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At this moment, Lu Shiyu, who was listening on the side, was extremely excited. He knew that Xu Le was ambitious, but he didn't expect that Xu Le was so bold as to set his sights on the European and American powers.

Although European and American countries also fight each other from time to time, she believes that if an Asian country reaches out, it will undoubtedly slap the face of Europe, and then European countries will inevitably join hands to resist together.

For example, after England and France declared war on Germany, many European countries also declared war on Germany at the same time.

For example, after the United States declared war on Japan, many countries followed suit and declared war.

It seems that there are many countries in the world, but in fact there are only a few major countries as the main body, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the rest are lackeys.

As long as any external force touches their interests, they will unite.

So according to what Xu Le thought, when the 88th Army leaves the Tang Dynasty in the future, it may face most of the world, or even more.

Lu Shiyu once stayed in England for two years. She visited the Royal Museum in England and was invited to attend some aristocratic parties.

She saw many cultural relics from the Tang Dynasty in those places. These cultural relics were looted from the Tang Dynasty when England invaded. The number of them was so large that even they themselves could not count them.

This is all a shame for the Tang Dynasty.

As a woman, she did not feel that she had the ability to seek justice for her motherland, but now there was a way before her, a chance to straighten the backbone of the Tang people. All she could do was to strengthen her beliefs, keep up with the pace, and contribute her own little bit of strength.

At this moment, Xu Le standing in front of her seemed not to be a person, but a beam of light that could lead her to a different future.

......

In the afternoon, the tripartite negotiations continued.

There was an extra person beside Commander Li, and he came in with Commander Yan. I guess they must have communicated with each other.

Xu Le spoke first: "I can give up Taiyuan, and even other important cities, such as Datong and Xinzhou. But I have conditions!"

Commander Yan glanced at Commander Li, then said calmly: "If you have any conditions, just tell me!"

“First: I want to increase the use rights of Yuncheng Airport to 5 years!

Second: I want Yangmingbao Airport, which will also be 5 years starting from the day it was built!

Third: Our main force will soon launch an attack on the Jinzhong area. I want the Second War Zone to coordinate with our offensive against Jincheng and Changzhi, at least two armies!"

Xu Le originally planned to set up an air force base in Yuncheng, but now he has changed his mind. He wants to build two bases. Yuncheng will be used to fight against the Japanese troops in central China, and the Yangmingbao Airport in Dai County will be used to fight against the Japanese troops in northern China. The two bases will have different responsibilities.

As for the third condition, we don’t actually need the help of the Second War Zone. Although the 88th Army has less than 5 troops, its firepower is comparable to that of 50, so there is no problem of insufficient firepower.

But Changzhi and Jincheng are so big after all, the troops can't just abandon them after taking them. Post-war maintenance of public security and appeasement of the people will all require a large number of manpower.

The main forces are all in the Jiexiu area. They cannot just leave some people behind after conquering a place. If the troops become smaller and smaller, subsequent battles will become much more difficult.

So he asked Commander Yan to send troops to eliminate some unimportant Japanese strongholds on the one hand and deal with post-war work on the other.

Anyway, Xu Le doesn't want Jincheng, Changzhi and other places. It's Commander Yan's own territory, so let him deal with it himself!

After a moment, Commander Li said, "Cooperative operations are the duty of our Tang soldiers. Not to mention that Shanxi Province belongs to the Second Theater of Operations. It is natural for Commander Yan to send troops. There is no problem with increasing the term of Yuncheng Airport to 5 years. It's just that I don't know what Commander Yan thinks of Yangmingbao Airport!"

Commander Yan was thinking this at the moment: the naval base being built at Fengling Ferry was originally built for Xu Le. With Commander Jiang's guarantee, the Yuncheng Airport was actually destined to be handed over, so it didn't matter if it was handed over for three more years.

Although Yangmingbao Airport is important, he has no air force, so it is useless to have the airport alone. If he takes Taiyuan in the future, it will be good if his troops can defend Taiyuan, and it will be impossible for them to attack Shanxi Province.

When Xu Le proposed the Yangmingbao Airport, as a veteran on the battlefield, he must have immediately thought that Xu Le wanted to use it as a springboard to let the Air Force fight against the Japanese in the entire North China region. In other words, it was also protecting his interests and deterring the Japanese!

There is no problem with these three conditions, but now he is wondering what amazing means Xu Le has. Not only is the army equipped so well, but he is also trying to develop the air force and navy at the same time. Where did he get all this equipment from?

In fact, after purchasing equipment from Xu Le for the first time, he sent several groups of people to secretly investigate Xu Le’s transportation routes, trying to find out the source of his equipment. However, the result he got was nothing, as if it fell from the sky.

I don’t understand, I don’t understand at all!

"Okay, I agree to your terms! Tomorrow I will transfer the troops of two army groups and give you the command. You have the final say on how to fight!"

When it comes to fighting, he still trusts Xu Le, and he doesn't think that Xu Le wants to harm his subordinates.

Xu Le looked at Commander Li and saw him nod, so he told Lu Shiyu: "Okay, Secretary Lu, bring out the agreement!"

A moment later, Xu Le, Commander Yan, and Commander Li, who represented the Military Commission, jointly signed an agreement on the use of Yuncheng Airport and Yangmingbao Airport.

......

That night, Jiang Feng sent the battle plan he had prepared long ago to Shancheng.

The next day, Commander Jiang personally ordered that this battle be named the "Battle of Taiyuan Recapture" and appointed Xu Le as the commander-in-chief, temporarily assigning the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army under the Second War Zone to Xu Le's command.

下辖包括第3军、第15军、第17军、第61军、第19军、骑兵第1军，总共15个步兵师和3个骑兵师，外加88军本部军队，总兵力将近15万。

This was a common problem of the Tang Dynasty's army. In fact, the full strength of the 15 infantry divisions should have been at least 12. However, all the divisions were not fully staffed and became an empty shell, resulting in a shortage of nearly 3 troops.

The two armies were mainly concentrated in two areas, most of them were in the Zhongtiao Mountains, and a small part of them were fighting guerrilla warfare in the Taihang Mountains.

Xu Le didn't expect these troops to achieve any results. When several army commanders and division commanders came to Linfen for a meeting, Xu Le just said a few perfunctory words and handed over the remaining combat tasks to Jiang Feng.

The main task of the two army groups' infantry divisions was to follow the 88th Army in the form of the second echelon, to assist in defense and to clean up the remaining enemies. As long as the devils on the front line were dispersed by the mechanized troops of the 88th Army, Xu Le did not believe that these infantry divisions could not defeat them.

Secondly, their other task was to take over the captured towns and control the auxiliary defense work in the rear. At the same time, after taking Jincheng, they would garrison the gate pass at the junction of Qin River and Taihang Mountains to prevent the Japanese invaders in northern Henan from moving north.

As soon as the battle of Luowangzhuang started and all the Japanese troops were attracted, the three cavalry divisions took advantage of their super mobility in the mountains, set out from Shuitou Town, launched surprise attacks on Lishi and other places, and wiped out all the Japanese south of Taiyuan in the Luliang Mountains in one fell swoop.

Of course, this task cannot be accomplished relying solely on the Cavalry Division. The artillery regiment of the Motorized Infantry Division cannot fight around Zhongtiao Mountain due to mobility reasons, so it will cooperate with the Cavalry Division to help clear the Japanese's strong fortifications and create conditions for the cavalry charge.