"More than 20,000 people!" The lieutenant general replied with a calm face.

"Plus the 4,000 people who have been killed outside the city, and the troops who attacked the airport, there are at least 30,000 people!"

Then he stared at the chief of staff and asked the question he couldn't understand the most: "There are so many Eighth Route Army, and they are all elite troops, where did they all come from!" ”

"Jinchaji base area, southwest Jin, and Taiyue, all of them!" The chief of staff hastened to answer.

"The independent division with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, the brigade directly under the Taiyue base area, and the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the southwest of Shanxi are all here!"

"These troops are stationed too far away from Taiyuan City, under the cover of the local Eighth Route Army, they rushed to the outside of Taiyuan City day and night, and then lurked, and our intelligence officers couldn't find any trace of them at all!"

The lieutenant general finally made a judgment: "This is a premeditated military operation~"

"The Eighth Route Army is going to take Taiyuan City!"

"The transfer of troops from other places caught us off guard. The surrounding Eighth Route Army can stay and send reinforcements to buy time for the siege troops, and the Eighth Route Army wants to take Taiyuan City! ”

"Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the front army headquarters, report our situation truthfully, and ask for reinforcements!"

"The aviation must reinforce the battlefield after dawn and cooperate with our ground attack forces to take out the two Eighth Route Armies that have been killed outside Taiyuan City."

"In this way, we can give the Eighth Route Army outside the city a blow to their morale. At the same time, we can also concentrate our forces on defense and block the offensive of the Eighth Route Army! ”

The headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army in Beiping, Okamura Ninji has been in a very good mood these days.

The danger of Shijiazhuang was lifted.

Moreover, according to the results reported by the attacking troops, they eliminated a lot of the Eighth Route Army in this battle.

Okamura knew that there was a lot of water in the results of the battle, and there was too much bad news received during this time, and it was not easy to receive a good news that could boost the morale of the North China Front, and there was no need to seriously investigate it.

Tonight, Okamura Ninji had a rare dream.

Half a year after dreaming, the Imperial Army, which had recovered its strength, under the cover of a large number of planes and heavy artillery, smashed into the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and finally wiped out the Eighth Route Army.

Those opponents who had defeated them all became their own prisoners, and were eventually killed by their own hands.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Just as he raised his command knife in his dream, he was about to slash his opponent when a sharp knock on the door woke him up from his dream.

"Your Excellency, Commander, urgent military intelligence...... Something happened in Taiyuan City again! ”

Okamura sat up from the bed with a rub, stared at the door and asked, "What did you just say?" Come in and say! ”

"Hey!"

The chief of staff walked in with a solemn face.

"Taiyuan City is in an emergency, they were attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, Taiyuan Airport has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and reinforcements are urgently needed~"

"There are more than 30,000 people in the Eighth Route Army attacking them, all of them are elites from other base areas, with strong combat effectiveness, and they are also equipped with a large number of artillery!"

"Nani?"

The good mood on Okamura Ninji's face disappeared all at once, and he put on a military coat and rushed out.

As he walked, he ordered: "I want to know the specific situation of Taiyuan City now!" ”

Walking to the war room, the chief of staff had already reported everything he knew, and the combat staff officer had also marked all the contents of the above half on the sand table.

Okamura Ningji glanced at the sand table and said with a solemn face: "I agree with the judgment of the Taiyuan garrison, the Eighth Route Army wants to take Taiyuan City!" ”

"The surrounding troops did not move, and stayed to send reinforcements. With the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, our recent reinforcements don't want to kill outside Taiyuan City in three days! ”

"They must be allowed to hold Taiyuan City for at least three days, otherwise Taiyuan City will be lost......"

"Send them a telegram back: from now on, whether it is air support or artillery support, we will give them whatever they want! But you must hold Taiyuan City for at least three days! ”

"Immediately transfer troops from the surrounding area to reinforce Taiyuan City!"

"Even if the Eighth Route Army deploys heavy troops on the way we must reinforce our reinforcements, we must reinforce Taiyuan at all costs~"

"Compared with Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan City is more important to our North China Front!"

The chief of staff reminded: "Do you want a brigade from Taiyuan to reinforce Shijiazhuang to come back together!" ”

"Of course you have to go back, and you have to march back in a hurry, if you can use the railway to transport it, you can use the railway to transport it, if you can't use the car, if you can't do it, you have to run back!"

Speaking of this, Okamura Ninji was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then a very shocked expression appeared on his face.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said: "I understand, I finally understand why the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked Shijiazhuang." ”

"This matter is a conspiracy from beginning to end!"

"The Eighth Route Army did not really attack Shijiazhuang, but distracted the imperial army by attacking Shijiazhuang, and then forced the imperial army to transfer troops from Shanxi to prepare for their attack on Taiyuan!"

"Which commander of the Eighth Route Army actually set up such a big situation for my North China Front Army."

"Order the intelligence department to find out what I want to know at all costs!"

"There is also Taiyuan City, which must not be lost!"

"Since Taiyuan City is the real target of the Eighth Route Army, then they will definitely desperately block the imperial army troops that reinforce Taiyuan."

"So the reinforcements on the ground are far away, and the water can't quench the thirst of the near!"

"If you want to hold Taiyuan City, the greatest hope lies in the Taiyuan garrison and aviation!"

"You must give a death order to Taiyuan City, and you must not lose Taiyuan City. The troops are not enough, I allow him to transfer the expatriate armed supplementary troops in Taiyuan City! ”

"Order the aviation to reinforce Taiyuan City at all costs from now on!"

"As long as Taiyuan City is in need, air reinforcements from the aviation must arrive unconditionally!"

The chief of staff's face also became more serious than ever, and replied with a solemn face: "Humble position, go and give orders now!" ”

Outside the city of Taiyuan, the battlefield was full of gunfire.

The attacking troops did not stop because of the dawn and continued to attack!

"Old regiment commander, the headquarters reported that the little devil plane reinforcing Taiyuan has taken off, and it can arrive here in an hour. You see, whether to order the attacking troops to suspend the offensive and disperse and hide. We'll fight after dark! ”

Cheng Xiao's proposal is the way the Eighth Route Army has always played.

During the day, the devil plane rests, and at night, after the devil plane returns to the nest, the troops will pull it out and continue to fight!

Wang Ping shook his head in surprise and replied: "You can't retreat, and you can't weaken the attack on the devils." Otherwise, the pressure on Xiao Yunshan and the independent regiment will definitely increase greatly, and if they don't do it, they won't be able to hold out until it gets dark at night! ”

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