vstars Chapter 325
Chapter 325
According to Taniguchi Motojiro's estimation, the locust army should have gathered its forces and marched towards Shijiazhuang to reinforce.
However, the reinforcements from Taiyuan had already arrived nine hours after the locust army's order was issued. The 39th Brigade had only just left the city and was now circling the Eighth Route Army in the ravines. Shouyang had also been completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. The mixed brigade to the north now had only two battalions of locust troops left to fight.
This group of reinforcements is the closest to Shijiazhuang. However, so much time has passed and it is now difficult for the locust army to even merge together. Can they still reinforce Shijiazhuang and encircle Zeng Jiwen's main force as planned by Xian Erjun and the others?
For a moment, Taniguchi Motojiro's heart was filled with gloom.
At the same time that Taniguchi Motojiro was thinking, outside the city, in Yangjiazhuang, northwest of Yangquan.
Commander Lu of the Jin-Cha-Ji Fourth Division, his three regimental commanders, and Zhang Jing, commander of the 758th Regiment of the 396th Brigade, were holding a military meeting in a makeshift command post, looking at the defense map of Yangquan City.
According to the plan of Zeng Jiwen and others, after Huang Hanjia led his troops to encircle and attack Shijiazhuang, the troops on the Zhengtai Line would also eliminate the 108th Division.
At this time, the combat effectiveness of the 108th Division was tested by the 758th Regiment at the beginning of the Jin-Cha-Ji mopping-up operation.
The quality of the troops in this newly formed Japanese division declined sharply after rounds of withdrawals, and most of its troops were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in the first half of the year.
Now, apart from the two battalions of the 132nd Regiment in Shouyang, the combat forces in Yangquan City are only five infantry battalions at most.
Under normal circumstances, even if it was a newly formed special division of the Japanese, Zeng Jiwen and others would not have thought of attacking the five remaining infantry battalions in the city. After all, the quality of the Japanese soldiers was not bad in the early stage.
However, due to various reasons, the combat effectiveness of the 108th Division is almost the same as that of the Japanese Army's later divisions. Adhering to the principle of picking the soft persimmon when eating the old lady, if the 108th Division is not eliminated this time, once the 108th Division recovers, the 389th Division will face another powerful division.
After all, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese reserve troops was somewhat weak in the early stage of their formation. But if these Japanese troops who had not trained for several years were really allowed to pick up their weapons again and recover, it would undoubtedly be shooting themselves in the foot.
This action wiped out the Japanese troops in Yangquan City in one fell swoop. A squadron of the special operations brigade and an artillery battalion were dispatched from the Shijiazhuang battlefield to support the four regiments in taking Yangquan.
After several people discussed, the special operations brigade immediately began to sneak into Yangquan City through the secret passage left before, and beheaded the Japanese division headquarters in the city.
At the same time, the 758th Regiment also followed the special operations brigade. After the special operations brigade successfully beheaded the Japanese, it began to attack various Japanese strongholds from inside the city.
The other three regiments launched a feint attack outside the city to attract the attention of the Japanese troops inside.
After arranging the combat tasks of each regiment, the four regiments of the Eighth Route Army immediately began their respective operations.
Six o'clock in the morning, Tainan Military Region Headquarters.
At this time, Zeng Jiwen and Zhou Shi Wang Zhu were watching the current situation with red eyes.
According to intelligence from various places below, the current situation is very good for the Eighth Route Army.
Shijiazhuang, at twelve o'clock last night, the special operations brigade, led by Captain Zhou Weiguo, carried out a decapitation operation against the Japanese troops in Shijiazhuang City. At the same time, by destroying the various strongholds and facilities of the Japanese troops in the city, they successfully created chaos in the city, creating an opportunity for the siege troops to enter the city in one fell swoop.