Lieutenant Colonel Liu Xin opened another telegram and said: "General, the 3rd mixed brigade of the Japanese Army has entered Xin County."
"Huh?" Yue Weihan was slightly shocked when he heard this, and then strode to the edge of the simulated sand table. Liu Yi, Gao Shuxun and others also gathered around.
A combat staff officer picked up the command pole and explained to the sand table: "General seat, so far, the 3rd mixed brigade of the Japanese Army has entered Xin County, and the main force of the 4th Army has also entered to the north of Yangqu.
Within four hours, the main force of the Japanese army will be able to launch a large-scale attack on the cavalry regiment, but the 9th regiment and the guard regiment that reinforce the cavalry regiment are still a hundred miles away, and it is impossible to arrive before dawn."
Everyone's expressions immediately became solemn, and the situation had become a dead end.
If the cavalry regiment is ordered to continue to defend, it is likely that the entire army will be destroyed.
If the cavalry regiment is ordered to get out of the way, the main force of the First Army Corps stationed in Shanxi will be able to cross the Muma River and retreat northward in time. It will be difficult to intercept them at that time.
Yue Weihan pondered for a moment and suddenly asked: "What's the news from the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army?"
Gao Shuxun hurriedly said: "The Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Army of the Jinsui Army have recovered more than ten counties in northwest Shanxi. Their main force is attacking Nao County and Shuo County, preparing to cut off the road between Nao County and Datong. The 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army
And the main force of the 129th Division has also recovered more than a dozen counties on the Shanxi-Hebei border, and is currently attacking Dai County, preparing to cut off the retreat channel in the direction of Pingxingguan."
The actions of the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army were part of the entire Taiyuan Battle. According to the original plan, the Thirty-ninth Group Army would first hold back the Japanese army, and then the Jinsui Army would cut off the retreat in the direction of Datong, and the Eighth Route Army would cut off the retreat in the direction of Pingxingguan.
, and finally annihilated the Japanese First Army Corps stationed in Shanxi on the way to the north.
After thinking for a while, Yue Weihan suddenly said: "Order the cavalry regiment to withdraw from the battle!"
"Commander!" Gao Shuxun said anxiously, "If we let the cavalry regiment withdraw from the battle at this time, wouldn't the previous battle be in vain?"
Yue Weihan suddenly raised his hand to stop Gao Shuxun, and then said: "I will send a report to Yan Xishan in my own name again, requesting him to mobilize a group army to fortify layers of defenses on the way of the Japanese army's retreat northward, and resist step by step, and then in the name of the director of the Jinsui Office
Call on the soldiers and civilians of Jin Province to rise up and resist and drag the Japanese army into the vast sea of people's war!"
After a pause, Yue Weihan continued: "The general attack on Shouyang was postponed, leaving the 2nd and 3rd regiments to monitor the Japanese army. The 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th regiments immediately turned around and headed north to pursue the Japanese army.
The First Army Corps, then send a report to Zhongtiao Mountain, requesting General Wei Lihuang to mobilize the Third Army, and the Ninety-eighth Army will cooperate with the Thirty-ninth Army to pursue and annihilate the Japanese army!"
Yue Weihan's order was quickly conveyed, and the staff officers in the headquarters immediately became busy.
Immediately afterwards, dense radio signals were sent out in all directions from Niangziguan, and were quickly received by the Eighth Route Army headquarters in Zhongtiao Mountain, the Yellow River in western Shanxi, and deep in the Taihang Mountains. Immediately afterwards, the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Central Army, and the Eighth Route Army began to urgently
After adjusting the deployment, the entire Shanxi army and civilians took action quickly.
Shanxi, Liujiahui.
Yan Xishan took the telegram from Dong Qiwu and was so happy that he didn't know what to do.
Half an hour ago, the 302nd Division of the 101st Division of the Jinsui Army had just entered Taiyuan, and Taiyuan was finally recovered!
One year and two months after falling to the enemy, Taiyuan finally returned to the embrace of Shanxi people, and finally returned to the hands of his old Yan. At this moment, Commander Yan wanted to look up to the sky and laugh three times!
"Yue Weihan, a young man, has a mind as broad as the sea."
While being happy, Chief Yan also felt a little emotional. He originally thought that Yue Weihan would dominate Taiyuan. Although Taiyuan City cannot be compared with big cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan, it is still the provincial capital of Shanxi, and its prosperity is so high.
It is absolutely unmatched by small cities such as Shimen and Qinghe, and its tax revenue will be much richer!
However, Yue Weihan sold him a huge favor to Yan!
Yue Weihan actually did not directly send troops to take over Taiyuan, but instead asked the 101st Division to garrison Taiyuan!
"This young man is not simple!" Commander Yan shook his head and fell into deep thought again.
While Commander Yan was deep in thought, the aide-de-camp Colonel Xu Youde suddenly came in with another telegram.
After reading the telegram sent by Yue Weihan in his own name, Commander Yan said to Colonel Xu Youde without hesitation: "Send a report to Yang Aiyuan. The Sixth Army immediately gave up the siege of Guoxian County, turned around and went south to stop the Japanese army from moving north, and told Yang Aiyuan that he would do whatever it takes."
The price was to drag the Japanese First Army Corps near Xinkou."
When he mentioned the word Xinkou, Commander Yan looked a little ferocious, with an expression of gnashing teeth.
This is also human nature. Xinkou is where Commander Yan is sad. It was here a year ago that more than thirty main divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army lost to half of Sakagaki Seishiro's division. Immediately afterwards
Taiyuan was also lost, and most of the property that Lao Yan had been managing for decades was cheap to the Japanese, including the Taiyuan Arsenal.
Times and circumstances have changed, and now history has given Chief Yan the opportunity to regain his position, so he will naturally not be lenient.
