Before the meeting ended, the telegraph soldier of the New Regiment held a telegram in his hand and walked quickly into the headquarters of the New Regiment.
After Chief of Staff Wang Dehou took the telegram and read it, he whispered to Li Yunlong:
"Captain, a secret message has just been forwarded from the headquarters. The 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 1st Army Division of the Mongolian Army are on their way from Taiyuan to attack the Shanxi-Sui Army."
The 1st Cavalry Brigade of Tadamichi Ribayashi never returned to garrison the Mongolian army.
The commander of the garrison in Mongolia repeatedly requested the First Cavalry Brigade from the First Army Headquarters, but Yoshio Iwamatsu pretended not to know.
Without Okamura Neiji's order, Kuribayashi Tadamichi would not dare to lead his troops back to Inner Mongolia.
This time, the first cavalry brigade was captured by Yoshio Iwamatsu and sent to attack the Jinsui Army.
In and around Taiyuan, there are only the No. 1 Brigade and the No. 1 Brigade, as well as the regiment directly under the First Army and some guard units.
If the First Division had not arrived in northern Shanxi, even if Yoshio Iwamatsu was emboldened by his ambition, he would not dare to send the First Brigade and the Second Cavalry Division to attack the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Because once the cavalry brigade and division leave Taiyuan, the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi and the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi will probably be like sharks smelling blood and attack Taiyuan.
After all, the Japanese army's attack on the Jinsui Army could not be completed in three or two days.
But now that the main force of the First Division has arrived in northern Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi will definitely not dare to go south to attack Taiyuan.
"Ha ha……"
"This is good news."
When Li Yunlong heard this information, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.
As a result, once a war breaks out in northwestern Shanxi, the First Army will not have much strength to reinforce the First Division.
If the First Army dares to reinforce the First Division, then the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi can capture Taiyuan with a backhand.
The current headquarters has a heavy howitzer, and it has initially formed combat effectiveness. It can be said that the gods can kill the gods and the Buddhas, and the ability to attack difficult situations is unparalleled.
And this time, the new regiment's heavy howitzers were also dispatched.
Because the Japanese heavy artillery regiment is here, equipped with millimeter cannons and millimeter heavy howitzers.
According to intelligence, Li Yunlong already knows that the main force of the Japanese First Division has arrived in Datong, northern Shanxi, and is expected to head to northwestern Shanxi in the next few days.
After the meeting, each battalion commander quickly led his troops to the designated location to ambush.
The main forces of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment have assembled in Dagu Town.
Under the leadership of each battalion commander, the Shanxi North Ten Thousand Army began to ambush at the designated location.
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Northern Shanxi.
Datong.
The commander of the 1st Division, Shigetori Kuroda, and the commander of the 1st Division, Mitsuo Nakazawa, stood side by side on the city wall of Datong.
Although the 1st Division reoccupied Datong, some repairs were made to the Datong city wall.
However, the city walls that had been blasted by millimeter heavy howitzers were still in ruins, which showed how ferocious the Eighth Route Army's artillery firepower was.
"Mr. Zhongze, from now on, the Independence Mountain Artillery Regiment will be under your command."
Kuroda Shigetori said in a deep voice, with no expression on his face, but he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.
The 3rd Infantry Division was originally called the 1st Infantry Regiment. It was under the jurisdiction of the 1st Independent Artillery Regiment and the 1st Independent Artillery Regiment. The artillery firepower was powerful.
But now, Okamura Neiji transferred the mountain artillery regiment to the first division with a transfer order.
This mountain artillery regiment is probably like a meat bun beating a dog, and it will never come back.
Kuroda Shigenori was a little envious. The treatment of the Class A division was very good. It not only had a field artillery regiment, but also a heavy artillery brigade.
Mitsuo Nakazawa patted Kuroda Shigenori on the shoulder: "I know, Kuroda-kun, you will feel uncomfortable, but the stronger the strength, the greater the responsibility. The opponent of the first division is the Soviet army and the new Eighth Route Army."
Regiment, the First Division must have strong artillery firepower to deal with it."
After hearing what Nakazawa Mizuo said, Kuroda Shigenori no longer envied him after a second thought.
To be honest, if the 1st Division were to carry three artillery regiments, one of which was a heavy artillery regiment, to attack the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Kuroda Shigenori would not want to go.
The reason is very simple. The combat effectiveness of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is so strong that it makes the Japanese army tremble. It is so strong that the Japanese army cannot sleep at night just thinking about the New Regiment.
Kuroda Shigenori said: "Nakazawa-kun, although your first division is very strong, what you have to deal with this time is Li Yunlong. This person is very cunning and often does not follow common sense. After arriving in northwest Shanxi, you must
Be more vigilant.”
"Of course I know this." Mizuo Nakazawa nodded, "But I still have to thank Kuroda-kun for reminding me."
Li Yunlong killed the most elite infantry regiment of the First Division and a heavy artillery regiment.
