Qiulin Town, Northern Shaanxi, World War II Zone Governor's Department.

For Chief Yan, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

The reason is very simple, because the Eighth Route Army, which originally attacked Taiyuan, and the Eighth Route Army of nearly 50,000 people are killing Heyuan County along Tongpu Road.

50,000 Eighth Route Army, against 10,000 Jin Sui Army.

This is destined to be an unprecedented battle.

Commander Yan was worried about the safety of the One Brigade.

Don't look at the number of the eight armies of the Jin Sui Army, and there is still a "more than 100,000" army in name, but Yan Xishan knows better than anyone that this 100,000 is to be put in quotation marks.

The true number is likely to be half, or even less.

It is a routine operation for the troops of the warlords in various places to eat empty salaries, and the Jin Sui army is no exception.

However, the 9,000 people of Chu Yunfei's 1st Brigade and the 6,000 people of Liang Gang's 94th Brigade were real, so Yan Xishan never wanted to see the 1st Brigade being eaten by the Eighth Route Army.

If the lone brigade is eaten by the Eighth Route Army,

For Jin Suijun, it is a nerve-wracking injury.

Therefore, Chief Yan will definitely not be able to sleep tonight.

Every half hour, Yan Xishan had to ask the communications office to contact the only brigade.

Just after 10 o'clock in the evening, the Communications Office of the Commander's Department completed another contact with the 1st Brigade and reported that everything was normal.

Yang Zhenji, the director of the intelligence department, said to Yan Xishan: "General, the Eighth Route Army is very slow to march because it carries a large number of wounded materials, according to the scout report of the only brigade, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to return to Heyuan County until tomorrow morning at the earliest, otherwise you should go back and rest first?" It's not too late for me to call you about anything. ”

"No need." Yan Xishan waved his hand and said, "How can I sleep here......

Before the words fell, a signal soldier hurriedly walked in and reported: "Director, the secret message of the SWAT Department!" ”

"SWAT?" Yang Zhenji's expression was dazed, and he hurriedly took the telegram from the signal soldier's hand, but it was a primitive dot mark full of paper, because only Yang Zhenji's level could contact the special police department, so the secret telegram sent by Liang Huazhi from Taiyuan had to be translated by him personally, and the code book was also separate.

After a while, Yang Zhenji translated the telegram.

However, after reading the telegram, Yang Zhenji was immediately stupid.

Yan Xishan asked, "Director Yang, is there any problem?" ”

"Huh? Oh, well. Yang Zhenji woke up like a dream, and said in a low voice, "General, Director Liang reported that the Eighth Route Army had killed a horse gun and had already taken Taiyuan City!" ”

"What do you say?" Yan Xishan was also taken aback.

He lost his voice and said: "The Eighth Route Army has already taken Taiyuan City?" Really? ”

At this moment, the staff officers in the war room were all alarmed, and everyone reported that they all looked at Yan Xishan.

Yan Xishan couldn't care so much, and said hurriedly: "Director Yang, could you be mistaken?" ”

"Boss, I've checked it a few times, that's right." Yang Zhenji smiled bitterly, "The Eighth Route Army has really taken Taiyuan, and it has completely taken Taiyuan, including the outer city and the inner city."

Hearing this, an exclamation suddenly rang out in the war room.

Yan Xishan said with a depressed face: "How is it possible? ”

"How is that possible? How could the Eighth Route Army take Taiyuan? ”

"This is Taiyuan, this is the garrison of the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army!"

"How is that possible? How could the Eighth Route Army be defeated? And it only took so much time? How is that possible, this is impossible! ”

Yan Xishan was completely shocked by the news.

Like Xianglin's sister-in-law, how can it be possible to keep repeating it?

……

Chang Kaishen, who was far away in Chongqing, learned the news almost at the same time.

However, this time it was not reported to Chang Kaishen by the Taiyuan Station of the Military Commander, but Liang Huazhi sent a secret telegram to Chongqing before sending a secret telegram to Yan Xishan.

And it was sent directly to the chamber of the attendants.

"Bang dang." The teacup in Chang Kaishen's hand fell to the ground without a hand.

Thanks to the wooden floor of Yunxiu Tower, the teacup was not broken.

But the hot tea splashed open, and it still burned Chang Kaishen.

"Niang Xipi!" Chang Kaishen was so angry that he scolded, and he didn't know whether he was scolding the tea or the Eighth Route Army.

