Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

As a result, Kenji Doihara also saw that now that their two divisions were trapped in northern Henan, it would be difficult for them to retreat.

They could only allow Zeng Jiwen's troops to take Handan and Xingtai.

But then, Kenji Doihara began to become suspicious of Zeng Jiwen's actions.

To say how important these two places are, they are indeed very important, but what was Zeng Jiwen's purpose in taking over Handan and Xingtai?

As for the cutting of the Pinghan Railway that he saw in the newspaper, Kenji Doihara was somewhat disdainful.

After collecting intelligence on the 389th Division during this period, Kenji Doihara could see that Zeng Jiwen was a person who thought three steps ahead. Every time he planned to attack the locust army, he was able to cause huge losses to the locust army unexpectedly.

To be honest, he believed that Zeng Jiwen must have considered cutting off the Pinghan Line, but it was definitely not much.

this time.......

So, Kenji Doihara looked at the map on the table, and his eyes passed over the places where Zeng Jiwen's troops fought with the locust army.

Then Kenji Doihara looked from Anyang to Handan and Xingtai according to his current position.

Suddenly, Kenji Doihara's expression changed drastically.

Kenji Doihara had no time to guess and immediately ordered people to sort out the recent combat situation of the First Army and Zeng Jiwen's troops.

At the same time, he ordered the signalman to send a telegram to inquire about the North China Front Army's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei mopping-up operation and the current combat situation of the Eighth Route Army.

Then, he began to look at the current map with worry.

Seeing Kenji Doihara's reaction, Itagaki Seishirō was a little confused for a moment.

I just told him my guess, why did Ken'er-kun react so strongly?

Before Itagaki Seishirō could ask, he heard Kenji Doihara, who was lying on the table looking at the city on the map, speak to him with a worried look on his face.

"Itagaki-kun, may His Majesty the Heavenly Locust bless us, otherwise you, I, and even the entire North China Front Army will become a laughing stock!"

After saying that, he stood up without saying anything more and began to personally lead people to organize the news documents about the battles between the First Army and the Eighth Route Army during this period.

Six o'clock in the morning.

At this time, outside the city of Handan, Xun Bai began to arrange local groups and militia to transport supplies to Handan.

The military supplies that were previously transported from the Northeast to the Wuhan front line were temporarily stopped in Handan and Xingtai because Wu Lin sent troops to recapture Ci County.

When the Fourth Column attacked Handan City in the middle of the night and wiped out the Japanese and puppet troops in the city, they also discovered the supply base that had been docked in Handan before.

When Xun Bai and his men arrived, they were immediately stunned by the supplies in the entire supply base.

In addition to conventional weapons and ammunition, there are more logistical supplies such as radios, medicines, cotton cloth, canned food, etc.

Due to the urgency of the situation, Xun Bai did not have time to take a closer look, but he estimated that there were probably supplies and equipment for three Japanese divisions.

He had only brought less than 4,000 militiamen and guerrillas from four local regiments. The main force had to rush to Ci County immediately to help the troops in Anyang block the Japanese army's return reinforcements, and there were not enough people to carry them.

Xun Bai immediately began to mobilize the people in Handan City, and those who wanted to evacuate to the base could follow the local regiment and help transport the food back to the base. At the same time, he gave one-third of the captured grain to the people who assisted in the transportation.

Since the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi was also well-known in southern Hebei, when the people in the city learned that the force that recaptured Handan was the 389th Division of the Eighth Route Army, they all began to excitedly help the Eighth Route Army soldiers transport supplies.

At the same time, almost a quarter of the city's residents began packing up their belongings and preparing to follow the Eighth Route Army to the base.