Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Jiyuan, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff sat at his desk, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, his eyes fixed on the secret telegram he had just received from the North China Military Region.

The dim oil lamp illuminated every word on the telegram, but in his eyes, these densely packed words seemed to have turned into a series of hidden mysteries.

He pondered for a moment, then stood up, telegram in hand, and walked alone to the intelligence department.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff stared at the translation on the telegram, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

A few minutes later, he put away the telegram, walked quickly out of the intelligence department, and went straight to the deputy commander's room.

That night, the Deputy Chief of General Staff whispered in the Deputy Commander-in-Chief's room. The light in the room flickered, illuminating the two men's thoughtful faces.

The next day, inside the headquarters.

"Deputy Commander, telegram from the North China Military Region~"

The deputy commander looked at the telegram handed to him, read it, and then handed it to the people around him.

After seeing everyone finish reading, he spoke.

"Tell me all~

What are your thoughts~"

At this time, one of the staff officers sounded uncertain:

"Master Zeng and the others' ideas are unexpected~

I think it's possible. I don't think the Japanese army would expect us to attack Taiyuan!"

"Yes, by attacking Taiyuan, we can act in advance, break the deadlock, and avoid the passive situation caused by the heavy attack of the Japanese army.

Secondly, once we truly capture Taiyuan, we can cooperate with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Northwest Military Regions to capture Xinzhou and stop the Japanese army in Datong, which would essentially be considered the recovery of all of Shanxi."

Another added.

At this time, a young staff officer said with some concern:

"I just don't know if Commander Zeng and his men can capture Taiyuan. There are quite a few Japanese troops in Taiyuan.

In addition to one division and three mixed brigades, there are also a large number of puppet army security forces.

In addition, if the Taiyuan battle reaches a stalemate, the Japanese troops in Xinzhou and Datong will most likely move south to provide support.

There is also Taiyuan Airport. If we want to take Taiyuan, we must first recapture Jinzhong.

"

After hearing the young staff officer's words, everyone around fell silent for a moment.

Although the situation of the Eighth Route Army is much better now, facing important cities like Taiyuan and Jinzhong, without heavy artillery siege weapons, it will suffer great casualties.

And this is the ideal situation.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff listened to everyone talking and raised his hand to interrupt them.

"Hahaha~ I thought you were worried about something.

Don’t worry~”

Hearing this, a group of people looked at the Deputy Chief of General Staff in confusion.

At this time, the Deputy Chief of General Staff explained: "

Some of you have arrived not long ago. Last year, the north began to support us. The 389th Division established an armored force training base in Yangquan. Now the first batch of five tank brigades has been formed.

We finally have our own armored forces. They have completed their training and are preparing for actual combat training.

Taiyuan to Yangquan is only 120 kilometers away. With the railway, these five tank brigades can be transported to Jinzhong in less than one night.

When the time comes, we can cooperate with the field troops to launch a surprise attack, and maybe even catch Shinozuka Yoshio in a trap!"

Upon hearing the Deputy Chief of General Staff's words, the staff officers suddenly became noisy.

Although they usually assist the commander-in-chief and others in formulating various training and combat plans at the headquarters, they still have no authority to know about such things.

When they heard from the Deputy Chief of General Staff that their Eighth Route Army had also formed its own armored force, everyone was immediately excited.

After everyone discussed it, they felt that there was no major problem with the plan to attack Taiyuan.

Seeing that no one had any objections, the deputy commander-in-chief spoke to the deputy chief of general staff.

"Then agree to the North China Military Region's operational plan and have the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Northwest Shanxi Military Region cooperate."