As soon as the commander of the Japanese brigade sent a telegram of support to the headquarters, he ordered the little devils to start arranging the fortifications in place, and he already sensed that something was going to happen, just in case.

Before the Japanese army could set up its defensive positions, the Chinese troops on both flanks and behind the Japanese army had already sounded the horn of attack, and they were waiting here for this moment! The commander of the Little Devil Brigade had to divide his troops to arm the surrounding area to defend against the attack of the Chinese army.

"Brigade commander, we have been ambushed by the Chinese army!" A Japanese staff officer heard the gunshots around him and said in fear.

"What a panic! The Chinese army is simply not capable of eating us, and His Excellency the Commander has already arranged for the troops to move closer to us, and when the time comes, we will come to a center and blossom, and all the Chinese troops will be wiped out by us! ”

The brigade commander of the little devil has not experienced any battles, judging from the sound of gunfire, although they are surrounded, the situation is not too bad for them, as long as they hold on, it is not certain who will win and who will lose when the time comes.

In the face of the strong enemy around them, there was no confusion under the command of the Japanese commander, and it was obvious that the battlefield literacy of the Japanese army was not bad, but their luck today was not very good, because they met Ma Wanzhong.

When Ma Wanzhong learned that they had successfully surrounded the Japanese army, he did not breathe a sigh of relief, because the Japanese army in the encirclement was still very strong, and as long as they were not destroyed, everything would still be difficult to control.

"How's Captain Liu?" Ma Wanzhong asked the soldiers beside him.

The most critical thing in the entire encirclement is Commander Liu's troops, if Commander Liu's position is broken, the Japanese army can ignore the surrounding Chinese troops and directly pounce on Taihang Mountain, once such a situation happens, the Japanese army will be completely invincible.

"The situation on Commander Liu's side is not very good, they retreated in a hurry, the position is not perfect, the first charge of the Japanese army has already rushed to their position, and they have started hand-to-hand combat, and the losses are not small!"

Ma Wanzhong had to admit that the Japanese army's hand-to-hand combat tactics were really powerful, although their fighters had greatly improved their physical fitness, but in one-on-one hand-to-hand combat, more than half of the soldiers of the New 33rd Army were not as good as little devils.

There can't be anything on Commander Liu's side, if something happens, it's a big deal: "Arrange logistics to allocate supplies to them, and all the mortars stored in our arsenal will be sent to Commander Liu!" ”

On the position, Regiment Commander Liu was inspecting the fortifications of his troops, and now most of their fortifications were improvised paratrooper pits, not even simple communication trenches, and there was no headquarters to straighten out.

"Don't worry about the dead, take care of the living first, and strengthen the position!" The soldier scolded by Commander Liu.

There were many corpses lying on their positions, some of their own people and some of them were little devils, and in the summer mosquitoes breeded, and many flies lay on the corpses, sucking blood unscrupulously.

The soldiers were all withdrawn in a hurry, and they had no one to dig for business, and the soldiers could only dig trenches with their broadswords and bayonets.

"Commander Liu, the division commander asked us to send you a batch of mortars, please accept it!"

The soldiers of the logistics department reported Ma Wanzhong's arrangements to Commander Liu.

"You came just in time, we are not short of weapons and ammunition now, can you find a way to send us a batch of shovels first, look at our current fortifications, they are too simple! If the Japanese shell it, this place will be no different from flat land, and the fortifications we have dug will easily be blown up by the little devils! ”

The Japanese army had just rushed to their positions, causing three hundred casualties, and they were now in dire need of strong fortifications to protect their firepower, as long as the firepower was properly configured, unless they were all killed, the little devils did not want to fight them hand-to-hand.

The commander of the Japanese brigade knew that they were surrounded by this time and had no way to retreat, although he needed to divide his troops to resist the surrounding Chinese troops, but he still put his main forces in the front.

The brigade commander of the little devils completely handed over his rear to the troops who came to support him, whether they could support on time or not, but he believed that with the bravery of their Imperial Japanese Army, they would inevitably be invincible and terrify the enemy.

"Da Da Da" "Bang Bang Bang"

Gunshots rang out throughout the well, and both sides had already gambled their lives to either live and enjoy the glory, or die and turn to dirt.

"Boom Boom"

Commander Liu concentrated all the artillery fire in his hands and continued to bombard the Japanese troops who rushed towards them, and his task was to hold the positions that could not allow the Japanese troops to pass through them, and as for the destruction of the Japanese troops, it was handed over to the troops in the other three directions.

The Japanese army was still fighting and launched a fierce attack on the positions defended by the soldiers of the New 33rd Army at the cost of casualties. Commander Liu, with the help of mortars from Ma Wanzhong, constantly bombarded the Japanese troops who rushed towards them.

"Boom Boom"

"Tell the artillerymen that there is no need to save ammunition, if you dare to let the Japanese rush to the position, Lao Tzu will be the first to shoot them!"

