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"So what?" Liu Zhidan didn't put down the binoculars in his hand, but said indifferently: "We are defending here now, and the enemy will not be able to defeat them for a while. The main force will arrive soon, and they won't be able to escape if they don't run away." of!"

Zhang Zizhong frowned: "But there is no such cavalry unit in the information we have!"

Liu Zhidan put down the binoculars and looked at him slightly surprised. Zhang Zizhong said indifferently: "According to the information we got, the enemy only has four infantry divisions with 10 soldiers! Now there are four or five thousand more cavalry out of thin air. This shows that we The information we have is wrong. Maybe...the enemy will have more troops, so our 20 army may lose the battle."

"Isn't it just a few thousand more cavalry! What's the fuss?" Liu Zhidan shook his head, then raised his binoculars to continue observing the battle on the front line.

Zhang Zizhong still shook his head, and said softly to himself: "It's wrong, it's wrong... There must be a few thousand extra cavalry for no reason. There must be something wrong. The enemy probably has more troops sent to Shanxi, but We don't know anything here..."

At this time, behind the Kuomintang army's front line, a young officer in his twenties with a clean shaved hair was looking contemptuously at the opposite village.He was quite tall, his eyes drooped slightly, but there was a sense of arrogance in his flying eyebrows.He smiled at the people around him and said, "Damn it, the higher ups have praised the Communist Army to the sky, saying how powerful they are, and we need to be careful. In my opinion, that's just the case. We defeated them in one charge. "

The young staff officers around him were also full of arrogance and energy.Everyone is bald, with a German-style steel helmet on their heads, shining in the night.These young officers put down their binoculars and echoed one after another.

"Brigade, the enemy has a brigade, right? After this battle, our brigade will become famous."

"That is, maybe we can change from a cavalry brigade to a cavalry division! In fact, we are a cavalry division, forced to compress into a brigade. After this battle, the value of our cavalry has been reflected. We also It’s time to change the name of the brigade seat to the teacher seat.”

The bald head turned out to be Fang Hailong, the brigade commander of the Independent First Cavalry Brigade. Hearing the flattery from his subordinates, the brigade commander laughed and scolded: "You guys know how to flatter me. Okay, order the troops to withdraw. Well, I think there must be a large army behind the enemy, and our cavalry is not used to fight a war of attrition."

0502 Mist

In the early morning of June 26, Dongshan, Taiyuan.

The sound of guns and shouts of killing resounded through the sky, and the four major fortresses in Dongshan had already been completely battered.The defensive position that the Jin army once held was already in tatters, and there were corpses everywhere.The communist army with blue-gray uniforms and the Jin army with khaki uniforms almost filled the entire trench.After a night of fierce fighting, the communist army launched twelve charges successively!Finally broke into the defensive zone of the Jin army's Dongshan main position, captured several trenches, and repelled three counterattacks by the Jin army, and finally firmly consolidated the position.And relying on these positions, they launched a more powerful offensive to the core area of ​​the Jin army's defense line.

Now the position of Niutuozhai, one of the four major fortresses in Dongshan, is already full of flames. The 24 152mm howitzers of the communist army are constantly tilting shells on the fortifications of the Jin army.Groups of fireballs rose one after another, and with every roar, a huge shell casing exploded on the Jin army's position. Everything within the range of the explosion power was lifted into the air, and steel fragments screamed and flew around. Shooting, turning the entire Niutuo Village position into a terrifying hell!

Half an hour of firepower preparation seemed to be very long, but it seemed to be very short, and it passed in a flash.There was breathless gunpowder smoke floating around the battlefield.As soon as the gunfire stopped, shouts resounded throughout the battlefield: "Comrades! For the sake of the new China, go!" With this sound from the bottom of my heart, it seemed that I had exhausted all my strength to utter a roar, and countless Qian Ji, a warrior in a blue-gray military uniform, once again raised his bayonet-mounted rifle and surged towards the high ground occupied by the Jin army.

