"Yaga!"

Yoshimoto sat down on the chair one by one.

The reinforcements from the north and south were completely annihilated all the way, and the attack was weak all the way, but the 69th Division of Anhua was still asking for help by telegram after telegram, what should we do now?

Thinking of this, Yoshimoto Sadachi suddenly regretted it.

I knew that I shouldn't have come to Shanxi, and I just didn't take this hot potato.

At this time, Takuya Mizuhara suddenly said: "Your Excellency, Commander, there is still a chance to recover the situation. ”

"Really?" Yoshimoto Sadachi's spirit suddenly perked up, and he asked urgently, "Mizuhara-kun, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Takuya Mizuhara said: "Your Excellency Commander, although the Imperial Army suffered defeats in the northwest battlefield of Shanxi, first the main force of the 292nd Infantry Wing was attacked in Zhanggezhuang, then the 290th Infantry Wing was encircled and annihilated in Chenzhuang, and then Ping'an County was captured by the Eighth Route Army, and then the 4th Brigade was surrounded and annihilated by the Eighth Route Army in Zhukou......

"Although the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin Province has won consecutive battles, they only have 30,000 men after all."

"These 30,000 people have been fighting for three days and nights, and I'm afraid they are exhausted to the limit."

"So at least today, the Eighth Route Army may not be able to launch a general offensive against Anhua."

After a pause, Takuya Mizuhara said again: "Therefore, as long as the reinforcements of the 36th Division and the 37th Division can break through the blockade of the Taihang Bandit Area and the Taiyue Bandit Area of the Eighth Route Army before dawn and go north at full speed, there will be a great chance to lift the siege of the 69th Division!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Yoshimoto Sadachi nodded happily and said, "Immediately call the 36th Division and the 37th Division and order them to strengthen the offensive and use all necessary means to break through the enemy in front of you as soon as possible!" ”

"Hello!" The head of the communications section, Yasudon Inoue, was the first to say.

……

Liao County, headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

At three o'clock in the morning, the boss finally couldn't hold back and took a nap on the table.

When I was sleeping in a daze, I vaguely heard the deputy chief of the general staff say to someone: Be quiet, don't wake up the boss.

At that moment, the boss straightened up, stretched his waist and asked the deputy chief of staff, "What's the matter?" Can't let me know yet? ”

"Boss, are you awake?" The deputy chief of the general staff immediately said with a happy face, "Good news, great news." ”

When the boss heard this, he suddenly perked up, and said urgently: "The war over there is over?" ”

"Hmm." The deputy chief of staff nodded vigorously and said, "The battle over there has ended, and more than 3,000 Japanese troops who went north from Taiyuan to reinforce Yang have been completely annihilated by the Northwest Column of Jin!" ”

"Good!" The boss nodded happily and said, "Great! ”

"Boss, there's more." The deputy chief of the general staff said, "The Northwest Column not only won this battle, but also played an astonishing casualty ratio. ”

"Staggering casualty ratio?" The boss said, "How amazing?" ”

The deputy chief of the general staff said: "In the battle of killing the pig's mouth, more than 3,500 Japanese soldiers were killed and captured, while the casualties of the Northwest Column of Jin Province were less than 500 people!" The casualty ratio is seven to one! ”

"What? Seven to one?! The boss's eyes widened in surprise, "Oh my God! ”

The ratio of casualties to friend and foe is seven to one, which is indeed a bit exaggerated, and it can even be said that it is unique.

Small-scale battles are not counted, but in large-scale battles, it is already very remarkable to be able to play a three-to-one or two-to-one ratio with the Japanese army's casualties.

A casualty ratio of 1 to 1 is already very rare.

A seven-to-one ratio of casualties to the enemy, then I really haven't seen it.

The deputy chief of staff said with a smile: "Boss, this old subordinate of yours is really impressive." ”

"Wait, my old subordinate?" The boss was stunned and said, "What do you mean by that?" The battle of co-authoring the killing of pigs was commanded by Ding Wei, a kid? ”

"Yes, it was commanded by Ding Wei." The deputy chief of general staff said with a smile, "These veteran regiment commanders of the 386th Brigade are really amazing, although Kong Jie's adaptability is poor, but his style is tough and he can fight tough battles, not to mention Li Yunlong, there are more ideas for fighting ghosts than anyone else, but what is more surprising is Ding Wei." ”

After a pause, the deputy chief of staff said again: "Boss, from the previous battle of Zhanggezhuang and the battle of killing pigs this time, it can be seen that Ding Wei is very good at fighting in large corps, and the role of such military cadres at this stage is not obvious, but when the Anti-Japanese War is won, it will be Ding Wei's world!" ”

The boss naturally knew what the deputy chief of the general staff meant.

