Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 355: This move by the headquarters is brilliant!
"General."

Taiyuan, First Army Headquarters.

Toshimatsu Kasai rushed to Yoshio Shinozuka and Ikki Yamamoto with a telegram in his hand and reported it with a bow.

"Major Tomioka, the captain of the military police stationed in Xinxian, sent a farewell telegram!"

"Xinxian County has just been captured by the Eighth Route Army of Jinzhong!"

"Over 400 members of the Locust Army Military Police stationed in Xinxian County were completely killed!"

"After sending his farewell telegram, Major Tomioka also committed suicide!"

After the report, Toshimatsu Kasai handed a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka, then lowered his head and waited for instructions.

"idiot!"

After reading the telegram, Yoshio Shinozuka angrily tore it to pieces.

Although not many officers and soldiers died in this battle.

But Xinxian is an important town on the Beitongpu Railway.

Once Xinxian was captured by the Eighth Route Army, the entire Beitongpu Railway would be paralyzed.

When General Sugiyama Motomu finds out, he will definitely curse Shinozuka Yoshio and attack him fiercely.

Mutaguchi Ren'ya said sarcastically, "Didn't Yamamoto-kun assert that the battle in Xinxian would last one to two days? How come it was over in just two hours?"

Yamamoto stared at the map with a frown on his face. Did he make a wrong judgment?

Yamamoto muttered to himself, "That shouldn't be the case. Li Yunlong is cunning and sly. He's always had a big appetite. He even used heavy artillery. He must be aiming for more than just Xinxian County. Where exactly is Li Yunlong's target?"

Just then, the phone rang and Kasai Toshimatsu quickly walked over and picked it up.

Mutaguchi Ren'ya took the opportunity to say, "Commander-in-Chief, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is determined to capture Xinxian County. There is no encirclement or ambush. I suggest that reinforcements be sent immediately to recapture Xinxian County."

After a moment, Kasai Toshimatsu put down the phone and quickly walked over to report to Shinozuka Yoshio:
"General, the 80th Regiment called and said their reconnaissance unit discovered the main force of the Jinzhong Eighth Route Army at the border of Xinxian and Yangqu counties!"

Xing Zhiguo wanted to ambush the main force of the Japanese in the direction of Taiyuan.

However, the Japanese were alert and sent a reconnaissance unit pretending to be villagers to conduct reconnaissance, and almost deceived the Eighth Route Army scouts.

Although the Japanese reconnaissance troops were eliminated, the Eighth Route Army's ambush positions were also exposed.

Xing Zhiguo didn't care that the ambush didn't succeed. Their mission was to block the Japanese reinforcements coming from Taiyuan anyway.

Hearing this, the sneer on Mutaguchi Ren'ya's face instantly disappeared, and a cold sweat broke out on his back. "There really is an ambush! Li Yunlong is really cunning!"

Shinozuka Yoshio frowned, "What on earth does Li Yunlong want to do?"

While surrounding the enemy and attacking the reinforcements, they also eliminated the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

Without bait, what can Li Yunlong use to fish?
"Your Excellency, Commander."

Mutaguchi Ren'ya's expression changed, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and he immediately stepped forward to offer a suggestion:

"No matter what Li Yunlong wants to do."

"The Jinzhong base must be undermanned at this moment. We should order the 20th Division to seize the opportunity and attack the Jinzhong base from Zhengtai Road, forcing Li Yunlong to lead his main force back to the Jinzhong base!"

"If Li Yunlong doesn't return to the Jinzhong base, the 20th Division will just charge into the Jinzhong base and kill all the Chinese people there!"

"Without the support of the Chinese people, I wonder how Li Yunlong and his Eighth Route Army can develop in the Jinzhong area and threaten the locust army's Zhengtai Road and Tongpu Road!"

"Besiege Wei to save Zhao?"

Yoshio Shinozuka narrowed his eyes and thought about it. This tactic seemed good.

"This is a stupid tactic!"

Yamamoto Ikki spoke in a cold tone, not giving Mutaguchi Renya any face at all.

"Does Yamamoto-kun have a better idea?"

Muta was so angry that he almost jumped up. In his opinion, Yamamoto was a nitpicker who would interfere with whatever he said.

Yamamoto said in a cold and hard tone: "The 20th Division only has three regiments on the Zhengtai Road. What if they attack the Jinzhong base at this time and are ambushed by the Eighth Route Army?"

"Impossible!" Mutaguchi Ren'ya retorted loudly, "The main force of the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong only has more than 20 men, and the main force is in the Xinxian area. How could they have extra troops to ambush the th Division?"

"Nothing is impossible!" Yamamoto's tone remained unchanged. "Li Yunlong is a cunning man. We must be extra careful!"

"Often we think we have guessed Li Yunlong's strategic goal, but that is not the case at all."

"Yamamoto-kun," Shinozuka Yoshio said, his heart agitated. "Then where do you think Li Yunlong's strategic goal will be?"

Shinozuka Yoshi sighed.

He has more troops than Li Yunlong, and his soldiers are better trained than Li Yunlong. He occupies most of the towns in Shanxi and controls most of the resources in Shanxi.

There is air support in the sky and tanks, armored vehicles and artillery on the ground.

But every time they were led by Li Yunlong, and the First Army suffered heavy losses. In such a powerful First Army, is there no one who can deal with Li Yunlong?
Yoshio Shinozuka felt that Li Yunlong and the Jinzhong Eighth Route Army were like an extremely solid wall.

Every time he punched the city wall, the wall did not move, but he himself was shattered to pieces.

It's very frustrating.

Yamamoto stared at the map for a moment, analyzing it. He pointed to the center of the map on the table and said, "My preliminary judgment is that the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong is most likely targeting Taiyuan." "Impossible," Mutaguchi Renya retorted on the spot. "Given the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong, attacking Taiyuan would be suicidal."

