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Yan Xishan suddenly fell into deep thought.

Attack the old nest of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi?

To be honest, Yan Xishan was really moved.

The last transaction was made by Li Yunlong. Although he was frightened by the strength of the Eighth Route Army, Yan Xishan did not dare to make any moves.

But Yan Xishan has always held a grudge, and he just waited for the Eighth Route Army to lose both sides in the fight with the Japanese army, so that he could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

What's more, Northwest Shanxi was originally Yan Xishan's territory, so why should the Eighth Route Army get involved?
Did the Eighth Route Army go to northwestern Shanxi to open up base areas, did I get the consent of the commander-in-chief of the Second Theater?
But thinking of Li Yunlong, Yan Xishan suddenly hesitated.

Li Yunlong is a man who will take revenge, and he never talks about the rules of the game, and does not play cards according to common sense.

If the Japanese army failed to severely damage the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan, then the Jinsui Army would attack the base of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi.

Looking back, Li Yunlong will definitely lead a new regiment to attack Luliang Mountain.

At that time, Yan Xishan can withdraw to Qiulin Town in northern Shaanxi, but the tens of thousands of Jinsui troops under his command cannot stop Li Yunlong's troops.

The Jinsui Army's offensive ability is weak, but its defensive ability is still good, otherwise it will not be able to defend Luliang Mountain.

But the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has heavy artillery with a caliber of 150 mm, and at least several hundred cannons with a caliber of less than 150 mm.

Even the First Army of the Japanese Army was not as wealthy as the Xinyi Regiment, and the defense line of Luliang Mountain would definitely not be able to stop the Eighth Route Army.

On the one hand, Yan Xishan wanted to avenge Li Yunlong's revenge.

On the other hand, Yan Xishan was afraid of being pursued by Li Yunlong afterwards, so he led the main force to retaliate.

While Yan Xishan was struggling, the communications staff officer of the Second War Zone held the telegram in his hand, walked in quickly, saluted with a snap and said, "Report to the commander, Chongqing Chairman Jiang's secret message!"

Seeing that Yan Xishan was still thinking, Yang Xingru took the telegram from the communication staff officer, and then waved his hand to signal the communication staff officer to leave.

After the communications staff officer turned around and left quickly, Yang Xingru picked up the telegram and read it.

After Yang Xingru finished reading the telegram, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Commander, Chairman Jiang of Chongqing ordered my Jinsui Army, after the Eighth Route Army's main force attacked Taiyuan, gather heavy troops to attack the Eighth Route Army's Northwest Shanxi base, destroy its arsenal, cement factory and facilities such as steel mills.”

Yan Xishan's eyes flashed brightly, and he snorted coldly and said, "Lao Jiang is trying to make our Jinsui Army fight the Eighth Route Army. I, Yan Xishan, cannot be fooled by this."

After destroying the arsenal, cement factory and steel factory in Northwest Shanxi, Li Yunlong still has to find Yan Xishan to fight for his life?

To put it bluntly, the more lively the Jinsui Army, the Japanese Army, and the Eighth Route Army fought in Shanxi, the happier Chiang would be in Chongqing.

After all, the Jinsui army is the national army in name, but it is just a local warlord, not the direct descendant of Lao Jiang.

As for the conditions promised by Major General Kazuki Yamamoto, with Yan Xishan's wily calculations, how could it be possible not to see the empty promises written by the Japanese?
Yan Xishan continued: "The Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek are the same breed. They only want our Jinsui Army to fight for them, but they are reluctant to spend their money. They want the horse to run, but they don't want to feed the horse."

"It's just wishful thinking to write a bad check and think that our Jinsui Army will work for them."

"Xingru, send a telegram to Chairman Jiang and the Japanese immediately, saying that when the Eighth Route Army attacks Taiyuan, our Jinsui Army will attack Northwest Shanxi immediately."

"Commander, this is..." Deputy Commander Yang Xingru was suddenly confused, why did the Commander speak inconsistently?

Yan Xishan smiled slightly: "First stabilize the Japanese and Chairman Jiang, our Jinsui Army will stand still and wait and see what happens."

"The commander is brilliant, I admire the humble position!"

Yang Xingru's face was stunned. With Yan's shrewdness, how could he provoke the Eighth Route Army before the battle situation became clear?
The current strength of the Eighth Route Army is not so easy to provoke!

However, Chairman Jiang did not give an order to Tang Enbo, the Central Army stationed at Zhongtiao Mountain, to attack southeast Shanxi.

Although Tang Enbo is not from the Whampoa family, he is from the same hometown as Lao Jiang, and he can be regarded as Lao Jiang's direct line.

At this time, the biggest enemy of the national army is still the Japanese army, and Lao Jiang doesn't want his direct troops to fight with the Eighth Route Army.

……

An unremarkable night passed under the dark clouds of various forces.

The Sword Squadron of the Xinyi Regiment cooperated with the Katyusha rocket launcher unit, and easily killed the devil stronghold and secret sentry beside the road.

Then, the two cavalry battalions of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment.

And the rocket artillery units of the three regiments, a total of 24 Katyusha rocket artillery, formed the rocket artillery reinforcement battalion.

In addition, Kong Jie also sent machine artillery units to protect the rocket launcher reinforcement battalion.

The three battalions arrived at a position 10 kilometers south of Datong before dawn.

Within 10 kilometers of Datong, the 1st Division of the Japanese Army built some bunkers, gun towers, and set up some checkpoints for security.

These bunkers and gun towers are all masonry structures, and even 20mm machine guns can easily penetrate them, let alone bazookas.

There was no need to use Katyusha rockets at all. A bazooka rocket was fired over, and the devil's blockhouses and gun towers could not hold it at all.

