Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

However, what Lingcun Xianji did not expect was that when the troops he sent out of the city and passed Shalingzi Town not far away, they were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.

In less than three hours, the sound of gunfire from the east direction of Xuanhua gradually weakened.

When Mura Kenji in the city heard that there were fewer gunshots coming from the east, his eyes narrowed suddenly.

The current situation is very unfavorable for their brigade.

Suddenly, Mura Kenji thought of something and shuddered.

What if, what if, the Eighth Route Army's target this time was not Xuanhua, but Zhangjiakou? After all, he was still clear about the current situation of the locust army in North China.

There are not many troops left in their brigade now.

Moreover, the main force of the Locust Army is now fighting with Zeng Jiwen's troops in China, and the Locust Army has no other troops to support them.

When he thought of this possibility, Mura Kenji looked a little anxious.

After standing up and thinking for a while in the command center, Cun Xianji suddenly thought that if the Eighth Route Army's target was really Zhangjiakou, then the infantry battalion in Huailai would probably also be attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, Mura Kenji immediately asked the signalman to inquire about the situation in Huailai from the independent 5th Infantry Battalion located in Huailai. However, he did not expect that before the inquiry message was sent, Lieutenant Colonel Zhuang Sixun, commander of the 5th Infantry Battalion in Huailai, sent a tactical guidance telegram.

In the telegram, Zhuang Jixun told Mura Kenkichi that after his troops discovered that Xuanhua area was attacked by Chinese troops, they immediately sent a squadron to support.

Unexpectedly, when passing Xiahuayuan, they were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. Except for a few locust soldiers who escaped, the entire squadron was killed.

At the same time, a squad of locust soldiers in Xiahuayuan were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and all of them were killed without any news being released.

When Mura Kenji saw the telegram sent by Zhuang Sixun, he suddenly realized what was going on.

It seems that the Eighth Route Army has set its sights on Zhangjiakou. For a moment, Cun Xianji was a little undecided.

Based on previous experience in fighting the Eighth Route Army, since a large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared in Xuanhua and Xiahuayuan, how about around Zhangjiakou?

Mura Kenji looked at the dark outside the city and suddenly his hands and feet felt cold.

Without time to think, Mura Kenji began to organize the Japanese troops in the city to be on alert, sent troops to notify the locust army that had left the city to support Xuanhua to withdraw immediately into the city, and sent a telegram to Zhuang Sixun in Huailai, asking him to immediately put the entire city on alert and wait for the next order.

At the same time, he reported his discoveries and conjectures to Hasunuma Ban, the commander of the Mongolian corps who was still in Peiping.

Two o'clock in the morning on the 17th.

Lian Numaban in Peiping was awakened by the orderly, who handed him an urgent telegram from Zhangjiakou.

After seeing the telegram sent by Mura Kenkichi, Hasunuma Ban was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately stood up and sent someone to notify Commander Sugiyama Hajime and Chief of Staff Yamashita Tomoyuki.

After the other two arrived at the conference room, Hasunuma Ban immediately handed the telegram sent by Mura Kenkichi to them.

When Sugiyama Gen saw that Xuanhua was under siege by the Eighth Route Army and that the Eighth Route Army had also occupied Xiahuayuan, he immediately realized that the Eighth Route Army was planning to attack Zhangjiakou.

"Mr. Numaban, do you have any suggestions?" Sugiyama Gen looked a little gloomy after reading the telegram.

Hasunuma pretended not to notice Sugiyama Gen's gloomy face and spoke to him with a serious face.

"Commander, it's time to stop Itagaki and his men's crazy plan."

"Ever since the North China Expeditionary Force began implementing Itagaki and his team's plan, the casualties of the Locust Army have been increasing."

"Matsu County's 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 110th Division, the 5th Division, the 14th Division, and now, Commander, the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade."