"Crash..." A sound of porcelain breaking sounded in the war room.

The commander with an angry face held the command knife and slashed hard at the vase placed in the corner of the wall.

In the blink of an eye, a precious vase becomes fragments.

After cutting the vase, the commander seemed to be unhappy and his eyes swept around the war room to find the next target of venting.

First, I looked at the combat sand table in front of me, but soon turned my attention to other places.

The sand table is too important. If it is destroyed by myself in anger, I will not have a sand table for the next few days.

Finally, he kept his eyes on a set of tea sets on the table. This was an antique given to him by his subordinates. It was very valuable and he always put it on the table to appreciate it.

But at this moment, he was so angry that he just wanted to find something to vent his feelings. He could not care whether these tea sets were valuable. He cut them to pieces with one knife, which made the Chief of Staff feel very heartbroken.

The commander calmed himself down after holding a knife in both hands and chopping two more vases.

He stared at the communications staff and asked with a serious look on his face: "Did the farewell telegram explain clearly how they were killed by the National Savior Army?"

"The total strength of the third wave of reinforcements is more than 6,000. The National Salvation Army has just captured Jinzhong. It must have suffered heavy casualties in the siege battle, and there is no time to rest. The six or seven thousand reinforcements not only did not defeat a tired army with heavy casualties, but were also eaten by them. This is incredible!"

The communications officer shook his head helplessly: "When the reinforcements sent us farewell telegrams, we only received half of the signal and it was interrupted!"

"The telegrams I have received only tell us that the reinforcements have been surrounded by heavy troops of the National Salvation Army, and they have suffered heavy losses and will be eaten by the other party soon, and there is no other content!"

The commander's anger surged in his heart again, his eyes became redder and redder, as if they could spit out fire. He cursed with murderous intent: "That is to say, after we even killed the third wave of reinforcements, we didn't even know the tactics and tactics used by the National Salvation Army. They were confused and ate six or seven thousand people!"

Faced with the angry questioning of the army commander, everyone in the war room lowered their heads.

If the commander really wanted to hold the defeat accountable, no one in the war room could escape. Because after they discussed the third wave of reinforcements' counterattack against Jinzhong, no one had to express an objection before it was implemented. Now that the counterattack has failed, the third wave of reinforcements has also broken themselves in. As participants in the entire combat plan, they must be responsible.

Seeing his subordinates' reaction, the commander was not too surprised, but he couldn't help but curse.

"A group of useless wastes, always ask questions every time they encounter problems. What's the use of me?"

Even though he scolded, the commander did not forget the serious matter.

He quickly frowned and ordered: "The intelligence department, the scouts and garrisons operating near Jinzhong, will take action for me from now on. It is important to use the shortest time to figure out how the third wave of reinforcements were killed by the National Rescue Army!"

"We also need to find a way to find out the damage caused by the Jinzhong National Salvation Army in the two battles, find out how many troops they have now, and what are the next moves?"

"Chief of Staff, immediately draw a portion of the mobile troops from the Zhengtai Railway to reinforce Taiyuan!"

"After the third wave of reinforcements was killed by the National Salvation Army, the troops in Taiyuan City were seriously insufficient, and even self-protection was a problem. If there was an enemy's idea of ​​taking the opportunity to attack Taiyuan City, then this place would be dangerous. We must not give the National Salvation Army any opportunity to take advantage of!"

"In addition to the mobile troops, you also need to find a way to draw two infantry brigades from the surrounding garrisons to marching and reinforce Taiyuan. The faster the speed, the better, and ensure the safety of Taiyuan City at all costs."

The battle in Jinzhong City was over. After the Chief of Staff knew that he could not break out, he immediately ordered the troops to occupy the surrounding yard, intending to bring more national rescue troops to take over before he died.

But their troops were too concentrated, and the mobile battalion and the guard battalion also transferred a large number of infantry artillery and mountain artillery from outside the city to participate in the battle, and there was a burst of bombardment at the yard where the Japanese and puppet troops were hiding.

In less than an hour, more than 60 yards occupied by the Japanese and puppet troops were named one by one by two battalions with artillery. Except for a small number of puppet troops surrendered and became prisoners, all the other Japanese and puppet troops were killed by artillery shells.

In the temporary regiment headquarters in the center of the city, seven or eight battalion commanders of the National Salvation Army and the garrison captains gathered at the table to discuss the battle that had just ended. Some were happy, and some were hurt...

But their attention was not entirely on this matter, and people looked at the command department from time to time.

"The regiment commander and chief of staff are here!"

I don’t know who shouted, but the room that was still lively just now suddenly became quiet. The eyes of several people seemed to have agreed, and they focused on the door of the room at the same time.

"Everyone is anxious!" Zhou Cheng asked with a smile when he came in.

The battalion commander of the first battalion of the main force, He Feng, was the most familiar with Zhou Cheng, and immediately responded: "It's the commander, you know us!"

