"Don't worry, Lao Li."

"Everything that can be carried has already been carried away."

Zhao Gang waved his hand, and continued: "It's just that those machines in the factory are too big and heavy, and they can't be disassembled without enough time, and there is no way to transport them." ”

After a pause, he said, "So I can only pray that the little devils will drop a few fewer aerial bombs, or throw all the bombs at the arsenal and their headquarters." ”

At this time, Wang Ye said: "Political commissar, the devil's bombing must be aimed at the arsenal." ”

"The devil's aerial bombs and aviation gasoline are not blown by strong winds, and if the aviation is really used to bomb all high-value targets in Taiyuan City, the cost will be too great."

"At least not what the little devils can bear."

"Don't look at the devils who have occupied the whole of Southeast Asia, there is no shortage of oil,"

"But their oil refining capacity will not be increased all at once, and their steel production is unlikely to grow explosively in a short period of time."

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "Therefore, the devil will not carry out large-scale covering bombing on targets other than the arsenal and the headquarters of the First Army, at most it is just to throw a few aerial bombs casually, but this kind of bombing is basically an itch for the factory, and it is almost impossible to blow up the equipment." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Gang's eyes lit up instantly.

Zhao Gang said: "Xiao Wang, do you still have a chance?" ”

"There's definitely a chance." Wang Ye nodded, and said, "But I'm afraid there won't be too much time." ”

After a pause, he said: "If nothing else, the main force of the First Army of the Devils will soon give up the sweep of the Taihang Military Region and counterattack Taiyuan with all their might, even if the brother troops of the Taihang Military Region go all out to delay the main force of the Devils to return to help, even if the 772nd Regiment is blocking in Yuci, at most it will only be able to fight for us for three days." ”

"Three days is enough." Zhao Gang couldn't help but say.

"Three days is enough for us to remove all the equipment."

As he spoke, a buzzing roar suddenly sounded in the sky in all directions, including the northeast, southwest, and southeast.

"Damn, before dawn, the devil's bomber arrived?" Li Yunlong was so angry that he scolded, "Aren't you afraid of bumping into each other? ”

Wang Ye said: "Commander, hurry up." ”

"Let's go, let's go." After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he turned around and left.

At this time, there was no longer a single figure outside the Houzai Gate, and at that moment, Wang Ye also escorted Zhao Gang into a shop on the side of Gongjimen Street to hide.

At this time, the eastern sky has already revealed a trace of fish belly white.

Immediately after that, one after another Type 96 land long-range attack planes lined up and rumbled over the inner city of Taiyuan, and then rows of heavy bombs were accumulated.

A moment later, the inner city was filled with dazzling red lights.

At this moment, the entire Taiyuan City was shaking violently.

……

When the Japanese air force began to bomb the inner city of Taiyuan, the Wolf Warrior Squadron had already retreated to the artillery position in the northern suburbs.

"Old Tu, come to one." Wei Dayong took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, first distributed it to his comrades-in-arms, and then threw a cigarette to the artillery company commander Tu Feng.

"Old knives? That's good stuff! ”

Tu Feng grinned and said, "But aren't you too picky?" ”

"What do you mean?" Wei Dayong was stunned for a moment, and asked Tu Feng rhetorically, "Where did I pick it?"

"Pretend, then pretend." Tu Feng said angrily, "Do you dare to say that you didn't get any benefit from entering the inner city of Taiyuan this time?" ”

"Profit?" Wei Dayong said angrily, "Pull it down quickly, our Eighth Route Army has discipline, and all seizures will be returned to the public, who dares to intercept and seize them privately?"

"." Tu Feng said abruptly, "Do you really think that if our artillery is not on the front line, we won't know anything?"

After a pause, Tu Feng said again: "Of course, the weapons, equipment and property captured on the battlefield must be handed over, but I have never heard of the seized cigarettes, biscuits, towels or something, and they must also be handed over." ”

"Oh, that's what you're talking about." Wei Dayong said.

"What else could there be?" Tu Feng said, "Tell me honestly, how much benefit have you made?"

