Taiyuan.

Inner City.

The headquarters of the First Army.

Except for Miyazaki Masao, whose face was like frost, most of the other officers and some combat staff officers had a look of expectation on their faces.

It's finally time to get out of this damn place!

Just a year ago, Taiyuan was captured by the Eighth Route Army.

At that time, the main force of the First Army went to attack the Central Army at Nakajo Mountain.

More than 30,000 main forces of the Eighth Route Army attacked Taiyuan under the leadership of Li Yunlong.

The Eighth Route Army not only successfully captured Taiyuan, but also killed Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army at the time.

However, the overall strength of the Eighth Route Army was not strong enough at that time.

Even if Taiyuan is captured, there is no way to hold Taiyuan under the attack of the Japanese army.

However, in just one year, the Eighth Route Army already had the terrifying strength to crush the First Army and even crush the entire North China Front.

If the Japanese army in Taiyuan does not leave, they will be wiped out.

Fortunately, the commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ninji, had already given the order to retreat.

Although all the officers came to China with the attitude of being loyal to the locusts and the Japanese Empire.

But no one wants to die.

If Okamura Ninji gave the order to defend Taiyuan, they would definitely fight to the death.

And the reason why Masao Miyazaki's face is like frost is naturally that he feels that he is being targeted by Okamura.

Staying and leading the generals of the 3rd Brigade to resist the Eighth Route Army is definitely a dead end.

"Miyazaki-kun, after the main force of the locust army leaves Taiyuan, all the locust alliance troops will be under your command, plus the mixed 3rd brigade, so that you have more than 20,000 troops in your hands."

"I believe that the troops of 20,000 people in your hands will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on the Eighth Route Army."

The commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, instructed Masao Miyazaki.

In addition to the puppet army that was surrounded, there were also many puppet army troops in and around Taiyuan City, with a total strength of about 15,000 people.

Although it is not possible for the puppet army to fight an offensive war, it is still possible to fight a defensive war and assist in law and order.

Of course, that was the Eighth Route Army and the National Army in the face of a lack of ammunition and backward equipment.

At present, the attack on the super-first-class equipment and the main elite Eighth Route Army, these puppet armies are just a plate of scattered sand.

If the puppet army is allowed to defend a position alone, the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army will bombard, and the puppet army will be dispersed directly.

These puppet troops were nothing more than cannon fodder left by Yoshio Iwamatsu to Masao Miyazaki to feed the artillery shells and aerial bombs of the Eighth Route Army.

"Hey!"

Masao Miyazaki bowed his head suddenly.

Okamura, I am your ancestors.

Why did you want me to be the commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade and then lead a lone army to defend Taiyuan?

Masao Miyazaki even had the urge to lead the mixed 3rd Brigade to the Eighth Route.

But soon, Masao Miyazaki extinguished this thought.

If it is a puppet army, it will definitely be eager to surrender.

But all the Japanese soldiers under his command are Japanese, and in the case of inevitable defeat, there must be some Japanese soldiers who are willing to surrender, but only a small part, and most of the Japanese soldiers will definitely not surrender.

If he dared to give the order to surrender to the Japanese army, the group of soldiers and officers who had been brainwashed would definitely be the first to kill him, the brigade commander.

But at this moment, the communications staff officer held a telegram in his hand, walked in quickly, and reported to Iwamatsu Yoshio.

"General."

"Commander of the North China Front, Senior General Okamura Ninji, secret telegram!"

Hearing that it was Okamura Ninji's telegram, all the devil officers and combat staff officers all turned around.

"It must have been a telegram urging us to transfer to Ji Province."

Iwamatsu Yoshio looked relaxed, waved his hand and said, "Read! ”

"Hey!"

The operational staff officer then held the telegram in both hands and read:

"According to reliable information, the Eighth Route Army has already laid an ambush on the Zhengtai Railway, and ordered the First Army and its Fifth Division and other troops to temporarily abandon the plan to transfer to Hebei Province along the Zhengtai Railway, continue to respond to offensive operations, and rescue the encircled Locust Army.

After listening to the telegram read by the combat staff officer, the faces of all the devil officers changed.

"Nani?"

Iwamatsu Yoshio suddenly raised his tone, and took the telegram from the communications staff officer in disbelief and read it.

"Yaga!"

After reading the telegram, Iwamatsu Yoshio scolded and tore the telegram to shreds in three or two blows.

Since we all know that the Eighth Route Army has ambushed heavy troops on the way, then just think of a way to deal with it, why bother to change the transfer plan and continue to respond to the encircled troops?

This Taiyuan, Iwamatsu Yoshio didn't want to stay for a day.

Iwamatsu Yoshio seriously doubted that it was not certain that the Eighth Route Army was really ambushing heavy troops on the Zhengtai Railway.

After all, Taiyuan was surrounded, and the Japanese army lost air supremacy in North China.

How did Okamura Ninji know that the Eighth Route Army had ambushed heavy troops on the Zhengtai Railway?

When did the intelligence department of the North China Front Command become so awesome?

If the intelligence department of the North China Front Army was so awesome, the Eighth Route Army would have been pressed and rubbed on the ground by the Japanese army a long time ago, and it could still develop into the current situation where the Japanese army was pressed and rubbed on the ground by the Eighth Route Army?

There is no specific location of the ambush of the Eighth Route Army, and there is no troop and firepower......

Okamura Ninji is that stupid, needless to say, Iwamatsu Yoshio knows that this information must have been guessed by Okamura Ninji.

