In Chongqing, Mr. Jiang, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up from his sleep by Mr. Jingguo. Mr. Jingguo suppressed his excitement and reported in a low voice: "Father, I just received a call from Xie Baoqing. He has recaptured Taiyuan early this morning."
The bleary-eyed Mr. Jiang suddenly sat up from the bed, grabbed the telegram from Mr. Jing Guo's hand and read it carefully under the desk lamp. He got out of bed and strode toward the door with the telegram in hand.
Mr. Jingguo hurriedly caught up and reminded: "Father, you are still wearing pajamas."
Mr. Jiang ordered without looking back: "Take my clothes to the office."
At the same time, Yan'an was also alarmed. Countless cave dwellings turned on their lights and busy figures appeared.
Central Daily News, Xinhua Daily, Wen Wei Po, Ta Kung Pao, Shen Bao, Xin Min Daily, Jiefang Daily... all received telegrams from the Taiyuan People's Liberation Army.
It is already this time. Some newspapers have already printed the newspapers to be released that day, and now they have to re-layout and re-print. This explosive news must appear on the front page of tomorrow morning's newspapers.
At the headquarters of the Second Theater Commander, Yan Xishan stared at the officers who were coming one after another with a face as dark as the bottom of a pot and asked, "Xie Baoqing captured Taiyuan. You didn't get any news about such a big battle in advance?"
The officers who entered the room were all stunned. Just now they were guessing what happened when Yan Xishan called them over in the middle of the night, but they didn't expect it to be such a shocking thunder.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Huang looked at Yan Xishan hesitantly and said, "No, Xie Baoqing only has so many troops. How can he conquer Taiyuan? Isn't Neji Okamura in Taiyuan? How could he conquer Taiyuan with his few troops?" Come down?"
Yan Xishan banged the table, glared and shouted: "But he just beat him down. Just now the old man from Chongqing called me personally to verify the matter, and I fucking knew it from his mouth."
Yan Xishan is the king of Shanxi. Now that someone has snatched Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, from the Japanese, he, the king of Shanxi, actually got the news from someone else. How could he not be furious?
Deputy Commander Huang's mouth twitched slightly, he looked at Yan Xishan and said thoughtfully: "The Military Commission has always been vague about the affiliation of Xie Baoqing's unit, but since he is fighting on the territory of our second theater , can we regard his troops as the troops of our second theater? Then, if he captured Taiyuan, wouldn’t it be the Taiyuan that our second theater captured? "
Yan Xishan raised his eyebrows and looked at Deputy Commander Huang and asked, "You mean to integrate his troops into one of our army groups and give him a designation?"
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Huang smiled bitterly: "That's what I mean, but if his troops are just integrated into one of our group armies, I'm afraid Xie Baoqing won't accept it, unless he is appointed as the deputy commander of the group army, but this requires appointment by the military committee. I think How about we give him an independent designation in the name of the Second War Zone, such as the newly formed Second Army of the Jinsui Army."
The expression on Yan Xishan's face finally softened. He stared at Deputy Commander-in-Chief Huang and said, "Isn't it too much to give him the title of the newly formed Second Army with the few troops he has?"
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Huang knew that Yan Xishan's old habit of asking for things was coming back. He smiled bitterly and said: "Commander-in-Chief, don't lose the big for the small, recruit his troops and give him a commander. In fact, we still take advantage, and We can also gain both fame and fortune. The key is, Taiyuan belongs to us, and you have such a capable fighting force in your hands. You can win more benefits for us at critical times."
Yan Xishan finally nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems to be the truth, brother Shao Hong, then let's leave this matter to you. Regardless of whether Xie Baoqing agrees or not, Taiyuan can only be ours. You can Tell Xie Baoqing that those who understand current affairs are heroes."
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Huang smiled bitterly. If I really said this to Xie Baoqing, I'm afraid this matter would be really difficult to handle.
I heard that that kid has a bad temper and likes to hit people with the soles of his big shoes. He can even put a character like Kita Seiichi in a dog cage, let alone the second bomb Peach Blossom Island. Deal with him. Strong tactics will definitely not work.
Deputy Commander Huang looked at Yan Xishan and nodded: "Then I'll leave right away."
Yan Xishan looked at the generals in the room and said to Yang Aiyuan: "Xingru, you go with Shao Hong."
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Huang suddenly lost his mind and waved hurriedly to Yan Xishan: "No, if Brother Xingru goes with me, then that's it. If it doesn't, we won't have any room for change."
Yang Aiyuan, named Xingru, is the commander of the Sixth Group Army of the Second Theater. If he goes to Taiyuan with Deputy Commander-in-Chief Huang, then he will definitely be traveling with thousands of troops. By then, it will not be easy to negotiate.
Yang Aiyuan coughed lightly, looked at Yan Xishan and said: "Commander-in-Chief, I also feel that it is inappropriate for me to go with the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and it will also delay the Deputy Commander-in-Chief's schedule. Why don't the Deputy Commander-in-Chief go first, and our troops It can be dispatched in the direction of Linfen."
It is also sad to say that Yan Xishan, the king of Shanxi, suffered consecutive defeats in Shanxi, and even the commander-in-chief's headquarters was forced to retreat across the Yellow River and stationed in Qiulin Town in northern Shaanxi.
Even Yang Aiyuan objected. Yan Xishan thought about it for a long time before nodding: "Then I'll do what you want. Shao Hong, go to Taiyuan and recruit Xie Baoqing. Xingru, mobilize your troops and take Linfen back to me." , if we don’t win one or two more battles, I won’t have the shame to go back to Shanxi.”
Yang Aiyuan grinned painfully. I was talking about maneuvering in the direction of Linfen, not to recapture Linfen.
The 41st Division of the Japanese Army is stationed in Linfen. This is an elite unit that is also famous among the Japanese Army's Type A troops. In particular, the Beida Camp, the headquarters of the 41st Division, has been built into an iron wall. It is said that there are tunnels connecting the inside and outside. If you want to regain it, Linfen is easier said than done.
However, now that Yan Xishan has spoken, Yang Aiyuan will not say anything at this time, so he has to bite the bullet and agree to it.
As for how to fight this battle, you have to give me some time to plan slowly, right?
Let’s not talk about what happened here in Qiulin and Yan Xishan. In Yan’an, not far from Qiulin, he also stayed up all night. In the smoke, finally an order came from the cave dwelling: Xu Shiyou, deputy commander of the 386 brigade, was ordered to leave immediately. Taiyuan, discussed with Xie Baoqing, commander of the Independent Division of the People's Liberation Army, the plan to resist Japan and save the country.
Why Xu Shiyou was sent? It was political commissar Deng of the 129th Division who replied to Yan'an in a telegram. Xu Shiyou and Xie Baoqing had an irreconcilable relationship and could make contact first.
Xie Tian regained Taiyuan, but he didn't know that he had stirred up this muddy water and made it even more turbulent.
