Headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan.

In the war room, Yoshio Iwamatsu, Michichi Miyano and other combat staff are busy.

"Report to the general, dispatch a telegram from the military headquarters!" Communications Staff Officer Tadao Matsui walked up to Yoshio Iwamatsu, saluted with a military salute and then said.

Iwamatsu Yoshio said without looking back: "Read it!"

"Hi!"

Matsui picked up the telegram and read it, "The Kwantung Army's flying squadrons need to guard against the Soviet Union in the north. We are temporarily unable to deploy aviation troops to you. His Majesty the Emperor is on board, and the Empire of Japan is on board!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu's face darkened slightly when he heard this. If the dispatched army headquarters does not allocate aircraft to the First Army, then the air superiority will be completely lost in this sweep.

The mobilization, assembly and even every move of the various mopping up troops will be exposed under the eyes of the Eighth Route Army.

Even the artillery units may be strafed and bombed by eight-way fighter jets, which will greatly increase the difficulty of the mopping up plan.

Now he can only place his hope on the Takeshita Special Forces to find the Eighth Route Army's airport as soon as possible and launch operations to destroy it.

As a result, no one has air superiority.

Before the Eighth Route Army's airport was destroyed, Yoshio Iwasatsu had to be ready to enter the air raid shelter at any time.

Watchtowers were even set up in various directions around Taiyuan. Once an enemy plane is discovered, it can be reported to the headquarters by phone at any time.

The Eighth Route Army fighter jets put too much pressure on Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Iwamatsu Yoshio then asked Miyano Michichi: "Miyano-kun, have all the encirclement and suppression troops arrived at the designated location?"

Miyano replied: "Yes, Commander, the 36th Division has arrived in Heshun and Liao County, the 4th Brigade has arrived in Shexian County, the 9th Brigade has launched in the Wuxiang area, and the 37th and 41st Divisions have

Starting from the Changzhi area, a situation of encirclement was formed towards the Taihang bandit area."

"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu raised his wrist and looked at the time, with a murderous intent in his eyes, "Matsui-kun, order all the troops to launch the first phase of operations against the Taihang bandit area at 12 noon today.

The gangster area will be completely killed, robbed, and burned!"

"At the same time, all units are reminded to pay attention to air defense. If there is any trace of the Eighth Route Fighter flying, report it to the headquarters immediately!"

"Hi!" Matsui Tadao suddenly nodded and walked out.

Tadao Matsui came to the communications room of the First Army Headquarters, where several high-power radios and radios were busy.

Before he could convey the order, the Japanese telegraph operator sitting in front of the radio station stood up and gave a military salute: "Lieutenant Colonel, the 9th Brigade has an urgent call!"

Tadao Matsui received the telegram with an expressionless face and glanced at it casually. His pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Contact the 9th Brigade Headquarters immediately!" Lieutenant Colonel Matsui said sharply.

The Japanese telegraph operator said: "Report to Lieutenant Colonel that the headquarters has lost contact with the 9th Brigade. Multiple calls to the radio have not received a response, and the radio signal has been interrupted!"

Not caring about conveying the order, Lieutenant Colonel Matsui took the telegram and hurried to the headquarters operations room.

Because he was running too fast, when he reached the door, Matsui's feet suddenly slipped and he quickly held on to the door frame to prevent him from falling to the ground.

A group of senior Japanese officers in the war room looked at him in surprise.

Yoshio Iwamatsu frowned slightly, with a look of displeasure on his face: "Matsui-kun, didn't I ask you to pass the order? What are you doing?"

Matsui walked into the war room with a solemn expression and said in a deep voice: "General, something happened to the 9th Brigade!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu's expression changed and he asked hurriedly: "What happened to the 9th Brigade?"

"The 9th Brigade has just sent a telegram." Matsui Nakazaton first said, "At 10 o'clock in the morning, Nanzhuang Village, where the 9th Brigade Headquarters is located, was attacked by eight-way artillery fire and bombed by aircraft, including Major General Koshiki Toranosuke, Colonel Koike Shintaro, and Kudo

More than 500 soldiers, including Colonel Zhenxiao, are asking for tactical guidance!"

"Nani?"

All the combat staff, including Miyano Michichi, were stunned. Yoshio Iwamatsu even called out the word "Nani" with a deep sense of disbelief in his tone.

Miyano Michichi finally regained his composure and asked in a deep voice: "Is the information true?"

Matsui said: "This is a telegram sent by Captain Ito of the 9th Brigade over the 9th Brigade Headquarters. It should be true!"

"Has the communications room contacted the 9th Brigade Headquarters?" Miyano Michichi asked again, still holding on to some illusion that the intelligence might be wrong.

Matsui said solemnly: "We have been contacted. The radio signal of the 9th Brigade has been interrupted, and the radio call has not been responded to!"

"Nani?" Miyano Michichi's voice was full of horror, and you could even hear the panic in his voice.

The illusion was completely shattered. It seemed that something had really happened to the 9th Brigade Headquarters.

This news was like a heavy hammer, hitting Yoshio Iwamatsu's head hard, making his head buzz.

Before the raid officially started, the headquarters along the way was attacked, and the commander was shattered. The impact was really too great.

