Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

With just four rounds, the Japanese airfields would be completely wiped out. Once the Japanese planes were destroyed, it would be unclear what the Japanese could use to attack at this critical juncture. The planes at the three airfields combined were almost the entire air force of the North China Expeditionary Force.

If the Japanese army wants to continue to send more aircraft, they can only mobilize them from the Northeast and Central China. At present, the fighting in Central China is in full swing. Most of the aircraft in the Northeast are deployed on the border. At this time, the smell of gunpowder on the border is getting heavier. How could the Kwantung Army in the Northeast send aircraft south now?

Before occupying North China, the Kwantung Army transferred most of its troops to the south to expand into new divisions. At this time, the defense of the Northeast had become somewhat weak. Once the aircraft on the border were transferred again, I am afraid that the troops in the north would not be able to bear it and would be doomed.

As long as these three Japanese airports are destroyed, the Japanese army will only have ground forces to attack. As long as the Japanese army dares to invade, Zeng Jiwen will let the Japanese army see what the quagmire of people's war is like.

After making all these arrangements, Zeng Jiwen and Wang Zhuo took the guards to Jingxing area, intending to investigate the specific situation of the New 1st Regiment and see how Li Yunlong had developed the New 1st Regiment over the past six months.

After all, according to the previous deployment, the New 1st Regiment was required to march along the Zhengtai Line, eliminate the strongholds along the way, and occupy Yangquan, while moving south to encircle the Japanese Independent 4th Mixed Brigade. If the strength of the New 1st Regiment could not achieve that, it could only occupy Yangquan and then transport some supplies to force the 4th Mixed Brigade to return for support.

Due to the urgency of time, Zeng Jiwen sent a telegram to the New 1st Regiment, and then he and Chief of Staff Wang Zhuo took their guards to Nanwangzhuang, the current base of the New 1st Regiment.

Nanwangzhuang is located in the south of Jingxing. The mountains in this area are steep and there are many gullies. The terrain is very dangerous. Since Jingxing Coal Mine is to its northwest, there are dense stations along the way.

The last time Zeng Jiwen attacked the Zhengtai Line to seize supplies and equipment, he asked the New 1st Regiment to take action when the opportunity arose. When Li Yunlong saw a regiment from Jingxing coming out of the city to provide support, he led the New 1st Regiment to raid Jingxing County and seized a large amount of weapons and supplies.

Considering the development of the New 1st Regiment at that time, Zeng Jiwen did not let the New 1st Regiment hand over its supplies, and left all of them to the New Regiment for development. Several months passed, and he only had a rough idea of ​​the New Regiment's situation based on the usual intelligence summaries from various places. Otherwise, he would not have let Li Yunlong capture Yangquan.

As for the detailed situation of the New First Regiment, Zeng Jiwen felt it was very necessary to go to the New First Regiment.

When Zeng Jiwen arrived at the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment in Nanwangzhuang that afternoon, the political commissar of the New 1st Regiment, Zhong Zhicheng, hurriedly brought the deputy commander of the New 1st Regiment and the commander of the first battalion, Wang Dahua, to the village entrance to greet Zeng Jiwen.

As soon as Zeng Jiwen arrived at the village entrance, he saw two people standing there waiting anxiously. When he saw them, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He pretended to be calm and asked them.

"Where is Li Yunlong? Where did this guy go? He knew I was coming, so he was not here." Hearing the brigade commander's question, Zhong Zhicheng hurriedly explained to Zeng Jiwen.

"Brigade Commander, the regimental commander is not with the regiment right now. He went down to inspect the Fourth Battalion. After all, the Fourth Battalion was formed a few months ago and its combat effectiveness is relatively low. The regimental commander has been worried about it and is personally supervising the training of the Fourth Battalion."

"However, Brigade Commander, I have sent someone to notify the regiment commander, and the regiment commander is on his way back." Zhong Zhicheng continued to explain.

After hearing what Zhong Zhicheng said, Zeng Jiwen did not comment, but just nodded, and asked the two to take him to the regiment headquarters first. Along the way, Zeng Jiwen began to observe the soldiers of the new regiment.