In Pingyao City, the headquarters of the 157th Division of the Island Army.

The Jin Sui Army besieged the city on three sides, and the outside of the city had become a pot of porridge, but Uehara Hideyoshi, the commander of the 157th Division of the Island Army, was playing Go with Major General Shimada Naofumi, the chief of staff.

Shimada Shangfumi was obviously not in the mood, his forehead was full of fine beads of sweat, and he hesitated in his hand and always looked out of the door.

Outside is the busy headquarters, staff officers and generals shuttle through it, and the radio and telephone ring non-stop, but they are busy but not chaotic.

"Shimada-kun, it's your turn." Hideyoshi Uehara banged on the table.

"Oh......" Shimada Naofumi was startled, withdrew his gaze from the door, hurriedly glanced at the chessboard, and dropped a shot casually.

"Hehe, you're a stinky chess game, as long as I fall here, you big dragon won't be able to live?" Hideyoshi Uehara reminded.

Shimada Shangwen didn't even take a second look at the chessboard, and casually messed up the chess pieces in the chessboard, and said worriedly: "Uehara-kun, I always feel that something is wrong, we have not fought with the 1O2 Division and the 1O3 Division of the Jin Sui Army once or twice, when have you ever seen them have such a big momentum, and as soon as they come up, they will besiege the city on three sides and fight a positional battle with us?" ”

"Huh!" Uehara Hideyoshi threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess box and said with a smile: "They have the confidence to attack in a big way this time, plus Jiang Haoran has already arrived in Shanxi to supervise the battle, they can't think of anything, don't you see that the front of Huo County has started to charge in groups?" Therefore, they also have to make the scene lively, so that they can also hand it over. The two division commanders Zhang and Yang have fought against us many times, and the tactical level is like that? Putting on a posture and attacking us is also in line with their style, the regular army, there must always be a regular army, they like this set. ”

Shimada Shangfumi picked his head, looking helpless, and seemed to be unable to find anything to refute.

At this time, a Zhongzuo staff officer came in to report that the Jin Sui army in the east suddenly began earthwork, a large number of sappers dug tunnels, and advanced in parallel with four tunnels, raising dust to cover the sky and the sun, and machine guns and artillery fire were helpless against them.

"It's getting more and more interesting." Uehara Hideyoshi immediately smiled and said, "Tell Captain Ishimoto to be careful about it." ”

"Hay!" Staff Officer Nakasa turned and left.

Shimada Shangfumi hurriedly said: "Uehara-kun, in my opinion, it is better to send a brigade from the south to support, in case their main attack direction is the east, it will be too late to rescue." ”

"No, don't try to fool me with this little trick, their main direction of attack must be south, and they can't fall for their plan to divert the tiger from the mountain."

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An hour later, the staff officer of Zhongzuo just now walked in again, and the east side of the Shiben Wing reported that the Jin Sui army suddenly increased its offensive intensity, and the firepower increased greatly, and the imperial alliance army of the first line of defense reported that they were almost unable to hold it.

Uehara Hideyoshi subconsciously glanced out the window as night fell, and said, "Order Captain Ishimoto to go to the front line to check and report again!" ”

By this time, the expression on Uehara Hideyoshi's face was not so relaxed, and although it was still a little incredulous, his confidence seemed to have been shaken a little.

Jiang Haoran's propaganda offensive was too powerful for the Imperial Allied Army to be trusted, and in order to prevent the island army from rebelling, the cunning Uehara Hideyoshi arranged them on the first line of defense, and once they retreated or had the intention of surrendering, the island soldiers in the rear would not hesitate to point their machine guns at them.

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At the same time, at the headquarters of the Jin Sui Army in the south, Su Canwu waved his hand and said: "Order the whole regiment in the east to make a charge, and increase the firecrackers in the rear to make the momentum more lively." ”

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Ten minutes later, in the headquarters of the island army, the staff officer of Zhongzuo urgently reported that the captain of the Ishimoto Wing had just received an urgent telegram from the first line of defense, and the Jin Sui army had started a regimental charge, but the support firepower in the rear was still huge, and it was initially estimated that the strength of the Jin Sui army in the east had reached the division level.

At this moment, Hideyoshi Uehara couldn't sit still anymore, pacing back and forth in the room, and fine beads of sweat could be seen on his forehead, shining under the light.

"Uehara-kun, give the order, the attack on the southwest side is still not slow, it is obviously the delaying tactics of the Jin Sui army, their main direction of attack is the east, and if we don't transfer troops to help, I'm afraid it will be too late." Chief of Staff Shimada Naofi said urgently.

The most fearful thing about using troops on the battlefield is to mistake the opponent's main direction of attack, and when the forces are equal, breaking through on one side and breaking through on all sides, the serious consequences brought about are often irreversible.

Therefore, Uehara Hideyoshi did not dare to make this decision easily, one wrong step was lost, and it was indeed a test of a commander's tactical literacy to overturn the original plan and redeploy.

Uehara Hideyoshi was still decisive in the attack, and after only a few minutes of hesitation, he ordered his troops to adjust their plans and draw one wing from the defensive forces of the two wings in the south to rush to the east.

It was not that Uehara Hideyoshi had a poor tactical level when he made this decision, but that he was too familiar with the tactics of the Jin Sui army, they regarded themselves as regular troops, and they paid attention to the rules of war, and everything was according to the art of war.

The south is heavily guarded by the locust army, which is obviously not easy to attack, although the east is open, but the victory is in the small number of troops, and it is also suitable for large-scale attacks at night, thinking about it this way, Uehara Hideyoshi finally changed the original plan, he lost because he did not expect that the Jin Sui army in front of him had changed the commander, replaced by a Su Canwu who did not pay attention to any rules and forms, and only sought to break the enemy, and this was the essence of Jiang Haoran's tactics.

South of Pingyao, the headquarters of the Jin Sui Army.

Zhang Keyou said: "Deputy commander, now that the enemy has transferred troops to the east, I think it is okay to attack." ”

The Jin Sui army was in a high position, and it was not difficult to move the enemy's troops, although it was already ten years of the night, but without the torches, it was difficult for the enemy to move quickly.

This will see with his own eyes that the island army has really been transferred to the east, but the two division commanders Zhang and Yang are so impressed that they are much more respectful.

Su Canwu said with a smile: "Don't worry, at the moment they have been gone for less than an hour, there is still room for reinforcements, we have to defeat them in one fell swoop, so that they are hopeless, therefore, the attack time should be an hour later, once the battle starts, you must defeat the enemy in front within two hours." ”

Yang Yinglin stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, hand it over to our 1o3 division, and guarantee that the battle will end within an hour." ”

Su Canwu nodded and said, "Yes, this is also the result I expected, as long as the two assault operations are used well, it shouldn't be a problem." ”

At this moment, a soldier came in to report that the front had just arrested a puppet army second lieutenant officer, and asked him that he would not say anything, only that he would meet the supreme commander of the Jin Sui Army.