It's just a base camp that is trying to raise reinforcements for the North China Front. At this time, the Chinese dispatch army, which had exhausted all the aviation divisions, tanks, anti-tank guns, 80 percent of the heavy artillery units, and almost all of the mobile forces, was no longer able to send any reinforcements to Okamura Ninji and Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro even if they tried their best to squeeze out some troops and reluctantly transferred four infantry brigades.

Unless the more fertile occupation zones in Central and East China are abandoned, there is really nothing that China can do to send troops at present. In order to be able to rescue the North China Front, which was currently in collapse, the dispatch army repeatedly asked the base camp to abandon Shanxi and withdraw the First Army to Hebei to participate in the war.

Despite this decision, the dispatch was reluctant. However, when the campaign reached this point, the headquarters of the dispatch army, which no longer had much confidence, could not but consider the worst. First, the Jizhong battlefield is in urgent need of reinforcements, and even if these two divisions arrive safely and smoothly in Jizhong, they may not be able to turn the tide of the war.

In such an unfavorable situation on the battlefield, if more reinforcements are invested, it is naturally more certain. Moreover, the Japanese army has always been a gambler, and they will not bow their heads easily if they do not lose all the capital in their hands. Under this kind of character, it is natural that on the battlefield, the more Han Xin soldiers, the better.

As for whether the capital will be lost, that's another matter. If we put in some more troops, maybe we can save the tide of the war? Anyway, the First Army is in a very bad situation now, and instead of running out of food and ammunition in the Shanxi battlefield, it is better to transfer to the Hebei battlefield and strengthen the strength of the Hebei battlefield.

Another one, I'm afraid it has something to do with the entire North China war situation. If the battle between Hebei and China is lost, the whole of Hebei will be lost. The First Army, which was already being attacked on three sides, will become a lone army hanging in the rear of the enemy, and won't it become a piece of meat that the Japanese army sends to the mouth of the Chinese army?

Rather than risk losing the entire First Army, die to save face. It is better to withdraw it to the Hebei battlefield and increase the number of troops invested in the central Hebei direction. Once the First Army was able to smoothly withdraw from Shanxi and leave the Taihang Mountains from the southeast of Shanxi, the communist army in the Hebei battlefield would be in a situation of being attacked by the enemy on its back.

At that time, the development of the entire war situation will be beneficial to the Japanese army. After weighing the pros and cons several times, the Chinese dispatch army finally chose to abandon Shanxi and withdraw the entire First Army to the Hebei battlefield. Although this decision was difficult, the current situation deteriorated so rapidly that Shunroku Hahata could not but carefully consider whether there was much point in the First Army staying in Shanxi.

After several studies by General Shunliu Hahata and the chief of staff, the First Army finally chose to withdraw most of the First Army from Shanxi under the condition of ensuring control of the Taiyuan and Zhengtai railways in order to contain the Shanxi Communist Army and the Chongqing Army and advance eastward. Just take into account the same difficult situation faced by the entire First Army. The command of the dispatch army in Nanjing even put forward a set of plans.

Similarly, the base camp of not too many reinforcements could be drawn, and finally lowered its head and approved the entire plan of the dispatch army. Ordered all units of the First Army stationed in Shanxi to abandon all control areas in Shanxi except for the Zhengtai Railway from Taiyuan to Shimen.

Including the various divisions and regiments stationed in Yuncheng and Jinnan, the whole army adopted alternate cover, forcibly broke away from the entanglement of the communist army in the Shanxi battlefield, withdrew to northern Henan and southern Hebei with all its might, and threw itself into the central Hebei battlefield after completing the rectification. As for the specific evacuation methods, the North China Front and the First Army will draw up their own plans.

All the expatriates in Shanxi were temporarily concentrated in Taiyuan and Yangquan. After the end of this battle, they will gradually withdraw to other directions. However, although the base camp agreed to Hata Shunroku's request, it also made a clear request, that is, Shanxi must not be handed over to the communist army, let alone the Central Army in Chongqing.

