The situation on the Japanese army was indeed similar to Zhou Cheng's judgment.

For the Japanese and puppet troops at the location of the stronghold, a medium-sized stronghold had a great impact after it was captured.

At the least, it will lead to a sharp reduction in the strength of the local Japanese and puppet troops, which will affect their next combat plan; at the worst, it will affect the local situation and hand over the battlefield advantages to the Eighth Route Army...

But no matter what the result is, the impact will be controlled within one or two counties, and it is difficult to affect the entire Shanxi battle situation in a short period of time. Therefore, the relevant battle reports will stop at the first level of the brigade, and some battle reports that have been broken at the brigade level will not be sent up.

The commander of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan was completely unaware of the subtle changes in the anti-breaking attack war, because the Jinzhong County, which was close to Taiyuan, was being attacked by the Shouyang Garrison of the National Savior Army and could be lost at any time.

In the past half month, the Shouyang garrison used artillery and light and heavy machine guns to attack Jinzhong County under the cover of night, and could kill dozens of Japanese and puppet troops every night.

When you are lucky, there are shells that hit the Japanese and puppet army machine gun positions, and it will be no problem to kill more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops in one night!

The Japanese and puppet troops defending Jinzhong were very frustrated. Faced with the ubiquitous sneak attacks of the National Salvation Army, they were afraid of ambushing outside the city, so they did not dare to go out of the city to fight back. They could only put light and heavy machine guns and mortars on the top of the city to counterattack, or fire poison gas bombs outside the city.

This is the combat style of the Japanese army. The opponent fired a shell and shot four or five shells back by himself, using his firepower advantage to defeat the opponent's morale and morale, thus defeating the opponent.

But the effect is very poor!

The ammunition and grain warehouses in Jinzhong City were destroyed half a month ago. The total number of weapons and ammunition transport aircraft was airdropped by a limited number and could not afford such a large amount of consumption.

This led to their reluctance when they counterattacked, either the shells were shot out or the heavy machine guns were shot out...

Of course, if the National Salvation Army just sneaked into Jinzhong County, that's nothing.

Starting two days ago, they suddenly strengthened their offensive, changing from sneak attacks to strong attacks, and posing as if they were going to capture Jinzhong County.

The Japanese and puppet troops in the city were panicked.

When the National Salvation Army destroyed their ammunition and grain warehouses, the total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Jin and China had been reduced to less than 3,000.

In more than half a month of sneak attacks, the Jinzhong garrison lost more than 1,000 more people, and the total strength was directly reduced to less than 2,000.

Jinzhong County is very large and there are many places to defend.

There seemed to be a large number of troops with nearly two thousand people. After being dispersed, each city can only be divided into less than 500 people, but the city wall that needs to be defended is more than 1,000 meters, which is reduced to artillery and light and heavy machine gunners. An average length of the city wall can be divided into a rifleman.

This is the best situation where there is no reserve or guard force left in the city.

If the command center intends to withdraw some of its troops and enter the city to guard the police and serve as a reserve team... there will be even fewer troops available at the top of the city wall, and maybe even a five-meter-long section of the city wall will not be divided into a rifleman.

It was precisely because of this that the captain of Shouyang garrison team that Huang Hu decided to change the way of attack.

Under the cover of night, more troops were concentrated to attack Jinzhong County, and the attitude of attacking the county town was to force all the Japanese and puppet troops in the city to the top of the city, and speed up the consumption of their troops.

When the garrison in the city reaches a point of difficulty, the Shouyang garrison may be able to take over the Jinzhong County.

By this night, the Shouyang Guards had "forced attack" Jinzhong County for two nights.

During the entire battle, Huang Hu kept guarding the front enemy command center, staring at the every move of the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall, trying to figure out the current situation and strength of the opponent.

"Captain, I think we will launch the general offensive for another night tomorrow!" The chief of staff of the garrison looked expectant and analyzed!

Huang Hu nodded: "I think it's almost done, too!"

"We killed at least 600 Japanese and puppet troops in the past two nights, and the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the city have been reduced to more than 1,000 people. As long as we kill more than 200 more people in tonight's uprising attack, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the city will be reduced to less than 1,000 people."

"The troops will definitely not be able to defend Jinzhong County!"

"I will send a telegram to the regiment headquarters immediately, asking the regiment headquarters to approve our combat plan for the general attack on Jinzhong County tomorrow night, and strive to take it down one night!"

In Jinzhong City, as the troops garrison continued to decrease, the Japanese commanders were also very anxious and had sent six telegrams for help to the military headquarters, but all of them fell into the sea and no reply was received.

