[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 557: Yan Laoxi's thoughts (ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

Yichuan County. Qiulin Town. Department of the Second World War Zone Governor. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After the telegram of the Eighteenth Army was sent to Qiulin Town, Yan Xishan immediately summoned all the senior officers of the Second World War Zone to hold a military meeting.

"Chief Yan has arrived!"

Hearing the news from the guards outside, all the officers in the conference room sat upright, waiting for Yan Xishan to come in.

Compared with a few months ago, Yan Laohan seems to be much older, and it is indeed difficult enough for this old man, the Japanese are insatiable, and after occupying Xinkou, they robbed his old nest Taiyuan. And the Eighth Route Army snatched Suiyuan and Northern Jin from the Japanese, and Yan Laohan originally counted on the Eighth Route Army to return Suiyuan to him in the love of friendly troops, and no matter how bad it was, he had to give Datong to him.

But to Yan Laohan's disappointment, whether it was secretly hinted at or explicitly wanted, the Eighth Route Army just didn't answer, and it didn't move when it occupied the territory. And what made Yan Laohan most depressed was Lao Jiang's attitude, before Lao Jiang was eager to seize the military power in Yan'an, and disband or take the troops in Mao's hands for himself.

But now Lao Jiang seems to have forgotten the previous unhappiness, and instead of falling out with Yan'an, the relationship between the two sides seems to have entered a honeymoon period all of a sudden. Good guy, no matter how the old man asks for instructions, Lao Jiang just doesn't help him, and even simply makes a deal with Yan'an, but the old man is angry.

Therefore, after a few months, the old man has lost weight and is old. Originally, he didn't have much hope for the nominal friendly army of the Eighth Route Army, and even had the intention to send troops to teach this Huazi army a lesson, but since Yang Aiyuan went to the Suicha Military Region, the old man's mood became even more depressed. According to Yang Aiyuan's report, the combat effectiveness of Ma Zheng's division far exceeded that of his Jinsui army, and even the elite of the Japanese army may not be able to compare, and the 26th Division of the Japanese Army in the Datong War was defeated and defeated, and its strength can be seen.

Therefore, Yang Laohan does not expect the Eighth Route Army to return the occupied territory to him now, he only hopes that the Eighth Route Army will not continue to expand, otherwise Shanxi is still the Shanxi of Shanxi people? Or to put it more bluntly, is this Shanxi still the Shanxi of his Yan Xishan?

However, just yesterday things seemed to have taken a turn for the better, and the headquarters of the 18th Group Army suddenly sent a telegram, saying that the Eighth Route Army was preparing to attack the entire Shanxi First Army, hoping that the theater commander's department would approve it and send reinforcements.

He knew about the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese in Shanxi, after all, Lao Jiang had already telegraphed him the details and asked him to send troops to assist, so during this time, the main force in the Second World War Zone was constantly harassing the Japanese army and cooperating with the Eighth Route Army.

But cooperation is cooperation, and side support is not the same as frontal combat, so Yan Laoxi didn't care too much.

But now it's different, the Eighth Route Army actually wants to fight Taiyuan, which makes Yan Laoxi unable to sit still. Taiyuan City is too important, it is the provincial capital of his Shanxi, and it is the symbol of his Yan Laoxi. The loss of Taiyuan City has always been a thorn in Yan Xishan's heart, if this thorn can't be pulled out, he Yan Xishan will die even if he dies.

Although the Eighth Route Army's telegram to him was nominally asking for instructions, Yan Laoxi knew that the request was just a pretense, and when did the Eighth Route Army ask him, the commander of the theater, for instructions. Its purpose was only to inform him, and at the same time to ask him for help, otherwise the strength of the Eighth Route Army might not be able to swallow the Japanese army in Shanxi in one bite.

The telegram was accompanied by a battle plan, which was very simple: the Eighteenth Army would concentrate three infantry divisions, one artillery brigade, and one assault brigade in the northwest and central of Jinjin, totaling 100,000 troops, with a large number of artillery and tanks. From north to south, they launched a full-scale attack on the Japanese army on the Xinkou line, and at the same time sent people to cut off the Zhengtai Railway, so that the Japanese troops in Hebei and the Pingjin area could not reinforce Shanxi.

At the same time, the headquarters of the 18th Group Army hoped that the Second War Zone would dispatch elite troops to attack the enemy in Taiyuan from west to east, and the two divisions would attack directly at Taiyuan.

