Chapter 150: The Arrogant Yan Laoxi

Yan Huiqing looked at her eldest brother and said softly, "Eldest Brother!"

"Is the war situation in Jin Province very bad?"

Regarding military matters, Yan Huiqing actually did not understand much.

Yan Laoxi nodded: "The little devils are pincering Jinyang from the north and the east."

"Right now, Niangziguan and Xinkou are both almost at their limits."

"Once these two places fall, Jinyang will be impossible to hold."

Hearing Yan Laoxi say this, Yan Huiqing's brows furrowed slightly, "Eldest Brother!"

Yang Aiyuan is the Commander-in-Chief of the 6th Group Army, and Fu Zuoyi is the Commander-in-Chief of the 7th Group Army.

Facing the little devils' offensive, why is it failing so quickly?

It is just a pity that the Itagaki Division moves very quickly; even though Yan Laoxi dispatched troops to surround and intercept them, he could not stop the Itagaki Division.

Regarding the wishful thinking in Principal's heart, Yan Laoxi considered himself to have a very clear grasp of it.

Yan Laoxi was startled when he heard Principal was going to send 300,000 troops!

"Baichuan!"

"It is better to let the devils go up along the river than to let them take Kublai's route."

"My Jin-Sui Army will certainly protect our homes and defend the country, holding our territory to resist the war."

"Fifth Sister!"

If these 300,000 Central Army troops enter Jin Province, will this Jin Province still be his, Yan Laoxi's, Jin Province?

"After the meeting ends, I will return to Jin Province immediately to prepare for battle."

Seeing that Principal wanted to send the Central Army into Jin Province, Yan Laoxi's brows furrowed slightly: "Principal, how many troops are you prepared to send?"

This Itagaki Seishiro is an old classmate of Yan Laoxi, and Itagaki Seishiro understands Yan Laoxi very well.

"I will deploy troops at several important checkpoints and rely on defensive fortifications to resist the devils' offensive."

Choking up for a moment, Yan Laoxi still held back and did not continue.

At the national defense meeting, Yan Laoxi and Principal talked eloquently.

Yanmenguan is a natural barrier, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Everyone is afraid that the little devils will enter Jin Province from Pingjin, then head south into Hanzhong, and finally capture Sichuan Province.

He concluded that Yan Laoxi thought the devils would only use the Railway to advance into Jin Province.

He certainly could not command Principal's troops, and furthermore, once the Central Army occupied the territory of Jin Province.

22nd Group Army Headquarters.

Plus the Chahar Corps of Tojo Hideki to the north, which dispatched two brigades to make a flanking attack from Fanzhi toward the direction of Wutaishan.

Seeing Yan Laoxi speak this way, Principal had no choice but to smile along with him.

They are the 6th Group Army and the 7th Group Army; these two group armies total over 100,000 men.

Yan Laoxi nodded and grinned: "Principal, you can rest assured."

But now two routes of devils have approached Yanmenguan, and Yan Laoxi has no spare troops on hand.

Huang Shaohong entered Jin Province just like that.

"To help you resist the little devils' offensive."

That is exactly how you did it; under the name of suppressing the Red Army, you sent the Central Army into Guizhou Province.

After pondering for so long, Yan Laoxi looked at his fifth sister.

"To make it impossible for the little devils to enter the borders of Jin Province."

After Nankou fell, the north side of Jin Province was exposed, and the devils could drive straight in.

Furthermore, he also hoped that Principal would send high-ranking military and political officials from Jinling to Jin Province to assist him in resisting the little devils.

Only after Yan Laoxi clashed with the little devils did he truly realize that the little devils' combat effectiveness was actually so formidable.

At the beginning of the war, Yan Laoxi did indeed claim to have over 300,000 troops.

This natural barrier did not play any role at all and was lost just like that.

Therefore, at the national defense meeting of the Nanjing Command, Principal said to Yan Laoxi in a sincere and earnest manner.

After completing unification, Principal began to collect the military power of local warlords.

Now that the devils are flanking and encircling, it has suddenly caused Yan Laoxi's plan to rely on solid defensive fortifications to annihilate the devils to go bankrupt.

Upon hearing this, Yan Laoxi gave a bitter smile.

Possessing so many soldiers, as well as an Arsenal, and this is less than three months since the war started.

It is just a pity that Yan Laoxi's opponent is Itagaki Seishiro.

Deng Xihou laughed aloud, "Old Sun!"

Because at the command meeting at that time!

But he did not know that the devils in the Pingjin Region were advancing very quickly.

When the time comes that he wants to take it back, Principal will certainly refuse in every possible way; it is better for the Central Army not to come in.

Yan Laoxi's original idea was to annihilate the devils in North Shanxi, then hold Yanmenguan firmly, and block the devils outside Yanmenguan.

Yan Laoxi governed Jin Province, and the army under his command organized two group armies when the War of Resistance began.

