"Gentlemen, now the Chinese army is cowering in Datong City, and the defense capability of Datong City is not bad, and the city defense fortifications are also quite complete, so how to attack this important Chinese town still needs you to formulate a plan." Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki said in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, commander, how much do we know about the situation in the city, how many troops the enemy has deployed in the city, and how many heavy weapons there are. In addition, our army went all the way south, although it occupied Zhangbei, Xinghe, Shangdu, Jining, Fengzhen counties, but did not encounter the resistance of the army, this situation is very strange, so we must first determine whether the main force of the 61st Army is still in the city, if not, where are they now? Major General Seiichiro Uhara, commander of the 15th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, stood up and said that he was the only one of the Japanese officers present who had fought with Chen Feng's subordinates, and that Major General Seiichiro Uhara of the army with strange whereabouts and extremely strong combat effectiveness did not dare to be careless at all, and it turned out that it was necessary to pay a heavy price for underestimating the enemy.

Seishiro Itagaki nodded with satisfaction, and secretly said that Major General Seiichiro Yuhara was indeed worthy of being the senior commander of the Imperial Army, and he quickly thought of the key to the matter, and did not shout and kill as soon as he came up like a reckless man, so he said in a relatively gentle tone: "The news just came from the special high-tech department, the city in Datong is indeed the main force of the 61st Army, although it is not clear how many troops there are in the city, but the number will not be less than 20,000 people, and Chen Feng himself is in the city, and there are not only formed artillery units in Datong City." Just yesterday two of our reconnaissance planes were shot down by the Chinese air defense forces over Datong, and two pilots were killed and one captured. ”

"Yo Si, artillerymen! Air defense! It must be the main force of the 61st Army of China. In this case, the humble position believed that attacking a fortified city like Datong could not be brutally attacked, and if it was the other Chinese army defending the city, the humble position would not hesitate to order the large army group to charge and take the enemy's position in one fell swoop. Some time ago, when our army besieged Xinghe County, Chen Feng's five or six thousand people were surrounded in the small city of Xinghe, while the imperial army had more than 20,000 people, and the onslaught lasted for three days and three nights but did not even take the outer positions, and also lost a large number of soldiers, even if His Excellency Terauchi Shouichi sent two wings of aviation to participate in the battle, the result was the same, but the loss of fifty or sixty fighters. Major General Seiichiro Yuhara said in a deep voice.

Before Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro could make a statement, Major General Noboru Kunizaki on the side got up and said: "Yuhara-kun is serious, the Shina army is all piled up with sand, and it is not the opponent of the Imperial Japanese Army in terms of combat effectiveness or will to fight, and to deal with the Shina people who refuse to surrender like the one in Datong City, we can only attack and use our bayonets to tell those stupid Shina people to surrender is the most correct choice." ”

"Kunisaki-kun, are you doubting the combat effectiveness of our Kwantung Army?" Major General Seiichiro Yuhara asked loudly, as the largest military group in the Japanese army, the Kwantung Army has its own honor and will never allow anyone to trample on it.

"Baga, shut up. Now the Chinese army has been surrounded in this small city, so don't worry, we have time, so let's do it tomorrow we will carry out a tentative attack to see if the defensive ability of the Chinese army is as stated to Yu Yuanjun, if that is really the case, I am afraid that the Chinese people are deliberately retreating into Datong City this time, and use the strong city fortifications to kill and injure our army in large quantities, so how to take this city is worth our consideration! Itagaki Seishiro knew very well that if Noboru Kunisaki and Seiichiro Yuhara were allowed to continue, it would likely cause a conflict between the Kwantung Army and the North China Front, so he decisively interrupted them.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I am willing to take the lead and lead my headquarters to join the frontal attack!" Major General Noboru Kunisaki asked for war.

"Yo Xi, if this is the case, then tomorrow's attack will be carried out by your 9th Brigade as the main attack, and at the same time, the 2nd Infantry Division of the Imperial Cooperative Army will be mobilized to attack together."

"Hay!"

"In addition, I heard that Tianzhen, Xinghe, Jining and other cities in China have become empty cities?" Seishiro Itagaki continued to ask.

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, although our army has captured all the county towns north of Datong, it has obtained some empty cities, and there are no people in the city except for some old men who can't walk, and we can't raise a little food supplies, and all the supplies must be mobilized from the rear." The commander of the 26th Division, **Chun, replied with a frown.

