"After the vanguard army occupied Beijing and Tianjin, it was difficult to supply the troops stationed in Mongolia. It can only be supplied with the Taiyuan Arsenal, but some of the machines of the Taiyuan Arsenal have been transported out of Shanxi by the empire, and the remaining ones still need to supply ammunition to other divisions fighting in Shanxi, which is already very tight. Supplies from Anhui and Henan could only be transported through narrow passages near Gongxian at best. However, the harassment of the vanguard army and the central army in Luoyang made this passage unsafe. Therefore, the ammunition of the troops stationed in Mongolia has always been somewhat insufficient. Kenji Dohihara analyzed, "The vanguard army's dispatch this time seems to be advancing on the western front, but except for the northern road, the other roads are not intense. With the suppression of the emperor [***] team in Zhengzhou, their attack on the south road did not pose much threat. The middle road has to go through a lot of mountains. Coupled with the resistance of our emperor [***] team, they can't bargain for anything along the way. Only the north road has now been pressed to the vicinity of Datong. The planes of the Vanguard Army blew up the railroad ahead of schedule, leaving our army in a hurry to rescue. The planes in Xinzhou and Taiyuan were suppressed and could only protect themselves. In this way, I am afraid that Datong will not be guaranteed.

However, with the help of the fortifications left by Yan Xishan and our newly built fortifications, relying on Taiyuan and other big cities, Shanxi can still support the arrival of local reinforcements. But cutting off Datong, the Mongolian army is even more dangerous. Originally, there were not many people, and the passages for rescue were too slow, if the vanguard army attacked with all their might, I was afraid that it would be more dangerous than the emperor [***] team in Shanxi. ”

"The Shanxi multi-route army is still there, but I am afraid that they will act together with the vanguard army and attack the Shanxi Emperor [***] team." Lieutenant General Tada said.

"There is intrigue between the armies of Shanxi at this time, and they cannot be concentrated. They are wary of each other, and they have more energy than they are against the Emperor [***] team. This is the characteristic of the Chinese people. Chiang's Central Army had already listed other political parties as great enemies. Be wary of other forces. Yan Xishan's army fought except for Fu Zuoyi, who was still in the Suiyuan area, and the attack was insufficient. And other forces, too, do not pose much of a threat. To deal with them, the 109th Division was enough to suppress them, and there were several divisions in Henan to assist. Except for the north, Shanxi is not much of a threat from the south of Taiyuan. Kenji Dohihara said confidently.

He is still relatively clear about the intelligence of several forces in Shanxi. Although some of the information is not very accurate, there are also clues that can be analyzed, where, like the vanguard army, there is always a lot of equipment unexpectedly popped up. And their transportation channel has not been clearly found.

A few days ago, the Navy damaged a large submarine in the East China Sea, but unfortunately it was still not caught in the end, and it is not known whether it sank to the bottom of the sea or escaped. From this, it can be seen that at least the submarines of the Vanguard Army cannot be blocked by the Navy.

The intelligence officers below have calculated for a long time, and have always felt that if the Vanguard Army uses submarines for transportation, their submarines will either be very large and used to transport those large equipment, or they will be very large and supply a lot of ammunition, especially artillery shells. According to the exploration of the industry on the territory of the Pioneers, they do not yet have the capacity to produce large-caliber artillery shells, or they have secret production bases that have not been discovered.

In short, the intelligence investigation of the vanguard army always has some deviations from the analysis, which has always given him a headache. Relatively speaking, even if other Chinese forces are well defended, they can still have clues to be traced, and it is not difficult to grasp.

"Now if the two divisions of the vanguard army attack Suiyuan from Datong and Zhangbei respectively, I am afraid that the Mongolian army, which is still a little short of ammunition supplies, will be in danger." He concluded.

"Isn't there going to be a general offensive recently? Their ammunition is not fully replenished? Sugiyama asked.

He knew in his heart that at this time, the preparation was not very sufficient, but the growth rate of the vanguard army was too fast. As soon as the news of 500,000 men and horses came out, the general attack on the vanguard army was advanced. If they were given another six months, it would be easy for them to make up 800,000 people. When the time comes, how did I make up so many people? Moreover, when the time comes, most of the strength of the Kwantung Army will be contained in the puppet Manchurian region.

At this time, no one dared to pack a ticket anymore, the weapons and equipment of the vanguard army would not increase, and if there were people, they would not be able to equip themselves. Who knows how they got the equipment? An army of 500,000 armed with the standards of the vanguard army cannot even afford to raise it. Even the money for the arms deal on the surface of copycat companies is not enough. They have gone completely insane, and it is a miracle that their finances have not collapsed.

