Although the Japanese army did not have much ammunition or food, they did not lose their will to resist. Even if their comrades-in-arms around them fell, although they no longer had reinforcements, the little devils still stuck to the fortifications and fought to the death with the Chinese soldiers!

Although the little devil still maintains a strong combat effectiveness, but the Chinese soldiers are brave and fearless, the gunfire in Datong City is the bloody battle of the soldiers to prove that for the former comrades-in-arms, for the fathers and villagers behind them, they are not afraid of death, and devote themselves to one battle after another, until the enemy in front of them is eliminated, otherwise no one can stop their footsteps.

The battle in the city lasted from the afternoon until dark, and some houses were still occupied by the Japanese army, but the bullets in the hands of the little devils were almost exhausted, and the Chinese soldiers quickly cleaned up the houses held by the Japanese army.

As the last stronghold of the Japanese army was breached, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers committed suicide en masse, and it was announced that there was no more little devil in Datong City.

However, when the battle in the city was at its worst, the Japanese army had quietly retreated, which made Liu Chun's knife teeth itch, and they wiped out more than 5,000 Japanese troops in this battle, which was not at all for the Japanese army, and according to Liao Fan's plan, at least half of the Japanese army's living force had to be consumed.

The retreat of the Japanese army made Liu Chundao very annoyed, as if he had met his favorite sight and disappeared from his eyes.

"Division commander, the Japanese army was divided into two parts, one part retreated to the west, and the other part retreated to the east, as for which side the main force was, we had no way of detecting it at all! But I am sure that the Japanese army that wants to retreat east will inevitably pass through Tianzhen! A regiment commander reported to Liu Chundao.

Liu Chundao frowned, although the Japanese army retreated from Datong, there were still many things in his hands, one was the troops led by Li Lingfei, the second was the Japanese army on the defense line of the Great Wall, and the third was whether he wanted to pursue the Japanese army.

"Tell the Logistics Department to quickly replenish supplies and ammunition for Chief of Staff Li, and let him set off before twelve o'clock this evening, go straight to the front line of the Great Wall, and meet Deputy Brigade Commander Yan!"

Now Li Lingfei has no time to take the troops back to the city to rest, there are still soldiers of the special operations brigade on the front line of the Great Wall who are fighting bloodily with the little devils, if there is no Yan Xuelin with the troops on the front line of the Great Wall, they will not complete the counterattack in Datong so smoothly.

"Division commander, what about the fleeing Japanese army?"

"Don't be in a hurry, it's definitely not enough to rely on Chief of Staff Li to lead the team to support the front line of the Great Wall, so you let the 771st Regiment quickly replenish supplies, and you will follow along in the second half of the night tonight, remember that when we get to the front line of the Great Wall, our main task is defense, not offense, once there is news, we will immediately send troops back to report the situation!"

Liu Chundao was not worried about Li Lingfei and them, after all, they had been fighting with the little devil for more than a day, and the troops must have suffered a lot of losses. Now is the best time to take the front line of the Great Wall, if they miss it, they may have to pay a higher price in the future to be able to break through the Japanese defense line, compared to annihilating the main force of the Japanese retreat, the front line of the Great Wall is more important to the future development of the new 33rd Army, so there can be no problems.

After arranging the situation of support from the north, Liu Chundao began to calm down, and he now had to think about how to deal with the main force of the little devil's retreat. The little devil had already retreated in two parts, and he knew that one part must be to confuse them, and the Japanese army was setting up suspicious formations in order to better cover their retreat.

What's more, now that it's getting dark, if their troops rush to add, I'm afraid that the little devils will ambush them halfway, and when the time comes, stealing chickens won't be worth the loss.

Liu Chundao looked at the topographic map around Datong, out of the Datong Basin, surrounded by continuous mountains, no matter which direction I retreated from, the Japanese army would inevitably choose to enter the mountains, as long as the little devils into the mountains would inevitably give up their mechanized advantages and choose to advance on foot, which was a very favorable condition for Liu Chundao, because he still had enough time to think about how to deal with the retreating little devils.

"Signal soldier, go and find me all the four regiment commanders of Li Weimin's division!"

Liu Chundao does not intend to press all the troops up, now the battle in Datong has just ended, and everything is in ruins, although there is still some local government that can help manage it, but the return of the people and the order of Datong must be maintained, they do not want an empty city, let alone land without the people, they want the people to live and work in peace and contentment and have a family reunion.

Li Weimin's four regiment commanders all came to the headquarters, but they didn't dare to look up at Li Chunzhi, because the main responsibility for the defeat of Datong at the beginning of the battle was on them, although they had tried their best, but the losses of the troops were still very large, several main battalions were completely wiped out, and even some troops even deserted.

