Zheng Weiguo looked at the map for a while, and inadvertently glanced in the direction of Jinpu Road, just in time to see the Taierzhuang area at the junction of Sulu. He remembered the great victory in Taierzhuang, and hurriedly asked, "Director Yang, how is the war in the direction of Taierzhuang?" ”

Professor Yang was a little excited and said, "The latest news has not yet come, but judging from the current situation, victory can be expected!" General Li Zongren fought really well in this battle, and if he is lucky, he may be able to annihilate one or two brigades of the Japanese army! ”

The Japanese army originally had an absolute advantage on the Jinpu line. However, after a bitter battle in mid-March, especially since Wang Mingzhang led his troops to defend Teng County, the national army finally bought enough time at the cost of huge sacrifices. By the end of March 1938, the dawn of victory had appeared, and only the thunderous blow at the end of the day was awaited.

Zheng Weiguo felt a little strange and said: "Well, it stands to reason that the Japanese army should send troops to reinforce the Jinpu line, why should you focus on encircling and suppressing the southeast of Jin at this juncture?" This is not scientific! ”

Professor Yang nodded and said, "It's really incomprehensible, is it because the 129th Division beat the devils too hard during this time?" But it doesn't seem to make sense! As the saying goes, a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, and the Japanese army can't even endure such a little time? ”

Zheng Weiguo's eyes lit up and said, "No, your guess is very reasonable, it should be like this!" ”

Most of the armies of normal countries would not abandon their strategic intentions because of a sense of revenge, but the Japanese are obviously not in a normal way of thinking. It is not uncommon for tactical intentions to put tactical intentions above strategic intentions, such as Itagaki Seishiro once attacked Shanxi without regard to the order of the base camp to seize the Pinghan and Jinpu lines, but the purpose was only to show his "military talent".

Then again, some time ago, the offensive of the 129th Division was indeed fierce, and it repeatedly hit the waist and eye of the Japanese army, and people couldn't help but be angry. In mid-March, the 129th Division feinted to attack Licheng, lured the enemy reinforcements from Lucheng and Shexian, and then set up an ambush on the way. Licheng was an important military station base of the 108th Division, and the Japanese army had to save it.

However, the enemy in Shexian was weaker and more cunning, and when he found out that something was wrong, he fled back. The enemy in Lucheng was not so lucky, and the 16th Division Baigu Wing sent an infantry brigade to be reinforced by car, accompanied by a cavalry squadron. Due to the destruction of the bridge over the Zhuozhang River by the Eighth Road, the Japanese army had to go around to Shentouling. As a result, everyone knew that Brigade Commander Chen used the tactics of approaching the ambush to almost completely annihilate the Japanese army.

The 16th Division was one of the murderers of the Nanjing Massacre, and its killing methods were the most brutal among the units participating in the war. Brigade Commander Chen's battle can be regarded as a small revenge for the 300,000 compatriots who died.

After the battle of Shentouling, the 129th Division felt that it was not enjoyable, and beat the Japanese army in Xiangtangpu again. Two automobile squadrons and one escort squadron belonging to Yamada's baggage unit were completely annihilated. Four new mortars that had just been delivered to the front line also fell into the hands of the Eighth Road. Since there are not many enemies annihilated, everyone doesn't care very much, but they didn't expect that this battle completely provoked the Japanese army.

On the afternoon of the day after the battle, the Japanese army dispatched a full 12 planes and bombed indiscriminately over Xiangtangpu for two hours! How much you hate the Eighth Road, you must know that the Eighth Road had already withdrawn at that time, and the Japanese army was completely firing at the open ground!

To say that the enemy annihilated in this battle is less than half of Shentouling, why would the Japanese army retaliate so frantically? It turned out that the Japanese army did not have many cars, and there were only 100 to 150 vehicles in a division, and more than 180 vehicles were blown up in the battle of the Eighth Road! This was the largest number of Japanese vehicles destroyed by the Chinese army (including the Nationalist Army) in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.

Now Terauchi Shouichi is finally not calm, I will endure the killing, anyway, the recruits are only worth a stamp money, and you even blew up my car! More than 180 cars, how many days and nights do poor Japanese girls have to spend to earn them back? My uncle can bear it, but my aunt (Aunt Amaterasu) can't bear it anymore! So in a fit of rage, he raised an army of 30,000 to besiege the southeast of Jin!

