If the Japanese want to restore their original production scale, they need not only to invest a lot of money and equipment, but also to rebuild the factory so that they can start all over again. Another batch of technicians had to be sent from the country, as well as all the workers needed for the factory.

Because they were sent to the Northwest Steelmaking Plant in Taiyuan, the technicians who tried to produce steel, along with all the Japanese scientific and technological personnel in the occupied factories in Taiyuan City, were also swept away by Yang Jicai. Of course, these technicians were not shot, but all of them were escorted to the Jinsui base area and transferred to the northeast.

Although these people are not used by themselves, they cannot be used until the Japanese army is defeated. But taking these people away can weaken the vitality of the Japanese. Although this point is not even a cocoon, let alone hurting the vitality of the Japanese. But in Yang Zhen's view, even if the Japanese have fewer soldiers to recruit, it is better than putting these people back.

Deciding the winner on the battlefield is just one way to defeat the opponent. Cutting down the capacity of its factories is a way to completely defeat its opponents. Although the Japanese have abundant human resources in terms of technology and technology at the moment, they don't care too much about such talents.

But the thousand-mile causeway was destroyed in an anthill. Even if you can't completely defeat the Japanese for a while, you just need a little bit of the bottom of the kettle and a little bit of patience to peel off the cocoon. The Japanese, who look like a sturdy edifice, will be completely crushed one day. And this point, Yang Zhen has always done everything.

As early as the first time when Yang Jicai led the team to intersperse Taiyuan, Yang Zhen gave him an order. All Japanese intellectuals in Taiyuan City must be arrested. Even if you catch a thousand by mistake, you must not miss one. As long as one is missed, he is the only one who asks. In particular, none of the technicians sent by the Japanese to the Northwest Steelmaking Works were allowed to stay.

It's just that in a short period of time, it is really impossible to distinguish between those Japanese intellectuals, those who are ordinary businessmen, or members of the underworld who have come to China to make a living. Yang Jicai, who didn't have the heart to identify at all, simply didn't do anything, and kept fighting, and all the Japanese in the city, as long as they didn't flee to the headquarters of the First Army, regardless of men and women, old and young. All that was left was arrested.

The eldest brother sued him for a salary, and Yang Jicai simply came to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. Yang Jicai took away not only the technicians sent by the Japanese army to various factories, but also the businessmen who took the opportunity to make war money with the army, and the ronins of the Black Dragon Society were also captured by him.

And Yang Jicai did so thoroughly in Taiyuan City that when he was leaving, even the roads around the headquarters of the First Army were completely blown up by him. After this battle, Taiyuan City was not able to recover for ten years. In the words of Yoshimoto Sadachi, the entire city of Taiyuan has been completely deindustrialized and turned into an authentic agricultural city.

If it were not for the fact that its strategic location was too important, it would no longer be able to continue as the headquarters of the First Army. It's just that under the condition that northern Jin has been lost, if Taiyuan gives up again, the whole of Shanxi will no longer be able to hold on. In particular, the Nantongpu and Baijin railways, which were still largely intact, were crucial to maintaining the Japanese army's situation in Shanxi.

After the war, the Japanese army only restored the two railways of North Tongpu and Zhengtai, which took a whole year. The bombers of the Anti-United Nations were not the 18th Group Army that did not even have explosives during the Battle of the Hundred Regiments. The entire bridge and tunnel on the Zhengtai Railway were almost completely blown up. Although the Duanjialing Tunnel, the longest tunnel on the Beitongpu Railway, has been preserved, several key railway bridges south of Shuo County have all been blown away.

Although the Japanese army invested a lot of strength and made several emergency repairs, the Zhengtai and Beitongpu railways were never able to restore their original operational capacity due to the uninterrupted air raids of the Anti-Japanese Union and the continuous large-scale sabotage operations in various base areas behind enemy lines in Shanxi.

Until the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi, under the persecution and siege of the Northern Jin Anti-Japanese Federation and the surrounding Guannei troops, finally withdrew from Taiyuan because it was unable to continue, and failed to regain the function of Taiyuan, a transportation hub in Shanxi Province. On the contrary, it became a big hole that the Japanese army was always dissatisfied with, swallowing up a large number of Japanese troops and new forces.

Although when Yang Jicai retreated, the Japanese troops around the battlefield knew that the enemy troops inside and outside Taiyuan City were going to retreat from a series of violent explosions inside and outside Taiyuan City. However, under the cover of the anti-coalition air force doing its best, and the passive defense has always been these days, but unexpectedly, when they were about to retreat, they continued to launch tactical counterattacks against the enemy, and they could only watch the enemy troops around Taiyuan City withdraw completely.

But no matter what means Yang Jicai took, he finally let the few remaining remnants of the front line of the Shuangta Temple in the south of the city be able to safely withdraw from the position and join the troops on the front line of Haojiagou. At this time, whether it was the defenders in the south of the city or on the front line of Haojiagou, after a short period of hard fighting, the two troops were added together, and there was only one battalion of troops left.

Fortunately, the air cover was effective, and the evacuation of the front-line troops of the Shuangta Temple was rapid, and Yang Jicai took certain measures in the south of the city. In addition, the original Haojiagou line was not the main direction of the Japanese army. Although both troops suffered heavy losses, they were fortunately withdrawn.

After the two armies converged, they immediately rushed to the first line of Scissors Bay to converge, and at this time, Su Yingqi, who had few available troops in his hands. After the two armies arrived, Su Yingqi did not dare to delay a little, and immediately used the few tanks left by Yang Jicai to break them, and under the cover of the artillery that had been transferred to the front line of Wohu Mountain, he adopted the tactics of fighting and withdrawing while fighting under the cover of the first line of Wohu Mountain, and withdrew to the front line of Wohu Mountain.

After arriving at Wohu Mountain, Su Yingqi, who knew that time was pressing, immediately took over the position of the Second Regiment of the Jinchaji Fourth Division. However, Su Yingqi's existing troops, even if they were deliberately left behind by the commander of the Eighth Division of Jin Sui, so that when necessary, they could only hold the position of the main peak of Wohu Mountain with the troops who were familiar with the terrain to break through with them.

Looking at the Second Regiment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Fourth Division, which was originally responsible for the front-line defense of Wohu Mountain, the old comrade-in-arms of his old comrade-in-arms during the Red Army period looked worried after seeing the only remaining troops around him. Su Yingqi stubbornly refused, but still did not accept the construction of the two companies he wanted to leave behind.

Seeing Su Yingqi's stubborn rejection of his own proposal, his old comrade-in-arms could only shake his head worriedly. With Su Yingqi's handover, his troops have no one to use the weapons. Taking advantage of the familiar terrain, under the cover of the last darkness in the night, the 32nd Division retreated through the gap in its deployment.

With the cover of night, coupled with the familiarity with the terrain, and the key attack direction of the 32nd Division was not on the line of Wohu Mountain. The wounded were taken away by Yang Jicai in advance, and there was basically no burden. Their retreat did not take much effort, and they easily got out.

After the troops of the Jin-Cha-Ji Fourth Division withdrew, Su Yingqi looked at the remaining half of the battalion of his reinforced regiment, plus the strength of the two companies of the Jinsui army, he did not put his troops on Wohu Mountain. Instead, they were deployed with the remaining five tanks on both sides of the pass leading to Huangzhai.

On the front line of Scissors Bay, two tanks with broken chassis but intact turrets were dismantled and placed on both sides of the pass. With such a small number of troops in his hands, he still has to hold on to all the trains involved in the retreat to the front line of Xiangyang, Su Yingqi really doesn't have much foundation in his heart.

Relying on such a small number of troops, not to mention holding the entire Huwo Mountain, it is a problem for him to be able to hold the main peak. After hesitation, in addition to a company carrying two 14mm machine guns to hold the main peak, Su Yingqi still placed the main forces in the direction of Wohu Mountain to Huangzhai and the pass of the North Tongpu Railway. The number of troops guarding the face is insufficient, and he can only find a way to defend the point.

After the rest of the troops were withdrawn, he had to face more than just the frontal 32nd Division. There is also a section of the 41st Division that has entered Taiyuan City at this moment and is pursuing to the north of the city. Although the mountain of Wohu Mountain is relatively steep, the overall mountain is not high. If his limited forces stick to Crouching Tiger Mountain, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold out for even half a day.

The point is that there is not much ammunition left in their own hands. Of the two cannon shells that Yang Jicai left him, there were only more than 20 rounds left. Although Yang Jicai promised to solve the 32nd Division that was pursuing behind him, and let him blow up the two cannons that did not have many shells if necessary.

But Su Yingqi couldn't think of anything that could be done by the guy who was always adventurous and always full of intrigue in his head. With so many Japanese troops around, they were alone behind the enemy, and they were carrying tanks and artillery, covering their safe retreat.

Su Yingqi was not worried about his own safety. These years of life in the rain of bullets have made him mentally prepared for a long time. Not only must you be prepared to sacrifice on the battlefield at any time, but you must also have the mentality of being defeated by your own people. Death has long been an inappropriate thing for him.

As early as when he received Yang Jicai's order to serve as the general cover for the general retreat of the whole army, Su Yingqi himself was ready to sacrifice here. It's not that he is afraid of death, but he feels sorry for the soldiers he brought who have been standing for a long time and are too tired, and the only bit of blood left in the regiment he brought is this.

What made him even more worried was that he had such a small amount of troops in his hands, in this place with a big palm. In the absence of depth and flank cover, how long can we hold out if we want to resist the attack of a Japanese division or regiment, even if the whole army is exhausted? During the period of time that they insisted, could the main force be safely withdrawn?

What only surprised Su Yingqi was that after he withdrew to the front line of Wohu Mountain, he did not receive the order to retreat on the whole line. It was as if the Japanese army had disappeared into thin air, and no attack was launched at all. Not only did they not launch an attack, but even Niutuo Village, the most important stronghold that controlled the entire Dongshan of Taiyuan, took the initiative to give up.

Despite the violent explosions around Taiyuan City, the direction of Niu Huozhai and the small kiln once again sounded the huge tremors that he had experienced on the Kangbao battlefield, plus the huge explosions. Su Yingqi also knew that this was the headquarters at any cost, weakening the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army and preparing for his own retreat.

But Su Yingqi still couldn't believe that the 32nd Division didn't even have a tentative attack. I can't figure out why there is a complete division and regiment, and although the casualties are not light in a few days, the 32nd Division, which still maintains a very complete combat effectiveness, actually hangs him on Crouching Tiger Mountain, which is close to Taiyuan City.

Just let him stay in Crouching Tiger Mountain for half a day, without any attack. Not to mention being blocked and attacked, not even a single shell was hit, so it was safe and sound, and without firing a shot, it withdrew from Wohu Mountain, which was only a dozen kilometers away from Taiyuan City.

After evacuating Wohu Mountain, Su Yingqi did not dare to delay, and took the forty-six Japanese trucks captured in Taiyuan City left by Yang Jicai, and under the cover of tanks, quickly retreated along the road to Shiling Pass. At this time, he didn't have the curiosity to study why the Japanese army didn't attack him. If you don't evacuate at this time, when will you evacuate?