The two sides were already red-eyed, and Commander Liu knew what was behind him, and the river behind him was the entrance to the east side of Taihang Mountain, and the Japanese army could drive straight into it after reaching there.

The reason why the Japanese army is desperate is to find a way to survive, they are a dignified Japanese Imperial Army, and they cannot tolerate defeat, although they have already failed many times on the Chinese battlefield. Especially the brigade commander of the little devil, he disobeyed the order to attack, if he can't get any results, I'm afraid he will have to go to court martial when he returns.

On the battlefield, both sides did not give up an inch of land, this is not only about the honor of the soldiers between the two sides, this is also a mission, Commander Liu, they undertake the mission of protecting the people, this kind of mission is worth their lives in exchange.

"You two come with me!" Commander Liu, as the regiment commander, kept running back and forth on the position, mobilizing every important firepower to prevent them from becoming the key targets of the Japanese artillery.

Before their fortifications were formed, a machine gun could be used to top the fire deployment of a platoon, so they had to protect the machine guns.

When Regiment Commander Liu and the Japanese army were desperate, Zhao Caizhu also rushed to the battlefield with his troops, and their main task was to intercept the Japanese army east of the Jingcheng mining area, so that the Japanese army could not support it.

At this time, the Japanese army and Ma Wanzhong had already put all their forces on the battlefield, and the largest battle broke out between the two sides again. Everything depends on who makes a breakthrough first, and then the direction of the war in the Jingcheng area will be decided.

In the direction of Taiyuan, the soldiers of a regiment of the New 33rd Army did not rush to retreat since they received the order, because they learned of the situation, that is, the Japanese army attacking Luoyang had broken through from Luoyang and returned to Taiyuan.

If the regiment of the New 33rd Army retreats rashly, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the little devils, and maybe it will also cause the little devils to counterattack, and it will be difficult for their regiment to retreat safely back to Yangquan at that time.

But the order is down, they can't disobey the order, and their attack on Taiyuan now is tantamount to sending them to death, so they don't have any reason to stay here, they have to defend back.

"Commander, what should we do? As soon as we retreat like this, the little devils will inevitably pursue us, and the deputy division commander has already led his troops to support the division commander Ma and them, and we can only retreat on our own now! ”

Without the cover of the troops, it would be impossible to retreat with all the mustaches and tails, and now they had to think of a perfect retreat plan.

"Suspicious tactics!"

"Suspicious?"

"But the Japanese army in Taiyuan City has nearly 20,000 people, and our regiment is now less than 3,000 people! I'm afraid the commander of the little devil won't be fooled, right? ”

"Why are the little devils still cowering in the city after so many troops, and they don't dare to come out to fight us?"

"Why?"

"Taiyuan City is so big, first, they have to divide their troops to defend various places, and they don't think that we dare to come to Taiyuan with a regiment of troops, and there will definitely be reinforcements in our rear, so the Japanese army does not dare to go out of the city to attack, they just want to hide in the city, and when we enter the city, give us an urn to catch turtles. These are all leftovers from our ancestors thousands of years ago! ”

"But...... This one...... What does this have to do with our retreat? ”

"When it's dark, let the third battalion commander take the troops to the south of the city to attack, the more fierce the better, remember, the troops only fight and don't charge, whoever dares to disobey, Lao Tzu killed him!"

"Regiment commander, there are no little devils on the city wall, how can we attack?"

"You're stupid, aren't you going to shoot? We just need to let the gunshots reach the ears of the little devils! There is also a battalion commander to lead the troops to mow the grass around, the more the better, and the grass man overnight! ”

Although the Japanese army in Taiyuan City suffered a defeat in Luoyang and rushed back thousands of miles, they were not without combat effectiveness, so many people could smash their regiment to annihilate their regiment even by throwing stones from the walls of Taiyuan City.

The Japanese commander had been waiting for a day and a night in his headquarters, and he was also gambling, because he was not sure whether the Chinese army in front of him was a bait to lure them out of the city, in case the new 33rd Army deliberately lured their main force out of the city, and then fought a decisive battle with them in the field, once their main force was lost, Taiyuan would inevitably become a real empty city.

In order to make the plan safe, the Japanese commander wanted to sing an empty city plan to the Chinese army outside the city of Taiyuan, although Taiyuan is not an empty city, but he arranged Taiyuan as an empty city on the surface, as long as the Chinese army can't resist the temptation to rush into the city, they will pass the city of Taiyuan at that time, and the Chinese army will be difficult to escape from Taiyuan even if it is pressed with wings.

Everything seemed to be laid out properly, but the Japanese commander apparently underestimated the ability of the commander of the regiment outside the city, and instead of rushing into the city, he camped outside the city. This action seemed ordinary, but it caused great doubts to the commander of the little devils, and made the commander of the little devils wonder if there was the main force of the Chinese army behind them.