"Don't mention it." Wei Dayong didn't have a good breath and said, "Our wolf squadron didn't take turns to clean up the battlefield, so we didn't get any benefits, and this half pack of cigarettes was rewarded by the captain."

"Didn't get any benefits? The devil believes in you. Tu Feng stretched out his hand and said, "I don't want much, a pack of cigarettes is enough."

"Not really." Wei Dayong said and opened his hands, and said, "If you don't believe it, you will find it, and it will be yours if you find it." ”

Tu Feng didn't believe it, so he really reached out to find it, but he searched all of Wei Dayong's pockets, but he really didn't find anything.

"Damn, monk, what are you doing on dog days?" Tu Feng said angrily, "After such a big victory, you kid didn't even catch a pack of cigarettes." ”

Wei Dayong said: "Who made us a wolf squadron, the captain said, we are suffering first, and pleasure is last." ”

", it's better to say than to sing." Tu Feng said, "There are so many companies in the whole regiment, just count the best food in your wolf squadron, three meals a day of white flour buns are open to eat, not to mention, there is also fucking meat to eat, the landlords and old wealth in Shanxi are not as good as you, and you still have the face to say that you have to endure hardships in front." ”

"That can't be helped." Wei Dayong said, "The captain said that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight." ”

"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight?" Tu Feng scratched his head and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Wei Dayong said seriously: "It means that the elite troops must be well fed." ”

"Really? It seems to make sense. Tu Feng was really frightened by this, so he immediately diverted the topic.

"Monk, this time our group has won such a big battle, do you have to treat the big guys in the group?"

"That's a must." After Wei Dayong finished speaking, he lowered his voice and said, "I'll give you a thorough explanation, don't tell others, when you return to the base group, you will hold a celebration banquet, white flour steamed buns, dumplings, and sweet potato noodles can be made, and there are enough braised pork to eat!" By the way, each brother also has two or two melons to burn! ”

"Good boy, everyone has two or two melons to burn?"

Tu Feng was speechless and said, "How much soju do you have to drink?" ”

"Look at your little bit of interest." Wei Dayong said, "Guarding the winery, are you afraid that there will be no wine to drink?" ”

After a pause, Wei Dayong said again: "Even if there is no soju factory, the various soju seized from Taiyuan City this time is enough for the brothers to drink a few meals. ”

Tu Feng said: "Monk, speaking of seizures, a lot of weapons and ammunition must have been seized this time, right?" ”

"Not really." Wei Dayong said, "In the words of the captain, the weapons and ammunition seized this time were piled up, and it took more than 100,000 people and 1,000 flatbed trucks to move for half a night before they were finally moved. ”

"My dear, how many weapons and ammunition do you need?" Tu Feng said.

After a pause, Tu Feng asked in a low voice: "Hey, monk, you said, this time our regiment has won such a big battle, should the headquarters commend it?" Shouldn't the regiment commander also be promoted to brigade commander? ”

If the regiment commander is promoted to brigade commander, the cadres below will naturally be promoted.

He, the commander of the artillery company, may be able to be promoted to the commander of the artillery battalion, to be honest, the battalion commander does not care if the battalion commander is not the battalion commander's Tu Feng, but the cannon of a battalion is really fragrant.

One artillery battalion, to say the least, has twelve guns!

Wei Dayong said: "It's hard to say whether you are promoted or not, and you must not have run away from the commendation." ”

Tu Feng said again: "Speaking of commendations, this time we have made a big move, Taiyuan has won, do you say that the Second War Zone Chief Yan and the Standing Chairman should also give us a commendation?" ”

"Yan Laoxi? Chang Kaishen? Wei Dayong said abruptly.

"It wouldn't be nice if the two of them weren't."

"Reward it and dream about it."

……

Chongqing Huangshan official residence, Yunxiu Lou study.

When Mrs. Chang walked into the study, she saw Chang Kaishen sitting on the sofa in a daze, but her eyes were red, obviously she hadn't slept all night.

"Darling, didn't you sleep last night?" Mrs. Chang said with concern.

"Sleep, I'll squint in the lounge." Chang Kaishen waved his hand and said.

