A transport team drove to Cisheng Temple outside the city. This team was pulled by rubber carts by livestock. January was not the farming season, so basically all the livestock were pulled out to support this campaign. Liu San
Duo was a local Liujiapu native of Xiaoyi. He drove an ox cart and followed the team to the temple. In fact, he had already been organized into the transportation team and had been waiting for news at home until the day before yesterday when he was informed by the village chief that the large team had arrived.
Only then did he bring his beloved ox cart to the county town. In fact, the ox cart did not belong to him, but to the local landlord's house. He had always been herding cattle and driving carts for the landlord, but the landlord had been shot for surrendering to the sun. Liu
Sanduo couldn't help but admire Mr. He from the next village. He was so smart. He cooperated with the Eighth Route Army and took the initiative to reduce rent and interest. Not only was he not shot, but he also heard that he would have a seat in the County People's Congress. It is said that this is called the "three-three" system.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a group of monks coming out. The leader was a big monk with a white beard, followed by an officer in fancy clothes. Although he didn't know what it was called, he knew that anyone wearing such clothes was
They're from the army.
The captain took out a notebook and handed it to the man in camouflage. The man took it, looked at it for a while, nodded, and said something to the monk. The monk then waved his hand and let them in.
As he walked, the monk said, "All the things the donor has stored in this temple are here. Please move them all away. If there are not enough manpower, the small temple still has forty or fifty manpower, which can support one or two." He only saw the front.
There were high piles of cement bags on a square in the hall, and Liu Sanduo was shocked when he saw them.
The captain nodded quickly and said, "That's the best, but we are only the first team, and someone will come soon. The task we received is to transport all these things to the designated place within one day. The task is very urgent.
."
The monk stared at the cement bags and other materials piled high in front of him and said, "One... one day? According to the donor, there are nearly ten thousand tons. Is this the amount that can be moved in one day?"
The captain smiled bitterly and said, "We wanted to be late, but the little devil won't wait for us. By the way, abbot, the threshold of the gate of your temple is really high, which is very inconvenient."
The host waved his hand and shouted, "Come here, open the door and chop down the threshold! I am a merciful Buddha, and I also have an angry-eyed Vajra. All the donors are willing to sacrifice their lives to defend the country. How can we, outsiders, even open the door of a small temple?"
Are you reluctant to part with it?"
Several monks quickly lowered their heads and said, "Yes! Abbot!"
The door of the temple was quickly knocked open. From the square to the door, it suddenly became brighter.
Liu Sanduo and others lined up in eight rows and were about to start moving the cement, but they were stopped by the man in camouflage uniforms. The man said, "Wait a minute, this cement is big. You need to put on a mask and gloves before moving!"
The masks and gloves Liu Sanduo handed out were very strong, probably made of cotton, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy. After everyone put them on, they began to pass the cement around. A bag of cement was not light, weighing a full fifty kilograms.
Liu Sanduo only felt a heavy weight when he took it, but he, who was born in a farm family, didn't care. Bags of cement were transported back. Outside the door, one by one, the trucks began to load, and the full ones were placed on the driver's side.
With a whoop, he left and went to the front to wait.
After only carrying a few dozen bags, Liu Sanduo felt his hands were a little sore. Although the captain specially let them eat noodles with meat when they went out, it still didn't help. Liu Sanduo felt that his hands were a little unsteady, so he took the time to put on his gloves.
I picked it off and put it in my arms, then I felt better.
Finally, the car was fully loaded. Liu Sanduo felt that his hands were about to lose consciousness. Looking at the cement mountain again, he felt that nothing had changed. He couldn't help but stick out his tongue. When will this be moved? He only heard
At the captain's shout, Liu Sanduo walked out of the temple and saw another team of transport team members already there. When he saw them coming out, he quickly went in and continued moving.
When Liu Sanduo came out, he heard that the walls around the temple were being torn down. It seemed that in order to speed up the process, the abbot was really planning to abandon the temple.
The team walked for about two or three hours, and the sun was already setting. They arrived at the county town. The county town had now turned into a large construction site. Everyone was demolishing and building. The cement was brought to the city gate by a team of soldiers. Liu
Sanduo could see trenches being dug outside the city gate. Some engineers were digging quickly with short shovels, and some engineers began to build bunkers and bunkers out of wood and cement.
Liu Sanduo heard an officer wearing glasses say while commanding, "Everyone, hurry up. This cement is quick-drying cement bought by overseas Chinese from overseas. It will dry in a few minutes. Don't you think it's done by someone else's cement?"
Quick, if there is any waste, give me a practice of stabbing a thousand times!!"