By the time the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was won, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would almost have broken out.

At that time, the scale of the war would definitely be much greater than it is now, and then military cadres like Ding Wei, who were good at commanding large corps operations, would have a stage to play.

"I've known this for a long time."

The boss smiled and said: "When I was in the Central Soviet Region, I had already seen that Ding Wei, this kid, has a very keen strategic vision, and he is born to command the material of the large corps to fight. ”

After a pause, the boss said again: "By the way, how is the battle situation over there in the wild boar ditch?" ”

The deputy chief of the general staff sighed and said, "I haven't received a report yet......

As soon as the words fell, a communications soldier walked in and reported: "Boss, the 94th Brigade of the Central Army has just sent a battlefield report saying that they have repelled the 11th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army from the south of Datong. ”

"Well done!" The boss threw the pencil in his hand onto the map, and said, "Now that the devil reinforcements from the north and south have been repelled by us, I want to see what tricks the devils can play?" ”

"I'm afraid I'm already exhausted." The Deputy Chief of the General Staff said with a smile.

"I can only wait in panic all day long for the Northwest Column of Jin to launch the final general attack."

The boss nodded, and asked again: "How about the Taihang Military Region and the Taiyue Military Region?" ”

The face of the deputy chief of general staff became serious, and he said: "The 36th and 37th divisions of the Japanese army have not given up, and they are still launching a fierce attack on the blocking troops of our Taihang Military Region and Taiyue Military Region. ”

Speaking of this, he added: "Even poison gas bombs were used. ”

"These damn brutes!" The boss said hatefully, "Are there big casualties?" ”

The deputy chief of the general staff said with a sad face: "There are more than 300 casualties among the local armed forces of the fourth subdivision of the Taiyue Military Region, and hundreds of villagers who assisted in the construction of fortifications have also been poisoned. ”

After a pause, the deputy chief of staff said again: "Boss, why don't you urge?" ”

"No, you can't rush." The boss shook his head resolutely and said, "I understand Chen Gen's temperament, at this time, he will definitely take the main force of the Northwest Column of Jin to the north desperately, but the Northwest Column of Jin has been fighting for three days and nights in a row, and the cadres and soldiers are already very tired, at least they have to take a breath first, and then sleep beautifully." ”

After a pause, he said, "And it's too dangerous to march and fight in broad daylight. ”

The deputy chief of the General Staff sighed lightly and said no more.

……

There is another person who cares about the battlefield in the northwest of Jin.

This person is none other than Chairman Chang Kaishen, who is far away in Chongqing.

At this time, Chang Kaishen was walking by the Jialing River, and Chu Yunfei was with Chang Kaishen.

Chu Yunfei and Chen Bui arrived in Chongqing last night, because it was too late when they came back, and Chang Kaishen had already slept, so Chu Yunfei couldn't meet Chang Kaishen at the first time.

But Chang Kaishen had already specially instructed the attendant room to let Chu Yunfei stay in the guest room of the Huangshan Mansion.

This is also Chang Kaishen's consistent method used to win people's hearts, for him, arranging for a divisional and brigade-level general to stay in the guest room of the Huangshan Mansion is just a matter of lip service.

But for the generals who were enveloped, it was the concern and care from the principal!

I don't know what will happen to others, but Chu Yunfei was really excited at that time, and said in his heart that the principal did not blame him for the matter of Jinxi, and he cared so much about him.

With such a principal and such a mind, what else is there to say?

Anyway, his Chu Yunfei's life was sold to the party-state and the principal.

Looking at Chang Kaishen's thin back, Chu Yunfei wanted to say several times, "Principal, please let me go back to the front line, right?" Even if it's just a regiment commander or even a battalion commander, as long as I can serve the country and fight devils! ”

Chang Kaishen didn't look back, but he seemed to be able to hear Chu Yunfei's heart.

Chang Kaishen said: "Yunfei, don't worry, in the next six months, you will study at the Army University and learn more military theories, as for where you will go after graduation......

