After explaining Wang Minggui's own thoughts, Du Kaishan looked at the map and pondered for a long time, but suddenly raised his head and said to Wang Minggui, who was looking at the map of northwest Shanxi Province to straighten out his combat ideas: "Old Wang, the front line of Kangbao and Huade has been separated, and the Japanese army on the front line of Huade has less than one wing of strength left."

"I still have a whole division in my hands that has not been used, let alone a wing, even if another wing comes, there is no need to worry at all. Do you say that under such a favorable shape, we are waiting for Kangbao County to take it down, is there any point? Isn't that the same as wasting time in vain? ”

"In this way, Lao Wang, don't wait for Kangbao County to be taken. You immediately rush to the front line of Ciying Temple, and let the westward troops assemble there. As soon as the troops are assembled, you will be set off. And Su Yingqi told him to wait northeast of Kangbao to take over his new troops. ”

"As for the final battle on the front line of Kangbao, I asked the deputy commander of the 21st Division to take over the command. Now taking Kangbao is no longer to open up the westward passage. At most, it is to protect the flanks of the Chaxi and Suidong battlefields, and completely separate the two Japanese troops in the Chanan and Suidong battlefields. There is no point in going west for reinforcements to wait for Kangbao to be completely resolved. ”

"Yang Jicai here, let him sleep for a while. After the troops had completed their assembly at Ciao Temple, I sent a car to send him directly. After this period of time, he didn't have much chance to sleep A commander on the battlefield can't do without a clear mind. ”

"But Lao Wang, before you go, I have one more thing I want to say to you. Although after arriving in the northwest of Shanxi, how to fight still depends on you, the front-line commander. But I would like to advise you that after arriving at the predetermined battlefield, you should not rely on the mountains to defend to the death, but still rely on the mountains in the northwest of Jin Province to fight a mountain attack battle with the Japanese army. ”

"The northwest of Jin is mountainous, and how many roads in the middle can be detoured by the troops, the troops of the Jinsui Military Region are clear, and the Japanese army may not be unclear. Sticking to it can only allow us to give up the initiative on the battlefield by ourselves. Waiting for the attack, cooperating with Mu Changqiu, who is facing Datong, to fight an offensive battle will reduce the pressure on the use of our troops. ”

"We have an advantage in firepower, and even if some of our troops are divided and surrounded by the Japanese, there is no problem in holding out for a while. On the contrary, it allows us to fully mobilize the strength of the Japanese army, and at the same time attract the attention of the Japanese army from the vicinity of Taiyuan to you. ”

This can also be regarded as covering Yang Jicai's rescue operation within a certain range. Although the northwest line of Jin is the control area of the Jinsui Military Region. Biguan County, including the county seat, is under the control of the Jinsui Military Region, but I am still a little worried about the pressure he may face there. ”

The main force of the 15th Division, whose location has not yet been ascertained, as well as the follow-up reinforcements that the Japanese may move, make people worry about his operation. The Zhengtai Railway could not be completely cut off for a long time, which meant that the Japanese army could draw troops from other battlefields to reinforce Shanxi at any time according to changes in the war situation. ”

"If we can't attract some of the attention of the Japanese army from around Taiyuan, Yang Jicai's rescue operation, I'm afraid the trouble will be quite big. If we don't get out, we're probably going to get this unit in. What happened to Mu Changqiu, if it were changed to him, I am afraid the result would be even worse. ”

Regarding Du Kaishan's proposal for the westward troops to set off ahead of schedule, Wang Minggui did not disagree. In fact, according to his thoughts, when Du Kaishan made up his mind to adjust the deployment, he should act immediately. But it takes time to mobilize that force, to mobilize supplies and vehicles. The original Liu Changshun, although his superiors had orders, he had no plans in this regard at all.

The army went ahead before moving the grain and grass, which is the experience left by the ancients. The troops of the two divisions, plus the attached artillery, armored troops, and the adjustment of reinforcement equipment. Now, with the addition of the rescue force commanded by Yang Jicai, a total of two and a half divisions of troops, if we want to rush to the designated place in the shortest possible time, we can only rely on full motorized advancement.

If you rely on marching on foot, then by the time you reach the front line of killing the tiger, the daylily will already be cold. So many troops, plus the fuel, ammunition, and food that Chen Hanzhang needed to replenish, as well as the same materials that the troops themselves needed to fight. This requires at least the mobilization of frontal battlefields on the Western Front, and 80 percent of the trucks will be able to meet the needs.

Fortunately, Du Kaishan detained one and a half battalions of a car regiment of the headquarters transporting reinforcements. Otherwise, after the deployment of such trucks, the frontal battlefield transportation forces on the Western Front will no longer be able to meet their own needs. It will have a great impact on the combat and mobility capabilities of the troops left behind in the front. It even directly affected the troops who stayed to fight, and the encirclement and annihilation of the 110th Division.

The reason why Du Kaishan set the time after six hours was not that he was completely worried about what kind of burden the remnants of the Japanese army on the front line of Kangbao would cause to him. More importantly, he has to consider the impact of such a large number of trucks on his own maneuverability.

But after the arrival of one of the new divisions, the trucks were detained, and the problem of insufficient cars has been improved to a certain extent. After waiting, Wang Minggui had long thought that there was no great need. If you attack one minute earlier, you can solve the dilemma on Chen Hanzhang's side one minute earlier.

As for the operational intention to enter the northwest of Shanxi, Wang Minggui had no intention of staying there honestly and passively defending and waiting for the Japanese attack. If he were the kind of rigid person, he would not have mobilized troops to reinforce Kangbao without the order of the military commander, let alone launched a general attack in advance.

