The earliest battle group at the column or above established in the Northwest was the Dongjin Group, which was originally commanded by Zhou Mingyuan, Yang Tianming and Chen Hailan. After capturing nine counties in northwest Shanxi and forcing Yan Xishan to reach relevant agreements with the Northwest, in order to meet the defense and combat needs of northern Shaanxi, Xinjiang and other directions, the Dongjin Group's troops were gradually reduced. When in the spring of 35, Zhou Mingyuan and Chen Hailan went to Yimeng for "exchange", the Dongjin Group was under the responsibility of Yang Tianming. After Yang Tianming transferred separately, the Dongjin Group was only Zhuang Yi led part of the group's troops and the Sixth Column to station in northwest Shanxi.

Judging from the current situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan, in the future, the People's Army's combat missions against Japan will mainly come from Shanxi and Suiyuan. The combat against Japan in these two directions cannot be undertaken by the Dongjin Group, which is mainly based on the sixth column.

"In addition to Xinjiang, Guanwei and Shannan, several other provincial military regions mainly based on columns have no problem in taking on defense and combat tasks within their regions, but they cannot achieve cross-regional mobile combat. For the future war needs to be warned, some adjustments are indeed needed." Zhou Mingyuan nodded in agreement at first, but then he was puzzled, "Suiyuan is still under the control of Yan Xishan. Is it appropriate for us to include it in the Yulin War Zone? Besides, even if the Ningxia area east of Helan Mountain is only included in the war zone, it will be crossed across Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ning and Sui at once. Is this area a bit too big?"[]

Although the People's Army controlled the Chazishan area in the west of the Tung Nei a few years ago, and had actually controlled most of the areas in the Tung Nei because of training the Jinsui New Army, it is still inappropriate to openly include the Tung Nei and even the entire Suiyuan in the jurisdiction of the Yulin War Zone.

From a regional perspective, the area under the Yulin War Zone will cross the Yellow River twice from the Shenchi northwest of Shanxi to the west from east to west, reaching Helan Mountain in Ningxia, with a road mileage of more than 800 kilometers; and from the east and south to Fushi, the mileage of more than 460 kilometers of north and south roads will also exceed 460 kilometers of north and south. Such a large war zone range was unique in mainland China at that time.

"After the establishment of the Yulin War Zone, it was only said that it was to coordinate the various units of our army to northwest Shanxi to carry out anti-Japanese war missions. After Suiyuan fell, the full responsibilities of the war zone will be officially clarified. At that time, we are targeting Suiyuan occupied by the Japanese army, and Yan Xishan and other aspects are not allowed to be separated." Zhao Zhenzhong said affirmatively, "As for the scope, compared with later war zones, the Yulin War Zone is really nothing. Moreover, in recent years, we have built an increasingly perfect transportation network in the controlled area, with convenient transportation, and the scope of the Yulin War Zone is suitable."

Zhou Mingyuan thought about the situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the achievements of transportation construction in the northwest in recent years, and felt it was feasible, so he reminded: "Since that is the case, the candidate for the Yulin War Zone should be determined as soon as possible. In addition, the Yellow River Iron Bridge between Baode and Fugu must be built as soon as possible."

"Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming, Chen Zhiyuan and others will be responsible for the subsequent formation of Dihua, Kobudo, Shannan War Zone. If you can't get rid of it, the other personnel are still a little short of it. You will be responsible for the Yulin War Zone for a while. After a few months, Chen Hailan and the others will be transferred to join." Zhao Zhen's center has already made arrangements, "As for the Yellow River Iron Bridge, the Engineering Corps of the Logistics Department has laid a foundation on both sides of the Yellow River and prepared the required steel. It is no problem to complete the bridge erection before the winter comes."

The Yulin War Zone was responsible for the combat missions against Japan in the northwest, while the Xinjiang-directional combat missions against the Soviet Union in the Dihua War Zone, the Kobudo War Zone targeted the Outer Mongolia and Tanuwulianghai, and the Shannan War Zone targeted the Indian-Myanmar direction. These are also several major combat directions in the northwest in the future. As for the Yimeng Guards, Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan have determined their future development direction, which is now being implemented by Gu Haichuan and others.