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At this time, in a village about five kilometers northwest of Dongshan, the temporary command post of the General Front Committee of the Taiyuan Campaign of the Communist Army was set up here.In a landlord's house, more than a dozen antennas were erected high up, and the young staff officers shuttled back and forth with solemn expressions, transmitting various information and orders.In the command room, Zhu De, Zhang Guotao, Liu Bocheng, Nie Rongzhen and others were sitting around the table. A large military map was spread out. small needle.A battle seems to be about to start around this town!Compared with this battle, the situation of the siege of Taiyuan on the northern front seems to have become somewhat irrelevant.

But at the moment the atmosphere in the war room is not particularly tense, or rather optimistic.Zhu De stared at the map for a while, exhaled lightly, and said with a smile: "Very good! The first battle has been won, and it seems that the Kuomintang army is not overpowered, and it will also lose the battle! Although the enemy has a few thousand more cavalry, they are still able to deal with it." of."

Zhang Guotao was more optimistic. He tapped the map with his fingers, and said with a faint smile: "If we can eat one hundred thousand elite soldiers from the four divisions of the Kuomintang army in this battle, not only will the situation of the enemy and ourselves on the Shanxi battlefield be reversed, but also In the whole country, we will also be able to gain an advantage! Even if we wipe out our reinforcements, our other troops can still win the national revolution! Therefore, we should give Feng Yuxiang and Li Jishen an order to force them to do whatever it takes , but also to destroy the enemy going north!"

"B Cheng, what do you think? You are a top student at the Furongzhi Military Academy, let me tell you what you think." Zhu De seemed to have seen the faint worry in Liu Bocheng's eyebrows, and asked the Chief of Staff of the Eighth Route Army for his opinion with a smile up.

Liu Bocheng lowered his glasses and shook his head slightly: "The problem now is that we don't have enough knowledge of the enemy's situation. We haven't even figured out the number of the opponent until now. Moreover, the enemy's independent cavalry that Feng Yuxiang reported encountered One brigade, there is no such thing in the Kuomintang army establishment table that we have!"

"Yes, since the leftist comrades of the Kuomintang left Wuhan and went north, it is difficult for us to understand their situation." Nie Rongzhen, director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, also nodded slightly in agreement.

Liu Bocheng looked solemn: "Boss, the designation of the First Independent Cavalry Brigade did not exist more than a year ago. It is obviously a newly formed unit. I am worried that the Kuomintang has formed other new units in the past year or so. There are even new infantry divisions, so... the army they send to Shanxi will probably have more than four divisions!"

Zhu De was taken aback, and his face became serious.At present, the general front committee's judgment on the strength of the Shanxi Kuomintang army is based on the fact that the total field strength of the Kuomintang is 21 infantry divisions.If the opponent's current total strength is not 21 divisions but 22 or even 23 divisions, it means that they have more mobile forces at their disposal, and there will definitely be more troops dispatched to Shanxi!That means that the Kuomintang army on the front line of Xugou is likely to be more than [-]... Then the reinforcement regiment commanded by Feng Yuxiang and Li Jishen may not have a chance of winning.But now he can't order to abandon the decisive battle plan and withdraw northward after solving the siege of Taiyuan because of such an unfounded guess?The CCP also paid a lot of money for this battle!

"Boss, should we report our analysis and the latest battle report to the central government?" Liu Bocheng also felt that it was difficult to decide whether to fight or retreat, and the central government could only make the final decision.

Zhu De frowned and stared at the military map. There was a blank area south of Xugou, as if he wanted to see through the fog-shrouded battlefield and find clues about the deployment of the Kuomintang troops.After a long while, he spit out a few words softly: "It seems...the only thing we can do is ask the Central Committee to make up our minds."

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Wuhan East Lake, Nationalist Government Military Commission.

In the meeting room, the high-ranking Kuomintang generals sat in awe, and everyone looked at a briefing on the war situation that had just been sent out without saying a word.And Chiang Kai-shek turned his back to them, looking at the huge military map hanging, motionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking?

