Chapter 19: Evacuation

The news of Taiyuan's recovery was finally learned by the Japanese army two days later, the news was revealed by the Jin Sui army, the anti-Japanese armed forces that were active in Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong provinces like locusts crossing the border cut off the Japanese army's telephone lines and highways everywhere, and all the radio stations in Taiyuan City were firmly controlled by Thunder, and the Japanese army only guessed that there was something wrong with Taiyuan, but they did not expect that Taiyuan had been taken by Thunder, and this news was obtained from the radio in the national control area.

Thunder is about to withdraw from Taiyuan City, the Jin Sui Army and the National Army both want to get control of Taiyuan City, Yan Xishan, who has been entrenched in Shanxi for many years, naturally can't sit idly by and watch Shanxi fall into the hands of the National Army. After the Japanese army learned of this news, it would definitely dispatch troops to counterattack, and the troops of the national army around Taiyuan were not as many as the Jin Sui army, even if Taiyuan and the Japanese army were engaged in offensive and defensive battles, the Jin Sui army would definitely occupy the lead, and Yan Xishan would have more bargaining chips with the national government.

Most of the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi was blocked by the troops arranged in Jinzhong by Thunder in the southern Jinnan area, where there were still more than 100,000 national troops confronting them, Yan Xishan was not worried about them, as long as they blocked the Japanese troops from Hebei and Shandong, Taiyuan City would be considered to have fallen into the hands of the Jin Sui army. "What? Zhao Zhi withdrew the troops deployed in Shimen Township? Yan Xishan's good mood was disrupted by the information he had just learned, he knew that Thunder would withdraw the troops blocking the Japanese army, but he didn't expect Thunder's movements to be so fast, the Jin Sui army troops sent to take over the defense were not yet in place, if so, the Japanese army from Hebei would go straight to Taiyuan.

"How long will it take for our troops to reach Shimen Township?" Thunder's comprehensive withdrawal of troops has become a fact, Yan Xishan does not want to continue to entangle with Thunder on this issue, Zhao Zhi is just a hairy boy with Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan will not lower his price to discuss with Zhao Zhi. The situation of the Anti-Japanese War in the whole country is very good, Yan Xishan feels that it is time for the Jin Sui army to make a move, and the defense of Taiyuan City is the first battle of the Jin Sui army, Yan Xishan hopes that Shanxi can return to the control of the Jin Sui army.

The answer given by the staff officer did not satisfy Yan Xishan, the troops assigned to Shimen Township were still on the road at this time, and there was still almost a day's journey from Shimen Township, and the information obtained by the people of the Jin Sui Army from the military commander showed that the Japanese army in Shijiazhuang had also sent reinforcements, and they were also only a day's journey away from Shimen Township, and now it was up to the Jin Sui Army to send a blocking force or the Japanese army who would be faster.

The reaction of the Jin Sui army made Chiang Kai-shek in the villa on the south bank thunderous, because of the withdrawal of thunder, the national army was also mobilizing troops to rush to Taiyuan, but now the Japanese army has reacted, the military commander's intelligence shows that they have sent reinforcements from Shijiazhuang, according to the current speed, the Japanese army should arrive before the national army reinforcements rush to Taiyuan. At present, there are only two regiments of the Jin Sui Army, two regiments of the National Army and one regiment of the Eighth Route Army on the periphery of Taiyuan City, with a total number of less than 6,000 people.

"Niang Xipi, he Yan Baichuan is digging his own grave, and if the situation that Boyuan has worked so hard to fight is not good, he will lose it" Chiang Kai-shek has received information that the Japanese puppet army troops in southern Jinnan have begun to break through the defense line of the national army and are preparing to return to Jinzhong. The Nationalist troops in Zhongtiao Mountain only formed a confrontation with the Japanese puppet army, and the actual casualties caused to them were not large, and the Japanese army was fully capable of returning to aid Jinzhong after defeating the Nationalist army, because the troops arranged in Jinzhong by Thunder had withdrawn to Zhangwu County.

"Ask the Ministry of Military Affairs to send people to the office of the Eighth Route Army, and ask the CCP to immediately dispatch troops to aid Taiyuan" Most of the troops of the national army in Shanxi were in the struggle with the Japanese army, and the 30,000 elites trained by Zhao Zhi went to Baotou again, Chiang Kai-shek really could not draw more troops to enter Shanxi to help in a period of time, at present, only the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi has this strength, between the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army, Chiang Kai-shek seems to believe more in the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.

"Can't you let Boyuan stick to Taiyuan City? Why don't I send a telegram to Boyuan and try it" Looking at Chiang Kai-shek's hands trembling with rage, Song Meiling asked with some concern. Since neither the Jin Sui army nor the national army can be counted on at present, why not try to persuade Zhao Zhi to stay in Shanxi, as long as the Thunder troops are still in Shanxi, the Nationalist Government will not have to worry about the Taiyuan problem at all, and even the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi will be wiped out by the Thunder, which is a great opportunity for the entire War of Resistance.

"Impossible" Chiang Kai-shek held his forehead with some annoyance, "Boyuan is a nostalgic person, but he is also responsible for his soldiers, during the night battle in Taiyuan, the Jin Sui Army, the Eighth Route Army and our troops passively avoided the battle in order to reduce casualties, causing more than 4,000 casualties under Boyuan's men overnight. You have to know that Boyuan fought Zhangwu County three times, and there were no such big casualties in the annihilation of an entire Japanese army, Boyuan was heartbroken, and you expect him to be stationed in Taiyuan City, I think it's unlikely."

