When there was a fierce battle in Qiaogou Canyon east of Pingxingguan, more than forty minutes later, Gu Shoufu sensed that something was wrong and directly sent a report to Okabe Naosaburo for help, and the old devil Okabe Naosaburo got the news directly from Gu Shoufu in Taiyuan City.

In Taiyuan City, in the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army, Naosaburo Okabe stood up in surprise and looked at Taro Miyano who came to report the situation of Tani Shouo's headquarters in a daze.

"Nani? The 6th Division was ambushed east of Pingxingguan? How can it be? ”

Taro Miyano handed the telegram in his hand to Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency Commander, this is indeed the case!" Later, Daisuke Kotani, the captain of the Pingxingguan garrison, also sent an urgent telegram, and Pingxingguan was attacked by thousands of guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army. Gu Shoufu stayed at Pingxingguan to strengthen the defenders to protect the grain, grass and ammunition stored in the pass, and the more than 1,000 imperial soldiers of the 6th Division tried to go east out of Pingxingguan to meet the main force of the 6th Division and move closer to Pingxingguan, but they all failed. ”。

"Ya Ga Road, what the hell is Gu Shoufu doing? What's going on now? Okabe Naosaburo frowned, the 6th Division is one of the two divisions that the Wa Kingdom can fight the most, if the 6th Division loses too much, this will definitely be no less than the impact of the four Wa Princes who were killed by the new regiment for the honor of the Japanese army.

Miyano Taro said: "Now the Heixing Pass is still in the hands of Daisuke Otani for the time being, and the troops of the 1,000th 6th Division who tried to break through the blocking position of the Chinese army in the east suffered heavy casualties, and according to Daisuke Kotani's urgent telegram, at least half of the men and horses were lost. Now Gu Shoufu urgently ordered the main force of the division to retreat in the direction of Pingxingguan as much as possible! The Chinese troops who ambushed them had completely blocked the valley road that rushed out of the Qiaogou Gorge in the direction of Lingqiu County with boulders that had fallen from the explosion. There is no way, Gu Shoufu can only order the main force of the division to withdraw to Pingxingguan! ”。

"It's just that the war is not going well now?"

Okabe Naosaburo realized it and said in a condensed voice.

Taro Miyano nodded, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence, "Tani Shoufu asked to send aviation troops to assist the ground troops in breaking through and moving closer to the direction of Pingxingguan!" ”

Okabe Naosaburo didn't talk much nonsense, waved his hand and ordered Miyano Taro: "Immediately order the Fifth Air Force Brigade to take off its fighters immediately, fly to the sky over the Qiaogou Gorge east of Pingxingguan, and carry out fierce bombardment and strafing on the ambush positions of the Chinese army of the 6th Division on the hills on both sides, so as to cover the 6th Division's breakthrough towards Pingxingguan. ”

"Understood, Your Excellency, Commander! I'll do it right away! ”

Miyano Taro nodded, and didn't talk nonsense, and directly ordered the Japanese signal corps to call the little devil at Taiyuan Airport at the communication office on the side of the headquarters, and ordered the devil signal corps to send a report to Gu Shoufu, instructing Gu Shoufu to gather troops as soon as possible and rush out of the encirclement in the direction of Pingxingguan.

Otherwise, with the narrow terrain of the Qiaogou Gorge east of Pingxingguan, more than 20,000 devil soldiers of the 6th Division were crowded on the narrow valley road, and they could only fall under the firepower of the ambush troops of Li Yunlong and others, and heavy casualties were absolutely inevitable.

And as the conversation between the two old devils was heard by several Japanese staff officers working in the headquarters, the little devils were shaken. Could the 6th Division really not be able to break out of the ambush circle of the Chinese army?

It's just that at this time, Okabe Naosaburo has no choice, who would have thought that once again, the main force of the Eighth Route Army would set up an ambush on both sides of the Qiaogou Gorge, which is more than ten miles long east of Pingxingguan, and want to eat the main force of more than 20,000 troops of the 6th Division that has raised troops to suppress the new regiment base area of Hengshan in one bite?

