After Itagaki Seishiro led his troops to easily defeat Wan Fulin's department, he immediately went all the way south to Shimen. The morale of the little devils greatly inspired by the victory, so that the little devils temporarily forgot their fatigue, and under the encouragement of Itagaki Seishiro, the little devils burst out of their greatest potential, and quickly advanced towards Shimen, after defeating the Wan Fu Lin Department, they did not encounter the [***] of the formation along the way, so the army marched all the way, and soon arrived at the foot of Zhengding City.

At this time, the 14th Division and the 20th Division of the Yue Army were storming the Dasha River defense line, and the Yue Army was attacking fiercely. Although it was learned that the right flank defense line had been broken through by the Japanese army, it was not possible to send troops back for the time being. Weng Zhaoyuan thought that Liu Zhi still had tens of thousands of reserves in Shimen, and with the fortifications of Shimen, he could resist the army for a few days even if it was poor. After all, the Fifth Division in the hands of Seishiro Itagaki only has the strength of a brigade, plus some troops directly under the division, it is only more than 10,000 people.

But Weng Zhaoyuan really looked up to Liu Zhi, at this time the victorious general has long since lost the courage of the year, after learning that the Fifth Division of the Yue Army defeated Wan Fulin's department, Liu Zhi immediately messed up, thinking that the Dasha River defense line could not be maintained. After the army reached Zhengding, Liu Zhi was even more panicked, and hurriedly escaped from Shimen by car and fled south along the Pinghan Railway.

Liu Zhi's escape, the defenders in Shimen City immediately became chaotic, and some people had begun to follow Liu Zhi's footsteps and began to flee south, even if they stayed at this time, they were at a loss. The troops lost their unified command and immediately became a mess.

At this time, Itagaki Seishiro's attack on Zhengding was not smooth, although the small city of Zhengding had only one reinforced regiment of defenders, but under the stubborn resistance of the defenders, it was difficult for the army to overcome for a while. Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, Seishiro Itagaki received a piece of information from the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters, which was sent by the secret agents of Shimen hidden in the stone gate, and the information detailed the situation in the stone gate at this time. Itagaki Seishiro was overjoyed when he saw it, and said, "Amaterasu bless!" Amaterasu bless! Subsequently, Itagaki Seishiro left only a small force to monitor the Zhengding defenders, and then led the main force to attack Shimen.

When Weng Zhaoyuan learned that Liu Zhi had abandoned the city and fled, he almost fainted directly. Scolding Liu Zhi for being despicable and shameless, looking at the angry Weng Zhaoyuan, Xie Jinyuan would never doubt that if Liu Zhi was standing next to Weng Zhaoyuan now, Weng Zhaoyuan would definitely shoot Liu Zhi without hesitation.

"The total seat is angry! Now the top priority is to send troops to rescue Shimen as soon as possible, I'm afraid it's too late! Xie Jinyuan hurriedly persuaded on the side.

Weng Zhaoyuan suddenly woke up, "How many reserves do we have now?" ”

"There are only two regiments left!" Xie Jinyuan replied helplessly.

"Let these two regiments immediately rush to support Shimen! Be sure to make sure of the stone gate! Weng Zhaoyuan immediately ordered.

"Yes!" Xie Jinyuan responded, beckoned a staff officer to convey the order, turned to Weng Zhaoyuan and said, "General seat, the situation is critical now, we have to prepare early!" ”

"You mean to say?" Weng Zhaoyuan couldn't help frowning.

"In case the stone gate is not protected, we can only retreat!" Xie Jinyuan sighed helplessly and said.

Weng Zhaoyuan was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly. Weng Zhaoyuan naturally knew that Shimen had an important surname, and once Shimen fell into the hands of the Yue army, the back road of the Dasha River front line would be completely cut off by the Yue army. The most important thing is that all the strategic materials of the frontline are stored in Shimen, once Shimen is lost, [***] will not only fall into a passive situation of the army being attacked from both sides, but also fall into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food in a few days. Weng Zhaoyuan is not Jin Zhao, he has the backing of the system, and he doesn't have to worry about logistics at all. This is also the reason why Weng Zhaoyuan was so angry after learning that Liu Zhi fled without a fight.

Fall back! If the stone gate is lost, Weng Zhaoyuan will have only one way to go. Thinking that the efforts of the past few months came to naught in an instant, Weng Zhaoyuan gritted his teeth angrily, of course, this full of anger was concentrated on Liu Zhi's body, and now Weng Zhaoyuan has deeply realized a joke that Jin Zhao once said, not afraid of enemies like tigers, but afraid of comrades-in-arms like pigs. With such a friendly army, how can the Min army be undefeated!

Although Weng Zhaoyuan sent reinforcements to support Shimen quickly, it was still a step too late. Itagaki Seishiro rushed to Shimen one step ahead of time, and the chaotic Shimen Castle was like an undefended city for the army. The army successfully broke through the fortifications of Shimen with only one charge. The ferocious little devils rushed into Shimen City like a pack of hungry wolves, and the defenders of Shimen, who were already distracted, saw that the army broke into the city, and had no intention of resisting, so they took the road and fled for their lives to the south.

Xie Jinyuan walked to Weng Zhaoyuan's side in despair with a telegram in his hand, "Headquarters!" The army broke into Shimen City, and all the fighters at Shimen Airport were ordered to withdraw south, and they blew up the ammunition and materials stored in the airport. In addition, the defenders of the city's warehouses have also blown up all the strategic materials. A few short words seemed to exhaust all of Xie Jinyuan's strength, and after Xie Jinyuan finished speaking, he sat down on the chair.

Weng Zhaoyuan took the telegram in Xie Jinyuan's hand and glanced at it, and sighed helplessly, "Then retreat!" It's about to get dark, so inform you to retreat in the direction of Jinju immediately after dark! Weng Zhaoyuan calmed down at this time, although he knew that he had been defeated, and now even if he could recapture Shimen, it would be useless, after all, without supplies to them, they could hold out for a few days, and the supplies needed by tens of thousands of troops on the front line could not be mobilized to the front line in a short time, especially the Fujian army, all the supplies had to be transported from Fujian thousands of miles away to North China, I am afraid that the supplies would not be delivered, and the 26th Group Army would have run out of ammunition and food. What's more, at this time, the Yue army had occupied almost the entire Shimen, and it was not a task that could be completed overnight if it wanted to eliminate the fifth division of the Yue army and recapture Shimen. The reason why it is said that it has occupied almost the entire Shimen is because there is no large-scale resistance in Shimen City at this time, although some remnants of the army are still resisting stubbornly in the city, but it has no help in the overall situation.

Xie Jinyuan sighed helplessly, got up and was about to leave to convey the order to retreat, when Weng Zhaoyuan added, "Inform Sun Lianzhong's department on the left flank and let them retreat with our army!" Weng Zhaoyuan did not forget that the friendly troops retreated alone at this time, especially the anti-Japanese troops like Sun Lianzhongbu, so he specially reminded him in the end. (To be continued.) )