"Really?" Iwamatsu Yoshio said, "Why don't I believe it? ”

"I don't believe it either." Hua Gu Zheng echoed, "Can the Eighth Route Army have this brain? ”

Takuya Mizuhara said: "Is this the Eighth Route Army's golden cicada shelling plan, you will know if you try it." ”

"Just give it a try?" Hanaya Zheng frowned, "How do you try?" Suwon-kun, how do you say to try? ”

Takuya Mizuhara said: "Immediately order the Matsumoto Brigade and the Noda Brigade to launch a large-scale counterattack. ”

After a pause, he said: "If this is really the Eighth Route Army's plan to get rid of the golden cicada, then the outer city of Taiyuan has basically become an empty city at this time, and the imperial army should be able to easily recapture all the blocks." ”

"But what if it's not a plan for the golden cicada to get out of its shell?" Hanaya Zhengdao.

"It's nothing more than a failed counteroffensive." Takuya Mizuhara said, "It's just a small loss of troops. ”

"Makes sense." Iwamatsu Yoshio immediately said, "Order, the Matsumoto Brigade and the Noda Brigade will immediately counterattack and recapture all the neighborhoods in the outer city of Taiyuan!" ”

Iwamatsu Yoshio gave an order, and the Japanese army counterattacked.

And the process of counterattacking also made the Matsumoto Brigade and the Noda Brigade unbelievable.

The Matsumoto and Noda factions met with only small resistance, but soon recaptured the lost neighborhoods and regained control of all the outer walls.

After receiving the report, Yoshio Iwamatsu and Hanaya rushed to the arch gate as soon as possible.

"Your Excellency the Commander, and Hanaya-kun, please take a look." Matsumoto Ichiro pointed to the night sky outside the arch gate and said in a deep voice, "That's the marching column of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Yoshio Iwamatsu and Hanaya were looking intently, but they saw a long dragon with torches under the night sky in front of them.

Although they were miles away, the two of them could still faintly hear the neighing of horses in the wind.

Looking ahead with the help of telescopes, you can even clearly see the convoy of people and horses crowded on the road, only to see tens of thousands of people, horses and livestock have crowded the road.

The Eighth Route Army really withdrew.

An army of tens of thousands of people was withdrawn cleanly!

Looking at the marching columns of the Eighth Route Army, Iwamatsu Yoshio felt like he was in a dream.

Less than two hours ago, most of the outer city of Taiyuan was still under the control of the Eighth Route Army, and even the inner city of Taiyuan was in danger of being lost at any time.

Even he, Yoshio Iwamatsu, may "shatter jade" at any time.

However, only two hours later, the imperial army recaptured the outer city of Taiyuan.

Moreover, this was achieved without asking for help from the outside world, and they did not send the main force of the First Army from the front line of the Taihang bandit area to return for reinforcements, nor did they ask for help from the headquarters of the North China Front.

Standing on the head of the arch gate for a while, Iwamatsu Yoshio suddenly laughed.

Hanaya Masa, Mizuhara Takuya and several other section chiefs were confused by Iwamatsu Yoshio.

After a long time, Iwamatsu Yoshio said: "I'm laughing, the people of China are really stupid, the whole country is about to perish, and they are still fighting among themselves." ”

Hua Gu Zheng echoed: "Yes, if it weren't for the fact that the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army of China copied the lair of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army at a critical moment, we would still be really in trouble." ”

Yoshio Iwamatsu smiled: "How can such a country not die? How can such a nation compete with the Yamato nation? After all, this splendid river and mountain still belongs to our Yamato nation, hahahaha! ”

Hanaya and several section leaders also laughed.

Only Takuya Mizuhara always frowned.

Takuya Mizuhara vaguely felt that something was not right.

But I can't say exactly what is wrong.

……

Heyuan County, the only brigade headquarters of the Jin Sui Army.

Chu Yunfei had just returned to the brigade headquarters and was washing his face.

As soon as he finished washing his face, he saw Fang Ligong walking in with a solemn expression.

"Brother Meritorious Service, what's wrong with you?" Chu Yunfei asked, "Is something wrong?"

