Yue Weihan was comparing the Jin Sui Army with the Central Army in his heart, and there was news of the Central Army over there.

"The main seat." Chief of Staff Liu Yi went and returned, and said with a solemn expression, "The Central Army has also been dispatched, Tang Huaiyuan's Third Army and Wu Shimin's Ninety-eighth Army have left the Taiyue Mountain Defense Area and are approaching Pingyao and Qi County!" ”

"The Third Army, the Ninety-Eighth Army!?" Yue Weihan turned around sharply and walked back to the side of the simulated sand table.

A major staff officer next to him hurriedly found the Taiyue Mountains from the sand table, the Taiyue Mountains are in a northeast-southwest direction, east of Taihang Mountain, south of Zhongtiao Mountain, southeast of Wangwu Mountain, northwest of Luliang Mountain, and to the north is the Jinzhong Basin, Pingyao, Qixian, Taigu, Taiyuan and other important towns in Jinzhong are close at hand.

Liu Yi took the command rod from the staff officer, pointed to the sand table and said: "This is Mianshan, this is Shigu Mountain, Tang Huaiyuan's Third Army and Wu Shimin's Ninety-eighth Army have been operating here, the two armies are less than 100 miles away from Pingyao, and only 200 miles away from Taiyuan, which can be called two sharp knives piercing into the Shanxi War Zone!" ”

Before the words fell, another communications staff officer hurriedly entered the interior to report: "General seat, the Third Army has an urgent report on the battle situation. ”

Yue Weihan stared at the sand table, took the ruler from the hands of the combat staff officer, and said without looking back: "Read." ”

The communications staff officer unfolded the telegram and read: "The 39th Group Army: According to the military order of the Second Theater Commander's Department, our unit left the Taiyue Mountains yesterday and is now launching an attack on Pingyao, an important town in central Jinzhong, so that the road from Fenyang to Taiyuan can be cut off, and the reading power of the army stationed in Fenyang will not be mixed into the 16th Brigade to return to Taiyuan, the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Tang Huaiyuan. ”

"What!?" Yue Weihan immediately frowned when he heard this, and said, "You actually started attacking?" ”

"Isn't that child's play?" Liu Yi's face also changed greatly, and said, "In broad daylight, the air force of the little devils can bomb ground targets unscrupulously, and the Third Army chooses to attack during the day, isn't this the strength of attacking the enemy with its own shortcomings?" Why didn't they wait until the evening to attack? ”

"Send a report to the commander of the Third Army Tang immediately!" Yue Weihan Huo Ran turned around and said, "It is recommended that the Third Army quickly retreat and hide after destroying the road, and must not launch a strong attack on Pingyao during the day!" ”

"Yes." The communications staff officer snapped to the ground, turned and walked away.

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The ancient city of Pingyao.

Surrounded by more than a dozen officers, General Tang Huaiyuan climbed a hill south of Pingyao City.

Standing on the mountain and looking down condescendingly, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Pingyao ancient city, the ancient city of Pingyao is an important town in Jinzhong, directly protecting the south gate of Taiyuan, but the army only stationed an infantry squadron here, in addition to a battalion of the puppet army, the puppet army is full of more than 600 people.

However, Fenyang is only 80 miles away from Pingyao, and there is a highway connecting it.

Once Pingyao is attacked, the 16th Brigade of the Yue Army stationed in Fenyang will be able to quickly rush to reinforcements, and its motorized infantry squadron and cavalry brigade will be able to arrive at Pingyao within two hours.

However, Tang Huaiyuan is still very confident that he will win Pingyao.

Although the Third Army lacked heavy weapons to attack the fortifications, there were more than 20,000 people, so many loyal and brave soldiers, even one person could drown more than 100 devil soldiers in Pingyao City with a mouthful of spit!

Through the telescope, Tang Huaiyuan saw that the two regiments in charge of the main attack had already been deployed in the east and south of Pingyao, and the only 80 mortar battalion of the Third Army had already set up an artillery position outside the south gate of Pingyao, while the 16th Brigade Regiment of the Reading Force Mixed with the Army stationed in Fenyang had only reached the halfway point, and it was still more than 50 miles away from Pingyao.

Tang Huaiyuan put down the binoculars and was about to give the order to attack when a communications staff officer suddenly ran to the top of the mountain.

"Throne." The communications staff officer snapped upright, and handed the telegram in his hand to Tang Huaiyuan, "The 39th Group is in an emergency!" ”

The chief of staff next to him took the telegram and hurriedly read it, and suddenly his face changed slightly: "Military seat, Yue Weihan suggested that we quickly destroy the Pingfen Highway, and then hide and wait, and then launch an attack on Pingyao after nightfall." ”

"Child's view!" Tang Huaiyuan said disapprerovingly, "After nightfall, the main force of the 16th Brigade of the Fenyang Army has already arrived in Pingyao, how can I take it with the strength of my army at that time?" Even with the addition of Wu Shimin's Ninety-eighth Army, it is equally impossible to break through the fortified city guarded by a mixed brigade of the Yue Army! ”

After saying this, Tang Huaiyuan said to the flag soldiers beside him: "Beat the flag and start attacking the city!" ”

"Yes!" The flag soldier stood upright, and then turned around and ran to the front edge of the hill, and waved the flag towards the bottom of the mountain.

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Niangzi Pass, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.

