The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 892 Eight roads don't move, I don't move (second more)

At the east gate of Taiyuan City, Yoshio Iwamatsu personally waited for the news here, and raised his binoculars to look at the end of the road from time to time.

Airplanes whized overhead constantly to ensure that no Eighth Route Army approached outside Taiyuan City.

"Your Excellency, Commander..." The exclamation of his subordinates suddenly sounded beside Yoshio Iwamatsu.

"The Jinzhong breakout force has arrived..."

Yoshio Iwamatsu quickly raised the binoculars.

The first thing that came into view was fifty or sixty Japanese and puppet soldiers, with rifles in their hands and light machine guns in their arms, they spread out in battle formation and rushed towards the east gate quickly.

Two minutes later, the mighty main force began to enter Yoshio Iwamatsu's field of vision.

There are at least 1000 people by visual estimate.

Because they did not carry heavy weapons, the troops marched very fast, and there was a plane circling back and forth overhead to escort the breakout troops.

After a while, the troops rushed outside the east gate.

Enter Taiyuan City after confirming your identity.

Leading the team, the captain of the squadron was taken to the top of the city at the same time, and looked at Yoshio Iwamatsu with a face full of shame and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander..."

"The humble job did not keep Jinzhong well, please punish..."

Yoshio Iwamatsu patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "It's not your fault..."

"The Eighth Route Army attacking you is equipped with mountain artillery, large-caliber mortars, and tanks and armored vehicles to help out..."

"Anyone who leads this defensive battle will be defeated..."

"Immediately tell me everything you know about the Yizhong Eighth Route Army, the more detailed the better."

"Last night, the Yizhong Eighth Route Army not only conquered Jinzhong, but also devoured the chariot battalion that was reinforced by the headquarters in Jinzhong."

"Use the captured tanks and armored vehicles to successfully raid Taiyuan Airport."

"Destroy all the planes we parked at the airport. The planes that escorted you just now were all drawn from other airports."

"I must immediately find out how many people the Yizhong Eighth Route Army has sent into Shanxi...whether it threatens the safety of Taiyuan."

"If there is no danger in Taiyuan City, we won't need to return to the troops that swept Northwest Shanxi."

"When will the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi be wiped out, and when will it return to the Taiyuan garrison?"

"If they have the strength to conquer Taiyuan, we can only choose one of the two, stop sweeping Northwest Shanxi, return to Taiyuan, and protect Taiyuan..."

"After all, this is the headquarters of the Shanxi Garrison and the economic and political center of SX Province. If it is lost, it will have too much influence."

"Not only can I not bear such a high price...even the commander of Gangcun can't bear us losing Taiyuan."

The captain of the Zhongzuo brigade immediately put away the sad expression on his face, and looked at Yoshio Yanmatsu and reported with a serious face: "The Eighth Route Army attacking Jinzhong has a battalion of mountain artillery and field artillery, about two companies of large-caliber mortars, and six vehicles. Tanks and armored vehicles, and about a battalion of infantry."

"The frontal assault capability is very strong..."

"More than half an hour after the battle started, the south gate of Jinzhong was breached, and a company of the Eighth Route Army entered Jinzhong with tanks and armored vehicles."

"Four and 10 minutes into the battle, the Eastern Gate of Shanxi was also breached by the Eighth Route Army, and about one company of the Eighth Route Army entered the city..."

"The next battle will be mainly street fighting."

"Our army has a large number of troops and is familiar with the terrain; our Eighth Route Army is well equipped and has chariots to help out. The two sides are indistinguishable from each other, and they are evenly matched."

"If the command did not issue a breakout order..."

"Even if the Eighth Route Army successfully takes Jinzhong, it will pay a huge price in the battle..."

"Based on the analysis of their combat strength at that time, it is possible for them to lose their combat effectiveness after being beaten by us."

The chief of staff answered, "In other words, the Eighth Route Army attacking Jinzhong only has the strength of a mixed regiment."

After a few seconds of silence, he continued to report to Yoshio Iwamatsu: "Aviation investigation shows."

"The Chariot Brigade was ambushed on the way to reinforce Jinzhong."

"After the intelligence personnel arrived for investigation, they reported that no more than one battalion of the Eighth Route Army participated in the ambush, but they were equipped with seven or eight mountain artillery and infantry artillery."

"They dug a large number of individual bunkers on the side of the road, and soldiers hid in them as camouflage."

"After the chariot brigade entered the pocket formation, the mountain artillery and infantry artillery fired first, forcing the chariot brigade off the road."

"After they marched to the side of the individual bunker, the Eighth Route Army hiding inside suddenly came out and launched a close-range attack on the tank brigade."

"The road from Taiyuan to Jinzhong was destroyed. In order not to delay the reinforcement of Jinzhong, the chariot brigade left the two infantry squadrons far behind."

"Without infantry protection, our tanks can hardly destroy the Eighth Route Army attacking at close range..."

"A lot of chariots were captured during the firefight...and became trophies of the Eighth Route Army..."

"Airport raids are pretty much what the telegram says."

"The soldiers who escaped from the airport reported that the Eighth Route Army drove the tanks and armored vehicles captured from the chariot brigade and entered the airport as a chariot brigade. The airport garrison had no defense."

"When the Eighth Route Army's chariots were deployed in battle formation, it was too late for the airport garrison to fight back, and they could only be massacred at the airport by the chariots."

"It can be seen from this...the Eighth Route Army of the assault airport and the Eighth Route Army of the ambush tank brigade should belong to the same unit, and the total strength is only one reinforced battalion."

Yoshio Iwamatsu smiled...

The nerves that had been tense all morning relaxed at the same time, and he snorted and mocked: "The Eighth Route Army with only one regiment dares to attack Taiyuan..."

"I don't know if the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is too arrogant, or our combat effectiveness has deteriorated."

"If it weren't for the accident of the chariot brigade, I really want to lure them to gather outside Taiyuan City and annihilate them."

The chief of staff's furrowed brows also relaxed.

Before this, he had been worried that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army was hiding its strength, and Taiyuan City might be in danger.

Now he is not afraid.

The Eighth Route Army outside the city had no more than two regiments, and the main ones were tanks and artillery.

There are not enough infantry to participate in the battle, and no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of tanks and artillery is, it will not threaten the safety of Taiyuan.

Immediately, he slapped Yoshio Iwamatsu with a rainbow fart: "It's still okay for the commander to think carefully about the problem..."

"From the very beginning, I guessed that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army could not threaten the safety of Taiyuan, so I disagreed with Beizhi's transfer of troops from Northwest Shanxi to aid Taiyuan."

"Otherwise we'll be in the Eighth Route Army..."

"The good situation that the troops fought in Northwest Shanxi was lost in vain."

"How do we fight next?"

"Please, Commander, make a decision as soon as possible."

Yoshio Iwamatsu was silent for a while and replied: "I just had a phone call with the mopping up troops in Northwest Shanxi this morning..."

"Although the enemy and us are in a stalemate, no one can do anything to the other."

"But the advantages of equipment and logistics supply are with us!"

"The two sides continue to hold on. For ten days at most, Northwest Shanxi will be defeated by us due to lack of ammunition."

"The only thing we need to do next is to buy time for the mopping up troops in Northwest Shanxi."

"The Eighth Route Army operating outside the city of Taiyuan does not move, and neither do we..."

"The longer the stalemate between the two sides, the better for us!"

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