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Shanxi, Taiyuan.

Commander Xiangyue Qingsi, the First Army Commander of the Japanese Central China Front Army, walked around uneasy in the office. Two hours ago, he ordered Taiyuan Airport to reinforce Xinkou, bomb the Chinese army, and blow up the large-caliber howitzer group of the Chinese army.

It has been two hours, and no news has come. As time goes by, Xiangyue Qingsi's uneasiness feels stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, the chief of staff of the Japanese First Army walked in with a look of ugly expression. Seeing the chief of staff's expression, Xiangyue Qingsi felt a little shocked and asked anxiously: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, is there any new news?"

"Hey, I'm about to report to the commander." The Japanese Chief of Staff sorted out his thoughts and continued: "The Taiyuan Airport just called and took off from Taiyuan Airport two hours ago. The eighteen fighter jets and thirty-two bombers who went to reinforce Xinkou were basically broken. Only six bombers came back, and the rest of the planes were all shot down by the Chinese army."

"In addition, Xinkou has just called. Starting from 8 o'clock in the morning, the Eighth Route Army's large-caliber howitzer group fired the Xinkou position for two hours, pouring out more than 10,000 shells. The two divisions stationed in Xinkou suffered nearly half of their casualties, including more than 12,000 imperial army warriors."

After listening to the Chief of Staff's report, Xiangyue Qingsi's face was pale. Unexpectedly, the casualties of the troops would be so great. It seemed that he could not bear such a great responsibility this time. He would not take long to return to the domestic reserve service to serve. Xiangyue Qingsi thought.

Seeing the commander's look in a daze, the chief of staff said carefully: "Commander, what should Xinkou do? If the Eighth Route Army launches an attack, the remaining more than 20,000 Imperial Army warriors may not be able to defend."

"Another brigade was transferred from Taiyuan to reinforce Xinkou, and at the same time report the situation to Commander Okamura Nishiji."

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Xinkou, the position of the Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Yunfei was still immersed in joy. Not only Zhang Yunfei, but also all the Eighth Route Army soldiers were immersed in joy, especially a large number of new recruits. Today, most of them were excited and happy to witness such a spectacular battle scene.

The fierce and powerful artillery bombardment caused heavy casualties on the Japanese positions on the opposite side. The spectacular anti-aircraft gun shooting also opened everyone's eyes, especially the enemy planes were blown up by the air, which greatly increased their knowledge and opened their eyes.

Wang Haiyang, the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade next to him, saw that the division commander was in a good mood and suggested: "Teacher Commander, the Japanese on the opposite side were all crippled by us. Let me lead the soldiers to rush forward and thrust the Japanese on the opposite side."

After listening to Wang Haiyang's suggestion, Zhang Yunfei walked back and forth a few steps, thought carefully, and suddenly said to Wang Haiyang:

"Gather the troops and return to Datong."

What? When he returned to Datong, Wang Haiyang thought he had heard it wrong, and his face was full of shock and confusion, but when he saw the commander turn around and walk back, Wang Haiyang knew that this was the commander's order.

Zhang Yunfei's order was the imperial edict in the 136th Division, and everyone must implement it unconditionally.

Wang Haiyang immediately shouted loudly: "Gather the troops and return to Datong." After that, he immediately trotted a few steps and followed Zhang Yunfei.

Zhang Yunfei is not in a hurry to attack Xinkou today, but has his own ideas and reasons.

Although the Japanese's Xinkou position was severely beaten by their artillery soldiers, with almost half of the casualties, there were at least nearly 30,000 Japanese.

If your own troops attack, they will become a little devil's defense and attack the tough ones, so there will be greater casualties. Zhang Yunfei will not do this way of killing one thousand enemies and causing 800 damage to himself.

At present, the artillery brigade, which is a heavy fire support, has been exhausted and cannot provide artillery fire support. It is a disadvantage to fight with the Japanese.

In addition, the purpose of sending troops south this time was to train troops. After these days of battle, the purpose of training has been achieved. The artillery bombardment just now killed so many Japanese devils, and the revenge of the people of Shuozhou was avenged.

In view of these, Zhang Yunfei suppressed his heart, attacked Xinkou, and restored Taiyuan with the tempting idea, and decisively issued an order to gather troops and return to Datong.

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The Japanese Xinkou position.

The Japanese's temporary command center was filled with sorrow. The air force that supported him was defeated by the Chinese army. More than fifty planes were flying back in the end. There were less than seventy planes in the entire Taiyuan Airport. In this battle, more than two-thirds of the total number of planes at Taiyuan Airport were destroyed.

The little Japanese had relatively poor resources, and most of the limited aircraft were equipped with the navy. The army had fewer aircraft. The entire Japanese invaders had less than a thousand aircraft equipped. Currently, most of the aircraft are used in the Battle of Wuhan. In a short period of time, there will be no aircraft to supplement Taiyuan Airport. Before the end of the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese Air Force in Shanxi had only a dozen or twenty aircraft left.

The losses of the troops have been counted just now. After the two-hour fierce artillery attack by the Chinese army, nearly one-third of the Imperial Army's warriors were broken. If the Eighth Route Army launches another attack, they will be really not sure that they can defend this broken position.

The Japanese divisions sat at the head of the wide conference table without saying a word, with a gloomy face. The brigade commanders next to them also looked like ink, very ugly.

The Japanese senior commanders have been discussing for more than half an hour. They have been helpless about how to deal with the possible attacks that the Eighth Route Army may launch in the next time, and the scene has become cold.

Suddenly, a Japanese colonel pushed the door and broke in. He was about to report. The Japanese brigade commander was furious at the uninvited guest who broke in and shouted, "Baga".

The Japanese colonel was so scared that he stood at attention and said respectfully: "Report to the division commander, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has begun to retreat."

"Oh, I'm really retreating." One of the Japanese divisions stood up in disguise, looking disbelief.

The other Japanese officers, without waiting for the order of the division commander, walked out of the command center quickly and came outside the command center. They picked up their telescopes and observed the positions of the Eighth Route Army opposite.

Seeing that Zhenru what the Japanese colonel said just now, the Eighth Route Army opposite was retreating in an orderly manner.

Seeing this scene, the Japanese officers let out a long sigh. The Eighth Route Army finally retreated and the Xinkou position was finally saved.

Zhang Yunfei had tens of thousands of soldiers, which put the Japanese in great pressure on them. Seeing that the pressure was suddenly lifted, several Japanese officers even knelt on the ground weakly and cried with joy.
Chapter completed!