At 1:10 a.m. on December 18, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng, Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan and other leaders at the Eighth Route Army Headquarters were all summoned by the confidential section chief. They all came to the war room and faced the map of Shanxi.
, meditating silently.
Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan drew a few strokes on the map with a pen. The pen in his hand fell to the ground with a snap, and he opened his mouth and exclaimed: "Oh my god, what a big hand, Master Liu is going to take back Taiyuan!"
Boss Zhu smashed his words: "This brat, the radio was turned off for several days in a row. This power-on report wiped out the main force of the Fifth Division. He is worthy of being a legendary hero of our Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. He beat the Emperor of Japan to vomit blood with one strike.
It's a pity that Yan Xishan didn't let the instructor come to Shanxi, otherwise, I don't think the Japanese would be able to enter Shanxi at all."
Boss Peng frowned and said: "Boss, this has eliminated the main force of the Fifth Division. When the Japanese army finds out tomorrow, they will have two options. One is to huddle up in a ball and stay motionless near Taiyuan, the other is to move out in large numbers and use heavy troops.
The group pursues revenge. I think what Liu Yimin wants most is for the main force of the Japanese army to leave Taiyuan, allowing him to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Taiyuan, and then turn around to eliminate the Japanese troops one by one and return to support Taiyuan troops. This is a big chess game. If you want to play it well, all units must work together.
.The battle report of the instructors should be immediately notified to all divisions, and each division should be ordered to mobilize urgently, evacuate the masses, prepare for battle, and cooperate with the instructors to attack Taiyuan at any time."
Mr. Zhu nodded: "If we can really wipe out all the Japanese troops in the Taiyuan area in Shanxi, then the anti-Japanese situation in North China will be greatly improved. At the worst, we can also besiege the Japanese troops at one or several points in Shanxi and force them to
They finally had to evacuate Shanxi. But there was a variable in the process, that is, the Japanese army dispatched the Kwantung Army south to support. However, in terms of time, as long as we deploy properly, we can completely defeat the Japanese army in Shanxi before the large Japanese reinforcements arrive.
It hurts. Zuo Quan, send a report to the 115th Division and the 120th Division and ask them to mobilize immediately to harass the enemies in northern Shanxi, especially the Tongpu Railway and the highways leading to Hebei and Suiyuan. They must resolutely destroy them and be ready to block them at any time.
Delay the enemy's reinforcements. Order the 129th Division and the Independent Division to make preparations to block and contain the enemy's heavy group of troops who are going south to look for the annihilation instructor division. Since the little guy wants to play a big role, we have to give him a side job."
Mr. Peng immediately added: "Send a report to the instructors and ask them to report the specific plans and steps of the campaign to facilitate the cooperation of all units. Liu Yimin is authorized to bypass the headquarters and directly contact the divisions of our army in an emergency, requesting the cooperation of all units.
Action. Report to Lao Mao and order the main force of the security division to concentrate on Hancheng, ready to reinforce the Shanxi battlefield at any time and accept the supplies and personnel transported from Shanxi to Shanxi."
Mao Zedong had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by Zhou Enlai. He put on his clothes, took the telegram, took a look at it, and then pulled Zhou Enlai and ran to the war room.
When he arrived at the war room, he said leisurely: "Dai Li has found a girl for Liu Yimin, but unfortunately she can't deliver it to him at all. I would like to ask my wife to go to Liu Yimin's army on my behalf to express condolences, and then take the girl with me. After meeting Liu Yimin,
You just say that the girl is our goddaughter, who was moved by Liu Yimin's anti-Japanese deeds and volunteered to join Liu Yimin in the Anti-Japanese War. Then you directly order the girl to stay as Liu Yimin's personal secretary, take care of his life, and ask Liu Yimin to protect him no matter what.
Her safety. No matter how Liu Yimin refuses, you must let him keep her."
Song Meiling looked at Chiang Kai-shek and said directly: "How could you listen to Dai Li and the others and deal with meritorious generals like this? You can't do this. I will never help you do this."
Chiang Kai-shek sighed: "This Liu Yimin is so capable of fighting. If we don't take precautions, after we defeat the Japanese in the future, think about how terrifying it would be for us to have such an enemy!"
Song Meiling felt that her mind was a little confused, and she said after a long time: "Then Liu Yimin will be manipulated by a little girl? You are too naive. Besides, isn't he married? With his wife here, what kind of beauty trap can work?
?There was such a big commotion last time, why didn't Dai Li stop? To put it bluntly, even if we force the girl to stay with Liu Yimin, I'm afraid that when I leave, the girl won't be able to see Liu Yimin again.
