About 35 minutes after Li Yunlong led his troops to withdraw from Duolun cleanly and move to Baicha Mountain, the Japanese troops who had worked hard to rush to Duolun City first rushed to the 5th Brigade of the Japanese 3rd Division under Duolun City, Major General Katayama Riichiro, with a frown and a gloomy face.

"Report to the brigade commander that the soldiers sent to reconnoiter have withdrawn one after another, and there is not a single living Imperial soldier in the city. The headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 19th Infantry Wing of the 2nd Independent Brigade in the city has been reduced to ruins, and our people have found the officers of the Imperial Army who died in the battle in the headquarters, including the captain of the Duolun garrison, Matsumoto Takashio, the chief of staff, Taro Ohara, and more than ten other officers below! ”

Rishiro Katayama, who was standing outside the southern city of Duolun and was slow to enter, received the report of the devil staff officer sent in to investigate, and his eyes suddenly became solemn.

The Japanese defenders in Duolun City were all killed, especially the troops composed of expatriates in the city who were temporarily recruited, and they were also killed and wounded, it is conceivable that Li Yunlong's hatred for the empire is very sufficient!

"Bang !!!"

Riichiro Katayama slammed the jeep next to him hard, and he was furious!

Li Yunlong, extremely arrogant! The defenders of Duolun City have actually killed not a single one! Sure enough, he is arrogant enough, and he deserves to be an enemy officer who even His Majesty the Emperor should pay attention to, and he wants to see people die or see corpses!

"Li Yunlong, it's really ruthless! Isn't there even a single living Imperial soldier in the city? ”

Riichiro Katayama, who did not give up, looked at the smoke of Duolun City, and asked through gritted teeth!

The devil staff officer who reported the situation smiled bitterly: "The soldiers who entered the city to search have searched the whole city, and the imperial soldiers who died in the battle are everywhere in the city, and even most of the imperial army was killed by the Eighth Route Army!" However, there are still a few people in the Imperial Association who are hiding! It was not searched by Li Yunlong's troops who conquered Duolun City! ”。

"Do the surviving soldiers of the Imperial Association know the current evacuation direction of Li Yunlong's main force?"

Katayama Riichiro said in a condensed voice, at this time, it is no longer necessary for the Japanese army to be entangled in Duolun City to suffer heavy casualties, first find out the evacuation direction of Li Yunlong's main force.

The devil staff officer who reported immediately said: "Report to the brigade commander, according to the report of several Imperial Cooperative Army who survived from hiding, after Li Yunlong's troops completely annihilated the defenders of the city, they urgently cleaned up the battlefield in less than five minutes, and after all the weapons and ammunition that could not be taken away were blown up, the main force quickly withdrew from Duolun and rushed eastward!" ”。

"Map!"

When Riichiro Katayama heard this, he waved his hand and motioned to the chief of staff on the side, Kenjiro Saito, and Osato to take out the map and spread it out on the cover of the jeep on the side.

"Chief of Staff, this is Duolun, and to the east, it is the vast Xing'an Mountains, where the forests are dense and the area is vast. Li Yunlong is going to hide in the Xing'an Mountains to rest and avoid our pursuit! Ryichiro Katayama pointed to the map and said to Kenjiro Saito, the chief of staff of the brigade, with a frowning voice.

At this time, more than half of the troops of the 3rd Division under the command of Matsui Ishine were making a detour along the Shangdu River to Duolun, and it was at least fifteen minutes before they could arrive.

The two divisions of the 3rd Division of the Devil Division, who were divided into troops, could not meet the divisions, and after waiting for the main force of Matsui Ishine to arrive in Duolun, Richiro Katayama was a little hesitant when he decided to move eastward.

