"Report to the general that all the imperial troops in the counties outside the Eighth Route Base have been transferred to Taiyuan."
Intelligence staff officer Takeo Anteng reported to Yoshio Shinozuka.
Yoshio Shinozuka asked: "Are there only the Imperial Army on the periphery? What about the Imperial Army in the Eighth Route Base Area?"
An Tengwunan replied: "There is no news about the imperial army in Liao County, Yushe and Wuxiang for the time being. It should be that the transfer was not successful."
Yoshio Shinozuka heard this with a sinister look in his eyes. He had made so many preparations to move in, but he didn't expect to be intercepted by the Eighth Route Army.
Yoshio Shinozuka asked again: "Did the Jin-Sui Army occupy Liao County, Yushe and Wuxiang?"
"No!"
This time, An Teng Takeo answered in a very affirmative tone.
Yan Baichuan is a waste!
Yoshio Shinozuka scolded Yan Laoxi severely in his heart, "The imperial army gave you a chance, but you were useless."
He was also prepared to enjoy the friction between the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army, but now it was no good.
However, he knew very well that now that the matter had come to this, there was no use in saying more. Southeast Shanxi was the territory of the Eighth Route Army, and those losers from the Shanxi-Sui Army could not hope to get involved.
The main focus now should be on Zhongtiao Mountain. As for the Eighth Route Army, the main focus is on defense.
"Anteng-kun, has anything unusual happened in the past two days?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked.
"Everything is normal in the Eighth Route Army base area, no abnormalities were found!" Takeo Ando replied.
Yoshio Shinozuka nodded. It had been almost five days since the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain began, and the Eighth Route Army could still maintain its composure.
It seems that the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses in the last mopping up operation. It has not recovered yet and cannot organize a major battle.
An Tengwunan said: "Your Excellency General, with the 37th Division and the 2nd Guards Division watching the Eighth Route Army, I believe the Eighth Route Army will not be able to cause any trouble."
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Ando-kun, you must be wary of the Eighth Route Army at all times. They are like bared wolves. They will come up and tear off a piece of your flesh when you are not paying attention."
"Hi!"
Then, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "Read the victory report of Nakajo Mountain to me again."
"Hi!"
An Teng Takeo picked up the good news on the table and read:
"Yesterday, the Imperial Army on the Eastern Front dispatched more than a hundred fighter planes to bomb the east-west ferry in Guanyang, and the 54th China Division suffered heavy losses."
"Today, the 33rd Division and the 14th Brigade have occupied the ferry along the Yellow River. The main force has merged with the 41st Division to complete the internal encirclement of the 14th China Group Army."
"More than 3,000 people from the vanguard of the 36th Division on the Western Front attacked the Yeyu, Shibaping, Tangwangshan and other positions defended by the 34th China Division. Currently, the Tangwangshan position has been captured."
"..."
"So far, the imperial army has destroyed and captured more than 20,000 Chinese troops!"
Listening to Takeo Andeng's words as he read them, the corners of Shinozuka Yoshio's mouth became wider and wider, and his whole body felt relaxed.
Less than five days after the war started, 20,000 Central Army troops had been eliminated and captured. If we continue with this strategy, the results will be huge.
Sure enough, it was much easier to defeat the Central Army of China than to defeat the Eighth Route Army. Most of the Central Army was defeated at the first touch.
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Yangcun.
New Regiment Headquarters.
Li Yunlong walked into the regiment headquarters and saw Huang Erhu packing things in large and small bags.
Li Yunlong asked: "What are you doing? We are going to fight, not on vacation. Why are you bringing so many things?"
Huang Erhu said: "Captain, aren't we going to come back this time? I want to take everything away."
"I threw away all those pots and pans. I couldn't throw them away. I gave them all to the people."
Li Yunlong said: "Except for the military uniforms and weapons and ammunition, you are not allowed to bring anything with you."
"yes!"
Huang Erhu straightened up and turned around to pack his luggage again.
"Lao Li, Lao Li!"
Zhao Gang's voice rang outside the house.
When Li Yunlong heard the sound, he turned around and walked outside the house. As soon as he reached the door, he saw Zhao Gang leading several people wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms and walking in from the door.
Carrying a marching bag and wearing leggings on their feet, they were the chief of staff Wang Dehou and deputy commander Xing Zhiguo of the new regiment.
Seeing Li Yunlong coming out, Zhao Gang smiled and said: "Old Li, the chief of staff and deputy commander of our new regiment are here!"
"Haha, welcome!"
Li Yunlong's face showed joy and he quickly came out to greet him.
"I look forward to the stars and the moon, and finally I hope you are here."
When the two parties met, they first gave each other a military salute and then exchanged a few words.
Xing Zhiguo led the guards, while Wang Dehou not only brought one guard, but also two combat staff officers.
Li Yunlong said: "It's unlucky for you to come today. The troops are about to leave in the evening, and there is no good wine or food to entertain you."
Xing Zhiguo smiled and said: "We are all old acquaintances and comrades-in-arms, so why are we talking about entertaining or not? The regiment commander, the political commissar, the troops are about to leave, is there going to be a war?"
Wang Dehou was the operational staff officer at the headquarters before this, and he also participated in the operational meeting the night before.
Therefore, Xing Zhiguo did not know that Li Yunlong was going to attack Taiyuan, but he knew it.
Li Yunlong nodded, then brought Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou into the regiment headquarters, and told Xing Zhiguo about the troops' preparations to attack Taiyuan.
Xing Zhiguo was very excited after hearing this. He was very lucky to catch up with such a battle when he first joined the new regiment.
Then, Li Yunlong raised his wrist and looked at it: "It's almost time, let's go collect the goods!"
Now that Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo are his own people, Li Yunlong has no intention of hiding them.
"Receive the goods?"
Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo both looked stunned.
Wang Dehou asked tentatively: "Captain, when you talk about receiving the goods, is it..."
At this time, Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo simultaneously thought of Li Yunlong's mysterious aid channel.
Wang Dehou has been working at the headquarters and knows more about it, but Xing Zhiguo has only heard about it and has never seen it.
"That's right, it's what you thought. This is also the last time our new group will receive goods at Yangcun Airport." Li Yunlong nodded and said.
Later, Li Yunlong took Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou, as well as the cavalry battalion and transportation team to Yangcun Airport.
300 machine guns, 300,000 rounds of 20mm artillery shells, and 300 tons of grain were transported back to Yangcun.
And introduced Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou to Chen Feng.
After you become familiar with each other, when you arrive in northwestern Shanxi, you can let Deputy Captain Xing do the work of receiving goods.
After seeing 300 machine guns, a large number of 20mm shell boxes, and 300 tons of grain, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou were so shocked that their eyes almost fell out.
This is so damn rich!
…
(ps: I’m taking half a day off. My old habit has returned. My neck hurts so much that I can’t write anymore. I’ll take a break and continue writing tomorrow.)