Shanxi.

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

"Report!"

A communications staff officer, holding a telegram in his hand, walked quickly into the First Army war room.

Yoshio Iwamatsu bowed his head and reported:

"The commander of the 3rd Brigade saw Major General Yin Sanxiong send a farewell telegram!"

"Nani?" Iwamatsu Yoshio's face changed suddenly, "Farewell telegram? ”

Yamamoto Kazuki's pupils on the side couldn't help but shrink slightly.

Masao Miyazaki and Masashi Hanaya, as well as several other staff officers, also changed their faces suddenly.

It's too fast.

Although it was known that the remnants of the 3rd Brigade were definitely not the opponent of the 8th Route New Regiment, and that it was besieged in Datong City by the 8th Route New Regiment, it was only a matter of time before the 3rd Brigade was wiped out by the 8th Route New Regiment.

But I didn't expect the news to come so quickly.

Farewell telegram, which means that the 3rd Brigade is about to be wiped out.

Iwamatsu Yoshio took the telegram from the communications staff officer, only to see that there were only two short sentences on the telegram.

Farewell telegram: My 3rd Brigade will fight to the last man, fight to the last minute of life, His Majesty the Emperor will be on board, and the Great Japanese Locust Army will be on board!

Seeing this telegram, Iwamatsu Yoshio sighed helplessly.

The North China Front command did not have an order, so he did not send reinforcements to reinforce the 3rd Brigade.

Of course, even if reinforcements are sent, it will definitely be too late.

Taiyuan is nearly 300 kilometers away from Datong, and such a long distance takes more than 10 hours even by train.

At this time, the Beitongpu Railway has been cut off by the new group of the Eighth Road.

"Send this telegram to the North China Front Headquarters immediately!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu handed the telegram to the communications staff officer.

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer bowed his head, turned around and walked away quickly.

Everyone present was very uncomfortable to hear the news, but the most uncomfortable were Yamamoto Kazuki and Miyazaki Masao.

At this time, most of the formation of the 3rd Brigade will be destroyed by the new regiment of the Eighth Road.

Therefore, the plan to form the 3rd mixed brigade with the 3rd brigade as the backbone may also be shelved.

And Miyazaki Masao felt very uncomfortable and a little lucky.

Sadly, the 3rd Brigade was originally his unit, but he was temporarily transferred to the headquarters of the First Army as a deputy chief of staff.

The formation of the 3rd mixed brigade, the position of brigade commander, he is also one of the contenders.

But what he didn't know was that the candidate for the brigade commander had already been determined by Yoshio Iwamatsu and Masao Miyazaki.

Fortunately, Masao Miyazaki is not the current commander of the 3rd Brigade, otherwise he would have sent a telegram to the headquarters of the First Army, but it would have been him Masao Miyazaki.

……

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

War room.

"Report to the General!"

"Just now, the headquarters of the First Army forwarded a farewell telegram from the commander of the 3rd Brigade to see Major General Yin Sanxiong again."

The communications staff officer held the telegram in his hand and bowed his head to report to Commander Okamura Ninji.

Okamura Ninji frowned, his eyes gloomy.

The 3rd Brigade was defeated so quickly?

From the appearance of the cavalry of the Eighth Route New Regiment outside Datong City, it has only been four hours now, and it has actually been attacked by the Eighth Route New Regiment to the brigade headquarters?

At this rate, maybe at this time, the commander of the 3rd Brigade will see that Yin Sanxiong has been shattered.

Tanabe Moritake and Arisue Seizan and others on the side also had extremely ugly faces.

Taking a deep breath, Okamura Ninji asked, "Did your communications department get in touch with the pilots of the Kwantung Army who came to bomb war materials?" ”

"Report to the General!" The communications staff officer bowed his head and said, "I have been contacted, and the pilots of the Kwantung Army have synchronously sent news that the bomber observers have not found a target at Datong Station, the bombing has been canceled, and the pilots are looking for targets along Pingsui Road!" ”

Okamura Ninji turned to stare at the map on the wall, his gaze becoming more and more gloomy.

In such a short period of time, where can the new regiment of the Eighth Route transport all the combat materials?

Tanabe Moritake leaned in to take a closer look, and then clicked his finger a few times in the northeast direction of Datong, and said in a deep voice with an ugly face:

"Commander, most of the new regiments of the Eighth Route have driven the military trains carrying war materials into the tunnels in this area."

Okamura Ninji looked in the direction of Tanabe Moritake's finger.

The map shows that the area is indeed mountainous, and the mountainous terrain means that there are many bridges and tunnels in this area.

Not mostly, but the Eighth Route will definitely transport the military trains carrying war materials to the tunnel.

"Yaga!"

Okamura Ninji, who pressed the treasure on the bomber of the Kwantung Army, saw that the bomber failed to blow up the war materials in the end, and he couldn't hold back at all.

Suddenly, he scolded angrily, drew his command saber, and slashed indiscriminately.

Tanabe Moritake and Yusue Seizo silently stayed away so as not to harm the pond fish.

Although the 3rd Brigade was not completely annihilated, there was still an infantry brigade outside.

But it was not much different from total annihilation, the 3rd Brigade Headquarters was eliminated, and the brigade commander saw Yin Sanxiong's jade shattered again.

Moreover, the 5,000 tons of war materials in the Datong station were also robbed by the new regiment of the Eighth Road, and this problem is very serious.

Your Excellency the Commander at this time, I'm afraid it will not be easy to explain it to His Majesty Tojo Riku and the Locust.

Tanabe Moritake and Arisue Seizo glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.

……

Southeast of Jin.

Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The chief, division commander, and chief of staff were also waiting for news from the new regiment in the conference room of the headquarters.

When the cavalry surrounded Datong, Li Yunlong had already sent the time of launching the general attack to the headquarters by telegram.

As for the combat effectiveness of the new regiment, the commanders are well aware that it is not a problem to kill the 3rd brigade.

"Is there any change in the First Army?"

The chief glanced up at the chief of staff as he stared at the map.

The chief of staff was holding a porcelain cup in his hand, drinking water, and then said: "According to the intelligence transmitted from various sides, the First Army has not yet moved, and even the troops stationed in Mongolia have not moved. ”

"Hehe......" the chief smiled faintly, "It seems that Okamura Ninji and Iwamatsu Yoshio are planning to abandon the 3rd Brigade." ”

"Okamura Ninji and Iwamatsu Yoshio want to save it." The chief of staff smiled, "It's a pity, far water can't quench your thirst." ”

The division commander said with a smile: "It's okay to let the new regiment eat the 3rd Brigade in one bite and recover a large area of Datong and northern Jin." ”

As he spoke, the division commander's right hand drew a circle on the map, which was a large area full of Datong.

In northern Shanxi, Datong was a military town, and once the new regiment regained Datong, it basically recovered Datong.

Moreover, it can also cut off the Pingsui Road and the Beitongpu Railway, which is an unprecedented blow to the devil.

"Report, a new group of good news!"

A telegraph soldier wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army almost ran into the war room and saluted the chief.

The chief wanted to take it and look at it himself, but after thinking about it, he said, "Read!" ”

As he spoke, the chief's smile quickly climbed up to his face, since it was good news, it meant that the new regiment had captured Datong.

The chief of staff and division commander on the side were also smiling and waiting with their arms crossed.

The operational staff officers in the war room also stopped their work one after another and looked at the telegraph soldiers who had come to report.

"Yes!"

The telegraph soldier responded, then picked up the telegram, his voice did not pause at all, and he read fluently: "After more than 3 hours of fighting, the new regiment has recovered Datong, completely annihilated the Japanese army, killed the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese army, rediscovered Yin Sanxiong, captured 5,000 tons of war materials, and the commander of the new regiment, Li Yunlong. ”

When the chief heard this, he immediately said happily: "Well done!" ”

"Li Yunlong, this kid is fast enough." The chief of staff said with a bit of surprise in his tone, "It only took more than three hours to solve the battle?" ”

The division commander lifted his glasses and said: "This time, Li Yunlong used three artillery battalions and tens of thousands of infantry troops to take Datong very easily, but the battle ended so quickly, it was still a little unexpected. ”

It took more than three hours to storm a Japanese military town.

It's outrageous.

The combat effectiveness of the new regiment is really strong.

It's a pity that now the new regiment is a unit directly under the headquarters and does not belong to the troops of the 129th Division.

The chief of staff's expression was extremely satisfied: "5,000 tons of war materials, Li Yunlong, this kid has made a fortune!" ”

In Li Yunlong's report to the headquarters, Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Datong, and a large part of the reason was to go for the 5,000 tons of war materials.

However, the heads of the headquarters did not have much hope for whether the 5,000 tons of war materials could be captured.

At Datong Station, there was a brigade of devil troops guarding this batch of war materials.

If the devil orders to blow up the war material, or if a shell is crooked, it can cause a series of explosions.

However, when Li Yunlong's good news came and 5,000 tons of war materials were captured, all the combat chiefs couldn't help but be ecstatic.

These 5,000 tons of war materials are enough for the Eighth Route Army to launch 2 to 3 battles on the scale of the 100-regiment battle.

"Call Li Yunlong back immediately!"

The chief looked at the chief of staff and said, "The content of the telegram is just one sentence, Li Yunlong, I congratulate you on making a fortune!" ”

"Good!"

Both the chief of staff and the division commander laughed.

The chief of staff quickly drew up a telegram, handed it to the chief for signing, and then handed it to the telegraph soldier to send out.

……

Datong.

The command of the new 1st regiment.

The battle was over, and Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others were having breakfast at the regiment headquarters.

Breakfast is canned meat and canned fruit, and the taste is excellent.

Xing Zhiguo asked: "Regiment commander, why don't you visit the headquarters of the 3rd Brigade?" ”

Li Yunlong said in a disdainful tone: "It's just a brigade headquarters, and it's not the headquarters of the North China Front, what's there to visit?" ”

"Report, call back from headquarters." The telegraph operator came over with a telegram in his hand.

Wang Dehou was close to the telegraph soldiers, so he took the telegram and read it, and after reading the telegram, he said with a smile: "Regiment commander, the head of the headquarters congratulates you on making a fortune." ”

Li Yunlong took the telegram and looked at it, and immediately smiled.

Li Yunlong did not plan to leave this batch of war materials in the new regiment, and just left a small part for the militia.

Most of them still have to be handed in, because the weapons equipped by the main forces of the new regiment are basically American-style, and the ammunition except for grenades, the bullets and shells of the devils do not match the ammunition used by the main forces of the new regiment.

Suddenly, Li Yunlong seemed to think of something, and a wicked smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Zhao Gang immediately asked, "Lao Li, did you think of any ideas again?" ”

"That's right!" The evil smile on Li Yunlong's face became more and more intense, and he looked at Wang Dehou, "Chief of Staff, immediately prepare a clear code telegram and send it out, to the effect that he will thank Okamura Ningji, the captain of the Eighth Route Army, for the 5,000 tons of combat materials that he sent to our Eighth Route Army. ”

"Understood!" When Wang Dehou heard this, he also laughed evilly, and then began to draw up a telegram.