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"If the battle situation is unfavorable at that time, the [-]th Brigade will most likely break up into pieces and break through separately, just like when they broke through from the Taihang bandit area two years ago."

Hearing this, Oshiroto Sanji couldn't help but said: "Why don't you encircle them with an iron wall? We have eight divisions in the outskirts of the bandit area in Northwest Shanxi. Could it be that we can't surround them?"

Yusue Seizo said: "Of course it is possible to encircle with an iron wall, but it may not be able to encircle it."

Neiji Okamura waved his hand and said: "With Mojun, it's not that you may not be able to surround them, but you must not be able to. Two years ago, the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army did not have a strong penetration capability, and the imperial army surrounded them. Can't help it, now that the [-]th Brigade has such a powerful penetration capability, how could the imperial army still be able to surround them?"

While the three old devils were talking, a communications staff officer walked in.

Arisue Seizo took the telegram from the communication staff officer, and after reading the telegram, he reported: "Your Excellency, because there was a heavy rain in the northwest of Shanxi early this morning, the roads were muddy, so the 110th Division could not reach the slaughterhouse. We won’t be able to reach the slaughterhouse until at least tomorrow morning.”

"Since it's because of the heavy rain, don't blame them."

Okamura Ningji waved his hand and said, then his eyes lit up and he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, is there a heavy rain in Northwest Shanxi?"

"The telegram from the 110th Division said that there was a heavy rainstorm." Seizo Arisue looked down at the telegram again, and then he reacted immediately, and said excitedly, "Your Excellency, you mean that the heavy rain caused the river to rise?"

"Maybe, what if?" Neiji Okamura said, "Let the super high school check the weather in Northwest Shanxi immediately."

This is actually very easy to check, because the Japanese army has garrisons in various places in Jin Province and Sui Province, and there are also a large number of Japanese spies lurking in Hetao and Hexi, so the investigation results were quickly summarized in Beiping.

Seeing the information, Yumo Jing was overjoyed and said: "Your Excellency, the Hetao area and the upper reaches of the Yellow River have been raining for several days, and the water level of the Yellow River near Wuyuan is rising sharply. It is expected that the flood peak will reach Northwest Shanxi this afternoon. By then The Chinese people in the bandit area in Northwest Shanxi will no longer be able to cross the river, haha!"

"Great." Neji Okamura was overjoyed when he heard that.

"This is really God Blessing the Empire, God Blessing the Imperial Army."

Chapter 564 The worst plan

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

The time has come to June 1942, 7.

In the past three days, the rain in Northwest Shanxi has not stopped, and the water level of the Yellow River has risen to a historical high. Faced with the rushing water, even the most experienced local boatman can only stare blankly.

So the whole work of crossing the river has come to a complete standstill.

More than 100 million people and a large number of livestock, poultry, and supplies were stranded in the narrow strip between Crouching Tiger Mountain and Jiugong Mountain, which is undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

Once the Japanese army breaks through the line of defense and breaks in, the more than one million unarmed civilians gathered here will definitely be mercilessly slaughtered by the devils, and the devils will never show mercy.

Fortunately, the four major fortresses have not yet fallen.

Tiandagang and Yunqi towns did not fall either.

But the Japanese attack never stopped.

Although the 28th Division was wiped out, Okamura Ningji transferred the 110th Division again.

Therefore, the Japanese army besieging the Northwest Shanxi base still maintained the size of eight divisions.

Eight divisions of the Japanese army were divided into six directions, and launched a fierce attack on the Northwest Shanxi base at the same time.

Among them, the offensive of the 1st Division was the fiercest. After the engineering regiment repaired the simple road, the tanks of the 2nd Chariot Regiment were able to drive to the middle of the mountain, and cooperated with the infantry to launch an attack. The pressure on the Yezhugou Fortress instantly changed. big.

In order to strengthen the defense of Yezhugou Fortress, the brigade commander could only transfer the guard group directly under the column.

But even with the addition of the guard group, it failed to fundamentally reverse the situation in Yezhugou.

Judging from the current situation, the Yezhugou Fortress can last up to four more days.

The situation in Northwest Shanxi suddenly became unprecedentedly severe.

……

Yunqi Town, outside the headquarters.

The brigade commander looked at the sky worriedly.

"God, is your water tank broken?"

"In the past three days, it's been going up and down, stop and go, and I haven't had a good day!"

"If this continues, how will the more than 100 million fathers and villagers gathered between Jiugong Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain cross the river and transfer to Hetao, really."

Just as the brigade commander was talking to himself, Wang Ye hurried over.

"Xiao Wang, how is it?" The brigade commander asked anxiously, "Is it possible to cross the Yellow River by force?"

"Brigade Commander, it's absolutely impossible." Wang Ye said solemnly, "I've already visited Wanmadu. The water level is soaring and extremely turbulent. Under such circumstances, there is no condition to force the crossing."