"Brigade, I just received an urgent message from the Tiger Squadron!" Fang Ligong said in a deep voice, "In accordance with your order, Sun Ming led the Tiger Squadron all the way to the vicinity of Taiyuan, and found that the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment had given up attacking the inner city of Taiyuan and began to return north to the northwest of Shanxi!" ”

"What?" Chu Yunfei's face instantly fell, "Li Yunlong, are they really back?" ”

"Yes, it's back." Fang Ligong said in a deep voice, "It seems that a military conflict is already inevitable, hurry up and order all the main regiments and directly subordinate battalions to prepare for battle." ”

Chu Yunfei waved his hand and said, "This is really a bit unexpected by me. ”

After a pause, Chu Yunfei frowned again and said: "I thought that Li Yunlong would not give up and settle accounts with us afterwards, but I really didn't expect that Li Yunlong and they would give up Taiyuan so simply, you must know that Taiyuan is not only Taiyuan, but the battle of Taiyuan is related to the anti-sweeping operation of the Taihang Military Region of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

Fang Ligong said: "Luzao, since the incident has happened, it is meaningless to say this. ”

"You're right, there's no point in talking about that now." Chu Yunfei nodded and said, "The matter has been done, I, Chu Yunfei, will never regret it."

"Although it is not yet time to start a war with the Eighth Route Army,"

"But the Eighth Route Army put its knife on the head of our Jin Sui Army, and we must not stand still."

"I have passed on my order that all main regiments should immediately enter the perimeter defensive positions, and all battalions directly under the brigade headquarters, especially the 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion, should also build artillery positions as soon as possible."

"Send another telegram to the 94th Brigade of the Central Army,"

"I estimate that Ding Weixin's first regiment and Kong Jiexin's second regiment will also participate."

"So I'm afraid that our only brigade alone can't deal with the Eighth Route Army, and we still need friendly forces to cooperate."

"Yes, let's do it." Fang Ligong raised his hand and saluted, turned around and left in a hurry.

Seeing Fang Ligong's figure go away, Chu Yunfei muttered to himself again: "Li Yunlong, I know that you have long wanted to attack our Independent Brigade, why don't I want to attack your Independent Brigade?" So let's let you and me fight a good battle today, I want to see if the bones of your independent regiment are harder, or our only brigade of the Jin Army is more capable of fighting! ”

……

"Damn it, hurry up!"

Li Yunlong reprimanded Shen Quan with a dark face: "What are you three battalions doing? ”

At this time, Li Yunlong was really angry, and he decided to withdraw his troops at noon, but in order to sort out and pack the supplies, he was stunned and dragged on until the evening, and he walked slowly.

The speed of the march was like that of a snail.

"Commander, the order to retreat was given in too haste." Shen Quan said with a bitter face, "There are too many equipment and materials to carry, and I can't go fast at all."

"Look, look at our team."

Speaking of this, Shen Quan pointed to the marching columns on the road.

Li Yunlong looked back, and his face instantly collapsed.

Countless men and horses were already crowded on the road, including wheelbarrows, flatbeds, horse-drawn carts, ox carts, donkey carts, and even trucks, motorcycles, and tanks.

There were even more personnel, soldiers, stretcher teams, and civilians.

The people who accompanied him all planned to move to the Fuliang Mountain base area to live.

Tens of thousands of people and animals are huddled together, how can they get a mess?

It's a shame that this is at night, and if it's during the day, as long as the devil sends a few planes to bomb it, then it's a big trouble, and you really have to suffer a big loss like this.

But at this rate, it won't be possible to reach Crouching Tiger Town at dawn.

After walking for almost two hours, I walked less than five miles, and I didn't even walk to Niuwang Village.

Thinking that the later they returned, the longer they would have time left for the only brigade of the Jin Sui Army to build fortifications, and the more difficult it would be for their independent regiment to recapture Heyuan County, Li Yunlong couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

It seems that we have to leave the brigade behind and take a few main battalions back to Heyuan County first.

At that moment, Li Yunlong said: "Shen Quan, the three battalions of you give up all your supplies, go north with me lightly, and you must rush back to Heyuan County before dawn tomorrow......

As he was talking, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind him.

When he looked back, it was Ding Wei who rode over with Kong Jie.

As the commander of the regiment, Li Yunlong also had his own war horse, but his war horse was requisitioned by Zhao Gang to carry supplies, so Li Yunlong could only march on foot with the troops.

"Lao Li, wait a minute, wait a minute!"

Still dozens of meters away, Ding Wei shouted.

Li Yunlong said to Shen Quan: "Shen Quan, you should go quickly." ”

"Yes!" Shen Quan raised his hand and saluted, turned around and was about to leave.

