The meeting in the war room of the 391st regiment quickly changed the theme, and the colonel of the Central Army ordered that the battalion and company commanders of the whole regiment should immediately report to the regiment headquarters for their duties.

Wang Suihua didn't make a sound, but she still sighed in her heart - seeing that the secret in Little Elm Mountain had the possibility of uncovering it, she had hoped to immediately start studying and deploying a military attack on it, but the sudden siege and large-scale operation launched by the Japanese First Army on all sides undoubtedly brought new variables.

The meeting that was held specifically for her just now turned into a meeting of the middle and high-level commanders of the 391st Regiment in a blink of an eye - what can you say about this? Damn devils, sooner or later, they are encircled and suppressed from all sides at this time. What the 391st Regiment can do in front of it is naturally to shrink its defense. Can they be expected to send troops to attack Little Elm Mountain now!?

Of course, Qin Zhongxiao saw the depressed look of the female major of the military commander, and immediately understood where the other party was lonely, so he hurriedly walked to her side and explained in a low voice: Please Major Wang Don't worry, the Japanese are coming to the door right now, let's be patient for the time being; When the devil's three-plate axe is finished, I will immediately mobilize the main force for the military commander and Major Wang to send!

"Three-plate axe?" Wang Suihua was attracted by the other party's wording: "Do you think that the Japanese First Army in Shanxi launched an encirclement and suppression with such fanfare, but it is just Cheng Biting Jin's three-plate axe?" ”

The colonel of the Central Army nodded with a smile: "Not bad." Although Qin led his troops to live in the mountains, he didn't even know about the Japanese encirclement and suppression from all sides before that; However, based on my research and judgment of the military strength of the Japanese army in Shanxi, I can conclude that the so-called encirclement and suppression of the Taihang Mountains in central and southern Jin Province this time is at best a three-plate axe of Cheng Biting Jin, and it does not have a lasting attack. It should end in a hurry soon! ”

In the face of Qin Zhongxiao's confident talk, the female major of the military commander really came to be interested, and most of the gloom in her heart just now was swept away: "Then I want to ask the group seat to analyze it more specifically!" ”

"Don't be busy, Major Wang, please have tea first, rest for a while," Qin Zhongxiao gestured to invite the other party to a table of eight immortals in the corner of the war room, on which a fairly delicate tea set was placed: "When the battalion and company commanders under my command arrive, I will explain the deployment to them in detail, and then ask Major Wang to deign to observe." ”

Ten minutes later, the chief of staff of the 391st Regiment, the battalion commanders of the three battalions, the company commanders of the nine infantry companies, the company commanders of the special service company, the artillery company, the heavy machine gun company, and the staff officers of the additional regimental headquarters gathered in the war room. The colonel of the Central Army pointed to the map that had just been completed hanging on the wall, combined with the telegram from the Shanxi Station of the Military Command, and began to hold a meeting with his subordinates.

Wang Suihua declined Qin Zhongxiao's kindness to invite her to sit in the front row, and stood alone on the inconspicuous side, listening intently. Gradually, she comprehended the essence of the Central Army's colonel's judgment of this battle situation:

It is precisely on this basis that the Shangang Division, the Nakajima Division, and the Xiayuan Division, which can directly attack the Taihang Mountains from the north, east, and south, are the main forces of this operation. And the Sena Division in the west, because it is only facing the remnants of Taihang Mountain such as Big Elm Mountain and Guanmen Mountain, should only be a symbolic dispatch.

-- At present, the Taihang Mountains are mainly stationed by the 18th Group Army of the National Army, that is, the Eighth Route Army. According to the previous information, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army directly commanded all the Liu Division and the Xu Brigade of the Lin Division, occupied the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains, and repeatedly attacked the Tun (Liu) Lin (Fen) Road, Handan (Dan) Chang (Zhi) Road and Zhengtai Road, threatening the transportation lifeline connecting Shanxi with Hebei. The Japanese army was obviously going for them this siege.

- However, the three Japanese divisions that were able to directly attack the Taihang Mountains were all responsible for their own heavy garrison tasks: one brigade under the command of the Shangang Division had already been transferred to the southwest of Shanxi to attack Yan Xishan; The remaining brigade not only had to defend the periphery of the capital Taiyuan, guard Zhengtai Road and Beitongpu Road, but also divide troops to attack the He Division of the Eighth Route Army and Fu Zuoyi of the Jin Sui Army in the northwest and northeast of Jin; The Nakajima Division occupied many important towns and arteries on the border of Hebei and Shanxi, and it was difficult to move; The Xiayuan Division was tired of running for a long time, and was responsible for opening up and guarding the long Handchang Road and Tunlin Road, which were the lifeblood of transportation across the southwest of Shanxi.

In view of this, none of the above-mentioned three Japanese divisions were able to send heavy troops to the three-sided siege of the Taihang Mountains, and at most they each dispatched a wing or even less troops. And the hinterland of Taihang Mountain is rugged and precipitous, and the strength of the Eighth Route Army has shrunk by a total of one and a half divisions, occupying the right time and place. It was impossible for the Japanese to fight with them there for a long time, and they had to resort to a quick victory.

