, who were studying the combat map: "Division commander, political commissar, and forward observation post report that the Baoshan Division has sent a battalion to seize Niangzi Pass, cutting off the connection between the rear guard brigade and the division headquarters in one fell swoop!" ”

"Oh?" Political Commissar Deng immediately looked back at Senior Commander Liu and said, "Sure enough, it is not what Senior Commander Liu expected." ”

Division Commander Liu tapped the map with the pencil in his hand and said, "But I don't know how the main force of the Baoshan Division can conceal the enemy?" ”

"Hey, the Baoshan Division didn't want to stealthily engage the enemy at all." Deputy Division Commander Xu shook his head and said with a wry smile, "According to the report of the forward observation post, the assembly of the main force of the Baoshan Division and the engagement of the enemy are completely open, and the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Yue Army also reacted in advance and built a complete fortification, but I don't know what medicine is sold in Yue Weihan's gourd?" ”

"Oh, open engagement?" Senior Commander Liu was slightly moved and said, "It seems that Yue Weihan is planning to fight at night!" ”

After saying this, Division Commander Liu said worriedly: "However, Yue Weihan believes that his battalion can hold out until the main force of the Baoshan Division completely annihilates the main force of the 20th Division of the Yue Army?" Although the terrain of Niangzi Pass is steep, how long can only one battalion of troops stop the rear guard brigade of the Yue Army? Isn't that too risky? ”

"What's more critical is the forward brigade of the 20th Division of the Army!" Deputy Division Commander Xu also shook his head and said, "The guard brigade can also rely on the Niangzi Guan Tian to resist and resist, but what about the forward brigade of the army?" Judging from the speed of the march, the forward brigade of the Yue army should have passed the Phoenix Ridge by now, right? There's no proper terrain there! ”

"yes." Brigade Commander Chen of the 386 Brigade also nodded, and said with some confusion, "It is said that Yue Weihan is also from Huangpu, and he should have received formal military theory teaching, so he shouldn't have devised such an ambush plan full of loopholes?" Could it be that this kid has anything else to do? ”

Political Commissar Deng suddenly said: "Regardless of whether the Baoshan Division wins this battle or not, our Eighth Route Army should provide them with some help within our ability." After saying this, Political Commissar Deng said to Division Commander Liu again, "Do you send the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment to flank the rear guard brigade of the Yue Army to relieve the pressure on the defenders of Niangziguan?" ”

Division Commander Liu nodded, and added: "I'm afraid that only the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment are not enough, let the Special Service Regiment, the Teaching Regiment and the Cavalry Battalion also go up!" ”

(To be continued)