After the cheers, the people in the combat hall slowly returned to their calmness.

Only Chang Kaishen's mood could not calm down for a long time, and he was still immersed in unspeakable emotions.

"I knew, I knew!" Chang Kaishen said with tears in his eyes, "I knew Liang Gang would definitely not let me down, and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army would definitely not let me down!"

Bai Jiansheng couldn't help but pour cold water on: "Chairman, the 94th Brigade of the Central Army was able to successfully attack Datong at this time and cut off the Pingsui Railway in one fell swoop. This is indeed a bit unexpected, but..."

"But the 94th Brigade is afraid that it will not be able to defend Datong." Operations Director Liu Fei said immediately.

"That's right." Bai Jiansheng nodded, "It may be difficult for the 94th Brigade of the Central Army to defend Datong."

"Why?" Chang Kaishen frowned, "Jiansheng and Wei Zhang, why do you dare to be so sure?"

Liu Fei said: "The reason is very simple. After the fall of Datong and the Pingsui Railway was cut off, the foundation of the Japanese rule in Suiyuan would be shaken. So there is no doubt that the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia would definitely counterattack wildly, and the North China Front Army would also mobilize heavy troops to provide reinforcements."

After a pause, Liu Fei said again: "The 94th Brigade of the Central Army is only one brigade's troops, how can it be defended for a long time?"

Bai Jiansheng immediately said: "Chief, don't forget that the Japanese government has just added seven divisions to North China, and these seven divisions have arrived near Peiping at this time."

Hearing this, Chang Kaishen's face collapsed again.

The atmosphere in the entire combat hall also changed suddenly, and the senior generals and senior staff members instantly returned to frustration from the excitement they had just now.

Having been happy for a long time together?

The 94th Brigade of the Central Army restored Datong, and nothing could be changed?

In the end, Chen Bulei was still angry and retorted: "The 94th Brigade of the Central Army may not be able to defend Datong for too long, but at least he can buy a few days for the Sui Army, right? With these few days, the Sui Army will probably be able to re-install and build tank defense fortifications. Then isn't there hope to defend Wuyuan?"

"Yan Ji is right." Chang Kaishen said, "at least you can buy time for the Sui Army!"

"But what's the use of one or two days?" Bai Jiansheng said, "Anti-tank fortifications requires digging a large number of trenches and supplemented by anti-tank cones. The construction of anti-tank cones requires the use of mash. Fu Yisheng had just sent a telegram before. The Wuyuan stock of mash is only a dozen tons, so the commander-in-chief transports mash from Guanzhong and Ganningqing. However, it will take about three days at the earliest to transport mash from Guanzhong and Ganningqing to Wuyuan. In addition, the time for casting fortifications will take at least seven days."

Speaking of this, Bai Jiansheng sighed again: "So, just one or two days is not enough, far from enough."

"One or two days is not enough, what if seven days? What if ten days?" Chang Kaishen said, "Is it enough? Is it ten days enough?"

"Ten days? How is that possible?" Bai Jiansheng shook his head and said, "Chairman, I am really not scrutinizing the combat effectiveness of the 94th Brigade of the Central Army. With the five or six thousand people under Liang Gang, it is probably impossible to hold on for ten days under the attack of the attacking corps of the Mongolian Army and the reinforcements of the North China Front Army for ten days."

Chang Kaishen stopped talking and turned his head to instruct Tang Zong: "Nai Jian, call the 94th Independence Brigade immediately and order them to guard Datong at all costs for at least ten days!"

"Commission!" Chen Bree changed his angrily, "No!"

At this time, let the 94th Brigade of the Imperial Palace stay in Datong for ten days, wouldn’t it be that they would die?

"Yan Ji doesn't have to say much." Chang Kaishen waved his hand and said, "As the saying goes, the country is in trouble, and the country is known to be sincere. This is the time when the party and the country are in danger. It is also the time when Liang Gang and the soldiers of the 94th Brigade of the Independent States were killed to serve the country. So, you sent my words to the 94th Brigade as they were, and you said that the Party and the National Assembly remembered them!"

"Yes!" Tang Zong said solemnly.

...

Anhua, the headquarters of the Northwest Shanxi Column.

Seeing that Wang Ye was about to speak but stopped, the brigade commander asked, "Xiao Wang, just say whatever you want."

Wang Ye pointed to the sand table and said, "Brigit commander, there is actually a better choice than crossing the Yellow River to reinforce the Sui Army, that is, taking advantage of the opportunity to go north to attack Datong!"

"Well, a surprise attack on Datong?" The brigade commander was stunned.

Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo, who were staying in the headquarters, were also stunned when they heard this.

At this time, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie had already gathered their respective troops.

By the way, since the reorganization of the Northwest Shanxi Column has been concentrated in Anhua County and nearby villages. This is also the difference between the main force or field troops and local armed forces and militias.

As for the protection of the base areas in northwest Shanxi, three military sub-districts are responsible for it.

Now, the three military sub-districts have developed three regiments. Although they are small regiments with more than a thousand people, they all have more than 9,000 local armed forces. If militias are added, they have exceeded 20,000.

"Yes, a surprise attack on Datong." Wang Ye pointed to the sand table and said, "Brig Commander, when the Beiyang government built the Pingsui Railway, he did not go straight from Zhangjiakou, but turned south to Datong, and then turned back to Suiyuan. So we only need to occupy Datong to cut off the Pingsui Railway. Once the Pingsui Railway is cut off, the logistics supply of the attack cluster stationed in Mongolia will be cut off by us, which will no longer pose any threat to the Sui Army."

Xing Zhiguo frowned and said, "The problem is that the 26th Division of the Japanese army is in Datong. Even if a considerable part of the troops were drawn to attack the Sui Army, the Mongolian army quickly transferred a lot of support troops from Zhangjiakou, so the strength of the Japanese left behind in Datong may not be reduced. The possibility of a surprise attack on Datong is probably not very high."

"No." Wang Ye said flatly, "At this time, Datong's left-behind troops will never exceed one brigade!"

"What? Will there be no more than one brigade?" Xing Zhiguodao, "Xiao Wang, how did you come to this conclusion?"

"The conclusion derived based on facts." Wang Ye said solemnly, "The combat effectiveness of the Sui Army is much stronger than that of the Jin Army. General Fu Yisheng is even more famous. If the army stationed in Mongolia wants to gain the advantage of the battlefield, in addition to investing in the 3rd Division of the Tanks adapted from the Cavalry Group, at least one division must cooperate!"

"There are only two divisions and one brigade in the Mongolian army."

"Now the two divisions have been organized into offensive clusters to attack the Sui Army,"

"There is only one brigade left to take charge of the security guards in Datong, Suiyuan and Zhangjiakou."

"Another corps is stationed at the junction of Ying County and Datong, which is specially used to deter our army from heading north, so I dare to assert that at this time the troops left behind in Datong will not exceed one infantry brigade at most!"

"Xiao Wang, isn't it right?" Xing Zhiguo said, "Didn't the Japanese government just add seven divisions to North China?"

"The seven divisions have just arrived in North China and have to take a break, right?" Wang Ye smiled and said, "What's more, the Pingsui Railway has a climbing hill near Zhangjiakou, so the transportation capacity is very limited. The limited force is still very difficult to use to transport combat materials stationed in Mongolia. Where can I have extra capacity to transport troops?"

"Is there really a chance to say so?" Xing Zhiguo had obviously been persuaded.

Wang Ye said: "But there is a problem. Because Ying County has been blocked by the Japanese army, the troops that attacked Datong must borrow the route from Fu'an County to head north. I wonder if Liang Gang is willing to borrow the route?"

Just as I was talking, the phone in the office suddenly rang.

Wang Ye grabbed the phone and said, "Hey, this is the column headquarters."

"Old Wang?" The voice of the commander of the Third Division, Sun Bin, came from the opposite side of the phone, "There is an emergency. The 94th Brigade of the Central Army suddenly gave up Fu'an County and headed north!"

"What?" Wang Ye said in surprise, "Have you really given up on Fu'an County?"

"I really gave up." Sun Bin said, "I didn't even leave a single soldier in the county!"

Wang Ye thought for a moment and quickly reacted, and asked again: "How many people were there when the 94th Brigade of the Imperial Palace were departing?"

Sun Bin said without hesitation: "I went to see it myself at that time. When the 94th Brigade of the No. 94th Brigade drove from Fu'an County, there were less than 4,000 people, and it seemed that there were two thousand people missing."

"I understand, Lao Sun, immediately take over Fu'an County."

After saying that, Wang Ye hung up the phone and said to the brigade commander: "Brig Commander, we are one step late. Liang Gang's 94th Central Army Independent Brigade has succeeded in a surprise attack on Datong."

Xing Zhiguo said: "Isn't this what Sun Bin said on the phone just now?"

Wang Ye nodded and said, "Sun Bin said on the phone just now that Liang Gang had already brought the main force of the 94th Independent Brigade of the Central Army to give up Fu'an County. This can only be explained, that is, the 94th Independent Brigade has taken Datong and has also received orders from the War Zone Chief Office or Chongqing Command to defend Datong until the Sui Army is ready for war!"

