Yoshio Shinozuka didn't have many soldiers around him at this time, only a few guards guarded him left and right.

"Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Commander, Nanataichiro urgently reported that the new regiment of troops counterattacking from Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge was attacking fiercely, and the artillery fire was very fierce. His troops could not be deployed on the narrow mountain road, and had been defeated by the counterattacking troops of the new regiment. Most of the divisions have been lost, and most of the officers below the commander of the 10th Wing of the 10th Division, Keisuke Ishino, and the chief of staff of the wing, Kyohei Miki, have been killed. ”

After relieving his breath, the Japanese herald who came to make an urgent report continued to hurry: "In addition, Nanata Ichiro reported that with the remnants of the 10th Wing, there are less than a thousand men left!" Your Excellency the Commander is requested for tactical guidance. ”。

"Nani?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was taken aback and said, "Yagaya Road, Nanata Ichiro, this waste!" Order them, give me a stand-up, hold on! Reinforcements soon arrived from Pingxingguan, and as long as they hold on, there is hope! Just go! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." The Japanese herald who reported immediately took the lead, and then hurried away to give the order.

At this time, the sound of gunfire on both sides of the Yunge Hongqiao was gradually approaching, and Yoshio Shinozuka could no longer clearly stand on the head of the city, so he could only squat down and lean on the edge of the battlements to observe the battle situation covertly.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The shells fired by the artillery soldiers of the fifth squad of the new regiment artillery team on the top of Cuiping Peak have already smashed towards Yunge Hongqiao.

Fierce cannonballs creaked and whistled, smashing on the head of Yunge Hongqiao City, and soon brought up clouds of gunpowder smoke and blood rain.

"Your Excellency Commander, it's too dangerous, let's go down to the city!" There are Japanese guards who protect Yoshio Shinozuka in a hurry.

At this time, the city was already the key target of the artillery fire of the new regiment on the top of Cuiping Peak, and it seemed that it was going to directly bombard the Yunge Hongqiao, and it seemed that the new regiment was holding on to blow up the Yunge Hongqiao and also kill the imperial army on the city.

Yoshio Shinozuka was almost hit by a fragment of a cannonball at close range at this time, and after making a pretense, he hurriedly went down the castle under the protection of several guards.

At this time, Li Yunlong had already commanded the first battalion, the independent battalion and the fourth battalion He Yongjie and other troops to storm the plank road at all costs.

Due to the fierce fighting of the little devils for half a day, there was an extreme shortage of food, grass and ammunition, especially ammunition.

In addition, all the Japanese soldiers were strictly supervised and fought by Yoshio Shinozuka, so that the morale of the little devil's military spirit has dropped to an extreme.

Although there were more than 500 Japanese soldiers coming down from Yunge Hongqiao to reinforce on the plank road, there was not much ammunition in the hands of this little man.

After nearly fifteen minutes of fierce fighting, the Japanese blocking troops on the plank road with ammunition were eaten away little by little by Zhang Dabiao and others.

Soon, in his frightened eyes, Yoshio Shinozuka saw a new regiment of troops attacking from the direction of the plank road to the west side of the Yunge Hongqiao.

A new group of soldiers came from the direction of the plank road, completely shattering the confidence of Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, to wait for help.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka shouted and ordered all the Japanese soldiers who could control it to hold on to the head of the city and block Li Yunlong's army that was killing from the direction of the plank road.

It's just that without waiting for Yoshio Shinozuka to take a breath, the remnants of the Japanese army under the command of Nanata Ichiro and others, who retreated to Yunge Hongqiao in the direction of Cuiping Peak, also arrived at the east side of Yunge Hongqiao.

Nanata Ichiro, who hurriedly retreated to Yunge Hongqiao and was lucky enough to die, urgently reported to Yoshio Shinozuka, "Your Excellency Commander, I can't stand it!" The 79th Wing, the 80th Wing, which I commanded, had less than 700 people left! Coupled with the men and horses at the command of His Excellency the Commander, there are only a few more than a thousand imperial troops left! ”

"This time, we may have to die on this Cloud Pavilion Hongqiao! The reinforcements at Pingxingguan, which was closest to us, were strongly blocked by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and on the east and west banks of the Guanshui River, there were many guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army constantly attacking the Imperial Army troops under the command of Daisuke Otani who had gone north to reinforce Pingxingguan. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka let out a bitter sigh and said to Ichiro Nanata.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka already knew that the 10th Wing, the 33rd Brigade and the 10th Wing had basically been wiped out. Those who can withdraw to Yunge Hongqiao are basically the remnants of the two infantry wings of the 79th Wing and the 80th Wing of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army under the command of Ichiro Nanata.

And the number of troops directly under Yoshio Shinozuka is only about 300, and the total is indeed only a Japanese army in the early 1,000s.

"Your Excellency, Commander, don't you have a chance?" Nanata Ichiro asked in a low voice, to be honest, Nanata Ichiro was able to achieve the position of division commander, and he didn't want to die in his heart.

After all, the defeat to the end of the caesarean section and suicide was not the final outcome that Ichiro Nanata was happy to have.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked around and saw that there were not many Japanese officers left, so he turned around and whispered, "Nanata-san, what do you mean?" ”。

"Your Excellency, Commander, can you ask the new regiment for a ceasefire? It's okay for us to talk to the new group! Nanataichiro plucked up the courage to suggest, but after all, Yoshio Shinozuka was the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, and Nanataichiro was still very apprehensive in his heart.

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't expect that Nanata Ichiro didn't have the intention of fighting to the death and serving the Japanese country.

I just thought about it, and I also knew that the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army who could be promoted to the level of division commander did not reach the last moment, and no one really wanted to die in battle.

And Yoshio Shinozuka actually didn't want to die in his heart, but after thinking about it, he could only condense and say: "You can do it!" ”。

When Nanata Ichiro heard this, he was overjoyed, and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I understand my humble duties. Then Nanata Ichiro actually sent someone to kill the new regiment of troops in the direction of Cuiping Peak and sent a Japanese soldier who asked for a ceasefire.

Upon hearing the news, Zhao Gang ordered the counterattacking troops to temporarily stop the attack. If Yoshio Shinozuka really led his troops to surrender unconditionally, the new regiment would have a chance to capture more than a thousand remnants of Japanese soldiers.

A few minutes later, Li Yunlong received a direct call from Zhao Gang's walkie-talkie, "Haha, this Yoshio Shinozuka really wants to be beautiful, and he can surrender to us, but let's let go of the road in the direction of the plank road first." Do you think we are stupid? Lao Zhao, you tell the Japanese army that there is only unconditional surrender, otherwise, a general attack in five minutes! ”

"Okay, I see!" Zhao Gang also laughed and said to Li Yunlong in the walkie-talkie.

Soon, Japanese officers such as Yoshio Shinozuka and Ichiro Nanata, who received a reply from the new regiment, looked at each other one by one.

Among them, Nanata Ichiro could only helplessly say to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Your Excellency Commander, the new regiment wants us to surrender unconditionally. Otherwise, after the end of five minutes, the general attack will be launched on time, Your Excellency Commander, what shall we do? ”。

Yoshio Shinozuka saw the look of hope on the faces of the remaining Japanese officers, and soon realized that the remaining Japanese officers and soldiers knew that it was pointless to fight to the death. The disparity in strength and firepower between the two sides is already huge, and there is no possibility of holding out and waiting for help.

"Surrender unconditionally, order the soldiers to lay down their arms!" Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and gave the final order weakly