Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Shinozuka Yoshio saw that Iijima Mori hesitated to speak, and immediately urged impatiently: "But what?"

Iijima Mori: "However, according to the information obtained from the Central Army, Wei Junru is dispatching troops, and it seems that he is going to take this opportunity to fight out of Zhongtiao Mountain!"

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, and there was not much expression change on his face, because Wei Junru's non-cooperation was completely within his expectation.

Although there are many factions within the Central Army, many generals have their own wishful thinking. They clearly dare not disobey the military orders, but they obey the orders of the above, or discount them.

However, Wei Junru, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Theater and the supreme commander of the Central Army of the Second Theater, is a relatively determined main combat faction.

It's completely normal that he doesn't want to let go of this opportunity.

If Wei Junru accepts Shinozuka Yoshio's goodwill on the surface, Shinozuka Yoshio will become suspicious instead, thinking whether Wei Junru will stab a knife in the back.

Shinozuka Yoshio asked again: "What about the Jinsui Army?"

Iijima Mori: "Although Yan Laoxi has not expressed his position on the side of the Jinsui Army, according to his past behavior, there is a high probability that he will not send troops, but will maintain a wait-and-see attitude."

"In addition, several senior commanders of the pro-Japanese faction of the Jinsui Army have accepted generous gifts from the imperial army, and they have promised the imperial army that they will try their best to dissuade Yan Laoxi from sending troops."

Yan Laoxi is not a staunch main fighter, and there are naturally many of the officers under him.

Of course, they may not surrender to the Japanese army, but as long as their own interests are not damaged, they are not willing to take the initiative to send troops.

In short, avoid disasters if you can, and fight when you can't avoid them. You won't explode much combat power when you fight, and run if you can't win. In short, preserving your strength is the most important thing.

"That's great! As long as Yan Laoxi doesn't send troops, the Central Army in Wei Junru's hands can't make any waves!
When I finish packing up the Eighth Route Army, Wei Junru will die then! "

Shinozuka Yoshio's always gloomy face finally showed a long-lost smile.

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the other side.

In the general headquarters of the Jinsui Army.

Yan Laoxi also received news that the Eighth Route Army had taken the initiative to attack the Japanese stronghold, and he immediately held an emergency military report.

The entire conference room is star-studded.

After the intelligence staff of the intelligence department reported the situation they had collected in detail, everyone had different expressions, some were disdainful, some were shocked, some were surprised, some were unbelievable, heartfelt joy, and excitement.

Everyone's inner thoughts are also different.

Among them, the surprised expression on Yan Laoxi's face was not much worse than that of Shinozuka Yoshio.

"You mean that the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on more than 300 strongholds set up by the Japanese army along the Zhengtai Railway, Tongpu Railway, and Pinghan Railway at the same time as last night?"

"Yes, Chief!" The intelligence officer who had just reported nodded heavily.

阎老西的外甥梁敦厚满脸不屑的说道：“荒谬！八路军一共就3个师，6个旅，12个团，他们如何对日军的300多个据点同时发起进攻？难道把这12个团分成300多份不成？”

"In this case, the strength of an action unit is less than a platoon. What kind of damage can this force cause to the Japanese stronghold? It's too light to tickle."

Before Yan Laoxi could speak, Yang Xingru, commander-in-chief of the 6th Army, said, "Brother Liang, your news is probably a little out of date."

Liang Dunhou asked, "Brother Liao, what do you mean by that?"

Yang Xingru: "The Eighth Route Army has only 3 divisions, 6 brigades, and 12 regiments.

However, in the past few years, the Eighth Route Army has developed a lot of troops in private. These troops have no establishment and are not recognized by the theater.

It can be said to be a black account.

But it is undeniable that these troops are indeed the Eighth Route Army.

For example, in the last battle of Huluxia, it was brilliant and captured a Japanese major general and 6 new regiments of Japanese commanders.

In addition to the new regiment, there are quite a few such black household regiments in the Eighth Route Army, not even less than regular regiments with an organization. "

Major General Chen: "Even if the strength of the Eighth Route Army is doubled, they have 24 regiments, divided into more than 300 divisions on average, and the strength of each division is no more than one company.

And the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is notoriously poor.

As for the Japanese stronghold, even if it is a small stronghold, its garrison must have at least one platoon of the Imperial Association Army, and if it is slightly larger, there will be Japanese troops stationed there, and there will be strong bunkers and gun towers.

So, what did the Eighth Route Army use to attack so many strongholds? "

Yang Xingru said with a smile: "The information only said that the Eighth Route Army launched attacks on these strongholds at the same time, but it didn't say that all of them were the main attack, and all of them were captured."

"It may also be that the Eighth Route Army only focused on attacking some of the strongholds of the Japanese army, and the rest were feigned attacks. The purpose was to contain the nearby Japanese army so that they would not dare to act rashly."

Liang Dunhou felt that there was some truth to it, so he nodded thoughtfully.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Zhang Riming, Yan Laoxi's attendant and adjutant, suddenly rushed in from the outside, holding a document in his hand.

Zhang Riming entered the meeting room, walked straight to Yan Laoxi's side, stood up and saluted, and reported: "Reporting chief, the latest information has just come from Southeast Shanxi that all 123 small Japanese strongholds along the Zhengtai Railway were attacked by the Eighth Route Army and captured by the Eighth Route Army. .

Among them, 106 garrison teams of the Japanese and puppet troops were either wiped out on the spot or intercepted and wiped out halfway. Only 17 remnants of the garrison teams fled back to the nearby large strongholds.

In addition, a total of more than 250 strongholds on the Tongpu Railway Line and the Pinghan Railway Line were also attacked by the Eighth Route Army and were captured. Only a small number of garrison troops fled back to the nearest secondary stronghold.

In addition, the intelligence also stated that the Eighth Route Army launched the attack almost simultaneously at 12 o'clock last night, and the strength of each detachment reached at least one battalion. "

As soon as these words came out, everyone including Yan Laoxi and Fu Yisheng were deeply shocked and stunned.

Yang Xingru's face became even hotter. He just said with certainty that the Eighth Route Army must only attack some of the strongholds, not all of them.

Moreover, with the strength of the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible to defeat so many devils' strongholds.

Isn't this slap in the face too fast?

"More than 300 battalions? Doesn't that mean that the Eighth Route Army has grown to more than 100 regiments, more than 50 brigades, and more than 20 divisions?"

Yan Laoxi murmured in a low voice, and a huge sense of crisis surged into his heart.

If the Eighth Route Army has really grown to a scale of more than 20 divisions, wouldn't his Jinsui Army be even stronger?

Most importantly, he has been kept in the dark.

I have to think of a countermeasure, but I can't let this gang of Tuba roads continue to grow savagely...

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