"Chief of Staff, let the communications department immediately report this news to the YA, as well as inform the whole country and the whole army."

The corners of the boss's mouth were very high, and his heart was full of indescribable joy, and he said to the chief of staff.

"Good!" The chief of staff immediately personally drafted several telegrams and arranged them.

In order to boost the morale of all troops, the General Headquarters immediately reported the news to the whole country.

Then report the victory to the main regiment and the local regiment.

With the expansion of some of the original backbone regiments into the main regiment and the upgrading of local regiments to backbone regiments, the Eighth Route Army formed many backbone regiments and local regiments.

However, the conditions of the basic regiments and local regiments are still very difficult, and some of the key regiments even have to confront the devils, which is very stressful.

There have even been phenomena such as people fleeing and defecting to the enemy.

This victory in attacking Taiyuan and killing Yoshio Shinozuka was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the entire Eighth Route Army and even the military and civilians of the whole country.

……

"Haha, take it, in less than 3 days, Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Taiyuan, killed the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, and killed 12,000 Japanese puppet troops."

At the headquarters of the 1st Column of Taihang, the brigade commander looked at the telegram handed by the coder, and the hearty laughter spread far away.

The headquarters immediately arranged for the news of this victory to be sent to the command of the 1st and 2nd columns.

"Well done!"

"Next is the time to loot the loot of Taiyuan!"

Deputy Brigade Commander Han and Chief of Staff Zhou were equally excited.

It was Taiyuan, the capital of SX Province, where the headquarters of the First Army was located, and this victory must have been quite capturing.

Along with the battle report, a new combat order was issued, and the headquarters ordered the 1st Column of Taihang to switch from offensive to defensive, so as to gain time for the 3rd Column to transfer spoils such as equipment and raw materials.

Immediately, the brigade commander shouted: "Pass my order, and the regiments will turn to the defense!" ”

After all, the attacking side will suffer more casualties, and the defending side will suffer less.

The 1st Column of the 2nd Guards Division was heavily damaged, and there was no spare strength to inflict further heavy losses on the 108th Division of the Japanese Army.

It was enough to buy a day or two for the 3rd column.

After all, it will take another day or two for the 108th Division of the Japanese Army to rush from Yangquan to Taiyuan.

As the brigade commander ordered the news to be passed on to the commanders and fighters of each regiment, the morale of the soldiers was like a rainbow.

……

In the southeast of Jin, the headquarters of the 2nd column of Taihang.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the headquarters is in an emergency!"

The coder handed the telegram in his hand to Master Liu.

Division Commander Liu took the telegram from the decoder's hand, and smiled happily after reading it: "Okay, great, Li Yunlong led his troops to capture Taiyuan and killed the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka!" ”

When the cadres of the division heard the news, they were also extremely excited.

This result is much better than the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

The division commander sighed in his heart, Li Yunlong, this kid, really thought of him this time.

Playing Taiyuan is really a good move.

Originally, the headquarters and division headquarters only wanted to cut off the Tongpu Railway and recover more than a dozen county towns in the southeast of Shanxi.

But Li Yunlong, this kid, directly gave the Japanese army a blow to capture the thief and capture the king first.

Unexpectedly, this kid really did it.

Taiyuan is not only the provincial capital of Shanxi, but also the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army.

The loss of Taiyuan was an immeasurable blow to the morale of the Japanese First Army.

The battle for Nakajo Mountain continued, and Yoshio Shinozuka did not order Nakajo Mountain's troops to return to Taiyuan until his death.

Because Yoshio Shinozuka misestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army at the beginning, and also because of the tactical defeat, of course, the more important reason was that it was too far away.

With a distance of more than 300 kilometers, the Japanese army could only return to Taiyuan on foot when the railway bridges were mostly destroyed.

With the railway supply line cut off, the Japanese army attacking Nakajo Mountain had lost the ability to fight continuously.

