Yan Xishan suddenly fell into deep thought.

Attacking the lair of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi?

To be honest, Yan Xishan was indeed moved.

The last transaction was put on the table by Li Yunlong, although Yan Xishan did not dare to make any moves due to the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

But Yan Xishan has always held a grudge, just waiting for the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army to lose both, so that he can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

What's more, the northwest of Jin was originally his territory of Yan Xishan, why did the Eighth Route Army get involved?

Did the Eighth Route Army get the consent of me, the commander of the Second Theater, to open up a base area in the northwest of Shanxi?

But when he thought of Li Yunlong, Yan Xishan suddenly hesitated.

Li Yunlong is a person who must be repaid, and he never talks about the rules of the game and does not play cards according to common sense.

If the Japanese army failed to inflict heavy damage on the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan, then he would attack the base of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin.

When he comes back, Li Yunlong will definitely lead a new regiment to attack Luliang Mountain.

At that time, he Yan Xishan could withdraw to Qiulin Town in northern Shaanxi, but the tens of thousands of Jin Sui troops under his command could not stop Li Yunlong's troops.

The offensive ability of the Jin Sui army is weak, but the defensive ability is still okay, otherwise it will not be able to hold Luliang Mountain.

However, the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army had at least several hundred heavy artillery pieces of 150 mm caliber and artillery pieces of less than 150 mm caliber.

Even the First Army of the Japanese Army was not as rich as the new regiment, and the defense line of Luliang Mountain would definitely not be able to stop the Eighth Route Army.

On the one hand, Yan Xishan wanted to avenge being set aside by Li Yunlong.

On the other hand, Yan Xishan was afraid that he would be held accountable by Li Yunlong afterwards, so he led the main force to retaliate.

Yan Xishan was entangled, and the communications staff officer of the Second Theater held a telegram in his hand, walked in quickly, and saluted with a military salute: "Report to the commander, Chongqing Chairman Jiang has a secret telegram!" ”

Yang Xingru saw that Yan Xishan was still thinking, so he took the telegram from the communication staff officer, and then waved his hand to signal the communication staff officer to leave.

After the communications staff officer turned around and walked away quickly, Yang Xingru picked up the telegram and read it.

After reading the telegram, Yang Xingru's eyes froze slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Commander, Chairman Jiang of Chongqing ordered my Jin Sui Army to wait for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to attack Taiyuan, and then gather heavy troops to attack the Eighth Route Army's base in the northwest of Jin, and destroy its arsenal, cement factory, steel plant and other facilities. ”

Yan Xishan's eyes flashed, and he snorted coldly and said: "Lao Jiang, this is to make our Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army desperate, and I, Yan Xishan, can't do this." ”

Destroyed the arsenal, cement factory and steel factory in the northwest of Shanxi, Li Yunlong still has to find him Yan Xishan to fight hard?

To put it bluntly, the more lively the Jin Sui Army, the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army fought in Shanxi, the happier Lao Jiang was in Chongqing.

After all, the Jin Sui Army was nominally a national army, but it was only a local warlord, not a descendant of Lao Jiang.

As for the promise of Major General Yamamoto Kazuki to all the conditions, with Yan Xishan's old scheming, how could he not see the empty promises made by the Japanese?

Yan Xishan continued: "The Japanese and Lao Jiang are both the same hill, and they just want our Jin Sui army to fight for them, and they are reluctant to spend their money, they want the horses to run, but they don't want the horses to graze. ”

"It's wishful thinking to write empty checks and want our Jin Suijun to work for them."

"Xingru, immediately send a telegram back to Chairman Chiang and the Japanese, saying that when the main force of the Eighth Route Army attacks Taiyuan, our Jin Sui Army will attack the northwest of Jin on the same day."

"Commander, what are you..."Deputy Commander Yang Xingru was suddenly confused, how could the commander speak inconsistently?

Yan Xishan smiled slightly: "First stabilize the Japanese and Chairman Chiang, and our Jin Sui army will not move and wait and see what happens." ”

"The commander is clever, and he admires his humble duties!"

Yang Xingru's face showed a sudden look, with Chief Yan's shrewdness, how could he provoke the Eighth Route Army before the battle situation was clear?

Now the strength of the Eighth Route Army is not so easy to provoke!

However, Chairman Chiang did not give an order to Tang Enbo, the Central Army stationed at Zhongtiao Mountain, to attack the southeast of Jin.

Although Tang Enbo is not from the Whampoa family, he is a fellow villager with Lao Jiang and can be regarded as Lao Jiang's descendant.

At this time, the biggest enemy of the national army was still the Japanese army, and Lao Jiang did not want his descendants to fight with the Eighth Route Army.

……

An uneventful night passed under the dark clouds of various forces.

The sword squadron of the new regiment cooperated with the Katyusha rocket artillery unit, and easily took out the devil's stronghold and secret post on the side of the road.

After that, two cavalry battalions of the Independent Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment.

As well as three regiments of rocket artillery units, a total of 24 Katyusha rocket launchers, formed a rocket artillery reinforced battalion.

In addition, Kong Jie also sent a machine gun unit to protect the rocket artillery reinforcement battalion.

The three battalions arrived 10 kilometres south of Datong before dawn.

Within 10 kilometers of Datong, the 1st Division of the Japanese Army built some pillboxes and artillery towers, and set up some checkpoints for guard.

The pillboxes and turrets were made of masonry and could easily penetrate even 20mm guns, let alone bazookas.

There is no need to use Katyusha rockets at all, and once a Bazooka rocket is fired, the devil's bunkers and turrets cannot be carried at all.

