Before he could make up his mind, the reconnaissance results from Naosaburo Okabe came over.
Naosaburo Okabe sent out night fighters to perform reconnaissance missions.
In normal times, night fighters might not be of much use, but tonight the visibility of the Moonlight Star was very high, and the Eighth Route Army's encircling Japanese troops had a regiment of more than 2,000 people, so the Japanese pilots discovered it.
"The Eighth Route Army's location is near Yuyuan Village, more than 130 kilometers away from Niangziguan!"
The Eighth Route Army first took a train to the Japanese Air Force blockade and then walked. The Japanese should be lucky that the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army were fighting in the direction of Jiulian Town, otherwise the encirclement would have been closed by now.
Yamada Oji was shocked when he heard this information: The Eighth Route Army is more than a hundred kilometers away from Niangzi Pass, and Taiyuan is also more than a hundred kilometers away from Niangzi Pass. If the imperial army continues to fight the Eighth Route Army here and attack Taiyuan... the retreat will not be cut off.
Already?
Thinking of this, Yamada Oji reluctantly squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Retreat!"
The gunshots outside Taiyuan City were still ringing intermittently. On the surface, everything seemed normal, but in fact, the Japanese soldiers had begun to retreat in batches.
After all, the Japanese were well-trained, and they knew that the retreat could not be noticed by the Eighth Route Army, otherwise the Eighth Route Army would take advantage of the situation and pursue the imperial army from the rear and suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, Yamada Oji ordered a squadron to continue an encirclement posture in the direction of Taiyuan City, and the main force hastily withdrew to Niangzi Pass.
Wang Xuexin learned from Commander Liu that the Japanese might have withdrawn.
Commander Liu was the commander in charge of passing through Niangziguan from Datong. He reported: "Captain Wang, we may have been exposed. We just heard the sound of an airplane in the sky. The troops were advancing at full speed so we were unable to respond in time!"
Wang Xuexin said "hmm" and said nothing.
This is not to blame Commander Liu. There are more than 2,000 people in a regiment and they are on the march. It is indeed not easy to respond in time.
Chen Songyong asked doubtfully: "Captain, we don't want to pursue you?"
"Chasing? How to pursue!" Wang Xuexin asked back: "How many troops do we have? There are more than 6,000 people in three regiments, and the Japanese have a division plus a chariot brigade, which is at least 15,000 people. Our strength is
There are more than twice as many tanks, so what if the Japanese kill a carbine?"
Chen Songyong suddenly lost his voice.
Wang Xuexin is right, and the three regiments in Taiyuan cannot be sent out, otherwise Taiyuan will become an empty city and will be occupied by the Japanese at any time.
Therefore, the best choice is to wait and see what happens. Even if you want to chase, you have to wait until the Japanese have gone a certain distance or wait for dawn.
Wang Xuexin tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
The question now is how to eat up the more than 10,000 elite Kwantung Army of the Japanese... This is not an easy task, even if the Eighth Route Army has developed to this point.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Xuexin gave the order: "Order the troops lurking in Niangziguan to take action immediately!"
"Captain..." Chen Songyong was stunned for a while: "But there are still more than ten hours before the planned time, and the Japanese didn't arrive so quickly..."
"The Japanese already know our plan!" Wang Xuexin interrupted Chen Songyong: "They will send supplies and even reinforcements through Niangzi Pass to reinforce!"
Only then did Chen Songyong understand what was going on, and hurriedly said "yes" and went to convey the order.
Niangziguan.
Chen Yongping and his soldiers were hiding in a secret artillery fort. They didn't even light the lights because they were worried about being discovered by the enemy. It was pitch dark inside and the smell of the soldiers' sweat and feet filled the turbid air...
The artillery looked majestic, with new howitzers and artillery detection radars. The infantry was so envious that the artillery didn't have to go to the front line and could only fire from behind!
After hearing this, Chen Yongping wanted to slap him hard.
The artillery shells are flying around and will be blown into pieces if you are not careful. Isn't it called the front line?
Without artillery, how can your infantry win so many battles? The bridge will be demolished when crossing the river!
Not to mention other things, stationing in this highland is not easy: there is a shortage of water on the top of the mountain, and the water brought by helicopters is not enough to drink. Every time, people have to be sent down the mountain to fetch water, which takes more than an hour.
Because of this, the soldiers have not washed their faces for more than a month, let alone their feet.
Chen Yongping fumbled in the darkness to take out the cigarette case from his pocket, and found that there was only the last cigarette left in it. He held it in his mouth with great reluctance, and was about to light it when he heard the communications soldier say: "Commander, the superior ordered us to act immediately!"
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Chen Yongping jumped up and shouted excitedly: "Finally we can take action, hiding in there all day long will make people sick!"
Then he threw away the unlit cigarette in his hand and ordered: "Action!"
"Yes, action!"
The first one to go out was the signal soldier. He used a flashlight to send a signal to the high ground on the opposite side.
The high ground opposite is the original artillery position. When the artillery regiment withdrew, a few people were left lurking.
Then comes the long wait...
After waiting for a while, there was no movement. Chen Yongping became a little impatient: "What happened? It takes so long to walk just a few steps!"
Chen Yongping was talking about detonating the explosives that had been buried above the fort.
The fuse was buried in the soil and led to the vicinity of the latent point. The whole journey was only over 200 meters. It shouldn't have taken so long.
The political commissar whispered: "Is there something wrong?"
The political commissar guessed correctly, there was really a problem with the detonation team.
The reason is that Naosaburo Okabe once again became suspicious of the lady...
He said to Ojodo Sanji: "If all this is the Eighth Route Army's plan, then is there any problem with Niangzi Pass?"
"Is there a problem?" Ojoto Sanji said doubtfully: "General, it has always been under our control!"
After a pause, Oshiroto Sanji added: "I think the only problem is that the Eighth Route Army may have intentionally given up Niangziguan to us. If not, it would be impossible for the Yamada Division to attack Taiyuan!"
What Sanji Ojodo said seems to make sense.
Because if you want the imperial army to fall into the trap, you must give up Niangzi Pass.
But Naosaburo Okabe still felt something was wrong...
"If they gave it up intentionally!" After thinking about it, Naosaburo Okabe said, "Then the Eighth Route Army had sufficient preparation time, but they still allowed more than a dozen howitzers and an artillery detection radar to be captured by our army!"
Only then did Ojodo Sanji realize that the two were contradictory.
The artillery on both sides of Niangzi Pass, especially the artillery detection radar, are very valuable strategic resources. They almost determine the ownership of Niangzi Pass.
Why would the Eighth Route Army leave such important things to the Imperial Army when they had time?
Naosaburo Okabe did not hesitate and ordered: "Order the troops to launch a search near the fort!"