On Li Ziyuan's side, the battlefield had not yet been cleaned, and the commander of the corps dragged his long-awaited body and rushed to the battlefield where Li Ziyuan was. Looking at the battlefield after the fierce battle, and listening to Li Ziyuan's report on the entire battle, Rao is a battle-hardened veteran commander, and the famous Red Army general couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Although Li Ziyuan's report on the battle situation has not been interrupted throughout the battle, the column to which he belongs has also been reporting to the corps. The deputy commander of the corps, who personally sat in Li Ziyuan's column, never lost his telephone contact with the corps headquarters. But listening to the report and rushing to the battlefield in person, the feeling is completely different.

After listening to Li Ziyuan's report, this Red Army has fought countless battles during the Red Army period, defeating the strong with the weak, and winning wonderful battles. In the Shanxi battlefield, the weak defeated the strong, armed with a group of poorly equipped places, and brutally solved the hundreds of thousands of horses of the Jin Sui Army, the commander-in-chief of Qian Hong's Fourth Front Army, the deputy commander of the 129th Division, shook his head and said: "You, you are always bold." ”

"Your sword style of playing is a bit too extreme, and I don't dare to make this decision easily. With three incomplete regiments, to resist a half-American mechanized fully equipped division, a whole half day and a night of attack, you kid is not an ordinary fat. The combat effectiveness of these youth armies is not comparable to that of the Jin Sui army. ”

"In the Luoyang Campaign in March this year, in order to occupy Luoyang and eliminate the 206th Division of the Youth Army in the city, four columns of the Central Plains and East China Field Army were concentrated, plus a section of the Taiyue Military Region was captured. Of course, the situation is different, and you don't have to worry about enemy reinforcements from other directions except Taiyuan City. ”

"Compared with the first batch of 206th Divisions, after the reorganization of the troops, the strength of this 214th Division is only more than 10,000 people. Moreover, although the number of artillery of the Jin Sui Army is large, it still seems to be half-hearted in terms of coordination. But despite the differences, they are all the same. ”

"At that time, except for the surrounding troops to cooperate with you in the feint attack on Taiyuan City, you kid never opened his mouth to ask for a single soldier. It can be said that the entire corps department is pinching a cold sweat for you. You're so vital there, if you lose it or if anything goes wrong, the entire defense line will be driven deep into a wedge by the enemy. ”

"And the follow-up chain reaction that may be triggered may even affect the great changes in the entire Dongshan war situation. The few in Taiyuan City, although the military level is not high. But the basic military literacy is still quite solid. Especially that Sun Chu, his judgment and analysis of the battle situation are still quite level. ”

"As long as you are opened here, most of the more than 100,000 people and horses of the Jin Sui army in the city will all be pressed over. There is also the 30th Army that was airlifted, and between this division of the Youth Army, there is still some incense. So, from the beginning of your life to the end, we are sweating for you. ”

Regarding this old handsome's evaluation, Li Ziyuan shook his head and said: "Chief, this battle is a bit risky, and it is indeed a bit risky. But in terms of the overall situation, the danger is not very great. First, our general reserve was a fully equipped regiment, and after the battle began, I replenished this regiment with more than 1,000 liberation fighters. ”

"This regiment was put in the position of attacking and defending twice. My basic tactical idea is one, that is, the peripheral positions can be abandoned, but as long as the temple positions are not lost, nothing is a problem. As long as we hold the temple tower, my reserve team will become a Dinghai Divine Needle that counterattacks on all fronts. ”

"If the temple is lost, then this army will recapture it in the shortest possible time. Moreover, my artillery position, the firing range not only covered the enemy, but also made the temple tower a key target. I was under the temple tower, and there was a secret tunnel, which was also full*. Once the temple is lost, I can take it back as soon as possible. ”

"Second, I still have confidence in my own troops. We suffered heavy casualties, but as an enemy on one side of the attack, the casualties will not be as light as they are. And my troops, as long as there is still a single soldier, will resist to the end. The soldiers I brought out didn't have any self-confidence, so what soldiers did I bring? ”

"So I used the three missing regiments to wear down their strength and morale at the front. As long as its forces are consumed to a certain extent, when the casualties are too large, and when the morale of the long-term battle begins to decline, it will be the time for me to counterattack on all fronts, and it will be the time for us to make a final decision. ”

"The third is to understand the current mentality of the enemy in the city. As long as the temple is still in our hands, as long as there is even one of us in the cow and camel village, they will never come out. If the city were full of troops from the Central Army, even if there were only two armies, I wouldn't dare to take this risk. ”

"But now the hundreds of thousands of troops in the city, except for one that was disabled by us in the previous battle for Dongshan, the miscellaneous army of the 30th Army in the Central Army, are all troops of the Jin Sui Army. Among them, in addition to the people over there, the inherent friendly army is in difficulty, and the habit of not moving like a mountain, the king of Shanxi is really afraid of us. ”

"Shangdang, Fenxiao, Yuncheng, Linfen, and then to the recent Jinzhong Campaign, as well as the Taiyuan Campaign that we are currently underway, didn't we win more with less, and destroy the enemy army with superior strength and firepower with inferior troops and equipment? He is now trapped in a lonely city, and Taiyuan is his starting and fundamental place. ”