There are strong warriors who play Bazooka out of the flower.

First, let the comrades attract the devil's firepower, and then a cavalryman rode on horseback and carried Bazooka around the flank of the devil's turret.

The turret aimed at the devil pulled the trigger, and the rocket dragged a long tail flame and flew towards the devil's turret.

With the sound of a roaring explosion, the devil's turret instantly collapsed like a devastating corpse.

Under the strong firepower, the devil's bunkers and turrets, as well as the outposts, could not stop the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army at all.

The soldiers of the two cavalry battalions, like two arrows off the string, surrounded the Datong city wall.

Mitsuo Nakazawa was awakened by the sound of cannons.

He looked at the time, it was only 6 o'clock in the morning, and he thought he had gotten up early, and dreamed that the Eighth Route Army was attacking Datong.

During this time, the three husbands of Nakazawa stationed in Datong were also worried, for fear that Li Yunlong would lead the main force to fight, and even a little bit of a bow and snake shadow.

So, Mitsuo Nakazawa lay down and prepared to sleep for a while.

Boom, boom, boom...

The rumbling sound came intermittently, and Mitsuo Nakazawa got up, listened carefully and looked puzzled, could it be thunder?

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Mitsuo Nakazawa got up and turned on the light, put on his coat, and then quickly opened the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Yoshio Noguchi, chief of staff of the 1st Division, standing outside the door with an ugly face.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander!"

Seeing Mitsuo Nakazawa, Yoshio Noguchi said in a solemn tone:

"There are cavalry of the Eighth Route Army around Datong, and they are attacking the turrets and pillboxes on both sides of the road, and the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army has strong firepower, carrying Bazooka rocket launchers, and the strength is about a cavalry wing!"

The former chief of staff of the 1st Division, Kazuho Shinno, has been killed, and the current chief of staff, Yoshio Noguchi, is newly appointed.

"Nani?" When Sanfu Nakazawa heard this, his face couldn't help but change leisurely: "A cavalry wing? ”

Could it be that the cavalry units of the new regiment have arrived in Datong?

This is not right, didn't the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Ningji, say that the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is going to gather the main force to attack Taiyuan?

How could a cavalry unit of a new regiment appear in Datong?

What the hell is going on?

While Mitsuo Nakazawa was thinking about it, the sound of artillery was getting closer and closer to Datong, and Mitsuo Nakazawa also heard the dense gunfire.

This shows that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army was only a few kilometers away from Datong.

What's more, the North China Front Command gave the 1st Division an order to assemble and stand by, and most of these assembled officers and soldiers were inside the city, and there were not many Japanese troops outside the city.

"Yes!" Yoshio Noguchi replied, "It's a cavalry wing of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

"Did you find the infantry of the Eighth Route Army?" Mitsuo Nakazawa asked.

"I haven't found it yet!" Yoshio Noguchi said.

"Go to the War Hall immediately and order all officers and soldiers to be on standby!"

Mitsuo Nakazawa walked quickly towards the war hall with the lieutenant general's command knife on his shoulder, and Yoshio Noguchi let out a sigh and hurriedly followed behind Mitsuo Nakazawa.

When I came to the war hall, some staff officers had already arrived, and Yoshio Noguchi gave the troops combat orders.

But Nakazawa Sanfu stared at the map and fell into deep thought, is it the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army that wants to attack Datong? Or did the Eighth Route Army deliberately let the cavalry come to Datong, and the main infantry had quietly moved south to confuse the Japanese army?

If the operational goal of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is Datong, then the information obtained by the North China Front Army Headquarters must be false!

"Can the strongholds and secret posts on the Northwest Highway of Shanxi still be contacted?"

Mio Nakazawa looked at the communications staff officer and asked in a deep voice.

"Commander of the Reporting Division." The communications staff officer bowed his head, "Whether it is a stronghold or a secret outpost, they have all lost contact, and they should have been attacked and destroyed by the Eighth Route Army." ”

Mitsuo Nakazawa's brows furrowed suddenly, this is not good news.

Unexpectedly, even the secret outpost set up near the stronghold was uprooted by the Eighth Route Army.

In this way, whether the main infantry of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army went north or not, then Nakazawa Sanfu is unknown.

Whether the Eighth Route Army was going to attack Taiyuan or Datong, Nakazawa Sanfu was still unsure.

But he didn't dare to bet.

Mio Nakazawa ordered: "Order the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Suzuki Wing to immediately enter the position outside the north city, eliminate the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army in the north of the city, and be sure to keep the north unblocked." ”

If the main force of the new 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army goes north, whether the 1st Division will meet or retreat, Nakazawa Sanfu will not count.

It is necessary to ask for instructions from the commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ninji.

But before that, it was necessary to ensure that the 1st Division was unimpeded to the north.

Because once the 1st Division retreated, it would definitely be to the north, and there would be Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia in the north to meet it.

The last time the Eighth Route Army attacked the 3rd Brigade, it first sent cavalry to block the retreat of the 3rd Brigade to the north, which led to the annihilation of the 3rd Brigade.

Sanfu Nakazawa snorted coldly, my 1st Division is not the 3rd Brigade, and it is simply wishful thinking to use mere cavalry to block the retreat of my 1st Division.

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer bowed his head abruptly and turned to leave.

"Noguchi-kun." Mitsuo Nakazawa looked at the chief of staff and said in a deep voice, "You immediately prepare a telegram to report our situation here to the commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ninji." ”

Yoshio Noguchi bowed his head suddenly: "Hey! (End of chapter)