Taking a deep breath, Yoshio Iwamatsu suppressed the anger in his heart:

"Order the troops who have been transferred in, prepare for battle, send a report to the troops of the encircled locust army, and prepare to break through!"

Although extremely reluctant to carry out this combat mission, Iwamatsu Yoshio had no choice.

Okamura Ninji has already said that those who violate the order are engaged in military law.

"Hey!"

All the devil officers bowed their heads in unison.

Except for Kazuki Yamamoto and Masao Miyazaki, the other devil officers all looked displeased.

Masao Miyazaki breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

As long as the main force of the Japanese army in Taiyuan did not leave, he would not die so quickly, and it would take a lot of time for the Eighth Route Army to destroy so many locusts.

Even if he died, with so many generals and adjutants dying together, Masao Miyazaki did not feel alone.

However, Yamamoto Kazuki felt that Okamura Ninji's decision to temporarily change the battle plan was very good.

Kazuki Yamamoto, as the head of the intelligence department of the First Army, knew more about the horrors of the Eighth Route Army in intelligence than other officers.

It is very likely that the information that the main force of the Japanese army in Taiyuan was transferred to Ji Province has been known by the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, it is very likely that the Eighth Route Army ambushed heavy troops on the Zhengtai Railway.

The Eighth Route Army transferred all its heavy troops to the Zhengtai Railway, and only a small part of the troops surrounding the Locust Army were left around Taiyuan.

At this time, the main force of Taiyuan and the encircled locust army attacked at the same time.

So.

The Eighth Route Army around Taiyuan fell into a situation of being attacked from both sides.

It was no longer the Locust Army that was surrounded, but the Eighth Route Army.

If this battle is fought well tonight, not only can the surrounded locust army be rescued, but it will also be able to inflict heavy damage and even have a chance to destroy the Eighth Route Army around Taiyuan.

Not to mention reversing the defeat, it can also cause the Eighth Route Army to suffer heavy losses and complete the combat mission of killing and injuring a large number of the living forces of the Eighth Route Army formulated by General Okamura Ninji.

At that time, the main force of the locust army in Taiyuan can abandon Taiyuan and move into Hebei Province.

"He is worthy of being a general, and he is worthy of being the commander of the North China Front."

"I, Kazuki Yamamoto, am still far behind General Okamura."

Major General Kazuki Yamamoto sighed secretly.

In the entire Japanese Army, there are not many people admired by Yamamoto Kazuki, but Okamura Ninji can definitely be counted as one.

……

With the order of the Commander of the First Army in the Department of Operations.

The devil who was about to turn in was ordered to attack the Eighth Route Army and respond to the surrounded troops.

Although the devils were surprised, the military orders were like a mountain, and they could only carry out the orders.

The main forces of the 5th Division, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 28th Division were all dispatched.

Meantime.

The devil troops who were surrounded in the tunnel also took advantage of the night to drill out of the tunnel and attack the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.

The battle is on the verge of breaking out.

"Boom, boom..."

"Da Da Da..."

Dense shell explosions and gunfire continued for most of the night.

The people of Taiyuan only knew that the landslide-like explosion continued to sound for most of the night, and the battle was very fierce.

As soon as the sky was dark, the embarrassed devils and puppet soldiers fled back to Taiyuan City.

The devil and the puppet army fell into the ambush of the Eighth Route Army last night and suffered heavy losses.

Last night, some devils successfully broke through, but there were only more than a thousand people.

More devils were killed in the breakthrough positions, and there were also devils who went to meet the attack, and the casualties were also large.

……

"Yaga!"

"Didn't you say that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was transferred to the Zhengtai Railway to ambush the main force of the Locust Army?"

"Why are there so many Eighth Route Army around Taiyuan?"

Early the next morning, Yoshio Iwamatsu tore up the report in his hand and couldn't help but be furious.

In order to save those devils who were surrounded, thousands of devils were put in.

"Your Excellency, Commander, judging by last night's battle." Hua Gu Zheng said in a deep voice, "The Eighth Route Army did not transfer the main force to the Zhengtai Railway at all, and we were defeated." ”

As for whether it was the plan of the Eighth Route Army or the plan of Okamura Ningji, Hanaya did not say.

But the meaning is obvious.

The Eighth Route Army, which was transferred to the Zhengtai Railway, was the reserve of the 129th Division, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, with about 40,000 people.

In this battle, the Eighth Route Army is very well prepared!

The total strength was more than three times that of the Japanese army, and in the previous battles with the Japanese army, the reserves did not participate in the battle at all.

So.

Even if the Eighth Route Army transferred 40,000 people to the Zhengtai Railway, the Japanese army in Taiyuan was not the opponent of the Eighth Route Army at all.

Even.

The Japanese army did not feel that the total strength of the Eighth Route Army had decreased, but felt that the strength and firepower of the Eighth Route Army had increased.

Kazuki Yamamoto on the side also had a rare cloudy face.

What went wrong?

Iwamatsu Yoshio's eyes were gloomy: "Immediately report the battle situation last night to Senior General Okamura Ningji of the North China Front Headquarters." ”

Okamura Ningji, this waste, is really incompetent, exhausting the three armies.

This time, Okamura Ninji made himself miserable.

Obviously there was an opportunity to move to Ji Province, but Okamura's grandson had to order the main force of Taiyuan to attack the Eighth Route Army.

If it had been transferred to Hebei Province last night, perhaps the main force would have left Taiyuan dozens of kilometers by this time.

As long as the Eighth Route Army attacking Taiyuan is eliminated, the troops will be absolutely safe.

"Hey!"

Hanaya Masashi and Kazuki Yamamoto bowed their heads suddenly.