Liu Chundao looked at the four regiment commanders in the headquarters, he knew what they were thinking at this time, now that the battle of Datong was over, according to the management of the troops, it should be the time to hold a celebration party, of course, it is also the time to hold those commanders who failed in the battle accountable, the new 33rd Army has always had clear rewards and punishments.

However, Liu Chundao did not have the heart to pursue their responsibilities, although in terms of position and rank, Liu Chundao had the ability and responsibility to pursue them, but now that the battle is not over, when they are completely stabilized, it is not too late to pursue their dereliction of duty.

"What about the casualties of your division?" Liu Chundao asked them.

There was silence in the headquarters, although in the final counterattack, they led the troops and the little devils to the death, but their hearts were heavy, maybe they were remorseful or heartache.

"Lift your head up for me!"

Seeing that no one responded, Liu Chundao shouted: "If you win the battle, you will be arrogant one by one, and if you lose the battle, you will become like this, I don't think you are worthy of being the head of the regiment, no!" You don't deserve to be a soldier at all! I ask again, what about the casualties of your division? ”

"Report to Division Commander Liu, our division plus the missing, a total of about 10,000 people have been lost, and the specific number has not yet been counted, because there are still many wounded who have been sent to the hospital, and some soldiers have become deserters, we are willing to take all the responsibility!" A regiment commander stood up and looked at Liu Chundao, since he had to bear it sooner or later, it was better to stand up openly at this time, at least they were also Chinese soldiers.

Liu Chundao knew that the casualties in this battle were not small, but he did not expect to lose more than 10,000 troops, most of these soldiers were veterans they brought out from the Taihang Mountains, especially the losses of those lower-level officers, I am afraid that this time it will move the foundation of Li Weimin's division.

Despite such a large loss, Liu Chundao had to send them to the battlefield, because he didn't have many troops at his disposal now, only them.

"You two regiments, rest for a night tonight, replenish ammunition, and feel the fortification of Tianzhen at full speed at five o'clock tomorrow morning, no matter how many little devils have to pass through your defense line at that time, without my order, even if you all die in battle, you can't let a little devil pass!"

"You two regiments, like them, will set off at five o'clock tomorrow morning, track down the Japanese army along the route of the Japanese army's retreat to the west, as long as you find the Japanese army, give me a bite, after figuring out the situation of the Japanese army, if the Japanese army is equal to your strength, resolutely destroy them, if it is the main force of the Japanese army, you will only consume the living force of the Japanese army, and do not fall into the trap set by the Japanese army!"

"Understood!" The four regiment commanders replied that they were still holding their breath in their hearts, and they must seek revenge from the Japanese army, otherwise they would be sorry for the sacrificed brothers.

Everything in Datong City was arranged, and Liu Chundao also breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water, and hurriedly sent the news here back to Taihang Mountain by telegram.

Liao Jundong sat in the command headquarters, he has been waiting for news from Datong, as long as the crisis in Datong is completely solved, they will be alive in this game of chess, no matter what, at least on the battlefield the new 33rd Army will no longer be passively beaten, they have the initiative in this war.

"Brother, what do you think of the Japanese army taking the initiative to retreat?" Liao Fan took the telegram and asked Liao Jundong, he stayed in the ward all day, although he was very concerned about the war, but he did not have much control over the real situation, so it was not wrong to ask Liao Jundong more for his opinions and opinions.

"Liu Chundao has already arranged everything, he knows more about the situation of the Japanese army on the front line, I think Liu Chundao is right!"

"I'm still worried about Liu Chundao......"

"Hey~ Brother Fan, you're wrong, Liu Chundao is not as good as before, this kid is shrewd, there's nothing to worry about!" Hu Guoshan, who was on the side, didn't think that Liu Chundao's ability was problematic, when he was in Beitai Peak, the battle of attacking the little devil's artillery position could see that although Liu Chundao was reckless, he was by no means a brainless person, he could clearly analyze the situation of the enemy and me, and then look at the weak point of the little devil.

"I hope so, now the situation in the Jingcheng area and the line of the Great Wall has not been implemented, I hope the battle will end soon, so that the soldiers can have a good rest!"

In addition to being able to supply supplies, the soldiers had to endure fatigue, sometimes not being able to drink a sip of hot water for several days, and enduring mosquito bites in the wild.

"By the way, Fanzi, Shen Zhengwen has been here for several days, should I call him over?"

Since the last time the Japanese army attacked the headquarters, Shen Zhengwen has never been idle in the station, after visiting Du Weize in the military factory, he took the initiative to take on all the patrol tasks in the station, and the patrol and standing guard of each unit are arranged by Shen Zhengwen, Liao Jundong has a lot of peace of mind.