"You're lying to the kids?" Mrs. Chang said, "My eyes are red like this, hurry up and go to sleep for a while." ”

"Niang Xipi, can you not bother Lao Tzu?" Chang Kaishen had a lion roaring angrily in his heart, but when the words came to his mouth, he became soft, "Madam, I'm fine, you let me stay alone." ”

For his young and beautiful lady, Chang Kaishen really can't stand up.

The reason is very simple, this lady of his is pinching his testicles, don't get me wrong, it's not Chang Kaishen's own testicles, but the testicles of the party-state Central Army.

Behind Mrs. Chang is the Song family.

Behind the Song family is the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium.

And without the financial support of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium, Chang Kaishen's central army would soon be in trouble.

Now, the Song family is even more unbelievable, because the five billion US dollars of military aid from the beautiful country are all handled by the Song family.

Mrs. Chang saw that Chang Kaishen was in a very bad mood, so she just patted Chang Kaishen on the back gently, told her to rest early, and then turned around and left the study.

However, Chang Kaishen didn't want to sleep at all.

It's just after six o'clock, and it's not time to go to work yet.

Senior generals of the party-state, including the Minister of Military Affairs, the Minister of Military Orders, the Minister of Military Training, the Minister of National Defense, and the Director of the Operations Department, as well as a number of confidants and staff members of the chamberlain, gathered in the conference room to discuss countermeasures.

If this meeting is not held, it will not work, the Eighth Route Army will recover Taiyuan in one fell swoop, and this movement is too big.

If the party-state fails to take the lead in creating public opinion and let the Communist Party's propaganda machine be launched first, it will make the Kuomintang lose face and may even cause misunderstanding among overseas Chinese and beautiful countries.

In fact, there are already very bad signs.

Mr. Chen Jiageng, the leader of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, has visited Yan'an.

There is also a grapevine that the beautiful country is also preparing to send an observation mission to Yan'an.

After everyone sat down, Chang Kaishen said with a dark face: "Everyone, you are all clear about the situation, right?" ”

The senior generals and staff members attending the meeting nodded one after another, indicating that they had mastered the situation of Taiyuan's recovery.

Chang Kaishen said to Chen Bui again: "Yan Ji, first of all, you can talk about the economic, military and political impact of the Eighth Route Army after it recovers Taiyuan? ”

"Yes." Chen Bui replied respectfully, "Let's talk about the economic impact first. ”

"Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi, and Chief Yan of the Second War Zone has been operating in Shanxi for many years, laying a solid industrial foundation, and the essence of Shanxi's industry is gathered in Taiyuan."

"In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, before the fall of Taiyuan,"

"Almost all industrial sectors have been built, including steel, electricity, chemicals, coal, steel, machinery, leather, textiles, building materials, paper and cigarettes."

"And they're all on a pretty big scale."

"At that time, Shanxi's tax revenue was second only to Shanghai."

"After the Japanese army occupied Taiyuan, most of the industrial equipment was dismantled."

"But there are three categories of equipment not only not dismantled, but have been strengthened to a considerable extent, that is, the electricity, coal and steel industry, the Japanese army occupied Taiyuan for five years, Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant provided at least 50,000 tons of steel to the Japanese government! Moreover, there is information that Mitsui Corporation is preparing to increase the production scale of the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant. ”

After a pause, Chen Bui said again: "Therefore, the recovery of Taiyuan will definitely deal an economic blow to the Japanese puppet government, and delay or even prevent the Japanese from continuing to loot materials from Shanxi." ”

However, Chang Kaishen is more concerned about how much benefit the Eighth Route Army can get from it?

