Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

In the later period, the three regiments of Chen Zifeng's army began to cooperate with the troops attacking Shijiazhuang. They first wiped out the 108th Division, then crippled the newly formed brigade under the 20th Division, and then occupied Shijiazhuang.

In the early stage, we launched an attack on the 108th Division in the Shotai Line area, and tried to kill as many of the division's manpower as possible.

In Taiyuan, Naosaburo Okabe, who was temporarily serving as the commander of the First Army, also received the news about the Shota Line at the first time.

When the Japanese army in Yangquan learned that Pingding was attacked, they reported the news to Okabe Naosaburo.

When Okabe Naosaburo learned that Pingding had been captured and recaptured by the Eighth Route Army, he immediately realized that Zeng Jiwen had made a move.

Moreover, they attacked the 108th Division, which was the weak point of the First Army.

He was very clear about the current situation of the 108th Division, so he quickly sent a telegram to the commander of the 108th Division, Motojiro Taniguchi, asking him to hold Yangquan and not attack.

If Zeng Jiwen wants to pacify it, then take it.

Before Okabe Naosaburo could send a message to Taniguchi Motojiro, he received news that other strongholds on the line were attacked.

At the same time, the reinforcements of the locust army also suffered heavy losses.

Therefore, Okabe Naosaburo did not dare to waste any time and immediately issued an order to the garrisons on the Shotai Line to defend resolutely and not go out.

At the same time, he did not send troops to support Yangquan, but instead ordered the First Army to be under martial law and be ready to send troops to support the stronghold attacked by Zeng Jiwen's troops at any time.

At noon, before Naosaburo Okabe could have a bite of hot food, he received a telegram from the 108th Division, which reported that the 117th Regiment was defeated by a regiment of the Eighth Route Army that attacked Pingding and fled back to Yangquan in a panic.

同时，谷口元治郎也立即将井陉的104旅团下的52联队给调回阳泉防守了，井陉交由20师团的第40旅团下的第80联队守卫。

After reading the telegram, Taniguchi Motojiro also learned from the commander of the 117th Regiment, Takagi Yoshikazu, how this regiment of the Eighth Route Army defeated the 117th Regiment.

What made Taniguchi Motojiro helpless was that this time the two battalions of the 117th Regiment and the artillery battalion were defeated head-on by this regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, the locust army had been unable to break into the regiment during the attack, and was then counterattacked by the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side and its camp was blown up.

The 117th Regiment abandoned all its weapons, equipment and supplies and fled back to Yangquan in a panic.

There were less than a thousand people left in the entire regiment.

When Okabe Naosaburo looked at the content of the telegram, the corners of his mouth twitched.

This is still the fucking invincible locust army.

Although we know that this group of reservists have not held guns for many years, their combat effectiveness is still so high, and they are still guarding the Shota Line. I am afraid that Zeng Jiwen will poke a big hole in the Shota Line later.

At the same time, Okabe Naosaburo noticed.

Taniguchi Motojiro reported an important matter.

That is, the Eighth Route Army troops in southeastern Shanxi were secretly equipped with a very strange weapon.

According to the information reported by the Japanese army below, this secret weapon is extremely lethal to the infantry of the Locust Army.

It looks very similar to the locust army's grenade launcher, but Zeng Jiwen's grenade launcher was carried on the shoulder and fired, and then the explosion caused heavy casualties to the locust army.

Many of the locust soldiers attacking on the front line were injured by this weapon.

Have the Commander instruct the intelligence department to obtain this weapon at all costs.

Otherwise, once the Eighth Route Army is equipped with this weapon on a large scale, it will cause great harm to the locust army.

After reading it, Naosaburo Okabe shook his head.

How could he not know that the soldiers under him had reported this kind of weapon long before when the locust army on the front line was fighting with Zeng Jiwen's troops?

However, none of the spies sent by the intelligence department to southeastern Shanxi returned.

After much difficulty, someone managed to send out the intelligence, but soon after, the entire intelligence line was cut off.