The battle briefing consisted of two parts.The first is the bloody and tearful telegram for help sent by Yan Xishan, who was trapped in Taiyuan.If the Kuomintang reinforcements can't arrive in time, I'm afraid Yan Xishan will meet the princes of Wuhan in the next life!The second part is the battle report sent by the Shanxi Front Army Command, reporting that late last night, the First Independent Cavalry Brigade encountered the main force of the CCP in Xugou Town, more than ten kilometers away from Taigu County.The 20st Brigade of Independent Cavalry repelled about a brigade of the enemy, and then retreated as the enemy's superior forces approached.According to investigations, it was the No.20 Brigade of the Central Army of the CCP that was repelled... and this brigade was only the vanguard of the CCP's Southward Corps, and the follow-up force may be as many as [-]!Now the six infantry divisions of the Shandong Front Army are deploying on the plain south of Xugou, preparing to dig trenches and stand firm against the enemy.

The difficulties encountered by the Kuomintang are actually similar to those of the CCP. They also know nothing about the situation of the Communist Army!With an airtight political party like the CCP, the KMT's infiltration of them is simply a tragedy.The people sent in by the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Party Affairs Investigation Bureau are basically meat buns beating dogs!Even if there are a few people who slip through the net, they are only wandering around at the grassroots level, and they can't reach the high-level at all, and they can't grasp much valuable information.The Kuomintang's information on the strength of the communist army on the Shanxi battlefield is all derived from the report of the Yan Xishan Group, but its credibility is obviously questionable.For example, the report in front of us claims that "Taiyuan has been attacked by several times the enemy."Right now there are 10,000+ Jin troops in Taiyuan City, if the Communist army besieging the city is several times as many as them, wouldn't it cost hundreds of thousands!Coupled with the 20 troops that went south to block aid, how many troops should the Communist Army have on the Shanxi battlefield?At least 50 troops are needed!Can the 8 or [-] people who rely on the Shanxi Front Army win it?

As for whether the CCP has so many weapons and equipment to arm so many troops, to be honest, the members of the Kuomintang Military Commission have no idea.After all, there is still a Soviet motherland behind it... 30 million guns and hundreds of cannons are a piece of cake for an industrialized power like the Soviet Union. Perhaps the previous judgment on the total strength of the CCP was too underestimated right?

Luo Yaoguo, vice-chairman of the Military Commission and chief of the general staff, sat there with his head down, his eyes half-closed, and he seemed to be reading the report.He really can't arouse his interest in the current "Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party", but both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are holding back their energy, and it seems that they must compete!But he knew very well in his heart that this battle might not be fought for long... Zhang Xueliang, the silly second generation ancestor, mobilized 20 troops to enter the pass for "armed mediation", will he be able to go back now?I'm afraid that the 9.18 incident will be brought forward to [-], right?

Once Little Japan started in the Northeast, could the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party continue?Now the Communist Party of China is in power in Beijing, and they are firmly opposed to the idea that they must first secure the interior if they fight against the outside world!And Zhang Xueliang is so patriotic, and he is also a subordinate of the Beijing government, so he naturally wants to resist to the end.As for the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek is just one of the five big bosses... So in this current battle, let's find a way to fool the past.

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo raised his head and winked at his brother-in-law, An Sihua, who was elected to the Military Commission instead of Deng Yanda.An Sihua got a hint, and stood up with a snap, knocking against the table and chairs, and his slightly pale face was full of anxiety: "Committee! The enemy's situation is unknown at the moment, and the total strength of the communist army is likely to exceed expectations." , and the recent weather conditions in Shanxi are not good, and the air force cannot be dispatched. Therefore, I suggest that the Shandong front army adopts a strategy of prudent use of troops, and first stands on the defensive. At the same time, please immediately form No.20, 23, and 24 divisions in Shandong to prepare for emergencies needs!"

The room was full of awe, An Sihua is the number one general of the Kuomintang army!He once commanded troops to defeat powerful enemies such as the Soviet Union and Japan, and he also has half of German blood!Uh, those members of the Military Commission who have a little "respect" don't dare to take his opinion lightly.Immediately afterwards, most of the participants nodded in agreement frequently.

But Chiang Kai-shek remained motionless, as if he hadn't heard the opinions of the crowd, and was still staring at the map.On this map, the positions of the Kuomintang troops are marked with blue arrows and small needles, but there is nothing north of Xugou... If you show this map to Comrade Zhu De, or show Zhu De Show Chiang Kai-shek the map in your hand, this battle will be much easier to fight!

