"Your Excellency Commander, Taiyuan City has found signs of large-scale Eighth Route Army activities, do you say that the Eighth Route Army is going to attack Taiyuan City?" The Chief of Staff, Major General Tanaka, replied tentatively.

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka didn't answer right away, and directly frowned and fell into deep thought.

It took half a minute before he answered, "Quite possibly!" As long as the Eighth Route Army takes these counties around Taiyuan City, Taiyuan City will seem to be stripped naked and completely exposed in front of Tu Balu! Even if they can't completely take Taiyuan City, they can still inflict heavy losses on our Taiyuan garrison! ”

"Also, the defense area of our First Army is too large, and a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army are active in the defense area of each division and regiment, so it is difficult to mobilize reinforcements too far. Even if you can be mobilized, you won't be able to catch up with Taiyuan City in a short time! ”

"In this case, it is even more likely that Tubalu will attack Taiyuan City!"

Major General Tanaka's brows furrowed suddenly, and he reminded with a worried expression: "Your Excellency Commander, in this case, we will have to reinforce these county towns!" ”

"Taiyuan City must not be chaotic, otherwise our First Army will definitely become the laughing stock of the Imperial Army!"

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka replied thoughtfully: "As long as these county towns around Taiyuan City are still under the control of the imperial army, the Eighth Route Army will not dare to bypass these county towns and directly attack Taiyuan City!" ”

"This is a taboo! If one is not good, the earth eight roads that attack us will be attacked by the enemy. If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would never risk putting tens of thousands of people in danger! The Chief of Staff, Major General Tanaka, immediately chimed in.

"Therefore, as long as we hold these counties around Taiyuan, Taiyuan City will be safe and will not be chaotic!" Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka replied in the affirmative.

Then he began to give orders to the chief of staff: "Tanaka-kun, you immediately arrange troops to reinforce these county towns!" When will the Eighth Route Army retreat, and when will they return to Taiyuan! ”

"Also, since the target of the Eighth Route Army's operation this time is Taiyuan City, with the combat style they have always had, Taiyuan City must have mixed in with many of them."

"Order the Taiyuan City Garrison, the Gendarmerie, the Imperial Cooperative Army, and the Special Service Team to strengthen their vigilance and arrest all suspected Zhina people in the city. In a word, Taiyuan City must not be chaotic! ”

The hiding place of the Independent Brigade outside the north gate of Taiyuan, the good news of more than 5,000 days of puppet army reinforcements to Shouyang made Wang Ping and Cheng Xiao's nerves that had been tense for several days instantly relaxed.

As soon as people relax, all kinds of exhaustion sweep over.

In addition, there is still a big battle to be fought in the future, and it is necessary to ensure enough physical strength and energy to command the battle. This time, I didn't need to be persuaded by the guards, and took the initiative to go into my own tent to rest.

However, tonight was also a sleepless night for them.

Just over two hours after they slept before the guards woke them up.

As soon as he returned to the headquarters with exhaustion, the staff officer on duty reported excitedly: "Brigade commander, old regiment commander, the reconnaissance detachment is in an emergency, and the devils of Taiyuan City have sent troops again." ”

"Two troops, one with a size of 2,500 people, the devil and the puppet army are half in half, with a squadron of four mountain guns. It has always been a scale of 3,000 people, a brigade of devils and two regiments of the Imperial Army, and also brought four mountain artillery pieces to reinforce Jinzhong and Xinzhou respectively! ”

A surprise quickly flashed between Wang Ping's eyebrows, and then he shifted his gaze to Chief of Staff Yang Xiong.

"Chief of Staff, excluding the reinforcements that the devil just sent out, how many Japanese puppet troops are there in Taiyuan City!"

