Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

As the New 1st Regiment and the accompanying militia began to eliminate the remaining Japanese troops in the city, the Second Battalion Commander also brought news that the strongholds along the Jingxing to Yangquan line and Niangzi Pass had also been successfully occupied.

After learning about the situation, Li Yunlong sent a message to the brigade headquarters that Yangquan had been captured, and urgently ordered the second battalion to start a rapid march towards Pingding. He himself immediately led four battalions to Pingding.

The rest of the work of transporting supplies and cleaning up the city was handed over to Political Commissar Zhong Zhicheng.

So when Naosaburo Okabe received the news that Yangquan was attacked, his face suddenly changed. In Yangquan City, there were a large number of military supplies and factory raw materials of the locust army stored. Once the 389th Brigade captured them, the already poor First Army would be in even worse trouble.

The combat order of the 4th Mixed Brigade was immediately changed, and it was ordered to return to Yangquan immediately to provide support.

However, things were still a step too late, as time passed. At 13:30 pm.

At the headquarters, Okabe Jisaburo anxiously awaited news from the front. In particular, in the past half hour, the defenders in Yangquan had received no response from the radio, no matter how hard they tried to contact them.

Then, Naosaburo Okabe immediately urged Kiyomi Shimizu to rush back, but soon he received the news that Pingding County had been captured and the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade was blocked outside Pingding County.

At the same time, two regiments of soldiers from the 389th Brigade were surrounding him from behind.

Naosaburo Okabe immediately realized that Yangquan had been captured by the 389th Brigade, and the 4th Brigade was also in danger. He immediately ordered a regiment of the 109th Division stationed in Yu County, north of Yangquan, to begin reinforcements to Yangquan.

However, as a regiment of Yu County left the city, it was soon blocked by the large force of Commander Xu operating in the north, forcing the regiment to return to the county town for support and unable to move.

After learning the news, Okabe Naozaburo was immediately overwhelmed by the whole situation. However, at this time, the commander of the North China Front Army, Sugiyama Hajime, called again and scolded Okabe Naozaburo harshly, saying, "Look how bad the current situation has become under your command."

Before Okabe Naosaburo could react, the 9th Regiment and the 20th Regiment of the 16th Division sent farewell telegrams one after another. When he saw the farewell telegrams, his eyes rolled back and he fainted. The entire First Army Headquarters was in chaos again.

With Yangquan being occupied by the New 1st Regiment and Okabe Naosaburo fainting again, the commander of the North China Front Army, Sugiyama Hajime, soon received this bad news.

Therefore, the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade in Jinzhong was immediately ordered to set out from Jinzhong to recapture Yangquan. At the same time, other mopping-up troops were to withdraw immediately.

389 Brigade Headquarters.

After learning that the New 1st Regiment had occupied Yangquan and had begun to march towards Pingding, Zeng Jiwen and others looked at the map and thought about the current situation.

"Brigade Commander, Zhong Zhicheng is currently organizing local guerrillas and the masses to move supplies from Yangquan City. In addition to a large amount of coal, there are also a lot of mining machinery and equipment."

"I'm afraid the Fourth Brigade has also received the news and is returning to provide support. We probably still have to be on guard against the Taiyuan direction." Deputy Chief of Staff Cai Xu said.

"That's right. There is a newly transferred independent mixed brigade in Jinzhong. Lao Xun must send a regiment and local organizations in Shouyang to block it first. At least we have to buy some time for Zhong Zhicheng and others." Wang Zhuo said, looking at the location of Jinzhong on the map.

"Well, send a telegram to Lao Xun immediately and have the 80th Regiment move to the Ceshi area immediately. At the same time, have the 128th Regiment block the enemy in the Shouyang area first to slow down the marching speed of the Independent 5th Mixed Brigade." After saying that, he sent the order to Xun Bai, the commander of the 85th Regiment who was commanding in the Zhanshang area.

At this time, Qiheng Village.