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Thinking of this astonishing guess, Kenji Doihara shook his head subconsciously. Not to mention that there are still four regiments of locust troops in Shijiazhuang. Even if Zeng Jiwen really attacked Shijiazhuang, the 110th Division was not far to the north and could reinforce Shijiazhuang in two days at most.

Kenji Doihara looked at Yangquan and then at Shijiazhuang, and immediately felt that Zeng Jiwen's target must be one of these two.

Suddenly, a guess flashed through Kenji Doihara's mind, and he looked at Handan and Xingtai again.

If Zeng Jiwen really attacked Shijiazhuang, what would he do if he were Zeng Jiwen?

He saw his 14th Division stationed in Handan and the 5th Division stationed in Xingtai.

Now the two divisions are in Anyang in northern Henan. If Shijiazhuang is attacked, there is no need to worry about these two divisions. At the same time, Zeng Jiwen only needs to eliminate the 108th Division on the Zhengtai Line and the 40th Brigade in Shijiazhuang.

Thinking about the increasingly clear guesses, Zeng Jiwen had previously captured Pingding with a regiment under his command, and had fought a battle with the 117th Regiment outside the city. So Zeng Jiwen was also very clear about the combat effectiveness of the 108th Division.

Now the 40th Brigade has another regiment stationed in Jingxing. If Jingxing is attacked...

Thinking of this, Kenji Doihara suddenly became anxious.

If his deduction was correct, then Jingxing would definitely be attacked by Zeng Jiwen. At the same time, the locust army that came to reinforce Jingxing would probably be ambushed by Zeng Jiwen's troops.

After all, although we don't know how many troops Zeng Jiwen has, Kenji Doihara believes that Zeng Jiwen definitely does not have only nine regiments as the government has given him. After all, the last time Commander Okabe encircled Zeng Jiwen's troops, there were more than 20 known regiments. Now, half a year has passed, who knows how much Zeng Jiwen's troops have expanded.

Therefore, Jingxing and the reinforcements of the locust army were all ambushed by Zeng Jiwen's troops, and Zeng Jiwen was fully capable of doing so.

Immediately, Kenji Doihara sent a telegram to Yoshio Kamitsuki, commander of the 40th Brigade in Shijiazhuang, asking whether Jingxing had been attacked.

However, less than half an hour later, Shangyue Liangfu called back and said that in the early morning, the Jingxing mining area was attacked by an Eighth Route Army regiment of more than 3,000 people. In order to prevent the reinforcements from being ambushed, he had discussed with Yamashita Kenye and the 40th Brigade was to dispatch two battalions. At the same time, the 108th Division in Yangquan was to dispatch a battalion to reinforce Jingxing.

When Kenji Doihara learned the news, he was immediately shocked by his own guess.

Thinking of this, Kenji Doihara immediately ordered Yoshio Kamitsuki to cancel the order for reinforcements, and at the same time Shijiazhuang began to prepare for martial law.

And asked Shangyue Liangfu to report the situation in Shijiazhuang at any time.

Seishirō Itagaki, who was standing by, looked at Kenji Doihara's ever-changing expressions and actions, and suddenly realized that something big had happened.

When Kenji Doihara told Seishirō Itagaki his guess, Itagaki suddenly became serious.

This way, many things make sense.

Why were their two divisions constantly being led into Anyang, and why did the firepower of the Eighth Route Army's resistance on the front line begin to weaken in the past few days?

Xingtai and Handan were also captured by the Eighth Route Army.

Now that the two of them are on their way back to provide support, I'm afraid that a large number of Eighth Route Army troops are already waiting for them.

But it was too late.

When Kenji Doihara asked about the 40th Brigade, two battalions of the 40th Brigade had already set out to reinforce Jingxing.

By the time Kenji Doihara received the news and asked Yoshio Kamitsuki to withdraw the support troops, the two Japanese battalions had already entered the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.