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Chapter 1562: Attacking Southern Shanxi

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    After comprehensive consideration, he chose this propeller fighter, the most famous one during World War II.

    In terms of bombers, Xia Yang chose the American B17 bomber, known as the "Flying Fortress".

    This bomber has a large enough bomb load and a long enough range.

    It can carry two tons of bombs and has a range of nearly 3,000 kilometers.

    With such a terrifying flight, Xia Yang can even take off in Shanxi, and then bombard the entire North China region, and even the Northeast region, within its fire coverage.

    But the formation of these new troops is not yet in progress.

    Xia Yang probably calculated that these troops would have to wait until winter at the earliest to form combat effectiveness.

    As for the flying brigade, it may even have to wait until next year.

    After all, contacting Chennault and recruiting American pilots are relatively time-consuming tasks.

    Xia Yang thought about it and felt that it would be better to prepare for this matter in advance.

    So he sent a telegram to the ANBU headquarters in Chongqing.

    The content of the telegram was about contacting Chennault and recruiting American pilots.

    At the same time, Xia Yang specifically told them that this matter must bypass the Chongqing government and not let those in the Kuomintang notice it.

    The American pilots recruited were taken directly to Shanxi.  When it comes to Xia Yang's territory, he has the final say.

    Xia Yang recruited these American pilots not to let them fly planes to fight the Japanese army, but to serve as instructors.

    After sending the telegram, Xia Yang and his troops rested in Taiyuan City for another week.

    Afterwards, he continued to lead the armored troops towards the southern Shanxi area.

    At this time, in the southern Shanxi area, the Japanese army was basically in a state of retreat.

    After Okamura Neji arrived in the southern Shanxi region, he made adjustments to his strategic deployment.

    First, Okamura Neiji ordered his troops to abandon Linfen, Huozhou and other areas and instead defend Changzhi, Wuxiang and other areas.

    He concentrated the forces of the four divisions on the passage leading to northern Henan, hoping to hold on to this passage.  They left a path for their troops to counterattack Shanxi in the future.

    Xia Yang also saw his intention. He decisively dispatched 30,000 elite troops to He Changxing, Wei Xing and others stationed in the Jincheng area to attack Changzhi from the south.  And he led 50,000 elite troops to attack the Changzhi area.

    At this time, their offense in Shanxi can be said to be making great progress.

    Those national army troops who were originally dawdling in the Zhongtiao Mountain area reluctantly sent troops to southern Shanxi after Xia Yang's hard persuasion.

    Although it is said that they are sending troops, it is more of an armed march.

    Because their combat power is so frighteningly weak, they are basically in a state of collapse.

    After more than two months of fighting, of the 780,000 Nationalist troops deployed in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, there were only two divisions under the Commander-in-Chief of Wei and one division of the Northeast Army. They had actually won several battles.  .

    As for other troops, they rarely fought against the Japanese army.

    Even if they fight, it will be a disastrous defeat.  There was even a situation where a division of five to six thousand men was chased and beaten by a Japanese brigade.

    He Changxing repeatedly reported the situation to Xia Yang in the telegram.

    He made it clear that some of the fraternal troops in Zhongtiao Mountain suddenly made their operations in the southern Shanxi region more difficult.

    "But these mediocre officers, although they are very useless, still know how much they weigh.

    For big battles, they have made it very clear that they will ensure the safety of transportation lines from the rear.  As for the frontal combat, leave it to a few troops who dare to fight, as well as He Changxing, Wei Xing, and the Fourth Army troops led by Qiu Guoping.

    In small-scale battles, they will definitely go over and join in the fun.

    Then he wrote about these almost negligible results, as if the battle in southern Shanxi would have failed without them.

    Regarding the situation reported by He Changxing, Xia Yang just smiled and said nothing.  Tell him that as long as these people don't defect to the Japanese army, that's already good.

    Of course, this group of people also has a positive effect.

    That was in the name of more than ten combat divisions, which really scared several division commanders of the Japanese army.

    "If they knew, more than half of these more than ten combat divisions were on empty pay."If the combatants are not satisfied with the formation at all, then these Japanese division commanders may use all their strength to deal with the Fourth Army and Wei Lihuang's main force.

    At that time, the war situation in southern Shanxi would not be what it is now.

    Okamura Neiji was standing on the defensive position outside Changzhi, looking into the distance with a telescope.

    It took him two full days to escape from Taiyuan City to Changzhi.

    In the past two days, the hair on his head has turned white.  At this time, he looked like a frail old man, rather than a battle-hardened general.

    With the last conviction in his heart, Okamura Neiji planned to use the remaining troops in his hands to defend Changzhi.

    He left a full division of troops behind in Wuxiang.

    The terrain there is complex, mostly mountainous areas.  Xia Yang's armored forces are not easy to deploy, and they need to rely more on infantry to attack.

    This gave Okamura Neiji the courage to hold on, because as long as the enemy's armored forces could not deploy, he believed that he was capable of fighting.

    The threats he needs to deal with are mainly from the south.

    Because Jincheng and Changzhi are very close, and there is a relatively flat wilderness in the middle.

    The enemies over there can advance towards the Changzhi area at a very high speed.

    So he placed all the troops of the two divisions in the south of Changzhi.  There is also a division of troops that is used as a mobile force.

    In addition, the remnant soldiers he has gathered these days have become two regiments of troops, which can also be used as reserve forces to go into battle at any time.

    From a clear perspective, he still has the strength of four divisions and two independent regiments.

    But in fact, both Xia Yang and He Changxing knew very well that the strength of the Japanese army had been greatly reduced during two consecutive months of high-intensity combat in southern Shanxi.

    Originally there should have been a strength of 100,000 people, but at this time there were only less than 70,000 Japanese troops left.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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