PFC Chapter 416
Chapter 416
After everyone sat down, they began to discuss how to repel the Japanese attack this time.
This time, the Japanese army attacked Zhongtiao Mountain from both the north and the south.
Normally, the national army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area could easily repel the Japanese attack.
The areas of Yangcheng and Qinshui in the northern part of Zhongtiao Mountain now belong to the defense zone of the First Military Sub-district of the 389th Division.
Therefore, the national army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area only needs to defend Yuncheng, Yanqu and Jiyuan areas.
However, no one expected that Yan Laoxi, instigated by the south, would brazenly attack the new army.
The Japanese army pretended to repair the plank road but secretly attacked Chencang.
It happened that Yuncheng was under the defense of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. Under the sudden attack of the Japanese army, Yan Laoxi retreated into Shaanxi in a panic.
In this way, the Japanese army quickly occupied southwestern Shanxi through Yuncheng.
At the same time, a fierce attack was launched against Xiaxian, Yanqu and Jiyuan areas.
The most important thing now is how to make the Japanese troops withdraw.
At the meeting, the commander reappointed Commander Wei as the commander-in-chief of the national army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
He supervised the battle in Luoyang until the Japanese troops withdrew.
At the same time, the 129th Division and the 389th Division were sent to support the troops in Zhongtiao Mountain to force the Japanese army to withdraw.
After the meeting, Zeng Jiwen, Zhou Shi and others met and talked briefly with the deputy commander-in-chief, Commander Liu and others, and then returned to Changzhi urgently.
Prepare to mobilize troops to lift the siege of Zhongtiao Mountain.
Inside Changzhi City.
Zeng Jiwen before going to Luoyang.
Each military sub-district in western Hebei was asked to dispatch a main force regiment to assemble in Gaoping.
When Zhou Shi saw that Zeng Jiwen was preparing to mobilize these six main regiments to advance towards Quwo area, he was suddenly a little surprised.
"Lao Zeng, what are you doing..."
It was no wonder that Zhou Shi was surprised. Zeng Jiwen led all the troops drawn from the military sub-districts in western Hebei to advance towards Quwo, obviously intending to directly take over the area from Houma to Jiexiu.
Zeng Jiwen smiled.
“I’ve said it before, this southwestern Shanxi is only temporarily in Yan Laoxi’s hands.
They are occupying our North China Military Region's territory, and we should take it back."
Wang Zhuo, who was standing by, found this a little funny.
"If Yan Laoxi heard what you said, he might want to hit someone."
Zeng Jiwen didn't care.
"Even though we have eased relations with the South this time, the matter of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is still not over."
"That?"
Wang Zhuo asked from the side.
Zeng Jiwen said with a sneer as he looked at the map of southwest Shanxi.
"He said Lao Xi had signed with the Japanese.
After the agreement was signed, do you think the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army still needs to exist?
The one in Luoyang probably had similar thoughts."
"Then can we intervene in the south of Yuncheng?"
"Hmm, that guy is really hoping that we can hold the line for them in North China."
Thinking of something, Zeng Jiwen said to the two of them.
"Then the sun really rises from the west?" Wang Zhuo touched his chin habitually and said strangely.
At this time, Zhou Xi reacted.
Look at the distribution of power in southwestern Shanxi.
His face looked a little ugly.
"Our president has a brilliant plan.
Shaanxi is guarding against us through our classmate, the "King of the Northwest."
If they withdraw from northern Henan.
Once the situation changes, we have to guard against the Japanese army in northern Henan and the central army in Shaanxi.
At the same time, if the north cannot firmly grasp the area from Jiexiu to Huozhou..."
After saying that, Zhou Xi shook his head.
"This is just a play. If you don't know, you'd really think he cares about the defense line in the Zhongtiao Mountains."
Zeng Jiwen waited until Zhou Xi finished speaking and nodded.
"Not only that, he probably won't withdraw all the troops in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, and will leave some of them close to us.
I guess he won't move the troops in the Yuanqu area."
Zeng Jiwen looked at the 47th Army in Yanqu on the map and said thoughtfully.
Hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, the two were a little surprised and looked at the defense line in the Zhongtiao Mountain area on the map.
“What a brilliant calculation.
If something really happens between us and the Central Army.
The troops in Yuanqu can split our connection with southwestern Shanxi in two at any time."
After looking at the map, Wang Zhuo immediately understood the meaning of Zeng Jiwen's words.
"Then~"
The two looked at Zeng Jiwen.
“Whatever you have to do~
We'll see when the time comes, if it really doesn't work out.
I let them know what real friction is.
With the equipment we have, we won’t have to worry about the South turning against us once this year is over.”
After hearing this, the two of them agreed.
I feel relieved.
10 month 2 day.
The 389th Division of the Eighth Route Army selected six main regiments from western Hebei to form the Westward Column, led by Xun Bai. It set out from Qinshui and split into two routes along Jicheng.
We headed south along the side of Zhongtiao Mountain to Jiangxian County.
Along the way, we followed Quwo and recovered Houma and Xinjiang.
At the same time, the main force of the First Military Sub-district went west to join the Youth Column.
Recapture Fushan, Xiangfen, Guxian and Hongdong, one in the south and one in the north, and surround Linfen.
The Ninth Military Sub-district cut off the connection between the two divisions of the Taiyuan First Army and Taiyuan along the Jiexiu, Lingshi and Huozhou areas.
Other military division troops began to harass and attack the Japanese troops on the periphery.
The 386th Brigade in Jincheng, together with the Central Army in Jiyuan, launched a fierce counterattack against the surrounding Japanese troops.
For a time, the situation began to change in favor of the Chinese army.
At the same time, both China and Japan turned their attention to Pinglu in Sanmenxia, south of Yuncheng, and Jiyuan, south of Jincheng.
Prior to this, the Japanese army occupied southwestern Shanxi.
In northern Henan, the area from Xinxiang to Jiyuan was also occupied by the Japanese army.
Therefore, two Japanese divisions entered the Zhongtiao Mountain area from Yuncheng to Jiyuan.
Most of the central army built a defense line in the southern areas of Sanmenxia, Mianchi, Xin'an and Luoyang.
Before, if the Japanese army could capture Zhongtiao Mountain, then the long snake formation in the south would be easily broken by the Japanese army.
But the situation is different now.
To the north, the 389th Division cut off the connection between two Japanese divisions in southwestern Shanxi and Taiyuan.
In the south, the Central Army's hundreds of thousands of troops gradually stabilized their formation after holding out for more than half a month.
If Pinglu and Sanmenxia were held, the two Japanese divisions in southwestern Shanxi would be isolated.
At the same time, once Jiyuan south of Jincheng is cut off again.
Then the two divisions in the mountainous area were also trapped in Zhongtiao Mountain.
At this moment, a huge fighter plane emerged in the minds of Chinese generals at all levels.
Once successful, the four Japanese divisions were completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army.
This will undoubtedly create a huge uproar against the current decadent situation.
Thinking of this, the president who was supervising the battle in Luoyang could no longer sit still.
He quickly sent a telegram to the troops below, stating that the four Japanese divisions must be wiped out in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
In Peiping, when Tada Shun received information about the situation on the Zhongtiao Mountain front, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
He immediately ordered the 14th Division to urgently reinforce Jiyuan.
At the same time, the Xingtai division also began to move south urgently.
Taiyuan immediately launched an attack towards Jiexiu area, trying to open up a passage to southwest Shanxi.