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    Yang Jicai looked at the two commanders in front of him, hesitated for a moment and then said: "When retreating north, all bridges and tunnels we pass must be blown up. This time we must ensure that the Beitong-Pu Railway is at least  It cannot be used within a year. As for what the common people think, we don¡¯t care at all now. During our army¡¯s battle in Datong, cutting off the Japanese army¡¯s strategic supply line is more important than anything else.¡±

    "Before we prepare to evacuate, I will apply for large-scale air cover. Now I want to discuss a method of troop evacuation with the two chiefs. Should the two chiefs prepare to evacuate with us by train, or use counter-mopping forces?  Experience, get through the gaps in the Japanese army, and retreat directly to the Dongshan area."

    "If you choose to slip through the gaps of the Japanese army, the troops of the Southern Hebei Military Region and the First Department of the Taihang Military Region on the periphery of the Japanese army can cover everyone's evacuation. I know that both chiefs are cadres from the old Red Army. In this kind of enemy,  In a situation where we are both strong and weak, there are many ways to slip through the cracks of the Japanese army.¡±

    "But I hope that the two chiefs can evacuate with us with their troops. This 32nd Division has had many years of dealings with our army in Shandong and has rich experience in anti-guerrilla warfare. Don't backhand ambush us when the time comes.  We had so much fun.¡±

    "Furthermore, our army must be very tired after a long battle. Coupled with the number of casualties, it will be difficult to fight another war of attrition with the enemy for a long time. Therefore, I still suggest that the troops in the fourth and eighth divisions evacuate with us via the railway line.  , taking advantage of the railway¡¯s mobility to break away from the Japanese encirclement as quickly as possible.¡±

    Regarding Yang Jicai's words, the two old comrades looked at each other. After a brief consideration, they finally agreed unanimously. Although the young man in front of them was not old, he was decisive in killing, had an extremely tough style, and had a strong attitude towards the enemy.  His analysis and judgment are quite skillful.

    This retreat was covered by the Anti-Japanese Air Force, so it was naturally a good thing. However, our troops had no experience in ground-air coordination. If we were to be bombed by our own people during the retreat, it would be a complete injustice. That thing about airplanes  If you are not an artilleryman, it is not so easy to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy in the sky.

    Seeing the two commanders nodding, Yang Jicai did not hesitate. The commander of the Eighth Division immediately called the Hexi troops to withdraw all the troops in Hexi to Taiyuan City and completely blow up the Fenhe Bridge from the piers. If the Japanese army wanted  To repair this bridge, don't even think about it for a year.

    After the troops in the west of the city withdrew to Taiyuan, he placed his troops in the south and north of the city. At the same time, the troops in the city also began to plant explosives at various key points in the city, including water towers, coal yards, shunting yards, and freight offices in several train stations in Taiyuan.  , all installed a large number of explosives.

    All carriages and locomotives that were not moving, whether they were passenger trucks or trucks, were all loaded with explosives. Even the roads outside the Japanese First Army Headquarters had explosives planted by them. However, Taiyuan Electric Light Company, Telegraph Bureau and other important enterprises related to people's livelihood were also planted with explosives.  Regarding public facilities, Yang Jicai hesitated for a long time and finally gave up the plan to blow them all up.

    However, when preparing to blast the railway, all the explosives installed were placed under the roadbed. Yang Jicai's plan was to completely blow up the roadbed as well. The Tongpu Railway was an important transportation line for the Japanese army in Shanxi to plunder resources and mobilize troops.  , if it was bombed the Japanese army would have to make every effort to repair it.

    If it exploded, the Japanese army would complete the repairs in a few days, which would be meaningless. But for Yang Jicai, either don't do it, or do it more thoroughly. At least let this railway be repaired within a year.  Traffic could not be restored to reduce the pressure on the Japanese army on the battlefield in northern Shanxi.

