Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"You two, one is an old abacus, and the other is a small abacus. This time, let's see who is scheming against whom."

After the three of them discussed and found no problems, they sent the plan to the headquarters.

After receiving the telegram from the 389th Division, the commander-in-chief sent the 389th Division's combat plan and discussion to the person in Kenanpo.

When he received the telegram from the 389th Division, he summoned a few confidants to discuss the matter. Considering that the situation was extremely urgent, he finally agreed to Zeng Jiwen's request with a heavy heart.

At the same time, he also planned to send a group of his own people to infiltrate and investigate the situation.

After receiving the reply, Zeng Jiwen and others immediately issued the combat order.

Let Xun Bai of the First Column contact the new army and work together to capture Linfen.

Let Chen Zifeng lead the 393rd Brigade to launch a feint attack on Pingyao and Taigu, forcing the Japanese reinforcements to return.

On the evening of the 1st, Chen Zifeng, commander of the 393rd Brigade, received an order from the division headquarters and led his troops to Wangjialing, west of Taigu and Qixian.

Chen Zifeng ordered people to take out the map and look at Dongguan between Taigu and Qixian. After discussion, everyone decided that the 757th Regiment would occupy Dongguan and cut off the connection between Taigu and Qixian.

Then the 758th Regiment pretended to attack Qixian, and the 759th Regiment pretended to attack Taigu.

At this time, we are just waiting for news about the First Column attacking Linfen.

That night, the First Column reoccupied Hongdong along Guxian County, cutting off the connection between Linfen and Huozhou. At the same time, the First, Second, and Third Columns of the New Army surrounded Linfen and began to attack Linfen.

In the early morning of the 2nd, after Chen Zifeng of the 393rd Brigade received the news that the 1st Column had occupied Hongdong, he immediately issued an order to start the operation according to the previous plan.

As the exchange of fire between Taigu and Qixian continued at night, the Japanese troops guarding the two places began to ask Taiyuan for help.

In Taiyuan, Naosaburo Okabe, who was still the commander, felt a little conflicted after receiving the telegram for help.

If we allow the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade on the front line to return to provide support and let the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army go, wouldn't the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army be more aggressive later?

But if they don't return to provide support, once the 389th Division cuts off the Japanese troops' retreat route on the front line, if Zeng Jiwen has some ideas about the troops on the front line, then the brigade will be destroyed.

Moreover, his main task now is to maintain stability in various occupied areas. Other matters will have to wait until Yoshio Shinozuka ends the Battle of Wuhan before he can take office and handle them.

At the same time, he had previously reported to the commander of the North China Front Army, Sugiyama Gen, that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was currently quite active in southwestern Shanxi.

The answer was to ignore the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army for the time being and deal with it after the Battle of Wuhan was over.

After thinking for a while, Okabe Naosaburo decided to temporarily abandon the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and ordered the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade to return to support. At the same time, the troops in Linfen also began to evacuate northward.

Let's let these Shanxi-Suiyuan troops go for now. After the locust army is replenished next year, we must let the Shanxi-Suiyuan army know that the locust army's territory is not so easy to take.

On the morning of the 2nd, as Yoshizawa Tadao received the telegram from Taiyuan, he looked at the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army opposite from the front-line position with an unwilling expression.

However, he did not disobey the orders of Naozaburo Okabe, and began to order the troops below to retreat in an orderly manner.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army on the opposite side finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the Japanese vanguard troops slowly withdraw.

At this time, Sun Chu, commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army, watched the Japanese army begin to retreat and ordered them to slowly evacuate along the mountainous area on the west side.

On the way of evacuation, a temporary regiment under the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, with a tall commander wearing white gloves and a righteous face, looked in the direction of the Japanese army's retreat, raising and lowering the whip in his hand.

He just clenched his fist hard.

"It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous. A dignified group army was frightened by a regiment behind them and dared not retreat. They even had to ask for help from the Eighth Route Army. What a shame!"