After capturing Baochang, Li Yunlong led the army to take advantage of the cover of night to drive south, and at about five o'clock in the morning, the troops came to Zhangbei County, two miles outside the city.

Zhangbei is located outside the Great Wall, and it is the only way to enter the Guannai in the south and approach Zhangjiakou. If you want to come to the city of Zhangjiakou, Zhangbei must be captured.

After the army rested for ten minutes after a little wet, Li Yunlong and others immediately commanded the troops to quietly take advantage of the night and began to surround Zhangbei County in the dark along various roads.

When the various units had completed the encirclement of Zhangbei County, Li Yunlong immediately held a combat meeting in a forest less than 300 meters away from the north gate outside the north of the city.

After signaling Wei Dayong to take out the military map from his briefcase and spread it out on the ground, Li Yunlong and the others gathered around the map and squatted down.

I saw Li Yunlong pick up a branch from the ground as a command pole, pointed to the map and said: "Zhangbei is located north of the Great Wall, and it is the only way to enter Zhangjiakou in the south. Only by seizing Zhangbei can we have no worries. Otherwise, we can't go south! ”。

"Commander, how to fight?" The commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, smiled and said.

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "According to the confessions from the devils we captured after the battle in Duolun City and the torture of the Imperial Cooperative Army, the enemy army in Zhangbei County at this time only has an infantry brigade of the Japanese army. It is subordinate to the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 19th Infantry Wing of the 2nd Independent Brigade of the Devil's Mengjiang Garrison Army, with a total strength of only more than 1,200 people. Zhangbei is the only way to enter Zhangjiakou in the south outside the pass, there is no imperial army in the city to help defend the city, for us, the enemy army in the city is only one Japanese infantry brigade, easy to fight! ”。

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued: "This way, the old way. The 1st Battalion attacked the North Gate, the 2nd Battalion attacked the South Gate, and the Cavalry Battalion and the 3rd Battalion outflanked the West Gate and the East Gate. I commanded the reserve to intercept the devil's rout that broke through from the city. Time is running out, we need to fight quickly, and within half an hour, we must quickly move south after defeating the enemy forces in the city. Otherwise, once the battle in Zhangbei is too long, it will inevitably be known by the Japanese army in Guannai! ”。

"Understand, Commander, you can see it."

Zhang Dabiao, Shen Qun, Ma Wenhai and others responded one after another, and it is not very difficult to fight a county town guarded by only more than 1,000 devils. What's more, under the night battle, the strength of the units of the new regiment was even better than that of the Japanese garrison. In addition, their own side is still a surprise attack, and the certainty of taking Zhangbei County within half an hour is at least about seventy percent.

"Duan Peng, you immediately command the special combat team to take action and cut off the communication between the defending enemy in the city and the outside world. Especially the phone line! I will order the signal corps to activate the radio jammer to prevent the Japanese command in the city from contacting the Japanese troops in the city by radio. Brothers, five minutes of preparation, signal flares together, all-out siege, quick victory! ”

Li Yunlong ordered Duan Peng, and then said to the other commanders and fighters.

Everyone responded: "Yes, Commander!" ”。

"Okay, get ready now!" Li Yunlong bowed his head, and then waved his hand, ordering everyone to prepare for the siege in five minutes.

At this time, there are still at least two hours before dawn, but the time is still very short. Although everyone and all the soldiers were supported by war horses, Zhangbei needed to move south quickly, so that he could have a chance to come to the city before the Japanese defenders in the direction of Zhangjiakou in the pass knew about the Zhangbei mutiny.

Therefore, taking Zhangbei County within half an hour is the time set by Li Yunlong!

Just when Li Yunlong and others launched a full-scale attack on Zhangbei County five minutes later, most of the Japanese defenders in Zhangbei County at this time had already returned to camp and slept. However, there were still some Japanese soldiers patrolling the city gates and their heads.

Due to the lack of electricity in the city, most of the Japanese soldiers patrolling the city head and guarding the city gate were guarding the city with torches, and the outside of the city was black and linen. As for the Japanese army defending the city without searchlights, it is because they are at the tail end of the war, and the resources of the Japanese army are very tight, and there are not even many resources for searchlights to allocate to less important places for vigilance. Today's Literature Network

Therefore, Li Yunlong and others led their troops to approach the outside of the city in the dark and surrounded the city, and the Japanese troops at the head of the city could not see it, and they could not find the new army commanded by Li Yunlong who was approaching the city.

At this time, the county seat of Zhangbei was deadly silent, except for the Japanese army at the head of the city patrolling the city with torches, the entire county was shrouded in darkness.

In the city, the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 19th Wing of the 2nd Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army was established in the county yasan in the city.

The devil's brigade headquarters was brightly lit, and there were still Japanese staff officers on duty in the brigade headquarters, but there were only two devil staff officers, and the rest, including the brigade and the main squadron leader, the chief of staff of the brigade and other officers were resting separately.

"Little Ye-kun, eat some! Haha, it's really a bit cold in the early hours of the morning! A devil staff officer walked in from outside the brigade department, carrying a bowl of hot noodles and handing it to a devil staff officer on duty inside.

Devil staff officer Koyojiro smiled and put down the work at hand, took it and said with a smile: "Thank you Cheng Enjun." Cheng Enjun, you go and rest! I'm on duty alone now, and there's nothing going on right now! ”。

"I'm fine, anyway, it's dawn in about two hours, so I'll be on duty with Xiao Yejun!" Devil staff officer Cheng Enda waved his hand and smiled.

It's just that at this time, before Koyojiro was about to eat noodles, suddenly three dazzling fires suddenly exploded in the sky outside the brigade department!

"What's going on?" Sayojiro looked at the white light that suddenly exploded in the sky outside the door, and wondered, could it be that someone set off fireworks in the early hours of the morning?

However, Cheng Entai, another devil on duty with a keen sense of smell on the battlefield, was terrified for a moment, and thought of something, "Baga! Not good, enemy attack! ”

"What? Enemy attack! "Sayojiro was a spirit, and the bowl in his hand fell down suddenly, smashed to pieces!

"It's a flare! Hurry up, call the defenders of the gates, and get up to meet them! Cheng Eun yelled in a hurry.

Koyojiro finally came back to his senses at this time, and was about to eat noodles with a bowl and chat with Cheng Eun Taiyi, when he immediately realized that the three dazzling white flames that exploded in the sky outside the door were not caused by fireworks, but by signal flares hitting the sky.

A signal flare suddenly exploded in the sky, indicating that there were enemy troops outside the city preparing to attack Zhangbei County.

All of a sudden, the two old devils immediately moved in a hurry.

But at this time, the whistling sound of cannonballs flying rapidly in the sky reached the ears of Koyojiro and Seun Taiichi!

"Eight Tooth Road! Shelling! Quite a lot! I'll wake up the captain and chief of staff immediately, Xiao Yejun, please call the defenders immediately to inform them that the guards are stubbornly resisting! Cheng Eun shouted to Sayojiro in a hurry.

"I know, Cheng Enjun!" Sayojiro bowed.