In fact, if Yang Zhen's true thoughts are concerned, he thinks that as long as these two Japanese divisions and regiments are controlled within a certain route, he thinks that these two Japanese divisions and regiments will be sent north for now. The initials of the new domain name Kele Novel Network (k1xsw), the largest free romance Chinese website, hurry up. Eight? One in one? W?w?w?.? On August 1, zw.com the troops currently deployed around the Changzhi battlefield adopted frontal resistance and weakened the strength of the Japanese army, and the flanks continued to adopt the tactics of division and outflanking.

Taking advantage of the relatively complex terrain in the southeast of the entire Jin Dynasty, the Japanese army was gradually bled along the way. When the Japanese army of this unit entered the Taihang Mountains on the border of Hebei and Jin, it was more suitable to use a division transferred by itself to be attached to the first division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and to use the Taihang Mountains at the junction of Hebei and Jin, to fight a clean and neat battle of encirclement and annihilation.

The terrain of the battlefield in the southeast of Shanxi Province is messy, with large and small basins in the mountains, as well as deep and undulating mountains and valleys. At present, the Japanese army is still in the Jinju Basin or the Changzhi Basin, and it is still possible to advance in groups. However, crossing the line of Changzhi, which was called the Shangdang Basin in ancient times, whether it is Taiyuan in the northwest direction, or according to one's own vision, there are vertical and horizontal mountains along the way.

Shanxi has been called the rivers and mountains since ancient times, but it is not called in vain. In Shanxi at the moment, except for the Jinzhong Plain area, it is almost the grave of the mechanized combat of the large corps. Especially the battlefield in the southeast of Jin, which is almost a natural battlefield set up for ambushes.

At present, these two Japanese divisions are backed by Jinju and the Japanese-controlled area north of the Yellow River, and the supply lines are relatively short. The deputy commander-in-chief wanted to cut off his supply lines, and it was difficult to find suitable fighters. However, if these two Japanese divisions were allowed to go north, gradually widening the distance between them and the Japanese army in Jinju and extending their supply lines, it would be relatively easy to cut off their supply lines at that time.

The topography of the southeast of Shanxi Province is complex, and almost all of them are mountainous terrain except for some intermountain basins. Moreover, there is a lack of effective road transportation, and most of them are temporary roads or mountain roads between the mountains. The two Japanese divisions gradually moved north, widening the distance from Jinju. Either a large number of troops need to be invested to maintain the supply line, which will inevitably disperse the forces.

Either they carry war supplies for a certain period of time and forcibly march north, regardless of the logistical supply lines. Judging from the topography of the southeast of Shanxi, a large number of personnel will be mobilized to carry supplies in this way, but this will undoubtedly weaken the ability of the combat troops. Even if the food is raised on the spot, that is, it is openly robbed, and only ammunition is carried to fight.

However, the consumption time that can be maintained is also relatively limited. Regardless of which method the Japanese army chooses, it will be more conducive to finding fighters in the southeast battlefield of Shanxi. In those years, the 129th Division successively fought in the battles of Shentouling, Xiangtangpu, and Changle Village, and the Yuliao Battle in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

If the distance between the Japanese army south of Changzhi and Jinzhou is widened, and it is introduced into the mountainous depth southeast of Jinzhou, the fighters can still be found - as long as the Japanese army crosses the Changzhi line, the terrain along the way also makes it impossible for the two divisions of the Japanese army to maintain the current situation. No matter what the deputy commander-in-chief has in mind, he can calmly look for fighters when the time comes.

Yang Zhen had a faint feeling that these two Japanese divisions that were supposed to act quickly and advance towards Changzhi were burning, killing and looting along the way, and doing almost all kinds of evil when they attacked Changzhi, just to completely anger the anger of the entire 18th Group Army in the southeast of Shanxi. As a result, the main force in the southeast of Jinzhou, at least most of them, will be attracted to the line from Jinzhou to Changzhi.

It is indeed the norm for the Japanese army to burn, kill and loot, whether it is attacking or sweeping, it is all evil along the way. If the Japanese army did not kill, set fires, or rob, it would be very strange. However, at present, the two Japanese divisions in the southeast of Jinjin, who should have been moving quickly, still have time to rob and kill people everywhere, which is a bit abnormal.

