Peiping.

Japanese North China Headquarters.

The new chief of staff Tadao Ririhara frowned.

The expected situation occurred. The eighth Route Army really started to fight back.

The counterattack is very strong.

In the southeast of Shanxi, west of the Pinghan Line, the Eighth Route Army fought back in full swing. More than 20,000 troops rushed to the Pinghan Line like a flood.

If it were the Eighth Route Army in the past, no matter how many tens of thousands of people were, Li Lin Zhongdao wouldn't care.

But the Eighth Route Army today is no longer the Eighth Route Army before. You can no longer add the word "地" in front of it.

The Eighth Route Army members launched the counterattack were numerous and well-equipped.

There are a lot of 122mm howitzers alone. There are endless shells.

Various 75mm field artillery are even more rampant. It is said that a company's attacks are supported by many field artillery.

After the transfer of the Sixth and Ninth Divisions, the remaining 35 and 39 security divisions and some independent mixed brigades were no match for the Tujiao Eighth Route Army. The battle situation was very critical.

The front-line positions were lost one after another. The imperial army was broken in large quantities.

The Pinghan Line is shaking.

Without strong aid, collapse is a matter of time sooner or later.

With only two security divisions, without heavy weapons, it is impossible to block the attack of the heavy-armed brigades of the Eighth Route Army.

Now, Li Lin Zhongdao has labeled the new brigade as a "heavy-dressing powerhouse". As the name suggests, it means that it has a lot of heavy weapons.

Even compared with the Japanese army, it is even better than that.

Li Yunlong also became the number one enemy of the Japanese army on the Pinghan Line and was a major concern.

A staff officer quietly probed his head.

Li Lindao waved his hand and asked the other party to wait a moment.

He is waiting.

Wait for Okamura Yasuji to make a painful choice.

That is to withdraw the 20th and 41st divisions from southwest Shanxi and abandon some places to shrink their troops.

With the current situation, Taiyuan is actually in danger. The north has fallen. There are a large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army gathered around. Once the main line is cut off, Taiyuan will become an isolated city.

In order to protect the lifeline of Taiyuan, the Japanese army needed to invest a large amount of troops on the Zhengtai Line, with a full three divisions.

Obviously, such use of troops is overloaded.

He was in a tight position and broke down the east wall to repair the west wall. He did not have enough reserve forces.

What he, the chief of staff, is currently doing is very hard.

Without troops, no matter how hard you move.

A good wife can't cook without rice! What can he do?

However, it is not so easy to give up southwest Shanxi decisively.

At least, it will be difficult to pass the base camp.

How can I spit out the fat meat I got?

What's more, there is another very important thing. That is, Yuncheng is a bridgehead for attacking Guanzhong.

Once you give up Yuncheng, it means that there is no possibility of entering Guanzhong. If you cannot enter Guanzhong, you will not be able to threaten Chongqing from the side. This will greatly weaken the pressure on Chongqing.

In fact, the Japanese army itself knew very well that it would be difficult to win Chongqing by relying solely on the Yangtze River strategy. The terrain there was really too unfavorable.

Only by following Guanzhong and following the old path of the ancient northern regime conquering the southern regime and first attacking Sichuan can we successfully take Chongqing into account.

Yuncheng is such a wedge.

To give up this wedge, you need the courage to cut off your arm.

Tadakami Riri Lin probably didn’t have any base camp.

Or, the base camp thinks that it can be saved.

The base camp is trying to form ten new divisions in China, two new divisions in North Korea, and one new division in Daiwan.

After these thirteen divisions are organized, they will quickly enter the Chinese battlefield.

Sure enough, Okamura Yasuji did not give the order.

Tadakami Li Lin could only strictly supervise the 35th and 39th divisions to ensure that they block the attack of the new brigade.

"Hayi!"

Tadakami Li Lin went out to pass the order.

I sighed secretly in my heart. These two divisions are probably going to be wiped out.

After the 36th Division was broken, the 35th and 39th Divisions also became abandoned sons. They would completely disappear under the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

"The main force of the Japanese really retreated."

"The rest are all belly meat."

"We are advancing a little fast!"

"If everything goes well, we may occupy Xinxiang in three days."

Chen Chuan reported the situation to Li Yunlong.

The battle situations reported by each regiment were quite optimistic.

Especially the attack direction of the 47th Regiment is at the southernmost end of the Pinghan Line. It is very close to Xinxiang. It is very likely to conquer Xinxiang.

The Japanese seem to be shrinking their troops intentionally or unintentionally. They may give up Xinxiang.

"Let the troops open up." Li Yunlong was so proud that he was furious.

It is rare that Lao Li has such a good time.

Want a shell? Pull it yourself!

Want a bullet? Get it yourself!

Take as much as you can! It all poured onto the Japanese.

I only have one request, which is to beat the Japanese to death.

If anyone winces, military law will deal with it.

"Report!"

Suddenly, a staff officer rushed over.

Chen Chuan raised his head curiously. It turned out to be the young Staff Officer Zhou. He smiled happily and his mouth was cracked.

"What's so happy about?" Chen Chuan was curious.

"Report to the Chief of Staff! There is an airdrop of the plane!" Staff Zhou shouted excitedly.

"Airdrop?" Chen Chuan's first reaction was that Staff Zhou said the wrong thing. What airdrop? Are you talking about an air strike?

Is it the Japanese air strike?

Then you have to pay attention to...

Don't blow up important equipment and facilities for the Japanese planes.

In Luyang, the number of rear agencies is beginning to increase, so we really need to pay attention to air defense.

Fortunately, Japanese planes rarely come to sneak attacks...

"Yes! It's an airdrop! Many big white round umbrellas! They fell from the sky!" Staff Zhou said incoherently.

Well, this staff officer has never seen airdrops before.

So, he didn't know that those big white round umbrellas were actually called parachutes.

Chen Chuan hurried out.

Li Yunlong also walked out curiously.

I only saw the clear sky, and white round parachutes were slowly falling.

"That's a parachute." Chen Chuan knew this term.

"There are supplies hanging under the parachute." He continued, "It's really an airdrop!"

"Brig Commander, Chief of Staff, do you think this is a gift from the gods to us!"

"What kind of gods! Where are gods? We are atheists!"

"Who puts things for us?"

"You won't know if you look at it later."
To be continued...