Time comes to the night of May 8th.

Niuwang Village is a small village next to the same Dandelion Road. There are about a dozen families who have lived by farming for generations. Because they are located in the Fenhe Plain, their lives are pretty good.

But Niu Er is obviously not on this list.

Niu Er is a well-known dilapidated settlement in Niuwang Village.

Because I was lazy and fed, I sold out all the dozen acres of irrigated land I passed down from my ancestors. After no livelihoods were settled, I began to steal and harm my neighbors.

Get up in the middle of the night that day, Niu Er was about to go to his neighbor Wang Qi's house to steal a chicken to roast it.

When Niu Er tiptoed to the chicken coop of Wang Qi's family, he was about to start a move, and suddenly heard footsteps in his ears, and his heart suddenly felt numb, right? Is this discovered?

It took a full ten seconds, and Niu Er dared not move.

But the footsteps behind him were getting louder and louder.

Turning back a little bit, Niu Er's eyes suddenly became wide open.

There was no sound at all so many people? Is this? Has the ghost soldiers passed by? Looking at the large group of people passing by silently on the road, Niu Ershi was scared.

It was not until a voice came that Niu Er suddenly woke up.

Niu Er dodged and hid behind the chicken coop.

The moonlight could not shine behind the chicken coop, and Niu Er's figure was almost completely integrated with the shadow.

The two voices were getting closer and closer, and finally walked directly from the front of the chicken coop. One said, "You fucking soft, don't wake up the people in the village."

"What's the matter?" said another voice.

"All of them are Chinese, can you still go and report to the Japanese?"

Niu Er suddenly felt a stir and went to inform him? Could it be that these people were the National Army? The Eighth Route Army?

"That's not sure." said the first voice, "This is the Japanese-occupied area. I heard that many people in the Japanese-occupied area have been brainwashed by the Japanese-occupied area."

The two voices gradually faded away.

Niu Er slowly got up from behind the chicken coop.

Then he ran away from the road.

Because Niu Er knew that there was a Japanese small village stronghold there.

...

Taiyuan, 1st Army Command.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was standing next to the sand table with his two crutches.

The battlefield of Zhongtiao Mountain was simulated on the sand table. Judging from the sand table, the 33rd, 35th, 36th, 37th and 41st divisions of the Japanese army had all been deployed and launched a centripetal attack towards Zhongtiao Mountain from three different directions.

In just two days, the Japanese troops joined the war had already advanced at least twenty kilometers.

The Kuomintang army has been in operation for four years, and the outer defense line, which is known as "fierce", is like a paper shell, and it can be broken with one punch and has no effect at all.

"I really didn't expect it to be so smooth."

Yoshio Iwamatsu sighed: "I thought it would take one week to break through the outer defense line, but I didn't expect that the Chinese army could not hold on for even two days."

Hua Guzheng said: "This also shows from the indirectly how clever the appeasement plan adopted by the General is. The stupid Chang Kaishen and the senior Chinese generals did not expect that the Imperial Army would launch the Central Plains Battle at this time. They were even fantasizing about using the power of the Imperial Army to eradicate the Eighth Route Army."

"Hahaha, what a bunch of innocent and stupid guys."

Yoshio Iwamatsu laughed and then said, "However, unfortunately, the senior generals of the Eighth Route Army are much smarter than the senior generals of the Chinese Central Army. Although they had many frictions with the Central Army before, the Eighth Route Army did not take the lead in the Central Army at this time, but instead offered a helping hand."

Huagu said: "Suoga, the Eighth Route Army is indeed very difficult to deal with."

Yoshio Iwamatsu turned his eyes to the map attached to the wall and asked, "Huagujun, I am not very worried about the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Jin. Because the Fourth and Ninth Brigades are there, they can't make the best. What I worry about is instead wandering to the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Jinshan, the Jinsui Army's Unique Brigade, and the 94th Brigade of the Chinese Central Army."

After saying this, Yoshio Iwamatsu asked again: "Is there anything unusual in the northwest Shanxi?"

The staff in the war room felt that it was a bit puzzled about Yoshio Iwamatsu's concerns.

Even if the northwest Shanxi is in trouble, what impact will it have on the battle situation in Zhongtiao Mountain?

The Second Guard Division is no longer capable, so it is okay to defend Anhua and several major counties around it?

As long as the Second Guard Division can defend Anhua and several surrounding major counties, the First Army can free up the forces of three divisions for other directions by the end of the Battle of the Central Plains.

By then, the public security war situation in northwest Shanxi will undergo a complete reversal.

"No." Hua Guzheng shook his head and said, "Before nightfall, the two Type 97 Nakajima fighters of the Ninth Flight Team carried out aerial reconnaissance on the areas along Anhua to Heyuan, and no abnormalities were found."

Yoshio Iwamatsu frowned and said, "What do you mean is that the 94th Brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Chinese Central Army are still near Maoliling?"