The Yellow River Bridge between Baode and Fugu has been preparing for it since the People's Army occupied northwest Shanxi. But at first there were too many projects that needed to be carried out in the northwest Shanxi, and northern Shaanxi were not completely stable at the time. There were also troops in the surrounding areas such as the Shanxi-Sui Army, Yang Hucheng and other departments, which were not the time for large-scale construction. In the past two years, except for the flood season, people and materials were exchanged through two-way box pontoon bridges.

After several years of development, especially in the northwest of Ningxia and Gansu, five railway and highway bridges have been built on the Yellow River between Ningxia and Gansu, and have obtained successful experience in building steel truss structure bridges. After returning to the construction of Baodefugu Bridge, which includes the guide bridge, is more than 600 meters long and can withstand heavy-duty vehicles of 60 tons, it is completely familiar with driving. With several engineering regiments of the Logistics Department laying the foundation on both sides of the Yellow River and preparing for construction steel, the remaining steel frame hoisting and splicing work can be completed within two or three months before the arrival of winter! At that time, a bridge will fly east and west, and the northwest can continuously transport materials and combat personnel to northwest Shanxi, thereby supporting the entire Shanxi War of Resistance!

"It's okay for me to be on the side for a while. However, I have to allow me to compete with the Japanese! Also, I have to be equipped with a few capable personnel and a good team." Zhou Mingyuan asked.

"Before winter comes, in addition to the commanders of the Sixth Column and the 12th Column, Hong Fei and Weng Zhaoyuan of the Air Force, Liang Xiao of the Artillery and Air Defense Forces, and Jian Qianming of the Logistics Transportation will all be assigned to the Yulin War Zone. Before the end of the year, Chen Hailan, Xu Chaoyuan, Liu Jifeng, Cai Tingkai and others will also be enriched to the Yulin War Zone one after another. In addition, some troops of the Second Column, Third Column and Eleventh Column will be rotated by then, which is enough for you to show your strength." Zhao Zhenzhong said with a smile.

Zhou Mingyuan was overjoyed: "With so many elite soldiers and generals, you can have a good vote with the Japanese! With the arrangements on Yimeng, the Japanese are blooming in the east and west, and they will be hurt!"

Before the end of the year, the five columns mentioned by Zhao Zhenzhong will complete the reorganization and dressing work one after another. By then, the total strength of these five columns, plus the direct troops of the theater, will be about 300,000. Zhou Mingyuan's construction in Yimeng in more than two years has enabled the escort army to increase the strength of the escort army to about 400,000 by the end of the year. If the People's Army is well-trained with about 700,000 and equipped with better equipment than the Japanese army, the escort army will join the battle against Japan, and it will indeed be able to clean up the Japanese!

"You can't just fight happily. In the premise that there is no war in other directions, the Yulin War Zone is also responsible for the task of cultivating combat backbones for several other war zones in the northwest." Zhao Zhenzhong reminded, "After the counterattack in the beginning of next spring, you must hand over the relevant work of the war zone to Chen Hailan. Xu Chaoyuan, Liu Jifeng and others will also communicate with the personnel from other war zones."

After talking with Zhou Mingyuan on the establishment of the war zone, Zhao Zhenzhong issued an order on September 8, appointing Zhou Mingyuan, Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming and Chen Zhiyuan as commanders of Yulin, Dihua, Kobudo and Shannan War Zone; and appointed Hong Fei, Liang Xiao and Jian Qianming as commanders of the Yulin War Zone, artillery and air defense commanders, and logistics ministers.

At the same time, the Sixth Column, the Twelfth Column, the First Regiment, the Second Regiment and other troops of the People's Army were dispatched to the Yulin War Zone to be under the jurisdiction of the Yulin War Zone. The Second Column, the Third Column and the Eleventh Column were ordered to prepare for the rotational combat missions at any time.

