In Anhua City, the headquarters of the Japanese division.

The entire division headquarters has been enveloped by the atmosphere of the coming of the apocalypse.

Some officers looked blank, some officers looked angry, and some officers even chanted Buddha horns.

"Division Commander!" A devil lieutenant broke in with a body of gunpowder smoke and said in a panic, "The Eighth Route Army has advanced to the gate of the division headquarters!" ”

As if to confirm the second lieutenant's report, the sound of machine gun fire like bursting beans immediately sounded outside, and the distance was less than twenty meters at most, which was really outside the gate.

"Baga, is the Eighth Route Army advancing so fast?"

Sadae Inoue, who was burning documents, roared with a dark face.

The divisional headquarters had a large number of unsightly documents, which had to be burned as soon as possible.

The devil second lieutenant gasped and said, "The Eighth Route Army has a chariot, and we can't stop it!" ”

"Damn it!" Inoue's face became more and more embarrassed, because the 69th Division did not have a tank defense gun.

In fact, not only the 69th Division, but almost all the chariot defensive guns on the Chinese battlefield were transferred to various divisions and regiments in the Southeast Asian theater or the Pacific theater.

After a pause, Inoue Sadawei said again: "What about the sappers? Let the sappers take the explosives bag and blow up the tanks of the Eighth Route Army! ”

"It's useless." The second lieutenant replied miserably, "The engineer team has sent more than a dozen demolition teams before and after, but none of them can get close to the tanks of the Eighth Route Army. ”

As he spoke, there was a sudden boom.

Immediately after that, a large hole was broken in the south wall of the war room.

But it was an armor-piercing bullet that pierced the wall and entered the war room.

Inoue Sadawei only felt a heat on his face, as if liquid was splashed on his face, and he could faintly smell blood.

Am I hurt? Inoue Sadawei frowned, turned around and was about to talk to Mei Igarashi, but found that Mei Igarashi's shoulders standing beside him were empty, and her head was gone.

Daring Igarashi Mei's head has been shattered by an armor-piercing bullet that pierced through the wall.

A stream of blood shot out from the broken neck, right on Inoue's face.

Seeing this, Inoue's heart immediately sank, and the last moment was coming.

Fortunately, the documents of the division headquarters had been burned, and the last page of the documents was thrown into the furnace, and Inoue Sadae pulled out the Emperor's imperial saber from his waist with his backhand.

Several officers pulled out Southern-style pistols.

However, more officers followed Inoue and drew their sabers from their waists.

Inoue began to give the final order: "Kono-kun, you can send a farewell telegram to the headquarters." ”

"Hello!" Jiro Kono, the leader of the communications team, suddenly shook his head and returned to the communication room to put on his headphones and send a telegram.

Inoue Sadawei led a dozen officers from the division headquarters to launch a decisive charge, but as soon as he rushed to the front yard, he encountered a Type 95 tank breaking through the gate.

Along with the gate of the division headquarters that were smashed, there were also two division headquarters guards.

One of the guards had his entire hip bone shattered by the tank, and his whole body was hanging on the tank's outer armor, but he still smashed the tank with a rifle.

But after two smacks, there was no sound.

Inoue and the officer behind him were stunned for two seconds before charging forward again.

The next moment, I saw a flash of red light, and a 37mm caliber armor-piercing bullet had already whistled out from the main gun port of the Type 95 tank with a ball of red light.

The shell made a vague trail in the air.

Where the trajectory passed, half of Yamae Inoue's body below the left shoulder and above the left hip disappeared in an instant.

Sadao Kato, the head of the intelligence section who was following Inaue, had just walked out of the war room, and before he could get down the steps, one of his right legs turned into a rain of blood from the root of his thigh.

Then there was a loud bang.

The warhead rushed into the steps with huge kinetic energy,

Then a large amount of dirt and gravel spread violently with the shock wave of the explosion, knocking the other devil officers to the ground, and then before these devil officers could get up, the scorching bullets poured over, but it was the forward-firing machine gun on the Type 95 light site that had already fired, and the dense rain of bullets knocked several devil officers into a sieve.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushed in.

……

In Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army.

The atmosphere in the entire battle hall was solemn, and even the air seemed to have frozen.