While Liu Sanduo was moving the cement down, he looked into the distance from a high place and felt that the whole land was full of vitality and fighting spirit.
——Taiyuan
Tada Shun is in a good mood recently, and the plan is very successful. The three divisions have a total of more than 50,000 Japanese troops and more than 30,000 Imperial Army troops are surrounding the Eighth Route Army. Although the nearly 90,000 troops have mobilized seven of the entire Shanxi army
However, Tada Shun firmly believed that in field battles and positional battles, the Eighth Route Army, which only had rifles and mortars, was definitely no match for the Imperial Army. Moreover, there were 200 aircraft to assist the battle. These days, the aviation force has not been allowed to attack the ground.
, but it’s enough to stifle those airborne beauties.
Tada Shun came to the command post. The command post had swept away the impatience and panic of more than half a month ago. The feeling of calm gave Tada Shun a sense of the art of command.
At this time, a figure appeared in front of him. When he saw it, it was Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Teiichi and Takeda Takeo.
Tada Jun waved his hand and said, "Sit down, how is the battle situation now? Are there any changes in the Eighth Route Army?"
The two looked at each other, and Takeda Takeo said, "There has indeed been a change. This is a telegram from our people lurking in Xiaoyi. However, he only sent this one and no more news. I am afraid that he has been
The Chinese discovered it.
Tada Shun shook his head and took the telegram and said, "The Eighth Route Army's intelligence work is very powerful. It is difficult for our agents to carry out operations. Takeda-kun, you are now in charge of our intelligence work. You need to study this more. Let me take a look...
.Huh? The Eighth Route Army is building fortifications and preparing for a defensive war? What kind of routine is this? Where is our team?"
Yoshimoto Teiichi said, "Our troops have formed a large encirclement of Wenshui-Qixian-Yushe-Anze-Huozhou. If the Eighth Route Army does not fight us yet, it will only take four or five days for our forward troops to
We can reach Jiexiu, which is only forty or fifty miles away from Fenyang and Xiaoyi currently occupied by the Eighth Route Army. At first, we thought that the Eighth Route Army would continue to retreat to Luliang Mountain. After all, that was their rear area. We even prepared a
A rapid force of five thousand people is in Wenshui County, preparing to raid from there to the rear of the Eighth Route Army in order to encircle them, but now it seems that they are preparing to fight us to the death here."
Jun Tada smiled and said, "Do they have the capital to fight to the death? How many people do they have? How many guns? If they defend, can our assault troops still break in?"
Yoshimoto Sadashi shook his head and said, "It's difficult. They are digging trenches everywhere now. If they want to make a surprise attack, they have to hit all the tanks at one point. However, this kind of tactics has never been used before."
Jun Tada said, "Then use it once now and gather 70% of the tanks to Wenshui. When we have a fierce battle with the Eighth Route Army, we will penetrate into the back of the Eighth Route Army and fight against the mountains and rivers!!"
Takeda Takeo said, "According to our intelligence, the Eighth Route Army has about 140,000 to 50,000 people, and more than half of them have guns. But behind them is Luliang Mountain. No one knows how many Eighth Route Army there are. In addition, their weapons seem to be good."
, there are a lot of our military equipment and German equipment.”
Tada Shun frowned and said, "Have so many of our guns been robbed?"
Takeda Yixiong shook his head and said, "It seems that they were not just robbed. I checked and it seems that there are people in the army who sell guns to the Eighth Route Army. Especially in the Imperial Alliance Army, there are many such cases."
Shun Tada slapped the case and scolded, "They are all a bunch of bastards. For this attack, put the Imperial Army in front, and wait until they are all dead before sending the Imperial Army in!"
Yoshimoto Teiichi said worriedly, "Is this too obvious? We don't have enough manpower, and we still need these Chinese people to help us."
Tada Jun shook his head and said, "The Eighth Route Army is surrounded. Do they still dare to have different intentions? Don't worry, just do as I say. Today is January 23rd, and the decisive battle will be on January 28th."
Today, I hope to end the fighting before the Chinese New Year and send the news of the demise of the Eighth Route Army to all Chinese people as a congratulatory gift!!"
——Fenyang
Mr. Peng rode a fast horse and patrolled the position with a group of guards. In just four days, the entire Fenxiao front line position changed from a plain to a defensive position composed of fortresses, trenches, barbed wire, deer villages and mines.
Huang Kecheng pointed at the position and said, "Boss, we have now built three major positions based on the two county towns of Fenyang and Xiaoyi and Sanquan Town in the rear. They include main positions, reserve positions and artillery positions, and have built a large number of trenches and bunkers.