Yang Xiong, who has been counting the strength of the Japanese puppet army in Taiyuan City for the past few days, immediately replied: "The Japanese puppet army adds up to a little more than 10,000!" ”

"Including the 9th Mixed Brigade, an infantry brigade, a baggage brigade, an artillery brigade, an engineer squadron. Taiyuan City Garrison Brigade, Military Police Brigade, and Guard Brigade directly under the First Army, with a total strength of more than 6,000 people! ”

"The Imperial Allied Army includes two regiments, a garrison regiment directly under the garrison headquarters, an artillery battalion, and a cavalry battalion, with a total strength of nearly 4,000 people. In addition, it is a pseudo-police force set up by the devil, a special service team, with a total strength of about 1,000 people! ”

"In other words, the Japanese puppet army in the entire Taiyuan City adds up to only more than 11,000 people!" Wang Ping stared at Yang Xiong and asked with a burning expression.

"Yes, however, there is still a garrison of 1,000 people at Taiyuan Airport, plus ground crew, a total of 2,000 people!" Yang Xiong added.

Wang Ping waved his hand and said: "Those 2,000 people don't need to be careful, self-protection is a problem, not to mention reinforcements to Taiyuan City." ”

"However, when it comes to the airport, I have an idea: before the real operation begins, we can attack a few battles, and if we are lucky, we can also transfer troops from Taiyuan City. If the devils don't transfer troops, then we will take the opportunity to take Taiyuan Airport. ”

"We had no choice but to blow up the plane, but there were still a lot of weapons at the airport, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. This is a good weapon for our Eighth Route Army, which we can't capture even if we want to. ”

"If we can take it back, our military region will be able to set up a veritable air defense battalion!"

After speaking, Wang Ping shifted his gaze to Cheng Xiao: "Old Cheng, for the equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal, the brother troops have been fighting for several days, and the results are there, but the losses are also very large. In order to minimize our losses in this operation, I have decided that we will start tonight. ”

Cheng Xiao didn't hesitate, nodded directly and replied: "After holding back for so long, it's finally our turn." Lao Wang, we are old partners, and the military region has a clear order, you command this operation, and I will cooperate. If there is any order, do not hesitate! ”

Wang Ping wants this sentence, after all, Cheng Xiao's current level is higher than his own.

Then the order began: "From now on, all troops will begin to rest and replenish their strength for tonight's battle." ”

"Each company cooks the squad, find a way to make a hot meal for the troops after dawn, make all the good things left by the troops, and let the soldiers eat a good meal!"

"Baggage troops, the distribution of ammunition began at one o'clock in the afternoon, and each regiment is required to have two bases of ammunition!"

"All military commanders above the battalion level of the whole army will come here at three o'clock in the afternoon, and I will personally arrange combat missions for everyone. At eight o'clock in the evening, set off on time and killed Taiyuan City! ”

At the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan City, the chief of staff, Major General Tanaka, was reporting to Yoshio Shinozuka on the final progress of the three reinforcements and the latest battle situation in several directions in Taiyuan City.

"Your Excellency Commander, as soon as the morning dawns, the Eighth Route Army, which attacked us, will withdraw from the battle and hide in the mountains around the battlefield!"

"The aviation sent a large number of planes to search and bomb them, but because of the poor effect, the bombing has been stopped!"

"However, the casualties of the garrisons in various counties are very large."

"According to statistics, the losses of the Imperial Army alone exceeded three thousand, and the Imperial Cooperative Army also lost nearly five thousand people!"

"Because the county garrison suffered heavy losses, they did not send them to chase them when the Eighth Route Army retreated."

"However, the three reinforcements we sent out were all glued to a unit of the Eighth Route Army. In particular, the 5,000 reinforcements under the command of the original Dazuo directly stuck to the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, and fought with them several times, winning and losing each other! ”

"Yuan Dazuo sent a telegram, as long as the military department gives him two days, he is confident that he will eliminate the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army in Yangquan!"

Destroying the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, was tantamount to cutting off an arm of the Eighth Route Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes quickly flashed with a fine light, and then he agreed.

"Yes, but I have to remind the original monarch that the earth eight roads are too cunning, you must be cautious when pursuing, and you can't go out of the Yang Spring."

"Out of Yangquan is the base of the Eighth Route Army, there are too many accidents that may occur, and we can't prevent it!"

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