How dare he underestimate the enemy?
Kuroda Shigenori added: "In case of trouble, Mr. Nakazawa can call the 2nd Division for reinforcements at any time. According to the order of the North China Front Army Headquarters, our 3rd Division will not fight back to Baotou and Wuyuan until next month."
At present, Baotou and Wuyuan have been occupied by the Sui Army.
However, this had little impact on the Mongolian Army. The main force of the 1st Division and the cavalry troops of the Mongolian Army would soon be able to retake the Baotou and Wuyuan areas from the Sui Army.
"Yoshi."
"Then thank you Kuroda-kun."
Mitsuo Nakazawa didn't try to be brave, saying that defeating the new group was like picking something out of a bag.
With the second division behind him, even though it was just an ordinary second-line division, Mitsuo Nakazawa would feel more secure.
By the time the 2nd Division returned to Baotou and Wuyuan, the 1st Division must have established a firm foothold in northwestern Shanxi.
"Reporting to the head of the division!"
A combat staff officer of the First Division quickly climbed onto the city wall and bowed his head to report to Mitsuo Nakazawa:
"Reporting to the division commander, the last batch of Locust Army soldiers and artillery squadron have arrived at Datong Station."
"Yo Xi." Hearing this, Sanfu Nakazawa nodded with a satisfied expression.
Originally, it only took about days for the entire First Division to arrive in Datong.
However, due to guerrilla attacks on the railway during this period, the First Division arrived in Datong a day later than originally estimated.
However, the enemy bombers did not bomb the First Division's military columns again.
Although it was a little later than scheduled, we finally arrived safely.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Mitsuo Nakazawa arrived in Datong by plane. In order to prevent him from being shot down like Hisao Furu, Mitsuo Nakazawa's plane also changed its route several times.
After flying around Datong for several times, we dared to land at Datong Airport only after we were sure it was safe.
"Send the order!"
Mitsuo Nakazawa said coldly:
"Send all the scouts to conduct reconnaissance along the road to northwest Shanxi."
"Request the North China Front Army Headquarters to send a reconnaissance aircraft to reconnoiter northwest Shanxi."
Nakaze Sanfu was still very cautious about the First Division heading to northwestern Shanxi.
Although the main opponent of the First Division is the New First Regiment, there is more than one New First Regiment in northwestern Shanxi. There are also the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the Independent Regiment, which are not good enemies either.
Together, the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi has the strength to attack the First Division head-on.
Even if the enemy attacks in an ambush, the First Division may suffer relatively heavy losses.
For example, the Fifth Division was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army at Pingxing Pass and lost many elite Locust troops.
Only when everything was ensured, Sanfu Nakaze would order the First Division to set off for northwest Shanxi.
"Hi!"
The combat officer turned and left.
As Mitsuo Nakazawa's order was issued, the scouts of the First Division quickly dispatched to conduct reconnaissance along the highway heading to northwest Shanxi.
At the same time, a telegram from the First Division was sent to the North China Front Army Headquarters, requesting a reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance in the northwest of Shanxi.
Although the base camp promised to provide the North China Front with additional aircraft, only some reconnaissance aircraft and fighter jets are currently in place.
Most of the fighters and bombers were transferred to the Southeast Asian battlefield.
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Luliang Mountain.
Kenanpo.
"Commander, something bad is going on."
A combat staff officer held a telegram in his hand and hurried into the Second Theater Command, saluting Yan Xishan and reporting the incident.
"What are you panicking about?"
"Speak slowly, the sky will not fall."
Yan Xishan picked up the teacup, blew slightly, and glanced at the combat staff reproachfully.
His life has been really comfortable recently, sitting in the mountains and watching tigers fighting, watching the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army fighting lively in Shanxi and North China.
The Jin-Sui army only had to watch the show on the sidelines, recuperate and accumulate strength.
When the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army are both defeated, the Jinsui Army can reap the benefits. Even if it cannot reap the benefits, the Jinsui Army is still safe.
Hearing that the First Division of the Kwantung Army had also arrived in northwestern Shanxi, Yan Xishan felt even more comfortable. Needless to say, he knew that this First Division must have come to fight the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi.
It would be best for the First Division and the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to knock the brains out of the dog.
In Yan Xishan's view, the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army came to Shanxi to compete with the Shanxi-Sui Army for territory.
Now that the Eighth Route Army has the largest territory, Yan Xishan naturally holds a grudge against the Eighth Route Army, but on the surface it is still a united front and he does not dare to provoke the Eighth Route Army.
"Report to the Commander."
The combat staff tried to ensure that he spoke fluently:
"Inside information shows that the Japanese First Cavalry Regiment, the First Division and the First Division of the Puppet Army are marching towards Luliang Mountain. The Japanese Army's posture seems to be to attack our Shanxi-Sui Army."
"What do you mean?"
