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Chapter 379 Hitting Taiyuan!
The 3rd Army of the National Army is subordinate to the 5th Group Army of the First Theater.

At the 3rd Army Command.

Commander Tang Huaiyuan was staring at the map with his brows furrowed, his expression solemn.

Although the Japanese army was repelled at night, the position of the 7th Division occupied by the Japanese army was regained.

However, during the day, the Japanese ground forces, with the cooperation of the paratroopers, captured Yuanqu County, cutting off the connection between the northern line troops and the south bank of the Yellow River.

To make matters worse, the Japanese army dispatched bombers to bomb the ships at the shore ferry during the day.

Right now the defensive positions of the 3rd Army are very important.

If this position is lost, not only the 5th Army and the 17th Army will be divided into two halves by the Japanese army, and the end will not be able to look at each other.

Moreover, the supply lines and retreat routes of the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain and the Yellow River were all cut off.

Although an attack by the Japanese army was repelled, the Japanese army will soon make a comeback, and the enemy's strength is an entire division.

Since the retreat to Zhongtiao Mountain, the military discipline of the various departments of the Central Army has rapidly deteriorated.

All units of the 5th Army have become a trading market, not only reselling food openly, but also buying and selling weapons and ammunition, and even secretly selling opium.

The spies of the Japanese army only need to pretend to be traders, and they can enter and leave the defense area of ​​the Central Army at will.

There are even many troops who are not paid, and some officers have been bought by the Japanese army.

In short, the central army in Zhongtiaoshan, from top to bottom, had a corrupt military discipline and was infiltrated by the Japanese army into a sieve.

Although the situation of the 3rd Army is better, it is not much better.

General Tang wanted to clean up military discipline, but he was powerless. No matter how he tried to clean up military discipline, the internal environment of the national army was like this.

Suddenly, General Tang Huaiyuan smelled a dangerous smell in the air and raised his head.

"Da da da…"

"Boom boom boom..."

The next moment, dense gunshots and explosions suddenly sounded all around.

After a while, the guard battalion commander hurried in with a pistol, his expression full of panic: "Report to the military seat, the command post has been attacked, please move the military seat immediately!"

"What are you panicking about?"

"How many devils attacked the headquarters?"

Tang Huaiyuan frowned and asked in a concentrated voice.

"I don't know about this at the moment." The battalion commander hesitated and said, "However, judging from the gunshots, the enemy's firepower is very strong."

"Our troops are all around here, and it is only a small group of Japanese troops that infiltrated and attacked."

Tang Huaiyuan said: "Just hold on for 10 minutes and there will be reinforcements!"

The battalion commander burst into tears: "It's better to retreat, military seat, your safety is the most important, the third army can't live without you!"

Seeing the appearance of the Battalion Commander of the Guards, Tang Huaiyuan cursed as a waste, took the flower mechanism from the guard next to him, and walked out with the submachine gun.

"Protect the military seat!"

The guard battalion commander quickly shouted and followed behind.

Tang Huaiyuan came outside with a submachine gun, and soon exchanged fire with the Japanese army.

When the soldiers of the guard battalion saw the commander's arrival, their morale was boosted, and they rushed towards the devil bravely with bayonets in their hands amidst the sound of killing.

But soon, there was a burst of gunfire in the night, and the soldiers fell down one after another. The commander of the guard battalion was also killed, and a bullet passed through his heart.

A terrifying atmosphere enveloped the attacking troops, and the soldiers retreated like a tide.

In the process of retreating, many soldiers fell down.

Army Commander Tang hurriedly hid behind the millstone, and wiped off his cold sweat. After fighting for so many years, he had never seen such a powerful Japanese army.

Through the flames produced by the explosion of grenades or shells, Army Commander Tang saw that these devils were in strange postures, holding a submachine gun in one hand and pointing forward, and holding a shell gun in the other hand. A dagger with a sheath hung on his head, and the steel helmet on his head did not reflect the light at all under the moonlight.

Damn, it's weird, I have fought against the Japanese army for so many years, and I haven't seen a devil who doesn't use the 38 big cover.