Zheng Weiguo picked up the drinking jar and slapped it on the table, saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, I want to know what happened next, and listen to the next decomposition!" That's all for now! It turned out that the officers of all departments rushed over when they heard the news, and Zheng Weiguo told everyone about the current situation. Unexpectedly, as I was talking, I suddenly remembered Teacher Shan Tianfang, and it became like this after I reached the most ugly.

When everyone heard this, they laughed and applauded, and some of them were not afraid of things and shouted for another paragraph. Duan Shuanghu joked: "Master, when you don't fight in the future, you can eat if you change your story!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Then let's decide, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, we will co-open a bookstore to tell the story of this devil!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all thought it was a good idea, and they asked to register in advance.

After a bit of joking, it's back to business. Terauchi Shouichi raised soldiers because of anger, although it was a taboo in the soldiers, but there were many of them! At present, the field covering the southeast of Shanxi is the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, that is, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Zhu. There are a lot of troops, but the 129th and 33rd divisions can really be mobilized. The enemy is strong and I am weak, and the enemy is outnumbered, how can this battle be fought?

Zheng Weiguo said: "At present, the specific troop movements of the Japanese army are not yet clear, and we cannot make competitive deployments. We can only gather our troops first and prepare for a big battle. As he spoke, he glanced at everyone and said solemnly: "Now, I order!" ”

The officers hurriedly stood up, waiting for orders. The military situation is like fire, and those who receive orders must quickly carry them out. There were fewer and fewer people in the war room, and soon only one unit of artillery remained. Guo Huaruo, a high-ranking artillery talent invited by Zheng Weiguo from Yan'an, has already assumed the post of artillery director, enjoying the treatment of a full division and taking full responsibility for artillery training and operations.

Zheng Weiguo said: "Director Guo, are you still used to it here? ”

Director Guo smiled: "Good food, good drink, good accommodation, and artillery fighting, what's not used to?" In my opinion, it doesn't get much more comfortable than here. ”

Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and everyone was a little confused. Alas, people in the 21st century are not pure. Seeing that everyone was looking at him strangely, he hurriedly stopped laughing and said, "In your opinion, can our artillery fight with the artillery belonging to the Japanese wing?" ”

Director Guo thought for a moment and said very seriously: "Ambush is naturally not a problem, and it is best to avoid bombardment!" Even if we can win, I'm afraid it will be a pyrrhic victory. ”

Zheng Weiguo was a little puzzled, and said: "We have a lot of artillery, can't we fight one by one?" ”

Director Guo shook his head and said: "Our artillery only knows how to use techniques, not tactics, and at best they can hit accurately. If you really want to let the Japanese artillery pull out, I guess it will be difficult to suppress it. If the division commander wants to deal with a Japanese wing, it is better not to let them mount the guns. ”

Through the continuous repair and assembly of the arsenal (assembling a good gun from the parts of several broken guns), the 33rd Division currently has four mountain and field guns, all of which are 75 mm caliber, eight infantry guns, all of which are captured Type 92 infantry guns, 18 82 mm mortars, 12 70 mm mortars, 4 Soviet-made 37 mm anti-aircraft guns, 8 37 mm flat-fire infantry snipers, and 8 20 mm anti-aircraft guns of various types.

This number is already a lot at the moment, you must know that the wing of a first-class division of the Japanese army in Ludao generally only has 4 75 mm mountain guns, 4 37 mm rapid-fire guns (used for armor or cement fortifications, which are rare in North China, it is estimated that they are not needed to fight eight roads, and they are generally canceled, or replaced with infantry guns and mortars), and 6 70 mm infantry guns. In contrast, our army already had a great advantage, so Zheng Weiguo had the confidence to fight with the Japanese army. Unexpectedly, he was poured cold by Director Guo with a scoop of cold water.

According to this Director Guo, although the 33rd Division currently has a lot of artillery, only those mortars really form combat effectiveness, but the mortars have a short range and poor accuracy, and unless they are terrainous like Xiangtangpu or Taiyuan Xishan, it is difficult to compete with the Japanese mountain artillery. In addition, the artillery of the Japanese army was of excellent quality and could carry out long-range artillery shelling beyond visual range. It is very difficult for our army to do this.