"The troops won consecutive battles and killed more than 10,000 Japanese and puppet troops in two nights. Although they were very tired, everyone's morale was very high. The soldiers were so happy that they screamed whenever they heard the word "war!"

"Captain, you are so anxious to call us to the command center. Is there another big battle to fight?"

The second battalion commander Fang Shanlin was unwilling to fall behind and asked for battle: "Regiment Commander, all the commanders and soldiers of the second battalion can participate in the battle at any time. If there is really any mission, don't forget us!"

The other battalion commanders were also ready to follow suit. When they stood up and asked for the war, Zhou Cheng decisively interrupted: "What are you anxious? If there is really a big battle to fight in the regiment headquarters, each of you can't escape!"

"I just counted the results of our war since we sent troops to Jinzhong with the Chief of Staff. It was very gratifying. Not only did we successfully capture Jinzhong, but we also successfully killed three waves of reinforcements sent to Jinzhong in Taiyuan, and exceeded the task!"

"Information shows that Taiyuan City has now become an empty city, and all the garrisons have totaled less than 4,000!"

He Feng became excited when he heard this, stared at Zhou Cheng and asked quickly: "Captain, you are not going to fight Taiyuan!"

Other battalion commanders also think so, but they also think it is too unrealistic.

Although the Japanese troops stationed in Taiyuan have dropped sharply to less than 4,000, it is the capital of Shanxi Province and the location of the First Japanese Army in North China. The defense system is very complete, and it is still very difficult to capture it.

With the character of the group leader taking advantage but not losing, if he is not sure, he will definitely not attack Taiyuan rashly.

But if the next target of the regiment commander is not Taiyuan, why did he just introduce the enemy situation in Taiyuan to you?

Everyone who couldn't figure it out could only stare at Zhou Cheng with inquisitive eyes, waiting for him to answer the questions raised by He Feng.

Zhou Cheng smiled: "Battleman He said it well, now is indeed the best time to attack Taiyuan!"

"But this battle is also full of crisis. Although there are not many Japanese and puppet troops in Taiyuan City, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops are stationed around Taiyuan."

"As long as the Japanese army is willing, three or four thousand people can be dispatched to reinforce Taiyuan in one night."

"With our current strength, we will definitely not be able to conquer Taiyuan City with a complete defense system in a short period of time."

"If you are not careful, you will be blocked outside Taiyuan City by the Japanese and puppet army reinforcements."

"So our next target is not Taiyuan City!"

Seeing that many battalion commanders were breathing a sigh of relief at this moment, Zhou Cheng suddenly gave everyone a twist: "But..."

"In order to complete the next phase of the National Salvation Army's combat mission, we will attack Taiyuan City once any harder to fight."

"Next, please ask the Chief of Staff to announce to everyone the next combat plan and combat tasks of the National Salvation Army!"

Just as the battalion commanders became nervous again, Chen Zhengyu stood up from his position: "Comrades, according to the combat plan that the regiment headquarters has formulated, our second phase of combat goal is Jingxing Coal Mine!"

"In order to prevent the Jingxing coal mine from being captured by us for the third time, the Japanese army not only built a large number of permanent firepower points in the Jingxing coal mine, but also arranged more than a thousand garrisons. A mixed brigade Japanese were directly stationed in Jingxing County, less than 20 kilometers away from the coal mine."

"There are also several brigades of mobile troops stationed along the Zhengtai Railway next to the coal mine."

"If we go directly to attack Jingxing coal mines, the Japanese army can draw more than 10,000 people to reinforce the coal mines in a short time and surround us."

"In order to deal with these reinforcements, the regiment headquarters decided to attack the east and west, first divided the troops to attack Taiyuan, and all the Japanese and puppet troops along the Zhengtai Railway were transferred to Taiyuan, and then concentrated their forces to attack Jingxing coal mines to deal with the Japanese mixed brigade stationed in Jingxing County."

"Now I order: Shouyang Garrison, Independent First Battalion, Independent Second Battalion, Independent Third Battalion, A total of 5,000 people are responsible for attacking Taiyuan, Captain Huang serves as the commander-in-chief, the more fierce the fight, the better. We must make the Japanese believe that we are bound to win against Taiyuan City."

"Other troops hike in the morning and walk at night, and take two days to rush to Jingxing Mining Area to lurk and standby in time."

"The regiment commander and I will go over and command all the troops there!"

As soon as Chen Zhengyu finished speaking, Huang Hu stood up: "Report to the commander of the regiment, Chief of Staff, do I have a problem?"

"Tell me!" Zhou Cheng asked directly.

Huang Hu thought and asked: "According to the order of the regiment headquarters just now, the troops attacking Taiyuan were only more than 5,000, and there were no heavy artillery participating in the battle."

"Even if the troops in Taiyuan City are insufficient, there will be nearly 4,000 people. If the Japanese bring the expatriates and traitors in the city to the top of the city to participate in the war, it would be fine to collect 5,000 people."

