The county and district armies are even worse equipped. Even the Jin rifle is not many. There are even some Jinzao submachine guns that are equipped with only a few dozen rounds of ammunition and have no place to replenish them when they run out. In order to prepare for this battle, the Jinsui Military Region incorporated better equipment into the main force. Plus the reasons for training, except for some harassment and guerrilla warfare. Let these poorly equipped and poorly trained counties, districts, and local armed forces fight this kind of tough battle, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it.

This time, the Jinsui Military Region, which had been instructed by the central authorities, attached great importance to the rescue operation in cooperation with the Anti-Japanese Federation. However, under the circumstance that the main force could no longer be withdrawn, only four independent battalions could be concentrated, plus a part of the county and district armies. Under the supervision of the boss who personally commanded Xingxian County, the acting commander gritted his teeth and transferred another main force regiment plus two battalions of the Fourth Column of Decisive Death.

With so many troops being transferred, there is now only one main force left in the entire northwest of Shanxi, and in fact, the entire northwest region of Shanxi is now wide open. If the Jin Sui army, which has now entered Fangshan County, continues to move north, the southern gate of the entire northwest of Jin will hardly have any troops to defend except for a main regiment that stayed in Xingxian.

Although there were still a few small regiments in the hands of the Jin-Cha-Ji No. 2 and No. 4 Divisions on the east side of the Tongpu Railway, they were basically unable to cooperate with the operation because they did not have a direct contact password and did not know exactly where the sub-division headquarters was currently operating. Not to mention the Jinsui Military Region, even their direct superior, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, cannot find the headquarters of this military sub-region there.

Although there was only one road apart, the scale of the Japanese army's sweep of the southeast and northeast of Jin last year was far greater than that of Jin Sui. In particular, the Beiyue District in the northeast of Shanxi, as well as the Jin-Cha-Ji Fourth Division, which was active in this area, and the Second Division to the north of it, bore the brunt of the Japanese army's sweep of the northeastern Jin.

In the brutal sweep of the Japanese army, the troops were reduced to a single activity. In addition, the radio station of the second division was damaged, and their immediate superiors could not contact them for a while. However, before returning from the front line this time, the commander of the 8th Division sent people to the west of Lingjing between Shouyang and Dingxiang, and although he did not find the headquarters of the 2nd and 4th Divisions, he did find a regiment of the 2nd Division operating in this area.

This hot-tempered old man, regardless of whether the regiment commander was willing or not, or whether there was an order from his superiors, directly brought them back to the west of Tongpu Road, and is currently stationed with the Jiaocheng Independent Battalion of the Eighth Division. If it weren't for the fact that the head of the regiment was also a bold guy, plus there was a written order from the boss, he might not have been able to bring it back.

However, after talking about the current difficulties of the Jinsui Military Region, including the acting commander of the Jinsui Military Region, everyone's eyes turned to the six 76-mm cannons brought by Yang Jicai and a tank battalion. It means that these two counties can't be beaten, it depends on the power of such a big guy of yours.

Yang Jicai received the gazes of several people, but he shook his head in his heart. It turned out that his plan was to concentrate the forces of the Jinsui Military Region and launch an attack on Jingle and Lanxian, attract the attention of the Japanese army, and cover his roundabout detachment to stealthily penetrate directly into Taiyuan. But now, that hope is basically impossible.

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Jicai pointed to the map and said with a wry smile: "Several leaders, it's not that I don't want to contribute. There is no problem for me to cooperate with you in attacking these two counties, but this fight, with tanks and trucks, will definitely alarm the Japanese army. And Jingle is not far from Taiyuan in a straight line, once we appear in Jingle, the ghost knows that our next target may be Taiyuan. ”

In this way, there is no problem with the two counties. But what about the tasks assigned to us by the central government? Once the surrounding Japanese army quickly reinforces Taiyuan, will we do this with such a small number of troops? In this rescue operation, I think it should be mainly a surprise attack, supplemented by a strong attack. ”

"How can those captured comrades in Taiyuan City be rescued? Tanks can't climb the walls, and I only have a reinforced regiment of infantry in my hands. Once the tactical attempt is exposed, with the usual speed of action of the Japanese army, not only will I not be able to accomplish this task, but it will be easy for us to get into it. ”

"My opinion is to concentrate the county and district armaments and an artillery company to besiege Lanxian, so that the Japanese army in Jingle is bound to come to the rescue. We concentrated part of the main force to set up an ambush between Lanxian and Jingle and hit them in an ambush. In the midst of the movement, destroy this Japanese army. At the same time, we were covered in a roundabout way and interspersed with detachments, and advanced covertly towards Taiyuan. ”

"In this kind of battle, the leaders are experts, and I don't need to say much about how to fight. But I think the best way to fight this rescue battle is to advance as covertly as possible, and get out of it as soon as you hit it. Absolutely do not fight to the death with the Japanese puppet army, let alone entangle with it. If taking these two counties would expose our true intentions, then my opinion is to give it up for the time being. ”

"If we can come back intact, I will cooperate with the leaders to take these two counties when we return. But until then, if it affects the course of the battle, my opinion should be abandoned, and we must not forget our main task this time. ”

"However, I built yì, and it is best that these two county towns can be started at the same time as the Battle of Taiyuan, so as to distract the Japanese army from Taiyuan. If it really doesn't work, we can adopt the tactics of siege and temporarily encircle the Japanese troops in the two counties. The county and district armed forces and the local militia are not good at fighting tough battles, and I think there is no problem in fighting this kind of siege war. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Jicai pointed to the tanks and cars behind him, and said to the commander of the Eighth Division: "Chief, I want to ask, in addition to the highway between Lanxian and Jingle, is there any road in Guanshui Mountain that can be passed by my big guys?" Tanks are okay, the main thing is cars. ”

