"When I set off last night, our regiment commander had already led his troops to attack Heshun County, and I don't know what the situation is until now! Our regiment commander asked me to tell Regiment Commander Li that the reason why Gangcun Ningci went to Taihang Mountain may be because the battle in the Fifth War Zone was not going well, so Gangcun Ningci wanted to solve the battle in Taihang Mountain as soon as possible, and then transfer the troops of Taihang Mountain to Hubei! ”

The communications soldier of the third regiment gasped and continued: "Our regiment commander suggests that no matter what, we can't let the little devils of Taihang Mountain get out, even if the little devils give up the plan to attack Taihang Mountain, we can't let the little devils leave Taihang Mountain easily. ”

Originally, Hu Guoshan was worried that after their three regiments broke through Heshun County, Gangcun Ningci would give up the attack on Taihang Mountain, and then gather troops to open up the communication of Jindong, and directly lead the army south to the Fifth War Zone, which might suffer from the danger of being attacked from both sides.

"You take him down to rest, and then get him something to eat!"

Li Weimin knew Hu Guoshan's plan, of course he couldn't ignore it, and since the 100,000 troops of Gangcun Ningci had come to Taihang Mountain, he didn't want to leave so easily. However, now in addition to the cavalry battalion, the second regiment still has a certain combat effectiveness, and it is good that other troops can hold the position of Beitaifeng.

The most important thing is that it is difficult for the cavalry to exert its combat effectiveness in the mountains, and their second regiment is not capable of posing any threat to Gangcun Ningci now, do they really want to use the cavalry as infantry? It's also a waste of resources.

However, at this time, Gangcun Ningji was extremely depressed, and he had never encountered such a difficult opponent in his military career.

Yesterday they finally occupied the first line of defense of the 33rd Independent Division, although the 33rd Independent Division took the initiative to evacuate, but after all, it was also a victory, in order to boost morale, Gangcun Ningci also deliberately gave the troops participating in the battle a half-day vacation to boost the morale of the soldiers.

Secondly, Gangcun Ningci deliberately wanted the Chinese army to see that they had relaxed their vigilance, and then they wanted to let the troops of the 33rd Independent Division come to attack them, and then take the opportunity to concentrate their forces for a war of annihilation, so the patrols and sentry posts on the position were transferred to the dark, in fact, Gangcun Ningci did not relax at all.

However, everything was the same as Gangcun Ningji thought, the 33rd Independent Division did sneak attack them, but in the end, they suffered heavy casualties, and they didn't know where the enemy came from.

In fact, it was Ma Wanzhong who launched the raid last night with the soldiers hidden on the second basement floor.

Obviously, those Japanese soldiers who had been partying all afternoon were used as bait by Gangmura Ningji, and the troops who Gangmura Ningji really hid not only did not drink and party, but kept sticking to their posts. But the strongest fortress is always breached from within.

After more than 20 days of hard fighting and an afternoon of revelry, the Japanese army, who was used as bait by Gangmura Ningji, was drunk and unconscious in the underground fortifications, and Gangcun Ningji just smiled lightly, and then waited for the independent 33rd Division to take the bait.

However, at night, the Japanese soldiers who were sleeping in the first line of defense could not have imagined that a unit had come out of the ground and entered the fortifications.

Gunshots and explosions rang out in a ball, and the Japanese could not distinguish between friend and foe in the dark underground fortifications. Originally, the underground fortifications could not show too many troops, but after Ma Wanzhong's trouble, the Japanese army did not distinguish between the enemy and us, and most of the Japanese soldiers died tragically under the guns and bayonets of their own people, and only a small part were killed by Ma Wanzhong.

Gangcun Ningji was furious, not because the 33rd Independent Division was not surrounded and annihilated by them, but because of the incompetence of his own people, hundreds of imperial warriors died tragically under the guns of their own people, and this matter was really thrown to the emperor's grandmother's house.

Gangmura Ninji ordered a strict investigation into where the Chinese troops had infiltrated them, but they did not get any valuable clues, and they did not even know how many people attacked them.

The distraught Okamura Ninji ordered the Japanese squadron leader, who was in charge of patrolling and standing guard, to make his own decisions. However, this matter has just been dealt with, and a message in the early morning made him have nowhere to spread the fire, because Heshun County was lost.

Gangcun Ningci was so angry that he went around the command center, but he couldn't say a word. Several staff officers watched him deliberately hide far away, so as not to be used as a punching bag.

Gangcun Ningji ordered the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army in Shanxi to mobilize heavy troops to recapture Heshun County, but the news given to him by the Supreme Commander of Shanxi almost made him faint, that is, their main force in Shanxi was defeated by the enemy last night.

Okamura Ninji barely fainted while holding on to the rock wall, and a series of unexpected events made Okamura Ninji feel that he was abandoned by their great Japanese gods. Now the forces behind enemy lines in Shanxi have sprung up from all over the country like mushrooms after a rain.

The news that the main force of the Japanese army in Shanxi was defeated in Taihang Mountain spread far and wide, and later, through the propaganda and propaganda of unknown forces, it turned out that all 30,000 Japanese troops in Shanxi were killed in Taihang Mountain. So much so that Shanxi is full of beacon fire and gunsmoke, and Shanxi is already difficult to protect itself.