"Damn it." The brigade commander scolded, "Then there's no way."

"Yes." Wang Ye nodded and said solemnly, "We must prepare for the worst."

"Let's go, go back to the headquarters first." The brigade commander turned around and left after speaking, and Wang Ye quickly followed.

When the two returned to the war room of the headquarters, they saw Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli doing sand table operations.

Seeing the brigade commander and Wang Ye walking in, Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli stood up quickly and said, "Brigade commander, Commander Ding just called from Yezhugou, and the Japanese 1st Division has advanced nearly 50 meters."

"Another 50 meters?" The brigade commander said, "Doesn't it mean that the wild boar ditch is only 400 meters deep?"

Chen Mingli said: "To be precise, it is less than 400 meters away, and there are still about 350 meters left. According to the current advance speed of the 1st Division, it can last about four days."

The brigade commander asked again: "How are the other directions?"

Ma Yuan replied: "The situation in other directions is fine."

Wang Ye sighed: "But as long as there is a breakthrough in one direction, our defense line will completely collapse."

Speaking of this meal, Wang Ye said again: "Originally, according to our plan, almost all the more than 100 million fathers and villagers in the base area have already crossed the river by this time."

"We can break out after completing the cover mission."

"But now, most of the people still have no time to cross the river, so we have to extend the time of holding on."

"But the problem is that the Yezhugou Fortress is almost overwhelmed. Once the Yezhugou Fortress is breached, there is no need to continue to hold on to the Killing Pig Fortress, Yelangyu, and Xijikou Fortress."

"There is also Yunqi Town and Tiandagang, there is no need to stick to it."

Speaking of this meal, Wang Ye said again: "So the defensive deployment must be adjusted."

"It is certain to adjust the defensive deployment." The brigade commander nodded, and then said again, "The problem now is how to adjust?"

Wang Ye said: "No matter how you adjust it, one thing is for sure, that is, you have to find a few defensive supports again, defensive supports that can block the advance of the Japanese army!"

The eyes of the brigade commander and Wang Ye fell on the sand table at the same time.

A few seconds later, the brigade commander and Wang Ye said at the same time: "County town!"

Then the two stopped talking at the same time, and then Wang Ye said: "Brigade Commander, tell me."

"Let's talk first, Xiao Wang." The brigade commander said with a smile, "See if you think the same as me?"

"Okay then." Wang Ye immediately pointed to the sand table and said, "Brigade Commander, judging from the current situation, if the Wild Boar Ditch is in danger, we have only two options, either to send reinforcements from other directions, or to abandon the Wild Boar Ditch directly."

"The problem is that the strength of troops in other directions is also stretched, and there is no more troops to adjust."

"So abandoning the Wild Boar Ditch is the only option. Then, we need to find another defensive support behind."

"It is absolutely impossible to find such passes as Yezhugou and Killing Zhukou. Fortunately, there are still county towns."

"From the map, the county seat of Nao County, Ping'an County, and Anhua County just form a triangle."

"If we can use the three detachments of our column's main force to defend the three county towns, we can completely cut off the Japanese army's access to the western part of our base area."

"At least it is absolutely impossible for the heavy equipment of the Japanese army to enter."

"And if there is only a small amount of infantry, our local armed forces are sufficient to deal with it."

Speaking of this, Wang Ye said again: "So my defense plan is, when the situation is unstoppable, decisively abandon the four outer forts and the fortifications of Tiandagang and Yunqi Town, and the main column retreats to Nao County, In Ping'an County and Anhua County, the local armed forces of the three military divisions also retreated to the west of Tongpu Road, using groundhog tactics to block the enemy's attack."

The brigade commander nodded and said, "This point, you have thought about it with me. The question is what to do with the artillery regiment?"

"Yeah, artillery is indeed a problem." Wang Ye said, "If it is still an offensive operation, since we can choose the attack time at night, the artillery will still be able to participate in the battle."

"But the current situation has become passive defense."

"In passive defense, if artillery wants to play a role without air supremacy, they can only rely on strong or complex fortifications to protect themselves, just like the artillery companies in the four outer forts, if there are no fortifications, they cannot Survived the bombing of the Japanese air force."

After a pause, Wang Ye said helplessly: "But now there is no fortress to provide cover for our artillery, so we have only two choices, or order the artillery regiment to move before the Japanese army has completed the encirclement of the Northwest Shanxi base area, or Divide the artillery regiment into three, and hide them in the houses and buildings of the three county towns as flat-firing cannons."

After Wang Ye finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the brigade commander, who could only make the final decision.

The Brigadier's brows furrowed into a ball, because this is indeed a difficult choice.

On the one hand, the brigade commander really wants to keep this artillery unit. For the Eighth Route Army with insufficient firepower, the existence of this artillery unit is very important. The situation facing the column will become more difficult.

In addition, there is another factor that cannot be ignored.

