Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

"Your Excellency, General, there is the latest news from the headquarters of the First Army."

"The Eighth Route Cavalry around Datong City has about the strength of a cavalry wing, and the Eighth Route Cavalry has completed the encirclement of Datong City."

"So the commander of the 3rd Brigade saw Major General Yin Sanxiong again, gave up turning north, and stuck to Datong City."

"On the one hand, I saw Major General Yin Sanxiong asking for tactical guidance again, and on the other hand, I saw Major General Yin Sanxiong asking for bombers to blow up the supplies at Datong Station."

As soon as Okamura Ninji got up, he heard the chief of staff, Moritake Tanabe, report to him with a solemn face and tone.

Okamura Ninji, who originally wanted to practice a wave of sword techniques, quickly became gloomy with his face and eyes.

What is Yin Sanxiong doing when he sees him again?

The Eighth Route Cavalry had already arrived at Datong City only to find out that it was just a waste and a rice bucket!

The reorganization of the 3rd Brigade into an independent mixed 3rd Brigade was the decision of Okamura Ninji.

He had long found out that this re-seen Yin Sanxiong was not capable, so he planned to change to a more capable brigade commander, and Major General Yamamoto Kazuki recommended by the commander of the First Army, Iwamatsu Yoshio, Okamura Ningji was very optimistic.

However, Okamura Ninji never expected it.

Just wake up from a sleep, and the 3rd Brigade is surrounded!

Okamura asked in a deep voice, "Why didn't the 3rd Brigade turn north earlier?" ”

He stared at the map, about 20 kilometers northeast of Datong City, which was the mountainous area.

When the 3rd Brigade first discovered the Eighth Route Cavalry, it immediately gathered its forces and turned to the mountains, even if the Eighth Route Cavalry caught up, some soldiers could be left to resist, and the remaining soldiers and the brigade headquarters took a car to the mountains.

At least the brigade headquarters will not be surrounded by the new regiment in Datong City.

But in this situation, the 3rd Brigade has only more than 1,000 troops in the city, and at this time, if the 3rd Brigade goes out of the city and turns north, it will definitely be chased by the Eighth Route Cavalry and then strangled.

What's more, with the firepower of the Eighth Route Cavalry, it is not so easy to kill out of the city.

The cavalry of the Eighth Route Army came to the outside of Datong before the large army, the purpose was to encircle the city wall and prevent the 3rd Brigade from turning into and escaping.

Tanabe Moritake replied: "According to the order, the locust army is not allowed to leave its garrison without an order, otherwise the chief officer will be dismissed from his post at least and apologize at worst. ”

Okamura Ninji's face became more and more gloomy when he heard this.

It must have been the 3rd Brigade that sent a telegram to the command of the First Army requesting a turn north.

Then the telegram came and went, and it took more than half an hour.

In this more than half an hour, with the speed of cavalry movement, the four gates of Datong City have already been surrounded.

"Your Excellency, General." Moritake Tanabe cautiously asked, "Seeing Major General Yoon Sanxiong asking for tactical guidance again, is the 3rd Brigade still saved?" ”

Okamura Ninji suddenly fell into deep thought.

Now I am afraid that only one full-fledged A Division regiment can be sent to save the 3rd Brigade.

If a second-line division is sent, it will take at least 2 full-fledged second-line divisions to be saved.

And it still has to be near Datong, because once the reinforcements go slowly, the 3rd Brigade may have been completely wiped out.

At present, the closest to Datong are the 40th Division of the First Army stationed in Taiyuan, the 37th Division stationed in Yangquan, and the 26th Division, the 118th Division and the cavalry group of the Mongolian Army.

Among them, the 40th Wing of the 237th Division was disabled, and the 11th Wing of the Independent Infantry of the 26th Division of the Mongolian Army also suffered heavy casualties.

However, whether it was the First Army or the large army stationed in Mongolia, it was too far away from Datong.

By the time the reinforcements arrived, the soldiers of the 3rd Brigade in Datong City were afraid that they would have already been wiped out.

Ninji Okamura changed the subject and asked, "Request for a bomber sortie?" The 5,000 tons of war materials at Datong Station fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army? ”

"Yes!" Tanabe Moritakemi, "According to the report of the First Army, it should be the special forces of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route that attacked Datong Station in the early morning, and at present, 5,000 tons of combat materials have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route. ”

"Eight... Ga! Okamura almost blackened in front of him.

Because he applied to the base camp to mobilize five divisions and regiments, the reason for seamlessly connecting the attack on the Eighth Route in the northwest of Jin.

Therefore, the 5,000 tons of war materials have not been transported to Beiping, but remained in Datong Station.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong actually targeted this batch of combat materials, and let Li Yunlong take advantage of the loophole.

Okamura Ninji personally drafted a telegram and said coldly: "Send a telegram to the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Mijiro, immediately." ”

At this time, Okamura Ninji was not yet the commander of the Chinese dispatch army, so he did not have the right to transfer the aviation units of the Kwantung Army.

However, Okamura Ninji still has some friendship with General Umezu Mijiro, so he hopes that the other party will see his Okamura Ninji's face and send bombers to bomb Datong Airport.

As for the Central China Dispatch Army, the battle to attack Changsha was in full swing at this time, and it was estimated that there was no spare strength to reinforce the North China Front.

