Chapter Seventy-One: The Sorrowful Japanese Army

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Shanxi, Taiyuan.

The little devil Central China Front First Army Headquarters, Commander Kazuki Kiyoji walked around the office restlessly, two hours ago, he ordered Taiyuan Airport to reinforce Xinkou, bomb the Chinese army, and blow up the large-caliber howitzer group of the Chinese army.

It's been two hours, and no news has come, and as time goes by, the uneasiness in Kazuki Kiyoji's heart is getting stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, the chief of staff of the first army of the little devil walked in with an ugly face, and seeing the expression of the chief of staff, Kazuki Kiyoji chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly asked eagerly: "Your Excellency the chief of staff, is there any new news?" ”

"Hey, I'm about to report to Your Excellency the Commander." The chief of staff of the little devil sorted out his thoughts for a moment and continued: "Taiyuan Airport just called, two hours ago from Taiyuan Airport, went to reinforce Xinkou's eighteen fighters and thirty-two bombers, basically shattered, only six bombers came back, and the rest of the planes were all shot down by the Chinese army. ”

"In addition, the Xinkou side has just called, starting at eight o'clock in the morning, the large-caliber howitzer group of the Eighth Route Army carried out a full two-hour artillery bombardment of the Xinkou position, pouring more than 10,000 shells, and the two divisions stationed in Xinkou suffered nearly half of the casualties, including more than 12,000 imperial warriors."

Listening to the report of the chief of staff, Kazuki Kiyoji's face turned pale, he didn't expect that the casualties of the troops would be so large, it seems that he can't bear such a big responsibility this time, and it won't be long before he will return to serve in the domestic reserves, Kazuki Kiyoji thought.

Seeing that His Excellency the Commander looked dejected, the Chief of Staff said cautiously: "Your Excellency the Commander, what should I do about Xinkou?" In the event that the Eighth Route Army launches an attack, the remaining 20,000 imperial warriors may not be able to hold it. ”

"Send another brigade from Taiyuan to reinforce Xinkou, and at the same time report the situation to His Excellency Commander Okamura Ningji." ……

Xinkou, the position of the Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Yunfei was also immersed in joy, not only Zhang Yunfei, but all the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were immersed in joy, especially a large number of recruits, most of them were excited and happy to witness such a spectacular battle scene today.

The fierce and mighty artillery bombardment caused heavy casualties to the position of the little devils on the opposite side, and the spectacular anti-aircraft artillery fire also opened everyone's eyes, especially the enemy planes that were blown up in the air one after another, which greatly increased their knowledge and opened their eyes.

Wang Haiyang, the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade next to him, saw that the division commander was in a good mood, and suggested: "Division commander, the little devils on the opposite side have been disabled by us, let me lead the soldiers to rush up and break through the little devils on the opposite side." ”

After listening to Wang Haiyang's suggestion, Zhang Yunfei walked back and forth a few steps, thought about it carefully, and suddenly said to Wang Haiyang:

"Gather the troops and return to Datong."

What the? , Returning to Datong, Wang Haiyang thought that he had misheard, and his face was full of astonishment and puzzlement, but when he saw the division commander turn around and walk backwards, Wang Haiyang knew that this was the division commander's order.

Zhang Yunfei's order is a holy decree in the 136th Division, and everyone must carry it out unconditionally.

Wang Haiyang immediately shouted loudly: "Gather the troops and return to Datong." After speaking, he immediately trotted a few steps and followed Zhang Yunfei.

Zhang Yunfei is not in a hurry to attack Xinkou today, he has his own ideas and reasons.

At present, although the little devil's Xinkou position has been badly beaten by its own artillery, with almost half of the casualties, there are at least nearly 30,000 little devils.

If his own troops attack, they will become imps to defend and their own troops will attack the fortifications, so the casualties will be relatively large, and this kind of practice of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 self-damage, Zhang Yunfei will not do it.

At present, the artillery brigade used as heavy fire support has run out of shells, and it cannot provide artillery support, and it is more difficult to fight with the little devils.

Besides, the purpose of sending troops south this time is to train troops, and after a few days of fighting, the purpose of training troops has been achieved, and the shelling just now has also killed so many little devils, and the revenge of the people of Shuozhou can be regarded as revenge.

In view of these, Zhang Yunfei suppressed his heart, attacked Xinkou, and recovered Taiyuan's tempting idea, and decisively issued an order to gather troops and return to Datong......

The little devil is in the mouth of the position.

The temporary headquarters of the little devils, a gloomy cloud, supported their own air force, was actually defeated by the Chinese army, more than 50 planes, in the end only a few planes flew back, the entire Taiyuan airport was less than 70 planes, this battle, more than two-thirds of the total number of planes in Taiyuan airport was destroyed.

At present, most of the planes are used in the Battle of Wuhan, and there will be no planes to replenish the Taiyuan Airport in a short period of time, and before the end of the Battle of Wuhan, the Air Force of the Shanxi Army will only have more than a dozen or twenty planes left.

The losses of the troops have been counted just now, and in the two hours of heavy artillery bombardment of the Chinese army, nearly one-third of the warriors of the imperial army were shattered, and if the Eighth Route Army launched another attack, it was really not sure that it would be able to hold this broken position.

The two divisions of the little devil sat at the top of the wide conference table, without saying a word, with gloomy faces, and the captains of several brigades next to them also had faces like ink and were very ugly.

The senior commanders of the little devil had been discussing for more than half an hour, and they had been helpless about how to deal with the possible attack of the Eighth Route Army in the future, and the scene cooled down.

Suddenly, a devil Dazuo pushed the door and broke in, and was about to open his mouth to report, when the brigade commander of a little devil was furious at the uninvited guest who broke in, and reprimanded loudly, "Baga."

The little devil Dazuo was so frightened that he hurriedly stood upright, and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, the Eighth Route on the opposite side has begun to retreat." ”

"Oh, it's really retreating." One of the little devils stood up in a gaffe, looking incredulous.

The rest of the little devil officers, without waiting for the order of the division commander, all walked out of the headquarters quickly, came to the outside of the headquarters, and picked up their binoculars one after another to observe the position of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.

Seeing that it was really as the little devil Dazuo said just now, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was retreating in an orderly manner.

Seeing this scene, the little devil officers let out a long sigh, the Eighth Route Army finally retreated, and the Xinkou position was finally preserved.

Zhang Yunfei Chen soldiers were tens of thousands, and the pressure on the little devils was so great, seeing that the pressure was suddenly lifted, several junior officers of the little devils even knelt on the ground weakly, crying with joy.

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