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So far, 8 Japanese generals have been killed.

In Shanxi, there are still four Japanese lieutenant generals who have not been killed.

They are the commanders of the 24th Division, the 41st Division, the 40th Division and the 56th Division respectively.

Although the battlefield east of Niangziguan was also part of the Battle of Zhengtai, strictly speaking, it was a battle that took place in Hebei Province.

Two hours ago, the Central Hebei Military Region Headquarters and the Independent Regiment had already sent telegrams.

All the aircraft of the New Regiment and the headquarters carried incendiary bombs for air support, which exploded the Japanese positions into a sea of ​​flames.

It was a sea of ​​​​fire in the true sense, not a sea of ​​​​fire like artillery shells and conventional aerial bombs.

Under the destruction of such a large-scale murderer, the Japanese will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Li Yunlong had already guessed that the battle would end soon.

"Captain Kong did not say that he had killed a few Japanese generals, but that he had wiped out all the Japanese and the Japanese headquarters, and no one had escaped the trap."

Wang Dehou said as he handed over the telegram in his hand.

Li Yunlong took the telegram and looked at it, his face suddenly became unhappy: "What does Kong Jie do for food? He killed the Japanese headquarters, but he didn't even know how many Japanese generals he killed?"

"Captain."

Wang Dehou explained for Kong Jie:

"It's really not the fault of Commander Kong. I used the radio to talk to the chief of staff of the independent regiment. It is said that the Japanese headquarters is hidden in a cave."

"During the battle, the flamethrowers of the 2nd Battalion of the Independent Regiment used flamethrowers to shoot at the cave where the Japanese general was hiding."

"Good fellow, the Japs command center has been completely destroyed."

"Only 3 complete general swords were seized, and the rest of the Japs were burned to coke, so Commander Kong is not yet sure how many Japs generals he has killed."

When Li Yunlong heard this, his expression softened. He really didn't blame Kong Jie for saying this.

The main reason is that killing the Japanese generals is very important to Li Yunlong. It is related to the fortune of the Eighth Route Army, so Li Yunlong naturally wants to seek truth from facts.

Commander Li nodded: "Since no Japanese have slipped through the net, let's tell Boss Chen that we killed 4 lieutenant generals and 2 major generals at Niangziguan."

Wang Dehou smiled slightly and did not answer.

Anyway, it is up to you, the group leader, to contact Boss Chen personally, so you have nothing to do with me.

After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong's face returned to joy and asked: "Chief of Staff, how many Japanese generals have we killed in total?"

In order not to be scolded by Li Yunlong, Wang Dehou did his homework: "Report to the leader, if we include the six Japanese generals in Niangziguan, we have killed a total of 6 Japanese generals. They are..."

Before this battle, Li Yunlong led his troops to kill a total of 23 Japanese generals, including General Naosaburo Okabe.

In the Battle of Shota a few days ago, we killed 8 Japanese generals including Yoshio Iwamatsu, plus the 6 killed today.

There are 37 Japanese generals in total.

Including the names of these 37 Japanese generals, Wang Dehou also picked them up casually.

"Go, go, go!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand, interrupted Wang Dehou and said:

"Just tell me the total."

After a pause, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou: "How long will it take for the fighting around Taiyuan to end?"

Li Yunlong didn't pay much attention to the 40th Division and the 56th Division, which were broken into pieces and scattered to break through.

The net has been cast. How many fish can be caught and how many fish slip through the net is not something Li Yunlong can decide.

However, there are still many Japs around Taiyuan, including two division commanders, lieutenant generals.

Although the Eighth Route Army has recaptured Taiyuan, the fighting around Taiyuan is not yet completely over.

"At least 5 more days."

Wang Dehou said:
"The Japs are stubbornly resisting in the tunnels and are not easy to eliminate. Moreover, the Japs' tunnels are dug a bit deep, so our flamethrowers cannot hit the Japs hiding inside."

"But what is certain is that the Japs in the tunnel have run out of food, there is a serious lack of water, and there should be some ammunition..."

"Send the order." Li Yunlong ordered, "No matter what method is used, the battle must be resolved within three days and all the Japanese in the tunnels must be killed."

Naturally, Li Yunlong was not surprised by the Japanese's tenacity and fighting will.

Even if they are out of ammunition and food, most of the Japanese will still fight to the end, and only a very small number will surrender.

Li Yunlong added: "In addition, send the situation of the Niangziguan battle to the headquarters and forward it to the 129th Division Headquarters."

This battle lasted for nearly a month, and most of the Japanese were wiped out.

Only a small number of Japanese soldiers were still fighting and fleeing.

After the support eliminated the Japanese around Taiyuan, as well as the fleeing 40th Division and 56th Division, the battle truly came to an end.

"Yes!"

Wang Dehou straightened up and quickly drafted several telegrams.

After Li Yunlong signed, the guard took the telegram to the telegraph soldier and sent it out.

……

Time passes steadily and coldly quickly.

Five days passed in a flash.

In these five days, most of the Japanese in the tunnels around Taiyuan were wiped out. A small number of Japanese were desperate and chose to surrender to the Eighth Route Army.

The Jizhong Military Region hunted rabbits and captured Jingxing County and Jingxing Coal Mine.

The Japanese 40th Division and the 56th Division were broken into small groups and squadrons and broke out into Hebei Province. They suffered heavy losses under the encirclement and interception of the Eighth Route Army.