There are tyrannical fighters who outplay the bazooka.

First let the comrades attract the firepower of the devils, and then a cavalryman rode on horseback, and rode the horse to carry the bazooka around to the flank of the devil's gun tower.

Aiming at the devil's gun tower, he pulled the trigger, and the rocket flew towards the devil's gun tower with a long tail flame.

Accompanied by a loud explosion, the devil's gun tower collapsed in an instant like a shattered one.

Under the powerful firepower, the devil's bunkers, gun towers, and checkpoints could not stop the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army at all.

The soldiers of the two cavalry battalions, like two shooting arrows, surrounded the city wall of Datong.

Mitsuo Nakazawa was awakened by the sound of gunfire.

He looked at the time, it was only 6:[-] in the morning, he thought he got up early, and dreamed that the Eighth Route Army was attacking Datong.

During this period of time, the three husbands of Zhongze who were stationed in Datong were also worried, for fear that Li Yunlong would lead the main force to attack, and they even felt a little bit like a snake.

So Mitsuo Nakazawa lay down and prepared to sleep for a while.

Boom, boom, boom...

The rumbling sound came intermittently, and Sanfu Nakazawa stood up, listening carefully with a puzzled expression, could it be thunder?

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Sanfu Nakazawa got up, turned on the light, put on his coat, and quickly opened the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Yoshio Noguchi, chief of staff of the 1st Division, standing outside the door with an ugly expression on his face.

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

Seeing Mitsuo Nakazawa, Colonel Yoshio Noguchi said solemnly:
"Eighth Route Army cavalry appeared around Datong, and they were attacking the artillery towers and bunkers on both sides of the road. This group of Eighth Route Army cavalry has strong firepower and carries bazooka rocket launchers. The force is about one cavalry regiment!"

The former chief of staff of the 1st Division, Shinno Kazuo, has been killed, and the current chief of staff, Noguchi Yoshio, is newly appointed.

"Nani?" Sanfu Nakaze's face changed leisurely when he heard the words: "A cavalry regiment?"

Could it be that the cavalry unit of the new regiment has arrived in Datong?

That's not right. Didn't Neiji Okamura, the commander of the North China Front, say that the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army will gather the main force to attack Taiyuan?

How could the cavalry unit of the new regiment appear in Datong?

What exactly is going on?

While Sanfu Zhongze was thinking, the gunfire was getting closer and closer to Datong, and Sanfu Zhongze also heard intensive gunfire.

This shows that the Eighth Route Army cavalry is only a few kilometers away from Datong.

What's more terrible is that the North China Front Army Command gave the 1st Division an order to assemble and stand by. Most of these assembled officers and soldiers were inside the city, and there were not many Japanese troops outside the city.

"Yes!" Yoshio Noguchi replied, "It's a cavalry regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Did you find the infantry of the Eighth Route Army?" asked Mitsuo Nakazawa.

"I haven't found it yet!" Yoshio Noguchi said.

"Go to the war hall immediately and order all officers and soldiers to stand by!"

Mitsuo Nakazawa walked quickly to the battle hall with the lieutenant general's command knife on his shoulders. Yoshio Noguchi let out a hi, and hurriedly followed Mitsuo Nakazawa.

When I came to the combat hall, some staff officers had already arrived, and Yoshio Noguchi gave the troops combat orders.

However, Sanfu Zhongze stared at the map and fell into deep thought. Is the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army going to attack Datong?Or did the Eighth Route Army deliberately let the cavalry come to Datong, and the main infantry had already quietly moved south to confuse the Japanese army?

If the target of the Eighth Route Army's Xinyi Regiment is Datong, then the information obtained by the North China Front Army Command must be false!
"Can you still get in touch with the stronghold and secret post on the Northwest Shanxi Highway?"

Mitsuo Nakazawa looked at the communications staff officer and asked in a deep voice.

"Report to the head of the division." The communication staff bowed his head, "Whether it is a stronghold or a secret post, all have lost contact and should have been destroyed by an attack by the Eighth Route Army."

Mitsuo Nakazawa frowned suddenly, this is not good news.

Unexpectedly, even the secret sentry near the stronghold was pulled out by the Eighth Route Army.

In this way, whether the main infantry of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army will go north, then Sanfu Nakazawa will not know.

Whether the Eighth Route Army is going to attack Taiyuan or Datong, Zhongze Sanfu is still not sure.

But he dared not gamble.

Mitsuo Nakazawa ordered: "Order the 1st Infantry Battalion of the Suzuki Regiment to enter the position outside the northern city immediately, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army cavalry in the northern part of the city, and must keep the north unimpeded."

If the main force of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army goes northward, whether the 1st Division will fight or retreat will be up to Sanfu Nakazawa.

You have to ask General Neji Okamura, commander of the North China Front Army, for instructions.

But before that, it is necessary to ensure that the 1st Division goes north unimpeded.

Because once the 1st Division retreats, it must go north, where the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia will respond.

The last time the Eighth Route Army attacked the 3rd Brigade, it sent cavalry to block the 3rd Brigade's northward retreat, which led to the annihilation of the 3rd Brigade.

Sanfu Nakazawa snorted coldly, my 1st Division is not the 3rd Brigade, and it is wishful thinking to block the retreat of my 1st Division with mere cavalry.

"Hi!"

The communications officer suddenly lowered his head, turned and left.

"Noguchi-kun." Mitsuo Nakazawa looked at the chief of staff and said in a deep voice, "Immediately draw up a telegram and report the situation here to General Neji Okamura, the commander of the North China Front Army."

Yoshio Noguchi lowered his head suddenly: "Hi!" (End of this chapter)