Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

After thinking for a while, Tsuneoka Kanji felt that he could not just let it go like this, and he had to teach the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army a lesson.

If a tiger doesn't show its power, it will really make itself look like a sick cat in the First Army.

Since the First Army suffered a series of defeats in southeastern Shanxi, especially in the past few days, the 14th Division in southern Hebei was dispersed by the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi and the entire division was directly destroyed.

This was the second time that the 14th Division was defeated by the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi.

So now the First Army stationed in Jin has become famous throughout the military.

The First Army used to be the most powerful unit in the army, but now it has been defeated by the Eighth Route Army in the southeastern Shanxi region. Even the navy's idiots call the First Army a sick cat.

Although the Navy's name made them, the army, feel uncomfortable, but now the entire army from top to bottom is dissatisfied with the First Army.

Every time the Locust Army wins a great victory, the First Army always finds something to spoil the fun, making the Locust Army look bad internationally.

Although it was the navy who made the noise this time, there were many people who shared the same opinion as Tsuneoka Kanji. It was a rare occasion that they reached a consensus on the First Army.

The last time we reached a consensus with those idiots was when we dismantled the Air Force.

Now his own brigade had two battalions completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army from Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei.

What do the Eighth Route Army of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei want to do!

If they dare to wipe out two of my battalions today, they will dare to attack my brigade headquarters in Zhangjiakou tomorrow.

Therefore, Kanji Tsuneoka felt that the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army could not be allowed to continue to act so rampantly.

It’s impossible that the First Army has been given the nickname of a sick cat, and now the Mongolian Corps has to bear the nickname of a sick cat too.

After figuring it out, looking at the Independent 12th Regiment already in Lingqiu, Tsuneoka Kanji immediately requested the commander Jun Goromiya that he would lead the Independent 12th Regiment, together with his own 1st Infantry Battalion, to continue sweeping from Lingqiu to Laiyuan.

Since the main position of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei had been exposed at this time, he immediately ordered the troops to encircle it in the Laiyuan area while this Eighth Route Army was still near Laiyuan.

At the same time, the main force of the 110th Division was sent to sweep the southern part of Laiyuan, blocking the Eighth Route Army's retreat route to the south in Laiyuan. According to the plan of Commander Sugiyama Gen, the Eighth Route Army was continuously compressed towards the mountainous area in the northeast.

After receiving the telegram from Tsuneoka Kanji, Jun Hougong, who is currently serving as the temporary commander of the Mongolian Corps, also attached great importance to the information reported in the telegram.

Especially after learning that the two infantry battalions were completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, he was so angry that he scolded Tsuneoka Kanji harshly.

After Hou Gongjun reported to the commander of the North China Front Army, Sugiyama Hajime, and after receiving Sugiyama Hajime's approval, he immediately ordered Tsuneoka Kanji to take his independent 1st Infantry Battalion to Lingqiu to meet with the Independent 12th Regiment.

At the same time, the 110th Division in the south will also help block the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army from evacuating to the south.

In Peking.

When Sugiyama Gen received the telegram from Harumiya Jun, his already bad mood became even more depressed.

After the 5th Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade joined the 14th Division in southern Hebei, they advanced towards Anyang in northern Henan.

After fighting with the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi and southern Hebei for several days in a row, they failed to gain an advantage. Instead, the Fifth Division and the First Cavalry Brigade began to suffer increasing casualties.

Itagaki Seishirō sent another telegram yesterday, saying that every time the Fifth Division advances in southern Hebei, a locust soldier dies at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, the Eighth Route Army, with heavy artillery of more than 100mm from nowhere, continuously fired shells at the Locust Army's troops.