Mountain city.

Huangshan Mansion.

The chairman of the committee had just gotten up and was having breakfast in the restaurant. Wang Shihe, the captain of the bodyguard, suddenly rushed in from outside with a telegram.

"Commission, good news! Good news!"

The chairman suddenly raised his head and asked: "What good news? Is there any good news from Zaoyi?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Shihe's expression suddenly froze.

Since the Battle of Songhu broke out in 1937, the Chinese army has been retreating steadily and lost thousands of miles. Even if it can occasionally win a few small victories, it cannot reverse the entire situation.

Not long ago, the Japanese army assembled two divisions and several detachments, totaling more than 110,000 people, to launch an attack on the Zaoyi area where the fifth theater was stationed.

The battle situation remained as usual. Although the national army resisted step by step, they also retreated step by step.

Once the Zaoyi area is completely lost, the Japanese army will be able to completely control the area north of the Yangtze River. If they take it, they can attack Hunan. If they advance westward, they can go straight into Sichuan and Sichuan, threatening the accompanying capital Chongqing.

Once the southwest is lost again, the whole of China will basically be destroyed.

Therefore, since the Zaoyi battle broke out, the Chairman has hardly had a good night's sleep.

Wang Shihe was not only the chief of bodyguards of the Chairman of the Committee, but also the nephew of the Chairman. He felt heartbroken when he saw that the Chairman had been working hard all night and his health was getting worse day by day!

He immediately said: "It's not the Zaoyi area, it's the good news coming from the Second War Zone in the north."

Upon hearing that the good news was not coming from the Zaoyi area, the chairman's interest suddenly dropped, and he frowned and asked: "In the second theater, Yan Laoxi has been thinking about preserving his strength, and there is no way he can take the initiative to attack.

As for Junru, he has good intentions, but there is a Japanese division stationed outside Zhongtiao Mountain, so self-protection is not a problem for him. If he wants to take the initiative to attack and achieve results, it will be almost impossible."

The Chairman clarified the situation in the Second War Zone at a glance. After speaking, he suddenly realized something and changed the topic and said, "Is it the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party?"

Without waiting for Wang Shihe's reply, he asked and answered: "According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army gathered forces and launched an attack on the Japanese strongholds along the Zhengtai, Tongpu, and Pinghan railways the night before yesterday. Although some small peripheral strongholds were captured,

, achieved some results.

But this result is not enough to threaten Shotai, Tongpu, and the Ping-Han Railway, let alone the Japanese 1st Army."

"Unless they can capture the large strongholds along the various railways."

"But those large strongholds are different from the small strongholds on the periphery. They not only stationed a large number of Japanese troops, but also built solid fortifications, gun towers, bunkers, etc.

Moreover, the Japanese army also has armored trains patrolling back and forth to provide firepower reinforcements to major strongholds at any time."

"With the weapons and equipment in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, they don't even have a decent mountain cannon. Expecting them to capture the large Japanese stronghold is no different than a daydream."

As the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, the Chairman needs to have an overview of the overall situation. Therefore, he not only knows the southern theaters well, but also the second theater in the north.

Especially his old rival, the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party.

After the Chairman finished speaking, Wang Shihe finally intervened and said: "Commissioner, your analysis is good. Under normal circumstances, it would be really difficult for the Eighth Route Army to capture a large Japanese stronghold.

But the problem lies precisely with the armored train!"

"Last night, the Eighth Route Army used some unknown method to hijack the Japanese armored train, and then carried the armored train's artillery fire all the way from Niangziguan to Yangquan.

Not only did they capture the four large strongholds of Niangziguan, Pingping, Jucheng and Donghui, they also recaptured the two county towns of Pingding and Yangquan, and wiped out all the Japanese garrison in the above strongholds and county towns!

Even Major General Masaomi Anoka, commander of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Yangquan County, was killed by the Eighth Route Army's guns."

"What are you talking about?" The Chairman was shocked when he heard this. He asked with a look of disbelief on his face: "Shihe, you said that the Eighth Route Army not only captured Niangziguan, Pingping, Jucheng and Donghui four large strongholds, but

We also recaptured the two county towns of Pingding and Yangquan?"

"Yes!" Wang Shihe nodded heavily.

The chairman knew that Wang Shihe would never lie to him, and he didn't dare to joke about such a thing, but he still couldn't believe it: "Suitable, is the news true?"

Wang Shihe: "The news is absolutely true! Not only our intelligence personnel in the southeastern Shanxi region sent such intelligence, but our intelligence personnel stationed in the Japanese First Army and the Eighth Route Army also sent back the same intelligence!"

After speaking, Wang Shihe handed the three translated messages to the chairman of the committee.

These three telegrams were sent back from military control personnel lurking within the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese First Army at the Southeast Shanxi Military Command Station. Although the messages were not exactly the same, they were not very different.

After reading the telegram and receiving the exact information, the Chairman was so excited that he almost shed tears. The reason was that as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, he was under too much pressure in the face of the defeats in various war zones.

"Okay, okay, okay! That's great!"

The chairman of the committee said three words "good" in succession, and Wang Shihe also showed a happy smile on his face.

Chen Cixiu, who was accompanying the chairman to eat, frowned and said: "Although the Eighth Route Army has achieved a series of great victories this time, it is actually inseparable from the bloody battles of the units of the Fifth War Zone in the Zaoyi area.

If they had not attracted a large number of the main force of the Japanese army in the south, they would not have left the Japanese army empty in Shanxi. Naturally, the Eighth Route Army would not have been able to achieve such a great victory."

Of course the Chairman knew what Chen Cixiu meant. The Central Army was retreating steadily and the Eighth Route Army was missing a series of major victories. This was a very shameless thing for them.

The chairman of the committee did not take it seriously and said: "Cixiu, although you are right, the Eighth Route Army was able to achieve consecutive victories this time because the Japanese army in North China transferred a large number of troops southward, leaving the northern units empty of troops.

But no matter what, this great victory of the Eighth Route Army is still very beneficial to the overall strategic situation."

After a pause, the Chairman suddenly smiled profoundly and said to Wang Shihe: "Shihe, please immediately electrify the three armies for the Eighth Route Army's great victory last night and reward them!"

"At the same time, I sent a telegram to Li Delin to ask the Fifth War Zone to fight with all its strength, and tell them that the final victory will definitely belong to us, and it will definitely belong to us only!"

"yes!"

Wang Shihe responded and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by the chairman: "Wait a moment."

Wang Shihe looked at the chairman of the committee in confusion and asked: "Commissioner, do you have any other instructions?"

Chairman: "It is not enough to electrify the three armies. We must hold a press conference through major media to let citizens across the country know about the great victory of the 18th Group Army and that our National Revolutionary Army can also win the war.

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The Japanese army is not invincible!"
Chapter completed!