"Your Excellency Commander, there are signs of large-scale Eighth Route Army activities in Taiyuan City. Do you think the Eighth Route Army is going to attack Taiyuan City?" Chief of Staff Major General Tanaka answered tentatively.

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka did not answer immediately, frowned and fell into deep thought.

It took half a minute to answer: "It's very likely! As long as the Eighth Route Army takes over these counties around Taiyuan City, Taiyuan City will be like taking off all its clothes and completely exposed to Tujiao Road! Even if they can't completely take down Taiyuan City, they can still deal a heavy blow to our Taiyuan garrison!"

"Also, our First Army defense zone is too large, and each division's defense zone has a large number of Eighth Route Army troops, so it is difficult to mobilize reinforcements too far. Even if it can be mobilized, it will not be able to get to Taiyuan City in a short period of time!"

"In this case, the possibility of the Tujiao Route Army attacking Taiyuan City is even greater!"

Major General Tanaka frowned suddenly, and he reminded with a worried look: "Commander, if this is the case, we will reinforce these counties!"

"Taiyuan City must not be in chaos, otherwise our First Army will definitely become a laughing stock of the Imperial Imperial Army!"

Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshinobu replied thoughtfully: "As long as these counties around Taiyuan City are still controlled by the Imperial Army, the Eighth Route Army will not dare to bypass these counties and directly attack Taiyuan City!"

"This is a military taboo! If you don't have a bad situation, the Eighth Route Army will be attacked from both sides. If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would never take the risk of putting tens of thousands of people in danger!" Chief of Staff Major General Tanaka immediately agreed.

"So, as long as we guard these county towns around Taiyuan, Taiyuan City will be safe and will not be in chaos!" Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshinobu answered very affirmatively.

Then he began to issue an order to the Chief of Staff: "Tanaka, you arrange troops immediately to reinforce these county towns! When will the Eighth Route Army retreat, and when will they return to Taiyuan!"

"Also, since the Eighth Route Army's target of this operation is Taiyuan City, with their always-off combat style, there must be a lot of them in Taiyuan City."

"Order Taiyuan City Guards, Gendarmerie, Imperial Army, and Special Forces to strengthen their guards and arrest all suspected Chinese people in the city. In short, Taiyuan City must not be in chaos!"

The hiding place of the Independent Brigade outside the North Gate of Taiyuan, the good news of more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops reinforced Shouyang made Wang Ping and Cheng Xiao's nerves tense for a few days instantly relax.

As soon as a person relaxes, all kinds of fatigue swept over.

In addition, there are still big battles to fight next, so you must ensure enough physical strength and energy to command the battle. This time, without the guard's advice, you will take the initiative to enter your own tent to rest.

However, tonight was also a sleepless night for them.

After more than two hours of sleep, the guard woke them up.

As soon as he returned to the command center with fatigue, the staff officer on duty reported with excitement: "The brigade commander, the old regiment commander, the reconnaissance team urgently sent a telegram, and the Japanese in Taiyuan City sent troops again."

"Two troops, one with a size of 2,500 people, and the Japanese and puppet troops were halfway, and they brought a squadron of four mountain cannons. They had always had a size of 3,000 people, a large group of Japanese and two regiments of the Imperial Army, and also brought four mountain cannons to reinforce Jinzhong and Xinzhou respectively!"

A surprise flashed between Wang Ping's eyebrows, and then he turned his gaze to Chief of Staff Yang Xiong.

"Chief of Staff, apart from the reinforcements sent by the Japanese, how many Japanese and puppet troops are still there in Taiyuan City!"

Yang Xiong, who has been counting the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Taiyuan City these days, immediately replied: "The Japanese and puppet troops have a little more than 10,000 in total!"

"Including an infantry brigade, a baggage brigade, an artillery brigade and an engineer squadron of the 9th Mixed Brigade. Taiyuan City Guard brigade, Gendarmerie brigade, and the First Army's direct guard brigade, with a total force of more than 6,000!"

