Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

80 kilometers east of Taiyuan, the Central Army was intensively building a defense line.

This time, the commander ordered the construction of three lines of defense on the more than 200-kilometer-wide front on the east side, facing Hebei Province.

The commander-in-chief on the front line this time is the commander's trusted general, Commander Song, while the commander himself is in the rear, coordinating the overall situation.

It is said that the commander and a few of his confidants staged a drama of refusal and refusing three times, and only then did he stay in Chongqing and not go to the front line to command.

The Jinsui Army Headquarters was commanded by Commander Fu, while the 20th Sichuan Army Group was commanded by Gu Wuming.

Hundreds of thousands of troops are already here waiting for the devils.

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Beiping, Headquarters of the North China Front Army.

Now it was Okamura Neiji's turn to be troubled. He originally didn't want to fight this battle, but things were beyond his control. He did not fight the Eighth Route Army, but the Eighth Route Army came to him instead.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army's offensive was extremely fierce. Not to mention the Ping'an County, which was insignificant to him, but the loss of Taiyuan made Okamura Neiji vomit blood.

Taiyuan's location and strategic significance are too important...

But this time the situation was too urgent and we had to send troops hastily.

Originally, Okamura Neiji wanted to get all the information about Division 1 before taking action.

He never fought an unprepared battle, and often needed to plan and infiltrate more than half a year in advance to launch a large-scale battle.

After all, Division 1 is a major concern for Neiji Okamura. Until now, he doesn't even know where Division 1's headquarters is.

They were even more confused about its true strength and could only refer to the intelligence sent back by the troops fighting in the front line and the first division.

However, this intelligence was not without merit, because all these troops were wiped out by Division 1, not a single one escaped alive, and many of them were so exhausted from the beating that their words were inevitably exaggerated.

According to current intelligence, the troop strength of this division is estimated to be around 5,000 to 6,000 people, but it has over 10,000 artillery pieces and countless machine guns, almost one for each person.

What's even more ridiculous is that they also have tanks, big and strong tanks. The tanks of the Locust Army are like kindergarten children in front of them and they are completely defenseless.

And the latest intelligence is even more ridiculous, saying that this division has a fighter jet that flies so fast that it doesn't even have a propeller. All the fighter jets sent by the Locust Army were destroyed, and no one knows what kind of plane it is.

As a high-ranking Japanese official, Okamura Neiji probably knew that it was a type of jet aircraft.

Although there is no jet aircraft in the world yet, their allies have begun secretly developing it.

Okamura Neiji didn't believe it at first. After all, China could receive foreign aid for tanks and artillery, but airplanes, especially jet fighters, were absolutely impossible.

Not to mention whether the Soviet Union still exists, even if it does, it is impossible to use it to aid China. They are now retreating all the way. If they had such an advanced fighter, they would have pushed Germany back long ago.

But in the face of ironclad facts, he had no choice but to believe it.

If Division 1 did not have this type of jet fighter, how could the three air brigades sent out by the Locust Army have all been destroyed?

All of Okamura Neiji was very panicked about this hasty dispatch of troops. He was always awakened by nightmares at night these days. This was a bad sign...

The Japanese army was led by Lieutenant General Ichiharu Furukawa himself. Although they had been constantly harassed by small units of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei Province in recent days, they still successfully advanced to Shanxi Province.

"Report to the General, according to the intelligence from Chongqing, this time China has built three lines of defense outside Taiyuan City in an attempt to stop our locust army!"

"Of these three lines of defense, the first is defended by the 20th Sichuan Army Group, which has a force of about 20 men and is commanded by Lieutenant General Gu Wuming!"

"The second one will be led by Fu Zuoyi of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, with a force of about 10!"

"The third line of defense is defended by the Central Army Group, with a force of about 30 men, and the commander is our old acquaintance, Song!"

"In addition, our vanguard troops have come into contact with a certain unit of the Sichuan Army on the first line of defense. Under the fierce attack of our warriors, the position has been captured by our army!"

Furukawa Kazuharu's chief of staff, Minamiichi Daiga, spread out a newly drawn map of the Taiyuan defense line and reported.

"Oh? I didn't expect the Chinese army to be deployed like this, hahaha! What a stupid deployment!"

"Although the Chinese army has as many as 600,000 troops this time, which is six times as many as ours, it sounds scary, but for me, this is a great opportunity to break through the Chinese defense line!"

Kazuharu Furukawa looked at the map, and after listening to the chief of staff's report, his eyes lit up and his face showed joy.

"The Chinese military is full of factions, and there have always been conflicts between the factions. Even I have heard of your reputation of standing firm like a mountain when friendly forces are in trouble!"

"Nanri Jun, let me test you. Can you figure out the meaning of this map?"

Kazuharu Furukawa asked in a deep voice, with his hands behind his back and his head held high with pride.

Looking at Kazuharu Furukawa's confident and well-thought-out look, I naturally knew what was going on.

However, as a subordinate, you cannot show off too much in front of your superiors. You must strike a balance between not being able to say everything right and not missing the point.

If all of them are correct, how can the commander pretend? How can he show his wisdom?

Such a person who is in a high position must be able to demonstrate his superiority and leadership.

You can't get all of your answers right. You have to make your leader feel that he has been given guidance. Your expression and demeanor of sudden enlightenment will make his sense of satisfaction.

If you fail to hit the point, your superior will think you are nothing but a complete fool.

Nanri Dawo rolled his eyes and said with his back lowered, "General! The Chinese army has always had discord. I have known this for a long time. In large-scale battles between us and the Chinese army, there is often a lack of coordination between the troops because of this!"

"This time, only three factions of the Chinese army participated in the war, but they happened to be divided into three lines of defense. They must have poor coordination with each other. Then we can take advantage of their loopholes and defeat them in one fell swoop!"

Nanri Dawo said this with great confidence. Of course, this kind of words were just a way for Nanri Dawo to hide his shortcomings. He wanted the leader to speak for the real deeper things.

"Hahaha, Nanri-kun, do you know why you have only been a chief of staff for so long and cannot lead the army on your own?"

"Your view is still too superficial and misses the point!"

"You still have a lot to learn!"

Kazuharu Furukawa laughed and gave an educational speech.

"Hai! Thank you for your teachings, General! I am stupid! Your wisdom is like the sun in the sky. Of course, my little candlelight cannot understand your profound meaning. Please explain it to me, General!"

Nanri Dawo hurriedly bowed solemnly and said flatteringly.