After receiving the order, Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming, Chen Zhiyuan and others were responsible for the relevant adjustments in their respective war zones, while the departments of the People's Army located in Jin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places took action according to the order.

After the reorganization of the Sixth Column and the Twelfth Column were completed at the end of August, nearly 110,000 troops were stationed in northwest Shanxi and northern Shaanxi. There was no need to make too much action this time, just make pre-war preparations. However, the Second Column and Third Column in Gansu, and the Eleventh Column in Ningxia seized time to organize troops for training, so that they could reinforce Shanxi and Shaanxi at any time after receiving orders. The General Logistics Department of the People's Army and the Logistics Department of the Yulin War Zone were also busy with matters such as transportation and handover of combat materials.

The most disturbing thing was the air force of Hong Fei. Using the airport after the completion of the Baode expansion, Hong Fei and Guan Cheng and Weng Zhaoyuan who were drawn back from Shannan began to organize the Northwest Air Force to conduct transition and air combat drills. The fighter jets whizzing through the air every day can always attract people along the way to stop and watch.

"That's our own plane in the northwest! It's the one who defeated the British devils! I have to be a pilot when I grow up and fight the devils!" The children's emotions are sincere, and they express their wishes to their friends or division commanders around them unscrupulously.

Although the adults' emotions are much more subtle, their words cannot hide their pride as people in the northwest: "Look at you all are naughty! If you want to drive our own plane in the northwest to fight the Japanese, you won't be able to study hard!"

Those who are good at studying are proud of themselves at this time, and seem to be able to be a pilot in the future; those who are not very good at studying are now a little embarrassed, but they have more or less a goal in their hearts and a little determination.

Since the output could not be increased for a while, in addition to the Air Force stationed in Shannan, the Northwest used 82 F-1 fighter jets to form two fighter regiments. These two fighter jets were the Air 1 and Air 2, which Zhao Zhenzhong was transferred to the Yulin War Zone. Another fighter jet regiment composed of F-2 fighter jets was deployed maneuvering between Xinjiang and Guannei to deal with possible attacks by the Soviet Air Force. If the air force is further strengthened, it seems that it will only be around the end of the year.

Although the Northwest Air Force has not yet appeared in the airspace outside the Great Wall in northern Shanxi, the news of its rise and fall in Baode and other places was quickly confirmed. In September, Yan Xishan used a telescope to watch the silver-white fighter jets in the west sky on the high ground near the front headquarters of the Yangfangkou World War II Zone.

"We must keep our word in the northwest, and we cannot underestimate us. Lan Sun, draw an air defense regiment from the rear to the 33rd Army. Tell Sun Cuiya that we must firmly guard the direction of the northeast flank!" Yan Xishan ordered.

"Commander, do you really want to be like what Northwest said? Our foundation cannot withstand long-term consumption." Zhu Shouguang, chief of staff of the Second World War Zone, reminded, "Besides, those equipment are provided by Northwest, so it's a bit too eye-catching to show it out now, right?"

"It should be no big problem to use a regiment. If someone asks, it will be said that it was used by the Northwest to sponsor the Second World War Zone for the Anti-Japanese War." Yan Xishan pondered for a moment, and then said, "If the Japanese army can easily break through, we will not only lose territory, but also the people's hearts of the three Jin people. We must show off to explain more or less."

Zhu Shouguang thought about it carefully and felt that it was indeed the case. He heard that when Jia Jingde moved people in northern Shanxi and other places, everyone had a lot of resistance to evading the war from the place where they were left. But when he heard that he was under the rule of "Marshal Zhao" in the northwest, he actually dragged men and women to compete for the west! If he did not take advantage of the anti-Japanese opportunity to rectify and be excited, he would probably have lost the hearts of the people of the three Jins.

"What the commander said is! We must show off and let all parties see that our Jinsui Army is not a coward!" Zhu Shouguang nodded in agreement, "I will make arrangements now!"

Yan Xishan made adjustments and deployments before the war, while Zhou Mingyuan convened a pre-war meeting in Yulin on September 10 to hold a pre-war meeting for the Sixth Column, the Twelfth Column, the Air Force, the Artillery and other supervisors.