However, due to the encirclement and interception of the Eighth Route Army, the defensive line was established in a hurry.

The defense line was not fully prepared, and Okamura Neji issued orders decisively.A small number of Japanese soldiers from the 40th Division and the 56th Division fled to Ji Province, including the 40th Division Headquarters and the 56th Division Headquarters.

However, the 40th Division and the 56th Division had already suffered considerable losses in Shouyang and Yangquan.

After this battle, the casualties of these two divisions exceeded two-thirds, and their establishment was almost wiped out.

Although the planned strategic goal of wiping out all the Japanese in Shanxi was not achieved, a small number of Japanese in the 40th Division and the 56th Division were allowed to escape.

However, the troops of the Independent Regiment and the Central Hebei Military Region eliminated three Japanese divisions and two brigades east of Niangziguan.

The results are even more brilliant.

The day the main forces of the New First Regiment, the 129th Division, and the New Second Regiment entered Taiyuan.

The people of Taiyuan spontaneously took to the streets to welcome him and held a grand welcoming ceremony into the city.

However, just in case, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, division commander, Ding Wei and other senior officers of the Eighth Route Army did not appear at the welcome ceremony.

Although the Japanese were defeated, there must still be some spies and agents left in the city.

If the senior officers of the Eighth Route Army let the Japanese shoot them illegally, the losses would be great.

then.

The Eighth Route Army headquarters sent a clear telegram to the whole country that the Eighth Route Army had liberated the entire Shanxi Province and killed 16 Japanese generals.

"Xinhua Daily" immediately forwarded this clear telegram and called on aspiring young people across the country to go to the front lines to kill Japanese invaders.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and major media rushed to report on it. The Eighth Route Army's domestic limelight temporarily overshadowed the national army.

The Allied forces were shocked when the war was not going well. Oh, God, when did the Republic of China troops become so powerful?

Simultaneously.

The Japanese army's home base camp also received relevant intelligence.

"Nani?"

"The main force of the 13 locust army was shattered, and 16 imperial generals were killed?"

Prime Minister's Office.

After reading the telegram handed over by a major general's staff officer, Tojo Hideji, who had gathered all kinds of power, stood up suddenly, with a look of incredible horror on his face.

This telegram was not sent by Okamura Neiji, but by the commander-in-chief of the dispatched army, General Enjun Roku.

As for the North China Front Army Headquarters, the later the base camp knows, the better.

However, the Eighth Route Army was not used to Okamura Neji and directly sent a clear telegram. Basically, all Chinese soldiers and civilians and the Japanese who invaded China already knew that Jin Province had been recovered by the Eighth Route Army.

This telegram was very detailed, stating that all Japanese troops, including the First Army and the Fifth Division, were in ruins.

After reading the telegram, Tojo was almost dumbfounded.

Even in the third Battle of Changsha, the Japanese army was only killed by 11 people by the Chinese army.

This time, 13 people were directly killed, and 16 generals including the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, and the chief of staff of the North China Front, Moritake Tanabe!
"idiot…"

"Is this idiot Okamura Neji trying to kill me?"

Tojo was furious. If Okamura Neji stood in front of him, Tojo really wanted to chop Okamura Neji with a knife.

For this disastrous defeat of the North China Front, Tian Locust would definitely not go beyond the level to find trouble with Okamura Neiji, but would instead blame him Tojo Hideji.

I finally became the prime minister and gathered all kinds of power into one. If I didn't handle it well, I might be dismissed directly because of this defeat.

After drawing out the Prime Minister's sword and slashing wildly to vent his anger, Hideji Tojo quickly regained his composure. He looked at the major general's staff and said, "Pass my order to convene a staff meeting in 10 minutes. Those who are late will have a caesarean section to apologize."

"Hi."

The major general's staff member suddenly lowered his head and turned to leave.

He planned to convene his staff to discuss countermeasures before going to meet Tian Locust.

……

Taiyuan.

inner city.

The original headquarters of the Japanese First Army has now become the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

After the Japanese occupied Taiyuan in 1937, they operated in Taiyuan for five years. The headquarters was even more luxurious and various air defense facilities were very complete.

Since the Eighth Route Army had air superiority, there was no need to fear bombing by Japanese planes.

Therefore, Li Yunlong temporarily moved the headquarters into Taiyuan City.

After the headquarters moved to Taiyuan, the inner city became the headquarters of the head of the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

In the operations hall, Zhao Gang smiled broadly, holding a folder in his hand, and said to Li Yunlong: "Our Eighth Route Army has achieved great results in this battle!"

"According to the statistics."

"This battle lasted for nearly a month. We eliminated a total of about 13 Japanese soldiers and about 3 puppet troops. We killed a total of about 16 Japanese and puppet troops and 16 Japanese generals!"

Since many Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces directly in the battle, for example, in the battle at Niangziguan, many Japanese soldiers were burned to ashes, and there was no way to collect specific data.

Therefore, we can only estimate the number of Japanese and puppet troops destroyed in this battle based on the organizational structure of the Japanese and puppet troops.

"How many casualties did our Eighth Route Army have?"

Captain Li asked with his eyes suddenly lit up.

Although the number of Japs killed was similar to what he had estimated in his mind, the final statistical results still caused quite a ripple in Li Yunlong's heart.

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