"Our captured comrades have been held in Japanese concentration camps for so long. Although he was not killed, his body must have been extremely weak. Even if I could rescue them, it would have been extremely slow. Without these trucks, I wouldn't have been able to evacuate them quickly. ”

Yang Jicai's question, who has been active in the area west of Taiyuan for a long time, can be said to know the terrain in this area well, and even does not need to look at the map to fight, the commander of the Eighth Division pondered for a long time, but shook his head and said: "With such a large number of trucks, I am afraid that there is no other way than to take the road." ”

"When the little devils were sweeping, most of the troops were infantry, and the number of motorized infantry transported by trucks was not very large. Dozens of trucks were dispatched at each sweep, which is about the same. And they all relied on roads to march, and when they entered the mountains to fight, they were all infantry. ”

"Even if there are a few tanks dispatched, the number is only a dozen. However, the little devil's tanks are much smaller than yours, and many of them only have machine guns and no artillery on them. Oh, and their trucks aren't as big as yours. Good guys, your truck is much bigger than the little devil's 94 truck. ”

"If you want to make a quick assault, you can only take Lanxian and Jingle Highway. After arriving in Jingle, you can choose to go north to Xinxian, Gaocun, and Huangzhai to the suburbs of Taiyuan. Either go south through Hujiazhuang, Loufang, Leijiazhuang, Gujiao, Baijiazhuang, and go straight to the line of Taiyuan Xishan. If you want to walk through the mountains, you big guys will probably have a hard time. ”

"Although the Guanshui Mountain is not high, it is quite steep. There are valleys to traverse, but trucks are probably enough. And even if you want to go through the mountains, you are bound to cross the two highways from Lanxian to Fangshan and Jingle to Gujiao. With so many tanks and cars, your whereabouts will be revealed. ”

"Rather than wasting time over the mountains and mountains, it is better to take advantage of the mobility of your cars and tanks, not to fight with the Japanese troops along the way, and to penetrate the western suburbs of Taiyuan at the maximum speed. I heard that your tank can run more than 50 kilometers in an hour. Coupled with the speed of the car, I think we should be able to reach Taiyuan before the Japanese react. ”

"Captain Yang, I feel like it's better for us to use the road. Although there are a large number of Japanese strongholds along the way, you can force your way through them under the cover of tanks. The number of Japanese troops in these strongholds is not large now, and most of them are mainly puppet troops, which do not pose much threat to your actions. ”

Yang Jicai thought for a long time before he raised his head and said to the acting commander: "Chief, I see it this way. You mobilized a part of the county and district to take the method of encircling Lanxian and Jingle without fighting, and trapped them first. Concentrate a part of the basic forces, set up an ambush between the two counties, and pull out the Japanese stronghold on the road from Jingle to Lanxian. ”

"In any case, the first thing to knock out between the two counties is one. I leave you an artillery squad, a seventy-six-mm cannon, two fourteen-mm anti-aircraft machine guns, plus two recoilless guns to fight with you. Chief, if there really is no second way to go. Then the strongholds along these highways will become an obstacle when we retreat. ”

"We only have 200 trucks, and we can only carry a few old and weak women and children, as well as non-combatants who are too weak. The rest of the people still have to march on foot. And once we hit Taiyuan City, the Japanese army will definitely pursue it. Even if you enter the mountains immediately, you may not be able to escape from the pursuit of the Japanese army. Therefore, even if the two county towns are not taken first, the strongholds along the highway must all be resolved before we can evacuate. ”

"In addition to the regiment of the Jinchaji Fourth Division, the two backbone battalions of the Jinsui Eighth Division, and the two county brigades of Jinyuan and Xiyangqu County, I will not need other troops for this operation for the time being. However, you still have to contact the Jinchaji Military Region, so that they can also find the four divisions to cooperate with our operation. ”

"And the most critical thing is the intelligence of the various strongholds of the Japanese army east of Tongpu Road and north of the Zhengtai Line, especially the independent mixed Fourth Brigade stationed in Yangquan. I don't expect them to be able to contain the main force of the 4th Mixed Brigade in Yangquan right now, but I must at least be able to monitor their activities at all times. ”

"As for this operation, I decided to attack Zhenyuan Gate in the northwest corner of Taiyuan City with the two battalions that carried out this mission, the first and third tank companies, and the two backbone battalions of the Jinsui Eighth Division. With the 2nd Tank Company, an infantry battalion and the troops of the 4th Jin-Cha-Ji Division, they seized the line of Mengshan, Taishan, Longshan, and Xuanwengshan in the southwest to support the flank of the troops and cut off the route of reinforcements by the Japanese army along the Tongpu Railway. ”

"The local armed forces of the Eighth Division seized the line of the Yanshi Mountain and the Waiwei Mountain, and responded to and covered the retreat of our army. Chief, can we mobilize some animal-powered carts from around Taiyuan to assist us in transporting them? And the number of workers who need to be rescued in Taiyuan now, how many people are there? I'd better have a grasp of it beforehand so that I can make a well-thought-out retreat plan when the time comes. ”

"I don't think it's too small if you include the family. I feel that at least 10,000 people, there will still be some. With such a large number of people, without a detailed retreat plan, it is easy to delay time when the time comes. Once bitten by the enemy, it is easy for so many non-combatants to make mistakes. ”

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