If we get into it, it’s hard to say whether we can save our lives, so why talk about anything else? It’s a waste of effort, it’s easy to arouse the resentment of the Communist Party, and it does a lot of harm but no good.”
Chiang Kai-shek smiled: "As long as you can keep the girl with Liu Yimin. I understand the Communist Party, and the internal fighting is very fierce. If you go to express your condolences in person, and then keep the girl, there will be many people in the Communist Party in the future
If people are suspicious of him, Liu Yimin will probably fall into internal disputes and fights from now on. Besides, Dai Li has thousands of choices to choose from. That girl must be particularly beautiful and well-educated. In addition, Liu Yimin is handsome, charming, and falls in love.
Falling in love is possible. Now is a good opportunity. According to Dai Li's report, Liu Yimin's wife did not follow him to the front line, and there is no female soldier in the teaching division headquarters. This is a gap. Anyway, no matter what the outcome, we must make arrangements in advance.
Try your best. It doesn't matter if you fail, you only lose one person. But if you succeed, the gain will be too great for us."
Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek became more and more excited as he talked, Song Meiling said coldly: "I'm tired, let's rest first. We'll talk about this later." After saying that, without waiting for Chiang Kai-shek's reply, Song Meiling went to bed to rest.
Seeing that his wife was so uncooperative, Chiang Kai-shek was stunned for a long time and had to go to bed to rest.
The Japanese learned about the annihilation of the 21st Brigade through the radio station.
After Chen Bulei saw the telegram sent by Yan Daogang, he was so excited that he personally wrote a news article titled "The National Army Annihilated the Main Force of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army - The "Flower of the Army" Withered in the Land of Jinzhong".
After that, we arranged for the radio station in Nanjing to be the first to broadcast it, and then distributed it to all parts of the country.
At this time, the Japanese troops on the Songhu battlefield knew the news that all the 21st Brigade had been wiped out. The North China Front naturally knew it soon after, and then Emperor Hirohito of Japan also knew it.
After Seishiro Itagaki set off from the 21st Brigade, he went to taste tea and enjoy kabuki. Then he went to bed to rest. At 7 o'clock in the morning on the 19th, Chief of Staff Nishimura Toshion hurriedly came to report that the Front Army Headquarters
After receiving a telegram from the Shanghai Expeditionary Force Headquarters, the Chinese government announced that the 21st Brigade, Cavalry Regiment, and Field Artillery Regiment were destroyed in Qi County last night. General Touichi Terauchi asked us to report the situation immediately.
Itagaki Seishiro laughed when he heard this: "Your Excellency Nishimura, did you overexert yourself on the Chinese flower girl last night? The 21st Brigade was crushed, is it possible? If the Chinese army has the strength to crush the 21st Brigade, we can
Are you here in Taiyuan?"
Colonel Nishimura Rion's face was covered with sweat. He hurriedly handed the telegram to Itagaki Seishiro and asked the division commander for guidance.
After reading the telegram, Itagaki Seishiro smiled and ordered: "Chief of Staff, contact the 21st Brigade immediately and ask them to report the results of the battle."
Colonel Nishimura Rion ran away immediately. When he came back, he got another telegram. Unfortunately, it was a telegram from the North China Front Army sternly accusing him. As for the 21st Brigade, Colonel Nishimura Rion regretfully told Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro
, the radio station cannot be contacted.
Only then did Itagaki Seishiro realize the horror of the matter, and strictly ordered the aviation troops living in Taiyuan to immediately dispatch to conduct reconnaissance along the highway from Taiyuan to Qixian to find the location of the 21st Brigade.
The results of the aircraft reconnaissance completely shattered Itagaki Seishiro's last bit of luck: "On the road not far from Qixian County, there were many wrecks of imperial army cars, tanks, armored vehicles, and many corpses."
After reading the aviation reconnaissance report, Itagaki Seishiro immediately felt that his body was like a punctured air bag, and his strength was draining out bit by bit, until he sat down on the ground.
Seeing that the division commander's face was pale and he fell to the ground, Colonel Nishimura Rion hurriedly came up to help him.
Itagaki waved his hand to stop him, and his voice sounded like it was coming from hell, making people feel indescribably cold and desperate: "Nishimura-kun, please send a message to the commander of the temple to report that the 21st Brigade has lost contact.
and the aviation force to investigate the situation and ask him to immediately send people to Taiyuan to command the troops. I am ashamed of the emperor and have a heavy trust, so I will have a caesarean section to apologize. Please let my guards help me prepare. I am tired and need to rest."