Chen Bui, the director of the attendant room, and Tang Zong, the director of the third division, stood on the side, not even daring to take a breath, because the two of them could probably guess that Chang Kaishen was in a very bad mood at this time.

At this time, we must not touch the chairman's bad head, otherwise the dismissal will be light.

"Naijian, could it be a mistake?" Chang Kaishen's first reaction was the same as Yan Xishan, he didn't believe that the Eighth Route Army could take Taiyuan at all, was this impossible?

This is Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi.

This is one of the largest cities in China.

More importantly, Taiyuan was the headquarters of the Japanese First Army.

The garrison of the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese army must be heavily guarded, and with the few broken guns of the Eighth Route Army, there is not even a decent large-caliber heavy artillery, why did they take Taiyuan? Why?

Even if the party-state mobilizes ten or eight group armies, it may not be able to win it.

So Chang Kaishen couldn't accept this result at all, and he must have been mistaken.

At that moment, Chang Kaishen said again: "You check it carefully to see if there is any mistake?" ”

"Headmaster, the students have double-checked it many times." Tang Zong shook his head and said solemnly, "That's what Director Liang sent to the attendant's room. ”

Chang Kaishen was stunned.

A look of shock on his face.

Did you really take Taiyuan?

Niang Xipi! How much benefit can the Eighth Route Army get this time?

So, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi is still not allowed to go to heaven?

Thinking of this, Chang Kaishen inexplicably hated the Japanese army, he was very powerful when he fought our national army, why couldn't he do it against the Eighth Route Army?

Taiyuan was lost.

Can it be a little more?

……

At this time, it was in Heyuan County.

Chu Yunfei was standing at the head of the South Gate City with his hands behind his back.

Looking out from the south gate of the city, you can clearly see the defensive position of the only brigade of the Jin Sui army, and you can see the officers and soldiers of a regiment of officers and soldiers are lighting torches and rushing to repair the fortifications.

Foxholes, communication trenches, and even artillery positions.

Although it took only one day, the entire defensive position was already taking shape.

Seeing this, Chu Yunfei couldn't help but nod freely, the quality of the only brigade is still very good, and it is impossible for other brother troops to have this efficiency.

However, Chu Yunfei still had some worries in his heart.

With the current fortifications, it should be enough to resist the other Eighth Route Army, but if you want to resist Li Yunlong's independent regiment, I'm afraid it's almost meaningless, it's not enough.

And Chu Yunfei just thought of another question.

The Independent Regiment hollowed out almost the entire underground of the Fuliang Mountains, dug out thousands of kilometers of tunnels, and also formed a transportation network extending in all directions.

Chu Qufei seriously suspected that this tunnel network of the Independent Regiment had reached Heyuan County.

Therefore, if they can't find out and cut off the tunnels of the Eighth Route Army, then they will be in big trouble.

At that time, Wang Ye's wolf squadron will be able to infiltrate the city from the tunnel, and then launch a beheading of his brigade headquarters, as the so-called only a thousand days to be a thief and no thousand days to prevent thieves, if they are allowed to passively defend against the decapitation of the wolf squadron, they will definitely not be able to prevent it, so they must find and completely destroy the tunnel network of the independent regiment as soon as possible.

At that moment, Chu Yunfei said to the other party: "Brother meritorious service, tell all regiments and battalions directly under it, when digging trenches, dig as deep as possible, and be sure to find out the tunnel leading to Heyuan County." ”

"Yes." Fang Ligong said solemnly, "I'll go now." ”

Fang Ligong turned to leave, but soon hurried back again.

Chu Yunfei asked, "Brother Meritorious Service, has the order been conveyed?" ”

"It's been conveyed." Fang Ligong nodded, and said, "Luza, there is another matter." ”

"Anything else?" Chu Yunfei tugged at his white gloves and said casually, "What's the matter?" ”

Fang Ligong said: "I just received a top-secret telegram from the inner line lurking in Taiyuan City, and the Eighth Route Army staged two good dramas in a row, returning the horse gun and hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, and won Taiyuan City in one fell swoop!" ”

"What do you say? Back to the carbine? Hiding from the world? When did the Eighth Route Army learn to sing? Also took Taiyuan? ”

Chu Yunfei smiled disdainfully, but in the next second, the smile on Chu Yunfei's face froze there, and then he turned his head and looked at Fang Ligong with a look of disbelief.

"What did you just say? The Eighth Route Army took Taiyuan? ”

After a pause, Chu Yunfei said again: "You mean, Li Yunlong and them?" ”

"Yes." Fang Ligong breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a dark face, "Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment, Ding Weixin's First Regiment, and Kong Jiexin's Second Regiment have already taken Taiyuan!" ”

"How is this possible? It's absolutely impossible! ”

Chu Yunfei's first reaction was also disbelief, how could it be?

Last year, their only brigade and the 94th brigade of the Central Army only attacked the outer city at such a big cost, and when they wanted to break through the inner city, they hit their heads and bled out, why did the Eighth Route Army?

Just with their extra tens of thousands of rabble?

Just a few cannons they captured from the Japanese?

Fang Ligong said abruptly: "Luzao, although it is emotionally difficult to accept, the fact is that Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie and their three regiments have indeed taken Taiyuan!" ”

"According to the news from the inside,"

"The headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi has also been wiped out."

"The commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, either committed suicide or was already a prisoner of the Eighth Route Army."

After a pause, Fang Ligong said again: "Also, the materials that the Japanese army has hoarded in the inner city of Taiyuan are afraid that they are also cheaper than Li Yunlong and the three of them." ”

"Damn! It's also so infuriating! ”

Chu Yunfei rarely scolded, but at this time, he inevitably burst into foul language.

After a pause, Chu Yunfei asked again: "Meritorious brother, did the inside line say what was going on?" ”

"Yes, but it's just speculation." Fang Ligong nodded, and said, "According to the speculation of the insider, the Eighth Route Army's return to the north to the Fuliang Mountains is just for show, just a false shot. ”

"With this reason, the Eighth Route Army secretly hid an ambush in the outer city."

"The Japanese army was attracted by the large-scale retreat of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and only cared about recovering the neighborhoods outside the city, biting the butt of the Eighth Route Army and pushing them to the outer city, and then neglecting the search for the neighborhoods in the city."

"As a result, this ambush of the Eighth Route Army was able to successfully cross the sea without concealment."

"Then, the main force of the Eighth Route Army suddenly turned around and headed south, killing a horse pistol."

"In the end, the Japanese army was caught off guard by the internal and external linkage of the Eighth Route Army, and Taiyuan was directly lost."

After a pause, Fang Ligong said again: "Although this is just an insider guess, I think it should be the truth. ”

Chu Yunfei couldn't help but sigh, and said a little helplessly: "In other words, our One Brigade and the Ninety-fourth Brigade of the Central Army sent troops to seize Heyuan County and Fu'an County, but they helped the Eighth Route Army, right?" ”

"Yes." Fang Ligong smiled bitterly and said, "If it weren't for our two brigades sending troops to contain the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi, Li Yunlong and Wang Ye probably wouldn't have been able to sing this trick." ”

After a pause, he said: "The Japanese army will not lose Taiyuan." ”

"Hmph." Chu Yunfei sneered twice and said, "In other words, we helped the Eighth Route Army instead?" ”

"Yes." Fang Ligong said, "I really don't know, how Shangfeng will feel when he hears the news?" Originally, he just wanted to contain the Eighth Route Army, but in the end, he lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot, but instead helped the Eighth Route Army take Taiyuan. ”

Chu Yunfei's face fell, but he didn't say anything, because he was very grateful to Yan Xishan, the old chief, and even more loyal to the principal Chang Kaishen.

Fang Ligong said again: "Luzao, what should we do now?" ”

"Hmph, things are easier on our side now." Chu Yunfei said, "Send a congratulatory message." ”

"Congratulatory telegram?" Fang Ligong was stunned when he heard this, and said blankly, "What congratulatory telegram?" You mean? ”

"That's right, send a congratulatory telegram to the 386th Brigade, and let the Theater Commander's Department also send a congratulatory telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army." Chu Yunfei snorted twice and continued, "But this sentence must be added, the Eighth Route Army was able to take Taiyuan City with the close cooperation of the only brigade of our Jin Sui Army and the independent ninety-fourth brigade of the Central Army. ”

"Traveler, you mean?" Fang Ligong's eyes lit up.

"That's right, we are also singing with the Eighth Route Army." Chu Yunfei snorted and said.

"Humble duty understood." Fang Ligong was overjoyed when he heard this, "I will send a telegram to the 386th Brigade and the Commander's Department respectively, and explain the merits of the only brigade of our Jinsui Army." ”

……

Taiyue Mountain Base Area, 386th Brigade Headquarters.

