Although Yang Zhen's old superiors took various methods on the battlefield in the southeast of Jin, they tried to widen the distance between the Japanese troops so that they could find fighters. But no matter what feints the old commander took, the Japanese troops on the battlefield in the southeast of Jin Province were just desperately attacking in the direction of Changzhi. Whatever the goal is along the way, the right to treat it as if you don't see it.

As for the two divisions and regiments that the Japanese army hugged together, although the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region concentrated a large number of troops in the southeastern battlefield of Shanxi, it was like a tiger eating the sky, and there was nowhere to put its mouth at all. It can only be fought on the battlefield east of the Dan River, along the terrain. In order to delay the speed of the Japanese army's attack, it will buy time for the Changzhi battlefield.

However, Gaoping, west of the Dan River and south of the Danzhu Mountains, was the territory of the Jin Sui army. Before the war, a division of the Jinsui Army deployed on the Gaoping front line, not only during the siege of Changzhi, but also repeatedly went north with small forces to harass the southern front of the Changzhi battlefield. Before the battle began, it resolutely refused to deploy defenses in Gaoping by the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Military Regions.

Unless you want to fight first in front of the great enemy, the Chinese themselves will fight first. The Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region can only look at the territory of Gaoping, and the extremely favorable terrain cannot be used. The defense line was placed on the line of Yangtou Mountain and Danzhuling north of Gaoping, and the terrain of Danzhuling and Yangtou Mountain was used to build fortifications and carry out defense.

After the battle began, it was deployed on the front line of Gaoping, and before the war, it was strictly forbidden for the troops of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region to enter a division of the Jinsui Army in its own defense area. In front of the two Japanese divisions advancing in unison, they gave up the Gaoping line without firing a single shot and withdrew directly to the mountainous area west of Gaoping.

The division withdrew without a fight and gave way to the Gaoping line, so that a division of the Japanese army attacking along the west bank of the Dan River could easily cross the Gaoping with complex terrain and go straight to the Changzhi battlefield, which is already close at hand, and it is also the south of the Shangdang Basin where Changzhi is located, and the line of Danzhuling and Yangtou Mountain, the last barrier.

And once the Japanese army breaks through this line and enters the Shangdang Basin, where the terrain is relatively flat, there will be no barrier in the entire Changzhi battlefield. At that time, the entire Changzhi operation will be completely lost. If the two divisions of the Japanese army are allowed to reoccupy Changzhi, then the current excellent situation in the southeast of Jin will also be ruined.

The most important thing is that the Japanese army not only attacked along the way, but also carried out large-scale burning, killing and looting of all the villages along the way. All the wells it passed along the way were filled with water, and those that could not be filled quickly were also thrown into the carcasses of people and animals, and completely contaminated.

The future and the retreating villagers, men, women and children, were all slaughtered. Except for the food that was taken away, everything that could be burned was burned. Even in the mountainous areas where they encountered resistance, they directly set fire to the mountains. The route along which the two divisions of the Japanese army passed was full of skyrocketing fires.

Although the Taihang Military Region had been as strong as possible before the Japanese army launched the attack, the losses suffered were not very large. However, the Japanese army's conscious sabotage along the way still brought great damage to the Taihang Military Region. Where the Japanese army passed, there were broken walls and ruins.

The deputy commander-in-chief, who was furious by the atrocities of the Japanese army, personally sat in the Taihang Military Region. The strength of the ten brigades of the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region was concentrated, as well as all the artillery units that could be deployed. It was determined to take advantage of the Jin Sui army to withdraw without a fight and let go of the Gaoping line, so that the Japanese army in Hexi would advance faster than in Hedong. Spread out on the first line of Sheep's Head Mountain and Jinquan Mountain, and first solve the enemy in Hedong.

Regarding this announcement of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region, Yang Zhen frowned. How to fight the battlefield in the southeast of Jin, Yang Zhen didn't want to interfere. With the deputy commander-in-chief and the commander in charge, it is not his turn to worry about the southeast battlefield of Jin. After thinking about it, he set his eyes on what the next move of these two Japanese divisions would be if they converged with the remnants of the enemy defending Changzhi.