Yan Laoxi immediately assembled his troops, preparing to intercept the devils at Xinkou to defend Jinyang!

However, on the Xinkou Battlefield, after Yan Laoxi's troops clashed with the Itagaki Division and the two brigades of the Chahar Corps.

After Principal established the Jinling Government, Yan Laoxi struggled with Principal for a time, and eventually submitted to the Nanjing Command.

"You pack your luggage; we are ready to move at any time."

"I, Yan Baichuan, as the parent official of Jin Province, will certainly do my utmost to protect Jin Province."

At that time, at a meeting of the Nanjing Command.

"Send three hundred thousand troops!" Principal's tone was very firm: "If the number of men is too small, I fear we cannot withstand the edge of the devils."

From then on, under the control of Principal, the Republic of China achieved unification in form.

Back then, you, Principal, in order to reclaim the military power of Wang Jialie, the commander of the Guizhou Army in Guizhou Province.

Principal valued the strategic position of Jin Province very much, and had told Yan Laoxi that Jin Province must be defended.

Yan Laoxi feared the Central Army of Principal would enter Jin Province, so he had no choice but to puff out his cheeks to look fat, claiming he possessed three hundred thousand troops.

Facing the devils' aircraft, Tank, and artillery, the Jin-Sui Army simply could not withstand the devils' offensive.

"Possessing three hundred thousand men, relying on these three hundred thousand men, I have no problem defending Jin Province."

However, the military strength in his hands, even by the most generous estimate, was only a little over one hundred thousand men.

Furthermore, years ago, Itagaki Seishiro, taking advantage of the identity of Yan Laoxi's former classmate, had already thoroughly scouted the terrain of Jin Province.

"Once the devils follow this route, even if we hold onto Jinling, Shanghai, and the Jiangzhe region."

"This Jin Province, the Central Government must defend."

Yan Huiqing was very puzzled; her elder brother had governed Jin Province for over twenty years.

Moreover, back then, Kublai destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty by relying on this very route.

"Our army will then have no way of retreat."

Yan Laoxi also emphasized repeatedly, "Principal, please rest assured."

The devils who breached Yanmenguan drove straight toward Jinyang, the provincial capital of Jin Province.

"Linfen!" Yan Laoxi raised his head, gazing at the moonlight outside the window.

"With so many people, can we still not stop the little devils?"

"Fifth Sister!"

The battle plan drafted by Yan Laoxi was completely disrupted by the devils; he was led by the nose by the devils.

Three devil Divisions in the Pingjin Region began to outflank toward Jin Province.

He directly led his own Division, outflanking along the highways of Shahe, Daying, Pingxingguan, Lingqiu, and others to the rear of Datong.

The two routes of the devils advanced very quickly, soon threatening Yanmenguan.

Because Yan Laoxi's military strength was mainly placed in the reinforced concrete fortifications along the Datong line.

After all, once the three hundred thousand Central Army were allowed to enter Jin Province.

The oath-taking Yan Laoxi mobilized his elite troops and fierce generals, starting a battle against the devils at Datong.

"Before the war began, didn't you claim to possess over three hundred thousand troops?"

After he finished the national defense meeting and took his own plane back to Jin Province.

Once the little devils attacked according to the aforementioned route, this would greatly threaten the Protracted Warfare policy of the Nanjing Command.

Moreover, Yan Laoxi's main military strength would certainly be placed along the Datong line.

He hurriedly stood up, "Principal, this three hundred thousand Central Army is too large a force."

"My Jin Province has sufficient personnel; my Jin-Sui Army, counting the local Security Regiment."

"Hmm!" Principal nodded: "Jin Province cannot rely solely on the Jin-Sui Army; I have decided to dispatch the Central Army to enter Jin Province."

At this moment, Yan Laoxi finally hurriedly sent a telegram to Principal, requesting reinforcements.

"However, the Southwest Hinterland has been occupied by the devils."

The high-level officials of the Nanjing Command unanimously decided to hold Jin Province at all costs.

After the Nanjing Command unified the whole country, the anti-Japanese war policy they drafted designated Sichuan Province in the Southwest region as the great rear base.

Moreover, this routine was quite familiar.

"We are now engaging the devils; we don't fear them attacking from the south, we only fear them taking Hanzhong via Jin Province to enter Sichuan Province."

The panicked Yan Laoxi hurriedly mobilized troops and dispatched generals, preparing to intercept the Itagaki Division.

Regarding the local warlords, Principal also deeply understood the importance of military power.

Yan Huiqing looked at her elder brother: "If Jinyang cannot be defended... where shall we move?"

He directly pulled Wang Jialie from his horse, stripped him of his military power, and annexed his troops.

"Huang Shaohong has sent us a telegram!"

Sun Zhen turned his head and grinned: "What did he say... you are smiling so happily?!"

(End of this chapter)