At that moment, Chang Kaishen asked in a deep voice: "Is it possible for the Eighth Route Army to dismantle these machines and equipment back to their base and rebuild factories?" ”

Chen Bui said ambiguously: "Maybe, it can't be." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Chang Kaishen frowned and said, "Make it clear." ”

"Yes." Chen Bui said respectfully, "It is entirely possible for the Eighth Route Army to dismantle the machinery and equipment in Taiyuan, as long as time permits, they can even dismantle the steel used to build the factory and transport it back to the base area, but it is absolutely impossible for them to rebuild the factory and put it into production in the so-called base area." ”

"Completely impossible?" Chang Kaishen said, "Is it really impossible? ”

"It really can't be." Chen Bui said, "Like steel, electricity, machinery, chemical and other factories, I won't talk about the technical threshold, but the transportation and supporting facilities are an insurmountable problem, so the Eighth Route Army is at most to build a few workshop-style small factories to solve the problem, and the production capacity does not need to be considered." ”

Hearing this, Chang Kaishen breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Eighth Route Army could not vigorously develop industry with the help of these machines and equipment, there would be no problem, and a few small workshop-type factories would not be able to make the climate.

Chen Bui said again: "Of course, if the Eighth Route Army can hold the Tai principle, it is another matter. ”

"It's impossible." Chang Kaishen said categorically, "The Japanese will definitely fight back wildly, and with the urine of the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely give up Taiyuan in the end, there is no doubt about it." ”

After a pause, he said, "You can continue to talk about the military influence." ”

Chen Bui said: "Commission, can you let Director Liu talk about the military influence?" ”

"It's fine." Chang Kaishen's eyes turned to Liu Fei, the director of the Operations Department, and said, "For Zhang, then you can talk about it." ”

"Okay." Liu Fei stood up and said respectfully, "The loss of Taiyuan has a great impact on the entire defensive deployment of the Japanese army in North China, and it can even be said to be fatal. ”

"Because Taiyuan is not only the provincial capital and economic and political center of Shanxi, but also the transportation hub of Shanxi."

"After losing Taiyuan, the Japanese army in the entire Shanxi was cut into several pieces, and they could no longer form an effective linkage with each other, and they were easily broken by each other."

"And Shanxi and Shandong are the left and right wings of the Japanese army in North China."

"Once one wing of Shanxi is broken, Hebei will be completely exposed, and then the Japanese army in North China will be like a bird with one wing broken, which can no longer fly into the sky, and will easily be captured and eaten by hunters."

Chang Kaishen said: "That is to say, Shanxi must not lose for the Japanese army? ”

"Yes." Liu Fei said solemnly, "For the Japanese army, if they lose Shanxi, the whole of North China will not be protected, and they will have no other choice but to withdraw to the pass." ”

Chang Kaishen said: "I'm relieved to do this. ”

After a pause, he said to Chen Bui again: "Yan Ji, you can talk about the political influence." ”

"Okay." Chen Bui said respectfully, "The political influence is divided into three aspects, the first is the Japanese side, the loss of Taiyuan will definitely cause a great shock to the Japanese high-level, if nothing else, the Japanese base camp will suspend the transfer of troops from North China, and maybe there will be additional troops to Shanxi, which will support the Pacific Theater from the side." ”

"The second is the influence of the domestic side, the recovery of Taiyuan will definitely boost the confidence and morale of all the people, and at the same time, it cannot be ignored that it will also greatly enhance the reputation of the Eighth Route Army and the Communist Party.

Hearing this, Chen Changkai's face fell, and he said in a deep voice: "This is exactly what I am worried about. ”

After a pause, he turned his head and asked Xiao Tongzi, director of the Central News Agency, "Tongzi, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Xiao Tongzi thought for a while and said: "I can only preemptively publicize that the Taiyuan Campaign was launched under the unified command of the Commander's Department of the Second War Zone, and the participating troops were not only the Eighth Route Army, but also the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army. ”

"Yes." Chang Kaishen said happily, "That's the case, just like that!" ”

I am worried that after the news of Taiyuan's recovery spreads, overseas Chinese will propose to transfer the donated funds and materials to Yan'an, and the government of the beautiful country may also have substantive contact with Yan'an. ”

Hearing this, Chang Kaishen's face fell again, and this was what he was most worried about.

To tell the truth, he is not afraid of the moths of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, anyway, the materials donated by overseas Chinese must pass through the national control area, and they will be detained in various names when the time comes.

But if the government of the beautiful country wants to cooperate with Yan'an, it will be troublesome.

If the government of a beautiful country proposes to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars from the five billion dollars in military aid, he will not be able to stop it, and he will not even dare to find various excuses to detain it halfway.