Chapter 484 Chu Yunfei is in danger!
Early the next morning.
Taiyuan.
First Army Headquarters.
Yoshio Iwamatsu was on the phone with Neji Okamura, reporting on the battle situation:
"Hi, General, the intelligence department has confirmed that Lieutenant General Iseki has been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and the Lieutenant General's command sword has been snatched away by the Eighth Route Army."
"Baga!" Neji Okamura said angrily, "Iwamatsu-kun, what is going on with your first army? Why are you losing battles again and again?"
"Hey!" Yoshio Iwamatsu wiped a cold sweat, "General, we have fallen into a trap. The actions of the 129th Division of the 8th Route in Southeast Shanxi and the 1st China War Zone are just an illusion. The Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi attacking the 36th Division is the Eighth Route Army. True strategic intent.”
"Iwamatsu-kun, I don't want to hear your explanation." Okamura Neiji asked coldly, "How many troops do the 36th Division have now?"
Iwamatsu Yoshio replied: "Currently, there are more than 1,000 Imperial Army soldiers surrounded by the Eighth Route Army in Heyuan County. More than 300 Imperial Army soldiers stationed in Anhua County have evacuated. More than 500 people in Ping'an County, including the 223rd Regiment Captain Yoshino Naoyashi Ozuo has successfully evacuated, and the 36th Division's baggage regiment has also withdrawn to Xinzhou."
When the battle broke out, the baggage regiment of the 36th Division was transporting steel bars and cement on Tongpu Road.
Since the soldiers of the baggage regiment were equipped with few weapons, they did not participate in the battle and were ordered by Jing Guanren to go to Xinzhou.
Okamura Neiji said: "So, there are still more than 3,000 people in the 36th Division?"
"Yes!" Yoshio Iwamatsu said, "But there are more than 1,000 soldiers among them, and they are surrounded in Heyuan County. The 3rd Brigade and the 14th Brigade are currently on their way to rescue!"
"Iwamatsu-kun, immediately order the 3rd Brigade and the 14th Brigade to stop reinforcements!" Okamura Neji said.
As long as the 36th Division is not wiped out, there is still room for improvement. If the 36th Division is wiped out, the problem will be huge.
After all, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War of Resistance, there has been no precedent for a Japanese division to be wiped out by the Chinese army.
"But..." Iwamatsu Yoshio was slightly startled, wouldn't he save those Locust Army soldiers in Heyuan County?
Okamura Neiji said: "There is nothing to worry about. The strength of the Eighth Route Army in the north of Shanxi Province is somewhat beyond our imagination. The 14th Brigade and the 3rd Brigade went to reinforce them. It is very likely that they were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army before the reinforcements approached Heyuan County. If it falls, we immediately give the order to give up reinforcements. Li Yunlong won't be able to jump around for long."
"Hi!" Although Yoshio Iwamatsu was reluctant to give up these more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers, Neji Okamura personally ordered it, and Yoshio Iwamatsu had to comply.
Okamura Neiji asked again: "Iwamatsu-kun, how is the progress of "Project Bo"?"
Regarding luring Yan Xishan to surrender, Okamura Neji was quite concerned.
As long as Yan Xishan can surrender to the Japanese army, the security of Shanxi will be greatly improved.
"Report to your Excellency, General." Yoshio Iwamatsu replied, "Yan Xishan has already replied. He promised to surrender to the Locust Army, but there are conditions."
Okamura Neji's tone softened slightly: "What are the conditions?"
Iwamatsu Yoshio said: "He wants the Locust Army to provide weapons, ammunition and food supplies for 400,000 troops. I don't think Yan Xishan sincerely wants to surrender to the Locust Army. He just wants the Locust Army's combat supplies!"
"I know this." Okamura Neiji said, "Yan Xishan has always been cunning. You can agree to give him some combat supplies first, but you must publicly declare his surrender to the Locust Army. Before that, you must not give him a grain. A bullet and a grain of grain.”