On the contrary, it was like consciously provoking the troops of the Eighteenth Army in the southeast battlefield of Jinjin, attracting most of its troops to his side. If it was still the 18th Group Army, which was short of guns and ammunition at the beginning, it would still be powerless to compete with it. However, at present, several major strategic areas in North China, whether it is Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Shanxi-Hebei, Shandong-Henan, or Jinsui troops, have all changed their guns.

Both in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, there has been a considerable increase. The days of lack of guns and ammunition in the past are long gone. If you talk about infantry equipment alone, it is even higher than the Japanese army. This situation made it difficult for the troops in the Kannai to tolerate this kind of burning, killing and looting behavior of the Japanese army.

This also means that there is no need for the Japanese army to look for it everywhere, and the troops on the battlefield in the southeast of Jin will come out to fight the Japanese army in a decisive battle. And in order to mobilize sufficient troops, the entire Taihang base area will inevitably sing an empty city plan. If the Japanese army at this time attacked Huguan with a force out of Lin County, the entire battlefield in the southeast of Shanxi Province would inevitably be shaken on all fronts.

At present, the improvement of the equipment and training level of the troops in the Guannai is probably deeply experienced in the previous Shanxi battlefield. If it was still the same situation as before, it would be impossible to eat up nearly half of his first army and squeeze it out of Shanxi.

The actions of these two divisions of the Japanese army in the southeast of Jinxi may have accurately grasped the change in the mentality of the troops in the Guannai at present. It deliberately and thoroughly provoked the participating troops in the southeast of Shanxi Battlefield, so as to open up the posture of the 18th Group Army in the entire southeast of Shanxi Battlefield. Find a favorable fighter for your next move.

However, whether the actions of the Japanese army on the battlefield in the southeast of Jin Province were to lead the king into the urn, Yang Zhen is still uncertain. But Yang Zhen still thinks that since there are no very good fighters at the moment, it is better to let the Japanese army enter the Shangdang Basin than to fight hard in the mountains south of Changzhi.

It's just that Yang Zhen has no way to say it for the time being. His judgment on the ultimate goal of the actions of the two divisions of the Japanese army in the southeast of Shanxi Province has not been confirmed so far. Who can guarantee that the actions of these two Japanese divisions and regiments in the southeast battlefield of Jinxi are to outflank the troops of their own Western Front and carry out a great depth of penetration?

This kind of large-depth interspersing is not unheard of by the Japanese army according to previous war examples. However, most of the operations were based on the brigade and formed into a detachment. Or a wing can be transferred to reinforce part of the artillery and engineering troops to carry out a large-scale interspersed operation. The largest few times were just to take out a division.

In a situation like the current situation, knowing that the strength of the opponent has been greatly enhanced. Taking two divisions and regiments into the mountainous southeast of Jinxi and carrying out large-scale in-depth penetration is undoubtedly somewhat contrary to the convention. A Japanese puppet army on the battlefield of the county alone cannot be used as strong evidence. If Yang Zhen wants to convince the deputy commander-in-chief and his old superiors, he must at least come up with some evidence.

But Yang Zhen can't prove his judgment at the moment, at least he can't come up with favorable evidence. Because the next move of these two divisions, if they attack in the northeast direction, it can indeed prove his judgment. But at least the current position of these two divisions can be to attack the Nantongpu Railway to the west, or they can go northwest and go straight to the direction of Taiyuan.

Although the possibility of the Japanese army attacking in these two directions is basically not in the current war situation. But who can guarantee that the Japanese army's actions in the southeast of Jin are not aimed at recovering Taiyuan? It is not difficult to convince the deputy commander-in-chief to accept his own judgment, as long as the corresponding information or evidence is presented, the deputy commander-in-chief will still accept it.

But the key problem is that this judgment is just a guess made by Yang Zhen based on the current situation in North China. This makes it difficult to convince the deputy commander-in-chief to accept Yang Zhen's proposal at the risk of a complete reversal of the entire Shanxi situation. After all, under the circumstance that the Japanese army's target could not be truly determined, it was not an easy task to control the Japanese army's course of action.

