kingnovel Chapter 468: Join hands with War Zone 2 to create greater glory
Chapter 468: Join hands with War Zone 2 to create greater glory
As soon as the order was issued, the Gannan Heavy Artillery Brigade at Kenanpo, accompanied by the 1st Artillery Marine Brigade, "sneaked" out of the camp.
It just disappeared at the fork in the road leading to Zhongtiao Mountain and Taiyuan.
This strange phenomenon was immediately detected by the Special High Section.
Then an urgent secret telegram was sent to the operations room of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
Adjutant Ono rushed in hurriedly holding the telegram.
He handed it to Yoshio Shinozuka, who was looking at a map with his senior generals.
"Commander, the Special High Police has received a report from an insider hiding in Kenanpo.
The Second War Zone has sent a secret message, and the Chinese troops on the front line confronting our army have begun to increase their alert levels.
The troops at the rear had already begun distributing ammunition and three days' worth of dry food, and were showing signs of gathering.
Their heavy artillery brigade stationed in the Kenanpo area has already set off together with the 1st Brigade of the Gannan Artillery Marine Division.
The last place he appeared was at the fork in the road heading to Taiyuan and Zhongtiao Mountain. "
"Oh, did they go to the Zhongtiao Mountain?
These are the four field divisions that are prepared to fight against the Empire.
What a bunch of guys who overestimate their own capabilities. With only a few Imperial 75mm field guns, they dare to call themselves a heavy artillery brigade.
Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye...why don't you speak? "
Adjutant Ono swallowed and spoke with difficulty.
"Reporting to His Excellency the Commander, the current movement of this heavy artillery brigade is unknown!"
"Bakayaloo, why is it so unclear? What do intelligence agencies do?
Check, check immediately, send out all the planes, and make sure to find them."
This time Yoshio Shinozuka was completely furious. This incident was really too terrible.
If the heavy artillery brigade went to Zhongtiao Mountain, he would not be afraid.
It was just a violent collision, and his First Army was no coward.
But if the heavy artillery brigade came towards Taiyuan, it would be a huge disaster.
Looking at the military combat map of Shanxi Province in front of him.
Along both sides of Zhengtai Road, there are large blue flags representing the First Army's sphere of influence.
It has been replaced by the red emblem representing the Eighth Route Army.
Even many small Eighth Route Army bases have been connected into one.
Even Yangquan County, an important town in eastern Shanxi, has been plugged in.
The flag of the Eighth Route Army.
The entire road from Shanxi to Hebei was basically destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.
This resulted in the output of major coal mines beginning to pile up and unable to be transported back to Wodao in a timely manner.
The garrison forces, big and small, in various places did not dare to rush out to rescue.
An accident happened last night, for example, they had just left the base not long ago.
They were attacked by the Eighth Route Army.
As a result, many strongholds were captured by the Eighth Route Army due to the division of troops to rescue them.
In fact, it is not terrible to besiege a stronghold and attack its reinforcements. At worst, they can just stay in their stronghold and act like turtles.
But some groups of the Eighth Route Army were very unreasonable and they didn't use any tactics.
They first bombarded the wall with Type 92 infantry guns, and then used mortars to destroy the Imperial Army's manpower.
Basically, they attacked the stronghold in the front, and the people in the back moved supplies to the base.
The First Army's deployment along the Zhengtai Road in Shanxi, which had been painstakingly planned for several years, was basically destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.
According to secret reports from reliable sources, some of the Eighth Route Army troops that occupied large strongholds were also different from before.
They did not withdraw after taking the city, but intended to stay there for a long time.
I wanted to take back the stronghold, but I had no troops to send.
There were unusual movements in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in the Second War Zone, and the four divisions under Zhongtiao Mountain obviously could not be recalled.
Some of the National Army's elite troops have disappeared from the Imperial Army's surveillance.
They also seemed to be planning to attack Taiyuan City, which was really hard to guard against.
At this time, the Air Force report also arrived.
"Commander, our Army Aviation Corps went out to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Kenanpo, but was driven away by Gannan's Air Force.
When we came back, we passed by Liulang Temple and found that a large number of Chinese troops were lurking there.
Judging from the flags and their uniforms, they should be troops of the Eighth Route Army.
Baka! How many people were they seeing?
Why didn't our fighter planes bomb them?"
Ono: “I’ve already asked them, but they can’t see clearly because of the trees.
However, the Eighth Route Army has a large number of troops, probably no less than 30,000.
Our planes didn't have time to bomb because the Gannan Air Force was chasing us too closely.
Only when they were about to enter the range of the air defense position did the Gannan Air Force fly back. "
The Japanese air defense positions were almost reaching Taiyuan city.
It can be seen that the Japanese Army Aviation was bullied badly by the Gannan Air Force.
Shinozuka Yoshio murmured, "The Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army both intend to attack Taiyuan.
Are they acting alone this time, or are they planning to work together?"
If the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in the Second War Zone did not dare to move, he could withdraw troops from two field divisions and return to defend the Zhengtai Road.
In less than ten days, these lost territories will be back in our hands.
If the Eighth Route Army did the same as before, they would run back to their base after fighting.
He could also rearrange his troops and rebuild the artillery towers.
But the situation in Shanxi is different now. The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in the Second War Zone has actually cooperated with the Eighth Route Army.
Certain sections of the road became the territory of the Eighth Route Army.
Now that they were no longer threatened by enemies from all sides, they actually decided to stay there for a long time.
This means that they have no intention of returning the acquired territory to Shanxi's First Army.
We must not be careless in Zhongtiao Mountain either, as there are more than 100,000 elite troops of the empire there.
But those that have undergone years of preparation include the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the Central Army, and the Sichuan Army.
It seems that there are a lot more elite soldiers now, and they are no longer the cowardly ones from three years ago.
Especially the guerrilla divisions in Gannan, their combat effectiveness was off the charts and they never let the imperial army gain any advantage.
And in the current Second War Zone, there are air forces and heavy artillery brigades that are no less powerful than those of the Imperial Army.
With nearly 400,000 troops, if they were to be in the Zhongtiao Mountains area, they would be able to give him a sudden attack.
The Imperial Army, with only four field divisions, might not be able to hold out.
This put Yoshio Shinozuka in a difficult position, and he had to issue a painful order.
"Mr. Ono, record that the four field divisions in the Zhongtiao Mountain area must strengthen their vigilance and not act rashly.
All other small turret-style strongholds on the second line in the Zhengtai Road area were abandoned.
Move to a large stronghold near them, or simply move to the county town to defend.
All the Imperial Army and the Imperial Auxiliary Army near Taiyuan withdrew into Taiyuan City to strengthen the city’s defenses.
The guard at Taiyuan Airport must also be strengthened. Originally there was only one garrison battalion, but now it has been strengthened to a regiment. "
The reason why Yoshio Shinozuka made such arrangements was that he was afraid that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army would join forces and his Taiyuan City would not be able to be defended.
Yoshio Shinozuka actually guessed it right. The commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone had reached a tacit understanding with the Eighth Route Army.
This time the Eighth Route Army was very generous and did not intend to eat alone.
Leading the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to recover lost territory, what do you call this? Work together to create glory again.
The man in the attendant's room of the temporary capital was so angry that he scolded the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone so harshly that he was completely destroyed.