Li Guotao thought for a while, and then instructed Kou Erbao: "You immediately go and send a telegram to the special combat team, and ask them about the current situation, where the main force of the Japanese army has now." ”"Yes" Kou Erbao replied respectfully, not daring to slack off and hurriedly went to send a telegram.After a while, Kou Erbao hurriedly came back and handed a telegram in his hand to Li Guotao.Li Guotao took the telegram and read it carefully, and a smile could not help but appear at the corner of his mouth: Early this morning, the 14th Division and other units of the Japanese army left Quyang and headed south, but along the way, they were attacked and harassed by local troops of the Eighth Route Army one after another, and some important bridges along the way were all blown up, and a large number of mines were planted on some road sections, causing the Japanese army to move slowly, and it was less than 50 miles away in the whole morning.Seeing this, Li Guotao finally breathed a sigh of relief, at this speed, the Japanese army would not be able to rush to Niangzi Pass in a short time, and everything was going so smoothly, which made Li Guotao feel a little surprised.After a while, the cooking squad finished the meal, Kou Erbao brought food for Li Guotao, and after such a long journey, Li Guotao was also hungry, so he sat down with the soldiers and began to eat, and a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran over."
Report to the commander, the new Fourth Brigade is in an emergency."
As he spoke, he respectfully handed over the telegram in his hand.When Li Guotao heard that it was a telegram from the newly formed Fourth Brigade, he hurriedly took it, read it carefully, and couldn't help laughing.Kou Erbao, who was sitting next to him, asked with a smile: "Is there any good news for the commander, seeing you smiling so happily." ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "Today we are really lucky, good news one after another, the main force of the Taiyue Military Region attacked Niangzi Pass, and the Japanese army's independent fourth mixed brigade left in Jingcheng County was a brigade, almost pouring out of the nest to support Niangzi Pass, but halfway was stubbornly blocked by our new Fourth Brigade, our army saw that the Japanese army was not many, so it took the initiative to attack, outflanked, and directly annihilated the little devils of this brigade, and then Yang Erhu led his troops to pursue the victory and take the county seat of Jingcheng. ”"Good job, beautiful," the surrounding warriors cheered excitedly when they heard this.Li Guotao smiled and nodded, casually handed the telegram to a staff officer next to him, and casually ordered: "Everyone hurry up and eat, eat enough, drink enough, rest for a while, and recuperate enough, let's continue to hurry, we must rush to Niangzi Pass as soon as possible." ”"Yes," the fighters replied excitedly."
A group of wastes in Baga, all of them are wastes, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are two brigades of imperial troops stationed there, and they were captured by Tubalu in such a short period of time, which is simply a shame for the imperial army."
Tada angrily slapped the table and yelled."
Your Excellency Commander, calm your anger" Yukio Kasahara hurriedly said: "The people of China have dispatched tens of thousands of troops to attack Niangzi Pass, and the imperial army has really done its best. ”"I don't want to hear these explanations."
Tada Jun unceremoniously interrupted Yukio Kasahara's words, and asked loudly with a serious face: "Where are the 14th Divisions now?"
"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the 14th Division and other units have been attacked and harassed by the Shina people, and their movements have been blocked, and they have just arrived near Xinle. ”Yukio Kasahara replied with a bitter face."
Yaga's speed is too slow.Tell Seiichiro Kita that they may not speed up, rush to Niangzi Pass as soon as possible, and take Niangzi Pass back from the hands of the Shina people. ”Tada Jun roared loudly with an angry face."
Hai," Yukio Kasahara said with a respectful expression.Tada Jun sighed deeply, frowned and said: "Also, order the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, and ask him to order all the imperial troops in Shanxi to be on strict alert to prevent the Shina people from carrying out a large-scale counteroffensive."
At the critical moment, you can selectively abandon some unimportant towns and concentrate your forces to stick to the important cities along the Tongpu Railway and the Zhengtai Railway, and the main force of the imperial army will occupy Niangzi Pass as soon as possible and open up the Zhengtai Railway, so that he doesn't have to worry. ”"Hai" Yukio Kasahara replied respectfully, turned around and went to deliver the order.Tada Jun glanced at the sand table in front of him, and his mood became more and more irritable, at this time he happened to hold a pair of white gloves in his hand, and fell on the sand table casually, and couldn't help but scold in his mouth: "Baga Ya Road" Tada Jun just fell casually, and the gloves overwhelmed several small flags on the sand table, but coincidentally, these overpowered small flags turned out to be plaster flags representing the Japanese army.However, the little devils, including Tada Jun, did not notice this, and the two staff officers next to them hurriedly packed up, and soon the sand table was restored to its original state.That night, the 14th Division of the Japanese Army and other units finally arrived at Shimen, but at this time it was already dark, and Niangzi Pass had been lost, so the Japanese army temporarily stayed in Niangzi Pass to rest.The remnants of the Japanese Fourth Division, which had been staying in Shimen before, received an order from Tada Jun to support Niangzi Pass.However, the 4th Division refused to carry out this order on the grounds that the soldiers were fed with weapons and ammunition, and remained in Shimen at this time.Although Tada Jun was very angry about this, but there was no way, plus after the loss of Niangzi Pass, Tada Jun was afraid that the Fourth Division would go north alone and be besieged by the Eighth Route Army, in case it was completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, then the Fourth Division would be equivalent to the annihilation of the whole army, and a standing division, even if the Fourth Division was known as a wrecked division, was completely annihilated, which was definitely not a trivial matter.Although there are only more than 3,000 people left in the current Fourth Division, it is no different from being completely annihilated, but at least it can be regarded as retaining its structure.Worried about this, Tada Jun did not continue to urge the Fourth Division to support Niangzi Pass, and then counterattacked Niangzi Pass, and Tada Jun did not plan to send this Fourth Division out again, so as not to embarrass him again.At the same time, Li Guotao also led the leading troops to arrive at Niangzi Pass after a rapid march of nearly a day and a night that night.On the morning of the next day, Ma Zhenguo led the main force of the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army to Niangzi Pass.At this time, the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army, the main force of the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, the main force of the Central Hebei Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, plus one of the Western Hebei Military Region and the Southern Hebei Military Region, as well as the local troops of the Eighth Route Army in the vicinity, with a total strength of more than 100,000 people, jointly guarding Niangzi Pass, the entire Niangzi Pass area is in full swing, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are busy building fortifications, and a big war is quietly kicking off.aa2705221: