Jinnan Hanshin Ridge. Chief Wei Lihuang looked melancholy to the north and said to the chief of staff, "How is the situation in Linfen?" ”

The chief of staff sighed and said, "Very bad! All units were defeated and retreated, and only the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army was blocking, and it was estimated that it would fall today. ”

Historically, the 108th Division captured Linfen on the 27th. But in this time and space, the 108th Division went berserk, and after the destruction of its 52nd Wing and 104th Brigade Headquarters, the division commander Xia Yuan Xiongmi, who was eager to save his "honor", launched a fierce attack on the Changzhi area at any cost.

Although Li Jiayu's 47th Army, which defended this place, was much better equipped than in history and had a strong will to fight, it was ultimately defeated. The two sides fought hard around Changzhi City for a day and night, and the city was full of corpses of both the enemy and the enemy. After a long rule, Xiong Mi of Xia Yuan took advantage of the situation to advance westward, connecting several cities, and approaching Linfen, the logistics base of the 14th Group Army.

At the same time, the 20th Division, which was fighting southward, also divided its troops to take Xi County, southeast of Xiaoyi, thus separating the two main forces of the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, and posing a huge threat to the flank of the Central Army. In fact, the 14th Army was already surrounded by the 20th and 108th divisions of the Japanese army, but the opening had not yet been completely blocked.

Wei Lihuang said sadly: "One general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies!" Jin Nan is afraid that he will not be able to keep it. ”

The chief of staff hurriedly persuaded: "Why should the general seat blame himself. The Japanese army was too strong to be defeated, and as long as it could move troops and supplies into the mountainous areas, it would be a victory. Besides, things are not without a turnaround, as long as Zheng Weiguo's 33rd Division can launch an attack on Taiyuan in time, the enemy will retreat. ”

Wei Lihuang said angrily: "Cough, this Zheng Weiguo doesn't know how to do it!" After sending a radio silence report, he led the people to evaporate, and there is still no news! If he doesn't give me an explanation this time, he must be dismissed! ”

The chief of staff said: "The general seat is angry! In fact, since the Jinnan operation, the performance of the 33rd Division can be called excellent, especially the great victory at Dongyang Pass, which is exciting for the whole country, and our second war zone is also glorious! This surprise attack is too difficult to do, so don't be too harsh. ”

Wei Lihuang sighed and said, "The 33rd Division is the best performer among all the units participating in the war this time, and I don't know it. It's just that they only used three points of strength when they had twelve points of strength, which really disappointed me. ”

As he was talking, the communications staff officer trotted over all the way and reported: "General seat, the urgent telegram forwarded by the military commander!" ”

Wei Lihuang said curiously: "What kind of gossip did they get again?" ”

The communications staff officer said: "According to the report of the Taiyuan Station of the Military Command, at 9 o'clock this morning, a fierce gun battle broke out in Taiyuan City, and it is impossible to judge for the time being whether the Japanese army is in civil strife or our army is attacking the city. In addition, Taiyuan has been placed under martial law, and the main streets have been blocked, and the specific reasons are yet to be investigated. ”

Wei Lihuang and the chief of staff were very surprised. Wei Lihuang thought for a moment and said: "It is unlikely that the Japanese army will have large-scale civil strife, could it be that the 33rd Division is attacking Taiyuan?" ”

The chief of staff hurriedly said: "Very likely, I'll go and investigate." ”

Taiyuan, headquarters of the 33rd Division. Zheng Weiguo was shouting into the phone: "What? It's only time to get to Yuci! That's not good, we must take Taigu before our army's actions are exposed! ”

"Division, the headquarters is in an emergency!" As he spoke, a telegrapher handed over a telegram. Zheng Weiguo took it and saw that it was the staff office of the 14th Group Army who inquired about the situation.

As a unit directly under the group army, it is really unreasonable not to report to Lu's superiors for such a long time. But Zheng Weiguo also has difficulties, mainly because the counter-espionage capability of the national army is almost zero, and the telegraph secrecy measures are not good, and if it is not done well, the secret will be leaked. Like this surprise attack on Taiyuan, if it was reported to the general assembly in advance, I was afraid that it would be discovered by the Japanese army on the same day.

Seeing that Zheng Weiguo seemed to be in trouble, Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly asked, "Master, what's wrong?" ”

Zheng Weiguo handed him the telegram and said: "The headquarters has called to inquire about the current situation of our department, and it is naturally not good to not answer, but now is the critical period for our army to sneak attack the surrounding cities, and once the call is returned, I am afraid that it will be detected by the Japanese army. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou thought for a moment and said, "In this case, we might as well have a Jiang Gan steal books!" ”

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly asked, "How do you say it?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "The headquarters called back to say that our department was preparing to attack Taiyuan, and sent a report in clear code. After the Japanese intercepted the telegram, most of them would believe it, as long as they sent the garrisons of the surrounding cities to rush to the aid of Taiyuan, our army could wait for work and break through each one. ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a while and said with a smile: "Okay, the telegram is up to you to draft, sign my name." When the time comes, if you want to blame Shangfeng, you can blame me. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "I know that person in the general seat, as long as we win the battle, everything is easy to say." As he spoke, he quickly prepared a telegram, saying that he had just attacked Taiyuan once today, but failed to take it, and was now gathering troops to prepare to take Taiyuan before the Japanese reinforcements arrived, and asked the headquarters to delay the 20th Division so that it could not return north in a short time.

Zheng Weiguo took the message and looked at it, and said, "Very good, just send it like this!" However, it is not possible to send a report in clear code, it is too obvious for fear that it will arouse the suspicion of the devil, and the devil has to work hard. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou felt a little embarrassed and said, "But if it is encrypted, it will be self-defeating if the Japanese army fails to decipher it." "Deciphering the code is very accidental, and although the Japanese army has good skills, it is impossible to decipher every telegram of the national army.

Zheng Weiguo suddenly remembered something, slapped his thigh, and said with a smile: "There is!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly asked, "What is the master's plan?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Simple! We will not only send it to the general manager, but also send a copy to the chief Yan of the Second War zone in this sense. "Although Yan Lao Xi'er has not colluded with the Japanese army at this time, he has spies placed by the Japanese army around him, and the position is very important. In history, the reason why Yan Lao Xi'er's sneak attack on Taiyuan failed was because of the leakage of secrets by spies, which led to the failure of the operation.

When Chief of Staff Zhou heard Zheng Weiguo's explanation, he applauded again and again, and said: "We can also come to a hypocrisy, and ask the Jin Sui Army to help drag down the 109th Division in western Jinxi." In addition, in the name of the Japanese garrison headquarters, it was necessary to send a report to the 20th Division, the 109th Division, and the surrounding departments, informing them that Taiyuan had been attacked by unknown forces, suffered heavy losses, and that their troops were now empty, and asked them to send a brigade back for reinforcements. ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Yes, true or false, it will definitely make the Japanese army scratch their heads." ”

After the telegram was sent, it caused a great repercussion, and even the high-level officials of China and Japan were alarmed. Of course, the Chinese side was surprised, and the Japanese side was outraged.

Chief Wei Lihuang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he received the telegram, and hurriedly gathered a group of generals under his command to discuss. After some quarrels, the 14th Group split into two routes, one to the south to intercept the enemy's 108th Division, and the other to continuously launch counterattacks against the 20th Division in front, forcing it to retreat northward.

The chief of staff thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid it's not enough to hold the 20th Division alone, the enemy's 109th Division is closer to Taiyuan, and we must take Taiyuan before the 109th Division returns to help." ”

Commander Li of the Fourteenth Army said: "But where do we have surplus troops now? Unless Yan Lao Xi'er is willing to send troops. ”

Everyone shook their heads, and they all felt that Lao Xi'er was unreliable.

Wei Lihuang said: "If you want to fight somewhere else, Chief Yan may not be tempted, but if you want to fight Taiyuan, I believe he will send troops." Subsequently, he called Yan Lao Xi'er and asked him to take advantage of the emptiness of the Japanese army and quickly go north to seize Taiyuan.

Shanxi people do have a very special feeling for Taiyuan, which can be seen from Fu Zuoyi's death in Taiyuan, to know that Lu Daofu and his subordinates are not from Taiyuan, but they are willing to die in Taiyuan. Yan Lao Xi'er is the same, although he is a Wutai person, he dreams of retaking Taiyuan.

After he left Taiyuan, he stayed in Jiaocheng, not far from Taiyuan, for two days, hoping to contain the troops in an attempt to counterattack. Unexpectedly, Taiyuan would soon be unable to hold on, and he had to retreat to the outskirts of Damai in advance. Before leaving Jiaocheng, he wrote with concern: "Leaving Taiyuan is a strategy, and leaving Jiaocheng is abandoning a plan, so leaving Jiaocheng is more uncomfortable than leaving Taiyuan." ”

In January 38, Lao Xi'er went to Wuhan to attend an operational meeting. At that time, the Japanese army was vigorously persuading them to surrender, and Yan Laoxier thought that if the Japanese army could compromise, they could negotiate peace with it, and proposed that the main battle and the main peace were all patriotic, and they only chose countermeasures according to the specific situation. However, on the way back, he gradually realized the true face of Japan's fake peace talks, advocated resolute resistance, and even advocated a counterattack on Taiyuan. This is probably the earliest idea of counterattacking Taiyuan in history. Subsequently, the Second World War Zone also formulated a plan to counterattack Taiyuan, and it began to be implemented for a time.

It's a pity that Lao Xi'er was always hesitant at critical times, so much so that on February 19, when Fu Zuoyi's troops approached Xishan in Taiyuan, he was urgently transferred to the Wenshui front line to contain the 20th Division going south. As a result, not only did they miss the opportunity to attack Taiyuan, but they also failed to keep Jinnan.

