Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu prepares the following grams?

Kazuki Yamamoto on the side opened his mouth, but finally did not speak.

Regardless of the outcome of this battle, Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu will become a marginal figure in the Japanese Army after this battle.

It's good to be lucky to survive and be called back home as a reserve officer.

If you are unlucky, you will die on the battlefield, or even die without a place to be buried.

"Who is for and who is against?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at everyone with cold eyes.

In the end, it was Hua Gu who stubbornly persuaded: "Your Excellency Commander, the base camp will be investigated afterwards, and you will go to a military court, I suggest that you still listen to General Okamura's order, temporarily do not transfer to Ji Province tonight, and send a small force to attack the Eighth Route Army, and make a show." ”

Disobeying the orders of superiors, even erroneous, is not allowed in any army.

Even arrogant people like Hanaya did not dare to disobey the orders of their superiors.

Yoshio Iwamatsu naturally knows better than Masashi Hanaya about the consequences of disobeying Okamura's orders.

It's just that Yoshio Iwamatsu's trust in Okamura Ninji has long since collapsed.

Continuing to listen to Okamura Ninji's orders would only lead to the total annihilation of the Japanese army in Taiyuan.

"I now have reason to suspect that Okamura Ninji is a senior agent of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the North China Front Headquarters."

Yoshio Iwamatsu went out and dared to say anything.

The lives of himself and tens of thousands of locust armies are almost gone, what else dare not be said?

As soon as these words came out, all the devil officers, including Yamamoto Kazuki, all of them changed their faces.

Although some officers have long suspected this, no devil officer dares to say it in public.

And today, Yoshio Iwamatsu actually picked this matter apart and said it, and all the devils were shocked.

Iwamatsu Yoshio continued: "Okamura Ninji colluded with the Eighth Route Army and always gave us wrong battle orders, resulting in every time we attacked, we were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and the locust soldiers were sent to death in vain! ”

"This matter, I will definitely report it to the base camp, so that the Prime Minister and His Majesty the Locust can thoroughly investigate Okamura Ningji."

"Tonight."

"The Eighth Route Army must have laid another ambush, and if the locust army continues to attack, it will inevitably enter the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army and pay heavy casualties."

"In order to preserve the vitality of the Locust Army, I decided to refuse to carry out Okamura Ninji's order, and our First Army Headquarters, the Fifth Division and the 28th Division, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and the 1st Cavalry Brigade were transferred to Taiyuan!"

"I'm done."

"Who is for and who is against?"

As soon as the words fell, Iwamatsu Yoshio's sharp eyes looked at everyone.

"General, with all due respect, you are disobeying military orders." A devil combat staff officer objected.

"Smack!"

As soon as the devil's combat staff officer's voice fell, a gunshot rang out in the war hall, and a bloody hole appeared on the forehead of the combat staff officer, and he fell straight down with wide eyes.

By Iwamatsu Yoshio's side, Shiro Kamegawa put away the box in his hand.

At this time, more than a dozen elite devil guards heard the gunshots and ran in with all the 38 big covers.

"Don't panic!"

"Drag him down!"

Kamegawa Shiro said with a wave of his hand.

The two devil guards dragged the corpse of the combat staff officer outside, and the rest of the devil guards also left with rifles.

Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at all this coldly, he had long suspected that this combat staff officer was the eyeliner arranged by Okamura Ninji, and now the fox's tail was finally revealed.

"Is there anyone else against it?"

Iwamatsu Yoshio asked in an indifferent tone.

The devils bowed their heads and remained silent.

"Yo Xi!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Kazuki Yamamoto:

"Yamamoto-kun, you immediately send orders to the 28th Division and the Fifth Division, ordering them to move closer to Taiyuan immediately."

"Hey."

Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head and turned to the telephone on the table.

Afterwards, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at the commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade Miyazaki Masao: "Miyazaki-kun, you will transfer to Ji Province with us." ”

If he wanted to defeat him, Iwamatsu Yoshio was ready to defeat him to the end and completely negate Okamura Ninji's battle plan.

Anyway, staying mixed into the 3rd Brigade in Taiyuan is just a head-off for the Eighth Route Army.

"Thank you, Commander." Miyazaki Masao looked slightly happy, and his tone was hesitant, "Then Taiyuan is not guarded?" ”

"How many troops do you have left in the 3rd Brigade?" Yoshio Iwamatsu asked.

"There are more than 4,000 people." Masao Miyazaki replied, "In last night's battle, we mixed the 3rd Brigade and suffered more than 800 casualties. ”

In fact, the officers and soldiers below did not approve of continuing to attack the Eighth Route Army tonight.

The defensive battle is very difficult, and you have to fight the offensive war, isn't that looking for death?

Iwamatsu Yoshio said: "Then you will form the 3rd Brigade and leave 2,000 people to lead the Locust Alliance Army to resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army." ”

At this time, the more troops Yoshio Iwamatsu has around him, the safer he will be.

However, Taiyuan also has to leave a part of the troops to contain the Eighth Route Army.

Once the Eighth Route Army invested most of its forces to pursue along the Zhengtai Railway, Iwamatsu Yoshio could not bear it.

"Hey."

Miyazaki Masao Road.

Afterwards, Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at Hanaya Zheng again: "Hanaya-kun, take away all the things that can be taken away, and destroy everything that can't be taken away, and definitely not leave it to the eighth road." ”

"Hey."

Hanaya Zhengdao.

Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at Miyazaki Masao again: "In addition, when the city was broken, order the troops defending the city to blow up the ammunition depot and oil depot, and the grain depot will also be blown up, and absolutely not a single bullet, a drop of oil and a grain will be left for the Eighth Route Army." ”

"Hey."

Masao Miyazaki replied.

Hua Gu Zheng suggested that his eyes were gloomy and said, "Your Excellency Commander, why don't you set a fire and burn Taiyuan?" Leave the Eighth Route Army with an empty city. ”

"No, you don't."

Iwamatsu Yoshio thought for a while, waved his hand and said:

"The locust army will come back sooner or later."

"Hey."

Hanaya is bowing his head.

……

In fact, at this time, Wusu Airport had not yet been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and if there were still planes at Wusu Airport, the Japanese army would still have air supremacy.

Iwamatsu Yoshio was not yet going to disobey Okamura's military orders.

Because if the war is unfavorable, he can still slip away by plane.

In another time and space, the People's Liberation Army attacked Taiyuan and fought for more than six months, and the battle was extremely fierce.

In the end, Yan Laoxi saw that the situation was not good, and fled to Treasure Island by plane.

If the People's Liberation Army at that time had the current equipment level of the Eighth Route Army, Taiyuan would not have fought for so long, and it would not even be possible to let Yan Laoxi slip away.

With the order of the command of the 1st Army was issued.

The 5th Division withdrew from its position at Wohu Mountain, and the 28th Division withdrew from its position at Tianlong Mountain and moved closer to Taiyuan City.

Twelve o'clock in the night.

About 30,000 Japanese troops gathered outside the south of Taiyuan City, and marched along the Zhengtai Railway in the direction of Shouyang County.

Due to the contraction of the Japanese army's defense, the Zhengtai Railway was seriously damaged by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army and the bombing of the aircraft of the Eighth Route Army.

So.

Now there is no way to pass the Zhengtai Railway, and it only takes a few hours to reach Shouyang by train.

The Japanese army went on foot and it took about two days to arrive.

But.

Iwamatsu Yoshio sent the 1st Cavalry Brigade as a vanguard to reconnoiter and advance.

Soon, the information that the devils in Taiyuan had left the city reached the ears of Li Yunlong, the commander-in-chief of the front line.

Then, Li Yunlong ordered this information to be forwarded to the political commissar of the 129th Division.

Immediately after receiving the telegram, the commissar ordered the troops to be ready for battle.

Knowing that the 1st Brigade of the Devil's Cavalry was in front and behind, the political commissar immediately decided to let go of the enemy's cavalry first and ambush the Devil's infantry with all his might.

And when the devil cavalry finds that the large army is ambushed, they will definitely turn around and attack the devil infantry who are surrounded.

Therefore, the political commissar ordered the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army to block the cavalry of the devils.

The 1st Brigade of the Devil Cavalry, although it suffered a lot of losses in previous operations, still has nearly 3,000 elite cavalry.

But.

The cavalry units on the side of the Eighth Route Army have 5 cavalry battalions of the new 1st regiment and 6 cavalry battalions of the new 2nd regiment, with a total strength of nearly 4,000 cavalry.

4000 beats 3000, the advantage is mine.

The cavalry of the Eighth Route Army far surpassed the devil cavalry in weapons and equipment.

100,000 Eighth Route Army ambushed 30,000 devils, which is a big project.

It must be personally commanded by Li Yunlong, the division commander, the political commissar, and even the head of the headquarters.

The marching contingent of the devils, all kinds of artillery units, baggage units, mules and horses, and infantry, lined up in a long line of about 10 kilometers on the Zhengtai Railway.

But.

The devils all felt that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was preparing an ambush in Taiyuan.

It is unlikely that an ambush will be deployed on the Zhengtai Railway.

Moreover, the devil has been frightened and wants to transfer to Ji Province as quickly as possible.

For some locations suitable for ambushes, the devil cavalry focused on searching, and for some terrain that was not suitable for ambushes, the devil cavalry only glanced at it and left.

After the devil cavalry passed, the political commissar gave the order to reduce the encirclement.

The Eighth Route Infantry ambushed on both sides surrounded the direction of the devil's march on Zhengtai Road.

As soon as dawn, the 100,000 Eighth Route Army formed a general encirclement posture against 30,000 devils.

Hundreds of mountain guns and thousands of mortars, ready to go.

Although there were still some devils who did not enter the encirclement, the political commissar still decisively gave the order to open fire.

Boom boom...

A dense blast wave rose around the Devil's marching troops.

The devil was stunned on the spot.

Immediately after that, a dense barrage of shells rained down.

With the fireball and explosion waves, there were also the stumps and broken arms of the devil, and in the explosion, the screams of the devil were endless.

I saw that on a front of more than 10 kilometers, more than 1,400 artillery pieces opened fire at the same time, and the shells formed a dense red trajectory in the early morning air, and the devils on the entire more than 10-kilometer railway suddenly fell into a sea of smoke and fire.

The devil cavalry wing heard the rumbling cannon sound in the rear, and the devil cavalry's faces changed drastically.

The commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade immediately gave the order to turn around and attack.

The nearly 3,000 devil cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Brigade were divided into two parts, and the strength of each cavalry wing was killed from the left and right flanks to the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The scale of this artillery firepower made the scalp of Major General Kaneto Yasuda, commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, tingle.

So.

Kaneto Yasuda was ready to deal with the artillery of the Eighth Route Army first, and then rescue the surrounded Japanese infantry.