Anticipating the enemy's opportunity and taking precautions is what everyone who leads the troops is determined to pursue, and it is also the real way to be a general!

Although Xiao Siming is a soul traveler, although he is familiar with the history of the Anti-Japanese War, due to his appearance, he instigated the butterfly effect, and history has mutated. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoLike the movements of the Japanese army in Shouyang today, it is impossible to record it in history. Because in history, there was no such thing as the Eighth Route Army destroying the Japanese airfield in Taiyuan and attacking and occupying Shouyang County!

This is going to test Xiao Siming's command ability!

After Wang Quanyou left, Xiao Siming sat down in front of the map again, took out a cigarette and smoked it, thinking about the information about the strength of the Japanese army in North China at this time, the commander of the North China Front Army, Terauchi Shouyi, the chief of staff, Okabe Naosaburo, the deputy chief of staff, Kawabe Shozo, the commander of the First Army, the chief of staff Iida Shojiro, the commander of the Second Army, Nishio Shouzo, the chief of staff, Suzuki Shumichi, and other people kept flashing like a movie, trying to find out the real intention of the Shouyang Japanese army to suddenly move south to sweep away.

Looking at the few roads on the map, and then thinking about the overall strategic deployment and troop deployment of the North China Front, after thinking about it, I feel that this is the critical time for the Japanese First Army to concentrate its forces for pacification operations, the 20th Division, the 14th Division, the 108th Division, and the 109th Division are all pursuing, interspersing, and detouring, trying to encircle and annihilate the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army in the southern, western, and southwestern Jins, even if the Japanese army transfers the 109th Division back to Shouyang, at best, it is only the strength of one brigade. No more, it can't be.

The front of the 109th Division was the main force of the Jin Sui Army, although Yan Xishan crossed the Yellow River and ran to Qiulin, Shaanxi, and the Second Theater and Shanxi Provincial Government also withdrew across the Yellow River to Qiulin, but the main force of the Jin Sui Army was still maneuvering with the Japanese army in the mountains of western Jin. If a fighter plane is found, the generals of the Jin Sui army are not vegetarians. The little devil will never dare to withdraw all the 109th Division!

The most important thing is that there is now a tiger in the southwest of Shanxi!

The 115th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade led by the headquarters of the 685th Division, the 686th Regiment, and the Supplementary Regiment have all arrived in Xi County, which is the elite of the Eighth Route Army, and they will pounce on it to kill the devil at any time and anywhere.

According to the historical trajectory, after the 343 Brigade received the enemy, it soon launched a blockade and attack, and the little devils would not be unaware that the 343 Brigade had arrived in Xi County.

Under such circumstances, the Japanese army that reoccupied Shouyang should seize the time to replenish and adjust, quickly restore the original stronghold, consolidate the occupation of Shouyang, and quickly reinforce the western and southwestern Jinxi provinces, instead of rushing south to sweep the mountainous areas in the south of Shouyang!

The Japanese army suddenly moved south last night, which shows that the Japanese army that reoccupied Shouyang is very strong, and it is not only the 109th Division that has returned to reinforce the troops, but also a large number of troops from Pinghan Road.

With such a large number of troops, the Japanese army will sweep in the Shouyang area, trying to find the Eighth Route Army unit that attacked and occupied Shouyang and encircled and annihilated it!

Moreover, among the Japanese troops who reoccupied Shouyang, there were elite troops who dared to fight at night!

Xiao Siming touched his toes and could think that it must be the troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army who have arrived in Shouyang!

Not to mention the 109th Division, several divisions of the Japanese army in the Shanxi battlefield, which suffered heavy losses several times at the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and in addition to the fact that they were a special division formed by conscripting reserve officers and soldiers, they would definitely not have ventured into a night battle if they could not figure out the number and strength of the Eighth Route Army, which destroyed the Taiyuan Airport and attacked and occupied Shouyang.

