Taiyuan Inner City.

The headquarters of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army.

"Report to the general, the Eighth Route has come to Taiyuan City, and the number of soldiers reported from the outer city walls is observed, and the main force of the Eighth Route exceeds 30,000 people!"

A staff officer reports to Commander Yoshio Shinozuka.

Yoshio Shinozuka's face sank when he heard this.

At present, there are only more than 7,000 defenders in Taiyuan City, of which more than 3,000 are still the imperial army with little combat effectiveness.

7,000 beats 30,000, there is no advantage.

Moreover, the 32nd Flying Sentai of the Kwantung Army reported that they failed to destroy the artillery and artillery of the Eighth Route Army, because the Eighth Route Army was equipped with extremely perverted anti-aircraft firepower.

Not only did it fail to destroy the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army, but it also lost 4 aircraft, plus 4 planes that were shot down by two other 8th Route forces yesterday.

A total of 8 planes have been shot down by the 32nd Flying Squadron, and almost half of the planes of the entire Flying Squadron have been shot down...

"From the observation point on the outer city wall, can you see the artillery position of the Eighth Road?"

Yoshio Shinozuka asked in a deep voice.

"I can't see it!" The combat staff officer replied with an ugly face, "The artillery positions of the Eighth Route are all set up at least 5 kilometers away, and the observers cannot see the location of the Eighth Route artillery positions. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka secretly said that it was a pity.

If you can see the position of the Eighth Route Artillery position, you can use the mountain artillery in Taiyuan City to carry out artillery strikes while the Eighth Route Artillery position is still being constructed.

However, it is clear that the commander of the Eighth Route is not a fool and will not build an artillery position under the noses of the Japanese army.

At this moment, Toshimatsu Kasai, a communications staff officer, and Takeo Yasu, an intelligence staff officer, walked in one after the other.

Yoshio Shinozuka asked in a deep voice, "Ando-kun, do you remember the task I gave you last night?" ”

"Hey!"

An Teng Wu Nan suddenly said: "Report to the general, the intelligence department has found out which unit is under the command of Li Yunlong!" ”

"Oh? Which unit did Li Yunlong command? ”

Yoshio Shinozuka quietly picked up the teacup, thinking that the intelligence department had investigated quite quickly this time.

"The commander of the Eighth Route Force attacking Taiyuan this time is none other than Li Yunlong."

An Teng Takeo first glanced at Yoshio Shinozuka, and then said it in a worried tone.

Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka shook his hand holding the teacup slightly, put the teacup to his mouth and took a sip of tea, and was scalded by the boiling water.

Immediately, Yoshio Shinozuka put the teacup on the table.

Although Yoshio Shinozuka covered it up well, the devils in the combat command were all human spirits, and they were all keenly aware that the commander was afraid.

Yoshio Shinozuka was indeed afraid, for more than a year, Li Yunlong had killed four major generals and two lieutenant generals of the Japanese army.

To say that you are not afraid, it is impossible.

Even sometimes in his dreams he dreamed that someone had cut off his head.

The person who cut off his head in the dream couldn't see what it looked like, but Yoshio Shinozuka expected that it might be some kind of warning.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka will not show it easily, because the dignified lieutenant general of the Japanese army, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, would be afraid of a regiment commander of the Eighth Route Army, if this joke spreads, not only will he lose face to Yoshio Shinozuka, but even his family and the entire Japanese army will be disgraced.

However, when he heard that the commander of the Eighth Route Army who led his troops to attack Taiyuan was Li Yunlong, Yoshio Shinozuka finally couldn't hold back and lost his temper.

It's really Li Yunlong, the killing god, who is here, and the more he is afraid, the more he is afraid.

"How did your intelligence department find out that Li Yunlong was outside the city?"

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Takeo Ato and asked.

Takeo Anten looked at Toshimatsu Kasai, a communications staff officer beside him.

Kasai Toshimatsu hurriedly handed over the telegram in his hand and said, "Report to the general, Li Yunlong sent you a telegram in clear code!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka took the telegram with a surprised expression, wouldn't it be the persuasion telegram sent by Li Yunlong?