Hearing this, Chang Kaishen was deliberately stunned, and Chu Yunfei's ears instantly stood up.

After a pause, Chang Kaishen continued: "The position of division commander of the 89th Division of the 18th Army has been vacated, you can go directly to the 89th Division after graduating from the Army University, and be the acting division commander for a period of time for the time being." ”

Hearing this, Chu Yunfei instantly felt a rush of blood rushing to his brain, the Eighteenth Army?

What kind of unit is the Eighteenth Army? This is the backbone of the civil engineering department, and it is the descendant of the president from Whampoa!

This shows how much the principal attaches importance to him and how much he trusts Chu Yunfei! Chu Yunfei never expected that his weight in the principal's heart would be so heavy, he really didn't expect this.

After sighing with emotion, Chu Yunfei secretly thought: You treat me as a countryman, and I should repay me as a countryman!

After graduating from the Army University, I must build the 89th Division into a model unit for more than 200 divisions of the party-state, otherwise this will not be enough to repay the president's kindness!

Chang Kaishen suddenly turned around and asked, "Yunfei, you won't be unwilling, right?" ”

Chu Yunfei snapped and said: "Where the principal asks the students to go, the students will go, and the principal will let the students do whatever they do, and there will never be a trace of hesitation." ”

While the two were talking, Tang Zong, the leader of the third group, suddenly rushed to catch up.

"Good news, Headmaster!" Tang Zong, the leader of the third group, reported with a happy face, "The 94th Brigade of the Central Army set up an ambush in the wild boar ditch on the border between Lao County and Ying County, and severely damaged the 11th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army reinforced from Datong to the south, killing and wounding more than 2,000 Japanese Kou Fan in this battle, while its own casualties were less than 1,000. ”

"Huh?" Chu Yunfei was stunned when he heard this.

"Oh?" Chang Kaishen was pleasantly surprised, "My own casualties are less than 1,000, and more than 2,000 enemies have been killed?" ”

"Yes." Tang Zong nodded vigorously, and then said, "And also captured 12 41 75mm caliber mountain guns and a large number of combat materials, principal, this is a great victory!" ”

"Great!" Chang Kaishen was overjoyed and said, "Commendation, immediately electrify and reward!" ”

After a pause, he said: "Let the Commander's Department of the Second War Zone give substantial rewards to the officers and soldiers of the 94th Brigade, each soldier will be rewarded with at least twenty yuan in legal currency, and the officers will be increased according to their ranks, and as for Liang Gang, they will be rewarded with fifty taels of gold!" The prize of fifty taels of gold was provided by the chamberlain. ”

"Yes." Tang Zong turned around and left excitedly.

Chang Kaishen retracted his gaze and said to Chu Yunfei: "Yunfei, it's a pity, if you are still in the northwest of Jin, you will also have the opportunity to participate in this big battle, I believe that with your ability, you will definitely be able to achieve a more impressive record than Liang Gang." ”

"I don't dare to be the principal so praised." Chu Yunfei apologized on his lips, but he was so envious of Liang Gang in his heart.

Chu Yunfei thought to himself that Liang Gang was really lucky, and the principal would actually give him an order to "help the Eighth Route Army".

However, the order given to him by the principal was to stab the knife of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in the back, otherwise, he would not have been driven out of the northwest of Shanxi by someone, and he would be ashamed.

Chang Kaishen said again: "By the way, have you read the battle report of the Northwest Battle of Jin?" ”

Chu Yunfei said: "I had nothing to do last night, so I took a cursory look. ”

Chang Kaishen hummed lightly and said, "Tell me your opinion, is the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army a big chance of winning?" ”

Chu Yunfei said: "Principal, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has won this battle, if nothing else, the battle will be over tonight." ”

"Tonight?" Chang Kaishen said.

"Yes, tonight." Chu Yunfei nodded and said, "In the past few years in the northwest of Shanxi, I have dealt with the Eighth Route Army, especially with the 386th Brigade, with my understanding of them, they will definitely carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and tiredness, and return to Anhua County from the pig killing mouth as soon as possible." ”

"One is not afraid of hardship, and the other is not afraid of tiredness?"

Chang Kaishen's face turned cold.

……

Kill the pig's mouth.