Yan Xishan's hand holding the tea cup suddenly shook, and his eyes suddenly opened wide:
"The First Army is attacking our Shanxi-Sui Army"
"Yes!" The combat staff officer lowered his head, "The Communications Department has confirmed this information. There are approximately tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops advancing towards Luliang Mountain."
"How is this possible?" Yan Xishan quickly calmed down, but there was still a hint of shock and anger in his eyes.
The current Jinsui Army has been reorganized. Except for regiments and other directly affiliated units, all infantry brigades have been reorganized into temporary border divisions.
A temporary division was successively established, with the designations ranging from the temporary division to the temporary division, and another cavalry division was established.
Although there is a division and a cavalry division, and the strength seems to be large, in fact, each division only has a few thousand men, and there is still a situation of empty pay. The Chongqing government often does not provide enough military pay, and the combat effectiveness is poor.
Xiangtuan is already considered a relatively capable unit in the Jinsui Army.
Damn, the Japanese First Army did not dare to fight the Eighth Route Army, so they came to fight the Jinsui Army.
Isn’t this bullying an honest person?
"Send the order!"
"Let officers above the division commander go to the headquarters immediately for a meeting."
Yan Xishan also got angry.
In his opinion, although the Jinsui Army only had 60,000 to 70,000 people, but a cavalry brigade and an infantry division wanted to defeat the Jinsui Army, Iwamatsu Yoshio thought too much.
Soon Yan Xishan held a combat meeting and ordered all divisions to defend to the death.
Afterwards, Yan Xishan himself hurriedly crossed the Yellow River west to Qiulin Town, and commanded the Shanxi-Sui army to fight remotely.
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There is a distance of 60 to 70 kilometers from Datong to northwest Shanxi.
The scouts of the First Division conducted reconnaissance along the highway, and at the same time, reconnaissance planes taking off from Peiping Airport also flew to northwest Shanxi for reconnaissance.
The earth seemed to be covered with a thick snow-white carpet.
In fact, there is not much snowy weather in northwestern Shanxi.
Most of the weather is dry and cold, and the fields and mountains look particularly empty. The northwest wind penetrates into the mountains in northwest Shanxi, howling among the peaks and valleys, and seems to be able to freeze and crack exposed rocks.
The soldiers wore snow-white shirts and lay motionless in the open fields.
A Japanese reconnaissance plane passed by at low altitude.
A cave about four kilometers away from the highway is the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Northwestern Shanxi.
Listening to the roar of the Japanese reconnaissance plane going away, Xing Zhiguo sighed: "This is already the third reconnaissance plane. I'm afraid the First Division won't come today."
When the snow fell heavily last night, the soldiers had already taken advantage of the darkness to enter the ambush position.
Moreover, in the base areas of the three regiments in northwestern Shanxi, the militiamen of the Eighth Route Army put on the military uniforms of the main force for training, pretending that the main force was still in the base area.
After winter, each main force soldier received two sets of thickened cotton-padded clothes, and there was no problem in giving one set to the militiamen.
"Just wait." Li Yunlong said, "We can only wait three days at most. If the first division does not come after three days, we will retreat."
Although snow is more suitable for large troops to hide, in such cold weather, soldiers cannot freeze in the snow for a long time even if they wear thick cotton clothes.
The flight formation of two Kawasaki reconnaissance aircraft circled in northwest Shanxi. Under their wings, northwest Shanxi was endless, except for snow.
Even if it is snowing, it can still be seen from the reconnaissance plane that the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi is still training outdoors.
Subsequently, the two Japanese reconnaissance planes went to Ping'an, Anhua and Heyuan counties for reconnaissance. They did not find the Eighth Route Army and then left.
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"Reporting to the head of the division."
The next morning.
Datong.
At the First Division Headquarters, a combat staff officer bowed his head and reported to the division commander Mitsuo Nakazawa:
"The scouts sent news and found nothing unusual."
"In addition, the North China Front Army Headquarters sent a reconnaissance sortie yesterday to conduct reconnaissance in northwest Shanxi."
"According to the reconnaissance results of the reconnaissance aircraft, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in North Shanxi is still within its base area."
"The three county towns of Ping'an, Anhua and Heyuan are not defended by the Eighth Route Army, and there are not many Chinese people in the cities."
The combat staff reported to Mitsuo Nakazawa one by one the situation detected by the scouts and reconnaissance aircraft that went to northwest Shanxi.
"Yoshi!"
Mitsuo Nakazawa nodded with satisfaction.
The reconnaissance was carried out on the ground and at high altitude, which means that there is really no ambush on the road to northwest Shanxi.
Moreover, Li Yunlong gave up the three county towns of Ping'an, Anhua and Heyuan.
This was expected by Mitsuo Nakazawa.
Sanfu Zhongze said: "Send the order and all regiments will set off immediately to the northwestern part of Shanxi."
"Hi!"
The combat staff officer suddenly lowered his head.
This chapter has been completed!