It was late at night, but the brigade commander was not sleepy, standing at the entrance of the brigade department with an enamel teacup and looking in the direction of Taiyuan, muttering a sentence from time to time.

The brigade commander is willing to delegate command and is willing to make great efforts to train his cadres.

However, this does not mean that he is not worried about the battles commanded by his subordinate cadres, such as the ongoing Taiyuan Campaign, and the brigade commander is very worried.

The brigade commander couldn't wait to grow clairvoyance and see Taiyuan directly.

The chief of staff said: "Brigade commander, since you are so worried, then simply go to Taiyuan." ”

"How can that work?" The brigade commander shook his head and said, "Ding Wei is in good command, what is the matter with me?" ”

The chief of staff shook his head and said, "Since Ding Wei is in good command, then what do you have to worry about?" ”

"Am I worried?" The brigade commander flatly denied it, "Chief of Staff, which eye of yours saw that I was worried?" ”

"Brigade commander, I think you are a duck with a dead mouth and a hard mouth." The chief of staff said with a smile, "I am obviously worried to death in my heart, but I don't admit it on my lips." ”

"I'm not worried, really."

The brigade commander shook his head and said, "I'm not worried at all. ”

As the two spoke, a telegraph soldier came in and handed a telegram to the chief of staff.

After reading the telegram, the chief of staff sighed lightly, and the whole person was stunned.

The brigade commander took a sip of strong tea and asked: "Chief of Staff, whose telegram?" Scares you like this? ”

"Brigadier, you must not know whose telegram this is." It took a long time for the chief of staff to recover, shook his head and said, "It's a congratulatory message from Chu Yunfei, the only brigade of the Jin Sui Army." ”

"Congratulatory telegram?" The brigade commander took another sip of strong tea and asked, "Congratulations to us on what?" ”

The chief of staff took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Congratulations on our recovery of Taiyuan in one fell swoop. ”

"Poof." The strong tea in the brigade commander's mouth spurted out violently, almost wetting the map in front of him.

"What? Chief of Staff, what did you just say? The brigade commander said in disbelief, "Recover Taiyuan? ”

"Brigade commander, see for yourself." The chief of staff handed the telegram to the brigade commander, and said, "That's what Chu Yunfei said in this congratulatory telegram, and also said that the only brigade of their Jinsui Army sent troops to seize Heyuan County because it was agreed with the independent regiment in advance, and they were cooperating with Li Yunlong to sing a drama for the devil, and the devil was really fooled." ”

The brigade commander took the telegram and only glanced at it, and his eyes widened.

"Damn, it's really a congratulatory message?" The brigade commander said in surprise, "Could it be that Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Wang Ye have really taken Taiyuan?" ”

The chief of staff said, "I think this should be true." ”

The brigade commander shook his head again and again: "I didn't expect it, this is really unexpected." ”

"yes, that's a bit of a surprise." The chief of staff said thoughtfully, "I originally thought that Ding Wei and they would be able to break through the outer city of Taiyuan and force the main force of the Japanese army on the front line of the Taihang base area to return to help, but I never expected that Ding Wei and they would directly take Taiyuan down." ”

The brigade commander suddenly had a strong curiosity: "How was this battle fought?" ”

The chief of staff smiled and said, "Brigade commander, it's not easy to know this?" Let Wang Ye make a detailed battle report, won't we know everything? ”

"Don't bother them now."

The brigade commander waved his hand and said: "Ding Wei and Wang Ye have not bothered to send us a telegram until now, or Chu Yunfei, this kid sent us a congratulatory telegram first, which shows that the battle in Taiyuan City will not end for a while, they must be very busy now, let's not make trouble for them." ”

"Brigadier Commander, you're right." The chief of staff said with a smile.

"But when it comes to Chu Yunfei, this kid is really good at putting gold on his face."

"Putting gold on your face?" The brigade commander said suddenly, "I think he wants to cook raw rice and use this congratulatory telegram to force Li Yunlong to admit the military occupation of Heyuan County by the only brigade of their Jinsui Army." ”

"What?" The chief of staff said, "Let Li Yunlong admit their occupation of Heyuan County?" Isn't that? If Li Yunlong is willing to admit it, then it won't be Li Yunlong. ”

The brigade commander smiled: "So this is wishful thinking. ”

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