GBP Chapter 190
Chapter 190
Even the new recruits have received extensive training at home, and the only thing they lack is actual combat.
Although these two divisions have been supplemented with a large number of new recruits, Zeng Jiwen and others did not think it was not worth mentioning.
On the contrary, Zeng Jiwen and others were somewhat cautious about these two divisions.
It is no wonder that Zeng Jiwen and others attach importance to these two divisions. When they blocked the 14th Division and encircled and annihilated the two regiments of the 16th Division, they had the advantage of terrain and location. However, throughout the battle, the Japanese Type A Division responded very quickly.
If the large number of Japanese weapons and equipment had not been seized before, the troops involved in the blocking and encirclement would have suffered a major setback.
As a result, most of the participating regiments suffered more than half of their casualties.
Therefore, while assisting in the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, Zeng Jiwen and others had been thinking about how to deal with these two divisions and prevent them from providing reinforcements to Shijiazhuang.
At present, along the entire western Hebei Province, there are five military sub-districts of the Tainan Military Region, namely the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Military Sub-districts. Including the Eighth Military Sub-district in the Licheng area, there are a total of 18 regiments.
According to the arrangement of the General Command, for the Shijiazhuang operation, our military region needs to send an artillery regiment as fire support. At the same time, Taiyuan, Handan and Xingtai will definitely also need artillery firepower.
As a result, the Tainan Military Region only has three artillery regiments, but has to face four directions, which is really stretched.
This made Zeng Jiwen want to use the 10089 troops under his command.
But after thinking about it, Zeng Jiwen shook his head.
At present, the intelligence department of the Japanese army in North China is frantically investigating what methods the Eighth Route Army used to destroy the airport. If they appear on the battlefield at this time, wouldn’t it directly provide clues to these spies?
At present, the entire 10089 unit already has 24 Taihang Type 38 107 rocket launchers. Based on the current inventory of engine parts, only 12 more can be produced. Subsequently, they can only rely on immature technology, and it takes half a month to assemble one.
It is estimated that it will take several years before the Eighth Route Army can be fully equipped.
Chief of Staff Wang Zhuo thought about the current situation and looked at Zeng Jiwen.
"Old Zeng, should we ask Old Chen to loan out his artillery regiment?"
After hearing what the chief of staff said, Zeng Jiwen's eyes lit up and he immediately came up with an idea. Why didn't he think of it? At the same time, he thought that the troops of the First Military Sub-district and the Eighth Military Sub-district would also move towards Taiyuan and Wu'an, and the defense of the entire military district began to become empty.
The troops under Lao Chen can be fully used to defend the base.
At this time in the Taiyue Military Region, with the recovery of southeastern Shanxi, Lao Chen had been consolidating affairs in the newly recovered areas, and the troops were also undergoing expansion and training. Apart from supporting the 129th Division Headquarters in Yubei, there were no other battles.
Zeng Jiwen immediately patted his thigh.
"Why didn't I think of that?"
"I was the one who helped fill out Old Chen's artillery regiment. I even allocated three regiments of troops over there. Do you think it's too much for me to ask him for a small favor?"
After saying this, Zeng Jiwen suddenly laughed.
After hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, the problem of artillery support in all directions was immediately solved. What remained was to discuss how to tie down the surrounding Japanese divisions.
In the northwest, Zeng Jiwen and others decided, after discussion, that the 1st Column and the 393rd Brigade, with an artillery regiment, would capture Pingyao and Qixian, and continue to clear out Jiexiu, Xiaoyi and other county towns in the south of Jinzhong.
Once the southern part of Jinzhong is attacked, the two mixed brigades and one division of Taiyuan will inevitably be dispatched, allowing Lao Sun of the 1st Column to lead this Japanese army to circle around in the south.
At the same time, the 393rd Brigade attacked various Japanese strongholds on the Zhengtai Line, and the local regiments along the line destroyed the entire Zhengtai Line, preventing the Japanese army from mobilizing large numbers of troops via the railway in a short period of time.