The 108th Division, which took over from the 109th Division to serve as the defense of Yangquan, was a special division like the 109th Division, and Cao Ming'an fought a small ambush in Xiaozhuang Village at the junction of Shouyang and Pingding, Zhengtai Road, and was so frightened that he retreated back to the old street and did not dare to move, and they also did not have the courage and courage to go south overnight!

If the Japanese army had transferred the 3rd and 4th Independent Mixed Brigades that had just been formed in February from Pinghan Road to Shouyang, it would have been possible for this group of raw melons and eggs to dare to venture south at night, but the equipment of the independent mixed brigades was average, and even if they wanted to risk a night battle under the condition that the enemy situation was unknown, Lieutenant General Kazuki Kiyoji, commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, would probably not agree. After all, they had to face the Eighth Route Army troops that had killed Ishida Jinzo Daisa, destroyed Taiyuan Airport, and captured Shouyang County, and this army still had the ability to deal with tanks and armored vehicles, not to mention the strong firepower.

Kiyoji Kazuki won't let the newly formed independent mixed brigade go on a night battle!

This can be proved by the fact that the Japanese army was cowering in the Jiujie area and in Qinquan Town.

The 16th Division, and only the 16th Division, a permanent division of the Japanese army currently deployed in Gaoyi, Zhangde, Puyang, and Linqing on Pinghan Road, sent troops to Shouyang, did they have the courage and strength to dare to go south under the starry night!

The Japanese permanent divisions and regiments are all very strong in combat effectiveness, all elite and ferocious, and there are many units that dare to take risks alone and make long-distance roundabouts, but there are not many troops that are good at night battles, that is, the Second Division, which is known for its strength in night battles, the Fifth Division, which is known as the flower of the army, and the Sixth Division, which is not afraid of death, and at most the third, ninth, tenth, and sixteenth permanent divisions that are full of blood debts.

The only outlier was the 14th Division of the Japanese Army. The Battle of Lanfeng in history was because the 14th Division was alone for thousands of miles, and was seized by **** fighters and surrounded by them. It's a pity that the Japanese army had strong combat effectiveness and timely rescue, which led to the **** failing to achieve the campaign goal of total annihilation.

The main reason why the 14th Division dared to make a detour of thousands of miles at that time, in addition to being vigorously strengthened by the First Army, was because the commander of the 14th Division at this time was the bold Kenji Dohihara. That guy dares to concoct the puppet Manchukuo, there is nothing he doesn't dare to do!

When Kenji Dohihara stepped down as the commander of the division, the 14th Division would be mediocre!

The 2nd Division was in the northeast at this time, and the 16th Wing of the division would participate in the Battle of Xuzhou in the future, but it was impossible to transfer to Shouyang at this time; The Fifth Division was in Qingdao at this time, the 10th Division was planning to attack Xuzhou from Tai'an southward, the 6th, 9th, and 3rd Divisions were all subordinate to the Central China Dispatch Army at this time, and the 14th Division was attacking along the north bank of the Yellow River from east to west, in an attempt to cut off the retreat route of the Nationalist Army in southern and southwestern Shanxi to the south bank of the Yellow River.

Only the 16th Division, which was temporarily assigned to the First Army, would be transferred to Shouyang by the First Army of the Japanese Army as the main force to participate in the battle to recapture Shouyang.

Thinking that the enemy in front of him was the troops of the 16th Division who had committed a lot of blood debts in the Nanjing Massacre, Xiao Siming's body ignited a raging battle intent when he climbed up and down, and his eyes instantly became extremely fierce!

This Beast Sixteenth Division, from the division commander to the groom, everyone deserves to die!

This is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

When recuperating in the back mountain of the Tibetan Mountain Ancestral Hall, every time I thought of the Japanese army capturing Taiyuan and Nanjing, creating the Nanjing Massacre that shocked China and foreign countries, and I was seriously injured, and my soul crossed into a red ghost Xiao Siming, who couldn't go to the Nanjing battlefield to slaughter devils, Xiao Siming's heart hurt, and he felt that he had crossed his soul once!

