The screen zooms to Zhaojiaao.

386 Brigade Department.

For the brigade leaders of the 386th Brigade, last night was destined to be a sleepless night. However, after staying up all night, there was no trace of tiredness on everyone's face. Instead, they all had a strong sense of excitement and expectation.

Discussing various possibilities for the Battle of Jinzhong.

Without exception, everyone had strong confidence that the Second Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and other units could capture Jinzhong County.

At this moment, a communications soldier suddenly rushed in from outside with a translated message.

The signal trooper came to the brigade commander, stood up, saluted, and then reported: "Report! The Second Independent Regiment is calling."

Upon hearing that it was the message from Wang Chengzhu, everyone in the brigade headquarters, including the brigade commander, became very interested and fixed their gazes on the face of the communications soldier.

The brigade commander said expressionlessly: "What did that boy Wang Chengzhu say in the message?"

Communications Corps: "Captain Wang said that through the full cooperation of the Second Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, the Independent Regiment, the 772nd Regiment, the 771st Regiment and other departments, they have successfully captured Jinzhong County and wiped out all the troops guarding Jinzhong.

All Japanese and puppet troops.”

"In addition, they also wiped out a lot of the Japanese reinforcements from Taiyuan, but the specific data will not be known until they make statistics."

Hearing the news, the brigade commander was so happy.

The reason is very simple, that is, Wang Chengzhu's battle not only once again demonstrated the majesty of the Eighth Route Army, but also greatly eliminated the effective strength of the Japanese army in Shanxi.

Jinzhong County is not only the southern gateway to Taiyuan City, but also a quite wealthy county, where a large number of local tyrants and evil gentry live.

Wang Chengzhu and the others received nearly 6 million silver dollars from Yangquan and Pingding. How could they get less benefits from Jinzhong?

However, the brigade commander remained calm on the surface and asked: "Wang Chengzhu, can you tell me why he didn't send electricity to the brigade headquarters until now?"

Signal Corps: "Captain Wang said their radio broke down last night and has only just been repaired now.

At that time, he happened to smell an excellent opportunity to attack Jinzhong County, but due to a radio malfunction, he had to kill it first and then make an announcement later."

The brigade commander didn't believe Wang Chengzhu's lies. When did the radio stop malfunctioning, but why did it malfunction when he was preparing to fight on the battlefield?

When the brigade commander was about to say something, the communications soldier added: "In addition, Commander Wang also asked the brigade commander if you have any information about Taiyuan Airport."

After speaking, he handed the translated message to the brigade commander.

The brigade commander read it briefly, and found that the content was basically the same as what the communications troop reported. He waved his hand and said, "When you call Wang Chengzhu back, tell him that I congratulate him on getting rich. In addition, let him handle the affairs in Jinzhong."

, come to the brigade headquarters in person."

"Also, report this good news to the division and headquarters, so that the division commander and boss will be happy as well."

After saying that, the brigade commander seemed to have thought of something, and added: "By the way, there is no need to report Wang Chengzhu's inquiry about Taiyuan Airport."

"yes!"

The signal soldier wrote them down one by one, then turned around and left to send the telegram.

The chief of staff said: "Brigadier, what does Zhuzi want from the Taiyuan Airport intelligence? Does this guy want to attack the airport? Isn't this guy too brave?"

Brigadier: "Whether Wang Chengzhu's courage is fat or not, others don't know, how can you know?"

"..."

The chief of staff was speechless for a moment when asked.

The brigade commander changed his tone and continued: "The enemy's greatest threat to us is not tanks or artillery, but their aircraft.

Because of the presence of airplanes, all our operations had to be conducted at night.

If Wang Chengzhu can really destroy the Japanese Taiyuan Airport, it will definitely be a great thing for our army."

Chief of Staff: "However, airports are the lifeblood of the Japanese. Whether it is Xincheng Airport or Wusu Airport, their defense level is definitely not comparable to that of Jinzhong and Yangquan.

Moreover, these two airports are both on the outskirts of Taiyuan City. It does not take half an hour for the Japanese in Taiyuan City to arrive for reinforcements, and there is no suitable blocking position between the two places.

In addition, even the heavy artillery in Taiyuan City can directly bombard these two airports.

Therefore, if the Second Independent Regiment wants to attack these two airports, it will undoubtedly be a very risky thing."

Brigadier: "In the past, it would have been very risky for the Second Independent Regiment to attack these two airports, but things are different now.

Last night, the Second Independent Regiment and other units not only successfully captured Jinzhong County, but also severely damaged the Taiyuan reinforcements. This would be a good opportunity to attack Taiyuan Airport while the Japanese First Army was empty of troops.

"

After a pause, the brigade commander changed the subject and continued: "Furthermore, according to reliable intelligence, the Japanese 41st Division is rushing towards Shanxi. It has now entered Shanxi from Tianzhen and will arrive in Taiyuan in less than two days.

city.

The 77th Infantry Regiment and the 96th Infantry Regiment from Luliang are also on their way back to support Taiyuan.

Once these troops enter Taiyuan City, the initiative on the battlefield will definitely be reversed, and then it will not be us taking the initiative, but the Japanese counterattack."

"So, before these troops arrive in Taiyuan, we need to eliminate the effective strength of the Japanese army to the greatest extent. Moreover, this is also our only chance to attack Taiyuan Airport!"

"Of course, as for whether to attack Taiyuan Airport, we still need to wait for Wang Chengzhu to report to the brigade headquarters and listen to his combat report before making a decision."

The brigade commander did not mention the 77th Infantry Regiment and the 96th Infantry Regiment, but when he mentioned them, the chief of staff became very angry.

"This Yan Laoxi is really unreliable. At this critical moment, even if he doesn't send troops to cooperate with our actions, he actually allows the Japanese garrison from Luliang to return to defend Taiyuan. I think he clearly has no good intentions!"

The brigade commander said indifferently: "You still don't know who Yan Laoxi is, Chief of Staff? All he really cares about is his own interests. The power shown by our Eighth Route Army must have made him feel happy.

So he wants to use the Japanese to weaken the strength of our Eighth Route Army."

Chief of Staff: "Indeed, at the critical moment, Yan Laoxi's Shanxi-Sui Army cannot be counted on at all, but Wei Junru's Central Army makes me look at him with admiration."

When talking about Wei Junru, the brigade commander's face clearly showed some respect: "General Wei Junru is a staunch anti-war faction, and his contribution to the anti-war is obvious to all.

If he had not fought against all odds and distributed so many weapons and equipment to our Eighth Route Army, it would have been difficult for our Eighth Route Army to develop to its current scale.

Moreover, as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone, although he was nominally our commander, he never had the power to command us. He gave our army the greatest freedom, and he never squeezed or suppressed our Eighth Route Army.

."

The chief of staff nodded: "Yes, General Wei Junru is indeed a person worthy of our respect. At least he did not show off in the face of national justice."

Brigadier: "Well! General Wei Junru is indeed a person worthy of our respect. Let's not talk about this. Let's make a battle plan for tonight..."

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