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At this time, there were less than 10,000 people who successfully escaped from the attack of Xia Yang's troops. It can be said that there is no one out of ten.
Such a tragic failure has never been experienced by Neji Okamura. At the same time, this was also the first time since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War that the Japanese army lost more than 100,000 elite troops in a single battle.
Xia Yang's troops also suffered more than 20,000 casualties in such a fierce battle. But compared with the Japanese troops they annihilated, this number can be regarded as a great victory.
The Japanese troops were also completely driven out of Shanxi. Only a very small number of remaining Japanese troops are left, still entrenched in some relatively remote towns and counties.
"But these remaining Japanese troops are like grasshoppers after the autumn, and they can't jump around for much longer." All they have to face is final destruction.
After capturing Changzhi City, Xia Yang left two reorganized divisions, a tank regiment, a motorized infantry regiment, and two mountain artillery regiments in this area.
These troops took advantage of the terrain and relied on the terrain around Licheng County, which was enough to block the attack of several Japanese divisions.
They only need to hold on for a few days, and the reinforcements sent by the Fourth Army troops in Jincheng and Changzhi will arrive.
The news that all of Shanxi had been recovered soon reached Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
This news was not told to him by Xia Yang. In fact, Xia Yang would not take the initiative to report many of his achievements to Chairman Chiang.
But even if Xia Yang didn¡¯t tell this information, Chairman Chiang would still know it from the news released by the Japanese army.
Okamura Neji¡¯s defeat in Shanxi was basically followed up and reported by newspapers in Japan.
In particular, Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" even described Okamura Neiji starting from the disastrous defeat in Fanzhi County, then the fall of Niangziguan, and the capture of Taiyuan City, until finally, Changzhi City was also lost and most of his troops died. In the hands of the Fourth Army. All were reported.
The chairman often reads newspapers. Before, he only read domestic newspapers. When he saw the good news but not the bad news, he would sigh and continue reading.
But recently, he has been reading domestic newspapers in Japan, especially the "Asahi Shimbun"'s follow-up report on the Shanxi war. He has been following it for several months.
Because in his opinion, his generals often exaggerate their achievements.
For example, if you annihilate a small team of the Japanese army and report it to him, it will turn into a heavy damage to the main force of the Japanese army. If a squadron is annihilated, it will be a big deal, and it will even occupy the front page of the news.
¡°But by reading the Japanese¡¯s own newspapers, you can get a lot of effective information.
¡°At least the Japanese will definitely not exaggerate their losses, but will try their best to beautify their defeat on the Chinese battlefield with words.
So the Chairman got a lot of very real information from these newspapers.
Especially since Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" began to follow and report on the Shanxi War, he has been following it. Like a fan who follows a drama, he watches almost every issue. If "Asahi Shimbun" does not publish the progress of the war in Shanxi for several days in a row, he will be very anxious and can't wait to call "Asahi Shimbun". The editorial department, urge them to update the content quickly.
It is precisely because of this that the Chairman was even more amazed by the fierce offensive of Xia Yang's troops.
The more he looked at it, the more he felt like someone like Xia Yang. If you cannot be loyal to yourself, you must not be in the hands of other hostile forces.
These forces may be Yan Xishan¡¯s Jinsui Army, Zhang Xueliang¡¯s Northeastern Army, the Guangdong Army, the Gui Army, or even the Sichuan Army or the Yunnan Army.
Especially, it cannot fall into the hands of those red armed forces.
Because whether it is the Jinsui Army, the Northeast Army, the Guangdong Army, the Gui Army and other troops. In the long-term battle with the Japanese army, most of them suffered heavy losses and could no longer be compared with his elite troops of the Central Army.
But those red armed forces were different. Chairman Chiang knew very well that despite the poor equipment of those mud-legged soldiers, the soldiers were also sallow and thin, and they didn't even have a uniform without patches.
But this group of guys who look malnourished and have extremely poor equipment seem to be as loud as a copper pea that cannot be smashed, flattened or smashed with a hammer.
Therefore, these guys must not have any increase in strength. Otherwise it will give him a headache.
It is precisely because of this that Xia Yang¡¯s victory over??, although the Chairman is very happy. But it also hides deep worries.
He knew that once Xia Yang rebelled against the group of red armed men, he would become very scary.
Think about it, a force that can defeat hundreds of thousands of elite Japanese troops. If he became his enemy, wouldn't he also be able to beat his troops to pieces?
Yes, no doubt. The Japanese army was able to hammer them to the point where they couldn't find the north. So if Xia Yang's troops were so fierce, if there really was a fight, why not just pin his troops to the ground and beat them casually?
After thinking about it, the chairman decided to send a commendation order to Xia Yang.
But the content of this commendation order is more than just a commendation. At the same time, in the words, Xia Yang was reminded of his identity and that he should remain loyal to the party and the country and remain alert to the red armed forces.
Even in those seemingly official and polite words, there is still a vague murderous intent.
Xia Yang only scanned the telegram sent by the chairman of the committee and threw it aside. He didn't pay attention to what the chairman of the committee hinted at in the commendation order.
Because at this moment, from the moment he completely captured Shanxi, he had completely established a firm foothold on this land.
Even if the chairman of the committee wants to fall out with him, he is not afraid at all.
When Xia Yang's troops attacked Changzhi City, behind him, some of the Central Army originally stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain, as well as the Jinsui Army, the Northeastern Army and other troops were eager to seize the territory that belonged to them. , get it into your hands. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com