If the battlefield of the decisive battle can be set at Xinkou, it will undoubtedly be of great symbolic significance. In order to achieve this goal, Commander Yan even sacrificed the entire Sixth Army!
"Yes." Xu Youde stood at attention and immediately took the order and left.
"Hey, wait a minute." Commander Yan suddenly waved Xu Youde back and said thoughtfully, "What this young man Yue Weihan said makes some sense. In this case, you will immediately issue an order to the whole of Shanxi in the name of Er Yan.
All of us in Shanxi, regardless of whether we are from the southern or northern Jin Dynasty, whether we are male or female, old or young, all have the duty to defend our land and fight the war, and we should all kill the Japanese and serve our country!"
After saying this, Chief Yan added: "I will issue an order in the name of the Chief's Department, instructing the New Army to make a decisive move, and the second decisive force will immediately go to the front line to cooperate with the Sixth Army to block the Japanese army."
The new recruits of the Jin Army were established with the help of the Communist Party. At the beginning of the formation of the army, a large number of Communist Party members were arranged within each column as directors of the Communist Department. As a result, Chief Yan had no control over the new army.
The army was greatly reduced and it became the armed force of the Communist Party. Therefore, Chief Yan was unwilling to send such an army to the battlefield unless it was necessary.
However, it is now a critical moment to recover Taiyuan and Shanxi, and Commander Yan does not have much time to worry about.
After Commander Yan issued the order, the new army fought to the death and the second column to the death quickly assembled and headed to the front line.
The soldiers and civilians across Shanxi also took action quickly and actively cooperated with the Shanxi-Sui Army to attack stronghold gun towers and major county towns.
Even the bandit armed forces in the hills of northern Shanxi burst out with rare enthusiasm for the war. Teams of them all pulled out of the mountain stronghold and launched an attack on the Japanese strongholds and gun towers along the Chuntai Highway. They fought hard and used
In the words of Yingchou Liang, the head of the Decepticon, if he didn't take part in such a lively event, would he still be a bandit in Shanxi?
Zhongtiao Mountain.
General Wei Lihuang put down the telegram in his hand and turned around to tell his adjutant: "Immediately send a report to Gao Guizi, Tang Huaiyuan, and Wushi Min. The 17th Army, the 3rd Army, and the 98th Army are temporarily under the 39th Group Army and under the unified command of General Yue Weihan.
, and add another sentence, if you refuse to obey General Yue Weihan’s orders, you will be punished by military law!”
Xinkou Town.
On the morning of October 4, the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China (1938).
The main force of the Japanese First Army Corps (the 20th Division and the 16th Japanese Mixed Brigade) heading north along the Chuntai Highway finally met the main force of the Liuxia Brigade going south (the 3rd Japanese Mixed Brigade) at Xinkou. However,
, although the rendezvous was achieved, the commander of the Japanese First Army Corps, Kozuki Kiyoshi, was not happy at all.
The severity of the situation in Shanxi has completely exceeded Xiangyue Qingji's expectations!
After the 20th Division and the 16th Japanese Mixed Brigade withdrew northward, Taiyuan, Linfen, Pingyao, Taigu and other large and medium-sized cities in central and southern Shanxi quickly fell. The puppet government and the puppet army that had been hurriedly supported were basically unorganized.
They put up a decent resistance, and almost overnight, the entire Jinzhong and Shannan were lost.
In addition, the northern retreat route of the First Army was also under great threat.
After the main force of the mixed 3rd Brigade moved south, the defenses in northern Shanxi suddenly became extremely empty.
Chuntai, Dachun and the strongholds and artillery towers along the Beitai Highway were attacked by the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi Militia, and the bandit armed forces. Sixty-seven out of ten were lost overnight, leaving only a few large ones.
The stronghold and several county towns such as Nao County and Dai County are still under the control of the Japanese army and may be captured by the Jinsui Army at any time.
At this time, the Japanese First Army Corps in Shanxi was in a dilemma.
Continue heading north, the retreat channel is already in danger and may be cut off by the Chinese army at any time.
Let's go back to Taiyuan. Taiyuan has been occupied by the Chinese Army. If we can't recapture the city quickly, we might be annihilated by the swarming Chinese army under Taiyuan City.
Defend Xinkou? Xiangyue Qingsi immediately shuddered when he thought of this.
China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times and pays attention to the way of benevolence and forgiveness. However, there is also an iron-blooded factor in the Chinese people's will to retaliate, eye for eye. The Japanese 5th Division once gave the Chinese Army a huge blow at Xinkou.
The Chinese people must be working hard to wash away the previous shame in Xinkou, right?
Xiangyue Qingsi suddenly made a decision, he must not stick to Xinkou!
However, where should we go if we don't guard Xinkou? The First Army seems to have nowhere to go.
Aerial reconnaissance planes reported that more than twenty divisions of Chinese troops were swarming towards Xinkou from all directions, including the Baoshan Division, which had repeatedly defeated the imperial army. If the First Army Corps left Xinkou at this time,
Then it is very likely that he will encounter the Chinese Army in the wild. Based on the strength comparison between the Chinese and Japanese armies at this time, even if Sakagaki-kun is reborn, it is probably impossible for him to lead the first army to achieve a great reversal in the field and defeat the swarming enemy.
There must be more than twenty Chinese divisions!
Amidst Xiangyue Qingji's hesitation, precious time passed quickly. By 4 p.m., the Chinese Army finally completed the encirclement of Xinkou. By this time, the Japanese First Army Corps in Shanxi had been trapped for more than 20 years.
Surrounded by three Chinese divisions, even if the modern Japanese war god Nogi Nogi was reborn, it would be impossible to turn the overall situation around.