"Let's give it a try, maybe Boyuan will change his mind," Song Meiling was a little stubborn, still trying to persuade Zhao Zhineng to change his mind. The situation of the Anti-Japanese War is getting worse day by day, the Nationalist Government and Chiang Kai-shek are under too much pressure, China needs a victory, a big victory that can awaken the masses, and Taiyuan, which has been recovered, has no intention of being a good opportunity. After the Jin Suijun revealed the news of the recovery of Taiyuan, as long as Zhao Zhi, who represented the Nationalist Government, could hold Taiyuan, he would bring praise to Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Government both domestically and internationally.

Under Song Meiling's repeated requests, Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to her sending a telegram to Zhao Zhi, but unfortunately when Song Meiling sent the telegram, Zhao Zhi's people with thunder had fully withdrawn from Taiyuan City, and the entire city defense of Taiyuan had been handed over to the troops of the Jin Sui Army and the National Army. "Don't pay attention to them, tell our people not to entangle with them, as long as you dare to step on the cordon, shoot them directly, and I will be responsible if something goes wrong" Looking at the Jin Sui army troops who rushed to the airport from the city, Zhao Zhi chose to ignore it directly, where would there be a good face to show them.

The planes that took off and landed in the airport from time to time made the people of Jin Suijun a little dumbfounded, it was not that they had never seen planes, but it was the first time they had seen such a large-scale take-off and landing plane. In order to ensure that the personnel and materials are transported back to Zhangwu County and Xi'an smoothly and quickly, Zhao Zhi mobilized almost all the transport planes of Thunder to come to Taiyuan Airport, and the materials that were shelved on the airport runway have been almost transferred, and only Zhao Zhihe and the 100 mercenaries who finally evacuated Taiyuan are left, and he is waiting for Tang Lei and them who have withdrawn from Shimen Township.

The Jin Suijun who came from the city was nothing else, Ye Kong's looting in Taiyuan City was too clean, and the traitors' homes that helped the Japanese or had taken refuge with the Japanese were all raided, leaving only some worthless items and shaved traitor family members to the Jin Suijun. The night attack on Taiyuan City, although the Jin Sui army said that it was not contributive, but there were always casualties, so many people were killed and wounded, but there was no benefit, how could the Jin Sui army be willing, this is not directly chased to the airport to find the back account, want to get some benefits from Zhao Zhi's hands and go back to follow Zhao Zhi after the mercenaries don't care about these, they only listen to Zhao Zhi's command from the first day they beat Japan with guns. The red paint draws two cordons outside the airport gate, and when the first line is crossed, the mercenary who acts as a guard will verbally warn and open the safety bullets of the weapon to load, and if they dare to cross the second cordon, all that awaits them is bullets. The red paint cordon is extremely eye-catching, and it looks like a blood line spurted from the cavity after the murderer is killed, plus the mercenaries who have already been loaded with bullets and are waiting for the battle, after the Jin Suijun who came to the airport with pink eye went around, he returned to Taiyuan City in a gray way.

"Didn't we get all the trucks from the city to the airport? Where did these guys get their trucks? Ye Kong, who was leaning on the sandbag, looked at the trucks that walked away with some puzzlement, and there was a trace of remorse in his tone. In addition to the wounded, supplies, and all sorts of people looted from the city of Taiyuan, only a few were able to return to Zhangwu County by plane, and almost more than 10,000 Jewish soldiers went to Luliang by trucks, mules, horses, carts, and motorcycles, and after they joined Willis, they would travel southeast to Zhangwu County.

If you can get more transportation, those brothers who evacuated early will suffer less, Ye Kong blamed himself for the few trucks that slipped through the net. "Fool, the Jin Sui Army can't fight the Japanese army, but it doesn't mean that they are all hillbillies, the Jin Sui Army is also a very valuable guy, and the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is not as good as the Jin Sui Army" Zhao Zhi smiled and threw a pack of cigarettes to Ye Kong, "That truck is the Jin Sui Army's own, why should it be handed over to us, I think you can now go to Yao Lao Lu to partner as a bandit, you can't pull out your eyes when you see anything"

Ignoring Zhao Zhi's jokes, Ye Kong tore open the cigarette box and popped out a cigarette on his mouth and began to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog, when he first met Zhao Zhi, Ye Kong was a non-smoker or drinker, and he had been with the mercenaries for a long time, and now Ye Kong is completely a veteran ruffian, smoking and drinking, Zhao Zhi said a few times and saw that it had no effect, so he simply stopped caring about him smoking and drinking. "Yao Laoyu? Yao Lao Yu will be busy playing prestige as the leader of his Green Forest Alliance, he is now an anti-log warrior, if you know that Mr. You are talking about him behind your back He is a bandit, be careful that he comes to you to theorize" Ye Kong teased Zhao Zhi nonchalantly.

"Okay, don't be poor, Tang Lei, their striker is here" The lookout post on the top of the airport tower sounded a signal flag, and a yellow dragon also appeared in Zhao Zhi's binoculars, Zhao Zhi knew that it was the dust dragged by the tail of the truck in the fast movement, "Move the barricades and let them in" Zhao Zhi and Ye Kong strode over, especially Ye Kong hadn't seen Tang Lei for many days.