Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Everyone was immediately shocked by this scene. They had never seen Zeng Jiwen look like he wanted to eat someone. Then everyone pondered over what Zeng Jiwen had just said, and suddenly thought of something. They stared at the 19th Brigade with cold eyes.

"It doesn't matter whether the 20th Division and the 14th Division can be crippled this time, but for the 19th Brigade, no prisoners will be taken in this battle!" Zeng Jiwen said angrily with a gloomy expression.

Upon hearing this, everyone was filled with righteous indignation. They all stood up and stared at the map, wishing they could devour this Japanese army. It turned out that the 19th Brigade that had infuriated Zeng Jiwen was the same brigade under the infamous 16th Division that had participated in the Nanjing Massacre. Furthermore, it was also the 19th Brigade that had been responsible for the infamous "100-man Killing" competition.

When Zeng Jiwen learned that the 16th Division was the Japanese army participating in the mopping-up operation, he immediately decided to leave these beasts on this land as fertilizer.

So when Zeng Jiwen mentioned the anger of the 16th Division, everyone realized that the other Japanese troops could be let go for the time being in this battle, but this beastly unit must be left behind.

Everyone calmed down a bit, and the atmosphere in the headquarters began to grow heavy. After a while, Zeng Jiwen continued, "The 20th Division on the western front was previously crippled by us. Plus, the areas around Yushe, Mafang, and Shouyang are mostly mountainous, and the terrain along the way is difficult. We can use the 781st Regiment, the local regiments, and the 82nd Regiment to hold back these three Japanese armies."

"Of the two regiments in Changzhi, the one attacking Wuxiang can have the 84th Regiment block it along the way and lure it into the surrounding mountainous areas. As for the one advancing from Licheng, the 86th and 89th Regiments can lure it into an ambush and consume it."

"The 28th Brigade in Handan will inevitably split up after entering the Taihang Mountains. Let the 88th Regiment hold down one of the regiments, and the 783rd Regiment will consume the other regiment. In this way, the 28th Brigade will inevitably withdraw from the Taihang Mountains."

"As for the north, the 80th and 85th Regiments will be in charge of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade in Yangquan. Lure them southward, and then have the New 1st Regiment occupy Yangquan along the Zhengtai Road and move south to encircle them."

"Finally, the 19th Brigade, the 83rd and 87th Regiments were responsible for consuming its troops in Xingtai, the 782nd Regiment consumed the troops coming out of Shijiazhuang, and the 81st Regiment was responsible for cutting off the retreat of this unit and blocking the reinforcements from Shijiazhuang."

"Once these encircling Japanese troops are eliminated, the other troops will certainly retreat in panic from southeastern Shanxi. Afterwards, Pingding, Xiyang, Heshun, Liaoxian, Yushe, Qinxian, Xiangheng, Licheng, Pingshun, and Wu'an in southern Hebei can all be recovered."

Zeng Jiwen finished speaking and then said to Lao Chen seriously, "The headquarters is now in the Anze area of ​​Qinyuan, so you need to recapture Shangdang and Jincheng in the south, and then recapture Yangcheng and Qinshui, cutting off the passage from western Shanxi to the east."

"In this way, the entire southeastern Shanxi region will be completely recaptured by our Eighth Route Army and used as an important base in the future. The headquarters can also be transferred to the Shangdang area. If any emergency occurs, we can evacuate to western Shanxi and western Hebei at any time."

When Zeng Jiwen finished speaking, Old Chen was instantly shocked. He had underestimated Zeng Jiwen's appetite. Looking at the map before, Old Chen thought Zeng Jiwen wanted him to attack Changzhi and surround the two regiments of the 14th Division from behind, making them the key targets of ambush. As long as there were no other problems here, the Japanese would definitely retreat after hearing the news.

Then they took advantage of the situation to capture the nearby county town, but they didn't expect Zeng Jiwen's appetite was so big that he wanted to capture the entire southeastern Shanxi region. Then they began to get excited. After all, once they captured southeastern Shanxi, they would be able to move south to northern Henan, west to southern Hebei and western Shandong, and the entire Eighth Route Army's chess game would take off.

After the excitement died down, Old Chen suddenly seemed to remember something and asked Zeng Jiwen, "That's not right. Your regiment is only thinking about dealing with an entire Japanese regiment. Aren't you afraid of breaking your front teeth? You have such good teeth."