Chapter 372: The Terrified Yan Laoxi

The next day!

Terauchi Hisaichi, Commander of the Pingjin Area Army, learned the news last night.

When the Segaya Detachment was setting up camp outside Teng County City, they were subjected to a Night Raid by the Sichuan Army.

The Segaya Detachment lost over a thousand men.

After reviewing the battle report, Terauchi Hisaichi discovered that the ones with the fewest losses were the two regiments transferred from the Second War Zone.

The two regiments that had moved south from the Chahar Corps suffered the greatest losses!

According to the information reported by Segu Qi, last night, they were executing defensive orders to prevent a Night Raid by the Sichuan Army.

Only the two regiments transferred from Jin Province to Shandong Province acted most thoroughly.

This is also the reason why the troop losses for those two regiments were not high.

"It is somewhat difficult to mobilize the Group Army to assemble at this moment."

Jin Province!

The current armies of the Second War Zone!

Yan Laoxi knew very well that if the Japanese Army launched a large-scale offensive, they would not be able to hold out for long at all.

Because the 18th Group Army possessed independent operational authority, Yan Laoxi also did not know that the headquarters of the 18th Group Army was also in Hongdong.

Directly chasing and attacking the armies of Yan Laoxi and Wei Lihuang!

"Tell them to bomb the area where the 22nd Group Army is located in northern Shandong Province with all their might today."

Ever since the Japanese Army transferred several Divisions from the Second War Zone to reinforce Shandong Province.

After the 22nd Group Army withdrew, Li Jiayu led the 36th Group Army and arrived in Hongdong.

Likewise, the 18th Group Army Headquarters was also here.

Yan Laoxi felt these two men were difficult to control, so he decided to just drive them away.

"How did this Li Jiayu turn into this sort of person now?"

The two armies had also engaged in in-depth exchanges here!

The Japanese Army in Jin Province was also very well-behaved and did not continue to increase their efforts to launch pursuits against the Jin-Sui Army and Central Army in southern Jin Province.

"Order Li Jiayu's Group Army to be ready at all times to cover the transfer of my War Zone Command and its affiliated armies."

"Tell them to write a 50,000-character battle analysis summary and submit it."

Yan Laoxi received a report from his subordinate!

In southern Jin Province!

Hongdong!

"Adjutant!"

Deng Xihou, Pan Wenhua, and Liu Wenhui were currently looking at a map.

Ever since Sun Zhen concurrently held the position of Provincial Chairman of Shandong Province, Sun Tongxuan and the others had also actively moved closer to the Sichuan Army.

"The Sichuan Army 36th Group Army is subordinate to the Sichuan Army Second Route Army."

The Sichuan Army now possessed three Group Armies in the Fifth War Zone.

The two commanders of the 18th Group Army also received the same military order.

After pondering for a while, Yan Laoxi decided to first issue an order to the Sichuan Army.

If the Japanese Army really attacked!

Let Li Jiayu's army stand at the very front to cover his own army's retreat.

"I don't believe that these Sichuan Army troops can really fly."

This place was originally where the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army and the 18th Group Army had rested.

Yan Laoxi paced back and forth in his command post, feeling very uneasy.

"Send a telegram for me, severely reprimanding the two Regiment Commanders transferred from the Chahar Corps."

Driving himself across the Yellow River!

Now that these Japanese Army planes were mobilizing on a large scale, could it be that they wanted to bomb him, Yan Laoxi?

"Under such powerful firepower density, where else can one hide?"

In the original timeline!

The Japanese Army in the Second War Zone went through the Xinkou Campaign and the Jinyang Campaign, and then continued to move south.

According to the current situation!

He ordered several Flight Groups in the Jin Province region to immediately fly to Shandong Province to execute strategic bombing missions.

After Yan Laoxi received this telegram!

"Adjutant!"

There was no other way!

"Am I, Yan, still the Commander of the Second War Zone or not?"

This was also the reason why Yan Laoxi had kept the 36th Group Army in the first place.

This made Yan Laoxi suddenly nervous; the Japanese planes had suddenly taken off, and what's more, there were several of them all at once.