At present, the enemy's 109th Division went to the edge of the Yellow River, and the 20th Division went south, which was a good opportunity to counterattack Taiyuan. After Yan Lao Xi'er received the call, he shouted loudly: "Okay! Good! But what if the enemy in the east can't stop it? ”

To the east is the enemy's 108th Division, which has reached Linfen at present, but it was only due to the desperate resistance of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army that it failed to succeed. Linfen is an important military station of the national army, and its importance is no less than that of Taiyuan to the Japanese army. Most of the quartermasters of the 14th Army and the various miscellaneous armed forces were stored here. When the Japanese army came, Linfen had no soldiers to defend, and Wei Lihuang allocated all the materials of Yuncheng and Linfen to the Eighth Route with a stroke of his pen.

Unfortunately, the time was too tight, and when the Eighth Route arrived, the vanguard of the Japanese army also came. Xia Yuan Xiong Mi wanted to wash away the shame of the 52nd Wing being wiped out, and the 115th Division wanted supplies from Linfen, but the two sides could only fight to the death. In particular, Xiong Mi of Xia Yuan, like a chicken blood, kept storming the position of the Eighth Road, but no matter how desperately the Japanese army worked, there was no way to take the Eighth Road, so they could only watch the Eighth Road move a large number of supplies to the mountains. However, as soon as the materials are moved, the Eighth Route will definitely be withdrawn, and Linfen will inevitably fall.

Wei Lihuang said: "It is also the best policy to seize Taiyuan first and give up Linfen. In order to strengthen Yan Laoxi'er's determination to send troops, Wei Lihuang also told him that he had sent a powerful department into the Taiyuan area, and that he could meet the Jin Sui army going north when the time came. Because Lao Xi'er had a deep prejudice against Zheng Weiguo, Wei Lihuang deliberately didn't say which unit it was.

Chief Yan didn't ask much, and at this time, there was only one voice in his head, "I want to recapture Taiyuan!" He then ordered Fu Zuoyi's troops to return north from Wenshui to cover the flank of the army, while he personally led the main force to prepare for a direct attack on Taiyuan.

The confidential lieutenant beside him saw him gathering troops and hurriedly asked, "President, what are you going to do?" ”

Chief Yan was excited and said, "What are you doing? Ha Luha, let me tell you, you can go back to Taiyuan tomorrow! ”

The adjutant was startled, slapped a few sycophants, and then took the opportunity to sneak out into the street and hand a note to a merchant who was carrying a burden. In the afternoon of the same day, the Jin Sui army had just assembled, and before it had even set off, the information had already reached the hands of General Terauchi Shouichi, the commander of the North China Front.

Knowing that a small force was attacking Taiyuan and that a large group of men and horses were about to attack, the North China Front was naturally shocked, but they still did not know the true situation of Taiyuan, thinking that Taiyuan was still in the hands of the Japanese army.

The commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, ordered the First Army to take immediate measures and demanded that they ensure the safety of Taiyuan. The commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Kiyoji Kazuki, did not dare to slack off and hurriedly convened an emergency operational meeting.

Major General Hashimoto, chief of staff of the First Army, believed that although there were enemy troops near Taiyuan, there was no cause for concern, because they could not even attack the city of Taiyuan, which was extremely short of troops. When the defenders have strengthened their defenses, there will be no chance. The only thing to worry about is Yan Baichuan's Jin Sui army. They are well equipped, have a large number of people, and are familiar with the road, even if the 109th Division can return to help in time, it may not be able to keep Taiyuan.

Staff officer Nakamura Yanagijun said: "I have a way, I can retreat 100,000 enemies without moving a single soldier. ”

The crowd was curious and asked what the solution was.

Nakamura smiled: "It's very simple, scare them back!" ”

The Japanese then ordered the garrison near Taiyuan to abandon some of the less important strongholds and immediately rush to Taiyuan to hold on with the defenders and wait for reinforcements. At the same time, a batch of leaflets was urgently produced, which read: I am glad to hear that Brother Baichuan will visit Taiyuan in the near future, and he has prepared a banquet and is waiting for him. In addition, in order to ensure the safety of Brother Baichuan, the 109th Division has been ordered to greet him on the way, so don't misunderstand. Younger brother Kiyoji Kazuki

Just as the Jin Sui army was rushing to Taiyuan, this batch of leaflets was dropped on their heads by planes. Lao Xi'er almost didn't faint after seeing it. Although Wei Lihuang tried his best to persuade him, he no longer dared to go north, and was even worried that this was Chang Kaishen's trick to kill people with a knife.

Xiangyue Qingji used the tactic of scaring the grass and the snake to scare Yan Baichuan away, so he was naturally very proud, and even held a special celebration banquet. But at the banquet, the special high class suddenly sent a secret telegram. Kazuki Kiyoji smiled: "Yo Xi, what is the good news?" As he spoke, he opened the message and looked at it.

Without reading a few lines, Kiyoji Kazuki suddenly spat blood from his mouth and fell on his back. The officers at the banquet were startled and hurriedly ran to help, and the hall was suddenly in chaos.

An attentive officer picked up the message and looked at it, and his face turned pale. The other officers also looked at it busily, only to see that it was written: 100,000 urgent! This morning, a part of the Zhina Army raided Taiyuan, and the imperial army in the city was all shattered, and the defenders outside the city were then annihilated on the way to reinforcements. It is reported that Taigu and other surrounding cities have also fallen, and all ministers are requested to check it quickly, so as not to be disgraced by the holy war!

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