The total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Taiyuan was 20 to 14. The 109th Division on the Zhengtai Road was ready to provide reinforcements at any time, and the th Division and the th Division on the Nantongpu Road were ready to provide reinforcements at any time. Yoshio Shinozuka was also somewhat skeptical that Li Yunlong would attack Taiyuan.

Yamamoto's heart was filled with alarm. He said, "Li Yunlong's ideas cannot be judged by common sense. The most unlikely thing is often Li Yunlong's strategic goal!"

"The disparity in strength between the Eighth Route Army and the Locust Army is clear," Mutaguchi Ren'ya continued to refute. "I don't believe Li Yunlong will attack Taiyuan."

Mutaguchi Ren'ya also had a conflict with Yamamoto.

He supports what Yamamoto opposes, and opposes what Yamamoto supports.

What Yamamoto and Mutaguchi said made sense, and Yoshio Shinozuka was in a dilemma for a while.

Yoshio Shinozuka raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and stared at the map with a frown in thought.

He realized that he had lost the qualities that had enabled him to become a commander of an Imperial Army group—the ability to remain calm and have judgment under great pressure.

It was all because of that damn Li Yunlong. He was full of tricks and schemes. He defeated the First Army many times and made his mind unstable.

at this time.

The three telephones in the Operations Hall of the First Army Headquarters rang one after another.

Several staff officers quickly ran over and picked up the phone.

After summarizing the information, the communications officer, Kasai Toshimatsu, reported: "Reporting to the Commander and Chief of Staff, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has appeared in Qixian, Taigu, and Dongyang Town, with a total strength of tens of thousands of troops..."

This report made Yoshio Shinozuka, Mutaguchi Renya, Yamamoto Ikki and all the staff members change their expressions.

Mutaguchi Ren stopped arguing with Yamamoto and said hurriedly, "Commander-in-Chief, it seems the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong is planning to attack Taiyuan from both sides."

"Send the order, command the 20th Division stationed in Yangquan and Shouxian, and the 14th Division stationed in Linfen to move closer to Taiyuan immediately!" Shinozuka Yoshio's face regained its composure. He was afraid that he didn't know the strategic goals of the Eighth Route Army. Now that he knew the strategic goals of the Eighth Route Army, it became easier.

The Chinese troops in Shanxi were on guard against each other and it was impossible for them to attack Taiyuan together. Yoshio Shinozuka was confident that he could defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan.

"Hi."

Mutaguchi Renya quickly went to convey the order.

……

a week later.

Li Yunlong has led the main force of Jinzhong and successively recovered the three county towns of Xinxian, Yuanping and Gangxian.

After capturing three county towns, Li Yunlong ordered his troops to suspend the attack.

On the one hand, the troops were allowed to rest and recuperate, and on the other hand, elite small units were sent together with local guerrillas to go deep into the small villages and towns in various counties to carry out work, arrest traitors, and mobilize young and strong people and intellectuals to join the army to fight the war.

"This is a brilliant move by headquarters!"

In the county seat of Gang County, at the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, Li Yunlong read the telegram with admiration in his tone.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie took the telegram and read it quickly.

This is the information Li Yunlong bought from Boss Lin at a price.

Intelligence showed that the 26th Division stationed in Datong had not moved, while the main forces of the 20th Division stationed in Zhengtai Road and the 14th Division stationed in Linfen had arrived in Taiyuan.

"That's brilliant!" Kong Jie nodded in agreement. "We originally requested that the main force of the 129th Division march northward along the Zhengtai Road to threaten the 20th Division and prevent it from attacking the Jinzhong base."

"But headquarters directly sent the main force of the 129th Division north to Taiyuan, posing as if they were attacking Taiyuan."

"Not only was it impossible for the Japanese troops in Taiyuan to send reinforcements to Beitongpu Road, but it frightened Yoshio Shinozuka so much that he mobilized the 20th and 14th Divisions to Taiyuan overnight."

"Thus."

Ding Wei continued Kong Jie's words and said with a smile:

"The 26th Division stationed in Datong didn't dare to send reinforcements. This move by headquarters is simply killing two birds with one stone."

The 26th Division was a three-three division, so it certainly didn't dare to deploy its entire division because the Japanese had to leave some troops to defend important military locations such as the Pingsui Road and Datong.

Otherwise, the Yanbei Guerrilla Detachment in northern Shanxi, the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Fu Zuoyi's troops and other anti-Japanese forces would take the opportunity to attack the Pingsui Road and Datong.

The 26th Division sent two regiments, but they couldn't defeat the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong. Aren't they just coming here to deliver food?
Li Yunlong's eyebrows lit up with joy: "So, we can do whatever we want on Beitongpu Road?"

Every time they captured a county town, Li Yunlong and his men would make a fortune. The county town was full of weapons, ammunition, food, gold and silver treasures, plus the confiscated property of traitors and the business with Boss Lin.

It's a huge profit.

"That's right." Kong Jie liked this word very much. "Do whatever you want."

"Then Old Li won't be polite."

Li Yunlong's expression turned serious. He took a map from Zhang Hu and pointed at it, saying:
"Next, we will split into two groups."

"One route will attack along the Xinzhou Basin to recapture Daixian and Fanxian counties, while the other route will continue along the Tongpu Road to recapture Ningxian, Shenchi County, and Wuzhai County."

"After we recapture these counties, we will head to northwest Shanxi."

The Japanese did not send reinforcements, and the cost-conscious Li Yunlong could not miss this opportunity to make a fortune.

Ding Wei laughed and said, "By the time we get to northwest Shanxi, I'm afraid we'll have become local tycoons."

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