However, after reading the content, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes narrowed slightly, and he finally understood why the intelligence department was able to find out which unit Li Yunlong was commanding so quickly.

It turned out that Li Yunlong took the initiative to send him a telegram.

Intelligence this bunch of rubbish!

"General, do you want to send a telegram back to Li Yunlong?"

Toshimatsu Kasai asked cautiously.

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Send a telegram back to Li Yunlong, saying that General Ben is very busy now, since Commander Li himself has arrived outside Taiyuan City, he might as well walk a few more kilometers and come to the inner city of Taiyuan alone, and General Ben will definitely cut off his head with his own hands." ”

"Hey!"

Toshimatsu Kasai quickly memorized the contents of the telegram.

Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "Order the 37th Division and the 2nd Guards Division to quickly get rid of the Eighth Route and rush to aid Taiyuan, and then ask the North China Front Army for help, and ask the Mongolian soldiers and the 108th Division to rush to help Taiyuan." ”

"Hey!"

Toshimatsu Kasai quickly memorized the contents of the telegram, quickly folded his feet, and hurriedly walked to the communication room next door with his head down.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka still thought that the Eighth Route did not have so many troops, and the Eighth Route on the first line of Xiangyuan, Licheng and Zhengtai Railway was estimated to be only one or two thousand.

A Japanese army with three units and divisions dealing with 12,000 and eight roads, is it not a hand-held pinch?

In the final analysis, Yoshio Shinozuka is still dreaming of honorable retirement, and he did not transfer troops from Jinnan to help Taiyuan.

……

Outside the north of the city, the command post of the 3rd column of Taihang.

"Commander-in-chief, Yoshio Shinozuka has called you back with a clear code."

Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.

At this time, Grand Master Li had already finished breakfast and was using the artillery mirror to observe the direction of the Taiyuan City Wall.

The devil puppet army built defensive positions under the city walls, and trenches and foxholes were dense.

There are a total of eight gates in Taiyuan City, and the new regiment is going to attack the Zhenyuan Gate and the Gongji Gate of the North City, also known as the Great North Gate and the Small North Gate.

"What did the old devil say?" Li Yunlongtou asked without replying.

"Yoshio Shinozuka asked you to go into the city alone, and said that he would cut off your head with his own hands." Wang Dehou smiled and said.

Li Yunlong's tone was disdainful: "Yoshio Shinozuka is really boring, he is not a man, he said that he was going to cut off my head, I sent it to the door, he didn't even dare to come out of Taiyuan City, and then sent a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka, since he didn't dare to come out, then let him wash his neck, and the labor and management personally went into the city to cut off his head." ”

"Yes!" Chief of Staff Wang recorded it, polished it, and handed it to the telegraph operator to send out a telegram in clear code.

At this time, the attacking groups were not in a hurry to attack, but were preparing for the siege.

The soldiers marched all night, and after eating, they also needed to rest to replenish their physical strength, and they also needed time to prepare weapons, ammunition, and siege ladders.

There was an atmosphere of murder in the air.

……

Taiyuan was attacked.

Who was the first to know?

Of course, it is Yan Baichuan who regards Taiyuan as his nest.

Although the Jin Sui army was driven away from Taiyuan by the devils, Yan Baichuan did not order anyone to destroy the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant and Taiyuan Arsenal, and he still dreamed of counterattacking one day and taking back his precious life, Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant and Taiyuan Arsenal.

Therefore, Yan Baichuan arranged a lot of intelligence officers in Taiyuan, and he knew what was going on in Taiyuan as soon as possible.

The devil also knew about this, but after all, Yan Baichuan had been operating in Taiyuan for many years, and he was deeply rooted, and he couldn't dig out all Yan Laoxi's intelligence officers with great effort.

After the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain began, Yan Laoxi also thought about counterattacking a wave of Taiyuan, but after carefully calculating the cost, and fearing that the Japanese army would gather heavy troops to retaliate afterwards, he finally gave up.

"What do you say?"