In addition to the wheezing of the officers, there was only the ticking of radio waves from the communication room next door.

Yoshimoto Sadachi stared at the map in front of him with a blank expression, as if he was thinking, but in fact, his mind was blank, and at this time, Amaterasu was out of luck.

At a certain moment, Yasushi Inoue, the head of the communications section, hurriedly walked out.

After seeing Yasushi Inoue's expression clearly, Yoshimoto Sadaichi actually felt a sense of relief that this humiliating battle was finally over, and the 69th Division was finally relieved.

Sure enough, Inoue brought the bad news of the 69th Division.

"Your Excellency, Commander." Inoue Yasushi said, "Lieutenant Kono of the 69th Division's Communications Team has just sent a farewell telegram, and the 69th Division has collectively sacrificed its life for the Empire. ”

Yoshimoto Sadachi sighed lightly and said, "Read the telegram to you." ”

"Hello." Inoue Yasushi shook his head, unfolded the telegram and read aloud, "Your Excellency General Yoshimoto, commander of the First Army of the Japanese Empire in Shanxi, and my colleagues: The 69th Division was stationed in Anhua, Laoxian and Ping'an counties in the northwest of Shanxi Province, and was attacked by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army three days ago......

……

Jizhong, the command of the Japanese army.

Seizo was also reading a farewell telegram to Okamura Ninji for the 69th Division.

“…… The number of troops is already insufficient, and the troops must be divided to guard everywhere, so that the troops are even more stretched, and fortification everywhere is actually no defense everywhere, and I hope that Your Excellency the Commander and all your colleagues will not repeat the mistakes of the past......"

Hearing this, Okamura Ninji couldn't listen to it anymore, and gritted his teeth and said, "Don't read it anymore." ”

Yusue Seizan immediately put away the telegram and stopped reading it, but the expression on his face was a little gloomy, the shameful record of the entire division being completely annihilated by the enemy was finally broken by the 69th Division.

This is not only a shame for the 69th Division, but also a shame for the First Army, and even more so for the North China Front Army and even the entire Chinese Army!

"Command!" Okamura Ninji said with a dark face.

"The infantry battalions of the 27th Division immediately launched a night attack and swept away the Chinese in two counties, more than 20 townships, and more than 300 villages in the region,"

Speaking of this, he said fiercely: "Kill them all!" Don't leave any of them! ”

"Hello!" There was a three-fold pause, and an incomparably cold look flashed across his face.

……

In Tokyo, the Imperial Palace.

Hirohito looked at Hideki Tojo with a faint gaze.

Hideki Tojo sat on top of the cushion with his hands down, and the whole person felt like sitting on pins and needles.

Beside Hirohito and Hideki Tojo, there was an imperial guard, who was reading aloud the farewell telegram that had just been sent by the 69th Division.

“…… Although the loyal and brave soldiers of our 69th Division fought desperately, they were finally outnumbered and suffered defeats, and the reinforcements from Taiyuan and Datong were delayed, and after three days and nights of fierce fighting, they finally fell into a desperate situation. ”

"At this point, all the peripheral positions have been lost, and the street fighting is also the enemy of the whole people, and it is difficult to continue."

"I want to die to repay the empire, to repay His Majesty the Emperor, and not to fall into the glory of the Japanese Imperial Army."

"The above telegram was dictated by His Excellency General Inoue Sadawei, and the enemy's chariot has advanced to the division headquarters, and His Excellency Inoue Sadawei, the commander of the division, led more than a dozen people, including Mikun Igarashi, chief of the Communications Division, and Sadao Kato, chief of the Intelligence Division, to launch a decisive counterattack to defend the final glory of the 69th Division."

"Lieutenant Captain of the Communications Team of the 69th Division, Ichiro Kono."

"May 28, Showa 17 in Anhua, farewell!"

After the guard finished reading the farewell telegram, the imperial study fell into a long silence.

After a full three minutes, Hirohito finally said quietly, "Tojo-kun, I hope there won't be a second time for such a humiliating failure, is that okay?" ”

Hideki Tojo paused.

……

Liao County, Shanxi, Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Not only the chief and deputy chief of the general staff, but also the division commander, the political commissar, and many staff officers and cadres of the headquarters organs gathered in the war room, filling the war room, which was not very spacious.

