NSW Basin.

The command of the Kuribayashi detachment.

"Report to the brigade commander, Lieutenant General Tanabe Moritake, the front general headquarters, urgently telegraph!"

A staff officer hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand and reported to Kuribayashi Tadado.

Kuribayashi Tadamichi's eyes were fixed on the map: "Nian! ”

The devil's staff officer picked up the telegram and read: "According to the intelligence officer's report, the new regiment has been dispatched, the Kurithayashi detachment is ready for battle, long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Imperial Japanese Army!" ”

Kuribayashi Tadamichi looked at the devil staff officer: "Is there no more?" ”

"Hey!" The devil staff officer bowed his head and said, "No! ”

Kuribayashi Zhongdao frowned, the dispatch of the new Eighth Route Regiment was expected, and even receiving the information of the Eighth Route New Regiment was also expected by him.

Although the Tongpu Road north of Xinzhou was now under the control of the Eighth Route Army, the First Army sent a large number of spies to infiltrate.

Even if it is difficult to infiltrate the base area, it is still possible for the spy personnel to infiltrate the highway section not far from the base area.

But.

This information only said that the new regiment had been dispatched, but it did not specifically say how many troops the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army had dispatched and what equipment it carried.

This made Kuribayashi Tadadao not have much bottom in his heart.

You must know that according to the analysis of past combat examples, the weaponry and firepower of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army are much stronger than those of the Japanese army.

However, when he thought of his own configuration, Kuribayashi Tadamichi instantly felt full of confidence.

Li Yunlong got the information that there was only one Japanese wing here, and the new regiment would definitely not be dispatched.

The Japanese army was ambushed around the 39th Infantry Wing, the 62nd Infantry Wing, the 13th Cavalry Wing, the 108th Artillery Wing, and the 13th Tank Wing.

Plus air support with 80 aircraft.

Even if a new regiment is dispatched, Kuribayashi Tadamichi is not afraid, 60 kilometers away from Taiyuan, there are 4 infantry divisions and regiments, and even the cavalry can arrive for reinforcements in half a day.

Even if the new regiment of the Eighth Route was strong in combat and far surpassed a B-level division of the Japanese army, it would be impossible to solve the five wings of the Japanese army in half a day.

What's more, the 39th Infantry Wing is responsible for acting as bait, which belongs to the 10th Brigade of the 8th Division, which is the elite of the Kwantung Army, and its combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

Immediately, Kuribayashi Tadamichi looked at the staff officer: "Pass my order, the reconnaissance cavalry will spread 10 kilometers away, and once the main force of the Eighth Route is found, report to the headquarters immediately!" ”

"Hi"

The devil's staff officer put his feet together, bowed his head and turned to leave.

After the staff officer left, Kuribayashi Tadamichi looked at the wargames on the table, and the 13th Cavalry Wing, the 62nd Infantry Wing, the 13th Tank Wing, and the 108th Artillery Wing were lying in ambush around the 39th Infantry Wing.

Kuribayashi Tadamichi's eyes narrowed, and his eyes were slightly hot.

In this battle, if the Lilin detachment can defeat the new regiment, then his promotion to lieutenant general should be stable.

After all, in the past two years, Li Yunlong has not tasted a single defeat, and he led his troops to kill seven Japanese generals and tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers.

If he can defeat Li Yunlong in Xinzhou, then he will be the next "flower of famous generals"!

If he can kill Li Yunlong, then he will have a bright future in the future, and even have the opportunity to be promoted to general.

At this time, Kuribayashi Tadamichi hoped that Li Yunlong would lead his troops faster.

……

Taiyuan.

Headquarters of the 1st Army, Operations Hall.

At this time, the operations hall of the First Army was requisitioned by Tanabe Moritake and became the front-line headquarters for sweeping northwest Jin.

In the war hall, the commanders of each division were impressively listed, accompanied by Yoshio Iwamatsu, Masashi Hanaya, and Masao Miyazaki, but they did not interfere in other military aircraft other than intelligence.

Although the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, did not show anything on his face, he was somewhat disdainful in his heart.

If Okamura Ninji came to Taiyuan to personally command, then he would definitely not have the slightest dissatisfaction.

But Tanabe Moritake is only the chief of staff of the First Army, and his rank is the same as that of a lieutenant general, so why should he command the First Army plus 5 divisions to fight?

The troops of the First Army include the 33rd Division, the 37th Division, the 41st Division, the 14th Brigade, the 18th Brigade and several directly subordinate wings, plus the puppet army and the 1st Brigade of the cavalry of the Mongolian Army, with a strength of nearly 100,000.

The Japanese army and the puppet army that attacked the base area in the northwest of Shanxi were about 100,000.

In Iwamatsu Yoshio's view, nearly 200,000 imperial troops and the imperial alliance army fought 10 tens of thousands of the main forces of the Eighth Road, and I could do it.

While thinking about it, Tanabe Moritake's eyes looked at Iwamatsu Yoshio: "Iwamatsu-kun, haven't you figured out the troop and weapon configuration of the new regiment this time?" ”

The intelligence and espionage personnel who went to the northwest of Shanxi to conduct reconnaissance were all sent by the First Army, so regarding intelligence, Tanabe Moritake could only ask Iwamatsu Yoshio.

"Not yet!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio said: "My intelligence officers reported that they were pursued and expelled by the Eighth Route Scout Cavalry, but I have ordered the intelligence officers to check the strength and weapon configuration of the new regiment at all costs. ”

"No need!" Tanabe Moritake said, "Iwamatsu-kun, withdraw all the intelligence officers for the time being." ”

"Nani? Withdraw all the intelligence officers? What if Li Yunlong dispatched large-caliber heavy artillery? "Yoshio Iwamatsu was shocked, what kind of mysterious operation is this?

