Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"Zifeng, it seems that the 108th Division is nothing to worry about!" Sun Yuqing put down the telegram and said with a smile to Chen Zifeng, commander of the 396th Brigade.

"It seems that the 108th Division's combat effectiveness has declined significantly, just as the division commander and his men said."

"In that case, according to the previous plan, Taiyuan can completely lure those two mixed brigades southward to make a circle."

Hong Chao added the same thing.

After listening to this, Chen Zifeng nodded.

"However, why is the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army so poor? It's abnormal!" At this time, Cheng Cuilin, the political commissar of the 393rd Brigade who rushed back to the headquarters, asked several people with some confusion.

"Even if the 108th Division's combat effectiveness is poor, the 758th Regiment's actual combat casualties were only a few hundred men!"

For a moment, Cheng Cuilin was also full of doubts about the 108th Division.

After all, as a later formed division, the combat effectiveness of the 108th Division was not as good as that of the Type A Division, but this time the 117th Regiment was actually directly defeated by the 758th Regiment.

Although the 758th Regiment had no shortage of equipment after its expansion, it was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers compared to the previous regiment. At the same time, the equipment and firepower of the entire regiment were still relatively insufficient compared to a Japanese regiment.

Even if one battalion of the Japanese army was ambushed by the 758th Regiment through local cooperation, there were still two battalions of Japanese troops, plus their reinforced machine gun squadron and artillery battalion. It was impossible for them to be beaten all the way back to Yangquan by the 758th Regiment.

The commander of the 1st Column smiled after hearing the words of Cheng Cuilin, the political commissar of the 393rd Brigade.

"Comrade Cuilin, you've been in charge of the area, but you don't know that the situation of the 108th Division is somewhat different from that of other Japanese divisions!"

After hearing what Sun Yuqing said, Cheng Cuilin looked at him with a puzzled look.

At the same time, although Hong Chao and Chen Zifeng were not as confused as the political commissar, they were also somewhat surprised by the casualties suffered by the 758th Regiment in the battle with the 117th Regiment.

Although the troops below have replaced their close-range support firepower on the battlefield with Taihang Type 38-40 rocket launchers, and the shells have been further modified by people in military factories, they can cause huge damage within the largest area.

But this was a Japanese regiment after all. Based on previous experience in fighting the Japanese, even if the 758th Regiment could withstand the attack of the next regiment of this division, it would be impossible to force a Japanese regiment with reinforced artillery and heavy firepower to flee back to Yangquan in a panic.

It's really a bit unexpected.

Seeing that everyone was a little confused, Sun Yuqing took out a map of the national anti-Japanese war situation from a military document bag beside him, then spread it out and began to explain to everyone.

"According to the intelligence of the division commander and the commander-in-chief, most of the troops of the 108th Division are formed by the Japanese army's rear reserve."

"According to intelligence, almost all of the troops previously deployed have been sent south to fight in Wuhan!"

"Look at how many troops the Japanese have deployed to the entire Chinese battlefield!"

As the map unfolded, several people were attracted by the entire battlefield situation map.

Chen Zifeng looked at the map and said thoughtfully.

"Currently, throughout the South, due to the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army has increased from over 400,000 to over 500,000."

"Including the Japanese troops in North China, there are probably more than 300,000 people."

"The total number of Japanese troops in the entire interior is nearly 900,000!"

Chen Zifeng was immediately surprised by this number.

Sun Yuqing nodded after hearing what Chen Zifeng said.

"Before the outbreak of the war, the Japanese army had about 400,000 soldiers. As the war progressed, the Japanese army recruited domestic reserves, and the number quickly expanded to one million."

"At present, it can be said that most of the Japanese troops are gathered in the entire interior of the country!"

"At the same time, according to intelligence from our comrades outside the Great Wall, there were only about 100,000 Japanese troops outside the Great Wall before, but now that number has swelled to 500,000!"

“And that number continues to grow.”

"It can be said that there are currently nearly 140 million Japanese troops gathered throughout China!"