Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

On August 1942, 8, under the mobilization of Ishihara Wanji, the North China Expeditionary Army mobilized more than 1 troops and rushed to Linfen in batches, with the troops pointed directly at southwest Shanxi.

This move of the Japanese army immediately shocked the commanders of the First Theater Zone. They all thought that the Japanese army planned to attack southwest Shanxi and intended to capture the important town of Yuncheng.

The officers of the First War Zone argued endlessly. Hu Zhongnan wanted to fight the Japs, but in the end it was the national army in the First War Zone that suffered.

Li Mo'an, who was sitting at the head of the war room of the Chief's Department, had a frosty look on his face: "It's in vain that Hu Shoushan is the principal's favorite student, but he couldn't see the Japanese army's sneaky tricks. Fortunately, it didn't make a big mistake. Otherwise, he would be ashamed of the principal and the party and the country." !”

One of the army commanders looked at Li Mo'an and smiled disdainfully, and said to the people around him: "He is obviously worried that his friendly forces will take the lead, so he is watching the fire from the other side, but it turns out that he is wise and far-sighted at the scene. It's really ridiculous!"

"Mianzhi, what are you talking about?"

"I say that the commander-in-chief has great insight. He anticipated the enemy's opportunity and saw through the Japanese army's intentions before the Japanese army moved. He is indeed a famous general in ancient times!"

Many senior generals of the national army present looked strange when they heard this. They wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh. The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit strange for a while.

Li Mo'an secretly hated Samurai Min for refuting his face in public, and said with a smile: "We soldiers all have the responsibility to defend the territory, and the Japanese army is pressing down heavily on the territory. So what do you mean by this encouragement?"

"General, colleagues, although the Japanese army has a large number of troops, our army also has many defensive fortifications, so it is not impossible for us to fight. In my opinion, the top priority is to rush back to the front line, rectify the troops, and correct military discipline, rather than sitting here! "

The 98th Army led by General Samurai Min was the old foundation of the Shaanxi Army. At that time, he firmly supported Zhang Yang's proposal of rejecting civil war and jointly resisting Japan. Later, he was always jealous of the old man.

It was not until Chief Wei came to power that the 98th Army was transferred to the Central Army's 14th Group Army, and the situation of suppression improved. But who would have thought that Chief Wei was jealous of the old man again. Now that Li Mo'an is in power, the 14th Army is also under the control of the [-]th Army. were suppressed together.

The officers and soldiers of the 14th Group Army were dissatisfied with Li Mo'an, but fortunately the commander-in-chief of the 1th Group Army Liu Mao'en was a peacemaker and always protected Li Mo'an's remaining face.

Liu Maoen coughed lightly: "Chief Commander, I think what Mian Zhi said is reasonable. If the general is not in the camp, the morale of the army will be unstable. Since the Japanese army's goal is to capture Yuncheng, the officers and soldiers of our 14th Group Army must do their best to serve the party and the country and promote our country." The military might of the first theater of war!”

"In order to boost morale, Commander-in-Chief, do you think our department's outstanding military pay should be paid before the war?"

Liu Mao'en gave him enough face. The war was imminent and the emperor was still hungry. No matter how hard Li Mo'an suppressed him, he didn't dare to make any mistakes at this time, so he nodded happily.

按照第一战区的部署，除了中条山西部的第14集团军下属15军、93军、98军以及80军之外，驻扎于中条山中部的隶属于第4集团军的第14军西掉运城，前往配合作战。

The 14th Army is the direct descendant of the Chief of Guards, and was organized by Qi Qi personally. It has three divisions: 83rd, 85th, and 94th.

The words are divided into two parts. The Japanese army mobilized its troops on a large scale in the occupied area, which naturally could not be hidden from the eyes of the Eighth Route Army. However, the Japanese army spread a lot of smoke bombs this time, and it was difficult to determine their specific strength for a while. "Chief, the telegram from the Eighth Route Army headquarters forwarded by Yanzhou!"

From the time Zhou Weihan entered Xi'an, he and the brigade commander have been stranded for a full month. The talks between the two parties are not serious at all. The Eighth Route Army is also willing to accompany the show, and the National Army also knows that the Eighth Route Army is willing to cooperate. There will be a lot less red tape when the two parties negotiate.

Zhou Weihan and the brigade commander were at ease. Apart from superficial dealings every day, they hid in their room all day studying the upcoming war.

The brigade commander read the telegram and wondered: "Where did the Japanese army get so many troops? Do they no longer want the territory?"

Zhou Weihan glanced at the telegram. It was a reply from the Eighth Route Army headquarters regarding the mobilization of Japanese troops. Since knowing that this war was inevitable, Yanzhou has been asking frontline troops to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops.

In order to test out the Japanese army's troop mobilization, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Shanxi-Hebei-Henan, Shandong and other places sent small groups of troops to conduct exploratory attacks. However, they were met with a resolute counterattack by the Japanese army. It seemed that the number of troops in the defense zone had not decreased.

Yan Wangshan got a piece of information from Terauchi Isamu. The North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters transferred two dissatisfied brigades from the 41st Division, with a total of more than 1700 people rushing to Shimen.

As early as late April, the North China Expeditionary Army asked Japanese troops from all over the country to secretly transfer elite puppet troops to Peking for training. This was because the transferred puppet troops were mobilized in the name of changing defenses in other areas. Although the Eighth Route Army in various places was aware of this, they Didn't care.

There are precedents for such puppet army mobilization, and the little devil is also afraid that the puppet army will collude with the local Eighth Route Army, so he will deliberately change the puppet army's territory.

"Ishihara Wanji should not be underestimated. He ordered the Japanese troops everywhere to shrink their troops when he first took office. Now he has finally shown his fangs. This time the national army will really suffer a big loss!" Zhou Weihan said with a frown.

"Based on the troops deployed by the 41st Division, the total number of troops deployed by the Japanese divisions and brigades stationed in various places should be between 12000 and 15000, plus the independent ninth mixed brigade in Linfen, stationed in Hejin and Jishan The number of Japanese soldiers in Jiangxian County and Jiang County was only 2, which is impossible to be as many as mentioned in the telegram!"

The brigade commander nodded when he heard this: "Yes, so there is water in it, but Hu Zongnan probably didn't expect that the Japanese army would go to war in such a big way. It might just be a pot of raw rice!"

"However, based on the current location of the Japanese army, they can cross the Yellow River through Hejin and other ferries to the west, enter the Hancheng area, and attack the Central Army in the Yuncheng area to the south. However, no one can predict the final true intention of the Japanese army. !”

A wry smile appeared on Zhou Weihan's face, and he couldn't help but feel worried for his elder brother Zhou Weiguo. He wanted to fish to lure the Japanese army to advance, but he never expected to catch a crocodile.

In fact, Ishihara Kanji spent nearly a month on mobilizing Japanese troops. Judging from the unit numbers in the Japanese combat plan, it clearly included ten brigades of Japanese divisions and brigades from various places. , the Ninth Mixed Brigade in Linfen, the 69th Division stationed in Peiping for training, and the main force of the 59th Division stationed in Jinan, Shandong.

Although the 69th Division and the 59th Division were newly formed divisions by the Japanese army, during the process of mobilizing troops, all new recruits were transferred to various local garrison units, and veterans were transferred back to form the main force of the divisions. However, they continued to bear the original designation.

In addition, more than 5 elite puppet troops who had been secretly trained in Peiping for four months participated in the battle, with a total strength of more than [-]. (End of chapter)