“Commander Zhang is right. I believe that our North China Field Army is fully capable of fighting the Japanese independently.”
Lin Wenbing, commander of the 2nd Infantry Division, nodded in agreement.
Following suit, others expressed their opinions.
"Political Commissar, it's not that we look down on the people of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, it's that we look down on the Japanese devils. How many Japanese devils are there in that section of Niangziguan? Not even enough to fill a tooth gap!" Zhu Shixiong, commander of the 7th Infantry Division, frowned.
"Political Commissar, I also feel that we have absolutely no need to cooperate with the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region's operational plan..."
"......."
"alright!"
General Staff Chief Chen Dahu suddenly roared, and everyone instantly fell silent.
"Staff Officer Chen, since everyone disagrees with the first plan, could you explain to everyone how the other plan should be implemented?"
Lin Feng, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.
Chen Dahu glared at everyone before continuing, "Since everyone disagrees with the first plan, then I'll talk about the second plan."
"After reconnaissance, it was found that the war in the south was at a stalemate. The commander of the Japanese First Army, Yoshio Shinotsuka, transferred some troops to the south, including the 41st Division of Shingen Nakata and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade of Yoshiyuki Matsuura."
"Therefore, the entire Jinzhong region had only two divisions and two brigades, as well as four puppet army divisions, totaling approximately 110,000 men."
"They are Kenta Takahashi's 36th Division, Shigeji Nishimura's 37th Division, Isao Hiratachi's 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, and Teiichi Inoue's 16th Independent Mixed Brigade."
"Everyone, please take a look at the map."
As he spoke, Chen Dahu pointed to a spot on the map and said, “The 36th Division is stationed in Xinxian, the 37th Division is stationed in Taiyuan, the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade is in Niangziguan, and the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade is in Yangquan.”
"The 1st Puppet Army Division is in Jucheng, the 2nd Puppet Army Division is in Yuci, the 3rd Puppet Army Division is in Wutai, the 4th Puppet Army Division is in Zhengxian..."
"In addition, the Japanese army also had the 21st Division, 32nd Division, 108th Division, 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, and 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade of the 2nd Army near Shijiazhuang in North China, totaling more than 80,000 people."
"If our North China Field Army were to fight independently, gentlemen, how would we fight this battle?"
"......"
Upon hearing Chen Dahu's words, everyone fell silent.
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