Jiang Haoran is like watching a fire, he can talk with a smile, Tagore and Shi Nai'an are no strangers to modern college students, who have not learned three or five paragraphs in the classroom, and interpret history books with the thinking and viewpoint of several generations, anyone can easily come to it, and it almost didn't take much to say, Jiang Haoran bluffed a room of people into a daze. Bayi Chinese Network? (viii).

Cheng Siguang also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he believed that there was no other communication between Jiang Haoran and Yan Laoxi, Jiang Haoran's views were indeed avant-garde and new, so that he, who had played with a pen all his life, was also amazed, even he didn't know that Jiang Haoran still had this kind of talent, and Yan Laoxi was even more unlikely to know, so there was no counterpart. Therefore, he concluded that Yan Laoxi was not lying, and this was what they had just talked about.

He didn't go out for a long time, and Su Canwu chased him out to arouse his suspicions, so he turned back immediately, but fortunately nothing went wrong.

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In the evening, at Taiyuan Railway Station, the platform was full of heavily armed island soldiers, a well-guarded scene, and a train sounded its flute and slowly stopped on the platform.

The door of the middle section of the train opened, and a lieutenant general of the island army with a beard, who was not tall, short, fat or thin, strode out.

This person was the lieutenant general of the 42nd Army of the Island Army, Nagashijima Mitsuru, who was born in Tokyo and graduated from the 6th Army Non-commissioned Officer School of the Island Country with the third place in 19o8 and the 6th Army University of the Island Country in 1916. In 1937, he was promoted to the commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade and Major General of the 6th Jin Army, and in the same year led his troops to participate in the 6th Battle of Hangzhou Bay, and since then he has set foot on Chinese territory and began a four-year war of aggression, fighting Shanghai and Nanjing, participating in the Nanjing Massacre, the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan, and he has participated in almost all large-scale wars of aggression, and his hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese.

Shanxi had already been overwhelmed by a large number of troops, and the entire war situation forced the island army to shrink in an all-round way, and the headquarters was withdrawn to the relatively safe city of Taiyuan.

Ushijima barely stopped at the train station, getting into a car surrounded by guards, and soon disappeared into the streets.

The train at the railway station sounded its flute again, and then the train moved along the direction of Yangquan on the Zhengtai Railway, and more than a dozen carriages gradually faded into the distance, disappearing into the twilight that had come.

The train was carrying the 16O Wing of the 24th Division of the Island Army, and the Eighth Route Army suddenly had frequent activities in the Yangquan area, and the intention of attacking Niangziguan to sabotage the Zhengtai Railway was obvious.

The 16th Wing was only one of them, and the 161st and 162nd Wings were running wildly on the Pinghan Railway at this time, intending to divide the troops into two front and rear to flank and annihilate the invading enemy.

When night falls, the orange street lights are lit, because the big war is coming, the city of Taiyuan has begun to be banned, the streets are not visible ordinary people and idle people, etc., everywhere are busy transport vehicles and teams of running island soldiers.

In the northern section of Bingzhou Road, several rows of island-style buildings are lined up, and the security is particularly strict, and a two-story building in the center is even brightly lit, and the headquarters of the 42nd Army of the Island Army is built here.

Although Ushijima had only arrived in Taiyuan, this was originally the base camp of the 42nd Army, and everything quickly entered the state, the radio and telephone rang non-stop, and the staff officers and generals hurriedly shuttled through it, busy but not chaotic.

A staff officer of Zhongsa hurriedly came in after receiving the telegram: "Report, the Niangzi Guamanda Brigade came with an urgent telegram, and the Tsuchihachi Road suddenly launched a fierce attack on them, not only the artillery fire is strong, but also the troops are numerous, and the Shimada Brigade requests urgent support." ”

Ushijima retracted his gaze from the sand table, took the telegram in the staff officer's hand, and immediately frowned, and said coldly: "Where did the powerful artillery fire come from?" Is it clear that Shuichi Shimada lied about the military situation? ”

The chief of staff on the side, General Masataka Kazuki, said quietly: "Ushijima-kun, it may not be impossible, Jiang Haoran has personally gone to Shanxi to supervise the battle now, and it is completely possible to airdrop it to Tubalu." ”

Ushijima nodded, as if agreeing with his statement, and then ordered the staff officer to call back, reinforcements were already on the way, and it was expected to arrive at Niangzi Pass before ten o'clock, and ordered the Shimada brigade to hold Niangzi Pass at all costs.

Although the Niangzi Pass was attacked, it means that the Zhengtai Railway has been paralyzed, but Niu Daoman is not worried, Niangzi Pass is a natural danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the reinforcements arrive on time, the front and back flanks, it will soon be able to reopen, and then the 161 and 162 Wings will get off the train from the Gaoyi vicinity of the Pinghan Railway, and go straight to the flank of the Eighth Route Army, and will soon be able to drive the Eighth Route Army back to the Taihang Mountain.

It's a pity that his wishful thinking didn't start, and after a while, Staff Officer Zhongzuo came in again, bringing two very bad news, the 16O Wing on Zhengtai Road was forced to stop as soon as it came out of Yuci, the railway was pickpocketed, and it was attacked by a large number of Eighth Route Army, and it may be difficult to continue to move forward in a short time.

The 161st and 162nd Wings on the Pinghan Railway were even worse, the train had not yet arrived at Xingtai, and the city in front of it had already been lost, and the Eighth Route Army had already cut off the Pinghan Railway.

Although Ushijima looked gloomy, he didn't seem to be flustered, and calmly ordered the 24th Division to move closer to Zhengtai Road with all his might, and at the same time dispatched garrisons from nearby counties to reinforce it, all to ensure that Zhengtai Road was unblocked.

At about nine o'clock that night, the defenders of the Shanxi rear line of the island army sent an urgent telegram one after another, and began a large-scale attack, Yonghe, Huozhou, Anze, Jincheng, Jiaozuo, and Xinxiang opened fire on all fronts, and the attack was extremely fierce, and the battle entered a white-hot battle at the beginning.

From the current situation, Shanxi's island army has completely fallen into the encirclement of the first, the middle section of Zhengtai Road has been paralyzed, Pinghan Road stops in Xingtai, and Tongpu Road is no longer out of Taiyuan City, because Xinkou was abandoned by them from the beginning, from Taiyuan to Datong and then to Zhangjiakou, the battle line is too long, they are not willing to waste too many troops here, at the same time, in the eyes of the island army, as long as Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang are in their hands, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to set off any storms in the rear, calm down the current predicament, and they can turn back to clean them up in minutes.

The current tactics of the 42nd Army of the Island Army are to revolve around Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang, so the smooth operation of the Zhengtai Railway is the key to them.

Although the island army is shrinking with all its might, they will not give up Taiyuan, as soon as Shanxi has the coal and iron ore they urgently need, Taiyuan is in hand, they still control half of Shanxi. Second, this is also a barrier related to the safety of Pingjin. Once Taiyuan was lost, ** advanced along the Tongpu Railway, to Datong and then Zhangjiakou, it had already gone around to the rear of Beiping.

What is strange is that the situation has been so bad, but Ushijima is still calm, there is no trace of panic in the headquarters, and one by one the orders are calmly sent to the front-line departments through the radio waves.