In the end, Luo Yaoguo stood up slowly, with a sincere tone: "Jiegong, the 17 troops of the Shanxi Front Army are all our mobile forces. If there is a loss, we will be completely passive. Therefore, the General Staff also recommends caution When using troops, first take the defense."

Chiang Kai-shek turned around slowly, his slightly thin face was as hard as iron, the corners of his mouth were bent downwards, his eagle eyes looked around the entire conference room, and he could see everyone's expressions, including Zhu Peide The face is dignified.Lao Jiang sighed softly, and his expression softened a little: "Okay, let's order the Shanxi Front Army to take a solid defense and let the Communist Party attack first..."

June 26, 27, and 28, [-], for three consecutive days.The entire Taiyuan battle on the south line of the Xugou battlefield was relatively calm. Except for the occasional sporadic exchange of fire, both armies chose the strategy of digging trenches and defending.They all maintained restraint on offense.

The 12st, 13th, 36th, No.11, No.17 Divisions of the Kuomintang Army, and the [-]st Brigade of the Independent Heavy Artillery Corps are located in the south of Xugou, from the Fenhe River in the west to the Taihang Mountain Remnant, about [-] kilometers wide. Slowly unfold. The No.[-] Division and the First Brigade of Independent Cavalry were on standby in Taigu County behind the front line as a battle reserve.The First Brigade of Independent Mountain Soldiers seized several key points in the nearby Taihang Mountains to cover the safety of the army's flanks. An army of more than [-], and nearly a thousand cannons of various calibers, met the front of the Communist army going south. They have been digging trenches and building fortifications day and night for three consecutive days, waiting for the enemy to attack first. .

About 3000 meters to the north of them, another army with as many as 20 people is also building a defensive zone about 34 kilometers long, which also starts from the Fenhe River in the west and ends at Taihang Mountain.The Central Army's Third, No.16, No.17, No.18, and No.19 Route Army led by the Communist Party of China, the Third Artillery Brigade and the two regiments of the Heavy Artillery Division directly under the Central Committee also launched in sequence.Like their opponents, this army can't figure out the enemy's situation... However, the fighting spirit of the CCP is obviously higher than that of the Kuomintang. Commander Li Jishen felt that it was necessary to launch a tentative attack to find out the reality of the opponent.

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On the night of June 29, Beiguan Village.

The sound of cannons was faint, drifting over from the east bank of the Fen River, and the smoke of gunpowder fluttered along the line of Xugou Town from time to time.

Commander-in-Chief Feng Yuxiang Feng and General Li Jishen, who is currently still a leftist of the Kuomintang, stood side by side on the roof of their own headquarters in full military uniform, holding up binoculars and looking in the direction of the front line motionlessly.

In the courtyard of the headquarters, the young staff officers were busy running around, relaying any news reported from the front line, and then loudly reported to the two chief generals standing on the roof watching the battle.However, the faces of these staff officers are very ugly, it seems that the situation of the battle is not ideal.Although today's attack was just a tentative operation, the defense of the Kuomintang on the opposite side was too tight... One morning, the communist army launched three full-line charges on the front of more than 30 kilometers, trying to find out from the opponent's defensive zone. Weaknesses were found, but they were all easily repelled by the opponent!Could it be that the opponent is really invulnerable?

"Brother Ren Chao, do you see any problems?" Feng Yuxiang put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and smiled at Li Jishen: "My brother was a division commander of the National Revolutionary Army, so he should know their situation well? Look at them How many troops? How many cannons? Are there any tanks?"

Li Jishen also put down his binoculars, and his tone was cold: "The standard artillery configuration of an infantry division of the Kuomintang Army is one divisional artillery regiment, two brigade artillery battalions, four regimental artillery companies, and twelve battalion-level artillery equipped with 70mm infantry artillery. Artillery platoon. A total of eighteen 150mm howitzers, 105 36mm howitzers, sixty 75mm mountain guns, and 70 24mm infantry guns. If the artillery of a division is fully loaded, it should be 130 or eight! Compared with our artillery There are still many divisions... We should be able to roughly judge the opponent's strength by observing their artillery firepower. Judging from the fighting situation this morning, there should be three to four divisions deployed on the opposite front. Of course, there are also It may be that the other party is hiding their strength."

