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The communications staff officer continued.

"Commander, the telegram from the North China Front Army Headquarters also said that the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is dividing into three groups and marching northward!"

"The main force of the first Eighth Route Army is about 6 people, going north along Baijin Road, the goal is Taiyuan!"

"The main force of the second Eighth Route Army is about 4 people, and the target is Shouyang!"

"The main force of the third Eighth Route Army is about 4 people, and the target is Yangquan!"

"According to the situation detected by the reconnaissance plane, the first main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army has four artillery wings, and the second and third main forces of the Eighth Route Army are both three artillery wings."

The North China Front Army has passed all the intelligence it has detected to the headquarters of the First Army.

"Nani?"

"The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army dispatched 14 main troops and 10 artillery regiments?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu's heart, which had just dropped, suddenly picked up again.

The strength of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the size of the artillery unit were basically twice that of the First Army.

If fighting in the wild, the First Army is definitely not an opponent of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the First Army is in a defensive posture. If the Eighth Route Army wants to destroy the First Army, it must dispatch at least three to five times as many troops as the First Army to have a chance to destroy the First Army.

Yoshio Yanmatsu secretly felt that the strength of the Eighth Route Army of the 129th Division had skyrocketed in the past two years.

In the past, although the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi had a large number of troops, their equipment was poor and their ammunition was pitifully low.

An infantry regiment of the First Army can enter the base of the Eighth Route Army in southeast Shanxi to sweep.

But now, the troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army have dared to go northward unscrupulously, and the First Army has nothing to do.

Of course, the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army must have stronger combat effectiveness than the national army.

But in terms of the quality of individual soldiers, it is still incomparable with the Japanese army.

After all, the troops of the 129th Division were expanded in the past two years. Before joining the war, the soldiers were all out-and-out farmers. They didn't train for a long time and had never fought a decent battle.

However, after the 129th Division has fought a few big battles and adapted to fighting with large corps, its overall combat effectiveness will inevitably improve by leaps and bounds.

"Your Excellency Commander..."

"I think the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is the same as the previous few times when it went north. Its strategic intention must be to provide cover and assist for the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to attack the 1st Division."

Chief of Staff Hua Guzheng, who had called the 1st Cavalry Brigade and gave orders, came over and said.

Several combat staff officers of the First Army were already doing homework on the map according to the communication staff's words, drawing arrows representing the Eighth Route Army going north.

Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded: "But don't be careless, order the 37th Division and the 33rd Division to immediately switch to a defensive state!"

The main force of the 37th Division has assembled in Yangquan.

The main force of the 33rd Division has assembled in Shouyang.

Because of the telegram from the pangolin, the Japanese army thought that the Eighth Route Army would gather heavy troops to attack Taiyuan, so the 33rd Division and the 37th Division were ready to reinforce Taiyuan at any time.

Yoshio Iwamatsu secretly rejoiced that General Ningji Okamura only transferred the 1st Cavalry Brigade to reinforce the 1st Division of Datong.

If one or two divisions were removed from the 1st Army to reinforce Datong, then the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army would definitely attack Taiyuan.

Hua Guzheng: "Hi!"

Later, Huagu was holding a pen and paper and began to write telegrams to the 33rd Division and the 37th Division.

Yoshio Yanmatsu looked at Yangquan City and Shouyang County on the map, his eyes revealing contemplation.

The danger in Taiyuan is temporarily lifted, but the Zhengtai Railway is afraid that it will be completely destroyed by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

Facing the main force of the Eighth Route Army heading north, the 33rd Division and the 37th Division could only barely protect themselves, and they could not do the more than 100-kilometer Zhengtai Railway in the defense area of ​​the two divisions.

This is also impossible.

Who made the first army unable to defeat the Eight Route Army?
However, if the Eighth Route Army stormed the 33rd and 37th Divisions, these two divisions could still turn north.

What's the harm in ceding Shouyang and Yangquan to the Eighth Route Army temporarily?

Judging from the current situation, the entire First Army is still very safe.

Thinking of this, the stone in Yoshio Iwamatsu's heart finally fell to the ground.

Major General Kazuki Yamamoto of the First Army Command always felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Shan himself was very soft-spoken, and he couldn't think of a clue, so he had no choice but to keep silent.

……

The battle of Datong started.

Just as Li Yunlong estimated in advance, the whole of North China is going to be messed up.

The 1st Division of the Japanese Army is one of the oldest units of the Japanese Army.

Everything in the world is full of chance.

In order to preserve a heavy artillery regiment, the Japanese army planned to build a three-unit division, and it was the division with the first designation.

Ningji Okamura, the commander of the North China Front Army, planned to severely damage or even wipe out the main force of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army at the expense of the 1st Division and the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment.

Simultaneously.

The main force of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia, and the troops directly under the North China Front Army, two cavalry regiments, are rushing to Datong day and night.

The military regions of the Eighth Route Army have received orders to delay the enemy's reinforcements to Datong with tactics such as guerrilla warfare and sparrow warfare.

Japanese brigade and division-level reinforcements cannot be handled by other military regions.

Forcibly issuing a death order to prevent enemy reinforcements at all costs will only increase casualties.

Although the strategic goal of the Eighth Route Army this time is not to wipe out or severely damage the 1st Division.

But it is still necessary to pretend to be a blocker. After all, if the Eighth Route Army does not even block the air, it is likely to arouse the suspicion of the Japanese army.

Datong.

The 6 artillery battalions of the Eighth Route Army bombarded the city wall of Datong, and blasted dozens of gaps in the city wall.

Then Kong Jie took the time, reckoning that the devil's fighter jets and bombers would arrive in about half an hour, so he ordered the artillery unit to move to cover immediately.

Although the anti-aircraft firepower is strong, Kong Jie doesn't want the artillery and air defense forces to confront the devil's planes and bombers head-on.

Subsequently, Kong Jie ordered four battalions of infantry to attack the city wall from all sides.

Since the Japanese infantry abandoned the city wall fortifications, the Eighth Route Army occupied the city wall without much effort.

The 1th Heavy Artillery Wing of the 6st Division is setting up artillery, waiting for the arrival of the reconnaissance liaison plane, and is preparing to fire at the Eighth Route Army artillery positions outside the city under the guidance of the reconnaissance liaison plane.

However, it took an hour for the reconnaissance and liaison plane to arrive from Beiping, but the Eighth Route Army only shelled for half an hour, opening dozens of gaps in the city wall.

Seeing this, the Devil Artillery hurriedly pulled the cannon to a concealed place and hid it.

After all, after the Eighth Route Army occupied the city wall fortifications, they could call and guide artillery to fire at the fortifications in the city.

However, the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army were just shifting and concealing. When the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army re-installed the cannons, the Devil's heavy artillery unit had already concealed.

Then the troops of the 4 battalions began to enter the city of Datong, and started house-by-street street battles with the devils from the 1st Division.

Although Kong Jie doesn't intend to fight to the death with the 1st Division, but this scene has to go on, to buy a day for the main force of the Xinyi Regiment and the 129th Division!

One day later, the main force of the 129th Division and the Xinyi Regiment will be able to complete the strategic encirclement of the 33rd Division and the 37th Division.