After the Yuci Battle ended successfully, the main forces of the 129th Division and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region withdrew to the defense area and did not take advantage of the situation to attack Yuci City. This made Lieutenant General Wu Dian, who retreated to Yuci City, breathe a sigh of relief.
Xu Monk of the 81st Division and the 81st Brigade also led their troops to withdraw to the Zezhou base area;
The Yuci area is too close to Taiyuan and will directly threaten Taiyuan's security. In order not to overly stimulate the Japanese, the headquarters decided not to expand the base area to the Yuci Plain for the time being.
Yuci is located in the middle of Hedong Province, bordering the Taihang Mountains to the east and the Fen River to the west, between the middle section of the Taihang Mountains and the Taiyuan Basin.
There are mountains, hills and plains. The terrain is higher in the east and lower in the west, distributed in a ladder shape.
The main force of the Independent Brigade also withdrew from the Anping base area, leaving only the 882nd Regiment to open up a new base area in the eastern Taihang Mountains, and the regiment headquarters remained in Niecheng.
In the southeastern region of Hedong, only Zezhou City and Luzhou City were occupied by the Japanese. Almost all the vast towns and counties were in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army.
The 129th Division also retained part of its troops to carry out guerrilla warfare in the mountainous areas, and all troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region withdrew from the Yuci area.
The situation between the enemy and us in the Yuci area has changed to the enemy occupying the plains and along the railway. The First Section of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the 882nd Regiment of the 81st Independent Brigade control the eastern Taihang Mountains, occupying the terrain advantage, and retaining the back-up to invade the Taiyuan Plain at any time.
The advantage of such a strategic deployment is that the focus of contention between the two sides is pushed from southeast Hedong to central Hedong, and the base areas around Zezhou and Luzhou are connected together, forming a relatively stable rear area.
If the Japanese want to attack the Eighth Route Army's base in the southeast of Hedong in the future, they must first cross the eastern mountainous area of Yuci;
The Eighth Route Army's living space has been further expanded, and the Japanese are no longer able to blockade the southeast of Hedong.
The Yuci area has a large population, a developed economy, rich resources, and an important geographical location, especially the eastern mountainous area, which exerts natural pressure on the Taiyuan Plain.
Niecheng, the independent brigade temporary headquarters, the Yuci campaign summary meeting and the next phase of work deployment meeting were held in the headquarters. The participants were the commanders of the regiments, the artillery battalion commanders, the battalion commanders of the 882 regiment, etc., led by the chief of staff Hosted by Zhong Guoliang:
"Comrades, in the Battle of Yuci, our independent brigade, with the cooperation of our brother troops, achieved brilliant results and completely annihilated the 8th Independent Brigade, the Nirvana Garrison Brigade, and the Yamamoto Kazuki Special Agent Team;
It severely damaged the main forces of the 35th Division and the 36th Division, killed more than 16,000 people under Lieutenant General Maeda of the 35th Division and Major General Harada of the 8th Independent Brigade, and captured and reorganized more than 2,000 puppet troops.
Seized were 16 105mm heavy howitzers, 22 75mm field guns, 37 infantry guns, more than 60 mortars, more than 13,000 guns of various types, 11 radio stations, and many more types of ammunition and supplies. It is impossible to count, especially infantry artillery and mortar shells and 75mm field artillery shells, which are enough to support a medium-sized battle. "
As soon as Zhong Guoliang finished speaking, the audience burst into thunderous applause. Everyone was beaming with joy. This time, they made a lot of money.
Zhong Guoliang waited for the applause to stop and then said:
"Now let the brigade commander speak!"
Chu Xiong was also in a very good mood, not just because of the great results achieved by the Independent Brigade, but because he had finally changed since he traveled through time. This was a good start.
Since he traveled through time and came to this era, naturally if he wants to change this national war, he must not only greatly reduce the sacrifices of the nation, but also eliminate as many Japanese as possible and eliminate many regrets for future generations.
In the previous battle of Zaoyi, he tried to change part of it and saved General Zhang, but the wheels still returned to the starting point inertia;
Those who deserved to lose still lost, and the casualties were still more than 100,000. The only thing that made him slightly relieved was that the Japanese casualties were much higher.
The powerful inertia of history gave him, a time traveler, a deep sense of powerlessness. Sometimes he even had the illusion that history cannot be changed.
He had been preparing for this offensive for nearly two years, developing Wei Shen cannon, Wei Yixiao cannon, and Hua Mulan cannon. He spared no effort to support other brother troops in order to enhance the brother troops' ability to break the blockade;
God paid off, and the offensive operations achieved more ideal results. Full-scale flowering turned into staged flowering, which greatly saved manpower and material resources.
During the battle, various units of the Eighth Route Army wiped out a large number of the Japs' active forces and exhausted the materials prepared by the Japs, leaving the Japs unable to launch subsequent retaliatory raids;
The battle that was supposed to last for nearly half a year ended in more than two months. A large number of Japanese were annihilated and their own casualties were greatly reduced;
The bottleneck in the development of the Eighth Route Army has been completely broken, and the three-year difficult period will no longer exist. The people in the base area will have to pay at least millions of casualties. How can he not be happy about this?
Mr. Chu is not a saint either. He will still smile proudly when he should be proud.
“Comrades, I suggest applauding the glorious victory achieved by our Eighth Route Army, and we should be happy when we should!
Victory belongs to all Eighth Route Army commanders and fighters, and to the great Chinese people! "
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa..."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa..."
The applause lasted for a long time, and everyone had a proud smile on their face. This great victory was a tribute to each of them.
“Comrades, after the applause, victory has become a thing of the past. From now on, everyone in the Independence Brigade must prepare for the next victory;
Our enemies are still extremely powerful, and the Japanese can afford to defeat them. This time they lost tens of thousands of troops. It won’t be long before they come back again. The current situation of a strong enemy and a weak one still exists, and will continue to exist for a long time. Everyone must Be mentally prepared for this. "
After Chu Xiong finished speaking, he turned to Li Qing and said:
"Li Qing, you know my intention of keeping you and the 882nd Regiment, right?"
Chu Xiong jumped directly to the next topic and ordered Li Qing's general first.
Li Qing thought for a moment and then said:
"Establishing a solid base in the mountainous area east of Yuci can threaten Taiyuan when advancing, and serve as a barrier for the base in southeastern Shanxi when retreating."
Li Qing's answer made Chu Xiong very satisfied. Seeing this showed that he could stand alone.
In the past two years or so, Chu Xiong has spared no effort to cultivate several old brothers such as Li Qing, Lin Xiaofeng, Zhang Yu, Yan Haoyu, Chu Dapeng, etc., and Jiaoguo has shown it.
Among these people, except for Chu Dapeng, whose abilities are relatively inferior, almost all the others were brought out by him step by step. All his strategic, tactical thoughts and development concepts were passed on to them. Now everyone can stand alone. One side.
As for Chu Dapeng, he had been his friend since childhood and never avoided relatives. Chu Dapeng's position in the future was to be his housekeeper and his substitute.
Chu Xiong nodded and said:
"Li Qing, the terrain of Yuci is high in the east and low in the west, and the mountainous areas in the east are easy to defend and difficult to attack;
As long as your 882 regiment establishes a firm foothold in the eastern mountainous area of Yuci and establishes a solid base, it will be like putting a knife in Xiao Zhuoyi's waist.
When he launches raids on other bases in the future, you can stab him at any time and make him unable to let go;"