"So," Qin Zhongxiao, who had analyzed it with a smile, looked at the female major of the military commander intentionally at this time, and said in a summary tone: "I think that this siege of the devil on all sides, although the momentum is not small, but at best it is Cheng Biting Jin's three-plate axe, cut down quickly, and the result is nothing more than a hasty withdrawal." ”

Wang Suihua listened to Qin Zhongxiao's speech with a smile, and secretly marveled at the other party's talent - Xiucai knows the world without going out; This guy from Huangpu relied on the intelligence he diligently collected from various channels, and he can be said to have a clear understanding of the hole cards of the Japanese army in Shanxi; The seemingly thunderous siege launched by the Japanese on all sides was, in his eyes, nothing more than a routine formality!

Next, Chief of Staff Zhang Hong stepped forward to replace the regimental lord and began to explain to the officers the actions of the Sena Division, which was the last side of the Japanese siege on all sides, that is, the direct attack on the line of Da Yushu Mountain and Guanmen Mountain:

-- According to the battle reports received one after another yesterday afternoon, as well as the battles in which the 391st Regiment personally participated during the night, it can be seen that the Hagiwara Brigade of the Sena Division sent less than a wing of troops from the direction of Nantongpu Road, and focused on attacking the base area of the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army's Forest Division at the foot of Guanmen Mountain; The status of the battle is currently unknown. And the Japanese troops who exchanged fire with the 391st Regiment at night on the front line of Little Elm Mountain, the suburbs of Fengdian, and the Junfeng Highway (of course, this belongs to the initiative of the 391st Regiment), the number of people should be at least about two brigades.

- Considering that not long ago, the Saijo Wing of the Hagiwara Brigade had just returned to Wencheng from southwest Jin, so the Japanese troops currently stationed in Wencheng, Xiaoyushu Mountain, and Fengdian County should be a fully staffed brigade. Since yesterday afternoon, there has been no more news of attacks on the line of Da Yushu Mountain and Guanmen Mountain, which are facing the Hagiwara Brigade, and the defense area of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army in Pingquan County, south of Guanmen Mountain.

-- As for the other brigade under the command of the Sena Division, the Kato Brigade, which is currently far away on the Yuncheng and Linfen lines on Tongpu Road in southern Jinnan, and is responsible for attacking the Weilihuang Department of the Second Theater of Operations, Zhongtiao Mountain, it is impossible to confirm for the time being whether it still has the spare strength to send troops to participate in this siege on all sides.

After Zhang Hong finished speaking, the officers sitting under the combat map began to talk one after another. At this moment, in the face of this large-scale operation launched by the Japanese army, which they had not known about before, they had fully agreed with the analysis of the regimental seat and the chief of staff.

"But we still can't take it lightly," the colonel of the Central Army re-walked in front of the map: "This is also the reason why the positions and outposts on the front line that I have just arranged have been fully strengthened - although the devil's three-board axe has no stamina, but before these three-board axes are finished, the whole regiment must deal with it carefully." What's more, we had just made a big fuss out of the mountains during the night, and it was hard to say that the Japanese would not take advantage of this siege campaign plan from all sides to launch a retaliatory general attack on the Great Elm Mountain! Immediately after the meeting, everyone returned to their respective camps and sat down to supervise them closely! ”

The officers cheered for the great victory of Taierzhuang, which had just cleared the smoke of gunpowder, and praised Sun Lianzhong's Second Army and Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps, which had defeated the two major detachments of the Itagaki Division and the Isogu Division.

"Itagaki Seishiro, this old dog, it seems that this is nothing more than that!" Li Jiayu, the commander of the first battalion, shouted excitedly: "Last year, I fought with him face-to-face in Xinkou for half a month. This time, the Fifth War Zone has found justice for us! ”

"Tuanzuo, chief of staff, the devil's second army only suffered defeat on the Shandong battlefield, and in the blink of an eye, the first army launched a four-sided siege of Taihang Mountain in our Shanxi, is there any inevitable connection here?" It was Chen Hao, the commander of the second battalion, who asked this.

The colonel of the Central Army quite admired the calm head of the second battalion commander, and replied with a smile: "It's hard to say that it has nothing to do with it, after all, they are all under the unified command of the North China Front Command." Perhaps, it was the Second Army's weak progress in the direction of Xuzhou that Terauchi Shouichi (author's note: actually the commander of the North China Front of the Japanese invasion of China) allowed the First Army to fight this battle in the rear of Shanxi, so as to boost the morale of the Itagaki Division and the Isoya Division. ”

"From this point of view, I hope that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the hinterland of Taihang Mountain can withstand the siege of the First Army of the Devils, and don't embarrass our Shanxi National Army." Chief of Staff Zhang Hong also added with a smile. Obviously, in his mind, the Eighth Route Army was still a guerrilla force on the whole, and it was embarrassing to take on heavy tasks at critical moments.

"Don't worry about things so far away, it's better to try to contact the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the area of Guanmen Mountain as soon as possible," Qin Zhongxiao didn't like the chief of staff's ridiculous tone towards the friendly troops, and ordered with some impatience: "Lips and teeth are cold, their situation is directly related to the safety of the 391st Regiment, if it weren't for their existence, it should be our 391st Regiment that was the first to be attacked by the devils of Wencheng yesterday afternoon - also, don't forget that Zhu Xingyun's Sixth Company is still messing with them right now!" ”

After eating such a deflated place in the group, Zhang Hong couldn't help but show a little embarrassment. Of course, he knew Qin Zhongxiao's feelings towards the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army.

However, at this moment, the chief of staff of the Central Army inadvertently met the eyes of Wang Suihua, the female major of the military command, and found that a strange look was emerging on the other party's beautiful face, as if smiling but not smiling, as if he was not angry.