By the end of October, the offensive and defensive battle at the Xinkou position was coming to an end. The battle plan decided by the headquarters of the commander of the Second Theater was to take Taiyuan as the center and fight in the field along the city. Fu Zuoyi commanded the 35th Army and the Jin Sui Army. The other two divisions, the 213th Brigade and the 1st Independent Brigade, were the garrison troops.

The troops who retreated from Niangziguan and Xinkou occupied the east and west mountains of Taiyuan as field troops.

At 9 p.m. on 2 November, the troops retreated on all fronts and moved to a new position in Taiyuan. After the order to retreat was issued, the garrison troops under the command of Fu Zuoyi withdrew to the urban area of Taiyuan according to the predetermined plan by 4 November, and immediately carried out defensive work in accordance with the city's defense arrangements.

Unexpectedly, when the other troops retreated, they lost their grasp and went south one after another. The field troops are gone, and only the defending troops are left to hold on to the isolated city, and the battle plan of "fighting in the field according to the city" has become a dead letter.

Fu Zuoyi's garrison troops included six regiments of the 211th Brigade and 218th Brigade of the 35th Infantry Army, and two regiments of the 213th Brigade of the original 61st Army; The headquarters of the 73rd Division, three regiments of the newly formed 1st Independent Brigade Headquarters. The artillery had the 21st regiment, the 22nd artillery regiment, the artillery battalion and a company of anti-aircraft guns. The number of people is not more than 10,000

On the afternoon of the fourth day, Wei Lihuang retreated from Xinkou and entered Taiyuan City to meet with Fu, Wei did not advocate defending the lonely city empty, thinking that it was impossible to fight in the field according to the city now, only Taiyuan was left to defend the city alone, wasting troops in vain, and there would be no good results, so it was better to change the plan and go south together.

But Fu said: It is the responsibility of the soldiers to defend the land and resist the war. The field army is here, of course Taiyuan has to be defended, and when the field army is gone, Taiyuan still has to be defended. As for the consequences, I can't think about that much. In the end, before the closure of the city, Fu sent the guard out of the city.

In the early morning of the 5th, the Japanese army assembled from three directions, southeast, north, and south, towards Taiyuan to make preparations for the last day. Now Taiyuan is completely an isolated city.

After breakfast, Shao Fei took the special combat team to walk in Taiyuan City accompanied by Zhou Zhao. Shao Fei came to Taiyuan for the first time and didn't know the general situation here.

He knew that Taiyuan would not be able to hold it, and when the Japanese army entered the city, street fighting was inevitable, so he had to understand the buildings and general traffic conditions here.

It was, the sky was buzzing. More than a dozen Japanese bombers roared in from north to south.

"There are enemy planes! Take cover! ”

All the pedestrians and soldiers on the road dispersed.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The sound of explosions continued to sound, and enemy planes carried out aimless and indiscriminate bombing of the entire Taiyuan.

In the aftermath of the air raids, houses collapsed, traffic was blocked, and electric poles were tilted and broken on the roads. A mess. Many soldiers and citizens were killed in this frenzied bombardment.

Zhou Zhao patted the dust on his body and scolded at the sky: "Damn, my ancestor is a devil!" ”

Shao Fei patted Zhou Zhao and said, "The devil just wants to cause chaos in the city and make people panic." Bombing the city is secondary, the main thing is to attack the heart. ”

After Shao Fei finished speaking, he continued to walk in the city. Seeing the corpses of many citizens and soldiers along the way, Shao Fei only had anger and helplessness in his heart, lamenting that the national strength was not strong, and in his own land, the air control had fallen into the hands of foreign enemies.

At this time, Shao Fei suddenly saw a patrol soldier die in the alley next to the street, which aroused Shao Fei's curiosity, so he ran over. Others followed.