At the Second Theater Headquarters of Kenanpo, Yan Baichuan's eyes widened, his expression was shocked, and his tone was also shocked: "The Eighth Route Army is attacking Taiyuan? ”

Yan Baichuan never expected that the work he didn't dare to do would actually be done for him by the Eighth Route Army.

Taiyuan is where the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army is located, and even if the main force of the First Army of the Japanese Army is in Jinnan, the defense of Taiyuan is also very strong.

The Japanese army and the puppet army had 12,000 people, and with less than 100,000 troops of the Jin Sui army, it was impossible to defeat them in three days and three nights without large-caliber heavy artillery.

Not to mention, there are also the 37th Division of the Japanese Army, the 2nd Guards Division, and the 3rd Brigade to rush to the aid at any time.

"Yes, Commander!"

Deputy Commander Yang Xingru said in a shocked tone: "According to the intelligence officer's report, the main force of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared in the morning and exchanged fire with the Japanese army and the puppet army in Xiaodian Town, and the result was that in less than one hour, 2,000 Japanese troops and 3,000 puppet troops were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Kill 2,000 Japanese troops and 3,000 puppet troops in less than an hour?"

Hearing this, Yan Baichuan took a deep breath, and then felt happy again.

At the beginning of the Battle of Scarlet, the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army were beaten badly, a brigade of the 5th Division of the Steel Army, which was known as the 5th Division of the Steel Army, and defeated more than 30 divisions all the way south as if it were in a no-man's land.

Heaven is a good reincarnation, who does the sky forgive?

……

A wing of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army, plus 1 brigade, had just taken the train.

Chu Yunfei got the information that almost 5,000 Japanese troops took the train south to reinforce Taiyuan, and the devil puppet army in the surrounding counties and towns also went out, desperately going south to reinforce Taiyuan.

Chu Yunfei was taken aback, which army ate the leopard gall? Just attack Taiyuan regardless of it?

It definitely wouldn't be the national army unit to which the second theater belongs, otherwise he wouldn't have known about it.

Then it must be the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Jin, but as far as he knows, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has been fighting with the 37th Division of the Japanese Army in the southeast of Jin.

On the Eastern Front, there was also the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army holding the Zhengtai Railway.

The Eighth Route Army is brave enough, and it doesn't even say hello, so it does it on its own, just relying on the people in the southeast of the Eighth Route Army, is the strength enough?

You must know that Taiyuan is where the headquarters of the Japanese First Army is located, and once Taiyuan is attacked, I am afraid that not only the troops in Shanxi, but also other Japanese troops in North China will have to desperately reinforce them.

Chu Yunfei stared at the map and thought about it, and the chief of staff, Fang Ligong, pinched the telegram and hurriedly walked in.

"Report to the regimental seat, find out which army is attacking Taiyuan on the Eighth Road." Fang Ligong stepped forward and saluted and said.

"Who is it?" Chu Yunfei turned around and asked.

"The commander is your old acquaintance, Li Yunlong."

"Li Yunlong?"

Chu Yunfei's eyes suddenly froze.

Brother Yunlong, you really impressed Chu.

Now the whole of China knows that Li Yunlong is attacking Taiyuan, and Brother Yunlong is afraid that he will become famous again.

Chu Yunfei was a little envious in his heart.

Fang Ligong's tone was shocked: "It's him, he just sent a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka in clear code, asking Yoshio Shinozuka to wash his neck obediently and wait, Li Yunlong wants to cut off Yoshio Shinozuka's head." ”

Chu Yunfei couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and his tone sighed: "This is Li Yunlong, not only has a lot of money, but also often likes to make a little noise." ”

Fang Ligong said again: "In addition, the intelligence department has just received news that the Jinggou Bridge of the Beitongpu Railway has been blown up by a group of eight roads. ”

Chu Yunfei turned around and quickly found the location of the Jinggou Bridge on the map.

"The Jinggou Bridge was blown up, and the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army could only take a train to Yuanping Station at most, and the remaining 100 kilometers could only go south on foot along the Tongpu Highway. Chu Yunfei said to the other party's meritorious service.