Ma Zhenguo walked up to Li Guotao with a document, handed over the document in his hand, and said with a smile: "This is the preliminary result of the battle. ”Li Guotao took it and just glanced at it casually, then handed it to Ma Zhenguo, and said casually: "Report it to the headquarters" Ma Zhenguo nodded, and then handed the list of results to a staff officer next to him, who turned around and walked in the direction of the confidential room after taking it.Li Guotao glanced up at Ma Zhenguo, pointed to the map on the table, and said with a serious face: "I think you also know that the 10th Division has captured Fanzhi County and forced Modern County. ”"Hmm" Ma Zhenguo nodded, sat down next to Li Guotao, frowned and sighed and said: "I didn't expect that the speed of this 10th Division was so fast, and it would hit Dai County in such a short time, if Dai County was lost."
If at this time, the Japanese army in Taiyuan goes north to meet the 10th Division, and the two Japanese troops attack from the north and south, it is likely to break through Xinzhou in one fell swoop. ”Li Guotao nodded and said, "Although we have just won a big battle, judging from the current situation, I am afraid we will not have time to rest." ”Ma Zhenguo frowned and said, "You mean that we are going to march into Xinzhou and assist the friendly troops to defeat the 10th Division. ”Li Guotao nodded and said with a serious face: "Only by destroying this 10th Division first can we ensure that our army can successfully recover Taiyuan and even the entire Shanxi Province." ”Ma Zhenguo nodded, stretched out his finger and pointed to the map and said: "At present, the sixth column of our Eighth Route Army, the main force of the 120th Division has gathered nearly 100,000 troops, and has built several defense lines on the Yuanping line, as well as the Xinkou line, Xinzhou and other places, preparing to block the Japanese 10th Division from moving south, so even if Daixian is not protected, our army can resist for a while." ”"In this way, we will have enough time to rush to the front line in Xinzhou."
Li Guotao nodded and said.Ma Zhenguo frowned and asked: "Our army has won a great victory at Niangzi Pass, and the Japanese army on the front line of Niangzi Pass has been completely annihilated, how do you say the Japanese army will react." ”Li Guotao asked with a smile: "If it were you, what choice would you make" Ma Zhenguo frowned and thought for a while, and said with a serious face: "If I were Tada Jun, I would choose to give up Shanxi, because judging from the current situation, the Japanese army has no possibility of winning, although the 10th Division has now reached Daixian, but it is a lone army in depth, and it is likely to be surrounded and annihilated by our army in one fell swoop."
Even if the 10th Division can successfully reach Taiyuan, it will not be able to keep the whole of Shanxi at all. ”Li Guotao shook his head with a smile and said, "It's a pity that you are not Tada Jun."
Based on my understanding of Tada Jun, he will never give up Shanxi easily, after all, this is the territory of a province, and if they give up now, it will be difficult to take it back.So he has no choice now, but one way to go to the dark, that is, to order the 10th Division to break through our army's defense line as soon as possible and make peace with the defenders of Taiyuan.As you said, even if the 10th Division successfully rushed to Taiyuan, it would not be able to ensure that Taiyuan was foolproof, but it could create a lot of trouble for our army to recover Taiyuan, thereby delaying time. ”"But the Japanese army in North China was either wiped out by us, or was pinned down, and was unable to support the Japanese army in Shanxi, if reinforcements could be mobilized, it is estimated that Tada Jun would have already deployed troops to support Shanxi."
Ma Zhenguo said with a frown.Li Guotao sighed softly and said: "North China can't transfer troops, can't the little devils transfer troops from other places, the little devils can completely transfer troops from Central China, Northeast China, and even the local region to support North China, of course, due to the long distance, it takes a certain amount of time to transfer troops from other places, so what Tada Jun lacks now is time, as long as there is enough time, the Japanese army will definitely be able to mobilize enough troops from other places to support Shanxi, and at that time, it will be even more difficult for us to recover Shanxi."
So we must hold off the 10th Division and annihilate it in order to regain Taiyuan in the shortest possible time.At that time, the overall situation in Shanxi has been decided, and we can fully meet the reinforcements of the Japanese army. ”"Well, you have a point.It seems that we should indeed rush to the Xinzhou battlefield as soon as possible and tell us about your plan," Ma Zhenguo nodded and said.Li Guotao stretched out his finger and pointed to the map and said: "This is where we are now, my plan is to go north directly, take the mountain road through Pingshan County to reach Longquan Pass, and then according to the battle situation at that time, choose to continue to go north to Fanzhi to cut off the retreat of the devils, encircle the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, or go west to Wutai to make peace with friendly forces in Xinzhou, and annihilate the 10th Division in one fell swoop." ”Ma Zhenguo frowned, glanced at the marching route drawn by Li Guotao on the map with a serious face, thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "This should be the nearest road, then when will we leave." ”"Tomorrow," Li Guotao said without hesitation."
Tomorrow" Ma Zhenguo couldn't help frowning and said: "The troops have just gone through a big battle, and the soldiers are already a little tired, if they set off tomorrow, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be able to stand it." ”"There is no way to do this, and if we want to achieve a complete victory in this battle, we must race against time."
Li Guotao said with a serious face.Ma Zhenguo sighed softly and said, "Okay then" Li Guotao thought about it and said: "Immediately notify the soldiers, let the soldiers have a good rest tonight, and I will lead the new 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade to the north early tomorrow morning, and you and Political Commissar Meng will lead the rest of the troops to follow up." ”"Yes," Ma Zhenguo replied respectfully.Li Guotao stood up and said with a smile: "It's not too early, you should rest early, I'm going back to sleep too, I've got enough spirits, and I'm going to hurry tomorrow." ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said, then turned around and walked towards the confidential room.Li Guotao yawned, these days, the battle has continued, Li Guotao has not had a good night's sleep for a long time, and today he can finally sleep well.picked up the holster on the table, called Kou Erbao, and left the headquarters together to go back to sleep.aa2705221: