Seeing Zhao Haipeng leave, the smile on Daoyu Zhongzuo's face disappeared and was replaced by a hideous and fierce appearance.

If it weren't for the fact that he still needed to use Zhao Haipeng and his Imperial Alliance soldiers to help defend the city, Daoyu would have given him a few slaps just now.

As for the reinforcements, Daoyu Zhongzuo had just gotten the news, and he was still having a headache about the lack of troops before, just ten minutes before Zhao Haipeng came to him, he learned in advance from a phone call from a friend who served in Baoding.

It turned out that the headquarters of the North China Front had just invited reinforcements from a chariot brigade outside the Guan, plus a brigade of the Imperial Allied Army Yu Zhishan, which had participated in the Battle of Songhu before, also happened to be ordered to move north, passing through North China, and was left behind.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of the Zhengtai Railway, General Sugiyama Yuan took this chariot brigade and Yu Zhishan's headquarters as the mainstay, and transferred two infantry brigades from the Baoding garrison to form a strengthened mixed brigade, starting from Baoding, urgently rushing to the aid of Xinle County and even the entire Shimen.

Cooperate with the 21st Division to ensure the smooth flow of the Zhengtai Railway.

Sure enough, less than a minute after Zhao Haipeng left, a communications soldier ran in with a telegram in his hand, with a happy face, and saluted Daoyu Zhongzuo: "Sir, the commander of the North China Front has called, and a reinforced mixed brigade has been sent south from Baoding to urgently aid our department, and the reinforcements are about to arrive."

The front command asked us to hold out with all our might and wait for reinforcements to arrive. ”

Daoyu Zhongzuo showed a look of joy and nodded: "Yo Xi, call back to the front army headquarters, we will definitely stick to Xinle County!" ”

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At the same time, the headquarters of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army in Shimen.

Senior Adjutant Tadao Nakajima also held a telegram in his hand, ran into the war room in a hurry, and said to Chihei Sakai and Chiba Yu, who were still discussing the specific actions of the next battle plan: "General, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, good news, a good news that is very beneficial to us." ”

"Nakajima-kun, what's the good news?" Sakai Chihei hurriedly asked.

Tadao Nakajima handed the telegram in his hand to Sakai Chihei and said: "General, this is the telegram I just received from the headquarters of the Front Army, General Sugiyama Yuan has fully transferred a chariot brigade, two infantry brigades and a brigade of the Manchurian Imperial Allied Army in Zhishan, forming a reinforced mixed brigade, which is urgently on the way to Xinle County.

In the message, General Sugiyama said that this reinforced mixed brigade will fight side by side with us and work together to maintain and ensure the smooth flow and safety of the Shotai railway line. ”

Sakai Chihei took the telegram and read it hurriedly, he was already overjoyed, handed the telegram to Chiba Yuyuki who was looking forward to it next to him, and said happily: "Yo Xi, this time we don't have to worry about the lack of troops, we can implement this battle plan with peace of mind." ”

Chiba Yuyuki took the telegram and quickly read it at a glance, and when he heard the division commander say this, he immediately became happy and then worried, put down the telegram and said: "General, since the front army has sent additional reinforcements, then we can completely transfer troops to maintain the railway from Shimen to Jingcheng, and there is no need to risk attacking the Shina army." ”

Sakai Chihei waved his hand and said, "No, Chiba-kun, if we can contain the main force of the Shina Army, then this strengthened mixed brigade will definitely be able to achieve unexpected results if it takes the opportunity to attack from Xinle to Lingshou County."

As long as their attack from the flanks is effective, then the defense line of the Chinese army will definitely collapse as a result, and the main force of our 21st Division will launch a frontal onslaught with all its might, and the Dragon's Tooth Task Force will definitely be completely wiped out! ”

Sakai Chihei originally wanted to compete with Qiao Youhua, and the previous attack was to replace defense with offense, contain the opponent's forces, and prevent them from having the opportunity to destroy the railway, but now a reinforcement to strengthen the mixed brigade suddenly came, which made Sakai Chihei's mind change dramatically.

I can't wait to leave, put my original idea into action, and compete with Qiao Youhua.

Although I knew that this might be a little risky, I thought that once I succeeded, I would become famous in a fight, become the brightest and most dazzling star of the Imperial Army of Japan, and even go further in the future and enter the power center of the imperial base camp, so as to ascend to the sky in one step.

Chihei Sakai was a little uncontrollable excited, and left behind some potential disadvantages and risks, or forcibly suppressed them.

Seeing that the division commander was more determined to take the risk of fighting with the Dragon Tooth Task Force, Chiba Yuyuki suddenly felt a big head and wanted to persuade again, but seeing the excitement on Sakai Chihei's face, he understood that it was useless to say more, but it would cause him displeasure, so he could only sigh secretly, and secretly said that in the next battle, be more cautious in case it becomes a big mistake.

In fact, Chiba Yuyuki didn't want to take a risk, because the rewards of being able to defeat the Dragon's Tooth Task Force were too great.

Under the huge temptation, there are some favorable factors to induce and promote, so it is normal for Sakai Chihei to have this idea, the reason why Chiba Yuyuki wants to persuade is because he thinks that the risk is too great, this is his duty as the chief of staff of the division, when the persuasion is useless, he chooses to push half and go with the flow.

In fact, the strength of the Japanese army in the Shimen area before was still slightly superior to the reorganized and expanded Longya Column, but after the battles of Jingcheng County, Xinle County and Yongling River.

The 21st Division suffered some losses, which reduced its overall superiority in strength a little. If one side of the two sides concentrates its forces and sticks to one place, it will be beyond each other's help.

Even if it can be won, it will be a tragic victory, and the reason why Qiao Youhua launched this cover battle plan is completely to receive the convoy of Vanu and Billy Ravis to enter the base area along the way, and the decision has to be made.

If he could, he preferred to temporarily maintain some kind of truce with the Japanese in order to gain valuable time to train the troops.

Therefore, even if they took action, Qiao Youhua and the others only fought a small-scale local operation, using mobile warfare to concentrate their forces to annihilate the enemy little by little, in order to avoid a real head-to-head confrontation with the enemy with a majority of new recruits, because in that case, the casualty rate would definitely be unbearable for the Dragon's Tooth Column.

In the face of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force, which was on the defensive on the frontal battlefield, Sakai Chihei's 21st Division was also helpless, but now, the arrival of this reinforced mixed brigade composed of Yu Zhishan, two Japanese infantry brigades, and a tank brigade completely broke the overall balance of strength between the Japanese army and the Dragon's Tooth Anti-Japanese Task Force.

Therefore, Sakai Chihei, who had hatred and anger in his heart, became very resolute and very eager to fight the Dragon's Tooth Task Force.