didn't make the two old devils Yoshio Shinozuka and Yusuke Dohi puzzled for long, but soon the Japanese army signal soldier in charge of communication on the side of the castle hurried to Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the troops on guard and defense in the woods six or seven hundred meters in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge have encountered a large number of enemy attacks. The imperial army alert troops in the woods could not withstand it and had already retreated to the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka and Yusuke Dohi looked at each other for a second, and then Yoshio Shinozuka immediately came back to his senses, "Yagaya Road, how is it possible?" There was at least one squadron of peripheral garrison troops in the woods in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Gorge, and it was attacked by a large number of enemy troops at once? Baga, how many people are on the other side? ”

The Japanese signal soldier hurriedly said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the squadron leader who retreated to the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge to defend against enemy attacks reports that there are at least two or three thousand people on the other side!" And the fire is very fierce, and the mouth of the canyon valley is being attacked fiercely by the other side. Judging from the military uniforms of the other side, it is the troops of the Eighth Route Army. ”。

"Baga Ya Road, I forgot. It is likely that it was a sneak attack on Pingxingguan and destroyed the troops of the Eighth Route Army with 20,000 troops of our army! This commander actually forgot that the Eighth Route Army was good at mountain guerrillas, and it was possible to rush to Hengshan in a covert detour and cooperate with the new regiment of defenders in the Hengshan base area to carry out a two-sided attack! Mistaken! ”

Yoshio Shinozuka slapped the battlements and said remorsefully.

At this time, the chief of staff of the accompanying army, Yusuke Tohi, said urgently: "Your Excellency, the sound of guns and cannons came from the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge, and the opponent's firepower was very fierce. Hit our troops by surprise. Two or three thousand men, we are caught on two sides, Your Excellency Commander! ”。

"Steady, don't rush! Hmph, it's not that easy to eat me Yoshio Shinozuka in one fell swoop! Contact the Fifth Air Force Brigade dispatched from Taiyuan Airport, where are the fighters flying now! ”

Yusuke Tohi suddenly stabilized a little, and said, "Understood, Your Excellency Commander!" ”。

At this time, there were several Japanese army staff officers around the two old devils, and Yusuke Dohi panicked for a while, and when he heard Yoshio Shinozuka's words, he immediately stabilized. The complexion returned to normal, after all, it was a terrible thing for the Japanese staff officers under his command to have an uncalm expression.

Sure enough, seeing that Yusuke Dohi and Yoshio Shinozuka were calm, all the little devil staff officers were a little calmer.

However, the troops of the Eighth Route Army that appeared in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge at this time were Li Yunlong, who had already maintained contact with Zhao Gang.

contacted Zhao Gang and learned that the two divisions of the second and third battalions would work together with the recruit troops to defend Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, and a large number of Japanese soldiers had been killed and wounded.

The fierce battle between the two commanding heights had actually passed for an hour, and the little devils had not even captured half of the defensive positions built by the new regiment at Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge.

On the contrary, because of the attack on the mountain, he was killed by the condescending fire of the defenders and suffered heavy casualties.

After getting Zhao Gang's estimate of the number of Japanese casualties attacking Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, he secretly calculated it. Li Yunlong finally waved the main force of the cavalry an hour after the little devils attacked Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, commanding more than 2,000 men and horses from the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao and the independent battalion commander Zhou Hua.

Behind the headquarters of He Yongjie, who was stationed at the two wings of the woods six or seven hundred meters in front of the mouth of the valley in the roundabout canyon, a total of more than 3,000 men and horses launched a fierce attack on the Japanese alert squadron in the woods.

In less than five minutes, most of the men and horses of a Japanese squadron encamped in the woods six or seven hundred meters in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge were eliminated. Only a few Japanese troops fled to the valley mouth of the Jinlong Gorge and would resist the Japanese troops guarding the valley.

At this time, Li Yunlong had already commanded more than 3,000 people from the first battalion, the independent battalion, and the fourth battalion to fight a few hundred meters in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!"

One by one, the mortars carried by the army and the four battalions when they detoured from the base area to the ambush position, were in Wang Chengzhu

One by one, the cannonballs roared and fell fiercely with tail flames, and exploded at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge.

The shells exploded, the fragments flew away, and the Japanese troops who rushed to defend and resist did not expect that Li Yunlong would suddenly come back. The Japanese army, who was not the slightest defense, suffered heavy casualties in the bombing here in Taniguchi, crying for his father and mother.

"Ya Ya Road, I can't stand it, hurry up and ask His Excellency the Commander for reinforcements, Taniguchi can't stand it here!" At this time, the Japanese commander Watanabe Taiichiro, who commanded two squadrons of Japanese troops in Taniguchi in the Jinlong Gorge and was on guard here in Taniguchi, grabbed a Japanese soldier next to him and said urgently.

The captured Japanese soldier immediately said, "Hello, sir! Then he ran along the trench and reported the battle situation to Yoshio Shinozuka on the Yunge Hongqiao.

At this time, Li Yunlong waved his army to storm the Jinlongxia Gorge, and under Wang Chengzhu's unified command of the artillery, he used all the mortars brought back by the army, and fiercely bombarded the mouth of the Jinlongxia Gorge.

Because Wang Chengzhu was very aware of the defensive position at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge, there was no need to use correction shells, and more than 20 mortars bombarded the Japanese troops at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge.

Therefore, Watanabe Taiichiro did not come back to his senses, and Taniguchi's two squadrons of Japanese troops were caught off guard, at least for the first time, more than 200 Japanese troops under the command of Watanabe Taiichiro were bombed to meet their heavenly gods.

At this time, on the Yunge Hongqiao, Yoshio Shinozuka, who pretended to be calm on the surface, was already not calm in his heart at this time.

The explosions and gunfire in the direction of Taniguchi were very intense, indicating that Taiichiro Watanabe, who was in charge of guarding Taniguchi, was right. The enemy army numbered two or three thousand people, and the armament was not weak.

"Pedal !!!!!"

When Yoshio Shinozuka was not calm in his heart, a Japanese staff officer walked quickly from the side not far from the Yunge Hongqiao, and after coming to Yoshio Shinozuka, he paused and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency Commander, Taiichiro Watanabe is in a hurry to report that Taniguchi can't stand it." The troops of the Eighth Route Army were definitely attacking, at least 3,000 people, and there were at least 20 mortars, under the cover of more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, and they had already launched a fierce attack on our department at Taniguchi! Watanabe asks for reinforcements! ”。

"Rubbish! Tufei-kun! Yoshio Shinozuka scolded secretly, and then waved his hand to Yusuke Dohi, the chief of staff of the army on the side.

Yusuke Dohi stepped forward, and immediately said, "Your Excellency, Commander! ”。

"Work hard for Tu Feijun, personally lead a thousand imperial soldiers to reinforce the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge. Tu Feijun, resist, please. "Yoshio Shinozuka knows that something is wrong, I'm afraid why Yunge Hongqiao will be easily taken down by Nanata Ichiro, it seems that the opponent intends to give up and lure the enemy deeper!

At present, the remaining main forces of the Japanese army under his command are attacking Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, at this time, even if they stop attacking Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge and concentrate their forces in the direction of the valley mouth of Jinlong Gorge to break through, I am afraid it will not be so easy to withdraw from Hengshan.

Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka had no choice but to order Yusuke Tohi, the chief of staff of the accompanying army, to personally lead troops to reinforce Taiichiro Watanabe, and he had to hold Taniguchi and see the situation.

Of course, Yusuke Dohi knew what the situation was, and said in a condensed voice: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency Commander, Taniguchi will personally lead people to guard it!" He then hurried away.