Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army.

"Report to the commander, the troops of the 37th Division and the 33rd Division outside the city have been shattered by the Imperial Jade, Lieutenant General Anda Twenty-three and Lieutenant General Sakurai Province, request urgent tactical guidance..."

The War Office, the communications staff officer of the First Army, reported to Commander Iwamatsu Yoshio in a hurried tone.

The two divisions, every hour, sent a telegram requesting urgent tactical guidance.

Although the communications staff officer was only a staff officer, the defeat of the 37th and 33rd Divisions had little to do with him.

But this is nearly 30,000 locust soldiers, and if they are wiped out by the Eighth Route Army like this, the communications staff will also be very sad.

Several operational staff officers on the side were also a little stunned after hearing this, the offensive and strength of the Eighth Route Army were much stronger than they imagined.

Hanaya Masashi and Yamamoto Kazuki have ugly faces.

Iwamatsu Yoshio's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The locust army outside Yangquan and Shouyang City was surrounded by more than 100,000 troops of the Eighth Route Army, and it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out.

But Iwamatsu Yoshio and others did not expect that the locusts outside Yangquan and Shouyang City would be wiped out so quickly by the Eighth Route Army.

It took time for the 33rd and 37th divisions to send telegrams.

That is to say, at the time of breakfast in the morning, the troops of the 37th Division and the 33rd Division outside the city have been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

That's more than 10,000 locust troops!

Even if it's more than 10,000 pigs, Balu hasn't been killed so quickly, right?

Two elite divisions of the First Army of Great Japan. was bullied like this by the Eighth Route Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was angry and aggrieved, but there was nothing he could do.

Even reinforcements did not dare to send reinforcements to the 33rd and 37th Divisions.

It would be useful to send at least one division to the reinforcements, but after sending the 41st division, Taiyuan was empty.

The main force of the 60,000 Eighth Route Army in the Taigu defense line will definitely take advantage of the emptiness of Taiyuan troops to attack Taiyuan.

However, what made Iwamatsu Yoshio even more afraid was that once the 33rd Division and the 37th Division were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, the Zhengtai Railway would also fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

Then Taiyuan will become an isolated city, and the only remaining strength of the First Army will not be able to hold Taiyuan no matter what.

"This move of the Eighth Route Army is really powerful."

Iwamatsu Yoshio praised the Eighth Route Army in his mouth, but his expression was gritted teeth, and his face was full of ferocity and murderous intent.

"Your Excellency, Commander, what's wrong?"

Hanaya was standing behind Yoshio Iwamatsu, and he didn't see Yoshio Iwamatsu's expression, so he asked a little confused.

The 33rd Division and the 37th Division are about to be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and His Excellency the Commander is still boasting about the Eighth Route Army here, His Excellency the Commander will not be stupid by the Eighth Route Army, right?

But Kazuki Yamamoto looked moved, as if he had thought of something.

Iwamatsu Yoshio said through gritted teeth.

"The strategic goal of the Eighth Route Army at the beginning must be to eliminate the 33rd Division and the 37th Division, deliberately release the intelligence of gathering heavy troops to attack Taiyuan, and attract all the attention of the locusts army to Taiyuan."

"Then send 40,000 troops and a large artillery unit north to attack the 1st Division in Datong."

"Let the Locust Army mistakenly believe that the real strategic goal of the Eighth Route Army is the 1st Division, and attract the North China Front to send troops to reinforce it."

"Then the main force of the new regiment quietly moved south from Wutai Mountain and North Taihang, and together with the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi, they ate the 33rd Division and the 37th Division in one bite."

"This set of battle plans is simply seamless, with a series of calculations and a plan within a plan."

As an opponent of the Eighth Route Army, Iwamatsu Yoshio was eager to cut off the heads of all the Eighth Route Army.

But he had to admit that the Eighth Route Army's strategic plan this time was indeed clever.

The real strategic goals of the Eighth Route Army were not predicted at all.

Kazuki Yamamoto predicted it, but he didn't fully predict it.

Yamamoto predicted that the Eighth Route Army would attack Taiyuan and solve the headquarters of the First Army, but he did not expect that the strategic goals of the Eighth Route Army were the 33rd Division and the 37th Division.

In fact, this is not to blame Yamamoto, and Yamamoto is not very clear about the strategy implemented by the Eighth Route Army.

The strategy of the Eighth Route Army was generally to encircle the cities from the countryside.

Even during the War of Liberation, the People's Liberation Army first liberated other cities in Shanxi before concentrating hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Taiyuan.

If you want to fight Taiyuan, you must first solve the Japanese troops around Taiyuan, and you have no worries.

Hua Gu Zheng said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Commander, once the 33rd Division and the 37th Division are eliminated, Taiyuan and the headquarters of our First Army will be in a dangerous situation. ”

"The First Army will not be in danger for the time being." Yamamoto Kazuki said in a deep voice, "When the Eighth Route Army has eliminated the 33rd Division and the 37th Division, the reinforcements of the North China Front Army should arrive, and the Eighth Route Army should not forcibly attack Taiyuan, which will cause great casualties to the Eighth Route Army." But next time, the Eighth Route Army is very likely to attack Taiyuan, and we must prepare early to strengthen Taiyuan's defenses. ”

Yoshio Iwamatsu glanced at Kazuki Yamamoto expressionlessly.

