The division commander immediately conveyed the boss's order to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong put down the high-power walkie-talkie and said to Huang Erhu: "Huzi, immediately notify all the attack groups, except for the mountain artillery group and the troops left to clean up the battlefield, all the personnel will gather immediately, let's go to Xiangyuan, Changzhi and Licheng." ”

Mountain artillery and howitzer Li Yunlong will definitely not bring with them.

The reason is very simple, it is broad daylight, the artillery unit target is relatively large, and it is easy to be attacked by devil planes.

Even if it is equipped with 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, there is no guarantee that the artillery and artillery will not be blown up by the devil planes.

At this time, the devil has already suffered heavy losses to two divisions and regiments, and he was so anxious that he hit the artillery with a plane.

Moreover, this time it was another rapid march, and the artillery units would definitely not be able to keep up with the pace of the infantry.

There are still 96 cannons on the Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng sides, as well as more than 200 mortars brought over, which are completely sufficient.

"Yes!" After Huang Erhu responded, he immediately picked up the high-power walkie-talkie to call.

Although the fighters were tired after three days of continuous fighting, the morale of the soldiers was high at this time.

The 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade of the Japanese Army were also not comfortable at this time, and they were also very tired at this time under tremendous pressure and had been blocked and harassed for two consecutive days.

At this point in the battle, both sides are struggling to see who can hold out to the end.

Under the leadership of Li Yunlong, the main force of the Taihang column rushed to Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng non-stop.

About an hour after the Taihang column left, the second round of planes of the devils came again, but they only saw shell craters and severed limbs and broken arms all over the canyon.

The cavalry battalion of the new regiment and the cavalry regiment of the brigade pursued the remnants of the 2nd Guards Division all the way.

Since the mountain artillery of the artillery wing of the 2nd Guards Division was carried by mules and horses, the marching speed was very slow.

It didn't take long for him to be caught up by the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, and Kunomura Momoyo was also decisive enough to kill, so he chose a strong man to break his wrist and ordered to blow up all the mountain artillery and shells.

Then a squadron was left to block the Eighth Route Artillery Cavalry, and the remaining devils ran wildly, and Kunomura Momoyo accelerated to escape from the Eighth Route Army base under the protection of a team of cavalry.

Sun Desheng and Zhou Chunyu stopped the pursuit after receiving Li Yunlong's order, and then followed the large army not long after.

Although it was under the guidance of Wang Fugui and other squires that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army was able to quickly catch up with the remnants of the devils, Wang Fugui and others were arrested.

These squires deliberately did not evacuate, and they happened to be on the way of the devil's escape, and they also knew the devil's escape route well, and the fool knew what was going on.

……

"Report to the commander, chief of staff, and 36th Wing Commander Osaku Wakisaka sent a farewell telegram."

Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama were having lunch in the conference room, when the communications staff officer walked in with a telegram and said with a heavy pause.

The mouths of the two of them became stiff instantly, and the hands that stretched out to pick vegetables were also in the air.

After a while, Yoshio Shinozuka's expression returned to normal, put a chicken leg in the bowl, and asked in a deep voice, "Farewell telegram?" ”

"Yes, farewell telegram!"

The communication staff officer's face was ugly, and he tried his best to maintain fluent speech: "The Eighth Route used hundreds of cannons of more than 75 mm and hundreds of mortars to attack the defensive positions hastily formed by the 36th Wing, and the artillery of the Eighth Route Army poured thousands of shells into the positions of the 36th Wing, and as soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, tens of thousands of Eighth Routes rushed into the positions of the 36th Wing, and after an hour of fighting, our troops had no hope of breaking through, and the flag of the Wing was burned, and the soldiers would fight to the last man..."

"Yaga!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's cheeks twitched, and his hands turned the entire table over.

Including Kusuyama Hideyoshi's rice bowl, and the tableware, eggs, and chicken legs on the table, all of them were knocked over to the ground.

The guards outside heard the movement and hurriedly ran in with their guns, and Kusuyama Hideyoshi waved his hand, and the guards hurriedly withdrew.

"Sukegawa-kun, did the aviation find the troops of the 2nd Wing and the 3rd Wing of the 4th Guards Division to break through?"

Kusuyama Hideyoshi looked at the communications staff officer and asked in a deep voice.

Communications staff officer Suke Kawa replied: "The 8th Flying Brigade sent back a message that within a radius of 6 kilometers from the engagement, no troops from the 3rd Wing and the 4th Wing were found. ”

Kusuyama Hideyoshi was silent when he heard this, and the 3rd and 4th Wings did not send back a farewell telegram.

So he still has a hint of illusion that the 3rd and 4th wings have broken through.

But now it seems that the 3rd and 4th Wings have been completely annihilated by the Eighth Wing, and they have not even been able to send a farewell telegram.

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard the news, his brain was even more buzzing, and he almost couldn't stand steadily.

In this inevitable three-light sweeping operation, the 37th Division was severely damaged, the 2nd Guards Division was heavily damaged, and the elite 36th Wing was wiped out by the Eighth Road.

More than 25,000 Imperial soldiers were killed in the battle.

With this defeat, he Yoshio Shinozuka will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame, and thousands of years later, he will still suffer from the spitting and shame of future generations of Japan.

The communications staff officer added: "There is another situation, according to the report of the air force, the Eighth Route Force, which has more than 20,000 people, is marching rapidly in the direction of Xiangyuan and Licheng. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka was startled when he heard this, and walked quickly to the map.

