Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

If you turn your eyes to the map, you can easily see that the map shows the terrain of the Handang-Changzhi Highway area.

"Deputy Commander, we've conducted so many simulations, and Zeng Jiwen has also sent us the details of this troop deployment. I think Zeng Jiwen will send the message tomorrow morning at the latest."

The Deputy Chief of General Staff looked serious, put down the pencil in his hand, and turned to look at the deputy commander.

"Well... that's true, but it's a division after all. Even if we split off a regiment, we still have 20,000 people."

The deputy commander looked solemn, "And there is a tank squadron accompanying us. I am not worried about shooting them down, but I am afraid there will be heavy casualties." The deputy commander explained.

Upon hearing this, the Deputy Chief of General Staff said, "There are certainly casualties. As you know, our Eighth Route Army and other units are currently active in the enemy's rear battlefield, but the 389th Brigade has been growing in strength since entering Shanxi."

"Zeng Jiwen wants to train this unit into an elite field force capable of fighting tough and difficult battles, so they will inevitably have to face these. Just as he said, let's take the 108th Division as their first battle."

After hearing this, the deputy commander said, "Well, that's good. We have survived this battle. The 389th Brigade can be commanded as an elite unit."

"However, the real test will probably be next month. Can you imagine how many Japanese troops he has ambushed since Ji Wen entered Shanxi? In the past few months, he has caused the Japanese army a lot of trouble in western Hebei alone."

"Commander Xu and his troops entered central Hebei, and Zeng Jiwen and his men were of great assistance."

"Oh, what's going on?" asked the deputy commander in confusion.

"Hahaha, deputy commander, you know Zeng Jiwen and his men have already expanded to the southern Hebei region, especially near the Taihang Mountains."

"Zeng Jiwen's troops were stationed in southern Hebei, leaving the Japanese army frustrated every time they went out to raid the city. They also had to be wary of surprise attacks on their own county towns."

"Right now, the North China Front Army has transferred all the security forces in the central Hebei area to southern Hebei to stabilize the situation. Now the central Hebei area is very empty, which just happened to help Commander Xu and his men develop in the central Hebei area."

After hearing this, the deputy commander smiled and said that only Zeng Jiwen could do this. His wealth was higher than that of the deputy commander, at two million.

"After this battle, I'm afraid Zeng Jiwen will be the one with the highest bounty on his head by the Japanese army."

"Yes, judging by the reaction of the Japanese army, I'm afraid they will really be angry and humiliated this time, hahaha~" the Deputy Chief of General Staff immediately said happily.

As soon as they finished chatting, Zeng Jiwen's telegram was sent to the command center. After the telegraph operator translated it, he immediately handed it to the deputy chief of staff.

After reading the telegram, the deputy chief of staff was surprised. The results of the battle were a little beyond his expectations.

He had previously expected that Zeng Jiwen would severely damage the 108th Division and prevent one division from breaking through. Even if the firepower was strong, if the Japanese army started to go crazy and recklessly, the 389th Brigade would suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, the Deputy Chief of General Staff judged that if Zeng Jiwen did not want the 389th Brigade to suffer heavy casualties, he would probably let some of the fleeing soldiers go.

Unexpectedly, the telegram said that the 108th Division was almost completely wiped out from top to bottom.

The deputy chief of staff thought for a long time, but he couldn't figure out how Zeng Jiwen had managed to completely wipe out the Japanese army with so few casualties. As Zeng Jiwen's telegram circulated in the command center, everyone began to get agitated and excited. It was really unexpected and surprising.

Unexpectedly, this time the Japanese army directly lost an entire division. Doesn't this mean that the 389th Brigade has the ability to encircle and annihilate a Japanese division, and it's not the opposite side, but their Eighth Route Army.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but click their tongues in amazement. He was indeed Zeng Jiwen. In an instant, the entire command center became lively.

The deputy commander was also very happy when he saw the message. He praised, "Excellent work. Less than half of their own casualties were suffered, and an entire Japanese division was wiped out. This battle, Zeng Jiwen, has truly become famous."

The division commander took the telegram, held his eyes, and smiled with narrowed eyes, "It seems that after we finish this, we really need to go to the 389th Brigade."