Next time?

Once the 33rd Division and the 37th Division were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, he, the commander of the First Army, would definitely not be able to eat his pocket.

Either apologized for the crime by disembowelment, or was stripped of the hat of the commander of the First Army.

Iwamatsu Yoshio sighed: "Let's pass this level first." ”

He built Taiyuan like an iron bucket, with abundant troops and war materials, strong fortifications, in addition to thickened reinforced concrete pillboxes and turrets, there are also many anti-slope and tunnel fortifications.

Although the Eighth Route Army had more troops and stronger firepower, it was only a matter of time before Taiyuan was captured by the Eighth Route Army.

But Taiyuan can definitely inflict tens of thousands of casualties on the Eighth Route Army.

However, the Eighth Route Army was not fooled, but had to give priority to the 33rd and 37th Divisions.

Hanaya asked: "Your Excellency Commander, since the strategic goal of the Eighth Route Army is the 33rd and 37th Divisions of the Japanese Army, do you order the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade to transfer to Taiyuan?" ”

"No!" Iwamatsu Yoshio waved his hand and said, "The artillery shells carried by the Eighth Route Army have bottomed out, and the strategic objectives of the Eighth Route Army are the 33rd Division and the 37th Division, and they will no longer attack the Taigu Defense Line." ”

"Hey!"

Flower Valley is bowing his head suddenly.

……

Twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

Over the Taigu Line.

A flight formation consisting of eight fighters and bombers sent by the Japanese North China Front roared over.

The dense fire network composed of heavy machine guns, machine guns, and anti-aircraft guns of the Eighth Route Army forced the devil's plane not to dare to enter the dive position.

The devil pilot looked at the ground, and the dense camouflage net on the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army could only sigh helplessly.

The devil pilots received an order to destroy the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

But this firepower is not to mention destroying, it is difficult to even get close, and the dense air defense fire network of the Eighth Route Army, once the plane is close, it will be shot down.

As for the suicide attack in an airplane, it had not yet reached that point, and the North China Front Command did not give such an order.

The devil's pilot saw that there was not much fuel left, and was about to return to Beiping Airport.

Suddenly.

One of the devil pilots found that in the sky in the northeast, a dense group of planes appeared.

"Captain, a massive plane has been spotted in the Northeast."

The devil pilot immediately called out to the captain who led the formation by radio.

"Koike-kun, is it the 1st Flying Division of the Kwantung Army that has come to reinforce us?"

Another devil pilot asked in a puzzled tone.

The captain of the devil, Tetsuo Fukaya, took a telescope and looked at it, but he didn't see the plaster flag sign on the plane, and he couldn't tell what type of plane it was, and his face suddenly changed: "It's an enemy plane, all the monarchs immediately disperse and break through!" ”

Koiketaro looked at the group with a telescope and found that they were all large transport planes, so he flew towards the group regardless of increasing the throttle.

Tetsuo Fukaya was about to pull the joystick and slip away, but he saw Koike Taro piloting the Nakajima fighter jet and flying straight towards the group of planes to the east, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Koike-kun, what are you going to do?" Come back! ”

"Captain, the other side is all transport planes, don't be afraid at all, we can win!"

Koiketaro called murderously over the radio.

"Yaga!"

"Fight!"

Exhaling a hard breath, Tetsuo Fukaya pushed the joystick and followed behind Koike Taro and rushed towards the hordes of transport planes.

Several fighters next to it followed closely.

However, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Before the Japanese planes approached the transport plane, more than a dozen Sabre jet fighters without propellers suddenly flew out behind the transport plane, and met the devil's plane.

After only two or three rounds of dogfighting, the flying formation of eight fighters and bombers of the devil was all shot down.

The plane was blown up by a large-caliber cannon volley, and the pilots were directly shattered into pieces and fell to the ground one after another.

Then.

Hundreds of large transport planes flew in the direction of the positions of the Eighth Route Army.

In the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the division commander put down the binoculars in his hand and smiled.

Although the division commander had seen Boss Chen's transport planes and fighter planes several times at Yangcun Airport, this was the first time the division commander had seen the scene of Boss Chen's fighter fight.

I have to say that the scene where Boss Chen's fighter shot down the devil's plane is picturesque.

The casualty ratio of 0 to 8 made the division commander's eyes more and more full of expectations for this fighter.

Li Yunlong has already earned 16 Sabre fighters there, and he is waiting for them to be delivered in June.

The chief of staff said in a happy tone: "Boss Chen's plane, it's better to come early than to come by chance, it just so happens that this devil's plane is about to slip, Boss Chen's plane has arrived, this devil's plane is also a little self-conscious, don't you have any combat effectiveness, what does the devil do with Boss Chen's plane?" ”

After a pause, the chief of staff said again: "It's a pity that the devil plane shot down by Boss Chen's fighter is not counted in the business, otherwise it will be 24 75mm mountain guns." ”

As the chief of staff of the 129th Division, he naturally knew some of the rules and prices for Li Yunlong to do business with Boss Chen.

"It doesn't matter." The division commander pushed his glasses and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "It's just 24 mountain cannons." ”

As the transport plane flew over the head of the Eighth Route Army at a slight altitude, dense airdrops of supplies fell in the direction of the Eighth Route Army.

Patches of airdrop supplies filled almost the entire blue sky.