Because everyone has already heard that the northwest column of Jin is storming Anhua, and it is going well.

From now on, the good news of the total annihilation of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army by the Northwest Column of Shanxi may come at any time, and everyone here wants to witness this miracle for the first time.

There is no doubt that this is truly a miracle!

Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 37, the Chinese army has never had a record of annihilating a division of the Japanese army in a single formation, and the Wanjialing victory was almost done, but in the end it still fell short, so that the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, escaped with the division headquarters.

But this time, the 69th Division of the Japanese Army most likely did not have this good luck.

Because the more than 20,000 people of the Northwest Column of Shanxi Province have surrounded Anhua, and there are still ubiquitous local armed forces and militias on the periphery of Anhua, it is absolutely impossible to escape.

Time passes slowly in an anxious wait.

Everyone felt that time passed very slowly today.

Finally, a telegraph soldier ran out with a beaming face.

"Great victory!" The telegraph soldier shouted, waving the telegram in his hand.

"Boss, the great victory in the northwest of Jin, the headquarters of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army has been destroyed!"

Hearing this, thunderous applause immediately rang out in the war room, as well as enthusiastic cheers from the heart, and long-suppressed emotions erupted like a volcano.

"Beautiful! The Northwest Column of Jin is good! ”

"Haha, the Northwest Column of Jin really gave us a long face this time!"

"After today, I think who else dares to say that our Communist Eighth Route Army is not attacking?"

"That is, our Eighth Route Army has a record of annihilating an entire division of the Japanese army, does the Kuomintang have it? Have it? ”

Amid the enthusiastic cheers, another telegraph soldier came out quickly with a telegram and reported: "Chief, the forward position reports that the Japanese army has given up on going north to rescue and has begun to retreat. ”

"Retreat?" The boss slammed the table.

"Our Taihang Military Region is not the back garden of devils, it is easy for them to come in, but it is difficult to leave if they want to!"

After a pause, the boss said again: "Order the 385th Brigade, all newly formed brigades, and the local armed forces of all military subdivisions to counterattack on all fronts, this time we have to peel off the skin from the devil!" ”

……

Wild Boar Ditch, the position of the Central Army.

Although he had repelled the 11th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army that had been reinforced from Datong to the south, Liang Gang did not withdraw with the 94th Brigade of the Central Army, but still held his position, guarding the north gate in the northwest of Shanxi.

Obviously, Liang Gang was worried that the 26th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Datong would send troops south again.

However, the 26th Division of the Japanese Army did not send troops south again to reinforce it, and at about 10 o'clock in the night, it first waited for the battlefield report of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

"Brigade seat, the Eighth Route Army has done its work." Zhu Jiahua said.

Liang Gang suddenly perked up and asked, "The 69th Division of the Japanese Army has been completely annihilated?" ”

Zhu Jiahua said: "The battle report only said that the division headquarters of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army had been destroyed, but it did not say that it was completely annihilated. ”

"If the division and regimental headquarters are destroyed, it is equivalent to being completely wiped out, and a group of devil remnants who have lost their effective command will not last too long, and they will soon be wiped out." Speaking of this, Liang Gang muttered again, "I can't imagine, I really can't imagine, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army really wiped out the 69th Division of the Japanese Army." ”

"yes." Zhu Jiahua thought deeply and said, "If someone told me before the war that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army could completely annihilate the 69th Division of the Japanese Army in this battle, I would definitely think that he was crazy, how could it be!" ”

"To be honest, I didn't expect it either." Liang Gangdao, "I originally thought that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army would at most seize the county seat of Ping'an and the county seat of Laoxian, and then severely damage the 69th Division of the Japanese Army, but if you want to capture Anhua and annihilate the 69th Division, it is absolutely impossible, this is a field division of the Japanese army after all!" ”

Zhu Jiahua said: "But the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army did it. ”

"yes, they did." Liang Gang nodded and muttered.

"Although I don't want to see it, I must admit that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has become a climate."

