Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 507 I, Yan Laoxi, will definitely come back!
At the same time, fierce battles broke out in many places in northwestern Shanxi.

The battles at Shaohukou, Jiangjunling and Yunshan were particularly fierce.

The two sides engaged in artillery battle again. After the Japanese lost dozens of heavy artillery, their artillery firepower was greatly weakened.

At the same time, fierce fighting broke out in the Taiyuan direction.

Yoshio Shinozuka personally went to the front line to command and boost the morale of the First Army.

The current mission of the First Army is not to destroy the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, but to defend Taiyuan and prevent the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi from moving north to join the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi and support the main force in northwestern Shanxi that is attacking.

Yoshio Shinozuka was well aware of the powerful and ferocious firepower of the Eighth Route Army, so he would not confront the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army head-on on the Fen River Plain. He gave up the Fen River Plain right from the start, but instead repeatedly pulled and contained the enemy, preserving his strength while consuming the Eighth Route Army's manpower.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

With so many Eighth Route Army troops heading north, their logistics transport lines stretched over 100 kilometers. As long as his First Army could hold on for a week and send bombers and fighter planes to repeatedly bomb the Eighth Route Army's logistics supply lines, the Eighth Route Army's supplies would inevitably be in crisis.

At that time, we might be able to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army and wipe out tens of thousands of its main forces.

but.

The reality is far less optimistic than Yoshio Shinozuka expected.

Because the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi mobilized hundreds of thousands of militiamen, thousands of mules and thousands of large trucks to ensure the logistical supply of the troops.

This was something Yoshio Shinozuka never expected.

The runway and hangar of Wusu Airport can withstand the attack of 105 howitzers.

but.

The Eighth Route Army used 152mm artillery shells to bombard the Wusu Airport, directly destroying the airport.

The artillery of the First Army was only a few mountain artillery regiments. Facing the firepower of the Eighth Route Army's ten heavy artillery regiments, it could only be bombed unilaterally. Fortunately, the Japanese had built a lot of reinforced concrete bunkers and artillery towers around Taiyuan in the past two years, barely blocking the offensive of the Eighth Route Army.

But the situation was not optimistic for the Japanese in the First Army.

Because the Japanese in the First Army were surrounded and had difficulty in logistical supply, the weapons, ammunition and food stockpiled in Taiyuan would sooner or later be consumed.

Now, Yoshio Shinozuka could only hope that the main force of the North China Front Army would win victory in northwest Shanxi as soon as possible and move south to lift the siege of Taiyuan.

……

at the same time.

Luliang in western Shanxi.

The Second War Zone Commander's Department.

"Commander, the Sixth and Eighth Armies are blocked by the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and will not reach Luliang anytime soon."

A staff officer handed over a telegram.

"What do you mean?"

When Yan Laoxi heard this, his expression changed drastically.

Since yesterday, Chu Yunfei led his troops to defeat one of his divisions and surrounded Luliang.

Sun Chu volunteered to capture Chu Yunfei, but news soon came that the commander of the Eighth Army was detained by Chu Yunfei.

However, Yan Laoxi is not someone who is willing to admit defeat.

While ordering the main force of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to return to provide support, he pretended to be friendly with Chu Yunfei and repeatedly wrangled things. At the same time, he sent a telegram to negotiate with the Eighth Route Army headquarters and also sent a telegram to Principal Chang for help.

Principal Chang was overjoyed when he received the telegram. He immediately ordered Yan Laoxi to destroy the Eighth Route Army and promised that the First War Zone would provide support to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

At the same time, he ordered the central army in Zhongtiao Mountain to stay put.

Once the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army are all defeated in Shanxi, the Central Army of the First War Zone can move north to reap the benefits.

The two have been fighting openly and secretly for decades, and Yan Laoxi can be said to know Principal Chang very well.

Therefore, he did not place any hope on Principal Chang's Central Army.

However, Yan Laoxi never expected that the Eighth Route Army actually deployed troops on the way of the two armies returning to support Luliang.