Without allowing him to think too much, a soldier hurried over to report: "Commander, the devil is coming up from the cliff behind!"

Sure enough, intensive gunfire sounded from the rear, and the devils cut off their retreat.

"Tom tom!"

The devil's grenade rang, and two grenades landed on the grinding plate with a strange sound.

"Commander, be careful!"

The guard quickly put his body on Commander Tang's body with sharp eyesight and hands.

"Boom!" The blast caused gravel to fall one after another, and the guards were already lying in a pool of blood.

Commander Tang was secretly startled, Gou Ri's little devil hit really accurately, and the first two grenade-throwing hits hit the same point.

The soldiers around him fell down one by one. Commander Tang asked another guard to carry the wounded guard on his back, and then shouted: "Retreat!"

However, where can the withdrawal go?

The front and rear retreat routes were completely blocked, and the Japanese army had already occupied the surrounding commanding heights and carried out a fire blockade.

After the Yamamoto special team rushed the soldiers of the national army to the headquarters, in order to shorten the fighting time, they frantically fired gas bombs with grenades.

The soldiers of the national army were poisoned and fell down one after another. The devils wore gas masks and easily broke into the headquarters to start harvesting.

General Tang's last thought was that I, a dignified lieutenant general in the Chinese army, must not die at the hands of a little devil.

At the last moment, Commander Tang took off his gas mask, raised his gun and committed suicide, tragically martyred for his country.

Then, the Japanese 41st Division attacked across the board.

After fierce fighting in the middle of the night, the defense line of the National Army's 3rd Army, which had lost its command system, quickly collapsed.

Not only were the 5th Army and the 14th Army separated, but most of the national army's retreat and supply lines were cut off by the Japanese.

When the news reached Shuangqing City, the senior officials of the national government were in an uproar.

Principal Chang has always had an illusion that he has an advantage over me. Hearing this news, I feel regretful.

When the news reached Taiyuan, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army cheered.

……

Shanxi, Luliang Mountain Kenanpo, the Second Theater Command.

Yan Baichuan woke up early, but he actually fell asleep very late last night, the Japanese army's raid on Zhongtiao Mountain scared him enough.

My dear mother, the Japanese army was going to attack the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi on the surface, but secretly they were actually building plank roads and secretly planning Chencang to attack the Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain.

If the Japanese army's target was the Jinsui Army in Luliang Mountain, the Jinsui Army would not be able to stop the Japanese attack without any preparations.

There was only one result. Although the theater headquarters could cross the Yellow River to the west and retreat, the tens of thousands of troops of the Jinsui Army could not withdraw.

This Japanese is too insidious Liao.

In the past few years, the Japanese army launched many campaigns to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, but they failed to defeat them.

This time, the Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain was in danger.

As soon as he finished washing, the adjutant Yang Xingru hurried in with the telegram in hand, and saluted with a snap:

"Report to the commander, the Chongqing Nationalist Government has sent an urgent call!"

Yan Baichuan said casually: "Let me guess, did Principal Chang order me to send troops to break the siege of the Central Army?"

"Commander, you are really good at predicting things."

Yang Xingru flattered and said, "Last night, the 5rd Army of the 3th Group Army of the Central Army was wiped out by the 41st Division of the Japanese Army. Lieutenant General Tang Huaiyuan, the commander of the 3rd Army, died for his country. President Chang is in a hurry."

Yan Baichuan's tone was disdainful: "Hmph, if you want me to say, Principal Chang did it on his own accord. Who told him to put Wei Lihuang under house arrest, which caused the central army to have no unified command. Let me rescue him now. What can I do to rescue him?"

Let’s put aside the question of whether it can be saved or not, which annoyed the Japanese army. After the Japanese army has solved the Central Army, they have to fight back against the Jinsui Army?

The Japanese army would only look for soft persimmons, and if they kicked the iron plate at the Eighth Route, they would find trouble with the Central Army. Perhaps the next one would be the Jinsui Army.

Yang Xingru said casually: "Commander, maybe it doesn't need to be so troublesome. In the morning, the Japanese spies contacted the intelligence department and informed us to take over the counties in the southeast of Shanxi. This is the list of counties."

