"Dongdong!" At this moment, the office door knocked gently.
"Enter." Brother Zhongzheng stopped writing and rubbed his slightly swollen forehead. He needed to think carefully about the next countermeasures and return the Battle of Songhu to the plan as soon as possible.
"Chairman, this is Yancheng's nationwide electrification." The confidential secretary walked quickly, stood in front of his desk, and bent down to hand over the latest telegram.
"How is this possible?! We wiped out 2,200 people from the Fifth Division and suffered 400 casualties. Niang Xipi's. The Fifth Division is the most powerful unit in the Japanese army. This group of people is short of clothes and ammunition.
With no heavy firepower and no assistance from the Shanxi-Sui Army, how could the mud-legged man single-handedly defeat the Fifth Division?" Brother Zhongzheng received the telegram, and when the content came into view, Tong Kong suddenly shrank, showing a look of shock and disbelief.
Can't help but exclaim.
The content of the message is exactly what Yancheng announced to the whole country - in the battle of Pingxingguan Qiaogou, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army annihilated 2,200 people from the Japanese Fifth Division, destroyed 100 cars and more than 200 carriages, severely damaged the Japanese reinforcements, and solved the Pingxing Pass.
The dangers of battle.
Incredible!
It’s incredible!
If three to five hundred Japanese troops were wiped out, Brother Zhongzheng's inner reaction would be joy and excitement. However, when more than two thousand Japanese troops were wiped out in one battle, his inner joy would quickly be extinguished, and his mind would be filled with more worries.
If this battle report is indeed true, then the Eighth Route Army's true combat strength must be re-estimated.
Killing more than 2,000 Japs and suffering only more than 400 casualties. If this is not bragging, it would be terrible.
"I have contacted Taiyuan authorities to confirm, and the authenticity is very high," the confidential secretary responded.
Brother Zhongzheng frowned slightly: "Immediately send someone to investigate the core factors of victory in this battle. I think the Eighth Route Army has some ulterior secrets."
"Chairman, what about this telegram?" the confidential secretary asked.
"Leave it to the Propaganda Department for propaganda. Now we need a victory, and the whole country also needs a victory. The myth of the Japanese army's invincibility has finally been shattered. This is an important bargaining chip for us to obtain mediation from the League of Nations." Brother Zhongzheng pondered for a while,
He made a decision and then showed a little curiosity: "However, what I am most curious about now is the reaction of Yan Laoxi, the wealthy local man."
As the king of Shanxi, Yan Xishan was most afraid of decentralization of power by foreign troops. In this battle of Taiyuan, even his Central Army could not enter Shanxi to assist in defense. Now there is an army in Shanxi that can go head-to-head with the Japanese Fifth Division. Or
The kind with red blood.
As a state machine, the Nanjing Propaganda Department was operating quickly. Soon, all newspapers, radio and radio and other information dissemination channels began to publicize the news of the Pingxingguan victory.
For a time, the whole country was shocked.
"Excuse me, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army annihilated 2,200 people from the Japanese Fifth Division, shattering the myth that the Japanese army was invincible, and a great victory at Pingxingguan!"
"The great victory at Pingxingguan, the Eighth Route Army achieved a great victory, killed more than 2,200 Japanese invaders, and inspired China!"
"China will not perish, and the Chinese people will not perish. Facing the invaders, we must raise the sword in our hands. This is victory, a victory that belongs to us, China!"
Newsboys carrying copies of major newspapers were waving their arms and shouting to passers-by on the streets of Nanjing, Guangzhou and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.
After hearing the contents of different newspapers today and hearing the news about the great victory at Pingxingguan, every Chinese citizen almost went crazy and excited to buy newspapers, reading the news about the first great victory since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.
After all, only a few people can listen to telegrams. Only newspapers and radio are the information channels with the widest reach and dissemination.
