"Report to the General."

"The Kwantung Army command called, the paratrooper brigade is ready and ready to go at any time!"

Soon.

With a telegram in his hand, Osamu Kitani walked quickly into the war hall to report to Okamura Ninji.

At the request of Okamura Ninji, in order to maintain as much secrecy as possible, the squadrons of paratroopers and transport aircraft in Manchuria were all under the direct command of the Kwantung Army Command.

And the time of take-off of the squadron of transport planes on which the paratrooper brigade was flying, as well as the place of the parachute jump, was decided by Okamura Ninji himself.

Even the deputy chief of staff, Seizo Yusue, didn't know.

"Yo Xi!"

Okamura was staring at the map on the wall, thinking about when the paratroopers would take off and where they would jump.

Hearing Osamu Kitani's voice, he turned around.

Then he personally drafted a telegram to the Kwantung Army Command, in which Okamura determined the time when the paratrooper unit would take off and the place where the parachute would jump.

"You personally sent this telegram to the Kwantung Army Headquarters!"

"Hey!"

Osamu Kitani took the telegram and turned around and walked away quickly.

……

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

"General."

"The commander of the North China Front, Senior General Okamura Ninji, called back."

In the war hall, the communications staff officer of the First Army walked in quickly and bowed his head to Yoshio Iwamatsu and reported.

"Read!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio was staring at the map, thinking about the retreat route, and waved his hand with a look on his face.

Even if Okamura Ninji did not agree with Taiyuan's troops to immediately move towards Ji Province.

Iwamatsu Yoshio was also thinking about the last time, leading the rest of the troops to move towards Ji Province.

The big deal is to be ordered to apologize by caesarean section, or go to court-martial.

At this time, there is still a chance for tens of thousands of locust soldiers to survive, but they still hold on to Taiyuan, up to the commander of the First Army, and down to the soldiers, there is only one way to die.

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer held the telegram in his hand and read:

"Major General Masao Miyazaki was appointed commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and Major General Kazuki Yamamoto was appointed deputy chief of staff of the First Army."

As soon as the words fell, Masao Miyazaki on the side couldn't help but look slightly happy.

Yo West!

I, Miyazaki, am back as the brigade commander of the 3rd Brigade!

Although the commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade is only about 5,000 people at present, the brigade commander is a man of real power, and he is not comparable to the deputy chief of staff of the group army who has no real power.

Masao Miyazaki glanced at Kazuki Yamamoto with a smug expression.

I thought that Senior General Okamura Ninji cherished his talents, and knew that his tactical command ability was stronger than that of Yamamoto Kazuki.

But soon, Masao Miyazaki couldn't laugh anymore.

The communications staff officer continued: "Order the 3rd Brigade to be stationed in Taiyuan, and the 1st Army, the 5th Division, the 28th Division, and the 1st Cavalry Brigade will be transferred to Ji Province immediately!" ”

"Nani?"

Masao Miyazaki's face froze suddenly.

Ordered other troops to transfer to Ji Province and lead the 3rd Mixed Brigade to defend Taiyuan by himself?

Masao Miyazaki suddenly felt that he was being targeted.

If you want to be the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Mixed Brigade, it is nothing to accept this order, and it is the duty of a soldier to obey the order.

But Okamura Ninji's order is completely to let himself die and let Yamamoto Kazuki live.

Why?

At that time, several mixed brigade commanders of the First Army were killed in battle, but he Miyazaki Masao is the only one who has survived to the present.

Am I going to break the jade this time?

"Yo Xi!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio looked slightly happy, and he didn't care about the life or death of Masao Miyazaki and the mixed 3rd Brigade:

"From now on, Miyazaki-kun will be the commander of the mixed 3rd brigade, and Yamamoto-kun will be the deputy chief of staff of the 1st Army."

Suddenly, Iwamatsu Yoshio saw Miyazaki Masao's unconvinced expression, and his face suddenly sank, and he asked loudly: "Who is for and who is against?" ”

"Hey!"

Masao Miyazaki and Kazuki Yamamoto bowed their heads in unison.

Kazuki Yamamoto still had a paralyzed look, and his expression did not fluctuate in the slightest.

But Masao Miyazaki's face showed a bitter expression.

If he dares to raise objections and questions, he will definitely be shot by Yoshio Iwamatsu immediately, killing chickens and monkeys.

"Yo Xi!"

Seeing that there was no opposition, Iwamatsu Yoshio's face showed a look of satisfaction:

"Order all troops to prepare immediately, and we will move to Ji Province tonight!"

"Hey!"

All the devil officers bowed their heads in unison, turned around and walked away quickly.

Then.

Iwamatsu Yoshio patted Miyazaki Masao on the shoulder with a kind expression and tone: "Miyazaki-kun, I will leave you plenty of food and ammunition, you only need to lead the mixed 3rd Brigade to hold out in Taiyuan for two months, and after two months, the locust army will definitely fight back, and then you will be a great hero of the empire, and you will definitely be promoted to lieutenant general and become the commander of the division at that time." ”

"Hey!"

Masao Miyazaki bowed his head suddenly:

"I am waiting for the day when His Excellency the Commander will return to Taiyuan."

But what Miyazaki thought in his heart was, give me 5,000 people and let me hold Taiyuan?

I can't hold it with 100,000 people.

……

At the same time.

Cai Dong Village.

The new 1st Regiment, the front headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"The Independent Regiment and the Jizhong Military Region Headquarters have called, and airdropped supplies of 2 million rounds of ammunition and 100,000 shells have been received."

Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong:

"Boss Chen called, there was a wave of airdrop supplies at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, also 2 million rounds of ammunition and 100,000 shells, plus some grenades and cans."

"I have sent a telegram to the Independent Regiment and the Jizhong Military Region Command, informing them to be ready to receive airdropped supplies at 3 p.m."

With a smile, Li Yunlong said with a satisfied expression: "No less than 150,000 shells fall on the heads of the surrounded devils every day, which is enough for the devils to drink a pot." ”

There are less than 40,000 devils surrounded, and each devil can get an average of 4 shells per day.

The saturation shelling, coupled with the indiscriminate bombardment of aircraft every day, has at least half of the casualties of the devils in three days.

After all, the devils didn't build bomb shelters and trench fortifications and anti-artillery holes in that area.

After three days of shelling, after two more days of fighting, the independent regiment and the brother troops of the Jizhong Military Region should be able to eliminate the devils.

After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "The devils should be dispatched to meet the surrounded devils in the next two days. ”

The number of the devil's paratroopers is small, but they are all elite, and they are all equipped with 100 submachine guns.

If Boss Chen hadn't gotten the information on the departure and parachute jumping locations of the devil's paratrooper troops, maybe he would really be able to be torn apart by the devils to tear a hole in the encirclement of the troops of the Jizhong Military Region.

However, Li Yunlong did not have much to worry about.

With Boss Chen's intelligence ability, he has not missed a move yet.

"Regiment commander, our heavy howitzers and a composite battalion have bypassed Tianlong Mountain and attacked in the direction of Taiyuan."

Wang Dehou continued to report:

"However, we can only sweep the Japanese pillboxes and artillery towers north of Wohu Mountain, and if we want to reach Taiyuan City, we must first capture the devil position in Wohu Mountain."

Li Yunlong stared at the map and nodded.

The last time he attacked Taiyuan, the devil did not pay attention to Crouching Tiger Mountain, and Li Yunlong directly led the Eighth Route Army to surround Taiyuan not long after.

Of course, it is useless for the devil to attach importance to the defense of Crouching Tiger Mountain.

At that time, the devils didn't know how to use tunnels and anticline tactics, and there were not many devils defending Taiyuan at that time, plus the devils in several counties around Taiyuan, the total was only a mixed brigade of troops.

At present, part of the devils of the 5th Division is stationed at Wohu Mountain, and some concrete fortifications have been constructed, as well as tunnels and anticline fortifications.

It's not very easy to fight.

"Don't be in a hurry."

Li Yunlong was calm-eyed:

"Destroy these concrete bunkers and turrets first, it's a big deal."

Now the price of a thickened reinforced concrete bunker and turret to kill the devil is 15 20-mm machine guns, which is a third higher than last year.

There are nearly 400 such reinforced concrete bunkers and turrets around Taiyuan, and Li Yunlong feels full of enthusiasm just thinking about it.

After this battle, the Eighth Route Army really wants to get rich.

The overall strength has increased by at least two to three times.

"Understood!"

Wang Dehou smiled slightly, knowing that this B4 heavy howitzer was prepared for the reinforced concrete bunkers and turrets of the devils.

At that moment, a telegraph operator got out of the telegraph van and walked into the headquarters and gave a military salute.

"Report to the head of the group, Boss Chen's secret message!"

Li Yunlong looked overjoyed, and quickly took the telegram and read it.

The content of the telegram was a bit long, but soon Li Yunlong finished reading the telegram, and his expression was first slightly happy, and then his brows were slightly furrowed.

"Commander, is there any emergency?" Seeing this, Wang Dehou asked.

Li Yunlong said: "Boss Chen gave us two pieces of information, the first information is about the devil paratroopers, and the second information is that the devils in Taiyuan want to escape." ”

At this moment, Zhao Gang also walked in and heard what Li Yunlong said.

Wang Dehou took the telegram from Zhao Gang, and after reading it, he handed it to Zhao Gang.

After reading the telegram, Zhao Gang couldn't help frowning slightly.

Boss Chen's two important pieces of information are simply too timely.

Moreover, the content of the intelligence is more detailed, the devil paratroopers are ready to parachute to the vicinity of Jingcheng County in the middle of the night, and then march more than 20 kilometers to the vicinity of Niangzi Pass, attack the weak point of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, and meet the encircled devils.

The devil was afraid that the transport plane would be shot down during the day, so he chose to parachute at night.

And parachuting at night requires someone to light a fire on the ground to guide the paratroopers in the direction, otherwise the paratroopers simply do not know where the parachute has arrived and it is difficult to assemble the troops.

The Devil Paratrooper skydive at 12 midnight tonight.

"Lao Li, I remember that our Sabre fighter has a night combat function, right?" Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong.

"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded, "Our Sabre fighter is equipped with radar, which can fight at night, and it is an all-weather fighter. ”

Although the pilots of the new regiment, the Sabre fighters, performed a number of combat missions at night.

But basically they provide air support to the infantry on the ground, and they haven't had a dog fight with the devil's fighters at night.

Therefore, the radar of the Sabre fighter has always been ignored by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, and they feel that this function is a bit frivolous.

Until the devils are going to send transport planes to transport paratroopers at night.

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong suddenly felt that this Sabre fighter was a little more fragrant.

"That's great." Zhao Gang's expression was slightly happy, "These transport planes and paratroopers of the devils can be handed over directly to our fighter squadron." ”

There was a pause.

Zhao Gang looked at another piece of information with a solemn expression and said, "But the devils in Taiyuan want to escape, and this situation is not easy to handle..."