    While preparing for evacuation and completely destroying Taiyuan, Yang Jicai assigned Du Kaishan to his reconnaissance troops and immediately released them all to the north. The change in the enemy situation in the north was crucial to the evacuation work. Yang Jicai did not dare to  There is nothing to be taken lightly.

    Watching the Anti-Japanese Engineer Company choosing the location, yield, and method of installing explosives when preparing for blasting, the two commanders shook their heads. They were not ordinary engineers. They were simply dedicated to sabotage. If this exploded,  , the Japanese army wanted to repair it, but unless they completely demolished it and started over, it was almost impossible to repair it at the original location.

    Especially the one who suffered from insufficient blasting skills during the Hundred Regiment War and was unable to completely blow up the key positions of the mines and railways occupied by the Japanese army. Even though he managed to blow up a section of the railway at a considerable cost, he was unable to do so because of the lack of explosives.  The commander of the fourth division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, which was often repaired by the Japanese army within three days before it was completely blown up, shook his head and said nothing.

    Of course, this is related to the general lack of high-explosives in the customs troops and their own tactical formulation, but the lack of excellent blasting technology may not be the only reason. Explosion is a science, including the selection of explosive points and the calculation of equivalents.  There are strict standards. This is not an unlimited increase in the amount of explosives.can be solved.

    People who can use explosives may not necessarily understand the technology of blasting. The selection of explosives, the calculation of the yield and the selection of the explosive point are particularly critical. Otherwise, even if a large-yield explosive is installed, it may not be able to completely destroy the object to be blasted.  The target, on the contrary, exceeds the standard for the amount of explosives, and it is easy to accidentally injure one's own people.

    When the sekiwani troops attacked or destroyed Japanese strongholds, they were often unable to completely destroy these Japanese fortifications. Due to the lack of high explosives, they could only resort to arson, which was unable to cause fundamental damage to the reinforced concrete fortification structures. This was one aspect.  reasons, but the lack of professional blasting technicians is also another reason.

    As the two commanders who have always fought with the Japanese army on the front line, they know this very well. It was precisely when they saw the skills of the Anti-Japanese Engineers in installing explosives that they sighed. If during the Hundred Regiment War, the Kanai troops also had such skills.  With blasting technology and enough high explosives, the results would probably be much greater.

    At least the Zhengtai and Tongpu Railway, which was the focus of the damage, would not be repaired so quickly by the Japanese army. The important stronghold on the Zhengtai Line, Jingxing Station, would also have a much greater damage effect. I dare not say if there were more, the Zhengtai Line would be damaged in half a year.  If there is no traffic inside, there is absolutely no problem.

    There was not much time left for the two commanders to lament. After working out a rough retreat plan, the three of them divided the work. Yang Jicai was responsible for the Japanese troops in Taiyuan City, as well as all artillery command, and commanded the southern front operations.  and final relocation of remaining equipment.

    The commander of the Eighth Division of Shanxi-Sui commanded some of the troops that had retreated to Hedong, as well as a basic battalion of the Taihang Military Region that had penetrated in, and immediately rushed to the line from Shicheng to Donghuang Town, northeast of Niutuo Village, to launch the troops of the Fourth Division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei  , then all the troops on the line from Niutuo Village to Mazhuang, and all the troops in the east of Taiyuan City will be under the unified command of the commander of the fourth division.

    Considering that the radio stations in the Fourth Division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei were lost during the winter anti-mopping battles and had not yet been replenished, Yang Jicai handed over the captured Japanese-made 15-watt radio stations to the two divisions of the Fourth Division and removed them from his own troops.  Three radio stations were transferred to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Fourth Division Army.

    Although a retreat plan has been formulated and preparations have begun for the retreat, it does not mean that the pressure outside the city will be reduced in any way during this period, although the anti-alliance air strikes are getting stronger and stronger during the day.  , greatly compressing the activity space of the Japanese troops outside the city during the day, and reducing the defensive pressure on Taiyuan's periphery.