The brigade commander shouted loudly: "Sun Desheng? Sun Desheng! ”

Sun Desheng, who was cleaning the battlefield, hurriedly led the war horse to the brigade commander and responded: "Yes! ”

The brigade commander saw the saber in Sun Desheng's hand at a glance, and immediately asked with a smile: "General's sword?" ”

"No, I just found a captain's knife." Sun Desheng's untraceable saber covered the chrysanthemum pattern on the handle, and then said with a look of chagrin, "It's too bad luck." ”

The brigade commander didn't break it, and said with a serious face: "I'll give you the cavalry regiment to clean up the battlefield." ”

"Yes!" Sun Desheng raised his hand and saluted, and said, "I promise that not even a single bullet will be pulled down." ”

The brigade commander turned his gaze to Ding Wei, Li Yunlong, Wang Ye and a few regiment commanders, and said solemnly: "The Taiyue Military Region and the brother troops of the Taihang Military Region are fighting hard, taking their lives to buy time for us, so we don't have any more time to waste here, we must return to Anhua immediately!" ”

"Now?" Li Yunlong was stunned and said, "Brigade commander, it's broad daylight, and marching in broad daylight will attract devil planes, which will increase unnecessary casualties." ”

Ding Wei also said: "And the troops fought for three days and nights in a row, and only slept for less than six hours in the middle, so they were already very tired, should they find a place to sleep for a few hours?" ”

"No, I can't take care of that anymore." The brigade commander said, "Every minute we delay here, the brother troops of the Taihang Military Region and the Taiyue Military Region will have one more casualty. ”

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "Tell the soldiers, don't be afraid of hardship, let alone tiredness, you must persevere!" Persistence is victory! The victory of the Battle of Northwest Jin is already in sight! ”

Wang Ye then admonished: "Don't take a straight line when marching, take a serpentine line!" In this way, even if it is attacked by the devil's plane, it can also minimize the casualties. ”

"Yes." The brigade commander said, "Take the serpentine line." ”

……

Taiyuan.

Yasushi Inoue walked out of the communications class quickly.

Yoshimoto Sadachi immediately asked with a look of hope, "Inoue-kun, how is it?" ”

"It's still not going well." Inoue Yasushi shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The 36th Division and the 37th Division have even used chemical weapons, but the effect is not ideal. ”

"Damn it." Yoshimoto said hatefully, "These waste dim sum! ”

After a pause, he said: "There are seven infantry brigades plus two artillery brigades, and even chemical weapons have been used, but they still can't defeat the Tuba Road in Taihang District and Taiyue District." ”

Several staff officers and section chiefs present were silent.

Yoshimoto Seichi turned his gaze to Shibata Shinichi again and asked, "Shibata-kun, has the aerial reconnaissance been dispatched?" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, rest assured, the scouts have been dispatched." Shibata Shibaid replied, "This must have almost flown over the pig's mouth, and I believe that news will come back soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, a communications staff officer hurriedly walked out.

"Your Excellency, Commander." The communications staff officer paused, "The aviation scouts report that in addition to leaving some cavalry of the Eighth Route Army to clean up the battlefield, the main force of its infantry is rushing towards Anhua along the Tongpu Road!" ”

"What?" Yoshimoto Sadachi turned his head to look at Takuya Mizuhara.

Takuya Mizuhara smiled bitterly and said, "This is a bit unexpected by me. ”

After a pause, Takuya Mizuhara said again: "In the first two days, the Eighth Route Army was day and night, trying to avoid marching or fighting during the day, but today it was an abnormal daytime march. ”

"Damn it!" Yoshimoto Sadachi scolded, and he didn't know who he was scolding, and said to Shibata Shinichi, "Shibata-kun, immediately dispatch all the attack planes and battle half planes of the 9th Flying Team to bomb and dive and strafe the Eighth Route Army, no matter what, we must drag them down, and we can't let them return to Anhua too quickly!" ”

"But, Your Excellen......cy Commander," Shibata Shinichi said, somewhat embarrassed.

"We don't have enough gasoline and aerial bombs in the 9th Flying Regiment."

"What?" Yoshimoto was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said, "How can this be? ”

Shibata Shinichi said with a wry smile: "Because the materials of our 9th Flying Regiment were snatched by the Eighth Route Army in the last Taiyuan Campaign, although the Front Army Headquarters temporarily allocated some of them, the quantity was very small, and they were all consumed in the flight operations in the first two days. ”

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