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Since Zeng Jiwen's main purpose was not the supplies transported to the south by the Locust Army, then what on earth was worth Zeng Jiwen going to such great lengths to lure two divisions of the Locust Army to Anyang?

When Kenji Doihara swept his eyes over the places where Zeng Jiwen's troops were fighting with the locust army, he began to guess every possibility in his mind.

At present, Zeng Jiwen’s 389th Division is surrounded by his own First Army and Fifth Division.

Previously, the Fifth Division was also under the First Army, but during the Battle of Xuzhou, the Fifth Division was transferred from the First Army and was no longer under the First Army.

According to the situation in Taiyuan, Zeng Jiwen's troops, numbering about six, are currently engaged in a firefight with two independent mixed brigades of the Locust Army in the area of ​​Xiaoyi and Jiexiu.

Could it be that Zeng Jiwen wants to recapture Taiyuan!

Kenji Doihara thought about it and dismissed the idea from his mind.

Although there are not many guarding troops in Taiyuan now, the 39th Brigade of the 20th Division is still in Jinzhong. At the same time, there is also a security brigade to defend Taiyuan.

If Zeng Jiwen wanted to recapture Taiyuan, in addition to the two mixed brigades of the Locust Army, Zeng Jiwen had to lure out at least the brigade of the 20th Division.

But it is obvious that Zeng Jiwen did not do so. Instead, he fought to the death with his own division and Itagaki's two divisions in southern Hebei. It is obvious that he had no intention of attacking Taiyuan.

At the same time, even if Zeng Jiwen really wanted to attack Taiyuan, the 26th Division located in Datong could go south along the Tongpu Railway and reach Taiyuan in half a day.

Therefore, Taiyuan can be ruled out.

Then, Kenji Doihara turned his attention to Yangquan.

In an instant, he felt that Zeng Jiwen might have ideas about the 108th Division on the Zhengtai Line, and even wanted to eat up the 108th Division.

After all, a regiment of Zeng Jiwen's army, after retaking Pingding, actually defeated two battalions of the locust army and the same artillery battalion that came to reinforce Pingding.

When Kenji Doihara learned about this from the report of the 108th Division, he couldn't help but twitch. This is still a locust army.

They were actually defeated head-on by a Chinese regiment and had to abandon most of their equipment and flee back to Yangquan in a panic, which was a complete disgrace to the Locust Army.

But then Kenji Doihara became alert. Has the combat effectiveness of the locust army's reserve forces become so poor? Thinking of this, Kenji Doihara was suddenly filled with worry.

But then he dismissed this idea, and thought that Zeng Jiwen might really want to annihilate this division of the locust army on the Zhengtai line.

After all, in the previous battle, Zeng Jiwen had fully tested the combat effectiveness of the Locust Army on the Zhengtai Line. Compared with other Locust Army units, it was understandable that the 108th Division was annihilated by Zeng Jiwen again.

But why Zeng Jiwen's troops would attack the locust army in Anyang? This doesn't make sense.

Suddenly, Kenji Doihara turned his gaze towards Shijiazhuang!

Then, a cowardly guess popped up in his mind.

impossible!

Shijiazhuang has a field brigade and a reserve brigade of the Locust Army, which has the strength of four regiments. At the same time, in order to consolidate the security of Shijiazhuang, the Locust Army has built a large number of solid military fortresses.

Can Zeng Jiwen's troops capture Shijiazhuang?

how is this possible.

But then he thought that Shijiazhuang stored the military supplies of the entire North China Front Army, and the military supplies of all the garrisons in North China were allocated from Shijiazhuang and distributed to the locust troops stationed in various places.

If Zeng Jiwen's target was really Shijiazhuang, then once Shijiazhuang was captured by Zeng Jiwen and all the military supplies of the North China Front Army were destroyed by Zeng Jiwen, even the entire army would probably take a long time to recover.