"Hi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu lowered his head and said, "I understand, please don't worry, General!"
"Hi!"
Okamura Neiji gave a few more instructions. Iwamatsu Yoshio waited for Okamura Neiji to hang up the phone before he put the receiver on the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Masa Hanatani aside and said: "Kanatani-kun, immediately order the 3rd Brigade and the 14th Brigade to stop reinforcing Heyuan County. The 3rd Brigade will return to Datong, and the 14th Brigade will return to Taiyuan. !”
"Hi!" Hua Gu lowered his head, turned around and was about to leave.
At this moment, Communications Staff Officer Nakamura Takeo walked in hurriedly and reported to Iwamatsu Yoshio: "Commander, there is a call from Yoshio Matsuo of the 3rd Brigade. The one who attacked Datong in the middle of the night last night was the Jinsui Army. No. It is unknown but has a large number of troops, no less than 5,000, and has already captured the headquarters, grain depot and arsenal in Datong City."
"Jinsui Army?"
Iwamatsu Yoshio's expression suddenly changed. He thought it was the Eighth Route Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region who attacked Datong, but he never expected that it was the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Hua Guzheng walked to the map and looked at it, and then said in a deep voice: "Commander, the Shanxi-Sui Army unit closest to Datong is the 358th Regiment, and its leader is Chu Yunfei. This 358th Regiment is Yan Xishan's trump card. In the Dagushan and Hengshan areas, about 60 kilometers away from Datong, Chu Yunfei must have known that the 3rd Brigade had left Datong, so he took the opportunity to attack!"
"Baga!" Iwamatsu Yoshio said angrily, "This cunning Yan Xishan does one thing in front of you and another behind his back!"
Yan Xishan had verbally agreed to surrender to the Japanese army, but secretly sent the 358th Regiment to attack Datong, which was simply a breach of trust.
Moreover, because of this incident, the verbal agreement he and Yan Xishan had finally established had to be shattered.
The 36th Division was severely damaged, and Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu was definitely to blame, but if he could successfully induce Yan Xishan to surrender, there is a high probability that the merits and demerits would be offset by the merits.
But with this wave of backstabbing, Yan Xishan's surrender will most likely not be followed up.
Hua Guzheng said coldly: "Yan Xishan definitely does not sincerely want to surrender to the imperial army!"
"This Yan Xishan deserves to die!"
Yoshio Iwamatsu's eyes flashed sharply, and his murderous aura overflowed:
"Jun Huagu, immediately order the 3rd Brigade to return to Datong and kill Chu Yunfei and the 358th Regiment for me."
"Hi!" Hanatani lowered his head, turned around and walked out with his feet together, and communications staff officer Takeo Nakamura quickly followed.
…
Ke Nan Slope.
The Second War Zone Commander's Department.
"Report to the commander!"
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang Xingru hurriedly walked into Yan Baichuan's office holding a few messages.
Yan Baichuan was clasping his hands behind his back and looking at the map, as if sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. Now the Eighth Route Army was fighting the Japanese army again, and the Central Army also joined in.
It is best for these three parties to get their brains out so that the Jinsui Army can be safe.
Yan Baichuan turned around when he heard the voice and said with a smile: "Xingru, are you coming?"
Yang Xingru said: "Commander, the Communications Department has just received two telegrams."
"Which telegrams?"
Yan Baichuan picked up the tea cup and blew on it with a relaxed expression, then took a sip.
Yang Xingru said: "The first telegram is that the intelligence department has confirmed that the commander of the Japanese 36th Division was killed by the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. The Lieutenant General's command knife was captured by the Eighth Route Army."
"Oh?" Yan Baichuan was suddenly startled, "Did Jingguan Ren really be killed by Li Yunlong?"
"They were really killed." Yang Xingru nodded and exclaimed, "Kenkichi Hirata, Akira Muto, Yoshio Shinozuka and Ren Iseki. This is the fourth Japanese lieutenant general killed by Li Yunlong."
"It's incredible, it's incredible!"
