The first battalion commander: "Captain, aren't we here just to meet the new regiment?"

Ding Wei: "It was before, but not now."

The first battalion commander seemed to have thought of something and asked: "Captain, do you want to cooperate with the new regiment to besiege the pursuing Japanese 9th Brigade in Hulu Gorge?"

Speaking of this, the face of the first battalion commander changed again, and he said with some concern: "But, Commander Li, does he know what you are thinking?

Do you want to inform Commander Li, or ask about Commander Li's battle plan?"

"Otherwise, if Commander Li did not ambush the Japanese 9th Brigade in Hulu Gorge, we would have become clowns if we went to outflank the Japanese retreat."

Ding Wei said confidently: "Don't worry, we can't become clowns. I know Li Yunlong. He even dares to capture the Japs' major generals, and even dares to disobey the boss's orders. Is there anything else that he doesn't dare to do?"

"Moreover, he deliberately lured the Japanese toward our defense area. He must have known that I would lead my troops to come to meet him."

"Li Yunlong and I have known each other for many years, and we still have a tacit understanding. As long as we cooperate with Li Yunlong to sing this big drama well this time, we will definitely make a lot of money."

Speaking of this, Ding Wei suddenly put away the smile on his face and said solemnly: "March quickly, we must block the opening of the east exit of Hulu Gorge before the Japanese realize that something is wrong!"

"yes!"

After the order was issued, the independent regiment immediately changed direction and rushed towards the east exit of Hulu Gorge.

…

The other side.

Kazuki Yamamoto has led the remaining troops to leave the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army and arrive at the buffer zone between the enemy and ourselves.

He was preparing to ask the communications troops to contact the 4th Brigade and ask them to immediately stop the attack on the Eighth Route Army defense zone.

Now that he has led his troops to the safe area and the cover mission has been completed, there is no need for the 4th Brigade to fight with the Eighth Route Army.

But at this moment, the communications soldier hurried over. He gave Yamamoto Kazuki a sharp nod and reported: "Report to the captain, news just came from the direction of Hutei. General Watanabe Kazuo did not listen to you."

Ordered to station near Huting.

Instead, we launched a pursuit of the Eighth Route Army that ambushed the battlefield observation group, and pursued it all the way to the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army's occupied area, and have now pursued it to the vicinity of Hulu Gorge."

"Calabash Gorge?"

Yamamoto Kazuki immediately took out a combat map, spread it on the rock in front of him, and studied it carefully.

Soon, Yamamoto Kazuki discovered that something was wrong with the situation. His expression immediately changed and he yelled: "Baga! This Watanabe Kazuo is really an incompetent stupid pig!"

"He failed to do a good job in security, which resulted in the Imperial Army's observation group being ambushed by the China Eighth Route Army. Instead, he went deep alone and put the Imperial Army's 9th Brigade in danger. He is simply a sinner of the empire!"

A squad leader next to him asked: "Captain, what's the matter? Even if the Imperial Army's 9th Brigade goes deep alone, with the little fighting power of the Eighth Route Army, it can't do anything to them, right?"

Yamamoto Kazuki: "If it were just an ordinary pursuit, with the combat effectiveness of the China Eighth Route Army, it really wouldn't be able to do anything to the Imperial Army's 9th Brigade.

But look at the topography of the Calabash Gorge!"

Speaking of this, Yamamoto Kazuki pointed to the location of Calabash Gorge on the map and continued: "This Calabash Gorge is a natural canyon, surrounded by cliffs. There are only a few trails and small openings for entry and exit. It is simply a wonder.

A good ambush location.

Once the Imperial Army's 9th Brigade enters Calabash Gorge, no matter how well-equipped their equipment is and how high-quality their soldiers are, they will not be able to exert their due advantages.

Moreover, since this Chinese Eighth Route Army dared to ambush the Imperial Army observation group, it showed that they were well prepared.

If the information about the observation group had not been exposed, then they were actually coming for the 9th Brigade.

The observation group was ambushed, which happened to be the trigger, causing Kazuo Watanabe to completely lose his mind."

The squad leader said: "Captain, what should we do now?"

Kazuki Yamamoto: "In recent times, the Eighth Route Army has continuously attacked the strongholds of the Imperial Japanese Army in northwest Shanxi, wiping out many of the Imperial Army's forces, causing the Imperial Army's control in the northwest Shanxi region to be greatly reduced."

"If another accident occurs to the Imperial Army's 9th Brigade, it will not be a major reduction in the Imperial Army's control over the northwest Shanxi region, but a question of whether it can hold its own.

Therefore, we must go and rescue the 9th Brigade."

"Signal Corps!"

"Hiyi!"

The communications soldier suddenly nodded and asked for instructions: "Captain, please give instructions!"

Kazuki Yamamoto: "Immediately send electricity to the 4th Brigade, explain the situation here to General Masao Nishiyama, and then ask him to leave a regiment to continue the attack to contain the main force of the Eighth Route Army!

The other regiment quickly advanced towards Hulukou and cooperated with me to rescue the besieged 9th Brigade of the Imperial Army!"

"Hiyi!"

The Japanese communications soldier gave a sharp pause, and then began tinkering with the radio to generate electricity for the 4th Brigade Headquarters.

…

The screen returns to Hulu Gorge.

Hulu Gorge runs east-west, is about 5 kilometers long, and has a bottom width ranging from 5 meters to 100 meters.

At this time, the Japanese 9th Brigade had completely entered the Hulu Gorge, and the front troops had reached near the west exit of the Hulu Gorge and were blocked by the independent battalion of the New Regiment.

The terrain of Calabash Gorge is difficult. Facing the soldiers of the independent battalion who had occupied the favorable terrain in advance and were hiding in the mountains, the troops in front of the Japs did not have any good solution.

They could only huddle at the bottom of the canyon, relying on various bunkers to fight back with guns.

But all this was obviously in vain. Although the bunker could block the bullets pouring from the mountain, it could not withstand the grenade attack.

Soon, a large piece of smoke-laden grenades fell down like a free meteorite.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

The grenades fell to the ground and exploded one after another, sending up clusters of scarlet fireworks at the bottom of the canyon. The shock wave of the explosion sent large pieces of sand and gravel flying in all directions.

The Japanese soldiers who were closer to the impact point of the grenade were blown away, including their men and their guns.

Some Japanese soldiers who were far away from the grenade impact point were also killed by the grenade fragments. For a time, there were many casualties and mourning all over the field.

"Uh-huh! My eyes, my eyes!"

"Uh-huh! My leg, my leg is injured, medic, medic, come and save me..."

Shimokawa Hide saw that the troops in front of him were ambushed by the independent battalion, and his old face suddenly became extremely gloomy, so dark that it almost dripped water.

"Baga Yalu! Damn it, these damn Chinese people are so disgusting!"

Not long after, a major captain ran over from the front: "Captain, we were ambushed by the China Eighth Route Army. The 1st Brigade suffered heavy casualties. What should we do now?"
Chapter completed!