What he didn't know was that the commander was also worried about this matter, frowned for two whole days, and had no intention of relaxing.

The chief of staff stood aside to study the sand table, and he couldn't think of a way to solve the situation, but hesitated for a while before he dared to report: "Sir, the Jinzhong garrison is facing too many problems. Even if the military headquarters sends troops to support them now, the problems that can be solved are very limited, and in the end they can still be unable to defend the county town. Maybe we will still be able to beat dogs without going back, and we will lose the reinforcements to Jinzhong City in vain."

The commander's eyes immediately locked on the Chief of Staff: "You want to give up Jinzhong County!"

The Chief of Staff was ready to be scolded, but after facing the forceful gaze of the commander Zorazole, he still panicked involuntarily and replied with a tough bullet: "I think sending troops to reinforce Jinzhong County cannot fundamentally solve the problem, and will also cause us to lose more troops."

"If we choose to give up Jinzhong County, we can not only save the remaining imperial army in the city, but also disperse the forces of the National Rescue Army!"

The commander did not agree or object, stared at the chief of staff and continued to ask: "Did you ever think about how important Jinzhong County is to us? What a bad impact it will have on us if it is occupied by the National Salvation Army!"

"Hayi!" the Chief of Staff nodded.

"Jinzhong County is the east gate of Taiyuan. After the National Salvation Army takes Jinzhong, their military peaks can point directly to Taiyuan, threatening the safety of Taiyuan!"

"And Jinzhong is also a bridgehead for us to attack the National Salvation Army. If it is captured by the National Salvation Army, the difficulty of our attack on the National Salvation Army will definitely increase greatly in the future!"

"The population of Jinzhong is still very large. If it is completely controlled by the National Savior Army, it will add a lot of human resources to the National Savior Army..."

When he spoke the last few words, the Chief of Staff suddenly became very guilty and did not dare to continue talking!

Because every impact I just said will bring huge losses to the Shanxi garrison, and this loss far exceeds the benefits that the Shanxi garrison may bring after abandoning the Jinzhong County.

Since giving up Jinzhong County is more harmful than good, the Chief of Staff will certainly not stick to his opinion just now and immediately expressed his new thoughts to the commander: "Sir, I didn't think carefully about my position just now. I now think we cannot give up Jinzhong County. We must ensure that Jinzhong is always in the hands of the Imperial Army!"

After saying that, the Chief of Staff looked at the Commander, hoping that he could accept his new ideas.

Surprisingly, the expression on the commander's face was not turbulent, as if he hadn't heard the new idea he had just proposed.

The atmosphere in the command center also became solemn because the commander suddenly stopped talking.

I don't know how long it took, when the Chief of Staff was almost breathless by this atmosphere, the commander finally spoke and said something that surprised everyone.

"No, I think we can give up Jinzhong County."

The Chief of Staff subconsciously thought that he had heard it wrong, or the commander had said it wrong.

The thought the commander just showed was very clear: he firmly opposed his proposal to give up Jinzhong County.

Finally convinced myself to change my mind and stand on the same line as the military commander.

At the last moment, he actually changed his mind and turned to support his proposal just now. This was too dramatic.

In order to prove his judgment, the Chief of Staff quickly asked: "Captain, you just agreed to let us give up Jinzhong County!"

"Agree!" The commander once again expressed his new thoughts.

The Chief of Staff also realized that he had heard it was not wrong, but there were so many questions that he couldn't understand suddenly popped up in his mind and continued to ask: "Why? Didn't you just object to us giving up Jinzhong County?"

The commander did not intend to hide his thoughts. He stared at the sand table for half a minute and replied: "What I said was not to leave Jinzhong County without paying attention, and let the National Salvation Army control Jinzhong County."

"But treat Jinzhong County as a bait to attract the main force of the National Salvation Army!"

"The National Salvation Army is too cunning. After we launch an attack in the future, they will definitely use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to deal with us."

"I hate fighting an elusive opponent the most."

"If we attract the main force of the National Rescue Army to Jinzhong and fight a face-to-face urban offensive and defensive battle with them in Jinzhong County. The heavy artillery, aircraft, and poisonous gas bombs we equipped can show our power on the battlefield, exert the maximum power, and cover the infantry and severely damage the National Rescue Army at the minimum cost!"

"After fighting this war, you will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort, and the losses of the troops will be greatly reduced!"

"Bail?" The Chief of Staff fell into deep thought after listening to the commander's analysis.