Unexpectedly, Ding Wei shouted again: "Camp Commander Shen, wait a minute, don't be in a hurry to leave." ”

Shen Quan subconsciously retracted his feet, and looked at Ding Wei and Kong Jie who came over on horseback with some astonishment.

"Lao Ding, what's your situation?" Li Yunlong stepped forward and grabbed Ding Wei's reins, and said angrily, "The Taiyuan Battle has already stopped, and you, the former commander-in-chief, have come to an end, and you still want to command my troops?" ”

"Who told you that the Battle of Taiyuan is no longer fought?" Ding Wei said angrily.

"Huh? What does it mean? Li Yunlong was stunned and looked at Shen Quan a little blankly.

Shen Quan also scratched his head, I don't know, what does Head Ding mean by this? I don't understand.

Ding Wei turned over and dismounted, gasping and said, "Go back!" Order all troops to immediately turn around and go south, and then hit Taiyuan! ”

"What? What did you say? This time it was not only Li Yunlong, but Kong Jie also shouted in surprise, "Lao Ding, what did you just say?" Turn around and go south, and then hit Taiyuan? ”

Dare to love Kong Jie, but he still doesn't know what happened.

"Yes." Ding Wei nodded heavily and said, "Fight Taiyuan again!" ”

"Lao Ding, what are you kidding?" Li Yunlong's eyes widened, and he said in surprise, "The troops have already withdrawn, and they have even gone halfway, but you told me that you should turn around and go south to fight Taiyuan again?" ”

"yes." Kong Jie also chimed in, "Aren't you messing around? Have you asked your superiors for advice? ”

For Li Yunlong, it is impossible to ask his superiors for instructions, and he always fights first before speaking.

But Kong Jie and Ding Wei will not be so lawless.

At that moment, Kong Jie said again: "If you change your order like this, will the brigade commander agree?" Will the headquarters agree? ”

"Changing the order?" Ding Wei smiled slightly, and said, "Lao Kong, let me tell you the truth, the previous decision to cancel the Taiyuan Battle did not consult the brigade commander, nor did it report to the headquarters!" ”

Speaking of this, Ding Wei said again: "In other words, the superiors don't know that we have canceled the Taiyuan campaign, so now that we go back and fight Taiyuan, there is no need to ask the superiors again." ”

"Huh? Didn't ask for advice? Kong Jie was dumbfounded, "Lao Ding, how did you become as virtuous as Lao Li?" I can tell you, Lao Li let the brigade commander get used to the baby, it's nothing to do this, but you and I can't compare with him, you kid dare to learn from Lao Li to mess around on the battlefield, and you can't get shot. ”

"Fart." Li Yunlong collapsed his face, "Kong Er is stunned, what are you talking nonsense?" What do you mean I'm used to being given a baby by the brigade commander? Brigadier, is that a baby covering me? Lao Tzu's atonement for his sins, but they are all exchanged for real military exploits, you kid is jealous, and he is not as jealous of his military exploits as Lao Tzu. ”

"I'm jealous of you?" Kong Jie sneered, "Are you jealous of your audacity? ”

"You have to have it, you don't have to say a word." Ding Wei hurriedly stretched out his hand to interrupt, "In short, neither the brigade commander nor the head of the headquarters know that we have canceled the plan to attack Taiyuan, so there is no need to ask for instructions to attack Taiyuan now." ”

"It's not a matter of asking for instructions or not asking for instructions." Li Yunlong said, "The troops have all been withdrawn, and they are still farting?" Do you really think that as Xiao Wang said, if we can break the wall of the Arch Gate once, we can break the Arch Gate twice? The devil is not stupid, this time he will definitely not let the puppet army guard the outer city walls. ”

Kong Jie also said: "Yes, the troops have been withdrawn, how can this battle be fought?" ”

"Lao Li, Lao Kong." Ding Wei smiled slightly, and asked the two of them, "Have the troops really withdrawn?" ”

"Then can there be a fake?" Li Yunlong said without thinking, "Except for Sun Desheng's five battalions, after a company was left, all battalions and companies of our independent regiment are basically already here. ”

Kong Jie continued: "Our new second regiment has basically withdrawn, and only a guard company has not followed. ”

"Our new regiment also has a break in the back." Ding Wei said with a smile, "Then I'll tell you now, these three companies haven't been withdrawn at all, and they are hiding in Taiyuan City at this time!" ”

"What?" Li Yunlong and Kong Jie changed color.

