In the joint headquarters of the 108th and 109th Divisions, the atmosphere was particularly solemn, and the main generals of the Japanese army, such as Kuma Shimoto and Shigetsu Yamaoka, gathered together to urgently discuss what to do next.

"Your Excellency, you have just received news that the breakthrough operation of the defenders of the city has also failed because of the combined interception of the tank and cavalry units of the Chinese army, and their losses are equally heavy, in addition to thousands of soldiers, there are nearly 10,000 of our expatriates and merchants who died in the battle." Major General Toshiyuki Suzuki, chief of staff of the 108th Division, reported to Kuami Motomoto with a heavy face.

Xiong Mi, who was already in a bad mood because of the failure of his main army's attack and heavy losses, heard this, and his face became extremely difficult to look at.

The face of the mountain hill next to him was even more ugly than him, the last attack just now was proposed by him on his own initiative, but he didn't expect it to end in failure, and he also lost so many valuable troops, which made people feel painful.

Shigehou Yamaoka, who was extremely angry, suddenly slammed his fist on the conference table next to him, shaking the water glass on the table, and Toshiyuki Suzuki and his chief of staff Shikuro Ochiai and others were startled.

"Damn, our chariot is so vulnerable, and it is easily attacked by the Chinese army, while the chariot of the Chinese people is so strong, and it poses such a great threat to the imperial army!" Yamaoka was angry, gritted his teeth and said to Xia Yuan Xiong Mi: "Xia Yuan-kun, we must jointly report this situation to the base camp, and the equipment of the Imperial Army must be renovated and upgraded.

Otherwise, we will lose the entire territory of the China Battlefield and even the entire Liaodong Peninsula. ”

I have to say that Yamaoka's heavy words immediately resonated with the high-level Japanese military leaders in Shanxi, including Xiongmi Xiayuan, and they all nodded their heads again and again.

Since they fought with the Dragon's Tooth Column, they have clearly understood the strong firepower of the Dragon's Tooth Column, and the two sides are not at the same level at all in terms of the sophistication of weapons and equipment.

If it is also an infantry squad, the opponent's firepower can definitely blow up their own troops, and the strength comparison between the two sides is even one to three, such a gap in combat power, with the increase in the number of troops, will be greatly expanded.

In the end, the Dragon's Tooth Column was able to resist the onslaught of nearly 100,000 troops of their two field divisions and several mixed brigades with only one or two divisions.

The chief of staff of the 109th Division, Shikuro Ochiai, said: "Two commanders, the matter of reporting this situation to the base camp can be pushed back, after all, it is by no means a simple matter to innovate the army's weapons and equipment.

At present, our top priority is to find a way to get out of the predicament of the Battle of Taiyuan. ”

Shimoto Xiong Ya also nodded and said, "Chief of Staff Ochiai is reasonable, Yamaoka-kun, let's discuss how to act next, right?!" ”

Yamaoka sat down angrily and said, "What else is there to discuss, we must retreat, Taiyuan City has fallen into the heavy encirclement of the Chinese army, and we cannot break through the enemy's blocking line from the front.

Around us, the Jinsui Army, the Central Army, and the Tuba Road are all advancing at an alarming speed, and we can't delay here any longer, we must leave too far at once, and take a detour to the Datong area. ”

Shimoto Kumaya nodded thoughtfully, and at that moment, he and the chiefs of staff of the two of them came to the battle map, looking for a suitable evacuation route.

Staring at the map for a long time, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi said to Shangang Chong: "Shangangjun, now it seems that the Tongpu Railway is not going to be completed, for today's plan, we have to detour to Lazikou, from Lazikou to bypass Taiyuan City and the railway station This generation, take Jinyang Lake to Xinzhou area." ”

Yamaoka Chonghou looked at the map and nodded: "Well, that's it, the 31st Brigade of my division and the 119th Infantry Wing will be in charge of the palace, and the task of opening the road will be handed over to you, Xia Yuanjun." ”

Hearing this, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi said generously: "No problem. After speaking, he said to his chief of staff, Suzuki Toshiyuki: "Suzuki-kun, immediately notify the 25th Brigade and order the 132nd Infantry Wing under its jurisdiction to immediately dispatch and serve as the vanguard to work on the road to Lazikou!" ”

Toshiyuki Suzuki hurriedly bowed his head and responded, "Hai! Then he turned around and took the order to leave.

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Lazikou is a mountain pass, located about five kilometers southeast of Jinyang Lake, a not wide mountain road winds its way, and the road is flanked by steep and impassable cliffs.

When the 108th Infantry Wing of the 132nd Division of the local regiment arrived at Lazikou, the two elite infantry regiments brought by General Zuo Quan had already set up an ambush position in the most dangerous place in Lazikou.

The two infantry regiments received a large number of Japanese rifles, machine guns, as well as grenadier mortars from the Dragon's Tooth Column, and the firepower was greatly enhanced.

The warriors were replaced with new weapons, and they were all eager to try.

"Commander, the devil is here!" Suddenly, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army with a rifle on his back followed the fortifications they had built in Lazikou and came to an infantry regiment commander who was in charge of the defense command of Lazikou, lowered his voice and couldn't suppress his excitement.

This infantry regiment commander is none other than a famous tiger general among the cadres of the Eighth Route Army, Li Yunlong! This Li Yunlong is not the Li Yunlong in the TV series, but an old Red Army who participated in the Long March.

Experienced in a hundred battles, crawled out of the pile of dead people in the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, he has extremely rich combat experience, and is known as the iron tiger within the Eighth Route Army.

This time, General Zuo Quan brought him and a regiment under his command, which can be regarded as bringing a strong combat force.

Li Yunlong is about 1.8 meters tall, tall and big, burly and extraordinary, his body is full of lumps of tendon meat, after listening to the soldier's report, he was originally sitting behind the fortification bunker with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, pulled out the gun on his waist, and shouted in a deep voice: "Prepare for battle!" ”

More than 3,000 commanders and fighters who were waiting for the battle rose from their fortified bunkers one after another, holding all kinds of weapons and equipment, and quickly prepared for battle.

The muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the way ahead.

The Japanese 132nd Infantry Wing had lost the strength of an infantry brigade in the previous offensive, leaving the total strength of less than two thousand men.

I thought that the Dragon's Tooth Column was all outside Taiyuan City and in the area of the railway station and airport, and it should be a good thing to open the road in front of the head, so that they could leave this place full of crises one step earlier.

Therefore, the commander of the 132nd Infantry Wing, Hai Lao Mingrong Dazuo, was still in a good mood, sitting on a military truck, constantly urging his subordinates to speed up the march, and leave the Taiyuan battlefield as much as possible.

It's just that when his top soldiers had just entered the most dangerous section of Lazikou, in the rocky dense forests on both sides of the road, there was a sudden burst of gunfire, and bullets rained down for a while.

The unprepared devil soldiers were shot and fell to the ground one after another, and a large number of them fell in a blink of an eye. 、、

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