"And in the battle to attack Taiyuan, the terrain advantage and firepower advantage are also in the hands of the Japanese. No matter what aspect of analysis, we cannot pose a threat to Taiyuan City. How can we make the Japanese believe that we have the ability to take Taiyuan and force them to dispatch troops along the Zhengtai Railway to reinforce Taiyuan!"

Zhou Cheng did not deny the question raised by Huang Hu, and signaled Chen Zhengyu to sit down and answer the question himself.

"You're right. Just five thousand people do not threaten the safety of Taiyuan City."

"So I specifically asked for help from my superiors and asked them to draw the Eighth Route Army that was active near Taiyuan to cooperate with us to attack Taiyuan."

"From the second half of the night, Taiyuan City will be attacked by the Eighth Route Army in the north and west directions. We are only responsible for the east side of Taiyuan City."

"As far as I know, their troops participated in the battle were at least 5,000. In addition, there were two or three thousand more local troops and guerrillas. As long as everyone's offensive was strong enough and the speed was fast enough, they would definitely be able to kill outside Taiyuan City in a short time. The sound of guns and cannons caused the Japanese and puppet troops in the city to fall into a panic chaotic situation, and they had to transfer troops from the Zhengtai Railway to aid!"

Huang Hu thought for a while and continued to ask: "What if the Japanese and puppet troops were dispatched from southeastern Shanxi to Taiyuan?"

"They dare not!" Zhou Cheng answered firmly.

"If we fight the Japanese in other places, 80% of the war zone will be guarded by the side and watch the show and reap the benefits of the fisherman. But this time we attacked Taiyuan. As the original owner of Taiyuan City, no matter whether we can regain Taiyuan or not, Chief Yan of the war zone will be involved."

"Only in this way, after we conquer Taiyuan, he is qualified to negotiate with us and take Taiyuan City from us."

"If they don't participate and instead put in the spotlight on the battlefield, then after we take Taiyuan, they will not even be qualified to return to Taiyuan from us!"

"So the war zone will definitely help us drag down the Japanese and puppet troops in southeastern Shanxi and prevent them from returning to Taiyuan."

"And the Japanese and puppet troops in southeastern Shanxi are very far away from Taiyuan. From a time perspective, it is definitely not worthwhile to transfer troops from the Zhengtai Railway!"

The worried expression on Huang Hu's face finally disappeared. Looking at Zhou Cheng, he was confident and assured: "Please rest assured, as long as the Eighth Route Army, who cooperated with our actions, launched an attack on time, I will definitely be able to complete the task!"

Although it was already one o'clock in the morning, the war room was still brightly lit.

The commander stood beside the sand table with a calm face and recalled the entire battle. He asked the staff from time to time a few questions, trying to find one or two loopholes that he had not considered.

A few hours passed, and his mind was still muddy, feeling that there was no problem with his arrangement.

This is exactly the same as the saying: Those in the authorities are confused and those who are bystanders are clear!

As the maker and executor of the entire combat plan, the army commander followed the plan and would definitely not be able to find out his own problems.

"Report to the commander, report from the garrison in the south of the city: A post 15 kilometers outside the city was attacked by the Eighth Route Army and had lost contact. They asked the military headquarters to send people to reinforce the post?" A telephone soldier suddenly ran over to report.

"Eighth Route Army? What are they running over to join in the fun? How dare they make the idea of ​​Taiyuan City? Don't you want to live?" The Chief of Staff was still angry about the three waves of reinforcements being killed by the National Rescue Army. The appearance of the Eighth Route Army undoubtedly gave him an excuse to vent his anger and immediately proposed to the commander!

"I think it can be asked the garrison in the south of the city to draw a reinforcement squadron to reinforce the battlefield, teach the Eighth Route Army a lesson, and at the same time increase the morale of the Taiyuan garrison!"

The commander did not respond. After thinking for a whole minute, he frowned and reminded: "Don't you think these Eighth Route Armys are coming too badly?"

The Chief of Staff raised his eyebrows and heard the implicit meaning in the commander's words: "Captain, do you think the Eighth Route Army wants to take advantage of others' danger?"

The commander shook his head and analyzed: "If you just take advantage of others' danger, it's nothing. After all, there are still 4,000 people in Taiyuan City, and you can easily fight against twice the Eighth Route Army!"

"I'm worried that these Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army will unite to attack Taiyuan!"

"The National Salvation Army will definitely suffer heavy casualties in Jinzhong. Even if we only have 4,000 people, they will not be able to conquer it by themselves."

"But if the Eighth Route Army cooperated to attack Taiyuan, dispersed our limited forces, and the National Salvation Army concentrated all its troops and firepower to attack a point in Taiyuan City, there would be a real chance to enter Taiyuan!"

The Chief of Staff was stunned when he heard this, and a large number of sweat beads appeared on his forehead. He dissipated and was frightened by the commander's inference. He hesitated and asked, "Commander, this should be impossible, right?"

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