Received a secret order from the base camp, the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Sadachi Yoshimoto. While breathing a sigh of relief, he immediately dispatched a senior operational staff officer to secretly contact and negotiate with the Second Theater. The Second Theater should ensure the safe withdrawal of the First Army from Shanxi, and the First Army could transfer all the areas under its current control, except Taiyuan, to the Second Theater.

However, he also warned the king of Shanxi in the Second War Zone that after the First Army completed the contraction and withdrawal, except for Jinnan, only his Jin Sui army was allowed to be stationed in the rest of Shanxi, and the central army in Chongqing was not allowed to be stationed. At the same time, the Second War Zone must cooperate with the First Army's actions so that it can get rid of the endless entanglement of the Communist Army and complete the contraction and transfer of the whole army.

And to ensure that after the main force of the First Army withdrew from Shanxi, Taiyuan and Zhengtai Road would not be attacked in any way. As well as ensuring that the Zhengtai Railway would not be attacked after the main forces of the First Army withdrew from Shanxi. If the Central Army is allowed to be stationed in the Second Theater of Operations, the Japanese army will consider it a breach of contract and reserve the right to attack.

He regarded the army as his life, even though he had brought a large amount of equipment. But in order to preserve the little strength he has left, he still doesn't want to act in his heart. Right now, for Chongqing, he has repeatedly demanded that he counterattack the requirements of the southeast of Jin, and the king of Shanxi has a headache. For this pie falling from the sky, I was really ecstatic at first.

The Japanese army proposed to retreat on its own initiative and hand over the areas under its control in the southern, southwestern, and northern Jinxi areas to be returned to their own World War II zone. For him, it is naturally a great thing that he can restore his original territory without losing his strength. Although Taiyuan is still under its control, after all, most of the territory has been returned to its own hands.

This not only relieves himself of the pressure in the direction of Chongqing, but most importantly, he can also restore his own turf. And with the territory, he is now quite dilapidated, although the whole army still has the number of eight armies, but the strength of the Jin Sui army, which is already less than 120,000 people, also has a chance to restore strength. At least the replenishment of troops and funds no longer has to look at the face of the Chongqing side.

Since the fall of most of Shanxi, he was once a glorious Jin Sui army. It became an old lady for the New Year, and every year was not as good as a year. The main territory was lost, and only the Jin Sui army in the southwest corner of Jin remained. Although light weapons and ammunition rely on a batch of machinery and raw materials rushed out before the fall of Taiyuan, they can barely hold a part of themselves for the time being.

But it lost its main territory, as well as the Taiyuan Arsenal, which was once the largest arsenal in China. Troops, funds, and the main ammunition replenishment can only rely on Chongqing, which is not very reliable. Although Chongqing is not as powerful as the miscellaneous army without a backstage. But it's also intermittent, and the need has never been met.

The most important thing is whether people love to give it or not, and if they don't give it, they will stare at it without a trick. The Jin Sui army, which suffered heavy losses after several major battles, was never able to recover. It turned out that the country's best artillery also lost a sufficient supply of shells, and most of them became deaf ears.

As soon as the replenishment of soldiers and equipment was mentioned, the king of Shanxi was furious. The equipment promised by Chongqing for this battle was only a little more than halfway through. Some of the promised American equipment are completely non-existent, and they are all Italian products. The amount of ammunition replenishment was given only a third of what was promised, and the rest was delayed again and again. As for the replenishment of new recruits, no shadow has been seen so far.

At present, the two elites of the Central Army of the Eighth Theater have entered Jin, and one army has been stationed on the opposite side of the Fenglingdu Yellow River. However, after being stationed in the defense zone of the Second War Zone in the southwest of Shanxi, he did not take any action for a long time. Chongqing's approach made this scheming former king of Shanxi very wary.

