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Chapter 629 Taiyuan Battlefield

Taiyuan battlefield.

Just after dawn, thick smoke suddenly rose from the originally quiet Japanese positions. Then, countless artillery shells streaked across the sky, rising from the Japanese positions and smashing towards Ye Feng and his 12th Army.

In more than ten minutes, the temporary line built by the underground party troops quickly turned into a raging sea of ​​fire.

The enemy's artillery positions fired dense shells and carried out rounds of covering bombing.

"Commander, something terrible has happened."

"A large number of Japanese soldiers appeared in front of us and on our left and right flanks, and they are launching a full-scale charge towards our station."

"There are 10,000 people in the front, and there are a regiment of Japanese troops on each of the left and right flanks."

"The enemy must have formulated a detailed strategy for this sudden attack. They may have some troops that will go around and outflank us, planning to surround us from all sides and eat us up in one go."

Song Yu, who was in charge of digging defensive fortifications at the front line, hurried into the commander's headquarters.

"Commander, we are too passive now. The enemy's bombing and artillery fire are extremely fierce. It is best to temporarily avoid the front line and leave a troop behind to cover the retreat of other main forces to Jinzhong City in the southeast."

Ye Feng frowned. He had actually expected that the Japanese army, which was completely forced into a desperate situation in Shanxi, would not defend honestly. There was a high probability that they would fight to the death and take the initiative to attack and look for opportunities to annihilate their 12th Army.

"What is the situation of our various units' positions?" Ye Feng asked.

"Because time is too tight, even though the soldiers have been digging day and night, only about 60% of the position in front of the gate has been completed." Song Yu replied.

"enough!"

Ye Feng said, "Order Niu Chu's army in the western position to use artillery fire to support the enemy's charge and block the attack from the Japanese left wing. Also notify Zheng Hua's army that no matter how many casualties there are, they must withstand the charge from the enemy's right wing."

"Commander Song, I'll leave this frontal enemy to you. Can you stop them?"

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Song Yu knew very well that this urgent military moment was not the time to argue. Since the commander had made the decision, he, as a subordinate, only needed to resolutely complete his superior's combat mission.

In the army and at high-level command posts, when the situation becomes critical, there cannot be any unnecessary voices.

Regardless of whether the order is right or wrong, as long as it is implemented resolutely, the situation will not develop any worse.

For example, Song Yu wanted to retreat in time, which was not wrong. It only required the sacrifice of some soldiers to cover the main force, and their 12th Army would most likely be able to evacuate safely.

Ye Feng’s decision?

He wanted to take the initiative to fight and fight the Japanese to the death. It was hard to say who would win or lose, but as long as the soldiers shared a common hatred of the enemy, fought bravely, and attacked the enemy with the guns in their hands, this defensive battle, once won, would greatly damage the enemy.

Whether it is breaking out and retreating or facing the enemy head-on, there is no right or wrong.

As for Ye Feng, he had already predicted in advance that the Japanese might become desperate and launch an offensive.

So when forcing the enemy to defend Taiyuan, Ye Feng also did a lot of preventive work.

"Commander, there is urgent military information coming from our left position. The Japanese regiment is attacking fiercely. During the charge, they used highly mobile mortars to continuously fire incendiary bombs, erecting seas of fire and walls of fire in our position, making our counterattack ineffective."

Zhang Ye hurried over and said quickly, "Captain Niu has already ordered us to withdraw from the frontline and retreat to the second line of defense."

This is bullshit.

The first line of defense was directly abandoned?

What does Niu Chujun do for a living?

What if the enemy does the same thing again and continues to bombard your second line with incendiary bombs?

Do you want to keep retreating? Until there is no way to retreat?

If there is no defensive position to serve as cover, wouldn't we be sitting ducks for the Japanese in other terrains?

"Call Niu Chujun and tell him that even if he dies, he must die on the front line."

Ye Feng added, "Tell Song Yu and Zheng Hua to defend the first line of defense at the front and never retreat easily."

There are many new recruits in the army. Although they set out from the Central Plains and advanced into Shanxi to fight, and participated in many battles during the period, they are still far behind those elite veterans. Once the troops retreat in a hurry due to unfavorable situation.

What would the new recruits think?

As long as one person panics, this emotion will spread rapidly like a virus, causing countless soldiers to become panic, anxious, uneasy, and even develop serious fear.

At that time, no matter who the commander is, he can no longer command the troops well. If the morale of the army is unstable, it will lead to a tragic collapse.

This is why Ye Feng issued the death order.

This is the reason why Song Yu, Niu Chujun, Zheng Hua and others are determined to defend the frontline position no matter what the cost.

As long as we fight in this first battle, we can repel the enemy and hold our position.

The panic in the soldiers' hearts will largely dissipate, and they will be able to truly demonstrate their combat effectiveness in the following defensive battle.

"Xiao Zhang, is there any news from Yan'an?" Ye Feng asked.

"Not yet."

Ye Feng asked again, "Where are Liu and Deng's three columns now? What is their personnel configuration? What is the situation of their weapons and ammunition?"

Zhang Ye said, "According to the intelligence we have, Liu and Deng's army has three columns. The first column has about 5000 people, the second column has about 8000 people, and the third column has about 4000 people."

"Because they had been under a tight blockade by the enemy and had been raided many times, the troops were short of supplies. The guns they had were extremely messy. There were guns produced in Shancheng and rifles captured from the Japanese. Among the soldiers of this group, only about 10 people had a gun, and the number of bullets was seriously insufficient. In addition, they carried a lot of grenades produced by the border military factory itself."

"As for the output of artillery fire, there is almost none."

Then, Zhang Ye pointed to a direction on the map and said, "A few days ago, Liu and Deng's army marched from the northwest to Hequ, Pianguan, and Shuozhou."

Shuozhou.

To the north of Taiyuan city.

Ye Feng sighed, "If our reinforcements from Yan'an can capture Shuozhou, and then successively conquer Shanyin, Daixian, Yuanping and other places, and move our forces directly to Xinzhou, which is closer to Taiyuan, then we can attack from both the north and the south and encircle the Japanese troops in Taiyuan."

Zhang Ye said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult. Liu and Deng's army is poorly equipped and lacks heavy weapons. When attacking cities, counties, and towns controlled by the Japanese, they will be at a significant disadvantage."

Ye Feng said, "You are wrong. Who said they don't have heavy weapons?"

Last time.

When Ye Feng went to Yan'an, he did not go empty-handed. He brought a large amount of weapons and equipment as gifts.

Heavy artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns, etc., enough to equip an entire division.

How many people are there in Liu and Deng’s army now?

With Mr. Yan'an's clever command, seeing that if the Taiyuan battle was successful, it would be possible to recover the entire Shanxi Province, he would definitely allocate some sophisticated weapons to Liu and his men.

Another point is that most of the main forces of the Japanese army in Shanxi were assembled and deployed in Taiyuan, forming a confrontation with their 12th Army.

How many Japanese enemies are left in Shuozhou, Yuanping, Xinzhou and other places?

Therefore, Liu and Deng's army's advance into Shanxi and threat to Taiyuan's rear will definitely be a great success.