When the North China Front Army received a final message from Itagaki, they all knew that the Shanxi Expedition Army had been completely finished. In just about half a month, the two divisions stationed in Shanxi were finished.

Seeing such a farewell call, Tada Jun, who had returned to China for questioning, suddenly felt very grateful. However, the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, who temporarily acted as commander, knew that this incident would cause another shock to the military headquarters.

Compared to the division commander of the 116th Division, although he is also a Japanese lieutenant general, Seishiro Itagaki sent troops and military headquarters in China, they are all famous generals. But at present, this famous general still cannot escape the ending of being forced to commit suicide.

Perhaps after his death, the Empire would give him a noble honor. But a dead general would not be forgotten soon. On the other hand, He Zhengdao, who received a telegram from the front line, seemed both happy and worried.

Fortunately, Seishiro Itagaki, who was owed a lot of blood debt, died. Even if He Zhengdao knew, this guy could not escape the trial of the International Court of Justice in the end, and being sentenced to hang was also a death.

However, death on a sling-shaped punishment frame is undoubtedly two different concepts as well as being annihilated by the Eighth Route Army in China. Itagaki's death also realized that the Japanese army had lost another well-known general who knew about China.

But what He Zhengdao is worried about is that history has been changed a lot by him. What will this war of resistance that lasted for eight years in history become like? He Zhengdao does seem a little worried about this.

After all, for other people who are in the War of Resistance, He Zhengdao has a natural advantage, that is, knowing the direction of history. Now that history has changed, He Zhengdao also has no way to know what the future will be like.

Fortunately, this worry was suppressed by He Zhengdao not long after, and he said calmly: "Report victory to Yan'an and the headquarters! All participating troops began to assemble and prepare to return to Yulin and Suiyuan for rest and standby.

All the recovered counties will be handed over to the garrison troops that will come to the future. Before the garrison troops arrive, all the troops participating in the front line must be wary of the Japanese counterattack. Before the military order is received, the front line troops are not allowed to attack without authorization!"

In He Zhengdao's view, the end of the Shanxi Battle can almost declare the end of the War of Resistance in 2018. He Zhengdao was very satisfied with the end of the War of Resistance against Japan, and he believed that the military and civilians of the War of Resistance would also feel very pleased.

A year ago, they lost Shanxi. A year later, the Eighth Route Army recovered Shanxi. Even if there was only one province, it could give the military and civilians the War of Resistance, making them feel that the final victory of the War of Resistance must belong to the Chinese people.

After receiving a telegram from He Zhengdao, Taizu, who was staying in Yan'an to pay attention to the two wars, finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay! I really didn't expect that the Battle of Shanxi would end so soon, and the two Japanese divisions would be over like this!"

Facing Taizu's sigh, President Zhu also smiled and said, "Chairman, the end of the Battle of Shanxi, I also realized that our year will be much better. Next, we need to discuss how to manage Shanxi.

I had previously received a telegram from Henan Qianzhi that the two divisions stationed in Zhumadian had begun to break through to Anhui. Most of the other Japanese garrison troops in Henan had begun to choose to break through to other occupied areas.

Judging from this, it is estimated that the Henan Battle will not be far from over. Although this battle is very expensive, the harvest will be quite large. By the time we survive this winter, I believe we will have a new situation next year."

As the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, General Zhu was naturally very happy that he had won both battles. Even though these two battles cost the Eighth Route Army a lot of money, he still felt it was worth it!

The addition of so many newly opened bases means that the territory under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Route Army will further expand. The increase in population and land under the bases will mean that the source of troops and food will also increase a lot in the future.

At least in the future, if the Japanese army wants to attack Shaanxi, they will not think of any more ways except air strikes. This also means that the troops stationed in Shaanxi in the past can be dispatched to the front line for rotation.

‘Yes! Who would have thought that after losing Xuzhou and Wuhan, we could actually recover Taiyuan and Zhengzhou. With such good news, I believe our people can feel relieved and hopeful!’

Taizu, who said this, had already begun to consider issuing a power. He felt that this time the Eighth Route Army needed to use a big move to make the military, civilians and political groups across the country truly realize the fact that the Eighth Route Army rose.

Even if the Eighth Route Army will bear great pressure from the Japanese army next time, Taizu believed that with He Zhengdao retreating to Yulin and Suiyuan, it would not be easy for the Kwantung Army to go south to fight.

As for the anti-Japanese troops in North China and Central China, most of the bases are now connected. With a stable rear, they will become safer to fight on the front line. In this case, why bother to fight?

After being low-key for so long, it’s time to go back with high profile!

At least we must let the people and the international community know that in China, in addition to the National Government of Chongqing, the Yan'an government in Shaanxi and the Eighth Route Army were also pillars of the anti-Japanese war and were qualified to have a direct conversation with them.