The Japanese army wanted to suffer fewer losses, and the only way out at the moment was to completely capture Nakajo Mountain in a short period of time.

At the same time, the headquarters also issued an order to the division commander to surround the remnants of the 37th Division and then retreat on the 2nd.

For more than two consecutive days, the Japanese 37th Division fought head-on, and the soldiers were also a little tired.

Pay for one's whistle.

Similarly, the commanders and fighters of the 2nd Column received the news that Li Yunlong led his troops to capture Taiyuan and kill Yoshio Shinozuka.

Morale was boosted.

……

Lvliang Mountain.

Kenanpo.

Second Theater Command.

Yan Baichuan, the commander of the theater of operations, was studying the battle situation.

He asked the operational staff officers to draw a map of the entire Shanxi operation situation on the basis of intelligence.

From the intertwined arrows on the map, it is not difficult to see from the map that the whole of Shanxi is now a pot of porridge.

The Jinnan Central Army was defeated and retreated by the Japanese army.

The 1st Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi defeated the 37th Division of the Japanese Army, and the 1st Division of the 8th Route Army in the Yangquan area defeated the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army, and exchanged fire with the 108th Division of the Japanese Army that rushed in.

At Baozi Mountain, the Japanese 3rd Brigade was defeated by a small unit of the Eighth Route and retreated to the city of Xinzhou.

At present, only the Jin Sui army has not participated in the battle of the regular troops in Shanxi.

Of course, Yan Baichuan also has a rhetoric, sending troops to recover more than a dozen county seats, and Principal Chang can't blame him.

Of course, what paid Yan Laoxi's most attention was the Taiyuan battlefield.

After all, he regards Taiyuan as his old nest, and there are many intelligence officers of the Jin Sui Army in Taiyuan, and he will receive the news as soon as there is a little wind in Taiyuan.

"Commander."

Deputy Commander Yang Xingru hurriedly walked in, holding a telegram in his hand: "The Eighth Route Army has captured the inner city of Taiyuan this morning and killed Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka of the First Army. ”

"What do you say?"

Yan Laoxi turned his head suddenly, his face was shocked, and his voice was extremely shocked: "Balu really knocked Taiyuan down?" Also killed the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka? ”

His face was full of disbelief.

In the past few years, he has always wanted to recover Taiyuan, drive the little devil out of Shanxi, and continue to be his king of Shanxi.

But it's just a thought, even if the main force of the Japanese army attacks the Central Army, and the two divisions defend the Eighth Road, there are only more than 10,000 devils and puppet troops in Taiyuan City.

He did not dare to act on it.

"Yes!" Yang Xingru's face was also full of shock: "As soon as the front foot of our intelligence station in Taiyuan sent a telegram, the Eighth Route Army headquarters sent a telegram to the whole country on the back foot, and the Eighth Route Army captured Taiyuan this morning and killed Yoshio Shinozuka." ”

The intelligence officers of the Jin Sui Army only knew that the Eighth Route Army had captured Taiyuan, and did not know whether Yoshio Shinozuka was killed or captured alive.

However, since the Eighth Route Army has been electrified to the whole country, it is certainly true.

Yan Laoxi suddenly regretted a little, he knew that the Japanese puppet army left behind in Taiyuan was so vulnerable, he should have attacked Taiyuan one step ahead of the Eighth Route Army.

Kill Yoshio Shinozuka and recover Taiyuan, this is the transaction of the glorious ancestors, and after this vote, the people of Jindi are not allowed to offer me Yan?

As for the retaliation of the Japanese army afterwards, after taking Taiyuan, a small part of the Jin Sui army could be left to hold Luliang Mountain, and the main force crossed the Yellow River west into northern Shaanxi.

If only his own troops had done the business.

Li Yunlong is really a fierce general, but unfortunately, he failed to buy him with the rank of division commander last time.