"The three companies after the break were not withdrawn at all?"

"Lao Ding, are you crazy?" Kong Jie was shocked.

Li Yunlong's eyes flashed with an inexplicable gleam.

Kong Jie's brain was half a beat slower, and before he could react, he said angrily: "Lao Ding, you will kill those three companies, you will kill those more than 700 soldiers, they will be discovered by the devil!" ”

"So, we can't give the devils too much time to react."

Ding Wei said: "We must kill back immediately, and then fight Taiyuan!" ”

"However, Chu Yunfei, this kid ......" Li Yunlong was still a little unwilling.

Ding Wei said: "Chu Yunfei's only brigade of the Jin Sui Army won't fly away, Lao Li, are you afraid that you won't have a chance to clean him up?" But the fighter plane that fought Taiyuan was fleeting, and if you missed this village, there would be no such shop. ”

"Damn, what are you waiting for?" Li Yunlong said, "Go back!" Hurry back! ”

After a pause, he yelled again: "It's all there, turn around on the spot, and go back to Taiyuan!" ”

After giving the order, Li Yunlong said again: "Erdan, go and lead Lao Tzu's horse, quickly!" ”

Ge Erdan said: "Commander, your war horse has been requisitioned by the supply department and is transporting supplies." ”

"Fuck, give the supplies to the convoy." Li Yunlong said angrily, "Hurry up and bring the horse back to me!" ”

Ge Erdan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly brought Li Yunlong's war horse back, Li Yunlong turned over and got on the horse, followed Ding Wei and Kong Jie back the same way, and asked as he walked: "Old Ding, is this Xiao Wang's idea?" ”

"What do you say?" Ding Wei said, "Except for Xiao Wang, who the fuck can come up with such a bad move?" ”

"Xiao Wang, this shit, he's bold enough." Li Yunlong scolded, "He's going to heaven." ”

"Not really." Kong Jie also sighed, "This courage is too big, hiding enough troops of three reinforced companies under the nose of the devil, what if this is discovered?" ”

Li Yunlong said: "Lao Tzu is not talking about this, I am talking about such a big thing, he dares to hide it from me, is there still Lao Tzu in his eyes?" He's trying to rebel, what's the matter? ”

"Lao Li, you can't blame him for this." Ding Wei said busily.

"This is my personal order, and I want to hide it from everyone."

"Only everyone doesn't know, and they all think they really want to retreat,"

"Only then can we act this drama as if it were real, and we can deceive the devil."

"Now even you and Lao Kong have been deceived to death, and the devil will definitely not find out."

Speaking of this, Ding Wei said again: "But even if this is the case, we must also fight back as soon as possible, otherwise the devil may still find out after a long time." ”

Kong Jie asked while urging the horse to gallop, "Lao Ding, where are the three reinforcement companies hidden?" ”

Ding Wei said: "You won't believe it, these three reinforced companies and the Wolf Warrior Squadron are hidden in a few blocks that the two armies have repeatedly fought over before. ”

"Huh? Just a few blocks away from the fighting? ”

"It's really hidden under the nose of the devil."

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie were both stunned when they heard this.

"Xiao Wang said that this is called dark under the light, or a fixed mindset." Ding Wei said, "You think, the tens of thousands of people who besieged Taiyuan have been withdrawn, who would have thought that there were still hundreds of people secretly hidden?" ”

"And these hundreds of people are still hidden at the forefront of the repeated contention between the two sides?"

Kong Jie was still a little worried, and asked: "Lao Ding, I remember that there are people living in those neighborhoods, and those ordinary people may not necessarily help us coax the devils, right?" Will these people tell the devil? In case they snitched, the fighters of the Wolf Warrior Squadron and those three reinforced companies would be in danger. ”

"That's not something I should think about." Ding Wei shook his head and said.

"I am only responsible for taking the troops back to Taiyuan within two hours, and leaving the rest to Xiao Wang."

After speaking, Ding Wei looked back from his horse, but saw that the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment had all received orders, and they all threw down their baggage and turned around and headed south again.

Moreover, this time the march was much faster.

Ding Wei asked while galloping on his horse: "Lao Li, Lao Kong, you say, what will Iwamatsu Yoshio do after he finds out that we have killed another horse pistol?" ”

"Whatever the hell you're going to think."

Li Yunlong said: "Lao Tzu just wants to cut off his dog's head." ”