Yue Weihan strode into the communication room and asked Liu Xin directly: "How can the Third Army reply?" ”

Liu Xin stood up and sighed softly, "General Tang Huaiyuan has already ordered an attack. ”

"What!?" Liu Yi said indignantly when he heard this, "This Tang Huaiyuan is so stubborn? ”

Yue Weihan is also in a heavy mood, Yue Weihan is no stranger to Tang Huaiyuan, this gentleman can be called a generation of masterpieces, graduated from Yunnan Jiangwutang when he was young, and Zhu Lao Zong was in the same class, after joining the army, he participated in the Xinhai Revolution and the Yuan Protectorate War, and was promoted from platoon commander to army commander, when the Anti-Japanese War broke out, he was already the lieutenant general of the Third Army.

Historically, General Tang Huaiyuan led the whole army of the Third Army to participate in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, fierce battle in March, most of the officers and soldiers of the Third Army were killed and wounded, and the ammunition was exhausted, General Tang Huaiyuan then committed suicide by drinking bullets, and before committing suicide, he also wrote a well-known poem, two of which were extremely heroic: fight for 100,000 skull blood, and must turn Qianlong back!

No matter in which respect, General Tang Huaiyuan can be called a model soldier!

However, General Tang Huaiyuan is only a model soldier, not a model of command!

General Tang Huaiyuan, who graduated from the Yunnan Jiangwutang, was still an old soldier in his bones, and his understanding of the war was still at the level of the Beiyang warlords' melee wars, and he lacked sufficient understanding of the German, Yue, and other quasi-modern armies, and even more lacked effective tactics and experience to deal with such an army.

The so-called third-rate commander refers to a [***] senior general like General Tang Huaiyuan!

A large number of [***] senior generals represented by General Tang Huaiyuan are all heroes and heroes, they have long been accustomed to life and death from the smoke of the Xinhai Revolution and the Northern Expedition, and almost none of them are afraid of death, as a veteran, or as a grassroots officer, they are definitely the top in the world!

But it's a bit of a stretch to put them in the position of senior commander of an officer.

Because, [***]'s current opponent is not the backward Beiyang political axe and the Beiyang army, but the Yueben Army, which has already completed the industrial revolution and quasi-modernization! In order to defeat the quasi-modern army, in addition to having a contingent of non-commissioned officers who are brave in battle, and in addition to having sophisticated equipment, it is also necessary to have a group of new-style commanders.

"Power again!" Yue Weihan was silent for a moment, and then said, "In my personal name, I ask Commander Tang to give up the attack!" ”

Although Yue Weihan knew that the possible surname of General Tang Huaiyuan to accept the advice was almost zero, he still wanted to try, because it was related to the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, as soldiers, it was their duty to die for the country and the nation, but the lives of soldiers and the people were lives, and their sacrifices must be worthwhile.

As a general, as a senior commander, Yue Weihan must not watch the heroic [***] soldiers make senseless sacrifices for the wrong tactics, even if it is not the soldiers of the 39th Group Army, Yue Weihan must do everything possible and make every effort to save their lives!

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Pingyao South Gate.

The company commander jumped out of the trench and roared angrily: "Brothers, fight with the little devils!" ”

"Dog, Lao Tzu can't do it!" The platoon commander threw off his military cap and followed with the Czech style.

"Little devil, I'm talking about being an ancestor!" The tall soldier stepped out of the trench in one step, and took out two oceans from his coat pocket, threw them far back, and roared loudly, "Second brother, you keep these two oceans, remember to go home and marry your relatives, and renew the incense for our old Niu family, brother will go first!" ”

"Tutu, tututu......" The roar of the Type 92 heavy machine gun rang out violently from the city.

The [***] soldier who was charging forward violently suddenly fell down like the wind blowing the weeds, and the [***] company commander who rushed to the front was wearing more than a dozen shots, and his entire chest had been beaten into a sieve, but he refused to swallow it with a breath, and rushed forward two more steps and finally threw a grenade on the city.

"Boom!" A burst suddenly rose at the head of the city, and two devil soldiers fell from the city with a scream.

"Little devil, grenades taste good, ho-ho-ho!" The company commander convulsed, smirked, and immediately felt a violent whirlwind of the sky, and fell backwards to the ground.

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Provisional Command of the Third Army.

The chief of staff reported to General Tang Huaiyuan with a heavy expression: "Military seat, the attack in the east and south directions has not been smooth, and even the trench fortifications outside the city have not been able to break through. ”

"Rubbish, all fucking rubbish!" General Tang Huaiyuan said angrily, "Go, withdraw the 48th Regiment to Lao Tzu, let the guard regiment go up, and tell Deng Guanglong that the south gate of Pingyao must be broken within half an hour!" ”

"Yes." The attendant adjutant snapped to the ground and immediately took the order and left.

As soon as the attendant adjutant left, another communications staff officer hurriedly entered the interior and reported: "Military seat, the commander-in-chief of the 39th Group Army Yue has sent an urgent telegram in his personal name, asking the military seat to abandon the attack!" ”

"How can it be!" General Tang Huaiyuan's eyebrows suddenly floated two black lines, and he became more and more angry, "When Lao Tzu carried a gun to participate in the Xinhai Revolution, Yue Weihan, this kid was still in his mother's belly, how to fight this battle, and it was not his turn to teach me, and pass on my order, the 9th Division, the 11th Division, and the 12th Division were all under pressure, and Pingyao must be taken before dark!" ”

(To be continued)