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It is obvious that this estimate of the number of Eighth Route Army troops in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region was seriously underestimated.

And his Fourth Battalion in Laiyuan was probably in danger as well.

When he thought that his brigade was about to lose two reinforced infantry battalions, cold sweat began to break out on Tsuneoka Kanji's forehead.

Their Mongolian troops are not the First Army, and cannot withstand such losses inflicted by Commander Sugiyama Gen.

Therefore, he immediately ordered the 4th Battalion in Laiyuan to seize the opportunity to break out, and reported to the commander of the Mongolian Army, Lieutenant General Hou Gongchun, to immediately order the 12th Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division in Hunyuan to advance to Lingqiu at all costs to prepare to support the locust army of the 4th Battalion.

At the same time, the situation was reported to Sugiyama Hajime, commander of the North China Front Army.

And in Laiyuan.

Ever since Commander Cheng led three regiments to surround Laiyuan County, under the cover of the artillery battalion's firepower, they have been constantly putting tremendous pressure on the Japanese troops in Laiyuan.

At this time, Di Jiang, who was commanding the Japanese troops to defend the city, looked at the city wall and saw that every time the Eighth Route Army almost broke into the city gate, he was so worried that his throat almost jumped out.

If this continues, the Eighth Route Army may soon capture Laiyuan County.

The strategy of centering the development that Di Zheng had thought of before has now been thrown out of the window by Di Zheng.

At 23 p.m., Di Zheng received an order from the brigade commander in Zhangjiakou to lead his troops to evacuate towards Lingqiu after daybreak.

The 12th Independent Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division in Hunyuan has quickly set out to Lingqiu area to prepare to support the 4th Battalion.

At the same time, Di Zheng also received news that the Third Battalion located in Weixian, which came to Laiyuan for support, was ambushed and wiped out by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army.

When Di Zheng saw the news, his eyes almost popped out.

The Eighth Route Army of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei played a classic tactic of besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements on him.

After understanding the intentions of the Eighth Route Army, Di Zheng wanted to slap himself in the face.

Now that Wei County’s third battalion is finished, the only one left is probably his own fourth battalion.

No wonder, Ti Zheng thought.

Since the afternoon, after the Eighth Route Army surrounded Laiyuan, except for the fierce offensive in the early stage, later, especially at night, except for artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army basically did not organize any troops to attack the city.

Di Qiang once thought that the Eighth Route Army had suffered heavy casualties due to the fierce attack from the front, and that this group of Eighth Route Army was likely to give up the siege.

For this reason, Di Zheng once issued an order to the troops defending the city to reduce their firepower, and must not let this Eighth Route Army feel that Laiyuan City is too difficult to attack, resulting in abandoning the siege plan.

In this case, the center-blooming strategy will lose its effectiveness.

However, he did not expect that this Eighth Route Army would surround and attack his reinforcements.

When he thought of this, Di Zheng felt a surge of regret. Why hadn't he thought of it before?

Now, except for the third battalion, his own battalion is also in danger.

Di Zheng now really wants to organize the troops to evacuate to the north gate, and then quickly retreat towards Lingqiu.

However, since it is now the middle of the night, if the troops are organized to evacuate now, the area outside the county town is the home ground of the Eighth Route Army at night. If they evacuate now and are harassed and attacked by the Eighth Route Army along the way, it is unknown whether their brigade can retreat to Lingqiu.

Thinking of this, Di Zheng decided to evacuate early tomorrow morning. At least the vision during the day is wider, which will help him better judge the situation.

If they were really besieged by the Eighth Route Army, they could consider the surrounding terrain and find a stronghold to resist during the day, and then hold out until reinforcements from Lingqiu arrived.

If we evacuate now, we might become targets for the Eighth Route Army at night.

Therefore, Di Jiang began to order a squadron of defenders in the city to prepare for the evacuation of baggage and supplies. As for the locust troops resisting the Eighth Route Army on the city wall, as long as the Eighth Route Army did not attack the city, they would follow the Eighth Route Army, because the Eighth Route Army could not attack the city anyway.