5,000 tons of combat materials, even if the new regiment of the Eighth Route wants to move it, it is definitely not so easy.

Moritake Tanabe took the telegram, bowed his head and said, "Hi! ”

He knew that His Excellency the General deliberately did not mention the reinforcement of the 3rd Brigade, that is, he had abandoned the 3rd Brigade.

……

Half an hour later.

The infantry of the new regiment, under the leadership of Li Yunlong, had already arrived outside Datong City.

The men of the guard battalion quickly formed the temporary regimental headquarters in a concealed and well-sighted position 2 kilometers from the southern city wall.

The battalions of the new regiment had already surrounded the city wall of Datong according to the original plan.

Datong City is surrounded by open terrain, which is very convenient for the deployment of infantry, artillery, cavalry and tank units.

Li Yunlong, who was wearing a black leather jacket, walked into the regiment headquarters quickly, and couldn't wait to ask: "Have you seen Yin Sanxiong's old devil again, blocked in the county?" ”

Xing Zhiguo turned around and showed a smile on his face: "Regiment commander, I have just used a high-power walkie-talkie to ask Cao Jiang, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, and Ma Renxing, the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, what can be determined is that there are no devils from the 3rd Brigade who have escaped from Datong City, and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion is outside Dongcheng, and all the devils who are trying to reinforce Datong Station have been annihilated, and the devil's strength is an infantry squadron. ”

"Well done!"

"At this time, there are only about 1,000 devils in Datong City."

Li Yunlong's expression was very satisfied.

The 2nd Cavalry Battalion was expanded with more than 400 cavalry of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, and its combat effectiveness was definitely not bad, mainly because of its poor equipment.

As soon as it was expanded, a devil infantry squadron was killed in the first battle, and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion began to show its skills.

Li Yunlong believed that under the leadership of Battalion Commander Ma Renxing, the 2nd Cavalry Battalion would definitely become bigger and stronger and create new glories.

Because although the current 2nd Cavalry Battalion has only more than 700 cavalry, it has far surpassed the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment in terms of firepower.

And if there are no devils escaping, it means that the commander of the 3rd Brigade has a great probability that he is still in Datong City.

Guard Huang Erhu spread out the map and placed it on the table.

Li Yunlong looked down and saw that the red arrows on the map, which represented the encirclement route of the various battalions of the new regiment, extended towards Datong City.

This time.

The new regiment mobilized a total of 8 infantry battalions, 1 tank battalion, 2 cavalry battalions, and 3 artillery battalions.

In addition, there are logistics units such as transport battalions and automobile battalions.

The total strength is more than 10,000 people.

At this time, Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou also walked into the regiment headquarters together, Li Yunlong looked up, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly:

"Now there are only 1,000 devils in Datong City, and our troops are more than 10,000, and the ratio of troops is more than ten to one."

"Artillery firepower is tens or hundreds of times that of devils."

"This is the first time that labor and management have fought for such wealth!"

"Let's not play any three missing one, the direct four directions are the main attack, which battalion will attack the city first, kill Yin Sanxiong again, which battalion will be the first to attack!"

In this regard, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou did not object.

Originally, the battle plan drawn up by a few members of the regimental headquarters was to encircle three queyi.

The infantry surrounded the eastern, southern, and western walls of Datong, and put the cavalry outside the northern city to ambush, and once the remnants of the devils of the 3rd Brigade opened the northern city gate and fled, they would immediately fall under the iron hooves of the new regiment of 1,500 cavalry.

And the remnants of the devils of the 3rd Brigade did not break through and escape after the new regiment of cavalry completed the encirclement of the city wall.

Then after tens of thousands of infantry surround Datong City, it will be even more impossible for the devils of the 3rd Brigade to escape.

So there's no need to play any more than three of them, just do it and it's over.

"Since all four directions are the main attack." Zhao Gang said, "Then the deployment of the battle will have to be adjusted." ”

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Our original plan was for the main force 1st Battalion, the 2nd Main Battalion and the 1st Divisional Battalion to attack the city wall, and the other five infantry battalions as reserves and blocking troops. ”

"Three artillery battalions with three infantry battalions attacking."

"In this way, send the 2nd Battalion of the Division to attack the North City Wall, and the Tank Battalion will drive the tanks outside the North City and open artillery to cooperate with the 2nd Battalion of the Divisional Battalion to attack."

"Good!" Wang Dehou said, "I will immediately give an order to the second battalion of the division. ”

After speaking, Wang Dehou turned around and walked to the walkie-talkie.

Xing Zhiguo also said: "According to the report of the Sword Squadron, a brigade of the 3rd Brigade is encircling and suppressing our guerrillas in the area of Gaoyang County. ”

"Lao Xing's analysis is very reasonable." Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Send the main third battalion to kill this devil for me." ”

As soon as Wang Dehou finished giving an order to the second battalion of the division, he heard Li Yunlong's words again, and immediately issued an order to the third battalion of the main force.

As time goes by, the sun rises higher and higher, but now it's early October, and the sun is very comfortable on people.

On the city wall, the devil soldiers are stepping up their preparations for battle, preparing to fight to the death.

Outside the city walls.

The new regiment of attacking infantry had already entered the attack position, and only had to wait for the artillery units to mount their cannons and fire at the wall, and when the cannons had blasted the wall open, the infantry could rush into the city to collect corn.