It didn't take long.

About 400 cavalrymen of the Eighth Route Army, under the leadership of Huang Zhiyong, the cavalry battalion commander of the Independent Regiment, had already made a detour to the north gate of Datong.

Two years ago, Huang Zhiyong was only a cavalry company commander in an independent regiment.

He also led the cavalry company of the Independent Regiment and the cavalry company of the new regiment to participate in the battle to eliminate the Black Island Cavalry Wing.

But now, Huang Zhiyong is already the cavalry battalion commander of the independent regiment.

Although it is only a cavalry battalion in terms of establishment, its strength has reached the size of a cavalry regiment.

Moreover, the equipment of the independent regiment is the same as that of the new regiment, equipped with carbines, submachine guns, cloud dragon knives, as well as bazooka, 60-mm mortars, 82-mm mortars and other firepower.

In addition, the cavalry company commander of the New Second Regiment, named Li Haiqiang, is now also the cavalry battalion commander of the New Second Regiment, in charge of the cavalry of a cavalry regiment.

In this battle, Li Haiqiang also led the cavalry battalion of the New Second Regiment to participate in the battle, but he was responsible for the south gate and west gate of Datong.

The cavalry battalion of the Independent Regiment is responsible for the east and north gates of Datong City.

Because it was judged that the Japanese troops of the 1st Division were likely to break through from the north gate, Huang Zhiyong only put 2 companies of cavalry at the east gate.

And at the north gate put 4 companies of cavalry.

After the horse stakes were laid, Huang Zhiyong led his soldiers to a position about 2 kilometers from the northern city wall and began to build a position.

The north gate of the city was opened, and a brigade of more than 1,000 devils went out of the city one after another and entered the position under the city wall.

In order to prevent being attacked by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese 1st Division built many civil fortifications outside the city walls.

……

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

"Your Excellency, General!"

In the War Hall, Deputy Chief of Staff Seizo Arisue reported to Okamura Ninji:

"All fighter jets and reconnaissance planes have been sent to Shanxi, and they will carry out reconnaissance along the Tongpu Highway, Baijin Highway, Heshun Highway and other highways."

"As soon as a large force of the Eighth Route Army is found marching along the road, the command will immediately receive the news."

Last time, Okamura Ninji personally commanded the bombing of Dagu Town, and was defeated.

As a result, the Japanese army lost more than 40 aircraft and suffered more than 20 wounds.

And most of the wounded and shot down were bombers, and most of the rest were fighters, as well as a small number of reconnaissance aircraft and bombers.

As soon as the two flying regiments arrived, they lost most of them before they could cover the heat.

Although Okamura Ninji had already reported the losses to the Dispatch Army Command.

However, the base camp of the Japanese army did not replenish the North China Front with aircraft for the time being.

Some people in the Japanese base camp have already expressed dissatisfaction with Okamura Ninji, according to the rate of the North China Front's loss of fighters, the pilots and fighters of the empire are not enough to build the North China Front.

There is no way, even if the remaining 30 or so planes are used to deal with the Eighth Route Army, which is seriously insufficient, but Okamura Ningji has to be sent out.

Okamura nodded, staring at the map on the wall, silent.

As long as the planes can detect the marching columns of the large forces of the Eighth Route Army, then the operational staff officers can draw the offensive situation of the Eighth Route Army on the map.

The North China Front Army and the First Army can also make corresponding operational plans.

Yusue Seizan said again: "Your Excellency, General, there is one more thing. ”

Okamura Ninji's expression remained unchanged, and he asked without looking back, "What's the matter?" ”

Yousue Jingsan said: "Last night, the First Army secretly passed the information that the Eighth Route Army was about to gather heavy troops to the military commanders of the National Government of China, as well as the intelligence personnel of the Jin Sui Army in Taiyuan, hoping that the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army would send troops to attack the base area of the Eighth Route Army while the Eighth Route Army was pouring out to attack Taiyuan. ”

Since Seizo Sue was on duty in the war room last night, Okamura Ninji and Tanabe Moritake were sleeping.

Therefore, the First Army reported this situation to the North China Front Command, and at present, only one person in the last Jingsan knows about it.

Okamura Ninji snorted coldly: "Iwamatsu-kun, don't you believe me?" ”

In Okamura Ningji's view, as long as the Eighth Route Army dared to attack Taiyuan, he would dare to give the Eighth Route Army a central flowering tactic.

And Iwamatsu Yoshio privately contacted the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, wanting to give the Eighth Route Army a siege of Wei to save Zhao.

Once the base of the Eighth Route Army is attacked, the Eighth Route Army does not want to be homeless, and it will definitely withdraw its troops from Taiyuan.

When the time comes, won't his central flowering tactics be wasted?

Of course, Okamura Ninji is also taking a big political risk by engaging in this central flowering tactic.

Because once the defeat and the First Army unit and the headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, then he, the commander of the North China Front, would definitely go into the field.

However, Okamura Ninji has the confidence to inflict heavy losses on the Eighth Route Army.

This self-confidence comes from the strength of the troops he has in his hands now.

Now the troops that are ready to reinforce the First Army in Taiyuan include the 21st Division, the 35th Division, the main force of the Mongolian Army, the 1st Division, the 33rd Division, and the 37th Division.

If the locust army in Taiyuan can hold out for a month, then the base camp will also be in place for the five divisions and 60,000 tons of war materials allocated to the North China Front Army for attacking the northwest of Shanxi.