That is, they have no ability to withdraw the arsenal.

Therefore, if the artillery regiment is transferred away, the artillery shells reinstalled in the arsenal will be useless, and if the artillery regiment is still in the northwest of Shanxi, it will be able to continue to cause damage to the Japanese army with the artillery shells reinstalled in the arsenal, so it is said This is really a dilemma.

After much deliberation, the brigade commander finally decided to adopt a compromise.

The artillery regiment was divided into four, and Cao Sanlian led an artillery battalion into the Taiyue column.

The remaining three artillery battalions (each governing four artillery companies with 16 75 mountain guns) were organized into three detachments.

Then Ding Wei led a detachment to guard Nao County, Kong Jie led a second detachment to guard Ping'an County, Li Yunlong led a third detachment to guard Anhua County, and the brigade commander led a guard regiment to temporarily station in Anhua. Deploy west of Pulu.

……

The combat plan of the Shanxi Northwest Column was quickly reported to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

The boss, the division commander, and the deputy chief of staff all fell into deep thought after circulating the telegram.

After pondering for a long while, the boss said: "Two old fellows, can you tell me?"

The division commander said: "Our party is the people's party, and our army is the people's army. This will never and cannot be shaken. Therefore, before the more than 100 million fathers and villagers in the Northwest Military Region of Shanxi have not been safely transferred, Even if the Shanxi Northwest Column is completely wiped out, it is absolutely not allowed to evacuate without authorization!"

"I agree." The boss said solemnly, "We will always be the people's army!"

The division commander said: "Under this premise, the choice of the Shanxi Northwest Column can be said to be the only feasible choice. Only by firmly guarding Ping'an County, Nao County, and Anhua County can we cut off the road and prevent the Japanese heavy equipment from crossing the Tongpu Road. , posing a threat to the arsenal hidden near Wanmadu and the folks.”

The deputy chief of staff said worriedly: "But this is a city defense war after all?"

After a pause, the deputy chief of staff said again: "Firstly, we lack experience in urban defense warfare, and secondly, the equipment of the Japanese army is far superior to that of our army, and there is even the coordination of the aviation force, so the difficulty of this blocking battle will be reduced." It will be beyond imagination, and the final result is likely to be..."

What it will be, the deputy chief of staff did not go on to say.

But the meaning has been made very clear, that is, it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out.

The teacher said: "I still stick to the opinion just now. I would rather protect the people and transfer the entire column!"

The boss directly said to the deputy chief of staff: "Let's send a telegram to the Shanxi Northwest Column, saying that their combat plan has been approved by the headquarters, but there is one thing, they must ensure that they complete the task of covering the transfer of the people. While completing the task, You have to protect yourself as much as possible, and you have to kill the enemy as much as possible!"

"Yes!" The deputy chief of staff solemnly agreed.

……

That night, the brigade commander hurried back to the headquarters in Anhua County with Wang Ye.

Not long after, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhong Sheng, Sun Bin, Ma Yaozu and other detachment commanders or military division commanders also arrived.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Yunlong couldn't wait to yell: "Brigade Commander, are you going to make another big move?"

Li Yunlong is Li Yunlong, and the only thing in his mind is to attack. The situation has become so difficult. What he wants is to take the initiative to attack, and then attack!

The brigade commander actually appreciates Li Yunlong's offensive spirit.

If conditions permit, the brigade commander would also like to let Li Yunlong let go and attack.

It's a pity that they really don't have the conditions to take the initiative to attack now, and now they can only defend passively.

The brigade commander nodded at the moment, and said in a deep voice: "That's right, our Shanxi Northwest Column does have to make a big adjustment."

Speaking of this, the brigade commander turned his head and said to Wang Ye: "Xiao Wang, let you introduce the details to everyone."

"Yes." Wang Ye agreed, and pointed at the sand table with a long wooden pole to explain, "Masters, I think you all know the current situation."

"The Wild Boar Ditch Fortress is about to lose its hold."

"Once the Yezhugou Fortress is lost, the defense of the other three fortresses, Tiandagang, and Yunqi Town will become meaningless, because after the Japanese army breaks through the Yezhugou Fortress, they can drive straight in along the Tongpu Highway and take advantage of it. Nao County and Anhua County, and then advance to Wanmadu along the Anwan Highway."

"If this is the case, the arsenal will not be guaranteed."

"Fathers and folks hiding near Wanmadu will also be slaughtered by the Japanese army."

"And this is something we don't want to see anyway. In view of this, we must adjust our defense deployment to ensure the safety of the arsenal, and more importantly, the safety of the people."

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and the other six listened carefully.

After a pause, Wang Ye continued: "The reason why the Japanese army is strong is mainly because of their heavy weapons, especially large-caliber heavy artillery and tanks, but these heavy weapons have a fatal weakness, that is, they need to maneuver by road, especially There's a greater reliance on bridges."