Although the 115th Division had few troops in western Shanxi, this move made by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters was very fatal.

because.

By the time the two armies broke through the 115th Division's defenses and reached Luliang, the grass on Yan Laoxi's grave had grown tall. "Commander, let's fight the Eighth Route Army!"

"Chu Yunfei is a traitor. I don't believe he would dare to kill the commander!"

"I am willing to fight my way out with the Commander!"

A group of Shanxi-Suiyuan Army officers were talking to each other.

Boom, boom, boom!

At this moment, Chu Yunfei's heavy artillery was bombarding the city walls of Luliang and the positions of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Every explosion made the faces of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army officers in the headquarters look a little uglier.

Seeing that support was completely hopeless and that anyone who dared to resist would be wiped out, Yan Laoxi said reluctantly:

"That's all."

"Agree to the Eighth Route Army's conditions, transfer all the skilled workers of the Taiyuan Arsenal to the Eighth Route Army, and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will withdraw from Shanxi."

The faces of the officers suddenly changed.

They didn't expect that Commander Yan would actually agree to the Eighth Route Army's conditions.

Shanxi has always been the base camp of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is basically composed of people from Shanxi. Although Shanxi is now occupied by the Japanese army, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army still has a large territory in western and southern Shanxi, and collects a lot of grain taxes every year.

Once it leaves Shanxi, can the Jinsui Army still be called the Jinsui Army?

"If we don't agree to the Eighth Route Army's conditions, we will all die today!"

"As long as the main force of my Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is still there, we can fight back at any time in the future. The elders and folks of Shanxi will still recognize me as the commander!"

Yan Laoxi snorted coldly, his face looking grim, but he had no other choice.

If he had the chance to regret, he would never have sent troops to attack the new army and provoke the Eighth Route Army.

After two full years of stability, the scale of the fighting between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army was getting bigger and bigger, and both sides would soon be defeated. The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was the one that benefited, so why couldn't they stabilize it a little longer?

Yan Laoxi was filled with murderous intent.

However, I, Yan Laoxi, will definitely come back!
……

Datong, headquarters of the Japanese North China Front Army.

"General."

A staff officer hurriedly handed over a telegram:
"Just now, Lieutenant General Shinozuka, Commander of the First Army, sent an urgent telegram. The Eighth Route Army launched an attack on Xiaodian Town and the Wusu Airport area south of Taiyuan, requesting air support from the 21st Flying Regiment."

"What? The Eighth Route Army has already reached the outskirts of Taiyuan?" Sugiyama Gen was suddenly shocked after reading the telegram.

Xiaodian Town and Wusu Airport are less than 10 kilometers away from the city wall of Taiyuan.

This shows that Taiyuan City is already in danger.

"Has the Jinsui Army in Luliang, western Shanxi, still not made any movement?"

Sugiyama Gen narrowed his eyes and looked at Yamashita Tomoyuki and asked.

Yamashita Fengwen was silent for a moment. "Your Excellency, the headquarters of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was surrounded by a unit of the Eighth Route Army yesterday. The commander of the Eighth Route Army is Chu Yunfei, who recently defected to the Communist Party. He was once one of Yan Laoxi's confidants."

Yan Laoxi wanted to stab the Eighth Route Army in the back, and the Japanese North China Front Army had already received the information.

This is a great thing for the Japanese army, so Sugiyama Gen and Yamashita Tomoyuki are both paying attention to this matter.

After all, once Yan Laoxi took action, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Japanese Army would form a two-pronged attack on the Eighth Route Army.

Sugiyama Gen was stunned: "Yan Laoxi is a waste..."

At this moment, another staff officer walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand and a grim expression on his face.

"General."

"A farewell telegram from Colonel Noboru Motoyama, commander of the 50th Regiment."

"Nani?"

Sugiyama Gen and Yamashita Tomoyuki's faces changed at the same time.

(End of this chapter)