Yamaoka Chonghou and Xia Yuan Xiong Mi were shocked when they heard this, and their great interest was lost in an instant, and after glancing at each other, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi took the lead and said a little angrily: "Bagaya Road, how could the Zhina Army suddenly attack Taiyuan again?" ”

Yamaoka Shigehou also said with a gloomy face: "It can be seen how cunning our opponent is!" ”

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"Alas, this will add a lot of variables to our evacuation operation this time." Xia Yuan Xiong Mi arrived and sighed with some exhaustion.

"For the sake of today's plan, the only way to do this is to change our previous retreat plan, order the defenders in Taiyuan City, give up a few unnecessary baggage materials, evacuate people, and withdraw as many expatriates in the city as possible." Yamaoka said heavily.

"In this case, I don't know how many people will complain and criticize us again." Xia Yuan Xiong sighed faintly, after all, it would hurt the interests of many people to let the expatriate merchants in the city give up their belongings.

In this, there are indispensable agents of various imperial relatives and military powerful figures in the empire, so it is normal for Xia Yuan Xiong Mi to have this concern.

Yamaoka snorted coldly: "Whoever doesn't want to give up their belongings is fine, don't blame others for being caught and killed by the earth eight roads!" Life and things outside of the body are important, I think they should be able to distinguish clearly. ”

Xia Yuan Xiong Mi nodded, no longer spoken, but picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all, with a heart, this wine did not taste good, the two of them hastily ended the originally high-spirited banquet, gathered their respective subordinate chiefs of staff, and began to plan to change the original retreat.

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Chengnan Railway Station, the headquarters of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

"Commander, our armored reinforcements have called back, now they have arrived in the Hengshui area, and they are rushing to our side at full speed, and they will strive to arrive before twelve o'clock tonight." Qiao Youhua had just returned to the headquarters from outside, and Wan Ying'er, who was acting with the army, took a telegram to report to him.

"yes, I see." Qiao Youhua nodded, took out a cigarette and smoked it, at this time, there were gunshots in the direction of Taiyuan, which was that his besieging troops were still feint against Taiyuan.

As soon as Wan Ying'er received the order to leave, Adjutant Li Yansan followed closely and walked in, saluting Qiao Youhua and said: "Commander, Deputy Division Commander Liu of the First Division asks if he can attack the city with all his might, because the siege troops under his command found that the Japanese puppet army defenders in the area they attacked were not very strong in defense.

If our army invests the main force to attack with all its might, it should have a great chance to break through the city defense of the Japanese puppet army and break into the city. ”

Qiao Youhua immediately shook his head and vetoed: "No, sue Liu Yidao, without my order, no one is allowed to launch a real onslaught, once that happens, it will only lead to two results, one, the devil feels hopeless to defend the city, and immediately evacuates and escapes." Second, using our people in the city as a threat, we fought a bloody battle to the death with our army.

Neither of these outcomes is what we want.

Any action should wait for the arrival of our tank reinforcements and artillery units. ”

In the final analysis, unless it is absolutely necessary, Qiao Youhua is still unwilling to fight with the devils in Taiyuan City, once that happens, the entire Taiyuan City may become a ruin. Hundreds of thousands of compatriots in the city may also suffer heavy losses as a result.

Even if the Japanese army is annihilated in the end, the Dragon Tooth Column, as the attacking side, will definitely suffer a lot of casualties, and the result will be a defeat for both sides.

Therefore, Qiao Youhua adopted the method of besieging the Japanese puppet army in Taiyuan by encircling three and missing one, and the initial siege was not fought in order to leave some hope for the Japanese puppet army in the city, so as not to escape from the city immediately.

Later, the devil's reinforcements were not attacking, indicating that the Japanese puppet army was likely to abandon Taiyuan City, in order to delay the time for the devil's evacuation, Qiao Youhua ordered the troops to make a feint, it can be said that Yiqiē is still under Qiao Youhua's control.

If we can't bear it, we will make a big plan, and we must not launch a general offensive ahead of schedule just because we have not resisted the temptation of temporary results, so that all the previous arrangements and efforts will be in vain.

Li Yansan bowed his head and answered, and took the order to convey the order.

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Liu Yidao, who was waiting for Qiao Youhua's instructions at the forward command post, sighed a little disappointed after receiving this order, waved his hand to several battalion commanders beside him and ordered: "Okay, don't stick here, go back to your respective posts, what should you do." ”

"Deputy Division Commander, are we just giving up such a great opportunity? As long as you agree, you will launch a fierce attack with the second regiment, and within three hours, you will be guaranteed to take the south gate! A colonel said with some unwillingness.

"Yes, deputy division commander, you can give the order, when we take Taiyuan City, the commander will definitely not punish us!" The other battalion commanders all echoed the voice, the crowd was excited, and the feint was not enjoyable, they really wanted to show all their strength and fight the little devil fiercely, so as to win the most important battle to recover the important town of Taiyuan.

Liu Yidao was also a little moved, but when he thought of Qiao Youhua's previous instructions to his subordinates, he immediately dispelled this idea, soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, this is Qiao Youhua's first and most important requirement for all his officers.

Although the battle exploits were tempting, Liu Yidao did not want to and did not dare to challenge Qiao Youhua's military might because of this.

So he waved his hand again and said, "Don't say anything, let's obey the commander's orders." ”

A few of his subordinates still wanted to persuade him again, but Liu Yidao shouted with a dark face: "Okay, it is our duty to obey orders, who dares to say more, don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face and not recognizing people!" ”

Liu Yidao was born as a bandit, and he has been baptized by blood and fire on the battlefield for a long time, and he has an awe-inspiring ferocity on his body, once it is revealed, it is still very deterrent.

Several regiment and battalion commanders saw that he was serious, and immediately bowed their heads: "Yes." Then he turned and walked away.

However, Qiao Youhua was very patient, and the development of the situation did not go as smoothly as he wished, and after nightfall, suddenly, the vigilance troops of Ximen found a group of devils who had quietly left the city.

The vigilant soldiers hurriedly fired warning shots and opened fire to stop the fire.

A fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the spot, and the devils were outnumbered and firepower was stronger than ever, because they had gathered a considerable number of heavy machine guns in the city to open the way.

The number of people is only at the squad and platoon level of the alert troops, naturally not the opponent of the devils, and they were quickly repulsed, and then, a large number of ox carts and carriages suddenly poured out of the city, and even the Japanese devils running on foot, men and women, old and young, all of them were under the cover of the Japanese combat troops, quickly out of the city, and disappeared into the vast darkness.

Liu Yidao, the deputy commander of the first division, was the first to get the report, and he was taken aback, while personally calling Qiao Youhua to report, he ordered the herald to give the second regiment an order, and immediately dispatched to the west gate to intercept the devil!