, firearms launching positions and fake fortifications. Obstacles such as barbed wire fences, deer villages, and landmines were set up in front of the positions.
In addition, we also dug and prepared a large number of gas masks to deal with the Japs' poisonous gas. At the same time, we used the past few days to set up a large number of traps and mines between the three major positions. There was an area about eight kilometers wide and about eight kilometers long.
Ten kilometers of plains, if the Japanese dare to come in, this is their graveyard!!"
Mr. Peng nodded and said, "Well, yes, it's just as designed. As long as the Japs reach this plain, they will be attacked from three sides. If I were the commander of the Japs, I would never enter this place rashly, but if I don't come in, I can't."
Completely separate the connection between the three main positions. Okay, continue to repair the fortifications and build more artillery holes. Although the Japanese did not bring any heavy weapons this time, they can still pull them over if they are willing. Don't relax.
!”
After saying that, Mr. Peng looked into the distance. The sun had slowly set. The vanguard of the Japanese army had arrived in Jiexiu and was being reorganized. With hundreds of thousands of troops accustomed to guerrilla warfare, they could really resist the 100,000 Japanese and puppet troops.
It’s a fierce attack, it’s hard to hold on for half a month!!”
——Jiexiu
This city closest to the Eighth Route Army has now become a large military camp. The division commanders of the three divisions, you punch me, I push you, they are all very happy about the coming war. They all firmly believe that what is coming next
It's just a feast.
The three division commanders are Lieutenant General Ushijima Minoru, commander of the 20th Division, Lieutenant General Shimomoto Kumaya, commander of the 108th Division, and Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the 109th Division. The three of them sat with people
Next, Ushijima was the first to say, "Everyone, it's been a difficult time. The Eighth Route Army is really good at running away."
Xia Yuan Xiong Mi waved his hand and said with a smile, "They are just like a group of rabbits. Even my men on horseback can't catch up. They are indeed the Eighth Route Army. In terms of escape skills, they are at full level."
At this time, a group of people walked in, and the leader smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen. The Eighth Route Army has been successfully besieged by us on this small piece of plain. After running for such a long time, everyone is probably tired."
The three people stood up quickly, and that person was none other than Shun Tada.
It turned out that Shun Tada was afraid that the three division commanders would not agree with each other, which would make the final battle unsuccessful, so he did not sit in Taiyuan City, but ran all the way on a fast horse. As for why he didn't drive or take a train.
..You ask the Eighth Route Army.
Ushijima Minoru smiled and looked at Takeda Takeo who was standing next to Tada Shun and said, "With the command of Your Majesty the Commander, the little Eighth Route Army is not easy to capture. No, hundreds of thousands of people are surrounded by us within a radius of several hundred miles."
They are just waiting for us to pick up their heads."
Takeda Yixiong said, "We already have reliable information. The person commanding this unit is Zhu Daizhen, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army."
I saw all the Japanese generals below with their eyes open and gearing up. This Zhu Daizhen can be said to be one of the most valuable targets in the Chinese National Army series. If we capture him, he might be promoted to lieutenant general.
General.
Tada Shun coughed and said, "We will make strategic arrangements below. The Royal Association Army will attack first. The 20th, 108th and 109th Divisions will attack from Jiexiu, Yanwu Town, and Xinghua Village respectively. Three regiments will be left as reserves. The other troops will
All go into battle! Use the most violent attack to break down the Eighth Route Army's defense."
"Hi!!"
After speaking, Tada Shun looked at a meticulously dressed old officer next to him and said, "The aviation force is commanded by Baron Yoshitoshi Tokugawa."
The old officer with glasses is Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, Japan's first pilot to fly into the sky, the head of the Shimizu Tokugawa family, an army lieutenant general. After the Shimizu Tokugawa family became the Tokugawa shogunate, their family status was second only to the Tokugawa family.
Sanjia, one of the most prominent Chinese ethnic groups in Japan, was stationed in the Third Army this time as the commander of the aviation force.
Tokugawa Yoshitoshi nodded and said, "My son will definitely live up to the high expectations of the Commander."
Takeda Takeo stepped forward and said, "Commanders, please be more careful. Many of the Chinese people's behavior this time is a bit abnormal. I suspect there is some conspiracy, and..."
"Okay, Takeda-kun, you are really too careful. You...should go to the real battlefield. You can't become a great person by just being a staff officer." Ushijima Minoru said with a smile.
Wan and several others burst out laughing.
Takeda Yixiong shook his head and retreated.
Tada Shun waved his hand and said, "Then the time will be set at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. We won't carry out any attacks. Let's use our strength to crush them!!"