After a pause, Liang Gang said again: "However, this may not be a good thing for their Eighth Route Army. ”

Zhu Jiahua said thoughtfully: "Brigade seat, you mean that the Japanese army will launch a crazy retaliation, right?" ”

Liang Gang smiled noncommittally, and said: "Pass my order, and all regiments will evacuate their positions in an orderly manner and return to Fu'an." ”

The order was quickly conveyed, and the officers and men of the 94th Brigade who were guarding the hills on both sides of the wild boar ditch withdrew one after another, and Guo Guanying also began to dismantle the mountain artillery with a temporary artillery battalion.

Looking at the 41-type 75mm mountain gun, Liang Gang smiled.

In this battle in the northwest of Shanxi, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army won a great victory, and even broke the record of completely annihilating an entire division of the Japanese army, but their 94th Brigade also fought a small victory, killing and wounding more than 2,000 Japanese troops, and capturing 12 41-type 75mm caliber mountain guns and five base artillery shells.

In addition, there are hundreds of three-eight large covers and two cardinal bullets.

Their family foundation of the 94th Brigade is also becoming stronger day by day.

……

Chongqing, Huangshan Mansion Yunxiu Tower.

Liang Gang's telegram and the telegram from the Taiyuan Station of the military command reached Yunxiu Tower almost simultaneously.

Tang Zong, the leader of the third group of servants, and Dai Li, deputy director of the Military Command, almost collided.

Although his military rank was two levels higher than Tang Zong, Dai Li took a step back humbly, and motioned Tang Zong to go to the study to report the letter to Chang Kai.

Tang Zong was not polite.

After Tang Zong left, Dai Li walked into Chang Kaishen's study with a hunched body.

"Yunong, is it a war report about the victory in the northwest of Jin?" Chang Kaishen asked.

"Yes." Dai Li complied, raised his head again and glanced at Chang Kaishen quickly.

I saw that Chang Kaishen's expression was a little complicated, he was definitely not happy, and he was not angry, regret? Lose? Envy? As if there was a little bit of everything, Dai Li had never seen so many expressions on a person's face.

Chang Kaishen asked quietly: "So, the 69th Division of the Japanese Army was really completely annihilated?" ”

"Yes." Dai Li said respectfully, "The 69th Division of the Japanese Army was indeed completely annihilated by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"386 Brigade, 386 Brigade!" Chang Kaishen silently read two sentences, and then said, "In this way, Zhang and Jiansheng's assessment of the combat effectiveness of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is credible. ”

"Yes." Dai Li whispered, "The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has indeed become a strategic force, if the Japanese army is left alone, there is a high probability that the situation in Shanxi will be reversed in less than two years, and at most in five years, the entire war situation in North China will undergo earth-shaking changes." ”

"But the Japanese army will not sit idly by."

Chang Kaishen said in a deep voice: "The Japanese army will definitely fight back." ”

Dai Li said: "Unless the Japanese army intends to abandon the whole of North China, it will definitely counterattack." ”

After a pause, Dai Li said again: "The only suspense is, how many troops will the Japanese army mobilize into Shanxi to deal with the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?" ”

"Then I'm afraid only Okamura Ninji will be able to know."

Chang Kaishen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We just need to watch the play from the sidelines." ”

At least at this moment, Chang Kaishen's mood was still very relaxed, and he even decided to add fire to the 386th Brigade.

At that moment, Chang Kaishen called Chen Bui, the director of the chamberlain, and instructed: "Yan Ji, you should immediately call the Central News Agency, ask them to find a good pen, and write a newsletter about the great victory in the northwest of Shanxi overnight, and strive to broadcast it early tomorrow morning, so that the people at home and overseas Chinese will also be happy." ”

There is another sentence that Chang Kaishen did not say, and by the way, he also gave Mrs. Chang momentum.

Although it was the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army that won the battle this time, Liang Gang's 94th Brigade of the Central Army also participated, and the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army also belonged to the battle sequence of the National Army, didn't it?

The more beautifully the national army fought on the battlefield in China, the more confident Mrs. Chang was when negotiating with the high-level of the beautiful country, and the more aid she could win for the national government, which is a big deal!

Enlisting aid is the overriding political task!

Without assistance, it is impossible to win the War of Resistance Against Japan!

Chang Kaishen has always believed in this.

The Chinese want to defeat the Japanese army on their own? How could it be.

Since the Opium War in 1840, the Chinese army had never won a foreign war, so he Chang Kaishen would never have any unrealistic illusions.

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