When General Shanshan Yuan returned to the headquarters in a hurry, Nanzao Yunzi Dazuo, the head of the Beiping secret service, had been waiting in his office for half an hour.

"Your Excellency, General!" Nanzao Yunzi suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright, and said to Shanshan Yuan, "The special high class has deciphered the latest cipher code of the Zhina people, and now we can already be sure that Yue Weihan is indeed preparing to attack Taiyuan, and Wei Lihuang's Central Army, Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army, and [***]'s Eighth Route Army will all participate in this military operation." ”

"Humph!" Shanshan Yuan snorted lightly, and said angrily, "It's not that I'm preparing, but I'm already fighting!" ”

Saying this, Shanshan Yuan said again: "Just now Xiangyue Qingji sent an urgent telegram from Taiyuan, the main force of the Baoshan Division has gone west out of Niangzi Pass, and launched a fierce attack on Pingding County overnight, dozens of strongholds on the periphery of the county have been destroyed, and an infantry brigade that went to reinforcements was also ambushed by the Baoshan Division and the collective jade was shattered!" ”

"This ......" Nanzao Yunzi's face suddenly became embarrassed.

If the special high school could decipher the cipher code of the Chinese a few hours earlier, then the army stationed in Shanxi would have known the exact news a few hours in advance, then the 80th Infantry Wing would not have been able to send an infantry brigade to the tiger's mouth of the Baoshan Division.

After settling down, Nanzao Yunzi said again: "Your Excellency, the special high class has also intercepted important information. ”

"What information?" Shanshan Yuan walked to the wall and brushed the ground and pulled back the curtains, revealing the map hanging inside.

Nanzao Yunzi said: "The 3rd Army (Tang Huaiyuan) and the 98th Army (Wu Shimin) of the Central Army of China have left Taiyue Mountain and are rushing towards Pingyao; The 35th Division of the 101st Army of the Jin Sui Army is also advancing in the direction of Niangzi Pass; In addition, the Jin Sui Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Central Army in the Luliang Mountain, Taihang Mountain, and Zhongtiao Mountains are all moving frequently, and all kinds of signs indicate that the [***] team in Shanxi Province will take the Baoshan Division's attack on Taiyuan as an opportunity to launch a full-scale counteroffensive! ”

"All-out counteroffensive?" Shanshan Yuan said awe-inspiringly, "The Great Emperor Army will crush their attempt!" ”

After saying this, Shanshan Yuan turned back to the adjutant and said: "Order, Tada Junzhi's Fourth Army immediately attacks the county town of Lu, sweeps the Jingcheng Pass, and destroys its base in one fell swoop while the main force of the Baoshan Division is leaving Niang Pass in the west!" Then send a report to the base camp, requesting the Kwantung Army to urgently dispatch the 2nd Division to North China to support the sweeping operation. ”

"Hello." The adjutant bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order away.

…………

Niangzi Pass, the front command of the 39th Group Army.

Yue Weihan has officially "assumed" the commander-in-chief of the attack on Taiyuan, Gao Shuxun, Sun Dianying and Bi Guangheng have been appointed as deputy commanders as usual, these three deputy commanders are actually just decorations, Yue Weihan is completely because he can't trust them, in order to keep them by his side and "take care" nearby, so he arranged a false title of deputy commander-in-chief.

On the eve of yesterday, the artillery regiment's advance battle defense artillery company had cleared all the strongholds outside the mouth.

Li Yulong's three main regiments also fought an ambush battle outside the county town of Pingding, annihilating a brigade of the Yue army in one fell swoop.

At dawn the next day, the main force of the Baoshan Division, except for Li Qinglong's 1st Regiment, the remaining eight main regiments, plus the guard regiment, the cavalry regiment, and the special operations brigade, had all crossed the Niangzi Pass, and under the guidance of the Pingding County Brigade of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, they were hidden in the countryside, woods, and sorghum fields around the county seat.

The tactics of the Baoshan Division were very clear, and they resolutely did not engage the Yue army during the day.

The reason is very simple: The Chinese army has absolute air supremacy, but the 39 th Group Army does not have any air defense force at all, and the newly established "Taihang Scientific Research Institute" is working on an air raid early warning system under the leadership of its director and chief engineer Pi Xiaocheng, but no one knows whether this system can be developed.

Due to the lack of air defense, it would be too much of a loss to fight the Japanese army during the day.

Then night combat has become the first choice of the 39th Group Army, and one of the main skills that the Baoshan Division has been training hard in the past two months is night combat, and the Yue Army obviously attaches more importance to day combat relatively speaking, because if it fights at night, the Yue Army will not be able to give full play to its air superiority.

Of course, the army would not make such a low-level mistake.

However, the fact that the army does not pay attention to night battles does not mean that they do not know anything about night battles, since the battle of the Four Elements Warehouse, the army has suffered enough in the hands of Yue Weihan in the night battles, and Xiao Yueben is a nation that is very good at summarizing and improving, and has since strengthened the training of night battles, but the effect of training remains to be tested in actual combat.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Liu Yi, who had been officially promoted to chief of staff of the 39th Group Army, walked into the war room with a telegram, and said to Yue Weihan with a solemn expression: "General, Li Qinglong sent an urgent telegram from Tumen Fortress, saying that the 13th Wing of the Forward Infantry of the 6th Division of the Army has entered and captured Luxian County. ”

Yue Weihan nodded and asked, "Have all the people in the city moved?" ”

Yue Weihan knew that he should never underestimate the beast surname of the army, if he could not properly protect the people near the base area, the little devil would definitely raise a bloody butcher's knife to these innocent people, Yue Weihan was not willing to let the people on the periphery of the base area suffer because of the offensive of the Baoshan Division against Taiyuan.

