At the new regiment headquarters outside Linfen City, compared to the hazy night outside, the war room was brightly lit and very lively.
"Great victory, we have entered Taiyuan City..." Suddenly, a cry of surprise sounded at the door of the war room.
Dozens of generals and commanders came to an agreement and all focused their gazes on the door.
"What did you say? Say it again?" the deputy commander asked with a serious look on Commander Chen's face.
"Boss, the Taiyuan Siege Command sent a telegram that they have entered Taiyuan City and have now occupied the Japanese Taiyuan Command and Military Police Headquarters. They have also killed a lieutenant general and a major general!"
After finishing, he added: "We have taken down Taiyuan City!"
"Really got it!"
When the good news actually reached the ears of the deputy commander-in-chief, the deputy commander-in-chief, who was enveloped by the huge surprise, was still stunned for a long time before he could completely digest the news, and answered with a look of surprise.
"We took it down, and also killed a lieutenant general and a major general. The major general of the Taiyuan Royal Association Army Guard Brigade rose up on the battlefield and led more than 2,000 people to cooperate with us to completely occupy Taiyuan City!" Commander Chen answered with certainty.
"Okay! This Wang Ping really did not disappoint us. It was one day and one night ahead of schedule. Well done!" the deputy commander said with surprise on his face.
The commander-in-chief was much calmer, and after a brief surprise, he ordered Commander Chen.
"You immediately send a telegram to Commander Liu of the Taihang Military Region to inform you of the good news!"
"Tell him that the Japanese troops who are reinforcing Taiyuan City will definitely withdraw immediately. We require the Taihang Military Region to hold off these reinforcements and kill them at all costs. At the very least, they must be severely damaged!"
"Each military division, if it's time to counterattack, let me counterattack, and if it's time to recover the lost ground, let me recover the lost ground!"
"Don't save weapons and ammunition for me. I will replenish them as much as they use up after the battlefield is over!"
"I will seize the opportunity to severely damage the Japanese army throughout Shanxi, so that they will not have the strength to launch a new Taiyuan battle and retake Taiyuan from our hands!"
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief~"
As soon as Commander Chen left, generals from various theaters began to express their congratulations to the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief.
The military parade a few days ago and the siege battle in front of them showed them the powerful combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army from the inside to the outside, from the face to the inside!
It can be expected that after the good news of this victory spreads, the Eighth Route Army's momentum will surge domestically and even internationally.
Except for Chongqing, no warlord force in the country dared to underestimate the Eighth Route Army.
There will even be many local forces who are disappointed with Chongqing and face the powerful Eighth Route Army and directly choose to join the Eighth Route Army.
It is certain that the spring of the Eighth Route Army is coming.
Among all the generals, the ones with the most complex expressions were Lieutenant General and Chief Yan who came from Chongqing.
The Eighth Route Army was so powerful that it could easily crush the snobbery of any local warlord in the country.
Facing such a powerful enemy, Chongqing must immediately adjust its strategy against the Eighth Route Army, otherwise it will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Commander Yan's thoughts were more complicated. He couldn't understand why the Japanese were so powerful in front of the Jinsui Army but became cowardly when they got to the Eighth Route Army.
Originally, I thought that the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese would fight hard to compete for Taiyuan City, but the Jinsui Army sat aside and reaped the benefits.
Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army captured Taiyuan City so quickly. It was a quick victory and did not give the Japanese any chance to compete with them.
Disappointed, Commander Yan began to be jealous of Taiyuan City, which the Eighth Route Army had just captured.
Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province, and as the local emperor of Shanxi, he should be the new master of Taiyuan both emotionally and logically.
He was jealous, but he also knew very well that Taiyuan, which the Eighth Route Army had paid a huge price to capture, would never be surrendered to him so easily.
This is true even if Chongqing issues a transfer order.
When everyone else left the war room, some even said goodbye on the spot, anxious to go back to their superior Zhang to report the shocking news, Chief Yan sat in a corner of the war room without moving.
"I wonder what your army plans to do with Taiyuan City!" Commander Yan asked directly.
The commander-in-chief knew that the meat show was coming, so he pretended to be confused with a smile and replied: "Of course, we must guard it with heavy troops, and we can't let it fall into the hands of the little devil again!"
"As the capital of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan City has a very developed economy. If nothing else, taxation alone is very important to our Eighth Route Army!"
"Sir, you also know that Chongqing has not given us military pay for the Eighth Route Army for a long time, and Taiyuan's tax revenue can help us solve part of it!"
Commander Yan is not a fool, and he immediately recognized the hidden meaning of the Commander-in-Chief's words.
He frowned and said nothing, but his mind was running at high speed.
He was calculating how much revenue Taiyuan City could bring to the Jinsui Army in one year after the Jinsui Army captured Taiyuan City.
After hesitating for a long time, he replied: "Our Jinsui Army will give your Eighth Route Army one million yuan, and you will give Taiyuan to me!"
"No~" Before the commander-in-chief could speak, the deputy commander-in-chief on the side refused very decisively.
Then he mocked without hesitation: "A million oceans, do you think you're going to be a beggar?"
"There are hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan City, and there are tens of thousands of shops alone. Our Eighth Route Army occupied Taiyuan City. Needless to say, the business tax alone can collect one million yuan a year. This does not include the surrounding areas of Taiyuan.
Grain tax received!”
"Also, in order to capture Taiyuan City, the casualties of our siege troops and reinforcements must have exceeded 10,000. Your one million oceans are not even enough for pensions, not to mention that we used a lot of weapons to attack Taiyuan City.
Ammunition, those things were all bought by Dayang. They worked hard to capture Taiyuan City, and finally made a loss-making deal. Not to mention that I don’t agree, so many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army will not agree!”
"Two million oceans, I will give you another two million oceans of medicines. This is my bottom line, old man!" Officer Yan replied through gritted teeth.
Taiyuan City must be captured. The huge tax revenue is one aspect, and maintaining the orthodoxy of the Jinsui Army in Shanxi is another aspect.
If you capture Taiyuan and return to Taiyuan, you can tell the people of the country that you are still the master of Shanxi, and the Jin-Sui Army is still the orthodoxy of Shanxi!
This time the commander-in-chief did not refuse directly, but hesitated and replied: "We need to think about it!"
As soon as Chief Yan left, the Commander-in-Chief ordered: "Immediately send Chief Yan's conditions to Wang Ping and ask him if this condition is acceptable. By the way, let him estimate what the bottom line Yan Laoxi may accept?"
"Now the initiative is in the hands of our Eighth Route Army. We must clarify with Yan Laoxi how their Jinsui Army plotted against our Eighth Route Army before!"
The Taiyuan siege headquarters has now moved into the city, and is located in the original Japanese headquarters.
Because no street fighting or large-scale fighting broke out in the city, as more and more troops entered Taiyuan City, the city quickly returned to calm.
"Captain, this is the final result compiled by the special forces who occupied the major warehouses of the Japanese army. The entire Taiyuan City is basically a granary, an ammunition depot, and, by the way, a treasury!"
"We have surrounded the residential area where the Japs live in the city. A special operations squadron and a battalion are searching from house to house."
"They are so rich. Any ordinary Japanese expatriate has thousands of yuan hidden in his home, as well as a lot of gold and antiques!"
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