Various newspapers recording news of the Eighth Route Army's victory were snapped up by people from all walks of life at an unprecedented speed. Paper was suddenly expensive in Luoyang, and newspapers such as the National Daily and the Republic of China Daily had to print it again to meet social needs.
Win!
The Chinese finally won a battle!
The Eighth Route Army paid the price of more than 400 casualties and used a war of annihilation to eliminate more than 2,000 Japanese invaders belonging to the Japanese Steel Army, winning an unprecedented victory.
Cried!
Looking at the news about the Pingxingguan victory in the newspapers, the patriots who had almost despaired of fighting against Japan because of the repeated defeats of the national army, held today's newspapers with both hands, and their eyes shed tears of joy, and their hearts finally burned again.
Rise the flames to fight against the Japanese invaders.
Failed, failed again and again.
Since the July 7 Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Chinese army has been completely defeated by the Japanese army. They have lost Peiping, Tianjin, Zhangjiajie, Datong, and will soon lose the North China Plain!
Repeated defeats not only depressed the soldiers, but also made the domestic people full of pessimism about the resistance against Japan.
Can China really resist Japanese aggression?
Just when everyone was numb and close to despair, this good news from the north, this good news from Pingxingguan stood up, setting off huge waves like a bomb, mobilizing the anti-Japanese sentiment of every patriot.
Turn the tide!
Defeat the Japanese Fifth Division known as the Steel Army head-on and eliminate more than 2,000 Japanese invaders. This is the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army!
In a very short period of time, the vast majority of people across the country remembered the name of the Eighth Route Army and the heroic unit of the 115th Division. Many people even called out the title of "China's First Division."
Donating money, donating materials, and donating weapons, people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are almost boiling, and anti-Japanese sentiment has surged to unprecedented heights. In addition, a considerable number of patriotic students and elites have made a resolute decision to embark on the road to Yancheng in the north.
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Some people are preparing to join the Eighth Route Army, and some are preparing to use their knowledge and skills to support the anti-Japanese forces.
"Is the investigation clear? How did the 115th Division defeat the Fifth Division!" Yan Xishan's angry roar echoed throughout the office in the Taiyuan Appeasement Office building in the capital.
Yan Xishan rarely gets angry, but this time he was furious. The reason was none other than the Pingxingguan victory that was popular all over the country.
The entire Pingxingguan victory was entirely fought by 115 and had nothing to do with the Jinsui Army. Moreover, after the battle, Yancheng immediately issued a notice to the whole country, without leaving time for the Jinsui Army to react. He wanted to share the credit.
Neither works.
However, just sharing the credit will not make Yan Xishan so angry. The point of his anger lies in one thing - the combat effectiveness of the 115th Division, no, to be precise, the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.
What an exaggeration!
It’s incredible!
This unit bearing the designation of the Northeastern Army actually defeated the 4,000 Japanese reinforcements without any ability to fight back. At the cost of more than 400 casualties, it killed more than 2,000 Japanese troops.
What kind of terrifying combat power is this?
In terms of understanding of the Japanese army, Yan Xishan, as a graduate of the sixth batch of the Qing government-sponsored Japanese Army Military Academy, claims to be second, but no one dares to call him first. Among his classmates at the same time were Seishiro Itagaki and Ning Okamura.
Tsuji, Doihara and others are extremely familiar with the Japanese army.
It is precisely for this reason that Yan Xishan now feels fear deep in his soul towards the Eighth Route Army that won the Pingxingguan victory.
The 115th Division dared to fight with the 5th Division and beat the opponent. Damn it, if the 120th Division and the 129th Division all came, the whole of Shanxi would not be in turmoil!
At that time, it will be difficult to say whether the Shanxi surname is Yan or Hong.
The atmosphere in the office was silent. An officer wearing a Shanxi-Sui Army uniform was silent and did not dare to say a word. Facing the furious Yan Xishan, they did not even dare to breathe.
"Report..." At this time, a major officer hurried over and stood at the door and shouted.