"Yo Xi, this Chen Feng is really a talent, his move is called drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle in the words of Zhi Na, although our Great Japanese Imperial Army is strong in combat, but it is congenitally insufficient, if we can't raise supplies on the spot, our combat capability will be greatly weakened." After a slight pause, Seishiro Itagaki had a fierce glint in his eyes and said loudly: "Pass my order: From now on, the Imperial Army will carry out a thorough sweep of the villages of China with squadrons as units, find out all the farmers who are hiding in China, and then execute them with the most severe criminal law to set an example!" ”

"Hay!"

Taiyuan. Department of the Second World War Zone Governor.

Report to the marshal: "The 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army captured Huairen and Datong County, and the troops are under the city of Datong!" ”

Report to the commander: "The 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army has captured the two counties of Zuoyun and Right Yu, and is attacking in the direction of Datong!" ”

Report to the marshal: "The Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry took two cities in one day, and Shangdu and Jining fell!" ”

Report to the marshal: "The 26th Division of the Japanese Army captured Zhangbei, and a part of its partial division won peace without a fight!" ”

Report Marshal: ""

The bad news is one after another, Old Man Yan's current mood is not only not beautiful, it is simply terrible, originally he expected that these counties on the periphery of Datong would be enough for the little devil to drink a pot, with the combat effectiveness of the 222 Division, it would take at least seven or eight days for the Japanese army to capture these peripheral counties, and then Datong City, with the remnants of the 222 Division and the 61st Army, the Japanese army did not want to enter the Datong city in a dozen days.

However, the news from the front was obviously not like this, and the Japanese army, with divine help, captured all the counties on the periphery of Datong in less than two days, and completed the most rear-end encirclement of Datong City.

"What the hell is Chen Feng, this rabbit cub doing, an army plus a division was defeated by the little devil so quickly, can you last for twenty days if you fight like this?" Yan Xishan was furious in the office and shouted angrily.

Neither Fu Zuoyi nor Yang Aiyuan spoke, and they couldn't figure it out about this matter, with the combat power that Chen Feng's department had erupted before, it shouldn't be like this. It is important to know that the army is traditional, and an army with good traditions will not plummet in combat effectiveness just because the loss of soldiers is too great.

Chen Feng's troops did suffer a lot of losses in these two battles, but it was not so that two divisions and one brigade could not hold on for three or five days.

"Call Xueyong here, I want to ask him, what is Chen Feng doing?" Yan Laohan said depressedly.

After a while, Jiang Weimin, director of the Intelligence Office of the Second World War Zone, strode in, came to Yan Xishan, saluted a military salute and said, "Report to the commander, Jiang Weimin is here to report!" ”

"Well, Xueyong, is there any news from Datong?"

"Yes, the Japanese Fifth Route Army has completed the encirclement of Datong City today, and the counties north of Taiyuan and several counties in Suinan have all been occupied by the Japanese army." Jiang Weimin replied in a deep voice.

"What about the losses of Chen Feng's department?" Yan Xishan asked again.

"There are no losses, according to the information we have obtained, Chen Feng's department did not fight the Japanese army at all, those who thought that they gave up on their own initiative, and the Japanese army occupied Xinghe, Jining and other counties without blood." Jiang Weimin replied.

"What are you talking about, he didn't resist, he wants to go to court-martial?" Yan Xishan asked angrily.

"According to the information we have obtained, Chen Feng seems to want to concentrate his forces to defend Datong, and he is worried that he will be divided and surrounded by the Japanese army in Xinghe, Jining and other counties, so he took the initiative to abandon these county seats. Not only that, Chen Feng also transferred all the civilians in the defense area, and the Japanese army only got a few empty cities, and our intelligence officers also said that the Japanese army could not even collect a little grain in these county towns, and had to be transported from the rear. Jiang Weimin said.

Fu Zuoyi on the side frowned and said: "In this way, it is impossible for Chen Feng's troops to break through, he has forced himself into a dead end, if we can't hold Taiyuan, if there are no reinforcements to the north to reinforce and rescue, the sixty-first army will be completely finished." ”

"Dead! No solution! Yang Aiyuan also sighed.

On the contrary, Yan Xishan was in a much better mood, and Chen Feng forced himself to this part, indicating that he was preparing to fight the little devil in Datong City, so it would not be easy for the little devil to take Datong, and maybe the strong fortifications of Datong City could hold on for a while longer.

Now Yan Laoxi is thinking about whether Taiyuan can be saved, this is where most of his life savings are, if it falls into the hands of the Japanese, it will really make him feel distressed to death. Compared with the entire Taiyuan City, a small 61st Army and a small Chen Feng sacrificed their lives.