Although the plan is a bit idealistic, and there are still some loopholes, if it were someone else, Yan Laoxi would not pay attention to it at all. But it was said that this battle would be commanded by that white-faced boy from the Suicha Military Region, and Yan Laoxi's heart was moved.

With his Yan Laoxi's understanding of Ma Zheng, that guy is definitely a good person, and he never fights uncertain battles, since that guy proposed to besiege Taiyuan, the success rate is still very high, so Yan Laoxi was moved. But after all, Yan Laoxi didn't dare to make decisions about such a big matter, so he wanted to hear the opinions of others in the World War II zone.

After entering the conference room, Yan Laoxi said in a deep voice: "Sit down, this time I gathered you to discuss how to increase the number of battles with the Eighth Route Army, this is the meaning of the commission, I think everyone knows it." After the fall of Wuhan, the argument that the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was inevitable was very loud, and the committee hoped that we could cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to fight a beautiful victory to stimulate the hearts of the people and the army, and to fight against the traitorous clique headed by Wang Zhaomin. ”

Yan Laoxi's face was not red and his heart was not beating when he said this, he did not take out the telegram from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army as soon as he came up, but found a high-sounding reason for himself. I suddenly forgot that two days ago, Wei Lihuang, deputy commander of the Second War Zone and commander of the 14th Group Army, had begged Chief Yan to send troops to support Xinkou, but he was rejected by Chief Yan in righteous words, and the refusal was very simple, and there was no room for negotiation at all.

But how long has it been, a day or two? I'm afraid it's only a matter of the past two days, no one thought that Chief Yan would propose to start a war with the Japanese himself, why is this?

Wei Lihuang was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Chief Yan is righteous, and the commission will not forget Commander Yan's act of sending charcoal in the snow." ”

"Brother Junru has seen the outside, my generation is a soldier of the party-state, and I should serve the country, and now that the party and the country are in trouble, my generation should stand up." Yan Laoxi said loudly.

As one of Yan Laoxi's most trusted subordinates, Yang Aiyuan raised his head and asked, "Boss, how do you plan to fight this battle?" ”

Yan Laoxi smiled and said: "Hard fighting, since it is the instruction of the commission, then you should fight with the little devils in the face of the gong, I have already contacted the commander-in-chief Zhu of the 18th Group Army, and we will send 10 to 150,000 troops from each side to launch an attack on the devils in Shanxi from the east, west, south and north, and strive to annihilate them in Shanxi." ”

Wei Lihuang and the others were obviously taken aback by Yan Xishan's battle plan, originally they thought that Yan Laoxi would be good if he could send a group army to attack the Japanese army this time, but they didn't expect this old man to be generous, as soon as he shot it was 150,000, and he also contacted the 18th Group Army, and the two sides joined forces to send 300,000 troops, and the investment of 300,000 troops was definitely a bloody battle.

The strength of the Japanese army in Shanxi is only three divisions and the other two are mixed brigades, even if Cai Xiongfei's puppet East Asian Imperial Allied Army is added, there are more than 70,000 people in the full battle, and the ratio of the strength of the enemy and us is 1:4. The most important thing is that the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army participated in the battle this time, which was a good opportunity for the entire Second World War Zone, no wonder Yan Laohan would call them so confidently.

"Marshal, the Eighth Route Army will shoot that unit to participate in the battle, if it is Ma Zheng's department, we can give it a try?" Yang Aiyuan, commander-in-chief of the Sixth Group Army, asked.

"I really made you guess right, this time the Eighth Route Army is going to send Ma Zheng's troops to participate in the battle!" Yan Lao West Road.

"This is true, did the Eighth Route Army really send Ma Zheng's troops to participate in the war?" The crowd asked in disbelief,

"Don't worry, I still believe in Brother Yujie of the Eighteenth Group Army, and he must not fool me in this kind of thing." Yan Lao West Road.

"If the Eighth Route Army can really send 150,000 troops to fight with our army, it is really possible to take Taiyuan. Moreover, as far as I know, the Suicha Military Region of the Eighth Route Army has a very strong armored unit, and its strength is not even stronger than the chariot unit of the First Army. If Ma Zheng's department makes a move, it will not be easy for the Japanese to hold the line from Xinkou to Taiyuan, and I think this battle can be fought. Sun Weiru, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army, said.

"I seconded the proposal and agreed to fight with the little devil again." Zeng Wanzhong, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army, said.

"Humiliation seconded..." (To be continued.) )