The commander of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan was also paying attention to the battle that took place outside Jinzhong City.

He already knew the bad news that the two air transport planes were destroyed. He was so angry that he wanted to fly directly to Jinzhong and kill the garrison commander.

But in the end, he was convinced by the commander of the Jinzhong garrison and decided to give him another chance to turn defeat into victory.

To this end, the military headquarters immediately dispatched three fighter jets and two bombers to reinforce Jinzhong County, and cooperated with the Jinzhong garrison to completely annihilate the air defense and artillery units deployed outside Jinzhong City.

According to the principle, the five planes have now arrived over Jinzhong. The bloody battle between the two sides is about to break out and can be started at any time. It won't take long to get the result.

At this moment, a telephone soldier suddenly walked towards him with a very serious expression: "Sir, there is news from the garrison of Jinzhong: the national rescue army attacking the county town retreated in advance, their counterattack plan was not successful, and all the five aircraft that reinforced Jinzhong returned in vain!"

The commander did not react at all after hearing the news, and his expression was calm. He seemed to have guessed the result a long time ago and did not take this matter seriously at all.

Compared with the news that the transport plane in front was destroyed, this news was nothing to him. After all, the fighter planes just sent by the military headquarters did not suffer any losses.

Moreover, when he agreed to the counterattack plan proposed by the Jinzhong garrison, the commander prepared to return to the army without success.

The National Salvation Army is not only not stupid, but also very smart. It will definitely not stay outside Jinzhong City and wait for the plane to attack them, otherwise they will not fight harder and stronger during the repeated sweeps of the Imperial Army.

Seeing the commander not speaking, the telephone soldier stood in front of him and did not dare to leave or speak, showing a look of at a loss. Faced with this situation, the Chief of Staff had to stand up and break the deadlock: "Is the loss of the troops garrison in Jinzhong?"

"They lost nearly 300 Imperial Army and more than 200 Imperial Army. The artillery troops were devastatingly hit by the National Salvation Army, and only three mortars were left to continue to be used."

"So far, there are less than two thousand troops left in Jinzhong!"

The chief of staff became more and more angry as he heard it. He stared at the phone call and asked: "Tell me clearly, how many troops are left in them!"

The telephone soldier didn't want to say it at first, so he briefly reported it and handed the record in his hand to the Chief of Staff, asking him to read it himself, so as not to report it too much, anger the chief of the chief, and eventually become their punching bag.

Now the chief of staff is staring at himself and asking for detailed data. No matter how hard the telephone soldiers don’t want to say it, they can only report: “There are currently 1,768 troops left in the Jinzhong garrison, including 867 imperial troops, 901 imperial alliance troops, equipped with three mortars, and eleven heavy machine guns…”

"There are less than three bases left in ammunition, and the food is enough for the troops to eat for ten days!"

"The Jinzhong garrison also asked the military headquarters for help on the phone, hoping that the military headquarters could airdrop a batch of heavy weapons to them as soon as possible."

"If we cannot find a way to help them suppress the offensive firepower of the National Rescue Army, the National Rescue Army will definitely continue to attack them with artillery fire under the cover of night, consuming their strength little by little, and finally taking over the Jinzhong County Town in one fell swoop!"

The solemn expression on the Chief of Staff's face deepened a little further.

After waving his hand to signal the telephone to leave, he immediately looked at the commander.

The expression on his face was even worse than himself. He judged calmly without waiting for the Chief of Staff to speak: "From the current situation of the Jinzhong garrison, if the National Salvation Army continues to attack the county town in the following days, and consume the strength of the garrison through night attacks and artillery attacks, at most half a month, the Jinzhong county town will change hands!"

"Chief of Staff, can the aviation army draw other transport planes to the Jinzhong County airdrop materials? If there is any, airdrop some mortars for them immediately!"

"On the Chinese battlefield, the reason why the Imperial Army can match the enemy is that its artillery advantage plays a great role."

"If artillery fire advantage is in the hands of the enemy, the Jinzhong garrison will be like the Chinese army we once attacked. On the battlefield, the National Rescue Army will be suppressed and beaten. The artillery attack alone will cause them to suffer heavy casualties."

The Chief of Staff thought for a while before answering: "Sir, there is still one transport aircraft left for the aviation garrison belonging to our Shanxi garrison. In order to ensure that this transport aircraft does not repeat the same mistakes, we must use it with caution."

"Sir, please give me five days to send them fifteen mortars and three base shells while ensuring the safety of the transport plane!"

Speaking of this, although the Chief of Staff did not continue, he showed a look of wanting to speak but stopping his face.

When the commander saw it, he was very dissatisfied and cursed: "Baga! You can say anything, and hesitate to be a traitor! The Shanxi garrison has been beaten like this, so what else is there to say to me!"