Tanabe Moritake smiled slightly: "I'm still afraid that Li Yunlong's large-caliber heavy artillery unit will not come, if it comes, it will just solve this trouble in one fell swoop, and in addition, since we already know that the new regiment will be dispatched, the reconnaissance plane will not reconnoiter along the Tongpu Road in the past two days." ”

Iwamatsu Yoshio became more and more unable to understand Tanabe Moritake's operation, and said in a deep voice: "Tanabe-kun, isn't this too obvious, Li Yunlong is sinister and cunning, and it is likely that he can see that this is a trap." ”

Tanabe Shengwu said: "It's okay, I have been studying Li Yunlong for half a year, this person is a gambler, if he receives information, the front command of the imperial army has arrived in Xinzhou, and there is only one infantry wing around him, he will definitely lead his troops to attack, because once Li Yunlong leads his troops to end the front command of the imperial army, then this autumn sweep plan in the northwest of Jin will be self-defeating, after all, if there is no commander, how can the imperial army sweep?" ”

If it was an ordinary commander of the Eighth Route Army, Moritake Tanabe, as the chief of staff of the Front Army, naturally disdained to study it.

However, Li Yunlong, the head of the first regiment, actually killed seven Japanese generals and tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, and Li Yunlong and his troops became the number one enemy of the Japanese army in North China.

Even Okamura Ninji is also studying Li Yunlong, so Tanabe Moritake naturally wants to study Li Yunlong more.

Although the North China Front Army Command did not collect much information about Li Yunlong, it was studying Li Yunlong's tactical command and combat style.

It seems that Tanabe's analysis makes sense, but Iwamatsu Yoshio feels a little weird, and he always feels that something is wrong.

However, Yoshio Iwamatsu no longer talks much, and it doesn't matter to him whether he wins or loses this battle.

After giving the order to withdraw the intelligence officer, Iwamatsu Yoshio finally remembered that something was wrong.

In the past, the chief of staff of the First Army, Kusuyama Hideyoshi, and the chief of staff of the 36th Division, Ishikawa Zhishui, also claimed to have studied Li Yunlong thoroughly, but one was defeated and the other was killed...

……

Eleven o'clock at noon, Blackstone Mountain.

In a large mountain forest on Blackstone Mountain, about 40 kilometers away from XZ, Li Yunlong is leading his troops to rest here.

The distance from the base to XZ is almost 100 kilometers.

At a distance of nearly 100 kilometers, it only takes a few hours for a tank or car to travel quickly, but it takes two days for infantry to walk.

In order to prevent being discovered by devil reconnaissance planes, the new regiment slept during the day and marched at night.

It is expected that tomorrow morning, it will be able to reach the Xinzhou Basin, and then launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army.

The soldiers all marched lightly, handing over their baggage to mules, horses, and cars, and not a single soldier was left behind, and not a single soldier was reduced.

As a qualified commander, one should consider that every fighter can maintain combat effectiveness at all times and at all times.

The sky is beautiful, it has not rained these days, otherwise the tank is not very easy to walk on the road.

Zhao Gang's tone was full of doubts and worries: "Lao Li, it's a little strange, according to the report of the reconnaissance cavalry, the spy personnel of the devil seem to have withdrawn, and there is no reconnaissance plane to conduct reconnaissance above our heads during the day, and our whereabouts are likely to have been discovered." ”

Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed: "It's not very likely, it must have been discovered, after we shelled Taiyuan Xincheng Airport last time, the devils sent a large number of spies to Tongpu Road and the base area, and the spy personnel in the base area are easy for our military and civilians to solve, but the spy personnel outside the base area, it is difficult for us to solve them." ”

Zhao Gang nodded: "Although our whereabouts have been discovered, but fortunately, we have sent a sword squadron and cavalry to open the way for the large army in front, and the devil does not know our specific strength and the dispatch of tanks, and the devil has withdrawn all the intelligence personnel at this time, so it is even more impossible to know that we have tanks." ”

Although Li Yunlong knew that the devil had discovered a new group and had already dispatched.

But in the eyes of the devil, Li Yunlong may not necessarily know that the intelligence he led his troops to dispatch was discovered by the devil.

It's a bit of a twist, but that's the way it is.

After dark, Li Yunlong led a new group to continue on the road, along the Tongpu Highway all the way to the south.

Early the next morning, the scout cavalry of the new regiment arrived near the Xinzhou Basin and exchanged fire with the devil's scouts.

Immediately, Li Yunlong sent a cavalry battalion and a squadron of swords to drive away the scouts of the devil and find the location of the 39th Wing of the Japanese army.

The position of the 39th Wing was dug with many trenches, as if waiting for the arrival of a new regiment.

However, Li Yunlong and the new regiment knew that the 39th Wing of the Japanese army was waiting for the arrival of the new regiment.

The information provided by Boss Chen is as detailed as ever, not only the number of the Japanese army's participation in the fishing plan, but even the location of the Japanese army's fishing bait and ambush troops.

"Regiment commander, the Sword Squadron has discovered the position of the 39th Wing."

Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong: "According to the information provided by Boss Chen, this 39th Wing belongs to the 8th Brigade of the 10th Division and is the elite of the elite. ”

At this time, the Sword Squadron conveyed the shooting elements of the 39th Wing of the Japanese Army to the heavy artillery battalion.

The heavy artillery battalion also reported to the regimental headquarters that it was ready to open fire at any time.

Li Yunlong's expression was grim: "Pass my order, shoot at Lao Tzu, what the hell is the elite of the elite, the heavy artillery of labor and management is the elite of the elite." ”