Chapter 275: The Verge (Asking for Subscriptions, Monthly Passes, Asking for Various !! ）

Pingyao. Department of the Second World War Zone Governor.

After the telegram from the Eighth War Zone was sent to Pingyao, Yan Xishan immediately summoned all the senior officers of the Second 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 nominal son-in-law snatched Suiyuan and Jinbei from the Japanese, and Yan Laohan originally counted on Chen Fengnian to return Suiyuan to him in the relationship between the two families, and no matter how bad it was, he had to give Datong to him.

But to Yan Laohan's disappointment, whether it was secretly hinting or explicitly asking, Chen Feng just didn't answer, and he didn't move when he occupied the territory. And what made Yan Laohan most depressed was Lao Jiang's attitude, before Lao Jiang was eager to seize Chen Feng's military power and take the powerful army in his hands for himself. But now Lao Jiang seems to have forgotten the previous unhappiness, and instead of falling out with Chen Feng, the relationship between the two sides suddenly entered the honeymoon period. Good guy, no matter how the old man asks for instructions, Lao Jiang just doesn't help him, and even simply appoints Chen Feng as the commander of the Eighth Theater of Operations, and the defense area of the Eighth Theater is precisely the two provinces of Suicha.

At this time, Chen Feng can justifiably dominate Suiyuan and not return it, and even occupy Suixi. If it weren't for the old subordinate Zhao Zhicheng's fast running, his second cavalry army would have been absorbed by the white-eyed wolf son-in-law. The old man always felt that he had lost his daughter and soldiers, lost his territory and lost his city. It's a big loss.

Therefore, after a few months, the old man has lost weight and is old. Originally, he didn't have much hope for that white-eyed wolf son-in-law, and he didn't even count on the weapons and equipment that the guy promised him five divisions. But at this time, the white-eyed wolf sent a telegram, saying that he and Chang Xi were about to get married, and the date was set, on New Year's Day next year. As a son-in-law, he Chen Feng wants to give his old father-in-law a passable dowry.

The things on the dowry list have already been read by the old man, there are not many things, but they are very tempting. The first is the armament of 2 divisions, the second is the armament of 1 artillery brigade. The third item is penicillin, which is worth five million oceans. The fourth item is 1,000 war horses. But what made Yan Laohan most excited was the last item, Taiyuan City.

Although the previous ones are precious, he Yan Laohan still needs to return the gift, maybe the things are different. But the value can't be too bad. Therefore, although Yan Laohan was satisfied. But it wasn't enough to impress him. However, Taiyuan City is different, it is the 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.

Since Chen Feng wanted to take Taiyuan City as a dowry for marrying Chang Xi, Yan Laohan was quite satisfied. Along with the telegram, there was also an operational plan, which was very simple: the Eighth Theater concentrated 3 infantry divisions, 4 infantry brigades, 2 artillery divisions, and 1 air defense brigade with a total of 150,000 troops, with a large number of aircraft and tanks, to launch an all-out attack on the Japanese troops on the Xinkou line from north to south, 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, Chen Feng asked the Second War Zone to dispatch elite troops to attack the enemy in Taiyuan from the south to the north, and the two theaters of war to attack the north and south to take Taiyuan directly.

Although Ji Lu's plan is a little idealistic, but with Yan Laoxi's understanding of his white-eyed wolf son-in-law, that guy never fights uncertain battles, since that guy proposed to besiege Taiyuan, the success rate is still very high, so Yan Laoxi was moved.

"Seat, I called you together this time to discuss how to reinforce Wuhan, and you should also know the battle situation in Wuhan. Little Japan is attacking very fiercely, and the commission side is about to be unable to withstand it, so we must launch a big war in the north to contain the little devils, I don't know what you think? Yan Lao Xi said without a red heart.

When the Battle of Wuhan had just broken out, Wei Lihuang, deputy commander of the Second Theater and commander of the 14th Group Army, begged Chief Yan to send troops to support Wuhan, but 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 since this time, and Chief Yan actually proposed to start a war with the Japanese, what is this for?

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

"Commander-in-Chief Wei has seen the outside, my generation is all soldiers of the party-state, and they should serve the country, and now that the party-state is 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 fight, since we want to support the battle of Wuhan from the side, then we should give the little devils who are fighting the gongs and drums in front of them, I have already contacted Commander Chen Feng of the Eighth War Zone, and we will each send 150,000 troops to attack the devils in Shanxi from the north and south, and strive to annihilate them in Shanxi." ”

Wei Lihuang and the others were obviously taken aback by Yan Xishan's operational plan, originally they thought that it would be good for Yan Laoxi to 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 made a move, it was 150,000, and he also contacted his son-in-law, and the two sides joined forces to send 300,000 troops.