As soon as Colonel Nishimura Toshio heard that the division commander was going to disembowel himself and commit suicide, he hurriedly sent a telegram to Juichi Terauchi.
Juichi Terauchi has been in a good mood recently. Although the Shanghai Expeditionary Army has been fighting very hard, his North China Front has made rapid progress. The attacks on the Jinpu Line and the Pinghan Line went smoothly. Although the battle of Taiyuan was difficult at the beginning, it was victorious in the end.
It was very easy to change. The Imperial Japanese Army was invincible, and the Chinese army collapsed. However, such a good mood was completely ruined this morning. The Shanghai Dispatch Army called to inform that the China Radio Station broadcast the news this morning,
It is said that last night, the Chinese Army completely wiped out the 21st Brigade, Cavalry Regiment, and Field Artillery Regiment of the Fifth Division. This is simply a lie. What kind of army is the Fifth Division? The flower of the Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan! The Chinese
They don’t even look at the target of the bragging. If they could wipe out the main force of the Fifth Division, they wouldn’t be called China!
Terauchi originally left the telegram from the Shanghai Expeditionary Force there and ignored it. As a result, the base camp also sent a message to ask about the matter. Terauchi had no choice but to send a message to Itagaki Seishiro and order him to report the situation. After waiting for a long time, there was no reply, but Terauchi received the call.
Feeling a bad premonition, he hurriedly sent another telegram to urge them. Not only did they receive the sad news that the 21st Brigade might be broken into pieces, but they also received the news that Itagaki Seishiro was preparing to have a caesarean section to apologize.
After reading the telegram from Colonel Nishimura Toshion, Touichi Terauchi was shocked and angry. He did not expect that the shame of an elite brigade being annihilated by the establishment would fall on his head. If Seishiro Itagaki, the unlucky man, was allowed to apologize, then the Imperial Army's
His face was completely ruined. Juichi Terauchi did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent a report to the base camp, reporting that the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division, the 5th Cavalry Regiment, and the Field Artillery Regiment might be shattered, and ordered Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro to lead the 2
The 10th Division and the 109th Division pursued and annihilated the Chinese Army that attacked the 21st Brigade. Then Juichi Terauchi sent a report to Seishiro Itagaki, asking him to immediately lead all the troops of the 20th Division and the 109th Division to dispatch aircraft for cover.
, searched the 21st Brigade's jade-breaking site to see if there were any breakout troops, leaving Chahar to dispatch troops to defend Taiyuan and along Tongpu Road in northern Shanxi and along Zhengtai Road in eastern Shanxi.
The reason why Juichi Terauchi ordered Seishiro Itagaki to dispatch two divisions was because Juichi Terauchi was already a little scared in his heart. Being able to wipe out all the 21st Brigade showed the strength of the enemy. It is unbelievable that after the Battle of Taiyuan, China in North China The army still has such strong fighting power. This China instructor is not simple, and this Liu Yimin is even more not simple. It seems that the Yagyu family has to come forward and try to get rid of this Liu Yimin.
After receiving a telegram from Juichi Terauchi, Itagaki Seishiro finally cheered up. In fact, Itagaki Seishiro, who was known for his boldness in the Japanese army, was most afraid of being disemboweled to apologize. Unlike ordinary middle and lower-level Japanese army officers, Itagaki Seishiro was beaten If he loses a battle and loses face, he apologizes. He is a senior general of the Japanese army. He is also cunning and good at conspiracy. He can only take advantage but not suffer losses. He is a typical trinity of generals, spies, and politicians. This kind of person is absolutely the best. He was unwilling to commit suicide by disembowelment. What he was waiting for was this telegram from Juichi Terauchi.
Therefore, Itagaki Seishiro no longer said anything about apologizing, and immediately ordered the aviation force to dispatch, expand the scope of investigation, and find the main force of the China Army. Then he ordered Chahar to dispatch the First Mixed Brigade of the Army, the Fifth Division Engineer Regiment, and the baggage The regiment defends Taiyuan, the 2nd mixed brigade guards the northern section of Tongpu Road, and the 15th mixed brigade guards the Zhengtai line from Niangziguan to Taiyuan. The 20th Division and the 109th Division are ordered to mobilize immediately, and the 20th Division leaves In Qingxu, the 109th Division left Taigu and moved towards Qixian County in two directions to inspect the shattered battlefield of the 21st Brigade and pursue and annihilate the main force of the China Army.