Shao Fei pointed to the wound of the patrol soldier and said, "Zhou Zhao, you see, it was a shooting. ”

Zhou Zhao was very surprised, squatted down, and checked: "It was indeed a shooting, and it was killed by one shot." ”

Shao Fei sighed and said, "There are devils and spies who have infiltrated the city. ”

Zhou Zhao said: "Impossible. Since the last time a devil had infiltrated the ranks, we've scrutinized all the skirmishers coming from the north. ”

After hearing this, Shao Fei sneered and said: "It may not be that it is a soldier, it may be a common person, or it may be that it was mixed in earlier, and it is more likely that it is not a devil, but a hardcore traitor." It is impossible to prevent it at all, and I conclude that there are quite a few of them. ”

After hearing this, Zhou Zhao's angry teeth squeaked, and he muttered in his mouth: "Damn, Lao Tzu hates those traitors who kill a thousand knives more than devils." ”

Shao Fei stood up and said helplessly: "It's useless to scold, I can't catch it if I want to, hundreds of thousands of people in the huge Taiyuan City have no way to start." ”

Zhou Zhao stood up and asked, "You are so smart, is there a way?" ”

Shao Fei thought for a while and said, "It won't work to arrest people, but I'm sure they have a stronghold." I have to find it before dark, or tomorrow there will be a big fight, and a fire in the backyard will be very troublesome. ”

Zhou Zhao asked expectantly: "You have a way." ”

"I'm not familiar with Taiyuan, I need help from your superiors,"

"You say."

"I need a detailed map of Taiyuan City, as well as a notification to the guard headquarters, I want to know all the locations where these patrolmen were shot."

"I'll do it, you go to the brigade headquarters and wait for me."

After speaking, Zhou Zhaoxun left and went to the guard headquarters.

At the brigade headquarters in the south of Taiyuan City, Shao Fei and Brigade Commander Yang were both in the command room, and Shao Fei had been looking at every corner of the map of Taiyuan City on the table.

At this time, Zhou Zhao entered the command headquarters with a major officer. The major saluted Brigade Commander Yang, "Hello sir." ”

|“ Hmm" After Brigade Commander Yang returned the military salute, he said: "Tell the situation to the Eighth Route Army, and explain it in detail." ”

"Yes."

The major walked up to Shao Fei and said, "In recent days, our patrol team has often been shot black, and many brothers have died. A lot of suspicious people were also arrested, and the interrogation was always fruitless. ”

Shao Fei asked, "What about the location?" ”

There were too many for the major to answer at once, so he drew them one by one on the map with a pen.

Shao Fei looked at the map, and now most of them were in the north of the city, so he said: "Their stronghold should be in the north of the city." ”

After hearing this, the major said, "We also know that we have also searched carefully in the north of the city. But there was no result. ”

"I see, you can go back first."

After Shao Fei finished speaking, he took the pen and looked carefully at the map of the north of the city.

After the major left, Shao Fei was still focused on the map, and Brigade Commander Yang smiled on the side and asked, "Is there a house on the map, can you see anything?" ”

Shao Fei continued to focus on the map and replied, "I'm not looking at the house, I'm looking at the point where the spies hit the black guns, and what are the rules of each road." ”

Brigade Commander Yang was very curious, and stepped forward to look at the map with Shao Fei to see if he could find out what Shao Fei said. ：

Half a day later, Brigade Commander Yang really couldn't see any clues, and asked helplessly: "I can't see it, can you see anything?" ”

Shao Fei drew three circles with a pen and said to Brigade Commander Yang: "I'm sure that their stronghold is in these three circles. ”

Brigade Commander Yang shook his head incredulously and said, "You are too godly, just look at and draw like this." I don't believe it. I want to hear it."

Shao Fei looked at Brigade Commander Yang with confident eyes and said, "Give me 3 companies, not 6 companies, I will completely block these three areas." I'll bring them all alive to you in two hours. ”

"Not a word."

After speaking, Brigade Commander Yang walked out of the command room with Shao Fei.