The reason why Yuichiro Nagano focused his attack on these two armies, which had the lightest losses before and were also the two armies with the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness among all the Chinese armies involved in the battle around Yuncheng. The main reason is that in the offensive of Yuncheng in the previous two theaters, the actions in all aspects made him understand very clearly, who was the main force in this Yuncheng siege battle.

In the enemy forces around him, the Central Army of the Chinese government army was always the main force. Although the Jin Sui Army on the Eastern Front also invested a group army, the offensive could not be said to be passive, but it was quite inactive. Most of the time, it was just following behind the shrinking strength of the 37th Division and seizing the territory abandoned by the 37th Division.

Its entire combat operation was not so much an attack as an armed parade plus a follow-up. As long as the central army in the west and north is defeated, he can safely evacuate. Especially these two two armies that are the most complete on the battlefield around Yuncheng after the seven-day offensive and defensive battle of Yuncheng.

As for the unlucky 19th Army, it was only because the so-called position happened to be stuck on the route that the Japanese army had to retreat through, so it was selected by Yuichiro Nagano as a secondary target. Otherwise, Yuichiro Nagano, who had already seen all the troops participating in the battle in Chongqing and the entire situation of the counteroffensive in the Battle of Yuncheng, would not have been half interested in this army.

In fact, Lieutenant General Yuichiro Nagano also knew very well that in the previous seven days of offensive and defensive battles. If it weren't for the sluggish action and unfavorable coordination of the Jin Sui army that participated in the war, although there was a group army, it was never able to completely cut off the connection between Yuncheng and the Zhongtiao Mountains in southern Jin.

If it weren't for the slow movement of Jin Suijun, he didn't seize Zhangdian at the first time. It is impossible for the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade Regiment stationed in the Jinnan area to be stationed in Xia County, which is close to Zhangdian in one group army and two armies. got rid of the harassment and pursuit of the communist army behind him, and completely withdrew to Yuncheng, which strengthened the strength of the Yuncheng defenders.

Not only did he be able to shrink all the troops of Jinnan back to the periphery of Yuncheng at the first time, but he could concentrate his forces to hold Yuncheng. Under the siege of several elite central armies in the surrounding area, Yuncheng, which could not rely on one division, could not hold out until the arrival of reinforcements under the siege of the Chinese army in the surrounding area, whose weapons and equipment had increased significantly.

In addition, there are complete and strong fortifications around Yuncheng to rely on, as well as a large amount of ammunition and food stored in the city, plus a large number of poison gas bombs. This enabled the 37th Division to exert its firepower density as much as possible during the battle. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, a large number of poison gas shells can be fired at any cost to plug the gaps that have been opened.

According to the current situation of the Chinese army around itself, the firepower is no longer the same as it was at the beginning, and the overall situation of the air force that occupies absolute superiority is coordinated. With himself and the 37th Division, I am afraid that I will not even be able to leave the scum. Even so, its own 37th Division suffered casualties and losses of one-third in these seven days, and the 14th Independent Brigade lost nearly half of its troops.

In this case, although this Lieutenant General Yuichiro Nagano does not want to break the invisible tacit understanding with the Jin Suijun at the moment. But since the boss has decided that all the Japanese troops in Yuncheng should withdraw from Yuncheng and retreat to eastern Henan. Then this army that followed behind the butt of the 14th Independent Brigade and took advantage of a lot.

But because of the relationship between the current station, whether he wants to or not, he must be the first target he wants to defeat. Only by defeating this army can it deter its other forces deployed in the direction of Xia County. When the Japanese army in Yuncheng withdrew eastward, they did not dare to go south to make any interceptions, so as to ensure that all the Japanese troops in Yuncheng could be evacuated safely.

Although against the Central Army, Lieutenant General Yuichiro Nagano showed most of his strength. He already knows the overall strength of the Jin Sui Army and the mentality on the battlefield. To deal with this army, which currently has the establishment of one army and three divisions, Lieutenant General Yuichiro Nagano only sent a detachment-sized force.

Although the 19th Army has three divisions, it is the most complete army in the Second World War Zone at present. However, due to the total number of troops of the entire Jin Sui army, the total strength of the army is only more than 10,000 people. It is also the weakest army of all the troops participating in the battle on the battlefield around Yuncheng.

The army is currently deployed on the front line of Zhangdian, but its position is quite critical. To the north to Xia County, to the south can enter the Yellow River crossing. To the east, you can control the depth of Zhongtiao Mountain, and to the west, you can overlook Yuncheng and Nantongpu Railway, and curb the Yuncheng-Hengqu Highway. Although it is only a town, its position is quite important in the current situation in the entire southwest of Jinxi.

Lieutenant General Yuichiro Nagano was anxious to open a retreat to the east and to deter the Chinese army north of Zhangdian. Because of the importance of the garrison position, this army is honored to be on the list together with the two most elite corps of the Central Army. This result was something that the king of Shanxi, who had carefully calculated at the beginning, did not expect at all.

Originally, when the battle was launched, the king of Shanxi calculated very clearly. Chongqing is eager to win a battle and recover one or several relatively important cities in order to block the pressure of public opinion at home and abroad. Let the Central Army transferred from the Eighth War Zone and the Sichuan Army transferred from the First War Zone charge forward in front.

And his own Jin Sui army was placed in the area of advance and retreat, so that once the situation was unfavorable, he could quickly retreat to Xia County. After all, since the fall of most areas of Shanxi, the Jin Sui army, which has lost its arsenal and most of its financial resources, food resources, and military resources, is no longer what it used to be.