"They can only stay afloat by constantly expanding outward. If the Emperor [***] team does not attack them, they will also attack the Emperor [***] team. Once they stagnate, I'm afraid their finances will collapse. This was said by a well-known economic expert in China. The situation of the vanguard army is so special that it can take root in poor and backward China, and it cannot but be said to be a special case to quickly accumulate a huge and well-equipped army. Rumors that the Vanguard had obtained an unknown treasure or an unknown gold mine were endless, and even Sugiyama Motomo believed it somewhat. This is the only way to explain the financial problems of the Vanguard Army.

"The supplies replenished to them are about to be shipped, and they are still in Taiyuan." Tada said. Kenji Tohihara bowed his head and was silent, that batch of materials was still not enough. A low-to-medium intensity battle may be sufficient, but if the battle with the Vanguard enters a stalemate, or the Vanguard then counterattacks. The troops stationed in Mongolia are afraid that it will not be enough.

At this time, the vanguard army had already approached the city of Datong. It's useless to say anything. What is urgently needed now is to solve the security problem of the troops stationed in Mongolia.

But Sugiyama didn't say anything. There's still a debate going on at the base camp.

"The Mongolian garrison should have been abolished a long time ago. In the face of the flanking attack of the Soviet Russian and Chinese armies, they will only be beaten passively there. ”

"It must not be revoked, if Soviet Russia attacks us in the Far East, the troops stationed in Mongolia can quickly attack Outer Mongolia and cut off the Great Siberian Passage."

"Joke, there are so many troops stationed in Outer Mongolia, do you think we can break through their defenses?"

"Shock! What we want is deterrence! ”

"What shock? Now they are in danger. "It's not just Kenji Dohihara who sees the crisis of the troops stationed in Mongolia.

"That's it! There is no need to discuss it anymore, new news has already arrived. In the evening, the vanguard army conquered Yanmen Pass. Or paratrooper units. Someone said helplessly. Since the raid by the Vanguard paratroopers, the paratroopers of the Vanguard Army have been on guard everywhere. But the lack of anti-aircraft artillery and air supremacy made it impossible for the paratroopers to defend against it.

The planes in the air continued to assist in the attack, and in the roar of the engines that shook the city wall, the vicinity of Yanmen Pass was full of umbrella flowers, and a hundred Junker Lady hovered over Yanmen Pass, which was more crowded than before.

As soon as Yanmen Pass was overcome, it blocked the passage for rescue in the direction of Taiyuan. Datong and Shuozhou were locked in the door.

"Yaga! And what about our planes? The person who spoke was obviously angry, and everyone here knew that the surname of the plane could lag behind the vanguard.

"More than 80 planes from Taiyuan and Xinzhou met the planes of the vanguard army, and although the imperial pilots fought tenaciously, they were still defeated, losing 23 planes." Sure enough, the man reported the results. As for the number of enemies killed, he didn't say anything, and the single-digit number of enemies destroyed made him feel ashamed.

"The Zero fighter must be equipped as early as possible, and the Nakajima and Mitsubishi factories have begun production. Do you want the Army? ”

"Engines, landing gear. If we don't change these, we won't want it. "The equipment of the army and navy is always different, and in some places the direction of the screws is different. However, at this time, the sea and land planes were facing the pressure of the vanguard army at the same time, and some of their opinions were unified, but there were still differences.

Several parties continued to quarrel and play, and when it was close to dawn, new news came again, and Datong was conquered.

"They fight at night?" The crowd was amazed. In this era, night blindness caused by malnutrition made it impossible for many people to attack at night. However, the nutrition of the vanguard army is definitely not comparable to that of the general army, and although the weekly nutritious meal is a little less, it can ensure the normal replenishment of trace elements and vitamins.

The territory of the pioneer army is close to the sea, and there are more seafood to eat, and with the nutritional allocation of carrots, there are not many people suffering from night blindness. In addition, the searchlights of the twelve Havoc planes in the air illuminated the city of Chase Brightly. The thick searchlight armored glass was not afraid of the fire of the devil rifles, and once the machine guns fired, they would immediately be strangled by the fire net of 12 7.82 machine guns on the Havoc plane.

More than 10,000 people poured into Datong City together, and only three combat brigades remained in the third brigade at this time. They also did not expect that the vanguard army would start a large-scale attack at night, and they were caught off guard and retreated one after another. After a night of melee, the vanguard army initially grasped the situation in Datong.

At the same time, the tank unit was also assaulting overnight, and with Li Hong's brigade heading straight for Shuozhou. The Beitongpu line has just been built from Shuozhou to Datong in 37 years, and it is still 8 kilometers away from Datong. The devil later made up this section and opened it for operation, although it was a narrow gauge, but the vanguard army had found three narrow-gauge trains, and went directly along the railway towards Shuozhou.

Sun Liren led a brigade to continue to clear out the remnants of the enemy in Datong City, as well as the devils in the surrounding mining areas.

"It's been a day, and we have counted the cities, and my reinforcements have disappeared at all. The devil is too slow to react. Meng Xiang chuckled.

"Even if I want to send troops, he must have soldiers to send!"