Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

After all, judging from the analysis of the combat situation between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army in North China, Zeng Jiwen's troops bore most of the pressure from the Japanese Army in North China.

He had previously had a very unpleasant argument with Zeng Jiwen, so there was no other way. Bogomolov sent the current situation in China to the country, and then suggested immediately contacting Zeng Jiwen's troops and re-starting dialogue with Zeng Jiwen.

In order to ease the relationship with Zeng Jiwen, Bogomolov also sent a telegram to the current commander of the Far Eastern Army, Blucher, hoping that Blucher could bring a military observation group to visit Zeng Jiwen's troops.

After all, as the head of the Northern Expedition's advisory group in China, Blucher had a good relationship with Zeng Jiwen. It was Blucher who arranged the trip from Delin to Frunze.

At the same time, a detailed explanatory letter was sent to the country to express Blucher's current importance. After all, Bogomolov was very clear at this time that Blucher was the target of Comrade Steel's purge.

After receiving Bogomolov's telegram, Comrade Steel in Moscow immediately organized a meeting to discuss the matter. After all, it involved the safety of their east side.

After discussion among everyone, Comrade Gangtie agreed with Bogomolov's suggestion and said that the issue of Blucher could be put aside for the time being, and then he would immediately contact the Eighth Route Army to discuss how to contain the Japanese army.

That's why the family sent a telegram to Zeng Jiwen. At the same time, after learning that the north was preparing to contact Zeng Jiwen, the handsome envoy James Grew, considering the current situation, also prepared to send a military attaché to contact the Tainan side.

After telling Zhou Xi about his guess, Zeng Jiwen continued.

"Old Zhou, have someone take a look at what the factories in the base are currently short of. They've got the supplies and equipment that's in short supply, including the types of jobs that are in short supply. Give me a list."

"This rich man can't come empty-handed, right? Even if he does, I'll make him two ounces of oil."

When Zhou Shi heard Zeng Jiwen's words, he immediately laughed.

"Lao Zeng, you better be careful and don't scare people away."

"If you hadn't objected so fiercely at the beginning, those people would have been speechless."

Zeng Jiwen sneered when he heard this.

"If I don't object, who would come? I can't give up the place I have already got."

When Zhou Xi heard Zeng Jiwen's words, he looked a little worried.

"Then you better be careful when you go back, and don't let those people down."

Hearing Zhou Shi's words, Zeng Jiwen waved his hand.

"No problem, no problem. I still say what I said. If they are not satisfied, just fire me!"

Hearing Zeng Jiwen's helpless words, Zhou Shi suddenly felt a little amused.

If they had strongly demanded to reach an agreement a few months ago, it would have been possible to remove you. Now, they can only talk about it.

Especially after this battle, everyone in China knew that the most powerful troops were in Tainan.

You have to know that this is not the original time and space. Only a part of Commander Xu's troops went to Shandong, and the rest are in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei.

Together with the troops of the Tainan Military Region, after this battle, their local reputation has been truly established.

After finishing this discussion, Zeng Jiwen and Zhou Shi began to continue to busy themselves with some follow-up work after the war.

A week later, inside the military district headquarters.

At this time, the various troops of the Tainan Military Region had basically withdrawn to their respective jurisdictions. After the Jin-Cha-Ji troops recaptured Zhangjiakou and Datong, they dismantled all the supplies and equipment of the Japanese army in the city and transported them back to the base one after another.

The Battle of Shijiazhuang not only smashed the Japanese army's large-scale sweep, but also dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army's manpower in North China.

This time, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region took advantage of the Japanese army's lack of manpower and recovered a large amount of lost territory in the base area, including Laiyuan, Fuping, Lingqiu, Quyang, Xingtang and other places.

As for Tainan, in the north, it recovered the areas of Pingshan, Lingshou, Jingxing, Yangquan and Shouyang outside the base area, cutting off the Japanese army's access to North China from Taiyuan.

In the south, they recovered Wu'an, Anyang, Cixian, Xingtai and other places along the Pinghan Road. However, considering that the Japanese army would definitely send troops to retake them later, Zeng Jiwen and others decided to stay there temporarily after discussion. It was estimated that it would not be long before the war in the south was completely over. The Japanese army in central China might send three to four divisions to the north to open up the Pinghan Road, and it would not be too late to evacuate at that time.

At this time, the leadership teams of the military region and the base area all gathered in the military region headquarters to summarize the gains and losses of the Battle of Shijiazhuang.

Looking at the contents of the document, Zeng Jiwen couldn't help but sigh after reading it.

"Although the casualties inflicted on the Japanese army in North China were not small, our casualties were also very heavy."

Judging from the casualties statistics below, the troops in southern Hebei suffered the greatest losses, including the 395th Brigade, the 2nd and 3rd columns, and nine regiments with more than 24,000 people. After the battle, 11234 people were sacrificed, 4323 were seriously injured, and the rest were more or less slightly injured. The 81st and 82nd Regiments had basically more than 2,200 people each before the war, but now there are only more than 700 people left in each regiment.

The situation of other regiments was not much better. One regiment had more than 2,000 people but only had more than 1,000 left.

It can be said that these three columns suffered serious injuries this time.

Then came the 1st Column, 393rd Brigade, and 396th Brigade. The 1st Column and the 393rd Brigade engaged two mixed brigades of the Japanese army in Taiyuan in the area of ​​​​Xiaoyi, Jiexiu. Although the losses were not as heavy as those of the troops in southern Hebei, the two brigades still suffered more than half of their casualties. Fortunately, most of them were seriously injured, and the total casualties and attrition were only 3212.

The three regiments of the 396th Brigade have basically suffered more than half of their casualties. The force of nearly 7,000 people before the war has lost nearly 2,000 people.

The troops participating in the Battle of Shijiazhuang included the Independent Detachment and the Seventh Division, totaling 11,000 people. 3421 of them were killed in this battle, including 2132 from the Independent Detachment.

As for the 5th and 6th columns, 2312 people were sacrificed in the blocking battle with the 114th Division.

To sum up, in the entire Tainan Military Region, there were 20178 soldiers who died, 4321 who were seriously injured, and 23123 who were slightly injured.

It can be said that this was the heaviest casualties since they entered Shanxi. Fortunately, there were more minor injuries this time. However, according to previous standards, the situation of minor injuries was different for each person, but they could return to the army within a month at most.

Severely injured soldiers, unable to fight on the battlefield due to various disabilities, will return to their hometowns after recovering from their injuries, and either train new recruits for the local militia or participate in the construction of bases.

Moreover, Zeng Jiwen values ​​these soldiers very much. Now that the base construction is in full swing, the people below will inevitably have different ideas. In this situation, Zeng Jiwen will never be soft-handed and will never wait until things become serious and out of control before dealing with them. Everything must be eliminated in the bud.

When Zeng Jiwen saw the consumption this time, he felt a little distressed.

This battle consumed all the weapons and ammunition of the Tainan Military Region Logistics Department. Over the past month, the factories of the entire military region have been running at full capacity, and they have barely been able to supply the front-line troops with bullets and various artillery shells by relying on previous reserves and temporary overtime production.

"No, we have to get our family to send a message to the north, telling that Bogomolov to leave!"

Zeng Jiwen said to Zhou Shi and others.