At this time, Shanxi was in turmoil, and the supplies to the front line were also forced to be interrupted, and the relief of occupying the first line of defense of the 33rd Independent Division just yesterday was certainly gone.

At this time, Hu Guoshan, who was in Heshun County, was ready to face the siege from all directions from the little devil, but the result surprised them, and they waited until the sun was up, but the figure of the little devil was not seen, and Hu Guoshan began to wonder if the little devil had overslept.

In the end, the scouts of the third regiment came back and reported that there was no army of little devils within a radius of fifty miles from Heshun County, except for the stronghold of the puppet army.

When the correspondent who went to the second regiment came back to report, Hu Guoshan found out the situation, it turned out that the second regiment had already defeated the main force of the Japanese army attacking the Beitaifeng Pass, this is the main force of the Japanese army in Shanxi, since the main force of the Japanese army in Shanxi has been defeated, now of course the little devil has no intention of caring about the loss of a county town, even if the third regiment now knocks down Yangquan, it is estimated that the little devil will not be able to gather troops to recapture it in a short time.

"Little Li Zixing, usually the mountains are not leaky, and coming to such a time at a critical time not only makes the little devil uncomfortable, but even I have to admire, but the second regiment is equipped with a 'cavalry regiment' It's good!"

When Hu Guoshan praised the Second Regiment, he couldn't help but envy that the Second Regiment had a real cavalry of the Independent 33rd Division.

"Lao Zhao, let the soldiers take turns to trim, they should eat and drink." Hu Guoshan, who understood the situation, thought that the little devil was now too busy to take care of himself, so he decided to repair the troops in the county seat first.

Gangcun Ningji did not arrange for the soldiers to launch an attack in the morning, because he was thinking about one thing, and if he continued to fight, he might be consumed by the 33rd Independent Division.+

Then the 33rd Independent Division may eventually be encircled and annihilated, but all the battle plans in Hubei will be ruined, and even the troops of the Chongqing government may threaten Wuhan and retake Wuhan. But in the end, I am afraid that their 100,000-strong army will not be much left under the attrition of the 33rd Independent Division.

There is another way, that is, to withdraw the army, while the main force is still intact, to re-attack Heshun County, and then the army will continue to complete the attack on the fifth theater of operations.

Gangmura Ningji hesitated, he had to give up one now and complete the other, but this was also the most difficult time for him to choose. At this time, Ma Wanzhong, who had just held on to the second floor of the fortifications below, couldn't have imagined that Gangcun Ningci would have the intention of retreating, otherwise Ma Wanzhong would sigh that he had prepared in vain.

Liao Fan was still in the headquarters, and last night, when he was patrolling the forward position, he had already heard gunfire and explosions coming from the first line of defense. Liao Fan knew that it was Ma Wanzhong who led the troops to attack the little devil, and at this time he only hoped that the little devil would not find out where Ma Wanzhong and them were hiding.

Liao Fan still didn't know that the commander of the little devil's forward position was replaced by Gangcun Ningci, and taking advantage of the fact that the little devil did not launch an attack in the morning, Liao Fan convened a meeting of officers above the battalion commander.

The content of the meeting was simple and clear, there was only one purpose, and that was that the second line of defense was their last completed line of defense, and they had no way back. If the providence allows them to perish independently, then they must pull enough little devils as backings before they perished.

However, what made Liao Fan other than Liao Fan was that the Japanese army did not launch any attack today, and the Japanese troops on the forward position only stood guard and patrolled, and seemed to have forgotten about the attack.

"What's wrong with the little devil?"

Liao Fan wondered in his heart, since a group of sneak attacks on the little devil's camp, the little devil's actions have become particularly weird, as if the war depends on the mood, if you are in a good mood, you will truce, and when you are in a bad mood, you will attack on all fronts, Liao Fan can't guess what the little devil commander thinks.

"Tell the forward troops, beware of the Japanese night attack!" Liao Fan said to Chu Pengtian.

Since he couldn't guess what the little devil was going to do, Liao Fan could only order the troops to be vigilant, who knew what bad ideas the Japanese commander had in his heart.

The 33rd Independent Division has been holding out for 28 days, and although the 28 days are not all the little devils attacking every day, these 28 days are enough to test the willpower of the soldiers. Now at the critical moment of the survival of the 33rd Independent Division, the soldiers know it in their hearts, but they don't complain, because Taihang Mountain is their home.

The chaotic situation in Shanxi was not under control, and the anti-Japanese forces behind the enemy line even threatened some county seats, and the Japanese army held on hard in the county seats, waiting for support, but there were still reinforcements sent from Shanxi.

In the western and northwestern regions of Shanxi, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on several important county seats, and successfully took the county seats. The Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan asked Gangcun Ningci for help, and Gangcun Ningci also knew that Shanxi was chaotic and there was no way to guarantee the logistics of their front-line attack, and if they wanted to launch an attack on the 33rd Independent Division, they had to call in a large amount of logistics materials from Shanxi.

In order to make the final decision, Gangmura Ninji also held a meeting, which is exactly why the little devil did not attack.