After graduating from Huangpu, he rose to prominence as a regiment leader.

At this moment, at the headquarters of the new regiment.

Li Yunlong paced back and forth in front of the kang, unable to sit down at all, his expression full of anxiety.

Then, he looked at Ding Wei standing beside him and said, "Old Ding! The new regiment will be handed over to you from now on!"

Ding Wei also sighed helplessly: "Old Li, maybe the situation is not that serious."

Just now, Li Yunlong had ordered people to report to the brigade headquarters and explained the full situation of this military operation.

Although Ding Wei told him not to be so anxious, he actually knew that such a large-scale military operation could not be concealed!

Paper cannot contain the fire!

"Old Ding, stop comforting me. I know what's going on. I'm afraid I can't get through this!" Li Yunlong shook his head bitterly.

Although Ping'an County was captured, the scale of troops directly or indirectly deployed by the entire northwest Shanxi has exceeded that of a division!

Among them, I don’t know how many brother troops suffered heavy casualties and huge losses!

The little victory they have achieved so far is just a drop in the bucket and is far from offsetting the losses of their Eighth Route Army.

Listening to Li Yunlong's words, Ding Wei was also very helpless, and he was about to say something.

But at this moment, Zhang Dabiao appeared outside the door: "Report to the regiment commander! The brigade headquarters called!"

"Okay, I understand!" Li Yunlong took a deep breath. He knew that what was coming would eventually come.

He quickly walked out of the house, went straight to the communications room, and picked up the phone.

"Li Yunlong! You bastard, you still remember to contact the brigade headquarters on your own initiative!?" The brigade commander's angry voice came from the other end of the phone.

Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and said, "Commander! I made a mistake this time. Just shoot me!"

"Shoot you? You're dreaming!"

The brigade commander's impolite voice stunned Li Yunlong and Ding Wei beside him.

"Commander, you are..."

"I'm telling you, Li Yunlong, the King of Hell won't take your life for the time being, so you'd better keep it for yourself!" the brigade commander cursed.

"Brigade Commander! What you mean is that you won't shoot me?" Li Yunlong was a little bit unbelieving.

For the mistake he made, let alone being shot once, even being shot eight or ten times would be enough!

"Don't be so arrogant. If I'm going to shoot you, you have to at least finish the battle and survive!" the brigade commander scolded again.

"After the war? Brigade...Brigade Commander, what do you mean?" Li Yunlong was a little confused.

Now that we have taken Ping'an City, what other wars are there left to fight?

"We just received intelligence from headquarters that Taiyuan has dispatched five field divisions and hundreds of thousands of elite troops to launch a sweep!"

"Five field divisions?" Li Yunlong almost shouted out loud, his expression full of disbelief.

"Old Li, what did the brigade commander say?" Ding Wei on the side couldn't help but ask.

Li Yunlong took a deep breath and said, "It's actually true! What that devil Yamamoto Ikki said is true!"

"What Yamamoto Ikki? Li Yunlong, what are you talking about?" The brigade commander on the other end of the phone interrupted.

"Brigade Commander! When we were in Ping'an County..." Li Yunlong quickly told what happened in Ping'an County.

He mentioned an artillery company that came as reinforcement from the independent brigade.

"You mean, those nearly ten heavy artillery pieces are all under the command of Qin Feng from the independent brigade?" Although the brigade commander was mentally prepared, he still found it a little unbelievable at this time.

"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded. He had seen it with his own eyes.

"It's not simple, it's really not simple, Qin Feng is definitely a very capable person!" The brigade commander couldn't help but speak.

There were nearly forty grenade launchers and nearly ten heavy artillery pieces. He really had no idea where the other party could have gotten them from!

"Brigade Commander!" Li Yunlong paused, hesitating, "In fact, for Qin Feng, those heavy artillery pieces may not be a big deal. Their independent brigade has more than one artillery company!"

"What do you mean?" The brigade commander narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

"Brigade Commander, I talked with their artillery company commander for a while, and I learned another very important piece of news!" After hesitating for a long time, Li Yunlong decided to tell the brigade commander the news.

"Don't tell me half of it and keep the other half. If you want to tell me something, tell me all of it in one breath!" the brigade commander urged.

Li Yunlong took a deep breath: "In fact, the independent brigade has not only an artillery company, but an artillery regiment!"

"To be precise, Qin Feng owns an entire brigade's own artillery regiment!"

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Japan's First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan!

At this time, countless staff officers were walking back and forth in the headquarters, some were updating maps and sand table information, and some were conveying telegram contents.

The sound of telegraphs ticking continuously filled the entire headquarters.

"Report to His Excellency the General! The Third Division of the First Army has arrived at the target location!"

"Report to His Excellency the General! The 11th Division has arrived at the designated location!"

"Report to the General, the 5th Division's subordinate brigades have opened fire!"

"Report to the General, the 101st Division has already..."

Waves of reports continued to appear in the command center until a sudden sound of footsteps interrupted it all.

A signalman hurried to Shinozuka Kazuo and said, "Your Excellency the General! News has come from Ping'an County!"

"Speak!" Shinozuka Kazuo ordered without even raising his head.

"General, Ping'an County has been lost. Colonel Yamamoto and the Ping'an City garrison have all been killed!"

"Nani!?"

When the adjutant said this, Kazuo Shinozuka, who was looking down at the sand table, was stunned.

"This! How is this possible? How is it possible that the Xia army could capture Ping'an County!?" Shinozuka Kazuo stood up suddenly, his face turning extremely ugly.

He didn't care at all that the garrison was wiped out, but he really couldn't accept Yamamoto's death!

The Empire spent a huge amount of money and resources to train such an officer who is proficient in special operations. The loss in this regard is immeasurable!

"What about the Eighth Route Army's Daxiawan headquarters?" Shinozuka Kazuo raised his head and looked at the signalman with a cold face.

The signalman didn't even dare to breathe, and hurriedly lowered his head to report: "Your Excellency General! About half an hour ago, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Daxiawan issued an order to enter the first level of combat readiness!"

"......Failed!" Shinozuka Kazuo muttered to himself.

As the commander of the First Army, he knew exactly what this meant.

"General, what do you mean?"

"Yamamoto Ikki's plan failed! The decapitation operation failed!" Shinozuka Kazuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

If the decapitation operation had been successful, the Eighth Route Army would now be in chaos and leaderless, and it would be impossible for them to issue such an order.

"General, then we..." The staff officer looked at Kazuo Shinozuka hesitantly.

Shinozuka Kazuo had a straight face and a blank expression, but a hint of ferocity flashed through his eyes: "Pass my order! Launch an all-out attack!"

"Also, send a clear message immediately, announcing that the sword will not be banned within ten days!"

"Within ten days, we will completely wipe out all the anti-Japanese armed forces in northwest Shanxi!"

"After ten days, I don't want to see any troops that dare to go against the Empire!"

As he spoke, Shinozuka Kazuo could already clearly see the situation in which northwestern Shanxi had been completely reduced to a scorched earth.

He has completed the layout. The success or failure of the decapitation operation is no longer important. At most it will just take a little more time!

He has already dispatched five field divisions, and intends to use this overwhelming force to sweep across the entire northwest of Shanxi!

"Ha Yi!" The deputy's eyes revealed fanaticism.