The Chief of Staff no longer made any more embarrassment and mustered up the courage to speak out his thoughts: "Sir, I think that even if the Jinzhong garrison received fifteen mortars, the help they would bring to defend the Jinzhong county town was very limited."

"Although we have poisonous gas bombs, there are many conditions for using poisonous gas bombs, and it is almost useless to face the National Savior Army who split their troops to attack the county town."

"There are only more than 1,700 troops left in Jinzhong. Faced with the uninterrupted night and sneak attacks by the national-savior army, even if only 100 people were killed in one night, the Jinzhong garrison would be reduced to more than 700 in ten days, and in the end, the Jinzhong county town could not be kept."

"The best solution is to send troops to reinforce Jinzhong County, which not only brings them the troops urgently needed, but also brings a large amount of supplies and ammunition supplies at one time. Otherwise, every time a transport plane will be sent to them airdrop supplies, which is not only troublesome, but also very dangerous!"

"The main force of the Shanxi garrison was dragged by the Eighth Route Army on railway lines and transportation routes, and the troops were not distributed to deal with the National Salvation Army and reinforced Jinzhong. Therefore, the key to our solution to this matter is to fight the anti-breaking and attack war against the Eighth Route Army."

"The sooner the anti-breaking attack war ends, the sooner we can draw troops to deal with the National Salvation Army. At that time, the Eighth Route Army had just managed a large-scale attack war. The troops must have been very tired and suffered a lot of losses. They couldn't take care of themselves and could not reinforce the National Salvation Army."

"We can take the opportunity to siege the National Rescue Army, which can not only save the Jinzhong County, but also catch the National Rescue Army off guard."

"Information shows that the National Salvation Army suffered heavy losses under the attack of our army's poison gas bombs, otherwise the Jinzhong County would have changed hands long ago. If the National Salvation Army wants to restore its combat effectiveness and make up for the troops killed by the poison gas bombs, it will definitely not be possible in less than two or three months."

"This means that the sooner we siege the National Salvation Army, the weaker their strength will be, and the situation of the battle will be more beneficial to us."

Speaking of this, the Chief of Staff didn't know where to find another battle report, and handed it to the commander while introducing: "This is the battle report that the military headquarters has received in recent days. After summarizing it up, I found a situation and felt it was particularly beneficial to our counterattack of the Eighth Route Army..."

"Since the troops supporting us were gradually in place, the situation of the war began to develop in a direction that was beneficial to us."

"The participating troops not only blocked the new round of offensives of the Eighth Route Army and stabilized the war zone, but also started a counterattack with the cooperation of reinforcements!"

During these counterattacks, Beiyi found that the cavalry corps sent to us by the Mongolian army were very powerful. As long as they participated in the counterattack battle, the Eighth Route Army would almost be defeated and returned."

"After careful study, I found that there are three reasons here: the cavalry has strong maneuverability, which is very suitable for long-distance raids, and it is very fast. Sometimes the speed of the Eighth Route Army transmitting intelligence is even worse than their marching speed, which makes it difficult for the Eighth Route Army to lock their specific positions. Every time they participate in the war, they can catch the Eighth Route Army off guard."

"The second reason is that the Eighth Route Army's heavy weapons are seriously insufficient and the ammunition is also scarce!"

"On the field battlefield, light and heavy machine guns and sufficient ammunition are the nemesis of the cavalry troops. The Eighth Route Army lacks these two things, so they are no match for each encounter with the cavalry troops."

"The third reason is that the terrain on the battlefield is very beneficial to us."

"In order to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks, we have almost all the obstacles that can be cleared around the strongholds and railway lines, and the surroundings are completely visible. When the Eighth Route Army attacked these strongholds and railway lines, all the offensive troops were exposed to the surface."

"The cavalry troops suddenly launched an attack from behind them. The Eighth Route Army had no place to hide, so they could only be chased by the cavalry! In the end, only a small number of soldiers fled into the surrounding mountains, and all the other soldiers were killed by the cavalry, and one ten was not left!"

The commander understood that the Chief of Staff wanted to ask the Mongolian army to ask for more cavalry to reinforce the Shanxi garrison.

The reason why I went around such a big circle with me must be because I was afraid that I would not ask the army stationed in Mongolia for help for the sake of face.

The commander was indeed a little embarrassed to speak.

Although the commander of the Mongolian Army was like himself, Chahar and Inner Mongolia, who were in charge of the Mongolian Army, were very poor, with barren land and sparse population, the total strength of the Mongolian Army was less than 30,000.

The Shanxi garrison had more than 50,000 Japanese troops, which was not considered the Imperial Army with the same force.

He held so many troops in his hand, so he bowed his head and asked for a commander of the Mongolian army with only 30,000 troops. He asked him for reinforcements, but he was indeed a little embarrassed.

But he listened to the analysis of the Chief of Staff just now.