Although it was possible to make all kinds of tactical deployments, forcing the Japanese to follow the route they had set for them. However, this approach is undoubtedly quite difficult for an opponent like the Japanese army. At the same time, they also have to risk that the entire Taihang base area will be completely destroyed.

And once the Japanese army is released into Taihang, with the Japanese army's mountain combat capabilities, who can guarantee that there will not be a battle of Guan Jiatou? After all, the entire mountainous area in the southeast of Shanxi Province is not only suitable for the Eighteenth Army to fight, but also not very strange to the Japanese army.

After several considerations, Yang Zhen finally gave up persuading the deputy commander-in-chief to act according to his strategic intentions. It's just that the deputy commander-in-chief of Jianyì, if he really can't find a fighter, then he simply let go and use the front line of Jinquan Mountain and Danzhuling in Changzhi to fight completely.

Judging from the forces and equipment currently concentrated in the battlefields around Changzhi, as long as the combat operations of various units are well coordinated, troops and firepower should be concentrated. Even if you can't achieve your tactical goals, at least you won't suffer a big loss. Once the battlefield in the southeast of Jinxi really falls into a stalemate, the Japanese army will inevitably speed up its operations. Then there will be no secrets to protect its entire strategic intentions.

But for Yang Zhen's construction, the deputy commander-in-chief did not call back for a long time. However, Yang Zhen didn't ask too many questions. With the deputy commander-in-chief and his old commander, the commander of the 129th Division and the commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, these two military masters are here, and it is better for them to be cautious.

Compared with the deputy commander-in-chief who did not call back for a long time, Chen Hanzhang's call back was very fast. In the telegram, Chen Hanzhang believed that if all the troops of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region in the battlefield east of the Pinghan Line were transferred to the battlefield east of Dezhou, then he would still have the strength to launch a general attack on the 118th Division while solving the 100th Division.

The 118th Division is now a vital force that has been greatly weakened. The 50th and 72nd Divisions, which were originally far inferior in strength and equipment to those on their two flanks, have now dropped their combat effectiveness to one-third of their original strength. If the troops of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region can increase their breakthrough, the division may even be resolved with the 100th division as soon as possible.

It's just that after the fierce fighting these days, the 118th Division is certainly exhausted and has suffered heavy casualties. However, the anti-union division in front of it suffered heavy casualties in the fierce battle, and at least one regiment had to be replenished to recover its general vitality. If the 118th Division had been attacked first, then the tactical counterattack against the 120th Division, which had been scheduled to be carried out after the 72nd Division had been dealt with, would have to be temporarily stopped.

However, Chen Hanzhang believes that if we concentrate our forces to fight the 100 divisions first, if the war progresses smoothly, it will inevitably lead to a chain reaction in the entire northern Lubei battlefield. For the Anti-Japanese Federation, if the encirclement and annihilation of the 100th division is completed, it will be equivalent to opening the road to outflanking the southern Hebei battlefield, or to the northern Shandong battlefield.

But for the Japanese army, once the 100th division is lost, then the entire Texas battlefield, including the flanks of the Japanese divisions in the battlefield east of Texas, will be exposed. Unless a new division arrives, the Japanese will face a roundabout outflanking of our army in great depth.

According to his judgment, if a full-scale counterattack was carried out against the 100th Division on the battlefield west of Texas, the Japanese army would definitely not remain indifferent. In addition to the subsequent increase in the strength of the Japanese army, the Japanese army will inevitably go all out to reinforce the battlefield west of Texas. So he thinks that for now, he is still trying to eat as many Japanese troops as possible in the battlefield west of Texas.

Using the 100th Division as bait, the surrounding Japanese troops were sucked into the battlefield west of Texas like a sponge. At the same time, the Dezhou battlefield and the west of Dezhou were connected into a line, and while encircling and annihilating the 100th division, the next battle plan was decided according to the trend of the battle situation. At present, in terms of the strength of the troops on the Eastern Front, it is not possible to eat too many Japanese troops in one bite for the time being.