Yang Xingru said: "Commander, the Eighth Route captured Taiyuan this time, then the Taiyuan Arsenal must have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, do you call the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and let its things return to their original owners?" ”

Yan Baichuan asked, "If you were the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, would you agree to return the arsenal to our Jin Sui Army?" ”

"This..."Yang Xingru said, "Doesn't the Eighth Road often shout slogans, what kind of national united front, it should be, it will be returned to our Jin Sui Army, right?" ”

Having said that, Yang Xingru knew that the Eighth Route Army would definitely not hand over the arsenal to the Jin Sui Army.

At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Xingru knew very well how Yan Baichuan dealt with the Eighth Route Army.

When the Jin Sui army fled, it preferred to order the artillery unit to sink the mountain artillery and howitzers into the river rather than give them to the Eighth Route Army.

Later, the Eighth Route Army salvaged the mountain artillery and howitzers, and because there were no shells, the Eighth Route Army also returned the howitzers to the Jin Sui Army.

In this way, later Yan Baichuan listened to Principal Chang's orders and engaged in great friction with the Eighth Route Army.

However, the Eighth Route Army is not easy to provoke, if you dare to engage in friction, the Eighth Route Army really dares to do anything with you.

"Count Liao." Yan Baichuan waved his hand and sighed, "The Japanese have transported most of the equipment away, and the current arsenal is just an empty shell. ”

First, the Eighth Road will not hand over the hard-captured equipment and raw materials to the Jin Suijun, and secondly, even if you send someone to rob it, won't you send food to the Eighth Road?

"Xingru!" Yan Baichuan shouted loudly.

Yang Xingru hurriedly straightened up.

Yan Baichuan said: "Immediately sent a commendation telegram to the Eighth Route Army, the theater command congratulated the Eighth Route Army on launching an active offensive in the battlefield behind enemy lines, achieving great results in recovering Taiyuan and killing the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, dealing a heavy blow to the invading Japanese army, and inspiring the confidence of the military and people in Jindi and even the whole country in the War of Resistance. ”

"Yes!" Yang Xingru straightened up and recorded the contents of the telegram.

After a pause, Yang Xingru said worriedly: "Commander, the strength of the Eighth Road is getting stronger and stronger, which is not a good thing for our Jin Sui Army." ”

Yan Baichuan's eyes flashed: "Don't worry, now the strength of the Japanese is still much stronger than the Eighth Road, the Eighth Road is so in the limelight, Mu Xiuyu Lin Feng will destroy it, and when the Japanese army comes back, they will concentrate their forces to solve the Eighth Road, and after the Japanese leave, Shanxi will still be surnamed Yan." ”

After a pause, Yan Baichuan smiled again: "Don't worry, someone is even more anxious than us when they hear this news, and they can't sleep." ”

Yang Xingru knew who the commander was talking about, so he laughed in agreement, stepped forward and saluted before turning to leave.

……

Meanwhile.

Someone in Yan Laoxi's mouth also received the news that Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route led his troops to capture Taiyuan and kill Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the Japanese First Army.

This person is naturally the principal Chang who is far away in Shuangqing City and regards the Eighth Route Army as a big trouble.

Principal Chang was very puzzled, killed 4 Japanese major generals and 2 Japanese lieutenant generals, and this time captured Taiyuan and killed 1 lieutenant general.

All of this was caused by the commander of the Eighth Route Army named Li Yunlong, what kind of person is he?

How can it be so destructive?

Well-equipped and well-armed, the well-trained Japanese puppet army defending the city in Taiyuan could not stop his troops, and even Yoshio Shinozuka was killed.

He was only a small regiment commander, how could he mobilize and command such a large number of troops to participate in the battle?

President Chang had already ordered the military commander to set up a file on Li Yunlong, but in front of President Chang was only a thin page.

There is not even a single photo of Li Yunlong in the archives.

Closing the file, Principal Chang felt a little headache, he had a stuffy breath in his chest and couldn't spit it out, and he was going to lose sleep again tonight.

(End of chapter)