Chapter 96 Straight to Taiyuan
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Eighth Route Army Joint Command
Seeing that the troops attacked smoothly and had occupied the Japanese's outer defense line, Zhang Yunfei smiled on his face, and even the Commander Liu next to him praised him repeatedly. He had not fought such a big battle for a long time. The battle of the two armies with 100,000 people was the biggest battle with the Japanese since the War of Resistance Against Japan.
He won the opening victory, but Zhang Yunfei was not overwhelmed by the small victory. This time, Zhang Yunfei prepared a big game of chess, and it has just begun.
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army troops controlled the front and side front positions, Zhang Yunfei said to Division Commander Liu: "Brother, how about we play a big game of chess for the Japanese?"
After hearing Zhang Yunfei's words, Commander Liu also said with interest: "Oh, what kind of big chess do you want to play? Let's hear, see if I can help you a little."
Zhang Yunfei took Commander Liu to the huge military map, picked up a pencil on the table, pointed to the map, and said with a serious face: "At present, more than 40,000 Japanese divisions in Xinkou are suppressed by our superior forces within a range of dozens of square kilometers of Xinkou position. At present, we have controlled the Japanese wing positions. At present, we can pass the entire flank position freely. My plan is for our 136th Division Infantry Brigade, Cavalry Regiment, Second Artillery Regiment and your 129th Division who have not participated in the battle, pass through the flanks of Xinkou position and directly hit Taiyuan."
After saying that, Zhang Yunfei used a pencil to draw a big circle in Taiyuan on the map, and looked at Commander Liu confidently, waiting for Commander Liu's answer.
After hearing Zhang Yunfei's plan, Commander Liu suppressed the excitement and excitement in his heart and said calmly: "This plan is good, but it has a certain degree of adventure. As far as I know, the 14th Division stationed in Taiyuan is located in Taiyuan, with nearly 30,000 Japanese. The Zhengtai Railway is currently controlled by the Japanese. The Japanese in North China can reach Taiyuan within two days along the Zhengtai Railway. If we cannot destroy the Japanese in Taiyuan within two days, we will be attacked from the back."
Zhang Yunfei smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, I've been in touch with Yan Laoxi long ago. Yan Laoxi dispatched tens of thousands of troops. The task of the Jinsui Army is to cut off the Zhengtai Road and block the Japanese reinforcements. By time, one or two or three thousand people in the Jinsui Army should have reached the Zhengtai Railway.
Another unit of the Jinsui Army is 20,000 to 30,000, and is currently fighting with the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 14th Division of the Japanese. At present, the Japanese have only one brigade and some auxiliary troops in Taiyuan, and the number should be only more than 10,000."
"Oh, even the Jinsui Army has been dispatched. If this happens, this battle will be easy. If the Japanese in Taiyuan cannot get reinforcements, they will not be able to catch turtles in the jar. Okay, I will play with you once today." Commander Liu said cheerfully.
Since they decided to attack Taiyuan, the two of them discussed in the command center for a long time, repeatedly deduced the war, and then issued an order.
The order was ordered to pass through the flanks of the Xinkou position, the Cavalry Regiment, the Second Artillery Regiment and the six infantry regiments that had not participated in the battle, which had not participated in the battle, and to cross the flanks of the Xinkou position and directly attack Taiyuan.
As for the Japanese in Xinkou position, they adopted a siege policy, and then wiped out the Japanese in Taiyuan, restored Taiyuan, and then turned around to deal with the Japanese in this place.
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Xinkou position, Japanese command center.
The two Japanese division commanders came to the command center together and held a telescope to observe the Eighth Route Army opposite. Since the Eighth Route Army opposite occupied the first line of defense, they have begun to build the fortifications of the first line of defense. Two hours have passed, and the Eighth Route Army opposite has not attacked.
The two division commanders have fought for more than ten or twenty years, and have not encountered such a situation. According to common sense, the Eighth Route Army should take advantage of the victory and seize the second line of defense, or even the third line of defense.
The two Japanese division commanders with puzzled faces looked at the telescope for a long time, but they did not see any signs. Finally, they simply ordered the troops to defend on the spot and closely monitor the movements of the ** team opposite.
The two depressed Japanese division commanders just returned to the command center when they heard a familiar scream from the sky, and the Eighth Route Army opposite started shelling again.
Faced with the Eighth Route bombardment, the Japanese had no choice. The Japanese divisions had their own field artillery brigades, equipped with more than 30 70 mm Type 92 infantry cannons, but this kind of small cannon was not enough to face large-caliber howitzers. As soon as they were fired, they would be knocked out by large-caliber howitzers. The Japanese simply wisely abandoned these cannons.
In front of the large-caliber grenades of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese who had no heavy artillery had to be bombed. The Japanese division commander looked at the roaring shells weakly and thought to himself, hoping that there were not many Eighth Route shells on the opposite side, and they would stop after a while of fighting.
But obviously the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side did not stop the awareness of shelling. The shelling continued to go on, and the number of casualties of the Japanese was rising.
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In the Eighth Route Army positions, Zhang Yunfei used the Japanese to hide in fortifications and trenches to avoid artillery attacks. He rarely observed the situation ahead. He led tens of thousands of troops to pass through the Japanese's flanks quietly. The Japanese on the Xinkou position knew nothing about this situation.
Zhang Yunfei had already handed over the war at Xinkou position to the deputy division commander Liu Dazhu. Because he was not in a hurry to attack Xinkou position, he just besieged the Japanese and bombed the Japanese from time to time. Liu Dazhu was fully qualified for such low-difficulty command and did not need Zhang Yunfei's command.
Attacking Taiyuan was obviously a technical job, and Zhang Yunfei had to command it himself. It took two or three hours before the Eighth Route Army's tens of thousands of troops quietly rushed straight to Taiyuan through the flank of Xinkou position. As the vanguard, the cavalry regiment with the strongest mobility.
Pingyao.
More than 30,000 Shanxi Sui army and more than 10,000 Japanese devils have been fighting fiercely for more than ten hours. From yesterday to this morning, there have been many casualties on both sides of the offense and defense.
The little ghost relied on his excellent weapons and his individual quality to surpass the Jinsui Army. He charged several times on the Jinsui Army positions, killing and injuring a large number of Jinsui Army.
The Jinsui Army relied on its dominance in numbers and was fearless in the face of the Japanese's charges. They fought back several Japanese charges, and the Japanese also left behind the bodies all over the ground.
Chapter completed!