"Although there is still a certain distance between the Japanese army and our northwest area, we cannot wait for the Japanese to come to prepare before preparing. The headquarters ordered us to form the Yulin War Zone in order to deal with the Japanese army's upcoming attacks on the Jin and Sui areas. The enemy situation is an order. The specific preparations for each department before the war must be carried out according to the strictest standards." After looking around at the participants, Zhou Mingyuan said, "In the subsequent battle, the Air Force will be the first unit to participate in the northwest. Hong Fei, Guan Cheng, Weng Zhaoyuan, you three must control the troops and must use our limited air force to give the enemy air force the heaviest blow in the designated combat airspace!"

"Make sure to complete the task!" Hong, Guan and Weng responded loudly.

After Zhou Mingyuan nodded, he turned to the commander of the Sixth Column and the 12th Column: "Among the ground troops, the Sixth Column will be the first to fight against Japan. The specific time depends on the situation of the battle. But your unit must first do further reinforcement and concealment on the original fortifications of our unit in the inner Great Wall. Also, your unit must prepare to connect with the front line of Yang Fangkou. In addition, the command center of the Sixth Column and the 12th Column formed the front command center of our army in the northwest of Shanxi, Zhuang Yi was the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, Xu Dejian and Liang Xiao were the deputy commander-in-chief, and jointly commanded the front operations in Baode. In addition, the command center of the 12th Column column and other subordinate units must move forward to northwest of Shanxi. The artillery and air defense forces of Liangxiao's troops were all set to be appointed to the designated location in northwest of Shanxi!"

After Zhuang Yi, Xu Dejian, Liang Xiao and others obeyed the order in a stern manner, Zhuang Yi asked: "Commander, there is no problem with our headquarters to take the anti-yang Fangkou, but what if it is too hasty and there is no time to build effective fortifications? Can you discuss with Yan Xishan at that time? We will take the anti-anti-yang several days in advance, so we can be prepared."

"In this regard, the war zone will consider it. However, you can prepare more thickened cement prefabricated boards. At that time, using the rails and sleepers removed from Tongpu Road to build fortifications can save time and effort!" Zhou Mingyuan mentioned.

"This is a good method!" Zhuang Yi, Xu Dejian and others' eyes lit up.

Even if you only use thickened cement prefabricated panels as the walls, reinforce them with rails, put rails or sleepers on the top, and cover them with prefabricated panels and thick soil on the top, you can build fortifications that can resist heavy artillery bombardment. Of course, this will take some time.

However, when the Jinsui Army retreated along the way, the railways and highway traffic were constantly destroyed, and the Northwest Air Force attacked from time to time, the Japanese army would definitely not be able to attack quickly! It would be possible to buy time for the front combat troops of the People's Army to build fortifications.

The People's Army and the Jinsui Army units stepped up preparations for defensive operations, but the Japanese army after occupying Chahar was ready to continue attacking. According to the original deployment of the Japanese army, after taking Chahar's dispatched corps and Itagaki Division would attack Suiyuan and Shanxi respectively. At that time, the commander of the Chahar's dispatched corps was Hideki Tojo, who was both lieutenant generals with Itagaki Seishiro. It was nothing wrong with the two of them commanding their respective troops separately.

However, after occupying Chahar, Hideki Tojo was busy preparing for the so-called Chahar "autonomousness", with Major General Kawahara Yukio Kasawa, deputy chief of staff of the Kanto Army, as commander of the Chahar dispatched corps. At this time, Itagaki proposed to change the original deployment.

"The key to seizing North China in China is Shanxi. As long as Shanxi is captured, the plain east of the Taihang Mountains will be protected without any danger. North China will inevitably be included in the control of the imperial army." Itagaki said confidently, "and crossing the Yellow River from Shanxi to the south, the imperial army can enter the Central Plains of China. Whether it is expanding in the east-west direction along the Longhai Railway or continuing to move south along the Pinghan Railway, it is very beneficial. Moreover, if we can make a concerted effort and drink the Yangtze River, it will cut off the retreat of troops in the Songhu area and the southeastern China region to the southwest rear. Strategically, the encirclement of the army affiliated to the central government of China! Whether it is to annihilate the main force of the Chinese army or force it to surrender, it will have great benefits to the imperial army's war in China!"