He frowned and asked, "Sir, if the national rescue army is not deceived and does not concentrate the main force in Jinzhong County, then our bait is not effective?"

The commander shook his head: "Even if the National Salvation Army is not deceived, we will not suffer any losses."

"After we give up Jinzhong, the National Salvation Army will definitely arrange many troops to defend Jinzhong. If this unit is the National Salvation Army's garrison, not their main force, we can also eliminate them at the minimum cost through offensive and defensive war!"

"Jinzhong is a defense zone just taken down by the National Salvation Army. Yangquan and Pingding are their old defense zones. It has a foundation and is mostly mountainous. It is very complicated. No matter who we face in the end, it will definitely be much easier to eliminate thousands of National Salvation Army in Jinzhong County than to eliminate thousands of National Salvation Army in Pingding and Yangquan!"

"As for the human resources gained after the National Salvation Army captured Jinzhong, as long as we make some moves in Jinzhong, they will not be able to gain the hearts of the people of Jinzhong. No matter how much human resources there are in Jinzhong, they will not be able to help them, and instead become a burden to the National Salvation Army!"

At the Yangquan Command of the National Salvation Army, Zhou Cheng was called out by Chen Zhengyu in his sleep.

"Captain Huang sent an urgent telegram: There are not many Japanese and puppet troops left in Jinzhong City. They want to consume some of the opponent's troops tonight and launch a general attack on Jinzhong County tonight and take down Jinzhong in one fell swoop!"

"So fast!" The sleepiness on Zhou Cheng's face disappeared instantly.

Yigulu got up from the bed and walked towards the war room while wearing military uniforms.

Chen Zhengyu followed and explained: "It wasn't so fast. Captain Huang suddenly strengthened his offensive against Jinzhong County since the night before yesterday, and put on the stance of attacking the county town."

"The Japanese believed it, and all the few garrisons in the city were forced to the top of the city."

"The garrison mainly uses artillery shells to kill the enemy and consumes the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops. After the number of Japanese and puppet troops on the city, the lethality of the artillery shells has increased significantly, and it only took two nights to achieve the results that could not be achieved in the previous six or seven nights!"

"According to their inference, after tonight, the total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in the city will be reduced to less than one thousand."

"With the current strength of the Shouyang Guard Team, you will definitely be able to win it in one night!"

After Chen Zhengyu reported, the two of them had already entered the command center. Zhou Cheng continued to ask: "What is the reaction of the Japanese!"

"Jinzhong County is the east gate of Taiyuan. If the Japanese and puppet troops defended the Jinzhong County, we could not threaten Taiyuan. Moreover, the Jinzhong County is also a bridgehead and logistics base for the Japanese to encircle and suppress the national rescue army... I don't believe that the Japanese would hand over such an important county and hand it over to us to occupy!"

"The county town of Jinzhong is not far from Taiyuan. The Japanese and puppet troops can completely mobilize troops from Taiyuan to reinforce Jinzhong!"

This is also something that Chen Zhengyu can't understand.

Looking at Zhou Cheng, he shook his head and explained: "The Japanese did not move at all."

"The transport aircraft for airdropping ammunition supplies is still the same as usual, and the supply is airdropped twice a day for Jinzhong County!"

"The nearby Japanese and puppet troops were either fighting against the Eighth Route Army or defending the strongholds and county towns to the death, and had no intention of reinforcement to Jinzhong!"

The more Zhou Cheng listened, the more he felt something was wrong.

As soon as Chen Zhengyu finished speaking, he retorted without hesitation: "There is a problem here!"

"As such an important place in Jinzhong County, no matter how big the Japanese are, they cannot watch us conquer. I think there must be a conspiracy that we don't know!"

Chen Zhengyu was very happy when he received this telegram. After Zhou Cheng finished analyzing, he couldn't laugh, and analyzed with a worried look: "If the Japanese really hide an ulterior motive in this matter, then Captain Huang's attack on Jinzhong County must be very dangerous. It is very likely that he would hit the Japanese gun!"

"Or I'll contact Captain Huang now to stop them from attacking Jinzhong County!"

Zhou Cheng didn't think so, and made a decision that surprised Chen Zhengyu on the spot: "No, the regiment headquarters agreed to them attack Jinzhong, but we must strengthen our guard when siegeing the city and be prepared to withdraw troops at any time!"

"Only by following the Japanese's ideas and following the Japanese's ideas can we trick out the Japanese conspiracy, otherwise this conspiracy will always hang above our heads and threaten the safety of the National Savior Army!"
Chapter completed!