The 40th Brigade was finally annihilated, but the real battle had just begun. As the main forces of the Japanese army began to attack from three directions, Huangzhuang, Lijiatunzi, and Jiutanzi became the centers of fierce battles.

No one knows what Kazuki Kiyoji is doing to launch a night battle that the Japanese army is not good at. Night battles, in the absence of considerable armored forces as mobile fortresses to provide cover for the infantry, are very easy to form chaotic battles due to insufficient lighting facilities. Chaotic warfare, this is naturally extremely beneficial to the student army fighting on the ground. Later, when Kiyoji Kazuki began writing his memoirs a few years later because of livelihood problems, he mentioned this reason. Kazuki Kiyoji's reason is still tenable, because he lost air supremacy, and the air strike power of the Cadet Army is not weak, so it is advantageous for the Japanese army to conduct a night battle.

Is that really the case?

Without heavy artillery, without effective anti-tank weapons, and even with insufficient flares, if there was only the slightest problem in the command and coordination between the lower troops, then the numerical superiority of the Japanese army would become a crop sprinkled on the North China Plain, waiting for the cadet army to harvest.

However, in terms of a comparison of several factors that have a bearing on the victory or defeat of the two sides, the overall quality of the cadet army is inferior to that of the Japanese army. After all, this is still a young unit, and the commanders of this unit are still too young and lack experience in big battles. However, in terms of weapons, the Cadet Army has too much of an advantage. Among them, the most troublesome for the Japanese army were those tanks and armored vehicles. A Jiguang L-2 tank squatted there, and then arranged a platoon of infantry to cover, it was a fortress that could never be broken.

A squad of death squads rushed up, often more than 100 meters away from the tank, and a mortar shell or a grenade hit it, as if it had set fire to a small arsenal, and the continuous explosion of gas fire illuminated the surrounding area for several hundred meters. At this time, if there is a large force not far behind that squad, then the cannonballs will come after it. As soon as the shelling was over, and a dozen flares were lifted into the air, the moving fortresses moved, rushed forward, and then fired a few shots, and when the Japanese army came, it turned back and ran.

The battle lasted for more than two hours, and the sky began to brighten, and at this time, the high-ranking officials of the devil realized that they were still hiding on the first three points and one line, and they couldn't beat it for a meter.

At this time, the Japanese brigade stationed in Huairou sent a telegram asking for help, saying that it had been attacked by the superior forces of the 29th Army and could not withstand it now. Please send reinforcements immediately, otherwise there is a danger that the back road will be cut off, because in the early hours of this morning, Yanqing was lost.

As soon as Kazuki Kiyoji learned the news, he was immediately stunned: "Yanqing is lost?!" Is the message reliable? He turned his head to look at Hashimoto, the chief of staff beside him.

Hashimoto, who was specifically in charge of intelligence and telegraph affairs, shook his head affirmatively and said, "I haven't received the relevant telegrams, so I can only do nothing now." ”

The importance of Yanqing and Huairou to the First Army is self-evident. Once these two strategic points are lost, it will also mean that the Japanese army and the North China Front have lost contact. This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that it also means that the First Army will become a lone army deep behind enemy lines. If the First Army has fully grasped the initiative at present, it is not terrible to be alone, and the supplies can be replenished on the spot. However, the current situation is that the First Army did not take the initiative, and the people of China clearly carried out the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness - so far, except for the city of Yanqing, the Japanese army has not been reinforced. In this way, once the war is indecisive, then let alone weapons and ammunition, the food of the Japanese army will become a problem.

It is precisely because of these factors that the Hashimoto group has come to the conclusion that there is no need to do so. Seeing that Kazuki Kiyoji didn't speak for a long time, he said, "Your Excellency Commander, you can't continue to fight like this." Once dawn and the Chinese Air Force is dispatched, we will be quite passive. ”

"I know the way, but now is it time to retreat to Wangjiawei or directly counterattack Yanqing? The two generals, Yoshizu Ryosuke and Shimoto Kumaya, did they have a telegram over? ”

Saying that Cao Cao Cao Cao was about to arrive, Hashimoto was about to answer, when a staff officer rushed over with a telegram held high, shouting from afar: "It's not good, it's not good!" ”

This devil staff officer is too eye-catching, didn't he see that the commander and the chief of staff had a bad face-Kazuki Kiyoji immediately became angry and shouted: "Eight Ge, why are you so flustered?!" ”

The staff officer hurriedly straightened up "Hai", and then respectfully handed the telegram to the Hashimoto group who stretched out his hand.

Hashimoto glanced at it in a hurry, stumbled under his feet, and almost fell.

Kiyoji Kazuki was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Hashimoto-kun, what's wrong?" ”

Handing over the message to him, Hashimoto looked up at the sky, looking at the gains and losses.

The telegram was sent jointly by Yoshizu Ryosuke and Shimoto Kunya and the lieutenant of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade. Two lieutenant generals and a lieutenant jointly sent a telegram, which is absolutely unique in the history of World War II. And after Kazuki Kiyoji finished reading it, his eyes straightened, and then his body shook for a while, and a mouthful of blood rushed out with a "poof".

The Ninth Division and the 108th Division actually fought with the mixed first brigade, which was enough to make Kazuki Kiyoji ashamed to death, and the fatal thing was to add a paragraph later: The officers above the rank and file of the mixed first brigade were collectively killed and disappeared, and it was suspected that they were committed by the Xuebing Army.

"Your Excellency, General!" The staff officers next to him were frightened, and several people held the old devil and shook it for a while, and finally made him wake up.

"General, let's fight with the Chinese people!" A young man drew his pistol and shouted. More people followed suit: "Fight!" "Either the student army dies or I die!" "Ouyang Yun is too deceitful!" ……

Kazuki Kiyoji waved his hand and said gloomily: "Retreat!" Hashimoto-kun, telegraph Yoshizu Ryosuke and Shimoto Kuami, let them quickly move closer to Huairou! In addition, send the information about what happened in Wangjiawei to the general in the temple, and let me bear this responsibility. ”

The little devils receded like a tide, and the soldiers of the Cadet Army, who were on the rise, couldn't help but wonder if this was a trick played by the little devils. Several telegrams reflecting this situation were sent to Ouyang Yun's hands, and the little chief's reddened eyes immediately sparkled, and the whole person became energetic again. He said: "What a trick, hehe, it must be Guo Biao and the single male who has succeeded." Well, Qin Jun Zhang must have also dispatched and asked the brothers to chase me. By the way, pay attention to the rhythm and don't fall into it. ”

"Yes!"

The staff officer on duty sent a telegram, and Ouyang Yun shook his clothes excitedly and walked out of the bunker. Greeted by the fresh air of the morning with the smell of gunpowder, he said, "New day, new beginning!" ”

Pan Meiren came out with a teapot and said with a smile: "Ouyang, we have won?" ”

"It's still early in victory, but there is already light at the end of the tunnel. Hey! ”