When the time comes, the 10 divisions will form a huge encirclement on the periphery of Taiyuan, which will surely be able to inflict heavy losses on the Eighth Route Army.

However, Iwamatsu Yoshio had no confidence in the First Army at all, and felt that the First Army could not hold out for so long under the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

This made Okamura Ningji very angry.

Because he has a big game to play.

Yousue Jingsan said again: "The headquarters of the First Army has already sent a telegram in the second half of the night that the Central Army of China and the Jin Sui Army have promised to attack the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast and northwest of Jin. ”

"Iwamatsu-kun is just wishful thinking."

Hearing this, Okamura Ninji was not angry.

"Your Excellency, General." Yousujingsan asked in a surprised tone, "You mean, the Central Army of China and the Jin Sui Army only pretended to promise the Locusts Army, and it is impossible for them to really send troops?" ”

"Of course, the Central Army of China and the Jin Sui Army promised so happily, they will definitely not really send troops."

Okamura Ninji said leisurely:

"Let's not talk about Chairman Jiang in Chongqing, Yan Xishan, the commander of the Second War Zone in Luliangshan, this person has always been cunning, and now the Eighth Route Army is strong, he will never dare to provoke the Eighth Route Army."

"That's it." There are three ways to go, "The central flowering tactics of the locust army can be carried out smoothly." ”

Okamura nodded, now waiting for the fighter and reconnaissance planes to send back the information.

At this moment, Hakuo Kitani, a communications staff officer, held a telegram in his hand, walked in hurriedly, and bowed his head to Okamura Ninji and reported:

"Report to the commander, Lieutenant General Mitsuo Nakazawa, commander of the 1st Division in Datong, urgently telegraph!"

At this moment, Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake finished breakfast and walked in quickly.

When Okamura Ninji heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, the 1st Division sent an urgent call at this time, what was going on?

Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said loudly: "Read! ”

"Hey!" Osamu Kitani then took the telegram and read, "This morning, there was a cavalry of the Eighth Route Army around Datong City, with a strength of about 1 cavalry wing, and at present it has formed an encirclement posture for Datong, and there should be the main infantry of the Eighth Route Army behind the cavalry, the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is preparing to attack Datong, and the 1st Division requests to turn north, and the commander of the 1st Division, Mitsuo Nakazawa, His Majesty the Emperor and the Great Japanese Locust Army are onboard!" ”

In the past, when the main force of the 1st Division had not been eliminated, Sanfu Nakazawa still had the confidence to fight with the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

But now I don't even have the courage to fight.

Can't beat it, can't beat it at all.

"Nani?"

Okamura Ninji's face suddenly showed a look of disbelief and shock:

"The main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has attacked Datong?"

"Could it be that the pangolins are sending out false information?"

Tanabe Mori Takeshi and Arisue Seizo on the side also changed their faces.

If the main force of the new 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army rushed to the 1st Division, then all the previous battle plans were in vain, and the tactics of flowering in the center were completely useless.

"Your Excellency, General, at this time, you should order the 1st Division to leave Datong and quickly move towards Mongolia, and at the same time order the troops stationed in Mongolia to meet the 1st Division, so as to ensure that the 1st Division has no worries." ”

At that time, the remnants of the 3rd Brigade were blocked in the city by the cavalry of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and they failed to break through.

This led to the total annihilation of the 3rd Brigade and the 5,000 tons of war materials hoarded at the railway station were also robbed by the Eighth Route Army.

If the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army really wants to attack the 1st Division, then it is the wisest choice to order the 1st Division to run quickly at this time.

"Your Excellency, Commander." Tanabe Moritake said, "There is another situation. ”

Okamura Ninji's expression moved, and he asked, "Which situation?" ”

Tanabe Shengwu said: "That is, the Eighth Route Army deliberately sent cavalry to Datong, and the infantry had already gone south along the Beitongpu Highway and went straight to Taiyuan. ”

"The cavalry of the Eighth Route Army in Datong is very likely to be thrown by Li Yunlong to attract the attention of the locust army."

"In order to cover up the true purpose of the Eighth Route Army's attack on Taiyuan, after all, it is very likely that the Eighth Route Army did not know that the information of their attack on Taiyuan at this time had been leaked."

"After all, the cavalry of the 1st Division has been lost, and this Eighth Route Cavalry can quickly escape after attracting the attention of the locust army, while the 1st Division can't catch up at all."

Yousue Jingsan asked rhetorically: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, what if the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army deliberately released information to attack Taiyuan, and the real strategic goal is to attack the 1st Division stationed in Datong?" ”

Tanabe Shengwu said: "If you want to confirm whether the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army wants to attack Taiyuan or Datong, it is very simple. ”

"The air force can be immediately ordered to detach one or two reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter along the highway from northwest Shanxi to Datong."

"If the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army really attacks Datong, the tens of thousands of troops of the new regiment will definitely march rapidly along the highway and will not be able to hide at all, and will definitely be exposed to reconnaissance planes."

"At the same time, the 1st Division was ordered to eliminate the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army outside the north of the city, so as to ensure that the 1st Division's road to the north was unimpeded."

"The 1st Division has more than 15,000 elite locust troops!"

"Can you still let hundreds of cavalry from the Eighth Route Military Region block the road?"

"Yo Si." Okamura Ninji nodded, "Tanabe-kun is right, and immediately give orders to the aviation and the 1st Division. ”

Seeing that Okamura Ninji agreed with Tanabe Moritake, he chose to keep his mouth shut.

"Hey!"

Moritake Tanabe paused suddenly.

(End of chapter)