The first line of Gaoping and Changzhi is close to Jincheng controlled by the Japanese army, and although there is a mountain barrier in the middle, the terrain is still relatively favorable for the Japanese army to retreat. Moreover, the Japanese troops stationed in Jincheng can also be dispatched to support and respond. After the two divisions of the Japanese army entered the Gaoping line, the Japanese army stationed in Jincheng had already moved north with a force.

However, judging from the fact that the two divisions of the Japanese army had all been lightly armed and mountainous before the attack, and were equipped with a large number of horses. Yang Zhen faintly felt that rescuing the 36th Division may not be the main reason why the Japanese army once again entered the battlefield in the southeast of Jinjin.

Yang Zhen turned his gaze from Changzhi to the east of Fukou, and then shook his head again. Although this is the closest pass to the battlefield in southern Hebei, Shexian County east of Dongyang Pass is now under the control of the Japanese army. If the Japanese army wants to join the southern Hebei battlefield from this direction, there is no need to spend so much effort.

Going north along the Pinghan Line, whether it was from Cixian or Handan, it was not only closer to the southern Hebei battlefield, but also the terrain was more conducive to the movement of the Japanese army. If the Japanese army really made up their minds this time and took considerable risks to fight a heart-piercing battle across the southeast of Jinjin, then Fukou was definitely not their goal.

But the Huangze Pass, Junji Pass, and Zhiguo Ridge in the north of Fukou are different. In the Ming Dynasty, along the border of Hebei and Jin provinces, the Inner Great Wall was built, and the passage out of Shanxi was not just Taihang Bacheng. If the two divisions of the Japanese army were forced to go north after receiving the remnants of the 36th Division.

Out of the Huangze Pass, Junji Pass, and Zhiguoling line, then to the east just outflank the back road of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and cut off the connection between the Western Front Anti-Japanese Federation and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. If Sadachi Yoshimoto, who was in charge of commanding the Japanese army on the Western Front, he would be more daring. After marching north to Heshun, he went east out of Maguan and Huangyu Pass, which could hit the waist of his entire deployment on the western front.

In addition to the one division that is now attacking Wu'an west of Pinghan Road, the cooperation of the three divisions is enough to turn the Western Front upside down. At least once the Japanese army landed in Bohai Bay, it rushed straight to the Jilu border battlefield from the flank and rear, and cooperated with the enemy in the north of Lu to besiege Chen Hanzhang's eastern cluster, and the western cluster was not capable of supporting.

As for its own divisions in the Tianjin battlefield, as long as the Japanese army put a fleet on the line from Tanggu to Beitang, it would be impossible for them to draw any troops from the Tianjin battlefield to the south. In this way, the entire eastern cluster was squeezed by the Japanese army in the south and east directions.

If you add to this the actions of the 72nd Division, which is currently north of Wucheng, on the left flank. Even if Chen Hanzhang has three heads and six arms, he cannot cope with the Japanese army's absolute superiority in troops on three sides at the same time. As long as the eastern cluster is defeated, the western cluster and Tianjin's Tao Jingfei department will be divided into two separate departments. If the Japanese army wants to fight in that direction at that time, it will form an absolute superiority in troops.

The action of the 118th Division in the northwest region of Shandong was a feint. They had only one goal in forming a salient in the northwestern Shandong battlefield, that is, to mobilize their troops deployed in depth on the Western Front to the south. Taking advantage of the situation that the battlefield in the northwest of Shandong is close to the battlefield in southern Hebei, he entangled his western cluster.

To outflank the Japanese army in the southeast battlefield of Jinjin, and cooperate with the landing operation that is probably about to be launched, in order to encircle and annihilate the eastern cluster, reopen the Jinpu Road, and create a favorable fighter. If you only rely on the four divisions in the southern Hebei and southeastern Shanxi battlefields, even if you add the two divisions in the northwestern Shandong battlefield, if you think so, the Japanese army does have too much appetite.

