Due to the mobilization of troops from Yuncheng and Datong, the Japanese marched towards Taiyuan with more confidence. In order to reach Taiyuan before the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese even accelerated their march, marching 70 to 80 kilometers in one day and finally covering 70 to 80 kilometers in two days.
Arrive at the foot of Taiyuan City.
During this period, the Japanese also dispatched "Feiyan" and "Zero War" cover bombers to bomb the railways and highways of the Eighth Route Army... Only by blowing up the railways and roads from Datong and Yuncheng to Taiyuan can the Eighth Route Army be delayed in arriving at Taiyuan.
This is somewhat ironic. Once upon a time, it was the Eighth Route Army that was bombing the Japanese's transportation lines. Now it is the Japanese's turn to bomb the Eighth Route Army's transportation lines.
If Shanxi's railways and highways could speak the Dharma, they would definitely complain: Damn it, whoever defends Shanxi will get bombed!
The Eighth Route Army's "La-5" fighters were passive in this regard due to range issues.
There is no way around this. Although the straight-line distance between Taiyuan and Datong is only about 250 kilometers, all railway lines in this range are within the combat radius of "La 5". It stands to reason that "La 5" can protect the railway lines between the two places.
But actual combat is not that simple...
The Japanese's "Feiyan" or "Zero War" adopts the guerrilla warfare tactics mentioned before. Fighters focus on attacking positions between two places. To defend against the Eighth Route Army's fighter planes, they must send fighter planes to patrol at all times, while the Japanese fighter planes use their long range to attack the target.
Wander nearby and avoid contact with Eighth Route Army fighter planes.
Once the Eighth Route Army left due to fuel shortage, they immediately swooped down from the air and bombed.
However, this had no impact on the Eighth Route Army's strategy.
Because the Eighth Route Army did not need reinforcements in the first place.
Not only did it have no impact, it was even beneficial to the overall layout of the Eighth Route Army... The reinforcements transferred from Datong and Yuncheng were called reinforcements, but they were actually outflanking the Japanese from both wings.
As the Japanese advanced towards Taiyuan, they were completely unaware that a huge net was opening towards them.
The Japanese arrived in Taiyuan around eight o'clock the next night.
This journey was really difficult for them. In order to buy more time to attack Taiyuan, they probably didn't even sleep for a few hours at night.
But when they arrived in Taiyuan, the Japanese were still excited and cheered loudly in the city.
Wang Xuexin thought, if they knew that they were rushing to die, they would not be so active or excited!
But this is not over yet...
After a while, the Japanese asked the translator to set up a loudspeaker, and then shouted to the Eighth Route Army in the city:
"Brothers of the Eighth Route Army, surrender!"
"You are surrounded, and your reinforcements have been repulsed by us. This is your last chance, come out and surrender!"
"General Yamada said that the Imperial Army treats prisoners preferentially!"
"Anyone who surrenders will be rewarded with a higher rank!"
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Wang Xuexin heard laughter coming from around him, and even the soldiers with guns ready for battle couldn't hold it back!
Will the Japanese treat prisoners preferentially? Who are they lying to?
Then several loudspeakers from other directions shouted:
"Folks of Taiyuan City, the imperial army is back!"
"If you know what's going on, leave the city and surrender as soon as possible. We promise to keep you alive and reward you with silver!"
"If we wait for the imperial army to enter, we'll be rude!"
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This is an old trick, coercing and luring the people in the city in the hope that they will fall into chaos and even assist the Japanese in the war.
This may have been useful in the past. At that time, the people did not doubt the combat effectiveness of the Japanese. As long as the Japanese shouted like this, there would be chaos.
But now...
After the Eighth Route Army repelled the Japanese again and again and even won many battles in the air, the people were not so easily frightened.
Sure enough, the Japanese shouted for a long time, but there was still no movement in Taiyuan City.
Chen Songyong asked: "Captain, do you want to blow up these speakers..."
"No!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Let them shout!"
"yes!"
Wang Xuexin did this because he was confident. He believed that the Japs' propaganda would not have any impact on the army and people of Taiyuan... But then again, if there are still people affected by it in this situation, it can only be said that they are stupid!
On the other hand, the Japanese still had artillery detection radar at this time, and the artillery detection radar was still turned on... As soon as it was turned on, the Eighth Route Army could receive the positioning signal.
It was obvious that the Japanese wanted to wait for the Eighth Route Army to fire and then suppress them in turn.
The commander of the Japanese 64th Division is Yamada Oji, with the rank of major general.
He indeed hoped to take advantage of the war as Wang Xuexin thought... Yamada Oji also knew that it was useless to shout at Taiyuan City now. During this period, the imperial army was beaten into a state of disarray. Not only Shanxi was lost, but even Okamura Neji was lost.
If you are captured, who can scare you by shouting these words?
But if the Eighth Route Army can be forced to fire first, and with the presence of artillery detection radar, the Imperial Army can annihilate the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire immediately, and subsequent siege battles will be much less troublesome!
However, we waited left and right but never waited until the Eighth Route Army opened fire.
Yamada Oji couldn't help but frowned.
What's going on?
According to common sense, the Eighth Route Army should fire!
Doesn’t the Eighth Route Army have artillery detection radar?
Then they should be very confident in their artillery. In this case, they should fire first to expose the position of the imperial army's artillery!
Unless... the Eighth Route Army knew that the Imperial Army had artillery detection radar?
This is impossible!
The artillery detection radar is a top secret in the imperial army. No one except the research and development personnel knows about its existence!
After it was equipped with troops, only the radar soldiers knew about it, and the others only heard about the code name "Wild Bat".
This is only limited to artillery units that need to coordinate with artillery detection radars. Others don't even know this code name.
But why...
After hesitating for a while, Yamada Oji shook his head and decided not to think about it.
Because the troops have already arrived at Taiyuan City, war is inevitable, and there is no point in thinking about this!
"Your Excellency Major General!" At this time, the staff reminded: "Should we..."
Yamada Oji said "Hmm" and then realized that the set time had arrived, so he waved his hand and ordered: "Fire!"
"Boom!" Hundreds of artillery fired at the same time, the sound of the artillery roaring like thunder, and the shells exploded in the city, emitting clouds of fire.
Wang Xuexin did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "Fire!"
"Fire!" the signal soldier conveyed the order.
"Boom!" A burst of cannon sounded.
The sound of the Eighth Route Army's artillery was almost undetectable among the Japanese's artillery, but the artillery shells were targeted.
Their target is not the artillery detection radar, but the enemy's artillery positions.
only……
Wang Xuexin required that several artillery shells must hit near the artillery detection radar.
Wang Xuexin emphasized "nearby", not too close or too far.
If it looks like a stray bullet, it means that a few rounds may have missed the direction of the artillery detection radar!