The little devils obeyed the orders of the commander of the Japanese army in Shanxi, preserved their strength, and chose to run away first, which was the right choice for them. Because their strength was comparable to that of the two regiments brought by Cunqi, they did not have any advantage in terms of strength.

Moreover, Cun Qi has already rushed into the horse camp with his troops, and the situation on the battlefield is favorable to the two regiments of the New 33rd Army, and the losses of the little devils will be even greater.

The little devils began to retreat in the direction of Shuozhou non-stop, even if they could quickly kill a company of the Chinese army pursuing them, but they did not have the slightest desire to turn back, their only thought now was to return to Shuozhou and save the troops.

In fact, when Cunqi led his troops to attack the Japanese army just now, the Japanese army did not have much loss of troops, and the most loss was the logistics baggage troops, because of the hasty evacuation, they almost left all the baggage in the horse camp, but this baggage was nothing to the Japanese army, because the Shuozhou arsenal was stockpiled with mountains of ammunition.

The Japanese troops in Shuozhou had already received news from the returning troops that the New 33rd Army was coming for Shuozhou, not for Datong. The Japanese troops in Shuozhou City were suddenly panicked, they thought that the most needed support was Datong, but now they did not expect that they needed the most support.

The commander of the Japanese city defense in Shuozhou immediately issued an order to the fleeing Japanese reinforcements, asking them to retreat at full speed and withdraw to Shuozhou for defense. Because in order to support Shanyin County, they have already withdrawn all the troops in the city, and there are only less than 1,000 old and weak remnants left in Shuozhou City.

If the New 33rd Army really blocked and ate their reinforcements outside the city at this time, and then the main force of the New 33rd Army came to the city, Shuozhou would definitely be in danger.

At this time, the Shuozhou city defense commander really regretted sending soldiers to support Shanyin, and while urging the reinforcements to return immediately to arrange the defense, he immediately telegraphed to Taiyuan that the target of the new 33rd Army was not Datong, but Shuozhou, and hoped that His Excellency the commander would immediately send reinforcements.

The commander of the little devil was also taken aback, and the intelligence department and staff officers analyzed the information that the new 33rd Army was going to take Baotou and reach the Great Wall north! But now that he has suddenly turned his goal to Shuozhou, he can't turn a corner.

The little devils didn't send many reinforcements to support the county seat of San'in, because they really didn't have many troops in their hands, unless they drew city defense troops from all over the country. But now that Shanxi is embattled, he doesn't dare to transfer any city defense troops, which is tantamount to demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall.

When the time comes, the west wall will not be repaired, and the east wall will also be lost, which will be a big loss. Therefore, the commander of the little devil can only beg the immortals on the Shanxi territory to let the new 33rd Army withdraw, after all, the Japanese immortals can't control the affairs of the land of China, and the most helpless thing is that the Chinese immortals have experienced such things for thousands of years, and they have long been numb, and they will also take care of the idle affairs of outsiders who don't even understand the language.

It is better to ask for heaven than for people, and the first person who came to mind when the commander of the little devil in Shanxi thought of was the commander of the Japanese army in the direction of Hebei. Now that the New 33rd Army has deployed troops to attack them, he judged that the rear of the New 33rd Army will definitely be empty of strength, so he thought of immediately asking for help from the Hebei direction to attack Taihang Mountain.

The commander of the little devil in Hebei had long wanted to take back the Jingcheng mining area, and when he heard that the New 33rd Army was attacking Yingxian and Shanyin counties, the Japanese troops in the Hebei direction had already begun to prepare for action.

What was lost in his hands in the Jingcheng region was to be recaptured from the hands of the New 33rd Army.

Of course, it will take some time for the army to assemble, and when they received the news on the first day, the Japanese commander ordered the assembly of troops and held an operational meeting at the same time, preparing to recapture the Jingcheng area from the new 33rd Army first.

Regarding the transfer of the Japanese army in the Hebei direction, Liao Fan had already guessed that the Japanese army in Hebei would definitely not give up the Jingcheng area to the New 33rd Army so easily, after all, the New 33rd Army

Therefore, Liao Fan only transferred 3,000 troops from Ma Wanzhong's division, not 5,000. Of course, when 3,000 people were transferred, Ma Wanzhong also quietly hid 7,000 troops, and at this time, there were only 7,000 people left in Ma Wanzhong's division in the Jingcheng area.

Ma Wanzhong just wanted to create a situation where the little devils were empty in the Jingcheng area, and deliberately let the little devils get into the traps they had set.

The commander of the Japanese army in the Hebei direction almost cheered with joy when he learned that there were only 7,000 Chinese troops on the Shanxi side, and sure enough, the rear of the New 33rd Army was already empty in order to draw troops to attack Yingxian and Shanyin counties.

The opportunity could not be lost and never come again, and the Japanese commander in Hebei decided to launch a fatal blow against Taihang Mountain.

In the temporary headquarters of Bears Ears Mountain, the soldiers of the special combat team who had infiltrated behind enemy lines came with the news that the Japanese troops in the direction of Hebei were gathering.

