The battle will affect the whole body, as if He Jiaming can think of only a small part, and the battle perfected by the headquarters and the division headquarters is the entire Jin Province.

At this moment, the Taiyuan Headquarters received a telegram, and Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the contents of the telegram, and then turned his head to look at the sand table.

He still looks at the county seat of Baihe, which is obviously wrong, and Yoshio Shinozuka constantly judges the situation in his heart.

"Your Excellency Commander, how do we reply to Ishii?" Major General Chief of Staff Shojiro Iida asked.

"Let them continue to hold their troops still, the current situation is very weird, in the east and west directions of Lucheng, Dong Zhuo is obviously bigger in the east, and it seems to be very reasonable, because the strength of the imperial army in each county east of Lucheng is insufficient!"

"Now it is mainly relied on the regiments of the Imperial Association Army to be responsible for guarding, and they have joined the siege of the city with heavy weapons, and the intensity has been directly increased."

"But what about West?"

"Is this a diversion of the tiger from the mountain?" Yoshio Shinozuka's last sentence was a questioning tone.

Iida Shojiro also looked at the sand table, and then said: "Now in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, the strongest force has never appeared, and this is the biggest problem. ”

"If this force doesn't show up, then we can't move!"

"However, what about the counties east of Lucheng, once they are lost?"

"It doesn't matter!" Yoshio Shinozuka put down the telegram and continued: "I don't care how many county towns I lose, those can be taken back in the future, what I want now is to destroy that army!" ”

"According to the current establishment of the Eighth Route Army, this should be a regiment-level unit, its commander has extremely high tactical literacy, and he also has a company-sized elite under him!"

"This is our henchman, does it matter how many counties we lose?"

"Didn't the Eighth Route Army rush to occupy it and not leave?"

Shojiro Iida understood that the new commander had a clearer purpose than Lieutenant General Kiyoji Kazuki and had firmly grasped the point.

And Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "The situation in Baihe County is obviously wrong, and now I must not let Ishii lead troops to attack, the focus of the Lucheng area is in the west, and the safety of the Tongpu Railway is more important." ”

"I don't believe that the senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army can't see it, so their target must be in Baihe County!"

"I'd rather the situation east of Lucheng be eroded, and when we concentrate our forces to sweep up, everything will disappear, but we must not let them threaten the railway line!"

"The troops of Taiyuan and Yuncheng can't move, the Eighth Route Army of Jin Province, the Jin Sui Army, and the Guofu Army are all waiting for an opportunity, and we must not give them a chance now!"

"There are two infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, plus a number of artillery brigades in Lucheng, two brigades on the railway line, and four squadrons in Wuxiang County and Qinyuan County!"

"I want to see if the Eighth Route Army can take Baihe County!"

Iida Shojiro asked: "Do you think that the strongest regiment of the Eighth Route Army is outside the county seat of Baihe?" ”

"Not necessarily, but now it depends on the defense of Baihe County!" Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Now there are only a few hundred people outside the city, and I don't believe they can take the county seat." ”

"Send a telegram to Ishii and ask them to urge the two squadrons in Shirakawa County to be careful of the enemy's surprise attack, maybe they will launch a general attack at night, pay attention to saving ammunition!"

"Once the other party attacks in an all-out way, immediately telegraph to the Lucheng Ishii United, and Ishii will personally lead all the main forces to dispatch and hand over Lucheng to the Imperial Army!"

Iida Shojiro was stunned, "But, isn't Lucheng dangerous?" ”

"It doesn't matter, I want to enter this Eighth Route Army and encircle and annihilate outside Baihe County!" Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand, "In addition, once the news is received, all the four squadrons of Wuxiang County and Qinyuan County will be dispatched, and the two brigades on the railway will also be dispatched to encircle them." ”

"Hey!"

Yoshio Shinozuka is a wolf, he doesn't care about the situation in the Lucheng area, and he is determined to destroy the new group, but this is also right in the middle!

The focus of the battle was the county seat of Baihe, and once it was occupied, it would directly threaten the Lucheng section of the Tongpu Railway.

In this way, the supply line in the Yuncheng area could be cut off at any time, and Yuncheng was the logistics base for the Japanese army's attack and defense line.

Once the supply is cut off, then the 200,000 Jin Sui army and the Guofu army on the front line of the Zhongtian Mountain can launch a counterattack.

Yoshio Shinozuka grasped the key point, that is, to eliminate the living force of the Eighth Route Army, and ensure the control of the west of Lucheng, so that the losses could be minimized.

Moreover, the elimination of the strongest troops of the Eighth Route Army will greatly weaken the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

If the main force of the 129th Division can be forced to return to the base area, then the pressure on the Pinghan line will also be reduced, which can ensure the smooth progress of the battle of Wuhan.

The telegram was sent, and after Ishii Daizo received it, he then came to the sand table, and his judgment of the headquarters was indeed the same as his thoughts.

However, before Ishii did not dare to give up the area east of Lucheng easily, but now it is different, with the order, he can let the counties east of Yidong continue to hold on, and fight to the last soldier.

And he led the main force of the wing, waiting for the appearance of that force, the Eighth Route Army must be staring at Baihe County.

Because of the capture of Baihe County, the scope of activities of this Eighth Route Army can be expanded, as well as the scope of the base area, extending to the direction of the railway.

Ishii is also an old devil, and he has always been very confident in strategy, and this time the order of the headquarters coincided with him, so they ordered that the counties east of Lucheng should be defended strongly, and they must fight to the last soldier.

If the Imperial Army shows signs of escape, it can be executed on the spot, no matter what position!

Kong Jie, commander of the Independent Regiment, was outside Xiangheng County at this time, commanding the first battalion, the second battalion, and the artillery platoon of the Independent Regiment, as well as three Type 92 infantry guns supported by the division headquarters, to attack Xiangheng County.

There was only a small squad of the Japanese army and a regiment of the puppet army, and it was very close to Lucheng, so he arranged for three battalions to deploy a blocking position.

Before, it was just a sheep attack in the morning, but when the time came, an all-out attack was immediately launched, and the firepower of the three Type 92 infantry guns was strong enough to bombard the city walls.

Soon the infantry will be charging!

"Commissar, is there any news from the third battalion?" Kong Jie turned his head to look at political commissar Li Wenying.

"No, the devils in Lucheng didn't move at all, they didn't come out at all!" Li Wenying said: "It seems that the judgment of the headquarters and the division headquarters is correct, our plan should be successful, and they are still guarding against this Baihe county town, waiting for the emergence of a new regiment." ”

"That's good, let the third battalion draw a company back and join the reserves, Lao Tzu will take Xiangheng County in one go!" Kong Jie believes that there is no need to worry too much about the direction of Lucheng.