Well, now the 16th Division of the Beast Army, which launched a killing contest on the way to capture Nanjing, and then carried out a brutal massacre of the city after entering the city, has arrived in front of them, and the opportunity to settle accounts has arrived!

If you don't beat the 16th Division and let them have corpses all over the field, then it won't be Xiao Siming who has crossed the soul!

Historically, the 16th Division participated in the 9th Route Siege of the 8th Route Army's base area southeast of Jin in April. Of the 9th Route Japanese Army, the 16th Division occupied 4th Route. However, shortly after the campaign began, due to the disastrous defeat of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army in the Battle of Taierzhuang, the 16th Division was urgently transferred to the command of the Japanese Second Army on April 12, evacuated from the southeast battlefield of Shanxi, moved to the Shandong battlefield, and joined the battlefield of the Battle of Xuzhou. Otherwise, with the strong combat effectiveness of the 16th Division, the anti-Ninth Route Siege campaign in the southeast of Shanxi will definitely be fought harder!

After the 16th Division participated in the Battle of Xuzhou, it participated in the Battle of Wuhan. He was then transferred back to Japan in July 1939 and then went to the Pacific Theater, where he was killed in the Battle of Leyte under the fierce artillery fire of the United States.

The task of the eastward advance brigade is to advance to the east of Jinpu Road, Xiao Siming originally thought that when he reached the east of Jinpu Road, he could exert his strength and make a fuss on Jinpu Road, and cooperate with and respond to the battle of Xuzhou. I didn't expect to capture a Shouyang City, and I actually fished out the 16th Division!

If you want to beat the 16th Division, you must seize it, and you must not miss the opportunity. Otherwise, Xiao Siming led his team east to the east of Jinpu Road, and he would definitely miss out on the 16th Division that was transferred from the southeast battlefield of Jin to the battlefield of the Battle of Xuzhou, and it would be difficult to find this beast army to settle accounts in the future!

Xiao Siming took out another cigarette, lit it and smoked it, staring at the map silently.

After watching it for a while, Xiao Siming understood that the troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army transferred to Shouyang were not going to carry out a sweep in the south of Shouyang, their target was Heshun County!

The county seat of Xiyang had already fallen during the Battle of Taiyuan in October last year, and the Japanese army stationed a garrison in the county seat of Xiyang. The county seat of Heshun is still under the control of our army. If the Japanese army wants to open up the Pingliao Highway, it must capture Heshun County!

During the Battle of Taiyuan, after the Japanese army captured Xiyang, it once went south along the Pingliao Highway to attack Heshun. At that time, the headquarters of the 129th Division was stationed in Heshun City. Division Commander Liu Bocheng ordered the cavalry battalion of the 129th Division to choose a location north of Heshun County to block the Japanese army and cover the transfer of the division headquarters and the main force. Three platoons of the cavalry battalion were deployed, an ambush position was preset, more than 100 Japanese soldiers were killed, and they calmly retreated. At that time, the Japanese army attacked and left on their own.

At this time, Heshun City was still under the control of our army.

This should not have happened at this time, it should have been when the Japanese army was besieging the southeast of Jin Province on the ninth road, and the Japanese army captured Heshun and Liaoxian counties successively in order to open up the Pingliao Highway. But the time was very short, and with the victory of the anti-Ninth Road siege, our army recovered Liaoxian and Binh Thuan.

The fall of Heshun County and Liaoxian County again is a matter of the future.

At this time, the troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army arrived in Shouyang City, and the First Army had a real ace division in its hands, so it started to dream of opening up the Pingliao Highway.

Pingliao Highway starts from Yangquan in Pingding County on Zhengtai Road in the north and reaches Liao County in the south.

Once the Japanese army opened the entire Pingliao Highway, it could divide the Taihang base area and establish contact with the Japanese 108th Division, which started from Handan and advanced westward along the Handan Highway to capture Changzhi and Linfen.

To open up the Pingliao Highway, Heshun County is a key point that the Japanese army must occupy!

A wicked smile hung on the corner of Xiao Siming's mouth! (To be continued.) )