Feng Yuxiang replied calmly: "I see." After speaking, he picked up the binoculars and began to observe the front line.

Li Ji rubbed his chin deeply: "They should only have four divisions, at most one or two more brigades. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so conservative..."

His tone gradually became a little sarcasm: "These Kuomintang rightists, they don't believe in miscellaneous generals and officers at all...they only have the Whampoa Military Academy in their eyes! Only the Army University! But how many people does a Whampoa Military Academy recruit in a year? No more than [-] That's all, the schooling period is two and a half years, plus half a year of military probation. It takes three years to graduate. Brother Huanzhang, do you calculate how many officers they have trained in these years? How big are these officers? What's more, their troops are The weapons and equipment and training are fully imitated by the European powers, and there are not enough strictly trained officers to command at all!"

Feng Yuxiang replied coldly: "This kind of army has strong combat effectiveness!"

Li Jishen smiled faintly: "If such troops are exhausted right now, it will be difficult to replenish them. If they are allowed to delay for a few more years, more and more officers will be trained, and their army will become stronger and stronger. It's easy to add. At that time, it will be difficult for us to defeat them!"

Feng Yuxiang put down the binoculars again, and said to himself in an inaudible voice: "It is difficult for them to replenish, so our army can replenish it? Whose army will it be after the replenishment?" He suddenly raised his voice again, pointing at the following The staff officer shouted loudly: "Give power to the General Front Committee, and say that our army's face-to-face enemy is estimated to be as many as six divisions, with thousands of artillery pieces of various types! It may be difficult for our army to defeat them."

Chapter 0503

In the early morning of June [-]th.Shanxi, Taigu County.

In the combat room of the Shanxi Front Army General Headquarters, there was a noisy sound of telephone ringing.In just three days, the communication unit directly under the front army has laid a complete wired telephone and telegraph network.All the troops on the front line and the artillery units and reserves in the rear were all connected together with telephone lines, and finally all the lines were gathered in this compound.A staff group composed of mainland elites and German military advisers, through this network, transmits information, issues orders, and connects with the entire army, turning a chaotic battle that can no longer be chaotic into a precise one after another. Calculations and derivations... The entire campaign organization is completely in an orderly German style!As for He Yingqin, the commander-in-chief of the front army, he sat in the grand master's chair in the middle of the war room, holding a cup of tea, listening to the constant reports of the frontline battle situation by the staff officers, most of which were very trivial news.He Yingqin's brows also gradually frowned, and his mind kept turning, trying to piece together these fragmentary information into a complete picture of the battlefield.

As the sky gradually brightened, Chief of Staff Qian Dajun walked up to He Yingqin with a tired expression on his face, and he sighed without saying a word: "Brother Jing, there is an urgent call from Taiyuan, and Niutuo Village, one of the four fortresses in Dongshan, was captured by the Communist Army last night." Yes! Yan Xishan is coming to the front line to organize a counterattack, but the situation is not optimistic... The troops of the Communist Army attacking Taiyuan are very powerful, with fierce firepower, and the artillery and infantry cooperate very well. It seems that they are their elite troops. Yan Xishan I'm afraid it won't last much longer, and I'm worried that Yan Xishan, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, is very likely to defect to the Communist Party! At that time, I'm afraid we will be in a hard fight here."

Qian Dajun didn't say a word about the full-line attack launched by the communist army on the front line of Xugou last night.Because the night's battle was exhausted, both sides were cautiously testing the opponent's reality.In the one-night battle, the Kuomintang army suffered 600 casualties across the board, and the opponent estimated that the casualties were around [-].None of them are serious, so it can't be said that they are hurting muscles and bones.As for the position on Xugou's front line, not a single inch was lost, and they were not even invaded by the opponent.I don't know if the defense ability is too strong, or the opponent simply doesn't want to achieve a breakthrough?Perhaps the purpose of the communist army was to stop the aid, and they wanted to go south to fight the Kuomintang army to the death after eliminating the Yan Xishan group that was sticking to Taiyuan?