"The Imperial Army includes two regiments, the security regiment directly under the Security Command, the artillery battalion, and the cavalry battalion, with a total strength of nearly 4,000. In addition, the puppet police force and spy team established by the Japanese, with a total strength of about 1,000 people!"

"In other words, the Japanese and puppet troops in the entire Taiyuan City were only more than 11,000!" Wang Ping stared at Yang Xiong and asked with a hot face.

"Yes, but there is still a garrison at Taiyuan Airport with 1,000 people, plus ground crews, a total of 2,000 people!" Yang Xiong added.

Wang Ping waved his hand and said, "Those two thousand people don't need to be honest, and self-protection is a problem, not to mention reinforcements to Taiyuan City."

"However, when it comes to the airport, I have an idea: before the real operation begins, we can attack a few games first, and if we are lucky, we can also transfer troops from Taiyuan City. If the Japanese do not transfer troops, we will take the opportunity to take down Taiyuan Airport."

"We have no choice but to blow up the plane, but the airport still has a lot of air-drafting weapons, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. For our Eighth Route Army, these are good weapons that we can't seize even if we want to seize."

"If we can rob it back, our military region can set up a veritable air defense battalion!"

After saying that, Wang Ping turned his attention to Cheng Xiao: "Old Cheng, the brothers have been fighting for the equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal for several days. The results have been achieved, but the losses are also very large. In order to minimize our losses in this operation, I decided to start the action tonight."

Cheng Xiao nodded and replied directly: "It's finally our turn after holding it in so long. Lao Wang, we are old partners, and the military region has clearly ordered you to command this action and I will cooperate. If you have any orders, don't hesitate!"

This is what Wang Ping wants. After all, Cheng Xiao’s current level is higher than himself.

Then he began to give orders: "From now on, all troops will start to rest and replenish their energy for the battle tonight."

"The kitchen teams of each company will find a way to make a hot meal for the troops after dawn, and make all the good things left by the troops, so that the soldiers can have a good meal!"

"The baggage force will start to divide ammunition at 1 pm, and each regiment has two base ammunition!"

"All military chiefs above the battalions of the entire army will come here at 3 pm and I will personally arrange combat missions for everyone. At 8 pm, leave on time and kill Taiyuan City!"

The Chief of Staff Major General Tanaka, head of the Japanese First Army of Taiyuan City, is reporting to Yoshio Shinozuka the final progress of the three reinforcements and the latest battle situation in several directions of Taiyuan City.

"Mr. Commander, as soon as the sky is dawn, the Eighth Route Army attacking us will withdraw from the battle and hide in the mountains around the battlefield!"

"The aviation force sent a large number of planes to search and bomb them, but because of the poor results, the bombing has stopped!"

"However, the casualties of the troops stationed in each county were very serious."

"After statistics, the Guanghuang Army lost more than 3,000 people, and nearly 5,000 people of the Imperial Army!"

"Because the county garrison suffered heavy losses, they did not send them to chase them when the Eighth Route Army retreated."

"However, the three reinforcements we sent were all attached to the Eighth Route Army unit. Especially the five thousand reinforcements commanded by the original colonel, they directly attached to the first team with the strongest combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, and they fought with them several times, and they won and lost each other!"

"The native colonel sent a telegram. As long as the military headquarters gave him two days, he would be confident that he would destroy the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army in Yangquan!"

Eliminating the first detachment with the strongest combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army is tantamount to cutting off an arm of the Eighth Route Army. A glimmer of light flashed across the eyes of the Lieutenant General Shinozuka, and then agreed.

"Yes, but I want to remind Yuanyuanjun that the Eighth Route Army is too cunning. You must be cautious when chasing, and you cannot leave Yangquan."

"Out of Yangquan, it is the Eighth Route Army base. There may be too many accidents, so we can't defend ourselves!"

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