Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Yangquan Command

Wang Guangru put down the receiver and said to Xue Guoliang, "These devils really think highly of us. The Air Force just discovered through reconnaissance that there are at least hundreds of thousands of devils coming from several directions to surround Yangquan."

Xue Guoliang looked at the map and said, "The Kwantung Army has three divisions coming from the direction of Pingjin, plus four divisions coming from the direction of Suiyuan. They are going to fight us head-on."

Wang Guangru looked at the map and said, "I'm afraid there are more than a hundred thousand of them. Tada Shun is not an ordinary devil. It is very likely that these hundreds of thousands of devils are just to delay us, rather than looking for an opportunity to fight us."

After saying that, Wang Guangru looked at the puppet army groups that appeared one after another on the map, and suddenly a smile appeared on his serious face. He said to Xue Guoliang: "I know you mean the southwest. When the Three Jins are resolved, how about you go and fight with the King of the Northwest?"

"What does Mr. Wang mean? I change into the clothes of the puppet army, break into Chang'an, and then our people will take Chang'an back?" Xue Guoliang asked tentatively.

Wang Guangru nodded, pointed to the Sichuan and Shaanxi directions on the map, and whispered, "I know it's difficult for your mountain division to recruit people. The air force has already set up a framework in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and is waiting for you to go there for training."

Xue Guoliang was delighted when he heard this, and immediately saluted and said, "I promise to complete the task."

The two men were thinking about how to fight against the Japanese invaders from Yu County when the confidential department reported.

"General Wang, Commander Xue. A telegram was sent from the Synthetic Division. The Special Battalion of the Synthetic Division has completed the decapitation mission in the direction of Taiyuan City and killed the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army Commander Tada Shun."

"The Second Division sent a telegram saying that in the continuous fighting yesterday, our troops defeated 27 puppet army regiments and 4 divisions, annihilated more than 8000 enemies, and captured more than people. According to the prisoners, they belonged to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the Central Army, and many miscellaneous troops."

After listening to this, Wang Guangru pondered for a long time and said, "Ask the Second Division and tell me where those Central Army troops came from."

"Yes." The head of the confidential department took the order and went to inquire.

Xue Guoliang looked at Wang Guangru who was thinking with his eyes closed, and knew that he was under a lot of pressure, so he smiled and said, "Old Wang, what are you afraid of?"

Wang Guangru took a sip of water from the cup and said, "I'm afraid Mr. Chang will persist in his wrongdoings. Now that Tada Shun and Shinozuka Yoshio are dead, most of the Japanese troops in Shanxi are pinned down in the direction of Jinzhong. If Mr. Chang is willing, he can completely liberate Taiyuan and Xinzhou."

At this point, Wang Guangru looked at the map of Taiyuan and said, "The Taiyuan garrison only has one division, and there are no planes to support this area during this period. As long as Taiyuan is liberated, we can at least expand the army by 100,000."

The chief of the confidential section hurried over and said to Wang Guangru, "General Wang, a telegram came from the Second Division saying that they were surrounded by a large number of Japanese and puppet troops and are preparing to break out the day after tomorrow. They hope that the headquarters can send a flying squadron to support them."

After listening to this, Wang Guangru looked in the direction of the Second Division, turned to the head of the confidential section and asked, "Tell the Second Division that I will send a flight brigade to support them. Ask them to do their best to protect themselves."

"Yes."

Wang Guangru looked at the map and muttered, "Interesting, very interesting. In just two days, hundreds of fake armies appeared. Mr. Chang is really a respectable opponent."

Chu Nian, deputy chief of staff of the column who was deploying troops in the rear, came in and looked at Wang Guangru who was very excited. He asked with a smile: "Old Wang, you are so happy to eat bee shit."

Wang Guangru said with a smile: "Have you noticed that there are many more puppet troops in Shanxi recently?"

Hearing this, Chu Nian instantly understood what Wang Guangru meant and said, "We have basically examined the prisoners brought back by the Second Division. Several regiments came from Zhongtiao Mountain."

Upon hearing this, Wang Guangru immediately asked with some interest: "Those who came down from Zhongtiao Mountain are elite troops. Even if they caught 50,000 pigs in two days and two nights, they would not be able to catch them all."

Chu Nian recalled the contents of the political department's review and shook his head in a somewhat ridiculous way: "This time, Mr. Chang has put his right-hand man He Jingzhi in Zhongtiao Mountain. I'm afraid he will have to run away with his pants up. These Central Army troops who were forced to transform into puppet troops surrendered as soon as they heard that it was the entire Second Division."

Wang Guangru chuckled, then said, "The First Division is about to get in place. Chu Nian, pass on my order. The Second Division will break through and head straight to Xinzhou. I will draw an armored brigade from the column to cooperate with them. The Fifth Division will be stationed in Shimen, and the Officer Division will lead its troops back to Shanxi and attack in the direction of Taiyuan as the vanguard. The Third Division will make a detour from Changzhi and reach Jinzhong. The First Brigade and the Second Brigade will quickly organize a counterattack to eat up the two Japanese divisions that are surrounding them."

Chu Nian asked with some concern: "Boss Wang, the commander-in-chief ordered the Third Division to enter southern Henan. How can we mobilize rashly?"

Wang Guangru looked towards southern Henan and said with a smile: "Although Tang Keqin is strong, he is not as good as the three combined brigades. Besides, I prepared two tables of food, but three tables of guests came. I can't let the guests go without food."

"Understood. I will send a telegram to all units of the column and ask them to prepare as soon as possible." Chu Nian said with a smile.

“再加一句，望各部最好在1940年2月23日前到达指定位置，2月25日拂晓开始总攻。”

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Ludong Fourth Division Headquarters

Bo Guangbai was looking at several different telegrams in his hand, looking at the people who signed them with some distress, and finally sighed, thinking that when a general is away from the court, he is not bound by the orders of the king.

The beauty rushed in hurriedly and said to Bo Guangbai: "Boss Bai, this morning the brothers in Qindao sent a message saying that the Japanese troop transport ship is coming to Qindao again."

Bo Guangbai frowned as he looked at the map of the Jiaodong front and asked, "As of this morning, the Japanese have deployed five divisions and more than 20 regiments outside Qindao, right?"

The beauty looked at Bo Guangbai and asked tentatively, "Boss Bai wants to take advantage of the unfamiliarity between the different Japanese units and defeat them one by one?"

Bo Guangbai shook his head and pointed in the direction of Longkou and said, "The 33rd and 36th Regiments have been stationed outside Longkou for a long time. It's time for them to move. I have already transferred 5 independent regiments from the rear and stationed them between Qindao and Longkou."

The beauty immediately understood and said, "Boss Bai wants to give the devils a hard time in the direction of Laizhou?"

Bo Guangbai nodded. He had previously placed two regiments on the outskirts of Longkou, and the Japanese navy had no intention of supporting Longkou at all. Now he planned to withdraw the six regiments on the Jiaodong line to attract the Japanese to attack.

"Let the 28.29th and 30.31th Regiments retreat to Gaomi, the 33th and 36st Regiments retreat to Laizhou, the th and th Independent Regiments retreat to Pingyi, and mobilize two independent regiments to station in Gaomi with great fanfare. Let the rd and th Regiments outside Longkou launch a general attack at dawn tomorrow."