But if one of the two divisions deployed in eastern Henan is added, or all of the two divisions, then perhaps it is not a fool's dream. Now that Yang Zhen has been dealing with Okamura Ningji for a long time, Yang Zhen still has a good idea in his heart about whether this opponent will be so devastated.

If that Yoshimoto Sadachi, it is even possible that Okamura Ninji really planned to do so. So whether it is the 118th Division in the northwest of Shandong or the 72nd Division's current strange movements, it is easy to explain. That is to say, the current battlefields in northwest Shandong, southern Hebei and southeast Shanxi are strategically a whole for the Japanese army.

As for whether such a deployment posture of the Japanese army will cause a gap between the northwestern and northern Lu battlefields, I am afraid that Okamura Ninji should still have a way to deal with it. I am afraid that when the Japanese army in the southeast of Shanxi Province comes out of Shanxi, to the line of Bohai Bay, which has been calm and calm at present, I am afraid that the world will be turned upside down in the blink of an eye.

But what made Yang Zhen a little puzzled was that whether it was Okamura Ningji or Yoshimoto Sadachi, they came up with such a strategic deployment. Whether the two divisions of the Japanese army in the southeast battlefield of Shanxi can get out of Shanxi is very important. If the two Japanese divisions that broke through alone in the southeast of Shanxi were trapped in the battlefield of southeast Jin or were heavily damaged, it would be quite fatal for this plan.

How could they be so confident, these two divisions were able to fight out of Taihang Mountain and enter the Hebei battlefield according to their plan? Could it be that this Okamura Ningji is really bold and regards the entire Taihang Mountain area in the southeast of Shanxi as his own backyard, and he can go wherever he wants?

The previous breakthrough of Yoshimoto Sadachi from the hinterland of the Taihang Military Region in the southeast of Shanxi Province was an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that the main forces of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region were too concentrated on the Bai-Jin Railway and the Nantongpu Line, and the entire hinterland of the southeastern Shanxi region was relatively empty.

In addition, that Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi was indeed a quick decision. When retreating, even the field artillery that could not be taken away was lost. All the supplies that cannot be carried, all that can be thrown away. When the whole army retreated, it was completely lightly armed from top to bottom. only fought a time difference, and ran out of the Shanxi battlefield almost unscathed.

However, such a method can only be done once, if he Okamura Ninji still wants to copy Yoshimoto Sadachi's previous experience in the southeast of Jin. Trying to use the two lightly armed divisions to fight another heart-piercing battle in the mountains and mountains in the southeast of Jin, wanting to kill two birds with one stone. That's either stupid or crazy.

At present, on the battlefield in the southeast of Jin, it is no longer the empty situation when Yoshimoto Sadachi broke through. At present, the main force of the Taiyue Military Region has freed up its hands to advance eastward, and most of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region on the front line of Changzhi has been deployed in the southeast of Shanxi. Even on the front line of Lingchuan, a mobile ambush battle that is still good has been fought. According to the current situation in the southeast of Jin, it is not certain whether he can hit this left hook.

But with Okamura Ninji's ability and personality, he is not a fool, let alone a sudden head that went crazy. He was not so crazy that he took two divisions in one breath and took the adventure in the lofty mountains and mountains of Taihang Mountain in the southeast of Shanxi. The reason why he dared to do this must have his ideas or doorways.

It's just that Okamura Ningji has the confidence to dare to do this, but Yang Zhen is puzzled. His eyes were constantly scanning back and forth between the southeast of Jin and southern Hebei, including Shexian in northern Henan, and he didn't figure out where the confidence of Okamura Ningji was on the entire battlefield in southeast Jin. You should find a way to touch his hole cards.

After pondering for a long time, Yang Zhen sent a telegram to the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. On the telegram, Yang Zhen made it clear that he supported the deputy commander-in-chief's decision to fight this battle at Danzhuling and Yangtou Mountain, north of Gaoping. Since you can't figure it out, let's stab him and see what kind of medicine is being sold in Okamura Ningji's gourd.