Yan Baichuan praised: "Today's young people are really outrageous."
Speaking of the Japanese army, Yan Baichuan couldn't help but think of the fear of the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army being dominated by the Japanese Fifth Division in 1937.
Yan Xishan fought in the war all his life, but was tortured by the Japanese army in that battle and doubted his life. He himself did not even dare to defend Taiyuan. After handing Taiyuan to Fu Zuoyi, he led his troops to escape.
When Li Yunlong was still in southeastern Shanxi, the main force of the 129th Division was there. Li Yunlong commanded the Eighth Route Army with more than 30,000 people to defeat a division, which was still within the scope of understanding.
However, after Li Yunlong arrived in northwest Shanxi, there were only three regiments including the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment. They were still so powerful. He severely damaged the 36th Division and killed Jingguan Ren.
Yan Baichuan continued, with a rather regretful tone: "Unfortunately, Li Yunlong rejected my solicitation."
"Li Yunlong's refusal was expected." Yang Xingru said, "But what surprises me is that Li Yunlong has made so many contributions and is still the commander of the regiment. And based on the analysis of the battle in northwest Shanxi, the strength of this new regiment is probably It has exceeded 20,000 people. Two months ago, after Li Yunlong defeated Taiyuan, the new regiment only had more than 6,000 people. In just two months, it grew to 20,000 people. The speed at which the Communist Party mobilized its troops was really terrifying! "
Yan Baichuan narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this. The Japanese would be driven out sooner or later.
By that time, Shanxi's surname might no longer be Yan, but Gong. The more Yan Baichuan thought about it, the more uneasy he became.
"Let's not talk about this for now." Yan Baichuan waved his hand and asked, "What is the content of the second telegram?"
Yang Xingru handed one of the telegrams to Yan Baichuan: "Commander, this is the telegram just sent by Chu Yunfei, the leader of the 358th Regiment. He led his troops to sneak attack Datong City last night and has now occupied most of Datong City. "
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"What are you talking about?" Yan Baichuan shrank slightly and looked shocked, "Chu Yunfei led the 358th regiment to attack Datong?"
…
At the same time, outside Heyuan County, the new regiment headquarters was located.
Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others are discussing which group of Japanese reinforcements to eat, or whether to eat both groups.
At present, the losses of the New Regiment are not big, and the losses of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment are also very small. They are fully capable of fighting the Japanese again.
Wang Dehou took the telegram from the telegraph operator and after reading it, he said: "Captain, I just received reports from the 6th and 7th divisions that the Japanese 3rd and 14th brigades that were reinforcing Heyuan County have withdrawn."
"Withdrawn?" Li Yunlong said in a disappointed tone: "Yoshio Iwamatsu, this old devil, is really boring, so he's withdrawing now. We haven't had enough of the fight yet."
Zhang Dabiao grinned slightly: "Commander, how about we go south to attack Taiyuan? Anyway, the main force of the 129th Division arrived in the Taigu area. They attacked Taiyuan from two sides and killed the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yingjun and Yang Jiuping's eyes lit up slightly.
Hitting Taiyuan is a great idea!
Li Yunlong shook his head: "Now is not the time. The last time we attacked Taiyuan, there were only a few thousand Japanese troops. Now the Japanese army in Taiyuan has at least 20,000 troops and a full cavalry regiment. Even if we can defeat Taiyuan, , the price is too high.”
Wang Dehou added: "Captain, there is another situation. According to the report from Division 6, Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment went to Datong yesterday."
"Oh?" Li Yunlong looked surprised. He refused Chu Yunfei to join forces. Unexpectedly, Chu Yunfei was unwilling to be lonely and also won a fight.
"Chu Yunfei has a good strategic vision." Zhao Gang praised, "Datong is an important military town, and the main force of the 3rd Brigade is not here. The 358th Regiment has a good chance of conquering Datong."
Li Yunlong looked at the map, but his eyes narrowed slightly: "Oops, Chu Yunfei is in danger!"