When Li Jiayu received the order from the Second War Zone.

Looking at Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen's 22nd Group Army instead.

"You immediately contact the Flight Group in the Pingjin Region!"

Now that the Jin-Sui Army lacked troops, he, Yan Laoxi, really did not dare to make things difficult for the Sichuan Army units.

Japanese Army planes took off from several airports in Jin Province, their destination unknown.

"There are no telegrams from the two Commanders."

"Hai!" The Adjutant nodded heavily: "Your Excellency Commander, I will go to contact the Flight Group now."

Li Jiayu, among the Sichuan Army, was considered a general who was relatively obedient to orders.

The flight squadrons and groups in Hebei Province also launched indiscriminate bombing with all their might against the Sichuan Army, the 22nd Group Army, in the area where they were located in Shandong Province.

His command post was still established at this location.

This also gave the troops under Yan Laoxi a chance to catch their breath.

The Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army had been bombed away by him, and only Li Jiayu's 36th Group Army was still active in the mountainous areas of southern Jin Province.

"Communications Soldier!"

Plus the great general under his command, Yang Aiyuan!

The troops that Yan Laoxi could directly mobilize at present were not many.

"I want to dismiss them from their posts!"

Li Jiayu's 47th Army was originally subordinate to the 22nd Group Army, although it served as the general reserve for the Group Army.

"Hai!" In the command post, the Japanese Communications Soldier bowed and scraped.

The Second War Zone Command was established in Qiulin Town, a county under Shaanxi Province!

After the Japanese Army Flight Group in the Pingjin Region received the Commander's order.

Yan Laoxi now had no choice but to send a telegram to the Sichuan Province Second Route Army Command.

"Sulfur Bombs and aerial Bombs, bomb them fiercely for me!"

Currently, the focus of the Sichuan Army had fallen on the Second War Zone.

"Hai!" Terauchi Hisaichi's Adjutant walked forward: "Your Excellency Commander."

Terauchi Hisaichi roared.

Li Jiayu was no longer the person who specifically liked to listen to orders from above as he once was!

"Baka yaro!"

"Draft a telegram!"

The combat effectiveness of the troops had dropped very severely, and they were simply unable to withstand this fierce offensive by the Japanese Army.

Could it be that the little Japanese devils were having a major operation!

The troops in southern Jin Province were not very numerous.

Yan Laoxi subsequently issued some military orders to the remaining troops, such as the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army, etc.

Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen, the two of them, had even held talks in this place with the two bosses of the Eighth Route Army, as well as Mr. Zhou and others.

The commander, Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, immediately changed the campaign.

However, under the influence of Yu Hua.

He directly called over a Communications Soldier and sent a reply order to Yan Laoxi.

For the sake of his own safety, Yan Laoxi!

Directly crossed the Yellow River and ran from Jin Province to Shaanxi Province.

Now!

After experiencing several major battles, whether it was the Central Army or the Jin-Sui Army.

He was so angry he was about to explode!

"Damn it!"

"My Sichuan Army 36th Group Army can refuse to execute this non-compliant telegram."

After all, one is asking for help from others now!

Sichuan Province!

"I also ask Commander Yan to communicate with Commander Deng and Commander Pan."

The 27th Group Army and the 22nd Group Army were subordinate to the Fifth War Zone, plus the Third Group Army commanded by Sun Tongxuan, Cao Fu, and Yu Xuezhong.

"If you want to mobilize my 36th Group Army, I ask Commander Yan to send a telegram to Commander Deng and Commander Pan."

Declined the bombing mission against the Jin-Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army in Jin Province.

"Furthermore, if you dare to not thoroughly execute my military orders again."

If the Japanese Army really wanted to launch a large-scale attack on southern Jin Province.

"At the same time, my 36th Group Army is currently dispersed in the mountainous areas of southern Jin Province, around several county towns."

Moreover, the three of them had privately expressed to Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua that they were willing to be subordinate to the Sichuan Army.

But, on the surface, they still belonged to the Lu Army to cope with the Nanjing Command.

(End of this chapter)