The strength of the Japanese army in Shanxi is only three divisions, and there are more than 70,000 people when the battle is full, and the ratio of the strength of the enemy and us is 1:4, and the most important thing is that the elite troops of the eighth theater will participate in the battle this time, which is a good opportunity for the entire second war zone, no wonder Yan Laohan will call them so confidently.

"Marshal, is Chen Feng's department sure that he will send troops?" Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army, asked.

"Yisheng, please rest assured, no matter what Chen Feng says, he is also my son-in-law, and he must not fool me in this kind of matter."

"If the Eighth Theater can really send 150,000 troops to fight with our army, it is really possible to take Taiyuan, and as far as I know, the Eighth Theater has a very strong air force, and its strength is no worse than the Japanese Provisional Air Corps in North China, and even stronger. If the Eighth Theater of Operations makes a move, the Japanese army's air superiority will at least disappear, and it is not a simple matter for the Japanese to hold the line from Xinkou to Taiyuan with ground forces alone. 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.

"Humbleness seconded"

Seeing that most of the generals in the conference room agreed to start a war with the Japanese army, Yan Laoxi was relieved, got up and said loudly: "In this case, my old man Xie Lu thanked you. Now I will arrange a battle plan, and this time we should take the recovery of Taiyuan as the first goal of containing the Japanese North China Front. In this battle, Lao Han and I served as the commander-in-chief, Deputy Commander Wei Lihuang served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, Yang Aiyuan and Sun Weiru served as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Zeng Wanzhong served as the chief of staff. In addition, the 38th Army of Zhao Shoushan, the 47th Army of Li Jiayu, the 15th Army of Liu Maoen and the 17th Army of Gao Guizi of the 5th Group Army, the 19th Army of Wang Jingguo of the Sixth Group Army, the 1st Cavalry Army of Zhao Chengsui, the New First Army of Deng Baoshan and the 22nd Army of Gao Shuangcheng of the Seventh Group Army, the 14th Army of Chen Tiezhi and the 98th Army of Wu Shimin, the 66th Division, the 71st Division, the 1st Provisional Division, and the 2nd Provisional Division of the Theater were mobilized to participate in the battle, and the other 4 divisions totaling 163,000 people participated in the battle. Do you understand everything? ”

"Got it!" The crowd replied in unison.

"In this case, let's go back and prepare, and in three days, my old man will see you off in Pingyao." Yan Laoxi said loudly.

"Yes"

Such a large-scale troop movement could not be concealed from the pervasive Japanese, and although Yan Laoxi had repeatedly stressed the need for secrecy before this, the depth of the Japanese army's special high-tech penetration into the Chinese army far exceeded the Chinese's expectations.

Two days later. The Japanese army received a secret report from the intelligence officers that the Chinese army was moving frequently and seemed to have major operations. After receiving the secret report, Binshan Yuan immediately ordered the special high-tech department to pay close attention to the actions of the Second War Zone and the Eighth War Zone, and at the same time convened an emergency military meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Soon, the Japanese army received detailed information that the Second Theater and the Eighth Theater of the Nationalist Government jointly sent more than 300,000 troops to the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi in an attempt to annihilate the imperial army in Shanxi in one fell swoop.

After receiving the news, Binshan Mototo was shocked and immediately sent a telegram to General Umezu Mijiro of the First Army, ordering him to immediately shrink his forces and closely monitor the movements of the Chinese army, which had been attacked by surprise in the past. At the same time, Chiyoko Koga and her intelligence team were sent to Taiyuan to assist the First Army in the battle.

As a precaution, General Binshan Yuan ordered the train in Beiping to immediately deliver a batch of weapons and equipment to Shanxi for front-line operations. In addition, the Second Army in Shandong was ordered to immediately get rid of the entanglement with the Second Army of China and make every effort to consolidate the occupied area, and the 10th Division, the main force, was immediately transferred to the north and was ready to reinforce Shanxi at any time.

In addition, Young Master Ben also ordered the Shanxia Division and the 109th Division stationed in Beiping to be ready for reinforcements at any time, and the 32nd Division, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 2nd Garrison Brigade stationed in Hebei should also be ready to reinforce the First Army at any time on the premise of ensuring the smooth operation of the Pinghan Railway, especially the Zhengtai Railway section.

For a time, the two sides were tense, and a big war was about to break out. (To be continued......)