"Stay in Datong to the death?" said the brigade commander sternly, "that's really similar to dying."

Wang Ye turned his head, looked into Datong's direction and said, "I hope I guessed it was wrong."

...

On the road north of Fu'an County to Datong, the main force of the 94th Independent Brigade of the Central Army was heading north.

The surprise attack on Datong in the morning was Duan Rongqing's regiment and the Liang army's Jiaolong Squadron. Duan Rongqing finally washed away the shame of the previous Wild Boar Gate.

Liang Gang's original intention was to use a regiment to hold Datong for two to three days, wait for the main force of the Mongolian army and reinforcements of the Japanese North China Front Army to arrive, and then lead the main force of the 94th Brigade to go north to support the response, and send the main force of the main force that is sticking to Datong out, and still retreat to Fu'an County.

Liang Gang felt that in two to three days, the Sui Army should be able to prepare.

At least he would not be caught off guard by the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia like now.

In this way, the chances of the Sui Army defending Wuyuan and Hetao will be greatly increased.

However, the plan did not change quickly, and a telegram from the attendant's room disrupted his entire plan.

Faced with the order of "Preserving Datong for Ten Days" issued by Chang Kaishen, Liang Gang chose to resolutely execute it. As long as it was the principal's order, it must be executed unconditionally!

So after receiving the order, Liang Gang gave up Fu'an County without hesitation and led the entire brigade north.

Because Liang Gang knows better than anyone else that going north to Datong is a desperate journey. Including him, Liang Gang, there is a high probability that no one in the 94th Brigade will be able to come back alive.

Zhu Jiahua firmly opposed it.

And trying to convince Liang Gang.

"You are irresponsible, you are irresponsible!"

Zhu Jiahua said anxiously and bluntly: "It is irresponsible to more than 7,000 brothers in the entire brigade!"

"You know what the result of going to Datong this time is, and you know that this is a death sentence, why do you insist on taking your brothers to Datong? Travel, why?"

Liang Gang sighed and said, "In the face of a crisis, someone must make sacrifices, right? If you don't sacrifice, I won't sacrifice, and the country will eventually perish. You and my brothers, and countless sisters will all be slaves to the country."

"I don't believe it." Zhu Jiahua said, "I don't believe it. If our 94th Brigade alone does not defend Datong, the country will be destroyed. I don't believe it. As long as we defend Datong for ten days, the party and the country will not perish. Our 94th Brigade alone may not be so important to the country and the nation. You should stop deceiving yourself."

"Am I deceiving myself? No, I am not deceiving myself." Liang Gang said solemnly.

"At present, our 94th Brigade is so important to the country and the nation, the principal said."

"The reason is also very simple, because we are at this critical point, and at present we are the only one who can influence the direction of the war."

"If we could hold on to Datong for ten days, the Wuyuan would not be lost! The Wuyuan would not be lost, Guanzhong would not be lost, Guanzhong would not be lost, Sichuan would not be lost, if Sichuan would not be lost, China would not be destroyed!"

After a pause, Liang Gang said again: "So, who else can I do this battle?"

Zhu Jiahua said miserably: "But the problem is that we can't hold on for ten days at all! We can't hold on!"

"If you don't even guard, how can you not guard it?" Liang Gang snorted coldly and said, "Man conquers nature. Only when you have firm beliefs can you have the opportunity to do it. If you don't have faith, you will definitely not be able to do it!"

"The troop! It shouldn't be us, it shouldn't be us!" Zhu Jiahua couldn't control himself anymore and cried loudly, "It was our turn to fight Songhu, it was our turn to sacrifice, guard Nanjing, it was our turn to sacrifice, fight Lanfeng, it was our turn to sacrifice, why was it still our turn to sacrifice this time to defend Datong, why couldn't it be the Sui Army? Why couldn't it be the First Army? Why! Why has it been us, the troop, it shouldn't be us!"

"Jiahua, remember, there is nothing to be right or not, only willing or not." Liang Gang said solemnly, "It is the responsibility of our soldiers to defend our country and sacrifice our lives for justice. Whoever is the turn is whoever is, there is no need to escape, nor can we escape! When we go to Datong, we can only sprinkle blood on the battlefield, and we can only announce to the world with a strong and strong bones that this time, we did not become deserters in times of crisis! This time, we fulfilled our oath and fulfilled our mission! We are worthy of the responsibility of soldiers!"
To be continued...