Before the chief of staff went out, a young man rushed in directly.

"Sir, there are a large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army around Taiyuan City, they are equipped with a large number of artillery, and they are attacking the turrets and checkpoints on the periphery of Taiyuan City!"

"How many people there are and how many artillery pieces are equipped, figure it out immediately!" Yoshio Shinozuka stared at Shaozo and ordered.

As soon as Shaozuo left, Yoshio Shinozuka shifted his gaze to the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, shouldn't you give me an explanation!" So many Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared outside Taiyuan City, what are you doing with the General Staff. There is also the intelligence department, what are you doing with your intelligence network, so many Eighth Route Army lurking outside Taiyuan City don't know, do you have to wait for them to kill all the way into Taiyuan City, you will find out! ”

"Please rest assured, Your Excellency Commander, and immediately check the strength and equipment of the Eighth Route Army outside the city!"

At the moment of life and death, the efficiency of the devil is very high.

In less than ten minutes, the chief of staff returned to Yoshio Shinozuka with a solemn expression.

"Your Excellency Commander, there is more than one division attacking us outside the city, and it is well-equipped, and there are nearly two brigades of Guangshan Field Artillery, and it is also equipped with a large number of flying thunder cannons and mortars, and the offensive ability is very strong!"

"It's only been ten minutes since they attacked, and we've already lost several of the turrets and checkpoints we have placed outside Taiyuan City!"

"Also, our reinforcement of Taiyuan Airport was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army outside the city, and the whole army was annihilated. Now the Eighth Route Army has entered the airport! If there is no rescue, the airport guard will be able to hold out for a maximum of two hours! ”

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka's bad premonition just now resurfaced in his mind.

Although he hasn't figured out why yet, he trusts his instincts.

As a soldier, and a good soldier, Yoshio Shinozuka trusts his instincts very much. Because, in his military career, intuition saved his life more than once, and even turned a battle into a victory.

At this moment, the communications staff officer suddenly broke in.

"Your Excellency Commander, Yangquan's Fourth Mixed Brigade is in an emergency, Yangquan has once again been besieged by Tubalu, and the troops have suffered heavy losses, so I ask for reinforcements!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another staff officer broke in: "Your Excellency Commander, the original Osaku, just now, the troops were suddenly counterattacked by Tubalu. The battle is ongoing, but the offensive of the Tsuchibachi Road is very fierce, and the casualties of the troops are heavy! ”

It didn't take long for Yoshio Shinozuka to receive a telegram that seven or eight surrounding counties were under attack.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, I see!" After listening to one bad news after another, and then hearing the constant sound of gunfire coming from outside the city, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was frowning, finally showed an expression of sudden realization.

"This is definitely a conspiracy of Tubalu, a conspiracy against our Taiyuan City!"

Major General Tanaka, Chief of Staff, immediately said: "The ultimate goal of the Eighth Route Army is to take our Taiyuan City, and the reason why we attacked so many county towns around us at one time is to drag our garrisons in these counties and prevent them from reinforcing Taiyuan City!" ”

Speaking of this, the face of the brigade commander of Major General Tanaka suddenly turned pale, and he reminded with a worried face: "Your Excellency Commander, we have been fooled!" ”

"Last night, we sent reinforcements of more than 10,000 people. Now, there are only more than 11,000 defenders in the entire Taiyuan City plus the Imperial Association Army, and it must be difficult to defend such a large Taiyuan City! ”

"Immediately send a telegram to the reinforcements we sent out yesterday, and ask them to quickly return to Taiyuan City!"

"It's late!" Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka had a gloomy face and replied very helplessly.

"Didn't you hear the telegram just now? All the reinforcements we sent out were counterattacked by the Tubalu and suddenly withdrew from the battle, and the casualties must have been very large. And since the purpose of the Eighth Route Army is Taiyuan City, they will definitely desperately drag down the reinforcements and prevent them from returning to Taiyuan! ”

"So what are we going to do! There are too few defenders in Taiyuan City, and they will definitely not be able to hold out for too long! Major General Tanaka was anxious, staring at Yoshio Shinozuka and asked rhetorically.

The worry on Yoshio Shinozuka's face disappeared at this time, and a sneer appeared.

In front of all the subordinates of the headquarters, he shouted arrogantly: "Tubalu underestimated the strength of our imperial army too much, and overestimated his own combat effectiveness. ”

"Taiyuan City is not an ordinary county seat, even if they are equipped with a lot of mountain artillery, they may not be able to capture it, not to mention that we still have a garrison of more than 10,000 people in Taiyuan City!"

"Chief of Staff, you immediately organize the troops to enter the outer city fortifications, our checkpoints and turrets outside the city will definitely not last long!"

"We have well-established fortifications in the outer city, and it will be difficult to capture even if we have a lot of mountain runs!"

"Therefore, we only need to deploy a thousand imperial troops in each direction of the outer city, and five hundred imperial troops!"

"No problem!" Major General Tanaka replied after silently calculating the strength at hand in his heart.

Yoshio Shinozuka continued to order: "The rest of the troops, regardless of the Imperial Association Army or the Imperial Army, are all deployed to the inner city!" ”

"As long as we hold out until dawn, the Eighth Route Army attacking us outside the city will retreat~"

"Chief of Staff, don't forget, even if Taiyuan Airport is destroyed by Tuba Road, we still have several airports in Shanxi. As soon as it is dawn, they will be able to send planes to reinforce us. ”

"Also, Chief of Staff, don't forget, there are many expatriates from the Japanese Empire in Taiyuan City, and many of them are veterans who have served in the army, if we gather them, we can at least have two thousand more elites!"

The chief of staff, Major General Tanaka, finally stopped being in a hurry, and the worried expression on his face disappeared, and immediately replied: "Your Excellency Commander, your Excellency, will arrange it immediately!" ”

"I promise that I will make the earth eight roads that attack us outside the city pay the price!"

At Taiyuan Airport, the Japanese garrison of less than 1,000 people had lost less than 500 people, and they were all scattered in warehouses and barracks to hold on.

At the airport of Nuoda, the battle was all about these points.

"Transfer all six field guns of the field artillery company in, bomb me house by house, and since they don't want to come out, then bury them in the rubble!" Political Commissar Cheng Xiao frowned and ordered with a murderous expression.

"But, brigade commander, the field artillery has already been sent to the second regiment, and it will take at least an hour to transfer it!" Zhong Yusheng, the commander of the guard battalion, replied with a frown.

"With a tank!" Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded behind Cheng Xiao.

"Lao Wang, why are you here? If you don't stay at the north gate, you're not afraid of accidents? Cheng Xiao asked with a frown.

"Just command Yang Xiong in the peripheral battle, I heard that you have captured two tanks here, if they can still be used, then we will rely on it to break through the north gate of Taiyuan City!" Take me to see the tanks first, if that's good, help you take out the remaining devils at the airport first, and then go back to the north gate! ”

In order to take down the hundreds of devils trapped in the barracks, the guard battalion has already suffered more than 100 casualties.

If there were tanks to help, the casualties of the guard battalion would definitely be minimized.

Thinking of this, Cheng Xiao's eyes quickly flashed two fine lights, and he replied without thinking: "Let's go, I'll go with you to see these two tanks, just behind!" ”