In the position of Chief of Staff of Kanto Army, Seishiro Itagaki was the predecessor of Hideki Tojo. In addition to his outstanding "martial honor" in the September 18th Incident, Itagaki has become an idol figure in the Japanese army. Kasahara Yuki was originally respectful of Itagaki, but at this time he was excited by the wonderful prospects analyzed by Itagaki. At present, Yukio Kasahara said without hesitation: "You are far-sighted! Everything depends on your!"

Since the two sides agreed, the next thing was easy to say. While waiting for the replenishment of combat materials, Itagaki and Yukio Kasahara agreed on a specific combat plan.

With the forces of about 4 brigades of the corps, Chahar, and the nine cavalry divisions of the puppet Mongolian army, we advanced westward from Zhangjiakou along both sides of the Pingsui Line, attacking Tianzhen, Yanggao and Datong lines. After conquering Datong, the unit will form the 1st brigade with independent independence, namely the Sakai Hoji Brigade, and continue to attack Suiyuan along the Pingsui Line; and with the main force, we will go south along Tongpu Road and attack Yangfangkou and Yanmen Pass in the east.

Seishiro Itagaki led the 5th Division and the 11th Brigade of Suzuki Shigekaku from Huailai to attack Wei Prefecture and Laiyuan, and then advanced to attack Taiyuan through Guangling, Lingqiu, Fanzhi, and Yuanping in Shanxi.

In Itagaki's view, as long as the combat purpose is achieved, the Chinese defenders on Yanmen Pass and the front line of the Great Wall will be under heavy attacks on the front and flanks of Japanese troops, and it will be difficult for them to stick to them for a long time.

Itagaki's path was based on his previous understanding of the Jinsui Army and had made contributions in history. But now, due to the appearance of Zhao Zhenzhong and others, especially the Northwest, which provided Yan Xishan with a large amount of materials and equipment in the past six months, the counterfeit and inferior national defense fortifications that were difficult to achieve in history are now in most of the completed states. The basis on which Itagaki's previous analysis has quietly changed.

Although this change cannot reach the point where "a slight mistake can lead to a thousand miles of mistakes" due to the gap between the combat effectiveness of the Jinsui Army and the Japanese army, it is enough to make Itagaki pay a heavy price when he is caught off guard.

Unfortunately, although Yan Xishan made up his mind to fight the battle in northern Shanxi and provided a lot of convenience to the relevant troops in terms of combat materials, even Zhu Shouguang, chief of staff of the Second World War Zone, muttered to himself that "there will be a hard time in the future", there are still corrupt bones in the troops participating in the Jinsui Army!

Li Fuying, the commander of the 61st Army on the front line of Yanggao, received Yan Xishan's combat order, conveyed the relevant tasks downward and arranged the specific combat tasks. In the Jinsui Army, Li Fuying's military talents were only average, but he had good popularity. He was sworn brothers with Wang Jingguo, Zhao Chengshou, Fu Zuoyi and others, and he completely obeyed Yan Xishan's behavior, and was some number one figure.

Regarding the battle in northern Shanxi, Li Fuying knew the weight of this battle from Yan Xishan's orders, especially the combat materials provided to the front, and repeatedly urged his subordinates to fight bravely. However, after receiving the order and receiving the combat materials, the performance of each unit was uneven.

The officers and soldiers of the 399th Regiment assigned to Tianzhen City, led by the regiment commander Zhang Jingjun, were busy using the empty houses after the people evacuated to do fortifications, burying explosives, and laying mines, and were very busy.