After speaking, Yang Xingru handed a list of counties to Yan Baichuan.

Yan Baichuan took a look and narrowed his eyes slightly. There were more than a dozen county towns above, and even a few county towns were still in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army.

Yan Baichuan asked: "Xingru, what do you think?"

"It's because the Japanese army is afraid that the Eighth Route Army will take the opportunity to capture these counties. Although the strength of the Eighth Route Army is greatly reduced, the main force of the Japanese army is not there. The Eighth Route Army is equipped with a lot of mountain artillery. It should not be difficult to capture these counties."

Yang Xingru analyzed: "The Japanese army's move, one is not to want these counties to fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and the other is to create a divorce and destroy the relationship between the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army."

This sentence was said by Yan Baichuan: "The third is that when the Japanese army finishes cleaning up the Central Army, when they look back, it will be easier to take back these counties from us."

Yang Xingru asked: "Then Commander, what do you mean, don't accept these counties?"

"No, I want to accept. After accepting these counties, on the one hand, I can turn over to Principal Chang." Yan Baichuan said, "On the other hand, you can make arrangements to send a press conference and invite more reporters to send the Jin Sui Army in Jin The southeast launched an active offensive, severely damaged the Japanese army, and recovered more than a dozen county towns, let me make a small report."

"Understood, the commander is brilliant, I admire the humble officer!"

Yang Xingru smiled obsequiously, flattered her, turned around and walked out.

After Yang Xingru left, Yan Baichuan picked up his teacup and took a sip, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Those county towns belong to me, Yan, so what right does Eighth Road have to meddle in?
……

The Eighth Route Army had already made preparations for anti-mopping up.

Li Yunlong led the 3rd Taihang Column to attack the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army.

The boss led the Taihang No. 41 column to attack the Japanese [-]st Division.

The division commander led the Taihang 2nd Column to block the 2 divisions, 2 reinforced brigades and 1 cavalry brigade in the west and south.

The brigade commander led the Taiyue column to protect the transfer of ordinary people.

However, it never occurred to me that the Japanese army turned their guns and attacked the Central Army.

The heads of the headquarters who received this situation were all shocked. Feeling that the Japanese army had made so many preparations before the war, were they all suspicious tactics?

The Eighth Route Army beat the Japanese army, so the Japanese army went to beat the Central Army, right?
Right now, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is having a heated discussion on whether to go south to support the Central Army, or take the opportunity to recover the base area and surrounding counties.

It was not so easy to go south to support the Central Army. The 37th Division of the Japanese Army was deployed in the Xiangyuan and Licheng areas to prevent the Eighth Route Army from going south.

Finally, the headquarters decided that the division commander would lead the Taihang 2nd Column to attack the 37th Division, Li Yunlong would lead the Taihang 3rd Column to recover the county, and the boss would lead the 1st Column to defend the base.

After all, there is also the 2nd Division of the Japanese Guards on Zhengtai Road. If the Eighth Route Army came out in full force, the devils would definitely steal the house.

Li Yunlong has already negotiated with Chen Feng the price of recovering more than a dozen counties.

good smell.

After regaining these dozen counties, he will lead his troops to Northwest Shanxi.

However, before Li Yunlong could do anything, news came that these counties had been occupied by the Jinsui Army.

Although very angry, but in order not to damage the national united front, the headquarters decided to abandon these counties.

After Li Yunlong heard the news, he couldn't help cursing: "This Yan Laoxi is really not a thing, he can run faster than anyone else, and now he is in collusion with the devils, son of a bitch, if labor and management are not allowed to hit the county, labor and management will fight Hit Taiyuan!"

This time, Captain Li really lost his temper.

They were ready to fight the 2nd Guards Division, but the Japanese army went to attack the Central Army in Zhongtiaoshan, and the 2nd Guards Division also ran away.

Ready to recover the county, the peaches were picked by Yan Laoxi at once.

They planned to do a big fight twice, but they failed to do it twice. How can Chief Li be so violent?
After all, fighting with a large army is not like an ambush, which can be decided with a slap on the head. It requires a lot of preparation work in the early stage.

(End of this chapter)