The next day, Wang Lung ordered the troops to quickly capture all the towns in Yulin, in fact, Wang Lung was redundant, after Wang Lung killed Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander stationed in North China Terauchi Shouichi knew that if the rest of the soldiers of the Tenth Division were staying in some towns in Yulin, it would undoubtedly be full of dumplings for the Eighth Route Army, so after Terauchi Shouichi received the news of the fall of Yulin, he immediately asked all the brigades stationed in several other towns in Yulin to evacuate and retreat to Datong to do rest. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And when the news of Wang Lung's victory reached the ears of Yan Laoxi in the second war zone, it was undoubtedly thunder on the ground, and it was loud and loud.

The Yan family's mansion, Yan Xishan's study.

Sitting at the square table, Yan Laoxi didn't say a word, thinking about the telegram sent by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. The commander of the 88th Division and the 10th Division fought a major battle, with the strength of one division, feinted to attack Lüliang, forcing the 10th Division and the Japanese puppet army stationed in Datong to send reinforcements, and in the direction of Datong, they ambushed with heavy troops to block the attack of the Japanese puppet army, so they had to force the 10th Division stationed in Yulin to send reinforcements, and Wang Lung rushed to Yulin, successfully captured the city and killed dozens of generals under Yoshio Shinozuka, and the results were brilliant.

However, our Chief Yan thought this matter was incredible, mainly because it was too amazing, so the first thing he did was to send someone to contact the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to confirm the results!

Just as Yan Laoxi was pondering, he was suddenly awakened by a light footsteps, and when he looked up, he saw that Fu Zuoyi walked in happily with a few pieces of paper in his hand. Seeing Yisheng's happy appearance, Yan Dashuai, Chief Yan, immediately asked with great interest: "Yisheng, is there any news from the Eighth Route Army?" ”

Fu Zuoyi (June 27, 1895-April 19, 1974), known as Yisheng, was a native of Ronghe, Shanxi Province (now Anchang Village, Sunji Town, Linyi County, Shanxi Province), graduated from the Fifth Infantry Department of the Baoding Army Military Academy, and was a senior general of the National Revolutionary Army.

He successively participated in the Xinhai Revolution, the Northern Expedition, the Central Plains War, the Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War, and the Battle of Bailingmiao. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army. During the War of Liberation, he served as the commander of the "Suppression Chief" in North China. In January 1949, he contributed to the peaceful liberation of Beijing.

Fu Zuoyi is mainly responsible for some of Yan Xishan's military work and staff officers, so he is very trusted by Yan Xishan.

At this time, Fu Zuoyi smiled and didn't answer, just walked to the opposite side of the desk and sat down, and said happily: "Director, this is a telegram just sent by Commander-in-Chief Zhu of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"How?" Yan Xishan immediately asked.

"It's all true, the body of that lieutenant general is on the way to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander of the 88th Division is still in Yulin City." Fu Zuoyi smiled.

"Really, is it a telegram from Commander-in-Chief Zhu himself?" Yan Xishan stood up abruptly and asked loudly.

"Of course it's true." Fu Zuoyi said and handed a few pieces of telegram to Yan Xishan, and said with a smile, "Although the Eighth Route Army and we are not all the way, Commander-in-Chief Zhu can still be trusted. Besides, such a big thing can't be fooled by just one mouth, and the Eighth Route Army will not take this risk at all. ”

Yan Xishan read the telegram as quickly as possible, and immediately said with emotion: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, this 88th Division is really a strong force, and there are surprises one after another." Just annihilated an infantry wing of the devil, killed a great Zuo with great achievements, turned over and turned over the devil a lieutenant general commander, and also laid down a provincial city, long face! ”

"Director, it's just a lieutenant general, aren't we just a division commander here, as for how happy?" Fu Zuoyi smiled and asked in a low voice.

"Yisheng, you don't know this, the generals on the Japanese side have much more weight than on our side. Although this Yoshio Shinozuka is only a lieutenant general, he is indeed the commander of a division, which is equivalent to the commander of the theater on our side, and you say that our small division commander killed the theater commander of the Japanese devils, can you say I can't be happy? Yan Laoxi said with a smile.

"By the way, Director, on the way I came, I said that this Wang Long, who killed the devil's lieutenant general, was promoted to lieutenant general and division commander last time because he completely annihilated an infantry wing of the Japanese army, and the little devil's infantry wing is equivalent to one of our regiments, and it is just a regiment of the enemy, as for such a heavy reward?" Fu Zuoyi asked again.

"Yisheng, the establishment of China and Japan is different, and one of our divisions is at most equivalent to a reinforced brigade. Although the wing of the little devils is only equivalent to our regiment in terms of rank, it has more than 3,800 people, which is not much different from one of our brigades. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Xishan said with emotion: "The little devil is powerful, since the start of the war, there have been big battlefields in the north and south, not to mention the north, the north to the Suixi League, the south to Qilu, there are wars everywhere, and millions of people are fighting in the northern region. There are also nearly one million troops fighting in the Songhu Theater in the south, but since the beginning of the war, only how many divisions of our army have been annihilated and how many armies have been defeated, but not a single unit above the level of a Japanese brigade has been completely annihilated. ”

"Didn't the Eighth Route Army wipe out a Japanese brigade at that Pingxingguan in our Shanxi?" Fu Zuoyi said again.

"That's different, the Pingxingguan of the Eighth Route Army just defeated a transport brigade, and there are less than a thousand people when it is full. Moreover, this transport brigade is not the same as the field brigade, and it cannot be compared with Wang Long's record at all! Yan Xishan said.

It is no wonder that Yan Laoxi is so emotional, the performance of the Chinese army since the start of the war is really blushing, although there are many heroes of the Anti-Japanese War, but the overall performance can only be described as unsatisfactory, not to mention the total annihilation of the Japanese army's infantry wing, even a complete infantry squadron has rarely been annihilated.

"Alas, it's a pity, this battle was not fought by me Yan Xishan." Yan Xishan was full of emotion in his heart.

The Jin Sui army was worse than the Central Army under the command of the old Jiang, and it was far worse than the Japanese army.

"Yisheng, send someone to comfort the 88th Division. The commendation order of the Theater Commander's Department was conveyed: In the name of the theater, the whole army will be commended, and the establishment of the 88th Division will be directly upgraded to a reinforced division, and a number of weapons and equipment of the 88th Division and 20,000 yuan will be allocated to Dayang. ”

"Director, why is that?" Fu Zuoyi was very puzzled.

In fact, Yan Xishan has three purposes, one is that he must set an example. He wants to make it clear to everyone in the Jin Sui military system that I, Yan Xishan, am not a person who picks the door, as long as you can fight a war and win a big battle, then it is needless to say that you will be promoted and make a fortune, and there is no problem in upgrading and expanding the army, I can be willing to give such a reward to the Eighth Route Army, not to mention if you change it, it is nothing more than a thousand dollars to buy horse bones.

The second is to verify the results of the 88th Division, as well as the strength of the 88th Division.

The third is to win over the 88th Division, Yan Xishan knows that the 88th Division is not so easy to win over, but Yan Xishan still has a trace of illusions.