"Chief of Staff, I suggest that these two results be reported to the headquarters and to Yan'an immediately." The excited commander suggested.

"Of course, we have to report it, if you don't know it, the results of this battle will spread throughout China tonight!" The deputy chief of staff affirmed.

Then he continued to analyze: "Also, Linfen City is the main transportation route of the devils, and it is the only way to contact the two field divisions on the front line. Now we have taken it. The devils must desperately take it back, otherwise, the supplies of these two field divisions can only be transported by air. However, the North China Front Army obviously does not have such a strong air force transportation capacity, after all, there are forty or fifty thousand little devils on the front line combined! ”

"Therefore, the Japanese army will definitely send heavy troops to Linfen! However, if they draw troops from the North China Front Army here, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in other places will be greatly reduced, and this will be an opportunity for our entire Eighth Route Army to smash the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression, and the headquarters must make good arrangements as soon as possible to maximize the results of winning Xiangfen and Linfen! ”

"When Wang Ping comes back and asks about the specific situation, we will report to the headquarters!"

Commander Chen was very happy and replied, "Okay...... Wait for Wang Ping to come back...... I really didn't expect that in just a few days, Wang Ping set up the stage for us to sing such a big play, and killed more than one brigade of devils before and after! ”

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, at four o'clock in the morning, except for the staff officers and guards on duty, everyone was asleep, and the deputy commander-in-chief was no exception.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Suddenly, there was a sharp knock at the door.

The alert deputy commander-in-chief sat up from the bed with a rub, then put on a military coat and opened the door.

"Chief, chief of staff urgently telegraphed, they won the battle in Linfen, killed a brigade of little devils, and even the commander of the brigade of major generals of devils, and recaptured Xiangfen County, and also took Linfen City......"

"How is that possible?" The deputy commander-in-chief's first reaction was disbelief.

He took the telegram, rubbed his eyes, and read it twice before ordering: "Go to the war room now, and ...... immediately."

Seeing that the staff officer on duty had marked the contents of the telegram on the sand table, the deputy commander-in-chief directly showed a very satisfied smile on his face, and then stared at the sand table.

"Pull a hair and move the whole body, Wang Ping fought a good battle! The encirclement of the little devils encircling and suppressing the Taiyue Military Region With the occupation of Linfen City by us, there has been a huge gap, as long as the Taiyue Military Region makes good use of this big gap, the devils' heavy encirclement and suppression of the Taiyue Military Region will be crushed by us! ”

"The Taiyue Military Region is safe, and they can transfer heavy troops to reinforce the Taihang Military Region......"

"In this way, the big chess game of the entire North China anti-encirclement and suppression will be alive!"

"Call back to the chief of staff immediately and ask him to rush to the headquarters. The materials and ammunition captured by the new regiment in Linfen will be supplemented by the Taiyue Military Region first, and then by the Taihang Military Region and the Northwest Shanxi Military Region. ”

"Also, immediately report the results of this battle to Yan'an, and ask Yan'an to consider reporting to Chongqing! Our Eighth Route Army fought such a big battle, and we also killed a major general brigade commander of the little devil, Chongqing can't help but express it! ”

The headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, located in the city of Beiping, was brightly lit, and it was impossible to see that it was the early morning in the dead of night.

The commander, Lieutenant General Tada, was woken up more than two hours ago.

When I first heard the news that Linfen City was attacked by the Eighth Route Army and Major General Kawaguchi was besieged by the Eighth Route Army in Xiangfen County. He didn't know the situation on the battlefield, but he was still full of confidence in the troops under his command.

In his eyes, the Eighth Route Army was very powerful, but it was all manifested in guerrilla warfare and movement warfare that the imperial army could not defend against.

In peacetime, the Eighth Route Army did not even dare to fight the Imperial Army in positional warfare, let alone siege battles, which they were even less good at.

Moreover, Linfen City is different from ordinary county seats, as an important transportation town on the Tongpu railway line. Before the imperial army occupied, the original owner of Linfen, Jin Suijun, relied on the city wall to build a large number of city fortifications. After the imperial army took Linfen, it was strengthened and reinforced. Although it cannot be called indestructible, there should be no problem in blocking the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

It was with this idea in mind that in the past two hours, Tada's face was not too nervous.

However, it backfired, and Major General Kawaguchi, who had just been in office for less than two months, had an accident first!

An independent mixed brigade was completely annihilated like a cut of flesh, and the commander of the brigade of the major general also died on the battlefield. Hear the bad news. Tada Jun was directly stunned, and it took a long time to react.

At this time, the first thought that popped into his mind was to take revenge and kill the Eighth Route Army in Linfen.

However, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and there are no troops around Linfen who have this strength.

The chief of staff, who knew Tada Jun's thoughts, first frowned, and then pointed to the sand table and analyzed: "Your Excellency Commander, we have a lot of garrisons around Linfen, but they are all brigade-sized, and they all have their own tasks, so it is impossible to reinforce Linfen!" ”

"A little farther away there is a mixed brigade and three field infantry wings. However, they are encircling and suppressing the so-called Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and the encirclement and suppression battle has reached a critical moment. Now that they are mobilized to Linfen, then their ongoing encirclement and suppression can only end in a hurry......"

"No...... They can't move ......," Tada replied, shaking his head.

"This large-scale encirclement and suppression is not only a matter of Taiyue alone, the whole of North China is in action, and it is carried out by the front army for a long time, and it must not be affected because of Linfen and give up halfway!"

At this time, Tada Jun was still able to maintain his sanity and frown and think about the solution.

However, as the communications staff officer rushed in again in a panic, he could not keep his senses.

"General, Linfen City...... Something happened! ”

"Our contact with Linfen City was suddenly cut off, and no matter how we called the other party, there was no response......

"Is it possible that there is a problem with their radio station?" Tadajun's heart suddenly rose to his throat, staring at the communications staff officer and asking.

Xiangfen can be lost, and Major General Kawaguchi can also die, but Linfen City must not be lost.

If Linfen is lost, the imperial army facing off from the front line and the Second World War Zone will become a lone army, a lone army that has completely lost its ammunition supply.

At this time, if the Jin Sui army had the courage to counterattack, it would not take a few days for the two field divisions to run out of ammunition. At that time, they will face the risk of being severely damaged by the Second World War Zone, or even completely annihilated.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that there was also an accident in Linfen City, Tada Jun panicked!

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