"Brother Fan, can Ma Wanzhong block the little devil's attack?" Huang Changsheng asked worriedly.

Although Ma Wanzhong's division still has more than 10,000 troops, they need to be stationed in various places, if the little devils concentrate their forces to break through a little, then the Jingcheng area is likely to be recaptured by the little devils.

"Hmm...... I believe that Lao Ma, although the troops are a little scattered, but it is not once or twice to fight a defensive battle! ”

Although the commanders at all levels of the New 33rd Army were a little lacking in offensive experience, they were really more than enough to fight defensive battles, and this all stemmed from the two battles fought by the New 33rd Army against the little devils in Taihang Mountain.

So Liao Fan didn't worry about Ma Wanzhong's defense, but sometimes things are like this, the less he worries, the easier it is to go wrong.

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The little devil commander in Shuozhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after two hours of difficult waiting, he finally saw their large army appear through the binoculars, and he no longer had to worry about the lack of troops in Shuozhou City.

The commander of the little devil immediately went out of the city to greet the returning troops, and he was so happy, with these troops, he believed that he would be able to hold out under the hands of the new 33rd Army for a month.

"How many Chinese troops are there in pursuit of you?" The commander of the little devil asked.

"There is only one company of Chinese soldiers!"

The little devil commander who fled back had a very ugly face, he had not suffered such humiliation since the war, let the soldiers of a company of the Chinese army chase after them for thousands of people, and he could not turn back what to do with this company of soldiers.

"Only one company?"

The commander of the little devil also couldn't believe that there was only one company of soldiers in the Chinese army, could it be that they had made a mistake in the information, now that the whole of China knows it, the new 33rd Army has turned its ultimate goal to Shuozhou, if there is really only one company of Chinese soldiers to attack them, this is the biggest joke in the world.

"Behind the Chinese soldiers of this company, there are at least no less than 5,000 soldiers!"

The little devil who escaped only cared about running away, and he had no way to judge the specific number of Chinese troops, as for the strength of more than 5,000 people, he still judged it last night based on the shouts and killings all over the mountains.

The commander of the little devil breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the large forces of the New 33rd Army were following behind, as if he was looking forward to the New 33rd Army coming to attack them. In fact, the commander of the little devil was worried that he had reported the wrong information, and when the time came, he would not need the New 33rd Army to destroy him, and his commander would definitely let him die without a place to bury him.

A company chasing the little devil stopped fifteen miles away from Shuozhou, and the company commander who pursued it was very clear that they were in the fox and fake the tiger, and now the little devil has the turtle shell in the rear as a guarantee, in case another dog jumps over the wall, they are more than 100 people, and it is not enough for the little devil to stuff his teeth.

In order not to let the little devils react too aggressively, they had to stop and wait to join the large army.

Cun Qi led the large army, slowly and leisurely, and arrived after two hours. These two hours were also the two most restless hours for the commander of the little devil in Shuozhou City, and he was very worried that the Chinese army would not come.

But when the Chinese army arrived, the commander of the little devil was embarrassed again, because the Chinese army that came was not just 5,000 people, but at least 7,000 people, and this is not counting the artillery. He stood on the city wall and watched the mighty Chinese army in the distance, and at this time he hoped that the Chinese army would leave quickly.

Since you're here, why do you just go back? Of course, this is Cunqi's idea, since it is to confuse the little devils, of course they have to be more real, only if they are more real, the little devils will believe that their purpose is really Shuozhou.

So Cun Qi led his troops to advance ten miles in the direction of Shuozhou City, and along the way, the New 33rd Army did not encounter any resistance, because the commander of the little devil transferred all the surrounding troops into the city, preparing to fight to the death with the New 33rd Army in Shuozhou City.

The Chinese army on the way did not encounter any enemy troops except for a battalion of puppet troops who did not have time to retreat, so this battalion of puppet troops became Cunqi's only gain outside Shuozhou City.

"Inch staff officer, do you want to fight or not?"

An hour later, Cun Qi stood on a small mound of earth and looked at the Shuozhou city wall with a telescope. One of the regimental commanders beside him asked him whether to attack or not to attack if he borrowed it.

At this time, Cun Qi was looking deeply at the Japanese commander in Shuozhou City, and he saw through the telescope that the commander of a small group of little devils on the Shuozhou city wall was looking around. And the commander of the little devil is also holding a telescope and looking at the direction of Cunqi, but the other party doesn't know who the other party is.

"The walls of Shuozhou City are higher than I imagined!"

Cun Qi sighed, he was not from Taihang Mountain, he was born in the Dian Army, he had seen a big city like Luoyang, Chongqing, but what he didn't expect was that a Shuozhou city would be so big, at least bigger than he imagined, and the city wall was much higher.

Cun Qi had also listened to the reconnaissance of Shuozhou City by the soldiers of the special combat team before the operation, and the firepower points on the periphery had been clearly marked on the area, so there was no need to arrange soldiers to test the firepower points of the little devils.