Devil's Army

Half an hour after the Second Brigade broke through the defense line of Taiyuan's east gate, the Third Brigade also broke through the defense line of Taiyuan's south gate.

Gunshots and explosions were heard throughout the night in Taiyuan City.

The people staying in the city also spent the night in fear.

The next morning, a brigade commander arranged for the Golden Eagle 4 drone to cover the infantry in clearing out the Japanese troops in the streets and alleys.

At this time, the 3rd Regiment of the 4th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade had recaptured Xinzhou City and turned south to participate in the Taiyuan Campaign.

The 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Brigade also recaptured Jinzhong City and turned west to participate in the Taiyuan Campaign.

The Jidong Independent Brigade also recaptured Datong City, which is adjacent to Ulanqab City, and advanced towards Shuozhou County (now Shuozhou City), cooperating with the Third Brigade in recapture Xinzhou City.

After two days of fierce street fighting, the 3rd and 2nd Brigades successfully recaptured Taiyuan City.

The battle, originally planned for a week, was to be over in five days.

After recaptured Taiyuan City, the Third Brigade did not bother to clean up the battlefield, and immediately marched westward to reinforce the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army in Luliang City.

After the Second Brigade cleaned up the battlefield, it left behind a battalion of troops to maintain public order in Taiyuan City.

The main force continued to march south, joined the fourth regiment that was attacking reinforcements, and attacked Changzhi City.

With the support of the 1st Army's tank troops, the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army drove the Japanese troops back to Luliang City.

When the soldiers of the Third Brigade arrived, the 715th and 716th Regiments of the Eighth Route Army were attacking the east and north gates of Luliang City.

Soldiers from the Third Brigade immediately joined the attack on Luliang City.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the Third Brigade and the Eighth Route Army broke through the defense lines of the East Gate and North Gate of Luliang respectively.

The Japanese army continued to retreat towards Linfen City.

At this time, the Jidong Independent Brigade also recaptured Shuozhou County.

The Second Brigade also recaptured Changzhi City and sent vanguard troops to explore Anyang City, Henan Province.

By this point, most cities in northern Shanxi Province had been recaptured, leaving only three cities in the south: Linfen, Jincheng, and Yuncheng, still in the hands of the Japanese.

Since the First Army had been fighting in Shanxi for half a month, its ammunition and supplies had been sold out.

A brigade commander then ordered all troops to rest on the spot and did not continue to recapture the remaining three cities in Shanxi Province.

Although the troops were resting, the commander of the first brigade still ordered the commander of the second brigade to arrange a regiment to launch an offensive posture towards Jincheng.

The commander of the third brigade arranged a regiment to take an offensive posture towards the north gate of Linfen City.

A brigade commander arranged a regiment to take an offensive posture towards the east gate of Linfen City.

The Japanese troops in these two cities thought that the devil troops would attack them at any time, so they were on high alert and their nerves were on edge.

A week passed and the devil's army did not attack them.

Just as the Japanese army was worried that the devil troops would launch a sneak attack on them at any time, the First Army's trucks and bombers kept transporting strategic materials to Taiyuan.

The First Army's "Koukou" tanks also continued to move south, preparing to launch a counterattack against the remaining cities in Shanxi and the Japanese troops in Henan.

In order to facilitate the command of the next battle, Gray Wolf moved his headquarters from Shijiazhuang south to Taiyuan.

Commander He of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army also arrived in Taiyuan, met with Gray Wolf, and also saw the long-rumored First Anti-Japanese Army.

I felt the fierce fighting power of this imposing army up close.

Gray Wolf and Commander He had an in-depth discussion on the defensive situation of the Japanese army in Shanxi and the course of the war.

Everyone is full of confidence in the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Because the Eighth Route Army provided great assistance to the First Anti-Japanese Army in the battle to recapture Shanxi, before Commander He left, Gray Wolf gave them a large amount of ammunition and supplies.