However, the chief of staff of the 5th Brigade, Kenjiro Saito, said in a condensed voice: "Brigade commander, according to the confessions of several imperial allegorists, at this time, the main force of Li Yunlong's department has been evacuated from Duolun for less than twenty minutes. Otherwise, once Li Yunlong's main force disappeared into the vast forests of the Xing'an Mountains, it would be impossible to catch them in the Xing'an Mountains by mobilizing several divisions and regiments to catch them. This is very bad for us. ”。

But after seeing the tragic scene of the defenders of Duolun City being completely annihilated by Li Yunlong, Riichiro Katayama could no longer ignore the strong combat power of Li Yunlong's troops.

What's more, since the 3rd Division pursued all the way north from Jin Province and entered Suiyuan and Chahar, the Japanese army has lost a total of more than 8,000 people from the 102nd Infantry Wing of the 51st Brigade of the 26th Division under the jurisdiction of the Mongolian Xinjiang Garrison Army, and the three Japanese infantry brigades stationed in Shangdu, Baochang, and Duolun.

The strong combat power of the new regiment made even the arrogant Ichiro Katayama dare not easily lead the army east to pursue alone.

Don't dare, if the main force of the Japanese army under the command of Matsui Shigen arrived in Duolun and wasted fifteen minutes in vain, then the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army commanded by Li Yunlong would have thrown them a lot of time.

Perhaps, when the time comes to set off for pursuit, the main force of the other party has already entered the dense forest of the vast Xing'an Mountains, and it will be too late to regret it!

After thinking about it and being silent for more than ten seconds, Riichiro Katayama said in a condensed voice: "Send a report to Your Excellency the General immediately and inform us that we have arrived in Duolun." Li Yunlong's main force has already advanced eastward, and his intention is very obvious, it must be to enter the area of Baicha Mountain in the Xing'an Mountains eastward, and enter it to rest and avoid the edge of our imperial army! Humble and determined to lead the main force of the 5th Brigade to chase Li Yunlong's department to the death! ”。

"Understood, Brigade Commander!" Kenjiro Saito, chief of staff of the brigade, paused heavily, and then waved his hand to signal a devil staff officer on the side to immediately order to go down and send a report.

And then, Katayama Riichiro ordered to a devil staff officer next to him: "Order all units of the brigade and regiment, tidy up the team, and give me a quick eastward march and attack and advance to the area of Baicha Mountain in the Xing'an Mountains!" Hurry up and drop! ”。

"Hay, Brigade Commander!" The devil's staff officer left in response.

After the decision was made, Richiro Katayama and the chief of staff, Kenjiro Saito, boarded the jeep and commanded the main forces of the 5th Brigade to quickly pass through Duolun.

It was only in Duolun City that a squadron of devils was left to clean up the corpses of the devil defenders who were killed in the city, and the main forces of the rest of the brigades all marched east to pursue the main force of Li Yunlong's department.

During the pursuit, Richiro Katayama, who suddenly thought of something, said to the chief of staff Saito Kenjiro who was sitting next to him: "Chief of Staff, has the air force that went north again to support the defenders of Duolun after returning to Nanyuan Airport for refueling has rushed to the sky over Duolun?" ”。

"If the brigade commander doesn't say anything, I've forgotten it! According to the previous report, it has not yet reached the sky over Duolun. But it won't be long yet! ”

Riichiro Katayama thought for a while and then said in a condensed voice: "Immediately ask someone to send a report, contact this aviation group, and reconnoiter the area around the main peak of Baicha Mountain in the Xing'an Mountains." If you can spot a large number of enemy troops on the ground, drop bombs immediately! , let them drop the bombs, and leave one or two reconnaissance planes to accompany our 5th Brigade in its operations, unless the aviation fuel runs out. Otherwise, I need reconnaissance planes to cooperate with my ground forces! We have been annihilated by more than 8,000 enemies led by Li Yunlong, so we must be cautious! ”。

"Understood, brigade commander, I'll do it right away!" Kenjiro Saito nodded in response, then asked the jeep driver to stop advancing, and after getting off the car, he sent someone to immediately send a report to contact the devil's Nanyuan Airport to support the devil's air force group in the north.