Zheng Weiguo was depressed for a long time before he said: "If we strengthen our tactical training, how long do you estimate it will take to form combat effectiveness?" I mean to train a real artilleryman! ”

Director Guo said: "If there are enough shells, it will take at least a year. Seeing that Zheng Weiguo was a little disappointed, he felt embarrassed, and then said: "Division commander, I won't tell you anything, I haven't been in contact with artillery for nearly ten years, and the artillery tactics I learned in the Soviet Union are not applicable to the battlefield behind enemy lines, and everything has to be done from scratch, so there is no way to shorten the time." ”

Zheng Weiguo patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay! One year is better than what has never been there! However, if there is a war now, can the mountain artillery go out with the troops? ”

Director Guo said: "Two of the field artillery pieces are too heavy to travel far, and there is no problem with the mountain artillery. Although we can't fight hard with the devil, we can outwit it! "Among the four field guns, one Type 90 and one Type 95 are both weighing two or three thousand catties, and it is particularly difficult to maneuver. So although the range is long, I can only give up for the time being.

Zheng Weiguo said happily: "That's good, with mountain artillery dispatched, we will have confidence!" After the Tongguan artillery battle, he regretted that he didn't ask for more cannons, but it was too late. Fortunately, the workers of the arsenal worked hard and repaired so many cannons in a row, and finally there was a material basis.

A day later, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army finally determined the movement of the Japanese army, and the information soon reached the 33rd Division. Director Yang, Chief of Staff Zhou and other officers hurriedly rushed to the war room to discuss countermeasures.

A staff officer took the telegram and read: "The Japanese army has gathered the 14th Division, the 16th Division, the 20th Division, the 108th Division, the 109th Division, and the Sakai Brigade, totaling more than 30,000 people in 10 wings, from the Handchang Highway in the south, from the Zhengtai Railway in the north, from the Tongpu Railway in the west, and from the Pinghan Railway in the east, and will attack our army in the southeast area of Shanxi Province by nine routes......

This message was very long, and after listening to it for a while, Li Dazhuang hurriedly said: "Don't talk about those useless ones, they are all about to kill people in a hurry!" Tell me how many devils are coming at us? ”

The staff officer looked down and said, "A brigade of the 16th Division plans to attack Jiulong Pass through Yuanshi and Zanhuang. ”

Li Dazhuang said: "Hey, it's only a brigade!" The little devil looks down on people too much! Anyway, you have to have a wing to enjoy it! ”

When the officers heard the joy, they cheered one after another.

Zheng Weiguo slapped the table and said angrily: "What are you arguing about, you guys!" Zhilu said: Is this a combat meeting? Everyone hurriedly closed their mouths and listened to the staff officer continue to read.

After listening to the staff officer's report on the enemy's situation, Chief of Staff Zhou said: "Oh, how do I feel, the Japanese army seems to have forgotten us!" ”

Zheng Weiguo also felt strange and said, "It's a little! Even the road of Jiulong Pass does not seem to be coming at us, but seems to protect the flank of the Japanese army in the direction of Xiyang and Pingding. ”

Zhang Haiyan said: "Could it be that the Japanese army thinks that our army has suffered too much loss in the Taiyuan breakout, and it is no longer a matter of concern? "When Taiyuan broke through, the 33rd Division retreated smoothly with the advantage of being familiar with the terrain, although some supplies and weapons were destroyed, but the casualties were not large. In order to explain to Lu's superiors, the Japanese army falsely reported a lot of combat exploits, and it is possible that they concealed the high-level.

Zheng Weiguo shook his head and said, "Unlikely! ”

According to the strength and achievements of the 33rd Division, it should not be a force to be ignored anywhere, even if the Japanese army thinks that the 33rd Division is no longer to be feared, it should not be left alone!

Director Xiong suddenly said, "I figured it out! Pay attention to the map and you will know the way. Following his guidance all the way on the map, Zheng Weiguo also understood. The Japanese army had only one purpose this time - to attack the Eighth Route Army, which was dominated by the 129th Division, but the adjacent national army was not among the attacks.

Take a look at the first and second lanes as key offenses. The first road was dominated by the 117th Wing of the 108th Division, with cavalry, artillery, engineers, and baggage troops, and attacked Wuxiang from Tunliu through Qin County; The second route was dominated by the 108th Wing of the 105th Division, with cavalry, artillery, engineers, and baggage troops, and attacked from Changzhi and Xiangyuan to Liao County.

Wuxiang and Liaoxian were the core areas of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi, and once they were lost, it would be difficult for the 129th Division to gain a foothold in this area. It seems that this time the Japanese army has made it clear that it wants to "specialize in fighting the Eighth Road". It's the same as the principle of "fighting the Anti-Japanese Federation in the Northeast, not fighting the scarlets". No wonder most of the national armies in history refused to send troops, and there was such a show!