Kusuyama Hideyoshi and the communications staff officer also followed to the map.

The sand table was chopped up by Yoshio Shinozuka, and several combat staff officers are still busy building it.

"Here!"

On the map, the communications staff officer pointed out the current location of the Eighth Route Army.

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka scolded angrily and asked, "Nanshan-kun, how long will it take for the 14th Brigade to arrive in Xiangyuan County?" ”

Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "It is expected that there will be 3 hours to arrive, Your Excellency Commander, after the 8th Road severely damaged the 2nd Guards Division, and then marched to Xiangyuan and Licheng, once the Li Yunlong Corps in Xiangyuan, Licheng and Changzhi are encircled, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade will also be surrounded, and these two elite brigades may follow in the footsteps of the 37th Division and the 2nd Guards Division!" ”

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka did not realize that it was Li Yunlong's corps that severely damaged the 2nd Guards Division.

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka scolded again, and then moved his gaze to the direction of Xiangyuan, Licheng and Changzhi on the map, "Can the 37th Division hold out for 3 hours?" ”

Nanshan Hideyoshi's face was ugly: "The imperial army in Changzhi County will definitely not hold out until dark, but the Eighth Road in Xiangyuan County and Licheng adopts the tactics of encircling but not fighting, and the imperial army in these two counties will definitely be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive." ”

The Japanese troops in Xiangyuan and Licheng also numbered more than 1,000 each.

Although most of them are logistics personnel of the baggage wing and the engineer wing, Yoshio Shinozuka still has to be saved.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka already felt that something was wrong, but he didn't have time to think about it.

Of course, even if you think about it, it's useless, the 2nd Guards Division and the 37th Division have been heavily damaged, and the 36th Wing has been completely annihilated.

Even if two more divisions were transferred from Jinnan, it would be too late, and the Japanese army had already lost the opportunity to turn around.

In line with the principle of saving as much as you can, Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Order, the 18th Brigade immediately turns to Licheng, and the 14th Brigade continues to reinforce Xiangyuan, and after receiving the imperial army in these two counties, immediately transfer to Taiyuan!" ”

"Hey!"

The communications staff member paused, then walked out.

……

The 14th and 18th Brigades of the Japanese Army reached Xiangyuan and Licheng before the Taihang Column.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were responsible for fighting and blocking, had done their best to contain the two brigades for a day and a night.

The four regiments and artillery units besieging the city retreated on their own initiative under the orders of Li Yunlong.

The casualties of these four regiments were not small in several battles, and they no longer had the strength to fight with the devils.

These regiments and artillery units set up positions in advance on the road from the two county towns to Changzhi, preparing to block the devils of the two brigades from going south to reinforce Changzhi.

However, after the devils received the devils in the two county towns of Xiangyuan and Licheng, they didn't even want the county seats, and ran directly in the direction of Taiyuan.

This caught Li Yunlong a little off guard.

Yoshio Shinozuka feels that he now has only 5 wings and more than 16,000 people.

There are more than 30,000 people in Li Yunlong's corps on the Eighth Road, and more than 20,000 people who have been reinforced from the Eighth Route base area.

The total strength of the Eighth Route Army was almost 60,000, and these five wings were by no means the opponents of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army's three-light sweeping operation ended hastily with the Japanese army being severely damaged by 2 divisions and 1 wing being completely annihilated.

When Li Yunlong led his troops to Changzhi, the county brigade of the new regiment and the two regiments of the Eighth Route Army had already wiped out the devils in the county town.

The corpses of devils were brought out and placed on the street, and the various departments were counting the number of enemies destroyed.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the devils in the city have been completely annihilated."

"At the last moment, the devils detonated the ammunition depot in the city, and the grain depot was also set on fire by the devils."

Chen Dagu reported to Li Yunlong.

"The last moment?" Li Yunlong asked, "Didn't the devils blow up the arsenal at noon yesterday?" ”

Chen Dagu said: "What was blown up yesterday was the oil depot and some artillery shells. ”

"Fuck it!" Li Yunlong scolded and said, "This old devil Hirata is not kind, and he uses the oil depot to pretend to be an arsenal. ”

Chen Dagu blamed himself and said: "Commander-in-chief, you punish me, I failed to occupy the arsenal before the devil blew up the arsenal." ”

"What are you doing?" Li Yunlong said, "Even Lao Tzu Pingtian was deceived, forget it, let's blow it up, let's make a lot of money this time." ”

"By the way, what about that old devil Hirata?"

Li Yunlong hurriedly asked.

Chen Dagu said: "I caught a devil's tongue this morning, and according to the devil's confession, Hirata was killed by our artillery yesterday." ”

Li Yunlong hurriedly asked, "What about his lieutenant general's command knife?" ”

"Didn't find it." Chen Dagu said, "It should have been blown up by shells together." ”

Li Yunlong showed pity on his face, and the general knife he promised to give to the chief of staff was gone, and he didn't know when the general knife would be when the devil would be captured next time.

At present, there are two lieutenant general division commanders killed, but not a single lieutenant general's command knife has been captured.

However, after confirming that the old devil Hirata had been killed, Li Yunlong was also relieved.

Li Yunlong said: "Pass my order, don't let go of any of the devil banks and hospitals in the county, and arrest all the traitors and confiscate all their property!" ”

Although the devils destroyed the arms and food, there were many traitors in the county, and these traitors usually helped the devils collect money and food.

It's time for reckoning.

Chen Dagu's expression was solemn, and he stepped forward and responded: "Yes!" ”