Both of them are the kind of people who are resolute and resolute, and since they have planned to start the action in advance, Wang Minggui did not delay, and immediately rushed to Ciying Temple, the place where the troops were assembled. As for the Crusader tank battalion that promised to be transferred to Yang Jicai, it is actually on the front line of Ganzhu Temple behind the White Temple.

As early as after receiving the telegram from the headquarters, Du Kaishan had already taken into account the requirements for the tank's mobility ability to carry out this task according to the order of the headquarters. At present, the Matilda II tank and the T-26 tank are configured on the frontal battlefield of the Western Front, but one maneuverability is too poor and the requirements for the combat terrain are too high. One armor is too thin except for the front.

Moreover, in addition to the heavy battle losses before, the T26 tanks now equipped by the 1st Armored Brigade can only be reduced to two battalions, and the strength is no longer enough to divide the troops. Considering the Matilda II tank, the speed of action was too slow. If it is accompanied by reinforcements, it will affect the speed of the troops. Therefore, Du Kaishan asked the headquarters to transfer to him a battalion equipped with Crusader cruiser tanks assigned to the advancing army.

After receiving Du Kaishan's request, Yang Zhen finally approved his request after careful consideration. Let this battalion, which was stationed on the front line of the Shangdu River as the general reserve of the advance army, immediately rush to the front line of Ganzhu Monastery and stand by. The two veteran commanders who advanced over there also happily released them after learning of the task assigned by the central government.

The distance between Shangdu River and Ganzhu Monastery is less than 100 kilometers in a straight line, and the terrain is also conducive to the rapid maneuvering of tanks. Just when Yang Jicai received the order to return to the Baimiao Headquarters, the battalion had already rushed to Ganzhu Temple after a two-hour forced march to stand by. Otherwise, Du Kaishan would have agreed so happily to his request?

Wang Minggui rushed to the front line of Ciying Temple, waiting for the mobilized troops to assemble. Du Kaishan, who remained in the Baimiao Headquarters, was constantly considering adjusting his deployment according to the changes in the current development of the war situation. Under Wang Minggui's advance general attack, the last remnants of the Japanese 26th Division's resistance were completely disintegrated within less than half an hour of Yang Jicai's return from the Kangbao line.

The commander of the 26th Division, Lieutenant General Kaneshiro Shibayama, was stunned by a shell and captured in a bombed pillbox, while the chief of staff of the 26th Division and the commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment were killed. The fighting in the entire Sunit and the territory of the White Flag has completely subsided. At this time, the 21st Division had already advanced westward and was forcibly interspersed with the highway line between Huade and Shangdu.

Now that the 26th Division has been completely resolved, it means that the worries about the frontal battlefield on the entire Western Front have been completely lifted. Faced with the changes in the battle situation in front of him, Du Kaishan had nothing to hesitate. Immediately, the deployment was readjusted according to the changes in the situation of the battle.

Albeit with some hesitation. However, Du Kaishan used the headquarters to transfer the 31st Division, which had just been transported by road. The 21st Division, which was cutting off the road from Huade to Shangdu and attacking and advancing north of Huade, was replaced and directly penetrated into the battlefield around Huade from the flank, completely completing the encirclement of the main force of the 110th Division of the Japanese Army on the Huade battlefield, and pinning down the Japanese troops on the front line of Shangdu.

The reason why Du Kaishan was a little hesitant was that this 31st Division was one of the largest new divisions formed by partially upgrading the local armed forces and supplementing the recruits before this battle, plus a battalion transferred to the Advance Army. It turned out that the old troops of the Anti-Japanese Union could only use one company from each of the main divisions as the backbone.

Although the whole division was fully loaded, all kinds of weapons were fully equipped. Although the divisional artillery does not have a 100-mm howitzer battalion, two divisions belong to mountain artillery battalions, and one field artillery battalion is not much worse. Moreover, as the last division, this division was strengthened in comparison with other units among the regimental artillery.

Each regiment also had an infantry battery consisting of four German-made 75-mm infantry guns. This establishment is unique in the whole army. The only drawback is that most of the soldiers in this division have never been on the battlefield, the whole division generally lacks combat experience, and the number of veterans is not large. Under such circumstances, Du Kaishan did not dare to transfer them to the main battlefield.

However, this division is currently the most complete division in the frontal battlefield of the entire Western Front, and Du Kaishan must not let this division serve as a reserve in the rear leisurely and leisurely when other units have suffered casualties. Du Kaishan had also thought about splitting this division before, except for leaving a skeleton and transferring it to the rear for reorganization, and the rest of the troops were all replenished to several other divisions to supplement the casualties.

It's just that his idea was resolutely opposed by Commissar Ouyang Jishan. Ouyang Jishan did not object to the practice of downsizing and enriching the front-line combat units under the current situation where the casualties of the troops were not light. But this kind of direct disrupting a new editor and supplementing it to each division, Ouyang Jishan did not agree at all.

A new division was dismantled as soon as it was pulled to the battlefield, which was a clear distrust of this unit. It will have a considerable impact on the morale of the cadres and fighters of this division. How can you let the cadres and soldiers of this division still hold their heads up in front of fraternal troops in the future?

Moreover, the troops are all coming from the newly formed units step by step, and the old troops did not fall from the sky. What does it mean that you disrupt the formation and replenish the other troops without even giving them a chance? It is true that the new units are inferior to the old units in terms of combat experience, but they are not necessarily inferior to the old units in terms of combat effectiveness. R1292