Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

How can we continue to fight this kind of war?

Now Okabe Naosaburo only prays that Commander Sugiyama Hajime can end the large-scale sweep of the Kitatake area as soon as possible, so that he can quickly throw this hot potato away and not care about it anymore.

As for the loss of the 14th Division, he had no way to deal with it and left everything to the North China Front Army.

After receiving the news of the 14th Division's losses, Sugiyama Gen was furious and wanted to immediately assemble his troops to launch another large-scale sweep of southeastern Shanxi.

After consulting with Chief of Staff Tomoyuki Yamashita, Sugiyama Gen discovered that the garrisons in other places under his command could no longer move.

The 21st Division is now responsible for maintaining the areas around Peking and Tianjin. The 114th Division is now in Shandong, and the two cavalry brigades are also distributed on the plains from Shandong to Peking and Tianjin.

The 21st Division cannot be withdrawn, but the 114th Division could have been withdrawn if it had been before.

Now, with the large-scale cleanup of the Beiyue area, the entire Shandong area has begun to become chaotic again. The 114th Division can only send troops to maintain stability in the occupied area.

Thinking of this, Sugiyama Gen couldn't help but feel a headache.

He couldn't help but curse the damn Zeng Jiwen.

After thinking for a while, Sugiyama Gen began to order the 5th Division to support the 14th Division, and continue to move south together with the 14th Division to retake Anyang.

At the same time, the 1st Cavalry Brigade in Cangzhou was urgently dispatched to join the 5th Division.

After thinking for a while, he decided to speed up the mopping-up process and ordered several regiments outside the Beiyue District to start speeding up the mopping-up according to the previously planned pace.

When the commander of the 5th Division, Seishirō Itagaki, received the telegram from Sugiyama Hajime, his face suddenly turned dark.

It’s already this late, and you’re still thinking about the area under your butt.

Even if the current Fifth Division is reinforced, can it recapture Anyang?

It would have been easy to deal with before, but in the Xuzhou battlefield, the two regiments under his command were basically wiped out.

After finally recovering some strength, they are now heading south to fight Zeng Jiwen's troops.

Are you worried that the Fifth Division's losses aren't great enough?

For a moment, Itagaki Seishirō resisted the order, but he had to carry out Sugiyama Moto's order.

After thinking for a moment, he let the 11th Regiment stay in Handan and began to lead the 5th Division to approach the 14th Division urgently.

At the same time, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the Tainan Military Region Command also received news that the 14th Division had suffered heavy losses.

Inside Tainan Command Headquarters.

After receiving Wu Lin's telegram, Zeng Jiwen and Wang Zhuo immediately realized that the situation might have changed.

"Commander, we can let Lao Sun start the action now." Wang Zhuo said as he looked at the current situation.

"Yes, now it depends on whether Sugiyama Gen wants to continue the sweep or take both sides." Zeng Jiwen said with a relaxed expression as he looked at the enemy and friendly forces marked on the map.

"Then he won't give up the sweep of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei?" Wang Zhuo was a little confused for a moment.

Hearing Wang Zhuo's words, Zeng Jiwen said with a smile.

"If he gives up, what will all our work be for nothing?"

"Commander Xu sent a telegram yesterday saying they've already lured the Japanese troops deep into the base area according to their established plan. Furthermore, the Japanese troops, having suffered heavy losses during this raid, are now furiously diving into the pocket formation they've set up."

"Even if Sugiyama Moto orders his troops to abandon their positions now, it's unclear whether they can withdraw."

After hearing Zeng Jiwen's explanation, Wang Zhuo nodded.

Yes, after working so hard for so long, how could Sugiyama Gen give up so easily?

And judging from the telegram sent by Ji Nan, Sugiyama Gen probably wants to protect both sides. This is really too much.

Zeng Jiwen sent the order to Sun Yuqing, who was in charge of the war on the western front.

After receiving the order, Sun Yuqing immediately began to move south according to the original plan to seize the gate to southwest Shanxi. The 393rd Brigade blocked the reinforcements moving south in Pingyao and Qixian, and then slowly led them to the Jiexiu and Xiaoyi areas.