Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Seeing this, the young man quickly said, "Commander, I am a staff officer of the 121st Regiment Headquarters. I recently joined the Eighth Route Army."

"What the commander said is correct. I used to be in the 87th Division and participated in the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing. After Nanjing fell, my brother and I escaped."

"We were planning to go to eastern Shandong, but before the New Year, we heard that the 389th Brigade in Jindi had completely wiped out an entire Japanese regiment. We thought that this was a team that fought against the Japanese, and that following such a team would definitely help us avenge our brothers, so we decided not to go to eastern Shandong and headed towards Jindi."

"Then when we passed by Zanhuang in western Hebei, we met Captain Long. We helped Captain Long eliminate a group of Japanese soldiers trapped in the stronghold. Captain Long invited us to stay and fight the Japanese together."

After listening to the young man's explanation, Chen Zifeng suddenly understood and expressed his welcome to the young man to join the Eighth Route Army. No matter which unit he had been in before, as long as he was fighting against the Japanese invaders, the 389th Brigade would welcome him.

Then he patted the young man on the shoulder and asked him to leave. Then he called the guard beside him and asked him to ask the commander of the 121st Regiment, Long Zhenwen, to come to the regiment headquarters after cleaning the battlefield.

Then continue with the finishing work and deal with this matter after you are done.

The young man watched Zi Feng leave with a look of worry on his face. Another person beside him also said with considerable concern, "Awen, will we be alright? Should we leave? It looks like this officer knows something."

After listening to this, the young man shook his head.

"No need. Our identities will be known sooner or later. Besides, we are here to find my senior."

After returning to the front-line command post, Chen Zifeng sent the news of the complete annihilation of the 9th Regiment to the brigade headquarters, and at the same time reviewed the fact that he and others had taken the lead in chopping off those two beasts.

After Zeng Jiwen received the telegram from 782 at the brigade headquarters, his expression suddenly brightened and he exclaimed that it was a well done job. As for the second half of the review, Zeng Jiwen simply ignored it.

After organizing the local evacuation, the political commissar also returned to the brigade headquarters. When he saw the telegram sent by the 782nd Regiment, his expression changed.

"Brigade Commander, there won't be any problems later with what they did, right?"

Zeng Jiwen shook his head when he heard Zhou Shi say this.

"What problem could there be? If anyone has any problem, come to me!" Zeng Jiwen said nonchalantly.

"Besides, it would be a relief for these two beasts to chop them up. What else do they want? If anyone dares to make a big deal out of it, let him come to me." Zeng Jiwen's face suddenly changed and he said seriously.

After hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, the Chief of Staff beside him also agreed, "Don't worry, if someone really wants to cause trouble, I wonder if they can handle the wrath of everyone."

After hearing this, Zhou Xi felt relieved.

"Now, the Japanese army is probably going to start withdrawing." Chief of Staff Wang Zhuo judged after looking at the current situation.

"Well, but we can't provoke the Japanese in other directions anymore. And judging from the telegrams from Zifeng and the others, the casualties are quite heavy. After all, there are four field regiments in the south. If we eat them all in one bite, I'm afraid it will take us a long time to recover." Deputy Chief of Staff Zhu Guosheng added.

"At present, the front-line units are blocking the way and suffering heavy casualties. Moreover, the troops need to be expanded immediately after this battle and we also have to recover southeastern Shanxi. We cannot have too many casualties. We can only let these Japanese troops go for the time being." Zeng Jiwen looked at the map with some distress.

"This is the only way. After this battle, the Japanese army will not be able to launch large-scale military operations against Shanxi at least in the second half of this year." Zhou Shi agreed.

"We can't let the two regiments of the 14th Division in Changzhi return to Changzhi. We must make these two regiments feel threatened and feel that they may be surrounded at any time. We must eat them up and force the Independent Mixed Brigade 3rd in Linfen to provide support. Then, we must drive these two regiments towards the Linfen area." Wang Zhuo said while holding a pencil and pointing to the Linfen mark on the map.