After receiving a telegram forwarded by the North China Front Army, Dohihara, who was leading the troops to break through, was also full of sadness. Dohihara also felt a little sad about the death of Itagaki, a good friend in the army.

Once upon a time, they made China run into a rush. But in just over a year, the Eighth Route Army, which should have been insignificant, became an existence that destroyed their invincible beliefs and confidence, and killed Japanese generals many times.

Even though I was filled with unwillingness, Tuo Feiyuan ordered: "Order the troops to speed up, and you can choose to abandon some heavy supplies that you don't have to carry. As quickly as possible, rush to Anhui for rest!"

As the last Japanese army in Shanxi was annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, Doihara believed that the Eighth Route Army had more energy and troops to transfer to the Henan battlefield. In this case, he had to order the troops to retreat faster.

Faced with these Japanese troops who broke through the siege in Anhui regardless of their care, the Eighth Route Army troops were responsible for blocking the harassing, and more of them bite them bite each bite, making these Japanese who broke through dare not stay in one place for too long.

Although some front-line commanders did not want these Japanese to leave Zhumadian easily, they all knew that the troops were actually very tired. If they continued to fight head-on, they would not get much advantage.

But even so, occasionally eliminating some Japanese troops behind the palace were also constantly consuming the strength of retreating the Japanese army. The Japanese were in a hurry and the Eighth Route Army chased them easily, and the latter was undoubtedly less loss than the former.

The 18th Japanese Division, who evacuated the Doihara Division in one week, also felt that the surrounding situation was becoming more and more dangerous. Fortunately, the two divisions could respond to each other so that they would not lose the ability to counterattack and break through.

However, the large amount of property they seized in Zhumadian is now unable to take it out. They set their sights on their Sabre Special Forces and specialize in finding Japanese cars and horses, so that Japanese people can only walk on their legs.

In this case, the Japanese army could only choose to blow up or bury some artillery. The entire division was changed to infantry and advanced into Anhui in a walk. As for the Japanese army in Anhui, they also organized the troops to support them.

When the Japanese troops stationed in Fuyang finally joined the vanguard troops of the 14th Division. Doihara in the rear also seemed relieved, and the other Japanese troops who broke through also felt that they had finally escaped the threat surrounding them.

It was also at this time that General Peng, who served as the commander-in-chief of the Henan Battle, also said in a timely manner: "Send a report to the New Sixty-Seventh Army, let their infantry division take over Zhumadian, and establish defensive fortifications on Jieshou and Funan's front line.

In addition to stationing the Second Infantry Division of the New Sixty-Seventh Army, in addition to stationing Xinyang, it also needs to cooperate with the First Infantry Division to assist in the defense of the Nanyang side. As for the Third Infantry Division, it is responsible for the defense of the Dabie Mountains and guard against the Japanese troops stationed in Wuhan.

Before there is no new order, the front-line troops try to engage in large-scale battles with the Japanese army as little as possible. The troops begin to rest and summarize the battle, and submit the summary report to the command center for summary."

When General Peng learned that the Japanese successfully broke through to Anhui, he was also a little unwilling to accept it. However, the two Japanese divisions also lost tens of thousands of troops in this breakthrough. In General Peng's view, this was also a considerable victory.

At least the Japanese troops annihilated by the Battle of Henan will not be fewer than those of the Battle of Shanxi. No matter what, these two recovery battles launched by the end of the year are indeed qualified to make the people of the whole country proud of their suppressed year.

At this moment, the Second Infantry Division, which was deployed on the front line of Nanyang, began to receive the materials and ammunition received from the headquarters. With the supply of these materials in place, the artillery troops that had previously been trapped in the no-mill available were first deployed in the border areas.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was gathering in the back of the position, Hu Zongnan, who originally wanted to find a bargain, still didn't have the courage in the end. After all, he already felt that the Eighth Route Army was no longer as easy to bully as before.

Asking for himself, Hu Zongnan felt that even if he commanded the First Army, he might not be able to drive away the two Japanese divisions in Zhumadian at that time. But now the Eighth Route Army has done this, which means that the Eighth Route Army is not bad.

He even knew very well that as the Japanese army withdrew from Henan, they would become real "neighbors" with the Eighth Route Army. How to get along with this new "neighbor" also tests his wisdom with the National Government.

Even though the National Government is still in charge of the Anti-Japanese War, everyone knows that Yan'an no longer cares about the opinions of the National Government. At least in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the National Government could still point fingers, but now it is afraid it will not work.

Yan'an, which has nearly three provinces, already has the capital to be on par with the National Government. The most important thing is to win these two recovery battles, for Yan'an, it will gather considerable people's hearts and prestige.

This also means that if the National Government wants to continue to dominate the overall situation of the War of Resistance, they also need to show some excellent results to tell the people who are concerned about the War of Resistance that they are the leaders of the War of Resistance in China! (To be continued.)

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