Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Li Xiang looked back and saw a troop appearing behind him.

A leading man with a big head and a machine gun in his hand kept firing at the Japanese soldiers rushing towards the position.

Li Yunlong looked at Li Xiang and shouted loudly.

"Li Xiang, isn't our Old Li late?"

After saying that, he rushed to Li Xiang and supported Li Xiang.

Li Xiang was deeply surprised to see Li Yunlong arrive in time.

"Old Li, I didn't expect that I would be saved by you this time."

When Li Yunlong heard what Li Xiang said, he burst into laughter.

"You didn't expect that! I saved you again."

Li Xiang raised her trembling hand, said nothing more, and then put it down weakly.

Li Yunlong looked at Li Xiang's tired expression.

"Li Xiang, I'll have someone help you to the back to rest. Leave the front to Old Li. I'll beat these guys so hard that they won't even recognize their own mothers."

After that, he immediately ordered someone to help Li Xiang and other soldiers of the 6th Regiment withdraw from their positions first, and then let the 1st Battalion take over the defensive positions and then engage in fire with the Japanese army.

At the same time, the Second Battalion also arrived at the position of the 20th Regiment and evacuated the soldiers of the 20th Regiment who were defending the position.

16:10 am on September , .

Inside the Tainan Military Region Headquarters.

Wang Zhuo looked at the current battle reports from various places, then took out a pencil and kept marking the distance between the Japanese troops and Shijiazhuang on the map.

Only after Wang Zhuo finished reading it did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Lao Zeng, look at what's happening now. If the Japanese army doesn't withdraw, we might actually have a clash with them."

Zeng Jiwen, who was standing by, immediately came back to his senses after hearing Wang Zhuo's words, from looking at the map of North China hanging on the wall of the command center.

Turning around and walking to the table, he saw Wang Zhuo's mark and immediately understood what Wang Zhuo meant.

Judging from the map, the three regiments of the Seventh Division and the First Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army have now joined forces with the four regiments of the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army, surrounding the 110th Division in Xingtang.

The 759th Regiment of the 396th Brigade had also captured Shouyang, and was now blocking the 39th Brigade coming from Jinzhong in the Lujiazhuang area with the 757th Regiment.

The troops surrounding Yangquan are now also launching an attack on Yangquan.

The 108th Division was trapped and couldn't escape.

In southern Hebei, the two Class A divisions of the Japanese army are now basically at the end of their strength. The 395th Brigade and the 2nd and 3rd columns have withdrawn to the rear for rest and recuperation.

The 114th Division was blocked by the 5th and 6th columns in the Xinji area. At this time, the two sides were fighting fiercely at Wangjiajing Railway Station along Xinji.

The 21st Division heading south from the north was also delayed in the Bazhou and Baoding areas. Division Commander Xu personally commanded the troops of the Third Division at the command post to block this Japanese division.

At the same time, Commander He from northwest Shanxi was already on the outskirts of Datong, ready to surround Datong at any time.

As soon as his own military region launched a major battle to annihilate the 110th Division, he began to encircle and attack Datong.

Zeng Jiwen looked at the map and asked.

"Have Hanjia and his men completed their preparations for the attack on the 110th Division?"

Hearing Zeng Jiwen's question, Wang Zhuo replied.

"It's already been done. Since joining up with the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region early this morning, several of their regiments have trapped the Japanese army firmly in Xingtang. The Japanese army is probably in a state of panic by now."

Zeng Jiwen nodded after hearing what the chief of staff said.

"Then let's not wait. Let them start the attack. I think the Japanese reinforcements in various places are going crazy right now."

In fact, as Zeng Jiwen said, when the 110th Division and the 108th Division on the Zhengtai Line were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, the North China Front Army was really shocked.

Sugiyama sent several telegrams of reprimand to the 114th and 21st Divisions.

Especially the 114th Division. Xinji, where the 114th Division is located, can be reached from Shijiazhuang in less than half a day by forced march, but it has been several days, and the 114th Division has only passed one village in Xinji.

This made Sugiyama Gen very dissatisfied.

When the commander of the 114th Division, Shigeharu Suematsu, received the telegram from Sugiyama Hajime, he was also speechless.

As a special division, although the 114th Division was not as powerful as other Type A divisions, it also participated in major military operations such as the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Xuzhou.

Compared with other locust troops, its combat effectiveness is only stronger, not weaker.

However, he did not expect that the vanguard troops he sent out were first blocked by a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, resulting in heavy losses to the vanguard troops.

Finally, after the main force of the division arrived, the division easily defeated the Eighth Route Army that was blocking them, and then entered the Xinji area.

However, unexpectedly, the nightmare began when the locust army entered the Xinji area.

Now their own logistics troops were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and on the highway, the engineers were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army one after another. As a result, the engineers are now overwhelmed when they hear about clearing mines for the troops.

If he had not immediately dispatched a regiment to protect his artillery battalion when he saw that things were not going well, this artillery battalion of the Locust Army would have been destroyed by the damn Eighth Route Army.

All along the way, the locust army was either being attacked by hidden guns or defending against the Eighth Route Army that might appear at any time in the surrounding area.

This has caused Shigeharu Suematsu to be very troubled.

At this time in Peking, in Sugiyama Gen's office.

At this time, Sugiyama Gen was sitting in his seat without saying a word, holding the telegram that the orderly had just received from the communications department.

If there was someone nearby who could understand the telegrams, they would easily be able to identify that these were two telegrams asking for help.

In the telegram, the 108th Division in Yangquan and the 110th Division in Xingtang both sent telegrams, saying that they were surrounded by the main forces of the Eighth Route Army and requested tactical guidance.

When Sugiyama Gen saw these two telegrams, his first reaction was that these two people had lied about military intelligence.

Zeng Jiwen now has so many troops. Can he surround two divisions of locust troops at the same time?

But after Sugiyama Moto read the telegram in detail, his face suddenly became gloomy.

He could still understand the 108th Division's request for help. After all, he knew a little about what the 108th Division was like now.

But the 110th Division is different.

Looking at the telegram sent by the commander of the 110th Division, Sangmu Chongming, Sugiyama Gen learned the approximate distribution of Zeng Jiwen's main forces.

In addition to attacking Shijiazhuang, Zeng Jiwen also had a large number of troops on the Zhengtai Line and in southern Hebei.

Now, the Eighth Route Army in Tainan and Jin-Cha-Ji has joined forces to resist the large-scale sweep launched by the locust army.

Sugiyama Gen knew without hesitation that these two divisions were probably in danger.

At the same time, the 5th Division and the 14th Division in southern Hebei were also considered.

If the Locust Army lost four divisions at once, it would have never suffered such a heavy loss except in the Battle of Wuhan.

On the Chinese battlefield, losing so many troops in two battlefields at once is too much for even the wealthy Locust Army to bear.

Moreover, in the battle in the south, apart from the annihilation of the 106th Division, there were no other organized losses.

If Zeng Jiwen really wipes out four divisions this time, it will be a serious matter.

For a moment, Sugiyama Gen wanted to withdraw his troops.

According to the current situation, even if the locust army really gathers in Shijiazhuang, the four divisions will probably suffer heavy casualties.