Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"Also, the Japanese troops guarding the route, apart from the 5th Division in Taiyuan, which is quite far away, and the 20th Division, which is scattered to the Yuci and Jingxing sections, I think our 389th Brigade has been on their radar for a long time. If they knew that the main force of our 389th Brigade was somewhere, would they not follow the script I gave them? Hahaha."

"During this time, I've had the reconnaissance battalion constantly mapping out various hidden and dangerous terrains around us, including this area to the north. I've put in so much effort, and I wouldn't feel comfortable if I didn't bring back something."

Zeng Jiwen smiled and told about his arrangements during this period.

Liu Ming looked at the distribution map of the enemy and our situation on the map,

"Commander, this is not easy."

"Jinzhong, Shouyang, Yangquan, Jingxing," Liu Ming said, pointing to the cities on the map.

"The Japanese army is currently heavily concentrated. Once we start a fight along the way, the Japanese army will quickly reinforce us."

"If we're not careful, we might get caught in a trap~"

Zeng Jiwen frowned tightly after hearing what the deputy political commissar said.

"So, I recently had the reconnaissance team operate on the Shota Line. We haven't completed gathering intelligence yet, but I don't believe that no matter how tight the defense is, I'll always find an opportunity."

Zeng Jiwen responded.

"And judging by the current situation, we must intercept this batch of equipment."

"Since the Japanese army has just occupied Taiyuan and many cities have not had time to station heavy troops, we can still fish in troubled waters. But once the Japanese army starts to mobilize troops from North China to consolidate the occupied areas, we can't rely solely on the Japanese army's spoils for the rest of our lives." Zeng Jiwen made an assessment of the current situation.

"Once the Japanese army starts sweeping the occupied areas in the rear, we will be like rabbits in the mountains, being chased everywhere."

"But even if we intercept it, we don't have enough raw materials and technicians." Cai Xu asked doubtfully.

"That's why I said we must intercept it. There must be a lot of workers and technicians transporting the equipment. Even if there are only a few people, we must build our own industrial system, even if it's just a start."

"Once we can start to be self-sufficient, things will be much better in the future," Zeng Jiwen said earnestly.

According to Zeng Jiwen's idea, before the Japanese army completely occupied the entire Shanxi Province, they should firmly establish their foothold in the vast Taihang Mountain area in the southeast of Shanxi, and at the same time be active in the towns and villages around the county seat, trapping the Japanese army firmly in the county seat. Once the Japanese army began a large-scale sweep, unless they concentrated their forces, Zeng Jiwen would have to let the Japanese army see what the vast ocean of the people meant.

At the same time, Taihang Mountain is located at the intersection of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan regions. It can be used as a base point to radiate to the three provinces. If the Japanese army wants to encircle them, Zeng Jiwen's troops will not be the only ones there, unless the Japanese army no longer wants to lose their base.

After everyone finished discussing, they immediately sent their plan to the headquarters, asking the headquarters to immediately arrange for intelligence personnel to start inquiring about the Japanese army's preparations for transporting this batch of equipment. At the same time, they continued to let the reconnaissance battalion soldiers scout the Japanese army's train schedule and troop distribution on the railway from Shouyang to Jingxing.

At the same time, after receiving the news from the 389th Brigade, the General Command immediately attached great importance to it and began to focus on investigating the Japanese army's plan to transfer materials and equipment to Taiyuan. At the same time, it reported the news to their families and asked them to send a group of industrial production and construction personnel to support the 389th Brigade at any time.

About half a month later, it was January 4, 1939.

That day, all the leaders of the brigade headquarters arrived in Dajinggou. On the one hand, they reviewed the recent developments together, and on the other hand, the headquarters sent relevant intelligence about the previous incident in Taiyuan. Zeng Jiwen knew that he had to make relevant preparations.

Everyone first discussed recent developments. Following previous adjustments to the troop structure, the formation of the 80th through 83rd Regiments was proceeding smoothly. Following the previous rule of delegating light machine guns to squads and platoons, each company was given an additional heavy machine gun platoon, commanding six heavy machine guns, resulting in a slight increase in overall personnel.