However, Li Zaixi, the commander of the 425th Regiment, complained: "There is no heavy firepower, what can the little thing that can be done by digging the soil and digging the pit? We have to resist Datong step by step?! I don't know where the person above is crazy!" With complaints, Li Zaixi actually carried his 213th Brigade commander Yang Weiyuan and Li Jungong, the commander of the 101st Division, and sent a power to the commander of the 61st Army and asked for sick leave to resign!

Li Fuying learned that Li Zaixi was not ill, so he was given a telegram. Yang Weiyuan, the commander of the 213th Brigade, realized that his subordinates had caused such a scandal! Yang Weiyuan was worried that Li Zaixi would have insufficient troops during the war, so he sent a battalion originally from the regiment to serve as the brigade reserve team and returned it to the 425th Regiment.

Seeing that the Japanese army was about to fight, the 61st Army even had a regiment-level chief officer like Li Zaixi who was afraid of war, which cast a heavy shadow on the unstarted battle in northern Shanxi.

On September 11, Zhao Zhenzhong called Zhou Mingyuan: "In the war of a large army, military discipline must be strict! In addition to the deputy in charge of political work, the Yulin War Zone must remind the Jinsui Army to strictly enforce military discipline to avoid a situation of retreat!"

"Oh! Old Zhao reminded me!" After receiving the telegram, Zhou Mingyuan patted his forehead and said to himself, "I have given Yan Xishan so much help, don't let the few rat shit in front of him ruin this good soup for the battle in northern Shanxi!" Zhou Mingyuan also knew that in the original history, due to the defeat in the northern Shanxi War of Resistance, Yan Xishan finally had to kill Li Fuying to strictly enforce military discipline and give all parties an explanation.

Immediately, Zhou Mingyuan sent Yan Xishan to Yan: "The battle in northern Shanxi is the first battle against Japan in Shanxi, and it is of great significance to all walks of life! In order to avoid the bad sheep causing undue losses and bring shame to Yan Gong, it is advisable to send capable personnel to take charge of the front to supervise the battle! Shock the little ones and compete for the full success!"

"The northwest management is too wide, right? We actually want us to send a supervision team to the front!" After Liang Huazhi sent the telegram, he said with some dissatisfaction. Liang Huazhi is Yan Xishan's aunt and cousin. He is now the director-general of the "Self-Strength and National Saving Comrades Association" and the successor trained by Yan Xishan.

"Don't talk nonsense. The Northwest reminder is right!" Yan Xishan had another opinion, "We have established some family assets in the past few years, and generals at all levels have more or less managed some business for themselves. With more family businesses, they will inevitably worry about it when they are in war. If they are more concerned, they will inevitably be afraid of fighting and fear of fighting. It is time to send someone to watch it."

After pondering for a moment, Yan Xishan ordered: "Go and call Director Zhang and I'll talk to him."

The Director Zhang mentioned by Yan Xishan refers to Zhang Peimei, the law enforcement director of the Second World War Zone. This man and Yan Xishan were both members of the Tongmeng. They worked together as early as the early years of the Republic of China. However, because of his strong nature, he often argued with Yan Xishan when encountering problems, and even disagreed with the flatterers around Yan. He returned to the field twice. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Peimei wrote a letter to Yan Xishan for war. Yan was good at governing the army and enforcing the law like a mountain, and was very prestigious in the army, so he entrusted the important task of law enforcement director of the Second World War Zone.

"Hefeng, the battle in northern Shanxi is about to be fought, and this is of great significance to our first battle in the Shanxi War of Resistance. In order to avoid the harmful horses in the front army from destroying the major events of the Jin Provincial War of Resistance, we want to trouble Hefeng to go to the 61st Army to take charge." Yan Xishan instructed, "The purpose of this battle is to slow down the speed of the Japanese army's attack, consume its living power, and lay the foundation for our war zone to accumulate strength to counterattack against the enemy. If the troops fight in an organized manner and retreat step by step, they will act according to the plan and do not need to be held accountable; but if there is no order and retreat, we hope that Hefeng will pursue the investigation according to the military law and will be severely punished!"

Zhang Peimei and Yan Xishan have known each other for so long, and it is rare to see his solemn and supervise the military commander. He is a little surprised: "If anyone does not follow the military law, no matter who he is, Brother Baichuan really allows me to exercise military law on him?"