Hanagu said: "Yes, it's still around Maoliling."

"It's so strange." Yoshio Iwamatsu frowned, "Why are the 94th Brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Chinese Central Army still there? They have been exposed. Could it be that they still fantasized that the Second Guard Division would send reinforcements to Heyuan County, and would they be stupid enough to enter the ambush circle they set up in Maoliling?"

Hua Gu said: "Maybe they didn't think about ambushing, but instead blocking and blocking the reinforcements from Anhua, so as to win enough time for the Eighth Route Army's 386th Brigade to attack Heyuan County."

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "If this is the case, why didn't the Eighth Route Army take action?"

"This is unknown." Hanagu Masato said, "Maybe he is waiting for something."

Yoshio Iwamatsu shook his head and said, "Is it sure that there are Jinsui Army and Central Army near Maoliling?"

"Confirm." Huagu Zhengdao, "The colors of the uniforms of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army are still very easy to distinguish."

"Military uniforms alone are not enough to confirm identity." Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hand and said, "The only brigade of the Shanxi-Suizhou Army has an American mountain artillery battalion. Can the aviation scouts be found?"

"This mountain artillery battalion has never been found."

Hanagu Masadao: "It is probably a camouflage net that is built on the artillery positions."

Yoshio Iwamatsu: "Aerial reconnaissance cannot see through the disguise, can't the ground scouts be found?"

Hanagu Masada: "Since last night, more than a dozen reconnaissance teams sent by the Second Guard Division have all lost contact. If nothing unexpected happens, they should have been hunted by the Eighth Route Army's special forces."

"Baga!" Yoshio Iwamatsu cursed, "I forgot this damn special forces."

After pausing, Yoshio Iwamatsu stared at the map and said, "I still can't figure out what the Eighth Route Army, the Jinsui Army and the Central Army are doing in northwest Shanxi? What are their intentions?"

Hua Guzheng shook his head and said, "I can't understand at all."

Speaking of this, Hua Guzheng said again: "But fortunately, even if they reverse the northwest Shanxi, it will not affect the overall situation."

While I was talking, the phone ringing on the table next to me suddenly rang: "Dinglingling!"

Jiro Sakuma, the head of the intelligence department, quickly stepped forward and grabbed the telephone: "Moses Moses, this is the First Army Command."

After a while, Jiro Sakuma suddenly changed his face, then hung up the phone, turned to Yoshio Iwamatsu and said, "Mr. Commander, Xiaozhuang stronghold reported that there were tens of thousands of Chinese troops heading south along the same dandelion road!"

"Nani? Are there tens of thousands of Chinese troops heading south along the same dandelion road?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu and Hanaya were in a state of erection.

Where are the Chinese army going south?

Taiyuan?!

...

On the road, a large group of troops from the Shanxi-Suizhou Army's Unique Brigade were driving southwards.

Looking back at the long queue, a look of worry flashed through Fang Ligong's eyes and said, "Hi, are we really going to fight Taiyuan this time?"

"Of course it's true."

Chu Yunfei said: "I brought all the mountain cannon camps, can there be fake?"

While speaking, Chu Yunfei's eyes swept over the mules and horses following behind him.

These hundreds of mules and horses carry parts of twelve mountain cannons. The total weight of the M1A1 75mm caliber mountain cannon is 600 kilograms and can be split into eight parts.

Each part is less than 100 kilograms.

Ninety-six mules can be transported away.

With the shells, two hundred mules and horses are enough.

Fang Ligong said: "But the problem is that we have no idea about the Japanese army in Taiyuan City."

After saying this, he said: "How many troops does the Japanese army have? How many artillery troops and armored troops are there? We don't know all of these. More importantly, we are completely unaware of the specific defense deployment of the Japanese army. In this case, it is too risky to run rashly to attack Taiyuan."

"Brother Li Gong, if I have a choice, I don't want to fight Taiyuan."

Chu Yunfei habitually wanted to pull the hem of the military uniform, but when he heard a squeak, he pulled off the hem of the short cloth jacket he was wearing. Then he realized that he was not wearing khaki.

Now, he said: "But the problem is that we have no choice at all."

"The attendant's office and the chief officer have all given us death orders."

"Order our unique brigade to support the Zhongtiaoshan battlefield at any cost."

"But the attendant's office and the chief officer did not order us to attack Taiyuan."

Fang Ligong still wanted to fight for it, and said, "I always feel that just by saying by Li Yunlong and Wang Ye, we will really go to Taiyuan with the 94th Brigade of the Central Army to fight Taiyuan. It is too hasty! If Taiyuan is really so easy to fight, why didn't their 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army fight? Why did they give this good thing to us?"

"It has nothing to do with me if I participate or do not participate."

"I don't want to know what medicine Li Yunlong and Wang Ye's gourd sell?"
To be continued...