Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

"The Ninth District has given us a good start..." In the headquarters conference room, the deputy commander-in-chief expressed his feelings, then lay down, took a magnifying glass and personally marked the situation of the Ninth District on the map.

"What do you think about the inquiry regarding District Nine?" After finishing the map, the deputy commander-in-chief looked at the leaders and asked.

"Well... it's not that we can't attack Taiyuan, but if we attack Taiyuan, we will be somewhat passive politically, and it will also involve the issue of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army."

"According to our original plan, the current battle line of District Nine is good enough, and we need to expand the results in other areas!"

"We can attack Shimen, but we need several military divisions to work together to launch a raid on the entire Pinghan Line north of the Yellow River, especially the lines near Shimen, which need to be destroyed."

"We have actually controlled most of the Zhengtai Line. If we take down Shimen, we can quickly transfer supplies between the Taihang North District and the Jizhong District, which greatly saves our time! But we can fight, but long-term occupation requires us to consider the enemy's full-scale counterattack! My opinion is to defend first and then fight. After the battle, we can move supplies and destroy defense measures. They are familiar with this!"

All the leaders had their own opinions, both politically and militarily, and they all had good insights. Of course, the final decision still had to be made by the vice president.

"The operation in Taiyue District can begin!" The vice president suddenly said, "After a year of development, Taiyue District's military strength is already strong. Let's move the entire Taiyue District westward to destroy the roads and strongholds along the Tongpu Railway, and then... attack Hongdong County and cut the Tongpu Railway in half! Even if we can't occupy it for a long time, we must make sure that this railway line cannot be restored within half a year!"

"Here at the Baijin Railway, order the Second Division to comprehensively attack the strongholds on the Baijin Line. After destroying the remaining strongholds, station two regiments at Zihongkou to completely cut off the Baijin Line! In addition, the troops of the Third Division have arrived in Qin County on the Baijin Line, right? Then fight, and after the fight, defend the city and see how the Japanese react! In this way, there will be no Baijin Line blocking the way between Taiyue and Taihang!"

"In addition, we must also arrange troops to guard the several intersections leading out of the mountains in the north of the Second Division to prevent the Japanese from entering from here and launching a surprise attack! As for the Ninth Division? Let them remain alert and can advance or retreat appropriately. The principle is: the Japanese are not allowed to cross the line from Shouyang to Mafang! As for what happens in the future, we will talk about it later. Let's first prevent the Japanese from Taiyuan from counterattacking!"

"The troops prepared by Beiyue District can also take action against Taiyuan! First, liberate Yan Laoxi's hometown, and then attack the counties near Pingxingguan one by one..."

"In the direction of Shimen, take a defensive stance first. Try to consume Shimen's manpower during this period of time to lay a solid foundation for subsequent battles! In order to cooperate with the next action, Jizhong District and Taihang District 1 should be prepared and wait for an opportunity to liberate the county town within the territory and eliminate the enemy reinforcements outside the county town!"

The deputy general's order also means that the full-scale attack battle in Taihang District, Taiyue District, Jizhong, Beiyue and other places has begun! Of course, there are many detailed arrangements, and each military sub-district has different orders. And all the orders are carried out according to the previous arrangements at this stage, not immediately attacking the county town, which takes time.

This is the time when the Ninth Division needs to independently face the enemy's counterattacks from Shimen and Taiyuan. As for the attack on Shimen, it will be after the counterattack. Orders are constantly being issued, and the Ninth Division naturally received orders, and the content is nothing more than what was discussed at the meeting. The headquarters did not say the specific arrangements, because the situations of the different divisions are different and have their own decision-making authority, and only gave a strategic arrangement.

The Baijin Line is actually within the jurisdiction of the Second Division, but Ding Wei's First Division has arranged 2000 troops to garrison along the way. During the preparation time of the Ninth Division, the 2000 new recruits have been recalled to complete the defense arrangement of the garrison. The place where the 2000 new recruits were stationed was given to the comrades of the Second Division.

After receiving the order from the headquarters, the comrades of the Second Division immediately took action and launched a fierce attack on the small strongholds on the Baijin Line. Within a few hours, they occupied the northern section of the Baijin Line.

At the Ninth Division Command, after receiving the order from the headquarters, new orders were also issued. First, the headquarters' order was passed to the First and Second Detachments, and then the Beishan Detachment's eastward mission was arranged. By the way, the order to mobilize a battalion of the Beishan Detachment's security regiment was given to Li Yuexuan.

Li Yuexuan was not vague and directly called the commander of the third battalion, Zhang Lu, and asked him to take the third battalion, the third platoon of heavy mortars that were split from the heavy mortar company, and enough ammunition, and immediately set off to Yangquan for garrison.

The combat mission of the security regiment is defense, so it is not bad to arrange for Zhang Lu to take them to Yangquan! It is worth mentioning that the three battalions of the security regiment are now led by old members and wounded soldiers. The first battalion commander is Zou Ming, an old member who was stabbed in the shoulder at the beginning. The second battalion commander is Zhu Dantong, who was shot in the face. The third battalion commander is Zhang Lu, one of the old members who is not injured or sick.

The guard regiment has few combat missions, but the configuration of cadres is good, which is also due to the importance attached to the arsenal! After Zhang Lu left with the third battalion, there were still more than a thousand main forces around the arsenal, so there was no need to worry about safety. In the following time, Lu Xiaoran led people to form two backbone militia groups, which was nothing to say.

When the headquarters issued the order to Ding Wei, Ding Wei's team did not make any major moves. Instead, they moved the artillery battalion of the team to the outside of Yuci County, aiming the guns at the exit of Yuci City, and arranged a regiment to ambush the nearby Taigu County. Ding Wei knew very well that at this stage, Yuci could only be attacked but not occupied, and Taigu could only be attacked but not occupied.

If you cannot occupy the place, then you should draw out the enemy and destroy his manpower. This is the most important thing to do!

As for Lao Kong of the Second Detachment, since his troops were slightly weaker, Lao Kong carefully arranged a group of troops on Xizhou Mountain for alert, and the rest of the troops were arranged on the small roads from Taiyuan to Shouyang. Well, it is not very accurate to say Xizhou Mountain, because it is a general term for a mountain range with many peaks.

The mountain between Taiyuan and Shouyang is called Taiyi Mountain. There is a gun tower on the mountain, and there are Japanese soldiers in the gun tower. Because it is very close to Taiyuan, Lao Kong did not attack the gun tower, but arranged a company on the mountain road east of the gun tower. Well, as long as the Japanese stay in the gun tower, there will be no problem. Beat him up when he comes out!

In the north of Shouyang, Lao Kong arranged a regiment to directly enter Lingjing Township, and arranged troops to garrison on the mountain leading to Yangqu in the west. The purpose of doing this is to prevent the devils in Yangqu from advancing eastward!
Before receiving the order to attack, both detachments were ready for defense and were even ready to strike at the enemy reinforcements at any time. (End of this chapter)