"Since the heavy responsibility of the supervisor is entrusted to Hefeng, then Hefeng will naturally supervise the battle with military laws in front!" Yan Xishan said with great certainty, "No matter who the combatants in front are, the officers and soldiers will be bound by Hefeng's military laws together! However, they violate military laws and are afraid of fighting and are afraid of fighting and fleeing before the battle. If they retreat, they will be killed without mercy!"

"Brother Baichuan is entrusted with such a big event, Hefeng will not disappoint Brother Baichuan!" Zhang Peimei solemnly bowed to Yan Xishan and said.

"Hefeng, those who retreat can be killed, but if they retreat in an organized manner after the fight, they must not be killed!" Yan Xishan saw that Zhang Peimei accepted the instructions and looked murderous, afraid that he would make a desperate resistance of "death but not life", and quickly waved his hand to remind him.

"Brother Baichuan is too worried." Zhang Peimei laughed, "Hefeng understands that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and he also understands that Brother Baichuan and Northwest are working together to teach the Japanese a lesson. They will definitely not ruin Brother Baichuan's major affairs!"

"That's good, that's good!" Yan Xishan let go of his mind, sighed, and said, "Everyone is a child of the Three Jin Dynasties. If it weren't for the Japanese, I would have come to the door, and I really don't want to make things difficult for my own people. What can I do?"

"Brother Baichuan is the governor of the side, and now it is for the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan. You can't be soft-hearted and soft-eared." Zhang Peimei couldn't stand Yan Xishan's behavior and advised, "Those bad apples and despicable people should be eliminated earlier. It can also give us a new look in the Jinsui Army!"

"Hefeng's opinion is good, I'll write it down." Yan Xishan responded.

Seeing this, Zhang Peimei knew that Yan Xishan took his words as a warning. After sighing, she was unwilling to talk further. After a few words, she said goodbye and left. Afterwards, Zhang Peimei took hundreds of war zone law enforcement teams to the 61st Army Command with murderous intent.

On September 12, Li Fuying, who was thinking hard for the battle in Yanggao, was shocked when he heard that Zhang Peimei was coming: "It's a bitter thing! Why did this King of Hell come here?"

After the two sides met, Zhang Peimei said directly: "Mu Yan doesn't have to make things difficult for you. You should be busy with your combat command and I will supervise my war. I will do this evil man!" Without waiting for Li Xiuying's answer, Zhang Peimei said again: "Mu Yan summoned all the officers above your regiment, and I have something to say."

Tianzhen and Yanggao are not far away. In most days, several regiment-level leaders in front have arrived.

"Perhaps some of you can recognize me, or some may not recognize me. My name is Zhang Peimei, who is responsible for military law in the Second World War Zone. He came here to supervise the war." Zhang Peimei stood in front of the regiment commander, brigade commander, and division commander of the 61st Army, with a firm speech, "The army has military law, to avoid someone who will not teach me in the future and will be killed. Today I will reiterate here: In the future, those who violate military orders will be killed! Those who are afraid of fighting will not be in the former will be killed! Those who escape in the battle will be killed! Those who shake the morale of the army will be killed!..."

Zhang Peimei's repeated "killing" made Li Zaixi and others who were standing in the ranks change their terror in their hearts, and they complained secretly: "Why did a living king of hell come?"

However, under the command of Zhang Peimei, the atmosphere of the 61st Army changed. It turned out that all kinds of negative words circulating in the army disappeared, but the murderous atmosphere of the war became increasingly strong.

On the third day after Zhang Peimei led the Second World War Enforcement Team to the 61st Army, on September 14, Seishiro Itagaki and Yukio Kasahara each commanded the Japanese troops to take action. Among them, the Chahar dispatched corps commanded by Yukio Kasahara launched a fierce attack on the Tianzhen line of the 61st Army with the cooperation of 30 aircraft, more than 50 tanks and armored vehicles!

The battle in northern Shanxi began!
Chapter completed!