The Central Army marched into its only territory, southwest Jin, and put on such a posture, is this from the battle, or from the war? At present, the strength of his Jin Sui army has been greatly damaged, coupled with the great disintegration of Chongqing. If the Central Army attacks itself, it will have no power to fight back.

At this time, the Japanese army put forward the proposal to retreat without a fight, which undoubtedly took advantage of his heart. If the Japanese army withdraws, hand over its original defense area to itself. Then he also has an excuse to prevent the follow-up troops of the Central Army from entering Jin. Shanxi is the territory of the second theater of operations, since the battle has not been fought. Then the Central Army of the Eighth Theater naturally has no excuse to stay on the territory of the Second Theater.

But let him be in the current Shanxi battlefield, except for the surroundings of Yuncheng, has been beaten into a pot of porridge. went to send troops deep into Changzhi in the southeast of Shanxi, as well as in the south of Jin and northern Jin, to escort the Japanese army to evacuate, so that he originally wanted to take advantage of the current battlefield situation in Shanxi, fish in troubled waters, and reap the benefits, but he was quite reluctant and cautious.

At present, the situation of the entire Shanxi battlefield is that the Japanese army is fighting fiercely with the Eighth Route Army around various strongholds in Shanxi and on both sides of various railway lines. The strength of the Japanese army in the Shanxi battlefield was divided by the units of the 18th Group Army, which had been redressed. At this time, to cooperate with the Japanese army to fight is undoubtedly a move to poke the hornet's nest.

Not only will the communist army not let itself go, but it will also find an excuse for Chongqing to solve itself. The supreme authority in Chongqing, the enemy in his eyes is not only the Japanese army and the communist army, but also a local powerful faction like himself. If the Central Army of the Eighth War Zone entered Jin, it would clean itself up in the name of traitors. At present, the Jin Sui army, which lacks major generals, has little room to fight back.

The most critical thing is to clash with the communist forces at this time. Even the most well-equipped communist army in the Northeast was entangled in the battlefield in Jizhong and could not be transferred westward. In Shanxi alone, the Communist army is also well-equipped. In the past, when they were poorly equipped and lacked guns and ammunition, their Jin Sui army was not an opponent. Now that people have changed their clothes, I'm afraid that I am not an opponent.

If you and the communist army lose both, and then the Japanese will default on the contract as fast as turning a book, what can you do with them? At that time, not only will his strength be damaged, but he will also give all parties the opportunity to completely stretch their hands into the only remaining territory in Shanxi. and also got a reputation for engaging in friction and cooperating with the Japanese army as a traitor.

The king of Shanxi, who was born in a pawnshop shop, pulled down the abacus beads, and felt that if he agreed to the conditions of the Japanese army, he was afraid that he would lose more than he gained, so he clearly refused the request to assist the First Army in evacuating. just promised that if the First Army withdrew from Shanxi, his Second World War Zone would definitely not fish in troubled waters at this time. Obviously, he didn't want to wade into this troubled water.

Not only refused the request of the First Army, but also in the name of the commander of the 2nd World War Zone. The Central Army, which ordered the Eighth Theater to enter Jin, immediately launched an attack on the enemy in Yuncheng. And he transferred two armies, taking advantage of the situation that the Shanxi battlefield has now become a pot of porridge, and constantly tried to the south of the Tongpu Railway.

But he also ordered his two henchmen to the commander that once the Japanese army blocked, it must not easily fight the enemy, and everything was to preserve the vitality of the Jin Sui army as the most important thing. At the same time, as much as possible, do not clash with the Shanxi communist army, and never set yourself on fire. The Central Army should use it, but it must be guarded against.

What he is thinking more about now is how to take advantage of the current situation on the battlefield in Shanxi. Including the situation after the Central Army joined, he could take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit. For him, it didn't matter who the Japanese army, the communist army, the Japanese army in Shanxi, and the Central Army in Jin eventually won the victory. But after such a big battle is fought, it is bound to be a lose-lose situation. I can just take the opportunity to restore the territory and supplement a certain strength.