"At present, unlike the period of the Anti-Japanese War, now the whole of Shanxi, except for Taiyuan and Datong, is under our control. Once Taiyuan is lost, his financial resources and arsenal will no longer have a foothold in the whole of Shanxi. Every regiment in the city now is extremely precious to him. ”

"Taiyuan City can't represent the whole of Shanxi, and there is no way to provide him with an endless stream of soldiers. Now that he has consumed one regiment, he will have one less regiment of troops defending the city. With only one division, his strength in defending the city will be several thousand less. Unless he really didn't want Taiyuan City, so he didn't dare to attack with all his strength at all. ”

"Otherwise, he has hundreds of thousands of well-equipped troops, and there is an endless supply of weapons and ammunition from the arsenal, where can we be trapped in Taiyuan City by tens of thousands of horses? If they were out of the fortifications and could really fight with us, his Jin Sui army would not be at the point where it is now. ”

"Agitating the Central Army to seize Dongshan not only weakened his other opponent, solved the hidden dangers in the city, but also recaptured the important points of the city's defense. The most important thing is that the strength of his garrison in the city has not been lost. Failure to recapture Dongshan will not make the situation worse for him. ”

He didn't dare to take any risks and take out the money he had in the end. So apart from me, all else will be a bluff. And this kind of battle, we fought more than once during the Anti-Japanese War. The combat effectiveness of these central armies is indeed very strong, and the individual firepower is not comparable to that of the Japanese army in those years. ”

"But the military quality of the commander, as well as the soldier's ability to use tactics, including the soldier's tactical will, are far inferior to the Japanese army. At that time, I was able to hold my position under the superior strength of the Japanese puppet army and firepower with the strength of a regiment in the same situation, and hold on to the counteroffensive of the main force. ”

"Today, I have a brigade of troops in my hands, am I not as good as I was back then? What's more, this division of the Central Army, the surrounding brother troops, is neither their real friendly Central Army lineage, nor the Japanese army back then. But they were already scared by us, and gave them a hundred Jin Sui troops who didn't dare to go out of the city easily. ”

"A wolf is not afraid to charge in front, and in battle there is always someone to take the lead. But what he fears most is not anything else, but that he has a group of teammates who are like pigs. Behind this division of the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army, which we have already been afraid of, can be said to be a group of pig teammates. ”

"You can't expect anything but artillery support. In other words, this division has more than 100,000 reinforcements behind it. The facts have also proved this, our side is almost settled in the battle, and the city over there has only sent two divisions of reinforcements. As a result, the price of gains and losses is that you want to keep everything, but you can't save anything. ”

"It is through the analysis of the enemy in the city, the analysis of the entire situation of the enemy and us. That's why I made up my mind to take a steady counterattack. Use front-line troops to deplete the enemy's living forces and reduce their morale. Then throw in my reserves and get rid of this division once and for all. So that the enemy easily did not dare to send any reinforcements to Taiyuan City. ”

"Chief, our brigade, including our entire corps, has been fighting on the Shanxi battlefield. What we are faced with is that the equipment is inferior to that of the Central Army, and the quality and individual firepower are inferior. Whether it is the overall quality of the army, or the Jin Sui army, which is far behind in willpower. There is almost no experience with the Central Army, especially the Central Army of the United States. ”

"The combat effectiveness of the Central Army over there is indeed not comparable to that of the Jin Sui Army. On the battlefield, whether it is the ability of middle and lower-level officers, or the military quality of soldiers, including firepower and fortification construction, far surpasses the Jin Sui army. After the Shanxi battlefield is resolved, our corps is bound to be transferred out of the Shanxi battlefield. ”

"When the time comes, it's not just a ragtag army that you'll be facing. So, although the cost of this battle is very high, it is still worth it overall. Not only did it defeat a division of the enemy, but Nanjing did not dare to easily send reinforcements here. They have also gained combat experience with the US ordnance units of the Central Army, and have made certain preparations for future changes. ”

"This battle, I do have some gambling nature here. But this time, we won the bet. As for the result, this is the situation now, we have crushed a division of the Central Army. With the brother troops, the company completely annihilated the two divisions of the Jin Sui army out of the city. ”

When Li Ziyuan said this, he not only said his mentality of determination at that time. He also explained why he made such a determination, and the reason was explained quite thoroughly. And from the situation of the entire battlefield, a thorough analysis was made. And in the tone, there is a faint arrogance that refuses to admit defeat.

In his analysis, the military and political chiefs of the four columns who came with the commanders of the corps, as well as the commanders and political commissars of the Jinzhong and Luliang Military Regions, all nodded their heads constantly. The other brigade commanders and political commissars, after hearing Li Ziyuan's analysis, suddenly realized that this guy was not hot-headed.

This guy's battle is not without purpose, but with full consideration. The reason why he dared to adopt this tactic so boldly was after careful scrutiny and analysis. On weekdays, I look at every right line of this guy giggling, and it turns out that his mind is so meticulous.