The Ishii Wing rushed to the rescue of the mining area, and the Kameda Brigade rushed to Hedi Town non-stop to cut off the retreat of the People's Liberation Army.

The Ishii Wing would never be able to reach the mining area, and the 101st Division and the Armored Infantry Regiment, which had already finished fighting on the way, had already arranged an ambush circle for them.

It's too bullying, a super version of the armored infantry regiment, dozens of tank armored infantry vehicles, plus an infantry division with strong combat effectiveness, is equivalent to two divisions fighting an infantry wing, several times the enemy, and the equipment is even more dimensional-reducing strike, how can the Ishii Wing fight in this battle?

What's more, the Ishikawa Brigade also contributed dozens of various cannons to Li Changshun, which were also dragged up by Li Changshun, and the infantry of the armored infantry regiment directly divided a part into artillery, regardless of whether he could fight or not, as long as he could give Lao Tzu a shot.

The Ishii Wing was crippled after a round of artillery fire, not to mention that the shameless Li Changshun fully inherited Xie Tian's shameless fighting style, anyway, now these shells are all for nothing, and they are bombed hard for Lao Tzu.

A few rounds of shells came over, and the Ishii Wing, let alone supporting the Ishikawa Brigade, whether they could return to Yangquan had become an unattainable dream.

Besides, where is there the Ishikawa Brigade, do you mean the rotten meat on the battlefield behind?

It was too hurried, and before he had time to clean up the battlefield, Li Changshun's tank regiment had just run over directly from the pile of dead bodies on the battlefield, and maybe there would be a few lucky devils on the battlefield, no one paid attention to them, and they didn't have time to deal with them.

At this moment, Xie Tian has already left this battlefield, in the war game deduction, he has already expected that as long as the battle starts, Miyamoto Hisashi will definitely send troops to the area of Hedi Town to cut off the back of his own troops attacking the mining area, he has arranged for Guo Kaiming's new 102nd Division, Sun Jintao's 121st Independent Regiment to prepare a big gift package for the devils in Hedi Town.

Xie Tian estimated that Miyamoto Kukugi would send at least two wings of devils to carry out this mission, and perhaps increase the strength of one or two imperial alliance army security regiments, after all, there were too few people to do the work of encirclement.

But thank God didn't expect that Miyamoto Kukugi would send a brigade of devils to cut off the back road, it seems that Miyamoto Kukugi also overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ishikawa brigade.

In fact, Xie Tian also overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ishikawa Brigade, and the key to this battle was to skillfully obtain the tank wing of the Miyamoto Division, and this battle was fought too smoothly.

Before the start of the war, Xie Tian knew that as long as he finished those few shots, Miyamoto Kuhisagi would definitely order the tank wing to chase it out, but he didn't expect Miyamoto Kukugi to be so arrogant and send the entire tank wing out.

The devil's tank wing fell into the hands of Li Changshun completely without firing a shot, and there was a cause and effect, which also caused the Ishikawa brigade to be caught off guard and attacked by the tank troops led by Li Changshun.

The general trend of the campaign did not deviate from the track designed by Xie Tian, but the progress was accelerated several times.

Originally, Xie Tian was going to take the mining area in one day, and the original tactical arrangement of the 101st Division was also to block the reinforcements from Yangquan, but now the Ishikawa Brigade was quickly annihilated, and now Xie Tian has not only a complete tank wing equipment in his hands, but also a complete artillery wing equipment, even including two bases of ammunition.

Then the next battle will not be fought according to the original plan.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and what is testing is the commander's ability to adapt to changes on the spot.

This battle was originally supposed to be under Qin Fen's full command, but after Xie Tian came, the command was naturally transferred to Xie Tian.

Anyway, whether it was Qin Fen or Li Changshun and the others, they had long been accustomed to Xie Tian personally commanding the battle, and Xie Tian personally commanding them to fight would have the confidence.

In fact, Xie Tian is really lacking in skills now, the 50th Army is attacking Pingxing Pass, the 51st Army is besieging Niangzi Pass, and the 49th Army is attacking Yangquan.

This battle was the largest battle organized by the PLA since its founding, and it was also an all-round counteroffensive war, with more than 60,000 troops mobilized and more than 10,000 reservists mobilized for material delivery.

Fortunately, the roads in the liberated areas are now unimpeded, and the railways are partially unimpeded.

The Zhengtai line railway transportation can reach Shouyang, and the Tongpu line railway transportation can reach the vicinity of Zhangzhuang.

Damn, it hurts to think about it, the section of the railway in Zhangzhuang was destroyed by Xie Tian's order, and the damage was very thorough, several railway bridges were blown up, and it would take a while to repair the through, otherwise the railway transportation of the Tongpu line could go straight to Shanyin, which could save a large part of the distance.

Now, it is self-inflicted, and the materials have to be transported by car and carriage to the vicinity of Zhangzhuang, which has virtually increased a lot of distance and time.

Modern warfare is about logistics and supply, so all the wars since the little devils invaded China have been carried out around railway lines, and Yoshio Shinozuka even spent several years renovating the railway built by Yan Xishan back then, which also shows the importance of railway transportation to the war.

Due to the lack of smooth supply of materials, Chu Yunfei's campaign to attack Pingxingguan also stumbled, but on the whole it was still good, after all, the Nakamura Division rushed all the way from Kanto non-stop, and it had already been exhausted by the 115th Division and the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

In comparison, the battle of Yangquan and the battle of Niangzi Pass have the greatest impact on the overall situation of Shanxi, Niangzi Pass is the east gate of Shanxi to open the Taihang Mountains, and Yangquan is a cancer that is locked in this gate.

The most critical thing is that if Yangquan is not taken as soon as possible, Taiyuan's steel plant will face a shutdown.

The shutdown of steel mills will trigger a series of ripple effects, including arsenals.

Pang Yuan has done everything in his power to ensure the supply of fuel to the steel plant, and even reduced the supply of coal for residents' daily use.

There must be a negative impact, the reduction in the supply of domestic coal has naturally caused the rise in coal prices, and the rise in coal prices has caused the prices of some products closely related to coal to fluctuate, which directly affects people's livelihood, and there are some negative voices on the street, and some people with ulterior motives even spread that Xie Baoqing's rule in Taiyuan is not as stable as the price stability when the Japanese rule, and even some people compare Yan Xishan with Xie Tian, which has also resonated with many people.

After all, Taiyuan was founded by Yan Xishan from scratch, factories, schools, industry and commerce, hospitals, everywhere there are traces left by Yan Xishan, Yan Xishan's contribution to Taiyuan is indelible, and there are not a few people who have received his favor.

In short, Xie Tian is under a lot of pressure now, and the only way to solve this pressure now is to solve the energy problem as soon as possible, that is, to lay Yangquan and transport Yangquan's high-quality coal into Taiyuan.

Datong, another famous coal-mining area in Shanxi Province, is too far away from Taiyuan, and there is a Fu Zuoyi in the middle.