In the battle against the Eighth Route Army, the cavalry forces had much greater role than infantry.

Not only can they quickly maneuver to any position in Shanxi to participate in the war, but they also have very strong assault capabilities and can easily win against the Eighth Route Army with four or five times the strength of the troops.

In order to rescue the Shanxi garrison, the front army dispatched a cavalry corps from the Mongolian army to reinforce itself.

Although this cavalry corps only has more than 1,400 cavalrymen, after entering Shanxi, the cavalry corps played no less than a mixed brigade.

The Mongolian Army has a cavalry group under its jurisdiction, and the various cavalry units have a total of 7,000 or so people. If another cavalry corps can be transferred to reinforce Shanxi, the Shanxi garrison will definitely be like a tiger...

The commander was moved. For the future of the Shanxi garrison, he decided to give up his face. He looked at the Chief of Staff decisive order: "Immediately connect to the phone number of the headquarters in Mongolian Army, and I want to talk to their commander in person!"

"Sir, wise!" Seeing the commander accepting his proposal, the Chief of Staff suddenly burst into joy on his face and was very happy to answer!

The Eighth Route Army Division Command, facing the increasingly harsh battle situation on the front line, the atmosphere here has become more and more depressing.

The teacher frowned and stared at the map whenever he had time.

The Chief of Staff commanded several staff members to mark the map and mark the latest battle situation continuously for reference by the division commander.

A radio operator walked in in a hurry, handed the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff and left in a hurry, not staying for a second, obviously very busy.

As the raid war reached a stalemate, more and more telegrams were reported between the division headquarters and the participating troops: there was good news and bad news, and several radio stations in the division headquarters had not rested for a long time.

The Chief of Staff has a habit of checking out three lines at a glance after receiving the telegram, quickly scanning the content of the telegram to determine whether the telegram is good or bad news, and then carefully looking at the telegram inside.

Therefore, everyone can judge the quality of the telegram content from the changes in the Chief of Staff’s face.

Under the gaze of several staff members, a sharp look flashed quickly on the chief of staff's calm face, and then the division commander next to him walked over.

"Teacher Commander, another main regiment of our army was raided by the Japanese cavalry corps!"

"Because the troops failed to receive the news that the Japanese cavalry participated in the war in time, they were not prepared when they were raided by the cavalry and were caught off guard. In order to get rid of the cavalry's pursuit, a main battalion in charge behind the palace was destroyed, and no warrior was withdrawn!"

"Is it the cavalry unit sent by the Mongolian army again?" the division commander asked with a calm face.

Seeing the Chief of Staff nod, the division commander, who was rarely angry, was also angry and scolded angrily: "A bunch of executioners, our Eighth Route Army will settle the debt with them sooner or later!"

"Chief of Staff, you make a plan right away. I will meet this cavalry unit for a while, rub their spirits hard and fool them, otherwise this cavalry unit will definitely attack us so unscrupulously!"

The Chief of Staff frowned and analyzed: "This cavalry corps has more than 1,400 people. In addition to more than 1,200 real cavalry, there is also a heavy machine gun squadron and an artillery squadron that can quickly maneuver through war horses. They can defend and attack, and have very strong combat effectiveness!"

"If we want to destroy their aura and achieve combat effectiveness, we must pull out our teeth and kill at least two cavalry squadrons!"

"With my understanding of this cavalry corps, since I entered Shanxi, they have never divided the troops. They have been moving in Shanxi, without a fixed resident or attack target. So it is difficult for us to lock in their positions, let alone attack them with their respective breaking styles!"

The division commander frowned and replied: "If there are no fighter planes, we will find a way to create fighter planes by ourselves!"

"If a cavalry with more than one thousand people is marching urgently, the entire team can last three kilometers. If we find a way to lure the enemy into depth and lead the cavalry corps to the predetermined battlefield to ambush them. Then we will find a way to cut them into two sections, annihilate them partly, and block them partly, and we will definitely eat two cavalry squadrons!"

The chief of staff was about to receive the order when the political commissar suddenly came over with a very nervous expression.

"Teacher Commander, I just received a top-secret information. In order to defeat us, the Japanese garrisons in Shanxi asked the Mongolian army to ask for a reinforcement from the cavalry corps!"

"They will fight to Shanxi within two days and be responsible for raiding our Eighth Route Army!"

The division commander frowned even deeper, and a cavalry corps stationed in Mongolian army caused heavy casualties in the Eighth Route Army and was difficult to deal with. If another cavalry corps came, the pressure on the Eighth Route Army would definitely be greater.

He immediately asked the Chief of Staff: "Do you have the opportunity to immediately formulate a combat plan, eat up two cavalry squadrons within two days, and rub the spirit of the Japanese cavalry troops."

"First pack one of the cavalry so that we can have the energy to pack another cavalry!"

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