Itagaki Seishiro was silent when he heard this, and the Japanese army commanded by Yamazaki Volley was completely annihilated, so that the Japanese army in the hands of Itagaki Seishiro was now only more than 3,000 people. According to preliminary estimates, even the establishment of an infantry wing is not enough.

"Order all troops to temporarily stop the attack on the fortifications of the new regiment at the mouth of the valley in the Jinlong Gorge. You drop, immediately contact the military headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan, send a report to His Excellency Commander Shinozuka, and inform him of the battle situation here in Hengshan! Seishiro Itagaki waved his hand and said to the Japanese staff officer who reported the battle damage.

The Japanese staff officer who reported on the battle situation smiled bitterly, and said helplessly: "Haiyi, Your Excellency the division commander, you understand your humble duties!" He immediately turned around and left to send a report.

At this time, Itagaki Seishiro's heart was already full of fear of the new regiment headquarters based on Shouheng Mountain. A small mouth of the Jinlong Gorge valley was attacked for a long time and was not taken, but suffered heavy casualties. In the attack on the base area of the new regiment in Hengshan, the Japanese army under the command of Seishiro Itagaki had lost nearly 7,000 men and horses, as well as a large number of weapons and ammunition, and countless grains and grasses.

At this time, even the arrogant Itagaki Seishiro didn't dare to wantonly conceal the battle situation in Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka, and he had to send a report!

Itagaki Seishiro sent a report at this time, and on the Tianfengling Mountain of Heng Mountain, Li Yunlong, who was in charge of the overall battle situation, also received a call from Zhao Gang, who led his troops to fight fiercely at the mouth of the canyon. The Japanese army no longer attacked, but held the attack position, as if waiting for a new regiment to take the initiative to kill from the fortifications at the mouth of the canyon.

"Okay, Lao Zhao, you take people to nail to the valley mouth position. Don't attack easily, I estimate that Itagaki Seishiro still has more than 3,000 Japanese troops in his hands, and his strength is not weak. First use the Taniguchi position to consume him, wait for Itagaki Seishiro's momentum to weaken, and then see the right time to attack. On Tianfengling Mountain, Li Yunlong smiled at Zhao Gang on the other end of the phone.

Zhao Gang on the other end of the phone smiled: "Okay, your Lao Li made a military decision, I agree!" Now it's up to the old devil to concentrate his infantry to storm our position at the mouth of the canyon? Ha ha! ”。

Li Yunlong shook his head and smiled: "It shouldn't be, but maybe it's not possible." Now the advantage is in me, what we have is time. Wait and see!".

"Good!"

Hanging up the battlefield phone, Li Yunlong muttered to himself in his heart, what will this old devil do next?

Just when Seishiro Itagaki sent Yamazaki to volley more than 4,500 Japanese troops to storm the mouth of the Jinryukyo Gorge and failed, and his entire army was annihilated. Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan City was also very bitter to receive an urgent telegram from Seishiro Itagaki .

At this time, the time had reached the afternoon, and in the following time, it was almost evening.

At this time, in Taiyuan, the cold wind is biting, and there are few people on the streets, so they are hiding at home to keep out the cold. In the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in the inner city of Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka received an urgent telegram from Seishiro Itagaki, and his fury was already obvious in his frown.

"Kick!" The sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the headquarters of the First Army, and Taro Miyano, who hurried to the command room of the headquarters, saw Yoshio Shinozuka walking around the command room with a face that was obviously about to be angry.

I saw Miyano Taro walking forward quickly, walked in front of Yoshio Shinozuka and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency Commander, who are you?" ”。

"Look at the telegram that just arrived, right? Seishiro Itagaki is a waste, has his ability to command regressed so much? All of a sudden, more than 4,500 elite horses of the empire were lost! Rubbish! Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily to Taro Miyano, handing Taro Miyano a telegram by the way.

Taro Miyano hurriedly took the telegram and took a closer look, and said in surprise: "Your Excellency Commander, is this true?" ”。

"Really, the telegram sent by Seishiro Itagaki himself can't be real! Now by Seishiro Itagaki's side, there is less than one wing of strength left, and most of the artillery baggage has been lost. If you want to storm the base area of the new regiment, I am afraid it is not impossible. Miyano-kun, tell me, what should I do next? Shinozuka Yoshio was angry, sat on the sofa in the command room, and smiled bitterly at Taro Miyano.

Miyano Taro pondered for a moment, he had already received an urgent telegram from Xinkou Airport a few minutes before the second wave of air attack fleets dispatched, the air raid on the first line of fortifications in the Hengshan base area of Li Yunlong's base area, the Jinlong Gorge Valley Valley, failed, and was hit by the opponent's anti-aircraft firepower and suffered heavy casualties, all 20 Type 96 bombers were shot down, several Zero fighters were also killed, and the remaining Type Zero fighters had already evacuated from the sky over Hengshan in fear and flew back to Xinkou Airport in the south.

Therefore, without the reinforcements of aerial bombardment and the support of strong troops on the ground, the remaining men and horses of Seishiro Itagaki are no longer enough to pose a threat to the base area of Li Yunlong's department. On the contrary, now Taro Miyano is worried about the safety of Seishiro Itagaki remnants.

Thinking of this, Taro Miyano said in a low voice: "Your Excellency Commander, Seishiro Itagaki is now basically crippled by the main 21st Brigade. The remaining more than 3,000 people and horses were basically Fanzhi, Yanmen Pass and Lingqiu and other places who went north to reinforce Itagaki Seishiro's reinforcements. At this time, although there were still more than 3,000 horses, they could no longer pose a threat to Li Yunlong's troops in Hengshan. The fear was that the new regiment would take the initiative and eat the remaining troops of Seishiro Itagaki. ”。

"How is that possible? Miyano-kun! Even if Seishiro Itagaki has suffered heavy casualties now, there are still 3,000 men and horses, which is enough to protect himself! Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head, disagreeing with Taro Miyano's concerns.

It's just that Taro Miyano said urgently: "Your Excellency Commander, the current situation is urgent. Itagaki Seishiro's headquarters suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining 3,000 men and horses were no longer able to storm the position of the Shina Army at the mouth of the Jinryukyo Gorge. What do we do now? ”。

"Send reinforcements, right?" Yoshio Shinozuka said in a questioning tone.

Miyano Taro hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, at present, more than 7,000 Imperial Army soldiers have been lost in the hands of Itagaki Seishiro. Now that we are reinforcing our troops, I am afraid it will take time. ”。

Yoshio Shinozuka walked to the place where the map was placed in the command room, looked at it for a while, and was silent for a few minutes.

Then, the old devil said to Miyano Taro: "Miyano-kun, send a report to Itagaki Seishiro, ordering him to temporarily evacuate Hengshan and move towards Hirakankan!" Order the garrisons of Datong, Huairen, Guangwu, Xinkou and other places to each draw out one-third of their troops to assemble at Pingxingguan, and then talk about it! ”。。

As a confidant, Taro Miyano quickly learned of Yoshio Shinozuka's arrangement, so Taro Miyano paused heavily and said: "Hai, Your Excellency Commander!" ”。

And Yoshio Shinozuka's decision was soon transmitted by radio to Seishiro Itagaki, who was on the front line of Hengshan. Seeing the telegram in his hand, Seishiro Itagaki muttered to himself, "Turn into Heixingguan!?" ”！