But what I didn't expect was that the Chinese army actually struck.

It's just that what Okabe Naosaburo didn't expect at this time was that it was Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie who commanded all the departments to jointly set up an ambush.

"I hope Gu Shoufu can command the 6th Division to withdraw to Pingxingguan and not lose too much!"

Okabe Naosaburo muttered to himself, the 6th Division is one of the two divisions that can fight the most in the Wa Kingdom. If the 6th Division suffered heavy casualties, the honor of the Japanese State would once again be destroyed by the Chinese army.

However, although Okabe Naosaburo ordered the Japanese 5th Air Force to dispatch in time, after all, it took time for the fighters to reach the sky east of Heixingguan.

At this time, on the Qiaogou Gorge east of Pingxingguan, the units of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army were cut off by several sections, and the formation began to be chaotic at this time.

"Boom, boom!"

On the top of the Laoye Temple Mountain, two new regiments captured the Japanese howitzers that Yoshio Shinozuka had originally attacked the Hengshan base area, and under the command of Wang Chengzhu, they carried out fierce artillery bombardment on the small devil tanks and key trucks and other vehicles gathered at the bottom of the mountain.

Brilliant explosion sparks exploded on the canyon road, and the screams were more of little devils.

Because the Qiaogou Canyon Valley Road east of Pingxingguan can only allow one truck, tank and other vehicles to pass. Therefore, the little devil's tank could not play its due charging role in such terrain conditions.

On the contrary, under Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire, the vehicles in front and behind the little devil's convoy were blown up at the first time, making it impossible for the Japanese tanks and vehicles to advance and retreat. Soon, in vain, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army ambushed on the hills on both sides was blown, and they were blown up one by one.

"Good job, Wang Chengzhu, this kid played well." In the headquarters of the ambush bunker on the top of the hill, Li Yunlong looked through the observation hole at the tanks, trucks, and other vehicles of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army on the Qiaogou Gorge and Valley Road, which had been blown up by Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire, and he was immediately overjoyed.

What's even more gratifying is that after the all-out fire attack of the 28th Regiment and the Independent Regiment, the unobstructed Japanese troops on the valley road were beaten by the ruthless fire of their own side and suffered heavy casualties. It is estimated that at least at this time, the total number of casualties of the 6th Division has exceeded more than 6,000 people!

"Regiment commander, regiment commander, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Ushijima Mansuku, concentrated two infantry brigades, under the cover of artillery fire belonging to its brigade, and fiercely attacked the 3rd and 4th battalions, blocking the brothers on the position with heavy casualties! I'm afraid I can't stop the little devil from breaking through! What to do? ”

In the command headquarters, suddenly a staff officer hurriedly turned his head and reported to Li Yunlong with a field phone.

When Li Yunlong heard this, he hurriedly took the telescope and looked at the blocking positions of Ma Wenhai and He Yongjie. I saw that on the valley road position where the two men and horses were blocked, the guns and cannons roared, and the explosions continued to be loud. The Japanese artillery bombarded the two units and blocked the valley road position where the little devils retreated, and there was a lot of gunsmoke billowing out.

"Made, if you want to run, no way! Send the reserves up and plug the gap! Fast. Monk, you personally lead the team up to reinforce the third and fourth battalions! Hurry up, hurry up! Li Yunlong directly pointed to Wei Dayong, a monk who was protecting him at the headquarters, and shouted.

Wei Dayong hurriedly said: "Regiment leader, what should you do if I lead the team to reinforce and leave?" ”。

"Damn, the little devil hasn't found the headquarters of labor right now. You kid hurry up and lead the reserves to reinforce the third and fourth battalions, and block the devil attack force of Ushijima for me, hurry up! ”

Li Yunlong was angry, it was boring to say this at this time! If the devil soldiers of Ushijima's 36th Brigade were to break out of the encirclement, the results of the ambush would be greatly reduced.

"Yes, Commander! Take care! Wei Dayong didn't talk nonsense, he directly stood up and saluted, and then rushed out of the command headquarters, leading a reserve of 1,000 people to quickly reinforce the third and fourth battalions.