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Chapter 1,342 Pre-war meeting

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    There are still two directly affiliated artillery regiments, but their scale has expanded and the number of artillery pieces has increased.

    The original anti-aircraft missile battalion was turned into an anti-aircraft missile regiment, used to defend against Japanese aircraft invading the airspace of Taibai Mountain.

    Previously, the Japanese aviation brigade had listed Taibai Mountain as a no-fly zone, and all their aircraft did not dare to enter this area.

    The number of militia regiments has also expanded from five regiments before the war to seven regiments, with the number reaching more than 14,000.

    These militia groups mainly serve as reserves, used to supplement the loss of combat personnel of regular troops at any time, and can also be used as independent combat forces.

    One month after the Battle of Taibai Mountain, the number of combat troops in the Mongolian Ancient City had reached nearly 45,000.

    If you add in the Kagel Combat Division, Chen Shiliang's troops, and troops from Xin'an County and other places, the troops actually under Xia Yang's command are far more than an army.

    When Xia Yang and the others were expanding their army on a large scale, the Japanese army was not idle either.

    Because the battle in Taibai Mountain here had just ended, they had to deal with a large-scale attack by the Eighth Route Army.

    This time the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack, and its attack range was also very large.  Not only the northwestern Shanxi region, but also Hebei, Chahar, Henan and other regions are within the scope of their attack.

    And uncharacteristically, many Eighth Route Army troops even began to actively attack counties occupied by the Japanese army, and made a gesture of stationing themselves in those areas for a long time.

    The top brass of the Japanese army knew very well that in addition to showing their strength to them, the most important thing for the Eighth Route Army to take the initiative was to expand its base area.

    Most of the previous Eighth Route Army units were active in rural areas or some relatively remote towns.

    Although the Japanese army captured a large number of cities and counties, their control over the vast rural areas was very limited due to their limited military strength.

    The urbanization rate in this era is very low, and only a small number of people can live in the city.  The vast majority of Chinese people still lived in rural areas at that time.

    This is why the Eighth Route Army has been able to develop so rapidly, from tens of thousands of people to hundreds of thousands of people.

    By the end of the War of Resistance, the number of its troops had reached 800,000.

    You must know that a few years ago, they were chased by Chiang Kai-shek's troops and moved around China.

    In response to this initiative of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army once again deployed a large number of troops in Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and other regions.

    In addition to the 5th and 8th Divisions that were originally deployed to fight here, they also deployed two Japanese divisions, two mixed brigades from the Chahar Dispatch Corps, and three regiments.

    After a month of personnel replenishment, the Fifth Division and the Eighth Division regained their strength.

    Their reserve division provides them with very timely personnel supplements, and most of these supplementary personnel are elite troops who have undergone long-term training.

    The failure of Yoshio Shinozuka in the Taibai Mountain battle made the top brass of the Japanese army originally want to replace him.

    But because the Eighth Route Army's offensive began to become more and more fierce, and it was a taboo for military strategists to change commanders before the battle, they could only let Yoshio Shinozuka take the blame and continue to coordinate the operations in the entire northwest Shanxi and other regions.

    After Yoshio Shinozuka withdrew the Fifth Division and the Eighth Division from Taibai Mountain, he began to gradually withdraw the 114th Division that had originally encircled Taibai Mountain.

    The Japanese army began to strengthen the implementation of the "cage" policy.

    According to the discussions of the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters, they built more strongholds and artillery towers along the highway to block the connections between the various base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

    In addition, they also dispatched a large number of patrol teams to search for traces of the Eighth Route Army.  And dispatched scouting agents to sneak into the Eighth Route Army base areas to search for the whereabouts of the Eighth Route Army troops.

    After that, we will prepare for a counterattack against some counties occupied by the Eighth Route Army.

    The two Japanese divisions mobilized from other areas gave Yoshio Shinozuka more strength to deal with the Eighth Route Army's attack.

    At this time, a large number of high-level commanders of the Eighth Route Army had gathered together in the General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

    Since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, these high-level generals have not gathered together in such a comprehensive manner for a long time.

    "Old Chen, you have been crying before??, they say that your 386 brigade is so poor, I wonder why you have become fat?  "General Peng, the commander-in-chief of this battle, said as he looked at General Chen, who had a somewhat fat face.

    General Chen immediately patted his face and said, "Why are you so fat? I have worked hard day and night and I am swollen, okay?"

    "I've heard it all. You cooperated with the Fourth Army to win two consecutive victories in Taibai Mountain and Wutai Mountain, and captured a lot of equipment and supplies.

    Your brigade probably has more combat personnel than one of my divisions.  "The speaker was General Liu, commander of the 129th Division.

    At this time, General Peng said: "Come on, come on, you are still hiding here. How can I still know you? Everyone has a strong family background. They say they will form a brigade or a division for you. In fact, the combat of each unit  The number of people is almost comparable to that of the Kuomintang army."

    Everyone burst into laughter immediately.

    Since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, they have begun to carry out extensive guerrilla operations.  It struggled with the Japanese and puppet troops in North China and continued to expand its own strength.

    They have expanded the number of troops from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands in just two years.

    However, at this time, the Chairman did not know the true strength of the Eighth Route Army, and thought they only had a few divisions.  But they don't know that any of these divisions, taken out at random, has the number of combatants of an army.

    "The main purpose of letting the elders come over is to discuss the next round of fighting against the Japanese army. Yoshio Shinozuka has now come to his senses and has begun to recover some of the strongholds we occupied. Even some county towns are now under attack by the Japanese army.  Got it." General Peng said, his brows knitted together.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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