    But after nightfall, the Japanese army's offensive force became more and more powerful, especially the Japanese army in Hexi that had occupied the Hexi Corridor. Under the cover of artillery, they used rubber boats and rafts as tools to cross the river, and continuously launched attacks to the east of the river, while south of the city  The Japanese army, which finally reached the main force of the 41st Division, adopted the tactic of multiple attacks in turn, denying the defenders in the south of the city any breathing space for almost the entire night.

    Although the strength of the 41st Division that arrived at Taiyuan City was only half of its establishment, under the repeated orders from the two superiors of the North China Front Army and the First Army, they could only bite the bullet and attack desperately. The division commander  Lieutenant General Qing Shuigui came to the front line to command and supervise the battle.

    The 41st Division rushed to the two and a half infantry regiments under Taiyuan City. They were organized into squadrons and launched continuous attacks to the south of the city. Even during the day when the Anti-Alliance Alliance dispatched a large number of bombers, they took advantage of the opportunity of the Anti-Alliance aircraft to return to launch endless attacks.  During the intermittent offensive, during the last two days of Yang Jicai's insistence, Japanese aviation units, which had never been seen since the battle began, also appeared over the battlefield one after another.

    These aviation forces transferred from Wuhan, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hong Kong, based in Kaifeng and Yuncheng, constantly took off to try to intercept the anti-Japanese bombers, and dispatched some Type 99 light bombers and some, taking advantage of their fast flight characteristics.  , constantly bombing the Anti-Japanese Alliance and 18th Army troops around Taiyuan, trying to cooperate with the two Japanese divisions to retake Taiyuan City.

    In other words, even though the performance of Japanese fighter jets was not as good as that of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Japanese aviation force was still frequently dispatched, using grab-and-go tactics to provide air support to the Japanese troops around Taiyuan as much as possible. At the same time, with the results of the Southeast Asian battlefield  The outcome has been decided, and the Japanese army is mobilizing aviation forces from the East Indochina battlefield to China as quickly as possible.

    Faced with the new situation that Japanese aviation began to appear on the battlefield again, the Anti-Allied aviation forces immediately mobilized the fighter units responsible for air defense missions in Yan'an and entered the battlefield to compete with the Japanese army for air supremacy. Although the scale of the air battle was small, it lasted for the entirety of the final battle.  Two days of fighting.

    The aircraft dispatched by the aviation forces of both sides were superior in number, and the performance of the other was a full generation ahead. The battle between the aviation forces of both sides was inextricable in the sky over Taiyuan. Its intensity was not inferior to that of the ground battles, especially the battle on the ground.  The Japanese aviation force used fighter jets to entangle the anti-alliance aircraft, and the bombers took advantage of them to steal the aircraft.This tactics brought a lot of trouble to Yang Jicai's defensive battle.

    The fight in the sky was inextricable, but Yang Jicai on the ground felt that the pressure was increasing. He had no rear support and no additional troops. Even after the Japanese aviation entered the battlefield, due to the threat of the Japanese aviation, the number of transport aircraft dispatched by the Anti-Japanese Alliance decreased.  The ammunition supply obtained from the air gradually began to decrease, which made Yang Jicai's fight extremely difficult.

    The appearance of the Japanese aviation force on the battlefield caused the Japanese army's daytime offensive to gradually intensify in the last two days of fighting. The original small-scale assaults during the day and tactics based on flanking detours were changed to frontal group assaults.  , the flanks are penetrated in a roundabout way.

    In the last two days of the battle, Yang Jicai spent almost every day under the desperate offensive of the Japanese army. Excluding the casualties, the front-line troops were already insufficient. He could only use the twenty trucks left behind to continuously  Mobilize troops to adopt mobile defense methods.

    When there was a crisis in that direction, some troops were mobilized from other directions to support him. However, the Japanese troops approaching from three sides never gave him a moment to breathe. In the last two days of fighting, two Japanese troops outside Taiyuan City  The divisions have obviously strengthened their coordination, and the offensive has made Yang Jicai increasingly stretched in the use of troops.
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