The 9th Brigade, which has lost its command system, can only fall into a situation of fighting on its own. If the Eighth Route Army concentrates its forces to attack the 9th Brigade at this time.

The consequences... Iwamatsu Yoshio couldn't even think about it.

At worst, the 9th Brigade may be defeated, but at worst, the Eighth Route Army and the common people in the entire Taihang bandit area only need to go west and it won't take long to escape from the encirclement.

Even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the common people escape westward, they will still need time, and it will also take time for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to defeat the 9th Brigade.

But what is certain is that the main force of the Eighth Route Army must be preparing to escape westward.

It is necessary to plug the gap in the 9th Brigade as soon as possible, withdraw troops from the 36th Division and the 41st Division to support the 9th Brigade, and rely on superior strength to compete with the Eighth Route Army in the Wuxiang area.

This thought came to Yoshio Iwamatsu's mind.

The premise is that if the 9th Brigade can block the Eighth Route Attack, the Imperial Army will have a chance of winning, and the chance of winning is very, very big.

"Send a telegram to all the brigades of the 9th Brigade." Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Lieutenant Colonel Matsui, "Tell them to..."

Before Iwamatsu Yoshio finished speaking, a telegraph operator hurried in.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "General, the 9th Brigade has received an urgent call from all the groups. It has been violently attacked by eight forces. Please ask for tactical guidance!"

Since the various groups of the 9th Brigade lost contact with the brigade headquarters, they had to send telegrams directly to the headquarters.

The Japanese have always been very tough-talking. The so-called request for tactical guidance is just a request for support.

Iwamatsu Yoshio immediately felt something bad and said in a deep voice: "Matsui-kun, please immediately send a message to the 9th Brigade to withstand the eight-pronged attack. At the same time, send a message to the 41st Division and the 225th Regiment of the 36th Division to quickly

Rush to the rescue of the 9th Brigade, and at the same time order the 36th Division, 4th Brigade, and 37th Division to start mopping up immediately!"

"Hi!" Tadao Matsui suddenly nodded and hurried toward the communications room with the telegraph operator.

Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Tadao Matsui's back, then at the sand table in front of him, and sighed slightly, hoping that it was not too late.

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At the same time, Li Yunlong did not give the Japanese a chance to breathe.

After receiving the order, he immediately led more than 5,000 people from the independent brigade to rush towards the Nanzhuang Village area.

Since the Japanese were dragging the net to sweep them away, the entire formation was relatively scattered.

The mobile column's plan was to defeat the entire 9th Brigade, rather than tearing a hole and rushing out.

Therefore, a mobile column of more than 20,000 people simultaneously launched an attack on the Japanese 9th Brigade on a blockade of dozens of kilometers.

Zhang Dabiao's 2nd Regiment of the Independent Brigade attacked the Japs on the left in Nanzhuang Village, while Xing Zhiguo's 3rd Regiment attacked the right.

Wei Dayong's 1st Regiment and the cavalry battalion directly under the brigade headquarters were ordered to kill the Japs in Nanzhuang Village.

Wei Dayong led the special forces soldiers to approach Nanzhuang Village and ordered them to stand by. He took Yang Liqing, Sun Desheng and three battalion commanders to the slope where Chen Feng called for artillery fire.

When Chen Feng and Wei Xiaoyong saw Wei Dayong, they stood up and saluted him: "Captain!"

Wei Dayong asked: "How is the situation?"

Chen Feng said: "The Japanese just realized that they are digging trenches."

As he spoke, he gave up the position of the gun scope to Wei Dayong, and Wei Dayong looked through the gun scope toward Nanzhuang Village.

The entire Nanzhuang Village was filled with thick smoke, blocking out the sky and the sun. There were many Japanese soldiers digging earth to build fortifications outside the village.

"It looks like there are still a lot of Japs left." Yang Liqing said, "Captain, we have to take advantage of his illness to kill him."

Wei Dayong nodded and said, "Give me the order and the artillery battery will immediately set up an artillery position and fire half the base number of shells at the enemy's position."

"After the bombardment, the infantry followed the cavalry and charged, capturing the enemy's position in one fell swoop!"

Under Wang Chengzhu's order, the artillery battery found an open space and quickly built an artillery position.

Four Type 92 infantry guns and four Type 97 mortars were set up.

After many baptisms of fire, the gunnery skills of the artillery company soldiers have been greatly improved. At least half of the gunners' mortar skills have been upgraded to the [Proficient] level by Wei Dayong.

Without reporting the parameters, the gunners quickly adjusted the design elements and pointed the muzzle at the Japanese infantry position.

"Test fire one round each for infantry artillery and mortar! Fire!" Wang Chengzhu gave the artillery attack order without hesitation.

After two muffled bangs, the shell rushed out of the barrel instantly, drew a beautiful arc in the sky, and hit the Japanese position.

Wang Chengzhu immediately picked up the telescope and observed the impact point of the artillery shell on the Japanese position.

Through the field of view through the telescope, the Japanese artillery position was accompanied by fire and mud mist. Four or five Japanese soldiers were blown away by the air waves and then hit the ground heavily.

About 3 or 4 seconds later, the roar of cannons came over.

The shot was accurate.
To be continued...