"Last night, the secret service group had already organized the people to move overnight." Liu Yi said.

"Okay." Yue Weihan nodded happily and said, "Tell Li Qinglong that as long as you hold the Tumen Fortress for half a month and don't let a ghost soldier set foot in the Taihang base area, I will give him credit for this Taiyuan battle!" ”

"Yes." Liu Yi snapped upright, and immediately turned around and sent a report to Li Qinglong.

The time limit of half a month was not set by Yue Weihan, but was calculated by the General Staff Department according to Xiao Yueben's national strength, military strength, and transportation capacity, and if Taiyuan could not be taken within half a month, then the reinforcements urgently transferred by the army from the mainland and the northeast would probably rush to Shanxi, and there would be no need for the Battle of Taiyuan to continue.

"Report!" The attendant adjutant Chu Zhongtian suddenly stepped inside, stood up and said, "The guests of the Jin Sui Army have arrived!" ”

"Oh? Jin Suijun arrived so soon? Yue Weihan said happily, "Zhongtian, invite them in." ”

Chu Zhongtian took the order and left, and in less than a moment, he led five officers of the Jin Sui Army to walk in, the first person had the rank of lieutenant general on the collar badge, followed by a major general, and then four colonels, although these five people were all wearing homespun military uniforms, they were all in straight postures, and even the riding boots on their feet were polished.

"By the order of Chief Yan!" The lieutenant general officer stood upright, saluted Yue Weihan, and said loudly, "The 101st Division of the 35th Army of the Seventh Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army is temporarily subordinate to the 39th Group Army from now on. ”

The other four Jin Sui Army officers standing behind Dong Qiwu also raised their hands in salute.

Since the defeat of the Jin Sui Army, it was first incorporated into the Northeast Army, and then into the Central Army, but the 35th Army was one of the four armies in the second reorganization, and the 35th Army had three infantry divisions and another artillery regiment under its jurisdiction, but each division only had jurisdiction over three regiments, and it was not even a B division, at most it was a A brigade.

Later, the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the Jin Sui Army was defeated in successive battles, and the troops were fighting fewer and fewer, but the number was expanding more and more, and the 35th Army was also expanded from an army to a group army, and the army commander Fu Zuoyi also became the commander of the Seventh Group Army, but the troops under his command still only had three divisions (A brigade) and another artillery regiment.

Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army was definitely the strongest in combat effectiveness among the Jin Sui Army.

And Dong Qiwu's 101st Division is the first-class main division of the 35th Army, but this time Yan Xishan forcibly transferred the 101st Division from Fu Zuoyi's hands and sent it to listen to Yue Weihan's reprimand, which shows Lao Yan's good intentions, Lao Yan is actually a Shanxi businessman in his bones, and he understands the truth that only by investing in blood can he reap heavy profits.

"Okay." Yue Weihan raised his hand and saluted in return, saying, "Brothers have worked hard. ”

"It's not hard." Dong Qiwu replied solemnly, "Commander-in-Chief Yue, please give an order, our 101st Division is willing to be the vanguard!" ”

"Haha, no hurry." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Senior Commander Dong and the brothers of the 101st Division have just gone through a long and rapid march of hundreds of miles, and they are already sleepy and tired, so let's rest for two days first, anyway, this Taiyuan City can't be fought in three or five days, and this battle has to be fought by you." ”

"Commander-in-Chief Yue, there is no need to rest." Dong Qiwu said in a stiff tone, "We're here to fight devils!" ”

"Good!" Yue Weihan admired Dong Qiwu's military style, and immediately said happily, "Then rest for half a day first, and after dark, the 101st Division will be the vanguard to attack Pingding County!" ”

"Yes!" Dong Qiwu stood upright, and immediately left the war room with the four officers.

"What's that?" Sun Dianying pursed his lips and said angrily, "Lao Yan's people are of this quality?" ”

Bi Guangheng, who was born in the Central Army, also said in an unkind tone: "Jin Suijun is really embarrassed? At the beginning of the Battle of Xinkou, more than 30 divisions were defeated by half of Sakagaki Seishiro's division, and such a soldier and general still dare to say that they are here to fight devils? If they want to be able to fight devils, the little devils in Shanxi can be rampant until now, why did they go a long time ago? ”

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief Bi, please pay attention to your words." Yue Weihan's face sank slightly, and he said coldly, "The Jin Sui army can still fight, and the battle of Xinkou was outnumbered by the crowd, and the reason why it lost to half of Sakagaki Seishiro's division was entirely because of the commander's indiscriminate command, and it had nothing to do with the soldiers!" ”

Similar to the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army is also a first-class soldier, a second-rate officer, and a third-rate commander.

However, Lao Yan is better than Lao Jiang, and he will delegate power and willingness, so the Jin Sui army does not have the saying that there is no commander who does not enter the stream, but the third-rate command alone is enough to make the Jin Sui army lose the Battle of Xinkou.

(To be continued)