At the World War II Zone Headquarters, the Chief of Staff walked into Commander Yan’s office with a puzzled look on his face and reported: “Commander, what the hell are you doing here... suddenly proposed to trade with us now, and also said that Linfen City is now an empty city, and they only want to do it today.
They will pass by Linfen City and will not enter the city. Now that the transaction is completed, we can just go directly into the city after they pass by Linfen City!"
Chief Yan frowned, not knowing that Okamura Neji's policy towards North China had changed.
After a few minutes without any movement, the chief of staff couldn't help but remind him: "Commander, the Japanese have proposed to start trading in two hours. It has been half an hour now. If there is no problem, I will let the troops prepare now!"
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"Call the Japanese back and agree to trade on time!" Commander Yan, who didn't notice anything wrong, ordered.
Then he added: "However, we cannot trust the Japanese 100%. In the last transaction, we lost both our lives and our wealth because we trusted the Japanese too much!"
"This transaction is not only related to Linfen City, but also related to 10,000 rifles, a large number of light and heavy machine guns, and a lot of ammunition. We must be extremely cautious and never let another accident happen!"
"Tell the frontline troops to directly dispatch a main division to escort the grain to trade with the Japanese!"
The chief of staff immediately replied: "I will make arrangements now!"
Shangfu Village is a very small village next to the highway.
Before the arrival of Kato's division, the village with only a few dozen households had been evacuated.
The trading place chosen by the Japanese and the Jinsui Army was here. Thousands of grain trucks carrying 10 million kilograms of grain were escorted by nearly 7,000 people from a main division of the Jinsui Army, stretching for several kilometers.
Head to Shangfu Village.
The Japanese, who were escorting thousands of carts, approached Shangfu Village from another direction. A regiment of Japanese soldiers escorted them next to them.
Because this section of the road is wide enough for two large vehicles to travel side by side.
The Jinsui Army did not stop after meeting the Japanese cart at the front. They said hello and continued marching forward.
Looking down from the air, the two convoys are like two giant dragons, walking towards each other and slowly overlapping each other.
After the teams that stretched for several kilometers completely overlapped, a gunshot suddenly broke the tranquility of Shangfu Village.
"Pa... da da da…"
In an instant, messy and intensive gunshots rang out on the highway.
There were sounds of rifle shooting and light machine gun fire.
The kid with the rifle in his hand suddenly jumped up, fired the loaded bullet, and then stabbed the Jinsui Army who was still alive next to him with his bayonet.
"The little Japs are going to take advantage of the enemy~ Brothers, we have been fooled and we will fight with the Japs!" The officers of the Jinsui Army scattered in the middle of the team were frightened, and then they quickly reacted, and the commanding men began to fight back.
The submachine guns equipped by the Jinsui Army played a great role at this time.
A volley of bullets swept past, and the two or three Japanese in front of him were beaten into pieces on the spot.
Of course, the Japanese were not vegetarians either. They held their light machine guns in their hands and used them as submachine guns, and bullets flew towards the Shanxi-Sui army.
The riflemen were assembled in groups of two and three, and formed assault groups with rifles with fixed bayonets. They ran rampant on the road and fought with the Jinsui Army, using their best bayonets to fight hand-to-hand.
The Jin-Sui army was consumed bit by bit.
The two armies were completely mixed together, and the Japanese army caught the Jinsui Army by surprise again, and instantly wiped out the Jinsui Army's strength advantage.
In addition, in hand-to-hand combat, three Jinsui Army soldiers may not be the opponent of a little Japanese.
Although the Jinsui Army relied on the firepower advantage of submachine guns to save some defeats at the beginning of the exchange of fire. However, as these submachine gunners were killed one after another, the melee situation immediately turned to the Japanese army.
"Retreat, retreat immediately!" the commander of the Jinsui Army commanded through gritted teeth.
There are fewer and fewer Jinsui troops still fighting on the battlefield. If they continue to fight, the whole army will definitely be destroyed. Although if you give up your weapons and retreat, you will probably be sent to a military court by Chief Yan, but it is better than dying here directly.
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At the World War II Area Headquarters, Commander Yan sat on a chair with a serious look on his face.
He rarely looked at maps, and rarely looked away from a map for nearly half an hour.
This is a map of southwestern Shanxi, with the spheres of influence of the Eighth Route Army and Shanxi-Sui Army in southwestern Shanxi clearly marked on it.
Linfen City, located in the middle of the base of the new Eighth Route Army Regiment, has been marked as the territory of the Shanxi-Sui Army at this moment.
Along a nearly 200-kilometer road, there are about a dozen Jinsui Army garrison scattered here and there. This is the only way to pass through Linfen City in the war zone, which is now controlled by the Jinsui Army.
Chief Yan has only one idea at this moment, how to make a fuss about Linfen City and this highway, first control four or five counties around Linfen City, and then control the entire New Regiment base area, and completely drive the New Regiment out of southwestern Shanxi!
Suddenly, the sound of rapid footsteps reached Yan Xishan's ears, interrupting the thoughts in his mind.
Officer Yan frowned when he saw the chief of staff rushing in with an anxious look on his face and anger on his face.
"Commander, something happened on the front line, and we were deceived by the little devil again!"
"They had no intention of trading with us. They just took advantage of us. Not only did they steal the food we brought over, they also killed our escort troops."
"There were more than 6,000 people in a division, but less than 2,000 were evacuated, and the rest were all killed by the Japanese!"
"What?" Chief Yan stood up from his seat and stared at the chief of staff, asking with disbelief.
"Old man, didn't I give the order for the escort troops to be more vigilant and not to trust the Japanese too much? Why would there be an accident?"
The chief of staff replied with a painful look on his face: "They have stepped up their vigilance, but to guard against the Eighth Route Army. As for the little devils, they don't have much defense at all!"
"The Japs suddenly launched an attack on them, and they were caught off guard. The troops had no time to fight back and suffered heavy losses!"
"Japanese, old man, I and you are at odds with each other!" Chief Yan yelled.
Then he quickly reacted: "Quick, send someone to arrest a few Japanese people from the headquarters. I want to kill them and avenge the soldiers who died in the battle!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a security company commander rushed in: "Sir, the Japanese we were supervising have escaped!"
"We killed four of the seven Japanese and escaped three!"
"Get out of here... This must have been planned by the Japanese a long time ago~" Commander Yan cursed angrily!
The chief of staff hesitated and asked: "Commander, I don't understand why the Japanese are doing this... Aren't they in a hurry to withdraw from southwestern Shanxi? If they start a fight with us now, we can send troops to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army.
Drag them to the southwestern part of Shanxi and they won’t be able to get away!”
"There must be something wrong somewhere?" Commander Yan replied calmly.
"Contact the intelligence department and immediately give me statistics on all the major events that have happened in North China in the past few days. Also, contact our intelligence personnel who have infiltrated the Japanese North China Command and let them figure out whether Okamura Neiji's policy towards North China is correct.
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