All militaries generally have a characteristic that the entire Chinese civil service system should strive to learn after a few decades, that is, it is quite slim. There are 3,000 or 4,000 divisions and 10,000 soldiers, and the whole army and the troops directly under it are only 120,000. It seems that there are four group armies and eight armies, but the actual situation is self-aware.

Even if you add the 30,000 recruits that Chongqing gave unprecedented replenishment before the war, as well as some weapons and equipment. It's just a re-enrichment of the original few shelf divisions with more officers and fewer soldiers. It is still far from his Jin Sui army recovering to its pre-war vitality.

lacks confidence, and has always distrusted his old opponent in Chongqing, the king of Shanxi. That is, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of this battle to restore the territory as much as possible in order to restore the vitality of his Jin Sui army. But he was afraid that his old opponent would borrow a knife to kill people in this battle, and directly solve his Jin Sui army. In the course of action, he has always looked ahead and avoided the important and trivial, and it can even be said that it is quite grinding.

When the 14th Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was stationed in the Zhongtiao Mountains controlled by Jinnan, quickly withdrew westward towards Yuncheng. In order to preserve strength, one of his armies and two armies together with two artillery regiments directly under him had an army of 30,000. Facing only a few thousand people and no heavy weapons, the 14th Independent Brigade was just north of Xia County and watched without any movement. It was only after the brigade withdrew into Yuncheng that it followed behind unhurriedly and seized Xia County and Zhangdian.

However, in order to cope with the pressure from Chongqing, after the withdrawal of the 14th Independent Brigade, he put the 19th Army, which is currently the most complete combat effectiveness in the Second World War Zone, to Zhangdian, the second-line area of the Yuncheng battlefield. There was no way that the lion opened his mouth at the beginning, and he asked for so many equipment and supplementary soldiers at once, so he couldn't go out without any strength.

Although the equipment given is all Chinese-made Hanyang-made rifles, imitation Czech light machine guns and Type 24 heavy machine guns. But aren't the weapons and equipment you want also replenished to you? At least the weapons and equipment of your Jin Sui army are not excellent, but at least they are sufficient in quantity.

Chongqing gave 12,000 Hanyang-made rifles, 1,000 light machine guns and 200 heavy machine guns, as well as 90 mortars and 5 million rounds of ammunition. You must know that last year's production of rifles in Chongqing was only more than 70,000 units, and the total number of light machine guns was only 9,000.

Under the situation that US aid has not been in place for a long time, domestic weapons and the weapons made in Italy before have to be replenished, the losses of last year's battle have to be replenished, and new troops have been expanded, and the base of the treasury has never been abundant. Turning over one-seventh of the output at once is a rare big deal. Although they are all made in China, in addition to the poor quality, the performance is not worse than that of American machinery.

Although some of the light machine guns are French-made Hatch Chase M 1922 light machine guns that I don't know where the bottom of the warehouse was turned out, and the Cheerari light machine guns, which have long been discontinued. But fortunately, the people have basically met the numbers you put forward at the beginning. Not only did it meet the required quantity, but it also gave eight German-made 37 anti-aircraft guns and more than 20 Japanese-made anti-aircraft machine guns.

You must know that this amount is the first time since the July 7 Incident that Chongqing has replenished the miscellaneous army. Even the 33rd Group Army, which had the highest combat effectiveness among the miscellaneous armies, worked the hardest in the battle, and even the commander-in-chief of the group army was killed in battle. No matter how great the losses were, this amount was never replenished.

This king of Shanxi also knows that it is basically impossible to take so many weapons and equipment, and not do anything at all, just watch the excitement over there. Don't be a person who doesn't know your World War II zone, there are still a lot of stocks in Shaanxi. The part of the Taiyuan Arsenal that moved west can also manufacture a part of the weapons every year. This time, the lion opened his mouth and people endured it, but he had some strength.

If you really provoke the one in Chongqing, the Japanese may not be able to defeat it, but it is still no problem to clean up the only 100,000 people left in your World War II zone. If nothing else, you will be stripped of the source of your military salary, and all your current sources of funding will be broken up if you can only rely on the Jin Sui army in Chongqing. If you don't have money, you don't gather troops, and if you don't have money, who will work for you?

The most important thing is that the king of Shanxi also knows that his current Jin Sui army has long been the Jin Sui army that was dead to himself during the Central Plains War, and the current Jin Sui army has been infiltrated by Chongqing very much. If there is really a conflict with the Central Army, I am afraid that it will not be possible to mobilize half of the eight armies under his command, and he will already be able to steal the fun.

So this abacus is still a very good king of Shanxi, although in this battle, most of the time has been playing soy sauce. He also gritted his teeth and put the 19th Army, which is currently the most complete equipment, and the only one in the entire Jin Sui Army, which was equipped with the Hanyang-made ammunition army transferred from Chongqing from the original Jin-made 38-type rifles. It was placed on the front line of Zhangdian and was responsible for cutting off the route of reinforcements of the Japanese army east of Yuncheng.

But I thought that there was a central army in front of me, although this 19th Army was a bit of a lonely force. But after all, it is deployed in the second line. Even if the Japanese counterattacked, the first wave of blows would not fall on the head of this army. Even if the Central Army in front was defeated, this army could retreat under the cover of another army deployed in Xia County.

The deployment of both ends of this first rat made the king of Shanxi quite proud. It not only satisfies Chongqing's needs, but also ensures the safety of its own troops. At the same time, it also cut off the communist army in the southeast of Jin, and peeped into the southwest and south of Jin. After the battle, he can restore firm control over the entire southwest of Shanxi, especially Yuncheng, a wealthy land.