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"Young Marshal, the Japanese are moving! The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain has begun!"

Jiang Feng hurriedly ran to Xu Le with several telegrams. Although he was now the Deputy Chief of the General Staff and was responsible for all military operations, the three major departments were established under the 176th Division. Xu Le was the supreme commander. For some important matters, he still had to report to Xu Le in person and seek his opinion!

Xu Le was also startled and quickly stood up to take the telegram. This was a telegram from the Military Commission to all division-level and above troops in the surrounding areas of Shanxi Province, and the content was about the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

The garrisons in various places will report the real-time battle situation to the higher-level departments, and finally convey it to the Military Commission. The Military Commission will then screen and pass on important intelligence to various troops to facilitate the command of surrounding troops according to changes in the battle situation.

After taking a closer look, Xu Le returned it to Jiang Feng. "It's just as I guessed. Although the Military Commission has given us an independent number and does not interfere with our military operations at ordinary times, they will still contact us for assistance at critical moments! I knew long ago that we are inseparable from Zhongtiao Mountain. Fortunately, we are well prepared!"

Jiang Feng put the telegram back into his bag and said, "According to the content of the telegram, last night, a full-strength division of the Japanese attacked Jiyuan and Mengxian in northern Henan.

Another fully-strength division attacked Zhangdian Town in the southeast direction from Wenxi and Xia County.

The last route was to advance from Hengling Pass to the west side of Hengyuan Avenue with a lightning tactic of central breakthrough, with a total force of more than 3.

The three armies were all elite Japanese troops, and they attacked the entire Zhongtiao Mountain from the east, west and north in a pincer formation with a central breakthrough.

Young Commander, what should we do? "

Xu Le hesitated for a moment and said, "The enemy's offensive is fierce. The Military Commission has given us the task of creating chaos behind enemy lines, so that the enemy can only take care of the front and not the rear. Our 176th Division has a very good geographical location, and only we can complete this task.

Well, let’s put other things aside. Our 176th Division will never back down when fighting the Japanese! Minister Jiang, immediately convene an emergency combat meeting at the regiment level and above! "

"Okay, I'll pass the message right away!"

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With the Xiao Bayi radio, real-time call commands sent from the headquarters can reach the mountain village, Baozidong and Nanyao in an instant.

The officers of each regiment had jeeps as passenger cars, and as long as they were within a 30-kilometer radius of Meidong Mountain, they could arrive within half an hour at the latest.

Although the two brigade headquarters were together, since Liu Quanhua and Wang Dafu were both promoted to brigade commanders, the two regiments of the 388th Brigade still had no suitable commanders. Therefore, Liu Quanhua had been wandering between the mountain village and Baozidong, and was rarely in charge of the brigade headquarters.

Wang Dafu spent most of his time at the headquarters, and occasionally visited the First Battalion of the 665th Regiment in Nanyao.

"Everyone, please take a look at the telegram sent by the Military Commission first!" Jiang Feng distributed the copied telegram.

Two minutes later, Xu Le spoke first: "The battle of Zhongtiao Mountain has already begun. I am not optimistic about the Jin Army and the National Guard. After all, the gap between them and the devils is too big. The total strength of the devils is known to have exceeded 9, while the initial strength of the Jin Army and the National Guard has exceeded 15. I estimate that it will not exceed 20 at most.

After all, due to terrain restrictions, if there are too many troops, they cannot be dispersed and can easily be wiped out by the Japanese!

Our 176th Division has rested for more than half a month, it's time to move around! Even without the order from the Military Commission, I intend to stir up this mess!"

Liu Quanhua was the brigade commander, but he still couldn't suppress his bellicosity. He immediately shouted, "Young Marshal, give the order. Where should we attack? But let's make it clear first. My 388th Brigade will be the main force!"

Old enemy Wang Dafu rolled his eyes at Liu Quanhua and said, "You are so capable. What? Did your 388th Brigade have your mother's support? Do you have to give you everything? In my opinion, we should change our position. My 387th Brigade can't keep mining all the time. We should also go to the front line to do some activities!"

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This pair of old enemies have to fight each other almost every time they meet, but no one stops them. Fighting will make people nervous, so it would be good to relax appropriately and just watch the show!

"Well, didn't I say it long ago? We in the 176th Division don't distinguish who is the main force! It doesn't matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat!"

Two minutes later, Xu Le interrupted the two and then looked at Jiang Feng: "Minister Jiang and I have already developed a preliminary battle plan. Everyone can take a look at it and raise any opinions!"

Just in the half hour of waiting for people, Xu Le and Jiang Feng had initially decided on the battle plan. Unlike the last attack on Meidong Mountain, this time they would besiege the city and attack the reinforcements. They would only surround the city, use a certain amount of firepower to pull the enemy back, and then use heavy firepower to attack the enemy reinforcements.

Jiang Feng also spoke at this time: "It is of no strategic significance to attack a small stronghold, so we set our sights on the county town. The counties around us are Puxian, Xiangning, Xiangling and Linfen. Xiangling is ruled out first. There are towering mountains between us and it, and the troops cannot reach it. They have to take a detour. This is why there is only one battalion stationed in Nanyao.

Next are Puxian and Xiangning. These two cities were hit hard by us last time and cannot be restored in a short time. Although they are easy to attack, our goal is not to attack the city. Especially Xiangning, it has almost no strategic significance. Even if we attack it, it will not attract the attention of the devils!

Pu County is a transportation hub for Xiangning, Daning, Yonghe, Guanxian and other places. It connects to Linfen in the east and undertakes the important task of transporting the Japanese materials to western Shanxi. Therefore, Pu County must be fought!

The second is Linfen. I don’t need to say much about the importance of this place. It is an important transit station on the Nantongpu Line. As long as we can contain this place, the Japanese military operations in southern Shanxi will be cut off by us, and they will not be able to attack Zhongtiao Mountain even if they want to!

Therefore, our first target of attack is Linfen, followed by Pu County!"

Xu Le: "Attacking Pu County can attract the Japanese and puppet troops in western Shanxi. We can take this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on them. This position is easy to attack! But if we attack Linfen, once the Japanese realize the seriousness of the situation, they will certainly send the main forces from the surrounding important cities to reinforce us. If we delay for a few more days, the Japanese in Zhongtiao Mountain may counterattack us. At that time, the pressure we will face will be particularly great!

So everyone please express your opinions. If you want to be safe, you can just attack Pu County, but the results will not be that great.

Linfen will increase the danger a lot, but as long as we fight well, we will be able to reverse the active situation of the Zhongtiaoshan devils and turn them into a passive situation. By then, our Tang army will lose tens of thousands less! "

Liu Quanhua was the first to speak out, without even thinking: "Needless to say, of course we will attack Linfen. We now have two field artillery battalions and 72 105mm howitzers. Don't mention Linfen, even if you ask me to attack Taiyuan, I would dare to do it!"